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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
THE MOST RENOWNED SNAKE

No snake that ever lived won greater fame
for the time than Alexander's Lucian tells tne
story. Apollonius, a master of the magic arts
had many disciples. among whom was prac-
Using physician who lived In Abonotichus.
small town on the shore OF the Black Sea There
Alexander born of humble parentage ana
imbibed from the old doctor all that he had
learned from Apolonius Of medicine and magic.
He was a lad of striking appearance, tall, hano-
come, with fine head of hair, lustrouS brown
eyes and voice sweet and limpid. GOD grant,
wrote Lucian, who knew him, that may never
meet with such another. HiScunning was Won
derful his dexterity matchless. His eagerness
for knowledge. his capacity for learning and
power of memory were equally extraordinary
Such was the well favored young peasant VINO
sailed forth from his native town in search or
fame and fortune. Soon he fell In with one
Coconnas. a shrewd tipster for the races and
somewhat of a Juggler. The two rogues Joined
forces and meandered about telling fortunes.
Arriving at Pella. they found a great number of
played and slept with the children and de-
stroyed poisonous rats Alexander promptly
purchased one of the largest, veritable mon
ster, so tame that II would coil about MS pody
and remain In any desired position. Then he
made a human face for II out of linen, painted II
ingeniously and shaped II so that the mouth
would open and shut by arrangement OF
horsehair, letting the forked tongue shoot In and
out at the will of the master. Having no
poison to him or let him die from some infection
and returned with his snake TO his native town
There he declared himself prophet and an
nounced that the god AGsculapiuS was about TO
appear. The people were credulouS, eXcitable
and eager for a new divinity.
When the great day arrived Alexander pre-
tended 10 discover in a puddle of water goose
egg which he had placed there after removing
the contents. substituting a small embryo snake
Just born and carefully sealing the shell with
wax When the multitude had gathered he
broke the shell and produced the tiny creature
which in few moments grew to be the mon
ster from Pella by the simple process of substi-
tuition Thereafter the big snake, believed TO
be .4Gsculapius, led a busy life. He gave
seances, told fortunes in writing and even spoke
MD of hot rrIlO
Quial powers. Alexander grew rich and power
full. kept small army of retainers and spies
welded no little influence over the government
even at Rome. and died at a ripe old age in the
fulness of his renown. What became of the
snake nobody knows. Probably at the last the
prophet dispatched the faithful creature TO pre-
vent the discovery OF his deception after his
death.-George Harvey. In The North American
Review
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
PUBLIC NOTICES.

CONTRACT bo.-SEALED BIDS will be
received by the Board OF Water Supply,
in Room e10 299 Broadway, New York.
until II A. NJ. on Tuesday. August II.
1909, Cor CONTRACT 80 for the construc-
ton OF three field office buildings and two
horse-sheds and moving one horse shed in
the Croton division Of the Catskill aqus-
duet in the towns OF Yorktown and New
castle. Westchester County. New York At
the above place and time the bids will Be
publicly opened and read. Pamphlets con
tanning information for bidders. and
pamphlets of contract drawings can b. OBJ
tanned at Room 1910 at the above address
by depositing the sum OF five dollars $50
for each pamphlet For further particulars
see Information for Bidders
JOHN A. BENSEL President; CHARLES
n. CHADWICK. CHARLES A. SHAW.
Commissioners OF the Board OF Water
Supply.
J. WALDO SMITH. Chief Engineer.
THOMAS HASSETT. Secretary
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wATERWoRKs IN A DESERT.

There is a large quantity OF water in the great
desert Of Chill. Int that either human beings
stock drink. Science however, has come TO
the OF this rainless section or the
FORM OF an ingenious desert WaterWorks, consist
Ing Of a series Of frames containing twenty thou
sand square feet Of glass. The panes " glass
arranged in the shape OF a aud under each
pane IL a shallow pan containing brackish water.
The heat OF the sun eyaporates the water which
condenses upon the sloping glass. ana made pure
oy this operation II down into little chan
nes at the bottom 81 the and is carried away
into the main canal Nearly one thousand gal
Ions Of fresh water IS collected daily py ,his
means-Mexican Herald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
TO EACH HIS OWN.

Each hath HIS drug for Sorrow
cor else the pain would slay.e
Tor one, IL is To morrow;
Ter one, it's Yesterday"
Aud hast thou lost, my brother"
Yea. bat in dreams I find
Ind T. $50 saith another
Leave buried dead behind
Tow each. when gives are fre-ting,
different balm must be.
tcne find il IN forgetting,
And some IN memory
Margaret Root Garvin in LiDpincott's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
THE GREAT TIDAL WAVES OF BIRD LIFE.

THE GREAT TIDAL WAVES OF BIRD LIFE
Twice every year wave OF living birds a.,
most inconcevably grand in the number Of birds
involved, surges over North America The au-
trnn wave rolls from the arctic tundras Of
0anaOa ana Alaska to the tOrrid valley OF
Amazon and the great pampas % the La Plata
only TO roll back again 10 the icebound northern
ocean with the northward progression Of the
sun And almost as ceaseless as the ever rising
ever falling swell Of the ocean tides is this
miraculous tlCr Il beating wings and uu}sari,,g
little hearts. The last stragglers Of the north
ward migration do not reach their northern home
before the early part OF June. but in July the
southwark setting tide has begun again
The number OF birds that make up this mighty
wave almost passes comprehension Probably
more than 81 per cent OF all birds making their
summer home between the northern boundary
OF Mexico and tho Arctic OCean-tlat is in the
United States and Canada-help 20 swell the
great bird tide that moves southwark in autumn
and northWard in the spring with the regularity
Of a pendulum. Allowing a little less than one
migratory bird 70 an acre. get the enormous
number Of 1890 000.Q 900 birds whose wing beats
follow with rhythmic precision the southwark
ana northWard movement 81 the sun. This mum
Der is too vast 10 be easily conprehended so Jet
us bring II within grasp by q few ulustra-
tions
II viii undoubtedly surprise the reader who is
nov an ornithologist 10 learn that do not
really know the cause OF these great tides Of
bId life. one Is tempted to say: Why birds
leave the north because they get no food
during the winter. This statement although un-
coubtedly containing the original cause Of bird
rrlgraiiOns. Is oniv partly true at the present
time. for many birds leave their northern homes
OF q time when their food il most abundant
The redhesded woodpcCkeT who "a ,ale summer
lives largely on erasshoppers and other insects
caught the ground. always leaves the latitude
OF s.. PAM about September 10. II adhered 10
this date even IN The autumn Of 1907, SCI hen tlis
region had no frost ct al before September %.
and when the temperature rose 10 96 in the
shsde late as the 18th, wf-ll iasect life album
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
TIE DANGERS OF HANDWRITING

A Young man is bringing an acu'u ZEE A
rraphoIocist In Paris for substantial - 70 p
nrettv heiress. 70 whom he vas ees,,r,tins %
married showed specimen OF ms " Tn'
5ne srap n shs cot II YOU should meet ,ns =.
Nh, wrote these lines upon your "sS -" "a
avoid him ne is an ssotist and foo, , A.,lstsrcs
temper and despicahle nature ,.,or,uns 20 nssss
St ~ thg I'M - a CsnyaIry" The nArrASvA
srnL.n 81 Hence The sstSeA-&SnAe
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A GUN THAT RELoADs ITSELF.

which was very soon aftee selfish interests be-
gan TO clash good share Of their leisure time
has been devoted to the elevating pursuit of in
venting instruments for that killing From the
time when tho early prowler in the primeval
forest discovered that by tying to the end Of
stick the stone destined to crack the skull OF
his enemy he could make the crack more surely
deadly his inventive genius. sign as ii is OF
his high rank among the creatures, has been
busy this problem. How TO strike with
fatal effect upon his foe and with safety TO him
10 many idea tending more and more from
age age TO enable him to do this work by
mechanical contriyance
II is curious that crudities still appear in the
weapons which the geniuses OF centuries have
labored to perfect, and that our eye should be
opened az this late day to almost ludicrous i'm
projections in most cherished killing ma
chine the rife Yet II is only few years since
the smoke of black powder was done away with.
and compa rat lively matter OF days since young
Mr.. Maxim produced his sound choking fame
suppressing device. And now comes news from
Sweden that inventor there has found means
at last TO stop the kick which has made sore
shoulders from the time the first blunderbuss
was discharged, and has constructed weapon
that will drop men so fast that single marks
man may dispose Of a regiment in an hour.
Eleven hundred and twenty-five shots to the
hour from a gun that is carried in the hand and
fired from the shoulder is a high record IL
that gun is smokeless and kicklesS. il is con-
Venient handle and but little trouble TO oper-
ate. Swedish Mr.. Sjogren has made distinct
subtra ction from the dement's Of the rife from
the standpoint Of the user, for his new gun has
the weapon has already taken rank with the
most approved and Will doubtless become part
of the armament Of many of the worlds armies.
Technical World.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

midst OF this rushing life 105,533 cases OF con-
tagious diseases are reported in year.
On and oyer and under the streets OF New
York are $50 miles of surface. subway and ele-
waited railway tracks. owned by one corporation
and capitalized in stocks and bonds at the we'll
nigh incredible sum of s7o1 135.s11.-JamesC reel-
man. In Pearson'a
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

CAPEL f. LIE JEUNE. c. P. A CEst.
1889. 50 Beaver st.-ESecutors. Trus-
tees acc'ts made up-cash book. ledger,
statements periodically. or schedules Sur
rogats accountings. Telephone 1916 Broad
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ANOTHER VICTIM.

What harm has Wall Street done you7''
"A whole lot, answered Farmer COrntossel II
git so excited talkin' about its doins down TO the
TT that lose about seven hours week right IN
the busiest season w ashinEton Star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
STAMPS AND COINS.

WANTED. Stamp collections or odd lots:
highest prices paid. Cash on receipt
Manhattan Stamp Co.. "A East 23d St.
N Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

dant well into October Other insect eaters start
southWard as early as July 10. when their FOOD
is most abundant; and the same is true OF many
seed eaters
Again. II scarcity OF food ia the cause Of misra-
non. why do bluebirds warbers, thrushes ana
waterfowl forsake land OF plenty In the south
10 rush northward so early that frequently mill
ions or them starve during the cold snaps OF our
northern spring? The spring Of 1907 furnished
tragic illustration OF this A cold spell. accom-
panied by heavy SHOWS the latter part OF April,
fell like a plague upon the migrating Hooks
Starved warblers thrushes and kinglets were
found everywhere The dead birds found IN TINS
latitude belonged to about twenty different KINDS,
and the number of birds that persisted in the
Middle West alone must have reached well INTO
the millions There would have been plenty OF
room for these birds TO breed in the well pro-
vided south; then why do they. year after year.
brave storms and starvation in the north? Many
theories have been advanced and numerous
treatises have been written on the subject. but
for many birds the question remains unanswered
The problem Of the real home Of the birds ID
just as perplexing. If originally the birds were
driven southwark by advancing winter. then their
real home is In the north, where they now breed;
IT, the other hand they originated in the south.
and later. for some reason, acquired the habit OF
seeking more northerly breeding grounds, then
their home is in the south, where they live now
during the northern winter.
Many South American birds migrate north
ward during March and April, when winter be-
gins in that hemisphere. Some sea birds, like
the albatross and the frigate bird, breed few
the sea throughout the and temperate re-
gions OF the globe the rest of the year. Not one
OF our northern wanderers breeds in its genial
winter home in South and Central America
When their time arrives they all hasten back 70
the distant north TO build their nests and raise
their young in the same region where their own
cradles swung from northern trees and bushes
D. LANCE, in The Atlantic Monthly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
100000 WHALES OK THE HEAD OF PIN.


The completest and most perfect of whales is
a whale so small that 100000 such whales
could find room in space not larger than
ordinary pins head. But in that vanishing
speclI of matter there is already determined Just
how all the innumerable cells OF the future
whales body to grow. how many OF them
are 10 be. and where the bone cells. the muscle
cells. the nerve cells and all its other bodily
cells are to find their proper places in his BODY
to the end of that whales life.
/ But much more than that. In that prim-
ordial cell, scarcely imaginable for Its minute
ness, stored the physical memories. to
speak. OF that whales ancestors. back TO the
first whale. Therefore he grows he will
show that whales used to walk; for legs, COM
plete TO the last leg bone will be found in the
adult whale in the proper place for legs, but now
tucked under his skin, because they are no
longer Usable-much as an English nCbleman
bangs IN his hall his ancestors coats of mail
mementCs of days gone by, since the COM
ing of rife bullets. Moreover, such a minute
whale is nothing but a whale. because he can
not possibly grow into fish any more than ne
can grow into bird for whales are mammals
! and therefore separated by an impossible bologi-
cal gulf from all fishes. Lastly, In that primal
cell not only does there reside the whole an
cestTal heritage of former whales. but there is
ample provision for indefinite number Of
future whales.-Dr. William Hanna Thomson. in
EYerybcdys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
woMANs PRESENT HYsTERIA oB CLOTH

Woman has equipped herself for the work OF
securing equal suffrage in fashions grotesQue
and eccentric that the monkeys in densest Asia
would upon viewing them retire into their
jungle Businesses and hold their sides in
tnguishable laughter
II would be interesting TO know why woman
has chosen just this psychological moment for
bursting into a hysteria Of clothes. and why
she should prefer to stand before the worlds
low fOotlights" proclaiming her complete fitness
for larger responsibilities with all the appear
ance OF a daughter of Bedlam.
A few years ago she rather adopted styles Of
a stern and practical masculinity, short skirt,
coat shirt with stiff collar, her brothers neck
tie. a severely tailored hat and stout boots; but
the pendulum has swung to the other extreme
OF the arc. At the moment when she is more
unfettered in thought than before she
chooses to be most fettered in appearance.
She maintains that she is IN reality a sturdy
oak and that she has proven her right to be SO
regarded, but her daringly original reading OF
the part is to dress il the clinging, foppy
Inc. To be picturesque Is the duty Of the
moment. We must stumble forward over gowns
much train in front as in the back and so
HsAt that all freedom or movement is sadly
npeded. To be enormously capable and yet TO
ok II were fitted for nothing but to
sit a cushion and fine seam and dine
on strawberries, sugar and cream"-that is the
feminine ideal--fOr the mOment.-Mrs. Wilson
woodrow, in The American Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
rYPEwRITING AND TYPEwRITERs.

VICTOR VISIBLE. 20 Nassau ct: cata-
logus free: ali makes taken part pay
ment: bargains in Underwooda. Remlnztons,
divers. Smiths
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PRINTING.
FOX PRINTING HnI1Sn

Printing OF the better kind a, u,od.,..'
prices. Quality. Service. Pric.
'Phons 2ei6-Chelsea- 30 Greenv,c,
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PRIVATE AMBULANcES

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BUSINESS CHANCES
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eral times for the land: price 20 ~ e7.
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suit ~a41cs a
ADDRESS for topography. reror. ,,1
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UPHOISTERFRs.

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rial. Tapestries. Damasks. Pushes We
Iours, Real and Imitation Leather. Hair
cloth. Cretonnes, Fringes. Cords, Gimpa
Tassels. Burlaps. Springs, etc.
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PRINTERS AND PUBIIsgrp.
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PATENT FOR sALE-cb.a,
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IN every FAMILY. For particulars ass'ss
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POULTRY AND PET sTooV

POULTRY. Dogs. Pigeons. pb.a,.
Fowl, Swan. Wild Duck CanaTs.. -
FISH: afro eggs for Matching w.t., ~ = =
prices THE United Co. 2s y.,.,~ p
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REMEDIES

A POSITIVE. harmless cure for drug and
alcoholic cases; patients treated in city
or at our country resort Address German
American Hydropathic Institute. BardonIa.
Rockland County. y. y.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-03-12
Issue OF County Bonds.

Notice is hereby given, that it is the
intention of the Board of Commission
ers OF Lincoln county, state of Idaho, TO
issue, negotiate, and sell and exchange
county bonds of Lincoln county to the
aggregate amount Of twenty-e;ght thou
sand dollars ($2s, 900, dated the first
rday Of July, A. ID. 1909, and bearing in
terest evidenced by coupons, payable
semi-annually: Twenty (20) Of said
bonds shall be issued in denominations
of thousand dollars Isl, 000) each,
and ten (l0) Of said bonds shall be is
sued in denominations of Five Hundred
dollars ($500) each, and thirty 1907 of
said bonds shall be issued in demomi-
nations of One Hundred dollars ($l00
each and two (2) bonds of One Thous-
and dollars Isl, 000) each, one ~ bond
of Five Hundred dollars $500 and
three (3) bonds of One Hundred dol
lars ($l00) each shall become due on
the first day of July in each of the
years 1919 to 1928, both inclusive.
Both principal and interest of said
bonds shall be made payable at the
Office of the County Treasurer of Lin
coin county or some bank in the city
Of New York.
Said bonds shall be sold or exchanged
at the lowest rate of interest offered
not to exceed six per cent per annum;
and the public is invited to bid thereon;
md the board reserves the right to re-
ect any and all bids.
Said bids must be made in writing,
accompanied by a certified check for
i've (5) per cent of the amount bid,
'laced in a sealed envelope and filed
nd deposited with the Clerk of said
board of Commissioners on or before
he fourteenth day of April, 1909.
(Signed)
PAUL r. KARTzKE, Chairman.
HARRY w. ANDERSON, Clerk.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-03-12
OPENING OF SPRING MILLINERY
Cradle & Waters Display Wonderful
Line of FEMININE Finery

The formal spring opening of the
Cradle & Waters Millinery Empor-
ium began last Wednesday and con-
tinues through the week. 1t is treat
to the eyes and a delight to the
mind to view the delicate and artis-
tic creations of spring millinery on
display at this emporium. The new
styles rather incline to smaller sizes
than has heretofore been in vogue
but the full size of former days is
still In fashion and on display in this
opening. thus giving customers a
choice between the new and the old
err styles. 1t is indeed remarkable
the variety of artistic creations on ex-
hibition here. One would think the
limit of original design would be
reached long before it is and that the
airy creations of the milliners' art
would strike sameness instead of
each standing out separate and dis
tinct from its fellows, but such is
not the case. Inventive genius seems
to have no limit, not even when put /
10 tn task of making an infinite war;
lety OF articles that must stand the
criticism of the feminine portion OF /