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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
BACK FROM WHENCE THEY CAME
Strikebreakers Can Not Enter Dominion
of Canada

Five hundred strikebreakers en- route
from Chicago to Winnipeg to take the
places of striking car employees in the
Canadian city, were halted in st. Paul
Saturday night by order of the Ca
madam immigration bureau, warning
their sponsors that the strikebreakers
would not be allowed to enter Canada.
The strikebreakers were sent back
to Chicago. 1t is said that an effort
will be made to get them into eastern
Canada as individuals or small groups,
with the idea of assembling them again
in Winnipeg.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
EXPLOSION KILLED TEN.
Plant at New York Central Power
Station Ruined.

otoeAOh hli3AiCt-
New York, Dec. 20.-The terrific ex-
plosion of Illuminating gas in the aux
iliary power house at the Grand Central
station, which sent tremor along the
entire rock backbone of Manhattan
Monday morning, caused the death of 10
persons, two of them women; the injury
of 1875 others, and property damage esti-
mated at from 100000 to $3,0000 900.
Fire broke out in the shattered ruins
of the power house again late tonight,
but with corps of police, searchers
aud fremen on the scene the blaze made
little Roadway before checked.
IL was a weird scene in and about the
station as the night wore on. No addi-
tional bodies were found, but in hospi-
tai Luther tombstone, an electrician,
succumbed to terrible injuries received
in the explosion, bringing the death list
up to 10.
Traffic on the New York Central rail
road ceased entirely for some hours and
was disorganized for the rest of the day,
but the new station itself, now in pro-
cess of construction, was not damaged
The Dead.
Nicoli Galucci, laborer.
Patrick Jordan, laborer.
E. B. Livermore, Pullman car in
spector.
G. M. Marrow, laborer:
Edith Offner, stenographer.
Mary B. Pope of Boston, Mass.
Charles Roberts, expressman.
Frank Stage, Waterman. e..
John Ryan, laborer.
Luther tombstone, electrician
The injured include laborers and other
employees of the railroad, pedestrians
bystanders and others in the vicinity
of the accident.
A passing surface car, carrying seven
passengers, was lifted from its tracks
and hurled into an automobile running
alongside. -Four of the seven passengers
were killed outright, but the chauffeur
of the. motor car was only cut and
bruised.
The explosion was due to mixture
of air and Illuminating gas, used in
| lighting railroad cars, touched off by an
electric spark. The gas had accumu
lated in the auxiliary power house from
broken pipe snapped off by a runaway
passenger car. ..t
Foundations were Jared, walls were
shaken out of plumb, windows were
blown in by the thousands, ceilings
came crashing down on the heads Of
those beneath and the pavements were
Uttered with pulverized glass.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
RESULT OF CHICAGO SHOW.
Our Apple Display Opened Thei
Ewes.

Perhaps the ilost significant result
of the National Apple show in Chicago,
recently, is the widespread attention
directed to the commercial orchard dis
tricts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and British Columbia. The
daily newspapers and class publications
in Chicago were liberal in devoting
space to the enterprise. The fact that
the exhibitors were literally besieged
from morning until night by eager in
quirers, seeking knowledge at first hand
of the various districts in the four
states and province, may be taken as
an indication that many will cast their
lot in the western country.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
The Youths Companion Calendar
for 1911.

The publishers of The Youth IS Com
panion will, as always at this season.
present to every subscriber whose sub
scription ($1.75) is paid for 1911 a
beautiful calendar for the new year
The picture panel reproduces a water
color painting of an old-time garden in
a flood of summer sunshine, with a
background of Lombardy poplars
through which one catches a glimpse
of distant hills. The picture being
in 10 colors, the tones of the original
are faithfully reproduced.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
Promote Free Thought.

Albert Freeman of East Orage, N. J.,
one of the richest socialists in this coun-
try, through the death of his father,
formerly treasurer of the Standard Oil
company, is planning to use his wealth
to promote free thought. He is work
ing out the idea of an independent
theater in which radicalism can be
taught by dramas that viii deal un-
finchingly with religion, morality
riches and poverty.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
MONTANA.

J. K. Lang was appointed deputy
state humane officer from Kalispell, to
have charge of Teton, Flathead and
lincoln counties.
Adjutant General Greenan of Mon
tana is giving instructions and demon
strations before companies of the state
in the use of the new interior target
ranges and rifles. A team from each
of the Kalispell companies is to be
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
Gable Concerns Amalgamate.

Tt is announced that negotiations
have been completed for the amalgama-
ton of the Western Union Telegraph
company and the Anglo-American Cable
company.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
George B. johnson Dies.

George B. Johnson, general treasurer
of the Methodist Episcopal church of
the United States, died in Cincinnati
Saturday. Re was Is years old.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24
Grand Divisions of the Country.

The census bureau divides the coun-
try into nine grand geographical d.
visions.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24

1t takes more than ability to create
wealth to qualify you to dispense it.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-24

It's easier to talk about dying for
the right than to get busy living Alright
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Russian Prince InventS New and
Ingenious Seismograph.
Wonderful instrument Constructed by
Scientist Records Earthquakes,
However Distant Shock May
Be From Station.

st. Petersburg.-A wonderful new
instrument to record the motion of
the earth produced by an earthquake,
however distant from the recording
station, has been invented by the dis
tinguished scientist, Prince Galitzin,
member of the Imperial academy of
st. Petersburg. BY the application of
Ingenious contrivances, the seismo.
graph gives an actual scale reproduc-
tion Of the earth movement, unlike
other earthquake recorders, which
continue to vibrate under the earths
initial movement long after that move
ment has subsided. The new instru-
ment has been mounted at Eskdale-
muir observatory, Dumfriesshire.
The following is the official descrip.
ton:
Fundamentally the instrument con-
sists of a horizontal pendulum sus-
pended by wires, so that when the
framework, which is attached to the
earth by pier, is moved, the pendu-
lum is set in motion. In this respect
1t resembles other forms of seismo-
graphs, notably that of DR.. Milne, to
whom indeed we mainly owe the
principle. In the absence of friction
such pendulum would continue to
vibrate long after the earth move
ment has ceased, so that 1t is i'm
practicable to attempt to determine
from the motion of the pendulum the
earth movement which produced it.
If, however, friction is introduced,
the motion of the pendulum rapidly
subsidies, and, by suitably choosing
the amount of friction the instrument
can be made what is technically
called dead beat In this condition
the motion of the pendulum is, except
In one or two very special cases, an
exact reproduction on a certain scale
Of the earth movement.
In the Galitzin pendulum such fric-
tion is introduced by allowing cop
per plate attached to the pendulum
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
A Mystery.

Asked what sight represented to his
mind the extreme of desolation, the
man who was renting agent said:
"An unfinished card game with the
cards lying just where the players left
them. This morning l came across an
Interrupted game of hearts in a fur
nished fiat that was vacated suddenly.
The tenants simply packed their
clothes and moved out without
a word of explanation to anybody, and
as they didn't owe me a cent it wasn't
my place to run them down. In fact, l
wouldn't have thought much about
their sudden departure if I hadn't seen
those cards. They had been playing
on dining room table and the game
was about half finished. Four hands
of the cards thrown down when the
game was anybody's that knew how
to turn a trick works on the imagina-
tion. Why did they stop playing in
such hurry? Why didn't they stay to
finish the game, or If they couldn't do
that, why didn't they scrape the cards
together and take them along? In
teresting questions those, and I'd like
to have them answered"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
SHOW EARTH MOTION

to move between the poles of a strong
magnet. According to the laws of
electromagnetic the friction so pro-
duced conforms to most precise and
simple law. In this way the Galitzin
pendulum is made TO indicate pre-
cisely by its motion the motion of the
earth.
The introduction of this friction
has, however, disadvantage, as 1t
reduces the sensitiveness of the ap-
paratus. But by a second brilliant
application of electromagnetic theory
Prince Galitzin has overcome this
trouble. A coil of wire attached to
the pendulum moves between the
poles of strong magnet and an elec-
trical current is so generated In the
coils when the pendulum moves.
These currents are carried to a gal.
vanometer timed to the same funda-
mental period as the pendulum and
again made dead beat" Thus the
motion of the earth is reproduced on
the galvanometer with perfect pre-
cision on scale of magnification suf-
ficient to satisfy the humblest OBJ
server.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Black Death Centuries Aoo.

In what spirit did the superstitious
people of the Middle Dark Ages meet
the Great Plague when it came like
black thunder cloud over Europe?
Many, many committed suicide in the
first frenzies OF fear. Merchants and
the rich, seeking to divert the wrath
of heaven, carried their treasures to
the churches and the monasteries,
where often the monks, fearing to re-
seive the infection with them, shut
their gates against any such offering.
Then 1t was in mad desperation heav.
ed over the walls and forced on the
monks; thus the panic-stricken hoped
to have monks save life and soul.
Even sound, we'll men, consumed and
corroded by fear and anxiety, wan.
dered wan and livid as the rotting
dead. Houses were Stunned and
nodded and tumbled, for the plague
lasted for years. Many villages and
towns were actually deserts of houses,
empty, silent as woods and fields, or
'..antres vast!" This is speaking of the
Black Death that began in England
in 134S.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Shepherd poa a Hero.

There was a fire in an Allegheny
stable the other day. A shepherd dog
and her five puppies were in vacant
stall, and half-dozen small boys were
trying to look through knot-hole Mt
the interesting family To get bet
ter view they held lighted matches
to the knot hole, and one of the
matches fell through and fired the
straw The boys then ran away and
the engines came. When the fire
broke out, the mother of the puppies
seized one of them in her mouth, leap
ed over high barrier to get out of
the stall and carried the little fellow
to place of safety. This action she
repeated until all were saved but one,
which was burned Her grief at not
being able to rescue the last was evi.
dent, and she had to be chained to
keep her from rushing back into the
flames for It.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
A Seasons Folly
By BRYANT C. ROGERS

The man looked at his companion
wonderingly. 80" he said at last,
almost to himself. "it's only a joke to
to you!"
For answer she smiled at him lit
tie uncertainty, but still sheltered with
a touch of the triumphant assurance
which had first attracted him.
High up on the slope of the foot
hills they sat under the shade of some
scrub cedars.
Below them, over a descending Wis
ia of 30 miles of pale greens and Law
endars and blues of the land under
the California sun, the ocean SHIN
mered in the distance. 1t was very
still about them, for the bordered
path behind led to a fountain in ruins
and beyond that deserted mansion
faded under the sunlight, desolate.
They had climbed there because he
had wanted to show her the view, one
of the finest in that part of the state.
She had come with her mother among
the swarms of winter visitors flock
ing to the southern coast, and when
he had first seen her DR.. Duval had
stepped inside a magic circle from
which there was no escape.
He was used to the winter visitors.
Injured to the sparkling, pretty girls
from the east always healthily, un-
emotionally amused by their girlish
fiirtations, their guileless smiles at
him, one of the few bachelors at the
hotel.
He could not explain why, when he
had met Gertrude Whitcomb that first
night he had been so Immediately en-
thralled. She had regarded him disin-
terestedly, rather coldly, until he had
exerted himself to bring forth a
smile Of interest-and when DR.. Duval
chose to talk one listened. He had
watched the faint blush rise to the
pale oval of her face and seen her
great eyes darken and soften; he had
brought ripple Of laughter to her
lips-and her laugh was music.
From that evening he was much in
her company, and she permitted 1t, in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
The Girls Face Grew Serious.

dolently, gracious and amused. So
they had drifted through the weeks
and the winter was nearing its close.
She regarded him little specula-
lively. as though surprised at the feel
Ing in his voice. 81 had no idea,"
she said, slowly, Shat you really
cared thought it was just"
You did not think at ALL" DR.. Du-
val interrupted her brusquely. 1T
never entered your head to wonder
whether I were falling in love with
you-whether it meant anything seri-
Gus to me. You are so used to admi-
ration that one man more or less
means little to you and, besides, you
did not care for me. If you had
tell me, Gertrude, haven't you ever
met any one you cared about?"
The girls face grew serious and she
looked out over the valley NO" she
said carelessly. I'm afraid not. |
don't want to-life is too full of inter-
esting things!" She turned and
laughed at him again, and he noticed
for the first time that her smile was
unfeeling. Then she sprang to her
feet lightly Come, let's walk on"
she ordered. And we won't talk of
this again"
NO said DR.. Duval bitterly, never
again."
All the way down the winding trail
Gertrude was a-sparkle with laughter
and fun, but the man did not hear
her. At one turn he had a glimpse,
far in the distance below, of a ram
bling structure buried in vines and
flowers and again his conscience re-
preached him. The rambling cottage
had seen little of him this winter and
DR.. Duval was not a man to desert old
friends for new.
Ever since he was a boy the Morgan
place had been second home to him
and Mrs. Morgan and Carlotta his
chums, advisers and confidents. He
could see Carlottas rapt little face.
pale, yet glowing like white flower
under her tawny hair, and her odd
brown eyes with the light in them
like sunlight through water as she sat
listening to his tale of a baseball
game, on his entry into the medical
college. of his first real case. of most
things which had ever happened to
him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
StoneIike Muscles of Allen Rush.
brook. Engllshman, Relaxing
Under Treatment.

London.-After having undergone
treatment at moro than so general
hospitals in London and the provinces
in the last ten years, Allen Rush
brook, the brittle man" OF SWANS.
thorpe, Norfolk. has at last succeeded
In obtaining some relief from his mys-
terious ailment at the Homeopathic
hospital
Most of Mr.. Rushbrook's muscles
have gradually turned to stonelike
hardness. the only ones retaining any
freedom of movement being certain
muscles of the left arm and lower
jaw. In his ward at the hospital.
where he has been since April, the
brittle man explained his conversion
to homeopathy.
81 have only had two doses of medi-
cine" he said. "but | am much better
than when | came. have had no
pain for the last fortnight, and hard
spot on my leg which was just be-
ginning to get roney wnen / came in
has entirely disappeared under treat
ment."
Then he wagged his head from side
to side to show the increased flexibili.
ty of his neck muscles. when I
first came" he continued. tho
muscles on the left side OF my neck
we're immcvabIe and stonellke; now
they are quite soft and movable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
PRESERVING OF MANUSCRIPTS
BLK of Extreme Thinness and Trans
parency Settles Question of Life
of Old Documents.

The original manuscripts of old
books and old records are exceeding
ly valuable and are preserved with
great care, for if destroyed of course
they cannot be replaced. They can
be guarded from fire and from over
much handling, and now an additional
safeguard has been found in Japanese
silk.
Its use has removed fear existing
in the minds of Librarians that there
was no way out Of it, and that the rare
old manuscripts would simply have
to have their day, and then dry up
and return to their original elements.
Happily the use of a silk of extreme
thinness and transparency has settled
the question of the life of these man.
uscripts for the next two or three
hundred years at least. BY that time
some other method may be discovered.
This silk Is thinner than the thinnest
tissue paper, the threads being finer
than spider webs. 1t is pasted over
the manuscript so firmly that 1t keeps
off all dust and air, and yet is so
transparent that it does not interfere
any more with the appearance Of the
manuscript than would any ordinary
plate of glass. It strengthens the
manuscript so that the danger of
handling is reduced to a minimum.
The Library Of Congress is now en-
gagged in examining and prc:Scting
all of its old manuscripts with this
silk, and while 1t is an immense task
It will probably be completed before
long. This silk is by no means costly,
and unless a person is somewhat ex-
pert in the matter of old manuscripts
he would be unable to recognize the
fact that silk had been used
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
MAKE REPORTS ON MOISTURE
Weather Bureau Planning to Give Out
State of Humidity In Daily
Statements.

Washington.-The department of
agriculture recognizing the part that
humidity has in the weather condi-
ticn as 1t affects the feeling Of people,
is considering the advisability of hav-
ing the daily reports. include state
ment Of the humidity as we'll as of
the temperature, with perhaps prog
nostication as to the degree of humid
ity that may be expected during the
"a hours following the issuance of the
report
Just how the humidity can be desig.
mated is one of the problems in con-
nection with this suggestion, which
VIII be given careful consideration by
ofncials of the department.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

mirror attached to the galvano.
meter reflects tiny dot of light from
lamp onto a sheet of Photographic
paper. The paper is attached to q
circular drum driven by clockwork,
so that If there is no earth movement
the dot traces a straight line on the
paper. If an earth movement occurs
theedot is moved sideways and a COM
plete and proportionate record of any
movement of the earth is reproduced
on the Photographic paper
AS no man can predict the direction
from which an earthquake may pro-
ceed, two pendulums with correspond
ing galvanometers are required to give
a record of the effect coming from
north to south and from east to west.
Two dots of light record the earth
movement on the same Photographic
sheet. and thus an almost cursory
examination of the record shows the
direction from which the earthquake
proceeded.
Precise measurement, combined with
principles already established, enable
an observer at a single station to
assign with considerable precision the
origin of an earthquake disturbance.
Thus Prince Galitzin at st. Petersburg
could say from his records whether
an earthquake occurred at Edinburgh
or at London.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
English Observations on the Sui, Jest
Of tuberculosis Warrant That
Action.

. London.-Some observations boar
Ing upon the subject of bovine tubercu-
losis have recently been made by Dr..
II. Corner, who is interested In a
school of light agriculture at South
gate, which are remarkable from what
ever standpoint they may be viewed.
Il believe" he said in the course Of
an interview, that fowls are responsi-
BILE for great deal of the tuberculosis
in cattle. The idea occurred to me
some time ago in connection with cat
tle-raising in Jersey, where there is
absolutely no tuberculosis among the
herds. although there is just as much
among human beings as there is in
this country; and the reason suggest
ed itself. Twenty-three per cent. of
chickens-not merely young chickens
die from tubercular trouble, SO It is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Keep Chickens from, Cattle

significant that in Jersey farmers do
not run fowls on the meadows"
In order to see whether this expla-
nation would be supported by wider
information, Doctor Corner wrote to-
the leading breeders of Jersey stock
in this country with interesting re-
suits.
The marchioness of Linlithgow's
herd on an estate near Edinburgh is
one of the few in which there have
been no cases of tuberculosis. It was
started in 1886, and the cattle are
very finely bred and therefore sensi-
tive to disease. In answer to Doctor
Corners letter 1t was stated that no
poultry were ever allowed to go on
to the meadows where the cattle are.
Several other replies were similar in
import.
A peculiar case cited was as fol-
lows: An old, farmer started rearing
poultry on small island. and In a
very short time the game and rabbits
which had formerly been flourishing
were practically exterminated by tu-
berculosis.
In Doctor Corners opinion the stalks
OF the grass are infected with germs
of the disease which the browsing cat
tie are unable to escape breathi5-.
The doctor. who does not share the
general opinion that infected food is
one OF the principal causes of tubercu.
losis in human beings, looks at the
question from an agriculturist's point
of view. THE first thing we must
do he said, 'if we want clean cattle.
Is to exclude poultry from the
meadows"
Perhaps the experiments, which are
now being carried out under the Royal
Agricultural society, in raising calves
from infected stock will throw some
light on the former point.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
FERTILE MAN, IS IMPROVED

though they still give click when
turn suddenly"
The only medicine the brittle man
has taken during his stay at the hos.
pital is few drops of tincture OF
arbor vitae greatly diluted with wa.
ter. The first dose was given early in
May, the second a month later. In
view of the marked Improvement in
the symptoms and the apparent stop.
page of the progress of the disease.
hopes of permanent benefit are held
out to the patient by the physicians
in charge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Quite a Little Forest.

New York.-According to a census
just completed by Commissioner
Slower of the department of parks
there are 11,223 trees in the city.
outside of those in the public parks
from the Battery to One Hundred and
Eighty-second street.
The commissioner made this con.
sus to enable him to estimate what
funds are needed for the care Of the
trees next year. The allowance at
present is $4,000 a year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Useful.

May escort yon to the swimming
party tomorrow. Miss Ethel?"
why. yes, I'd like to &c, thank
you. but mother will have TO chaperon
me-"
'Do-do you. think that's neces.
sary?"
"Of course do. I'm never afraid
when motfers along. Mother knows
Just whateto do for cramps. and She
can sym like champion duckl"