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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13

Why does Halley's comet come
back to the sun every 70 or ~
years? Why is it that when it
passes Neptune, 2,791 100000 miles
from the sun, it wanders on a few
hundred million miles farther back
and then turns around and starts
back TO visit us once more?
During the middle of April the
comet was swinging about the sun
at distance of less than "a ,000, 600
miles. After getting away from the
center of the solar system safely it
started upon its long journey
through space, during which it
passes Venus. the earth. jupiter.
Saturn, Uranus and finally Nep-
tune. blowing along still farther
until it gets at least 5000, 100000
miles from the sun.
If Barney Oldfield had to make
that trip upon his auto racer. going
a third of second faster than he
or any other mortal ever went, it
would take him 256S years and ISL
days to get to the point where Hal.
ley's comet changes its mind about
running away from the sun and de-
cides TO come back for another
visit.
1t is generally accepted by astron.
Omers that comets are parts of the
same original gaseous mass from
which the solar system condensed.
being merely those portions which
were originally left on the outside
before the great common rotation
was established, and which now
occasionally drop in toward the
center.
Some of them would, if not de-
TERED by the sun or the planets
sail right through the whole solar
system in a straight line from one
dark side of the rim to the other
dark side. Probably Halley's comet
had in mind trip of this kind when
it started out.
1t was just like as if you wanted
to take a short cut straight across
your neighbours lot from your own
to the second lot beyond.
But suppose your neighbor OBJ
iected. and standing somewhere in
his lot lassoed you and held fast.
But you kept on running and run
ming and running. The result would
be that you would keep going
around your neighbor in a circle in
side his lot
This is what the sun did to Hal
ley's comet when the latter tried to
cross the solar system. The bunch
of big and little meteors which COM
pose its nucleus, ventured too near
the sun, and it became a bound and
chained slave of the sun. The law
of gravitation was responsible for
this.
Now. If the comet had been a
planet it would have gone on re-
volving about the sun as does the
earth. 1t had no idea of its own as
to where and how it would go-that
is, it thought it debut when the
suns force Of gravitation pulled it
from out of its pathway across tn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13
AN OLD FRIEND.

An Englishman and an lrishman
were arguing upon the merits of the
great men their countries had pro-
duced. and it so happened that
every time the Englishman named
one of his great compatriots the
Irishman would straightaway claim
him as an Irishman. This some
what eXasperated the Briton, who
at length said:
We'll there's Shakespeare. You
can't claim him; all the world
knows that he was a thorough Eng
lishman.'
oh said the son of Erin, che
may not have been an Irishman. but
it's all the same-he had all the
good qualities of one '-Philadel
phia Times.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13
PROUD OF HIS PROSPECTS.

Louis Pierre was one of a number
of Canadian immigrants who settled
at Fitzgerald, Ga. says the Circle
Magazine AS he spoke both French
and English he rapidly became a
man Of importance and was success
lively elected to the offices of city
marshal coroner and justice of the
peace.
A dispute arose between the
French and English settlers as to
the superiority of the United States
over the Canadian provinces. They
finally agreed to leave the decision
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13

release either Christ, the sinless
one, or Barrabas, the thief. for
whom did the epople cry? Release
unto us Barrabas.' And people are
doing the same today.
The mother chooses for her
daughters husband not the up
right, clean. manly young man. but
the Barrabas of society-the tippler,
the man that swears. And that
mother will rue her choice when
her daughter comes back to her in
ten years with a half dozen little
Barrabases to look after
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13
THE MZSBRANDINC or FOOD
THE CASE OF "CIDER" VINEGAR

WASHINGTON, May 13.-The
public
which
Cider Toledo
Red Star Brand Femented Apple Cider Vinegar
analysis
distilled
which articay
ferioriy ~
Seventye casks shipped by the Robinson Cider Vinegar
of Benton I4arbor Mich,
Cider to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13

to Judge Pierre, who handed down
this decision:
"Yoost tage at loog at me. Ferst
day make me constabul, den cor
oner und now joostic of de PEGS.
Soon be re govenair, den senator,
den president / would be re long
time in Canadaire fore dey mage
me queen
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13

second clip it is doing now. But
this speed viii gradually quicken as
1t nears the sun once more, until it
sweeps by the sun with a celestial
salute in 1885 or near then.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13
500 REWARD

for the conviction OF the party OF
parties claiming to be agents or
solicitors of the Partisan Dyeing &
Cleaning Works. COS First avenue.
Z. A. Lenmann. prop.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13

Declaring that the interview with
Judge n. T. Cation of the Lincoln
county courts that Davenport has
lost business since going dry. w.
Russell Hill OF the Davenport Civic
league brands as unfair to his city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
GIVE A FREE LECTURE
Prof. ]. c. Monaghan Will Speak Here
Under Auspices Of the Knights
of Columbus.

Brilliant as is William Jennings
Bryan. he has had his great lecture,
The Value of an Ideal, put into com
parison with Prof. j. C. Monaghan's
lecture on Opportunity Leading edi-
tors of republican and democratic pa
pers have done this. At Ottawa. ILL.,,
at Chautauqua meeting, Prof. Mon
Afghan spoke to an audience of 1000
that day or two before had been
addressed by Mr.. Bryan. The papers
and the people put Prof. Monaghan's
lecture ahead not only of Mr.. Bryan's
but of any ever heard on their chau-
tauqua platform.
: 1t is not too much to say that no
man on the platform today has a
greater message for Americans than is
the one presented by Prof. Monaghan
in his lecture on The Flag America
and Opportunity The knights OF
Columbus have a mission. 1t is the
educational uplift. They have the
men to make their mission good; men
with a message. Prof Monaghan is
not the least among these men. AS
ne may pass this way but once. the
demand elsewhere being so great. it
would be great mistake to miss him.
The knights of Columbus are giving
their guests for nothing what others
have to pay for and pay well.
Few men, on the platform have
found as much favor as has Prof
Monaghan, who will lecture in Col
umbus hall Saturday evening, May IA
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
nine PRISONERS
PLEADED GUILTY
RECORD ESTABLISHED IN FED
ERAL COURT THIS MORNING
WHEN DEPUTY WOODS CLASS
CONFESS AND GET SIXTY DAYS
AND 500 EACH.

What is believed to be a record for
the federal court for North Dakota,
was established this morning when
eight Indians and one white man en-
tered pleas of guilty before Judge
Charles f, Amidon, confessing their
guilt to taking liquor on the reserva-
ton or allotments, or selling to an
Indian.
Charles Maloney was the first man
arraigned and explained that he had
purchased a half pint of whisky for a
man at Devils Lake, not knowing him
as an Indian.
The Indians were Felix Little, Thos
Jones, Maxom. ste, VIM. Duboise,
David Dubotse, Louis James, John
Langie. They were all arrested at the
Fort Totten reservation by Deputy u.
S. Marshal Wood.
The sentence Of the court was that
each serve sixty days in Jail and pay
a fine of 800, in default of which
thirty days is added. Deputy u. S.
Dist. Atty. VIM. H. Barnett appeared
for the government
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11

Baled Hay for Sale,
In car lots or less. George d. Brown,
Wild Rice, N. Oak.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
WILL SHIP REMAINS
Body Of Weston to BE Taken to Cakes,
North Dakota. for In
4erment.

On Friday Of this week the remains
of Elgin Frank Weston. former general
manager Of the International Harves-
ter Co. of this city, win be taken to
Cakes for interment Mr.. Weston died
Of apoplexy, Nov. % last year, and
since then the remains have reposed
in the vault at Riverside cemetery, but
they will be taken to Cakes where
relatives of the deceased reside and
where some have passed away. There
will be no funeral service at Cakes
excepting that short prayer will be
offered as the body is lowered into it's
last resting place Several of the men
OF the International office will accom-
pany the body of their former head to
Cakes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
The
Summer
Girl

Is in her glory. We can always
measure her enjoyment by the
number of engagement rings we
sell. The seasons crop has be-
gun. It's good idea to buy the
ring here, because the girl knows
it's good. 1t becomes a sort of
guarantee of good faith" as the
legal papers would say.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
LAST TINE TONIGHT
Remarkable Pictures of Roosevelt il
Africa For the Last Time
Tonight.

Everyone who has failed to see the
remarkable pictures Of Roosevelt in
Africa which have been showing at The
Bijou this week should do so before the
last performance tonight.
These pictures are the only genuine
ones in existence; they were taken by
Cherry Kearton, the Englishman who
accompanied the expedition, and have
been secured by The Bijou at great
cost. They have great interest and
educational value.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
Van RORN WILL. SPEAK
Accepts Invitation to Deliver Memorial
Day Address at City of
Page. a

w. L. Van Horn has accepted an In
vitation from the G. A. r. and Sons Of
Veterans of Page to deliver the Me-
mortal day address at that place on
Monday, May 80. The veterans and
their sons at Page are making extern
sive arrangements for an elaborate
programme on that day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11

Marks the beginning of much
happiness or much misery. 1t is
one of the things that is worth
doing we'll, and there is no place
where buying it can be done so
we'll as here. Of course money is
no object in such a case, but it's
just as well to get the worth of
it anyway Our guarantee goes
with every ring we sell. At pres
ent we have particularly attract
i've line. Eighteen karat wedding
rings in new shapes as low as 81,
as high as S12; also some pretty
diamond rings from S15 to $40
and upwards.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
GUARD MOUNT TONIGHT
That Is the Subject for Instruction
at Military School for Nom
Commissioned Officers.

Considerable interest is manifested
by military men of Fargo in the school
for commissioned officers being
conducted at the armory all this week.
This evening Guard Mount is the sub
ject and every member of Co. B, lis
urged to be present.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
WITH ACME REAL ESTATE,

Miss Hilda Sand was yesterday,
placed in a position as stenographer
with Acme Real Estate agency by
Aaker's Business college and two other
young ladies were this morning sent
into temporary positions. A. B. G.
students go into positions as soon as
course is completed and the school
into temporary position A. b. C.
offered.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-11
ANOTHER WITH N. p.

Ira Poor who has been attending the
Dakota Business College; has accepted
a position with the N. p. The North
ern Pacific has for years been a large
employer of these D. b. C. pupils and a
number of them are connected with
the local freight Office.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05
& s
A TRIP THROUGH THE MINT

called strip" which has to be heated
TO cherry red for some minutes
IN order to soften it and render it ut
lot cutting without cracking. After
being annealed in a gas furnace the
strlps are cooled in water, dried, coated
win beeswax, pointed at one end and
pulled through draw bench by q
powerful moving chain. This reduces
the thickness of the strips to the exact
size, whereupon they are fed through
cutting presses that punch out the
planks' at the rate of as high as 800
per minute These blanks are care
1ully washed, dried and delivered to
the adJusters, a number of ladies who
weigh each blank, fling off any extra
Welght and separating any imperfect
pieces. The windows in this room are
closed to prevent fine gold particles
from blowing away and once every four
years the carpet is burned the ashes Of
the last one yielding $3.50.
The blanks are then put through
milling machine at the rate of 10 a
second, which by compression raises a
ring around the edge OF the about to
to coin. Once more the metal is an
nealed in a redhot furnace and
Whltened' by plungfng hot into tank
or dilute sulphuric acid, washed, dried
and cleansed in sawdust and then taken
TO the pressroom for coming. In this,
the last room the visitor enters, power
full coming presses, exerting a pressure
of l50 tons, stamp the designs of dies
placed above and below the blank. At
the instant the impressions are formed
on the head and tail" of the blank
it's milled edge is "reeded" with minute
notches and the piece of metal becomes
coin, After passing close inspection
1t is placed with others of the same
denomination in a sack and is stored
in one of the great vaults. The San
francisco mint has broken several
worlds records, among them being the
coming of $54,933, $40 in double eagles
in SO days. More than 100000, 900 has
been stored in this vast treasure house
at one time while nearly that amount
was safe in the building during the
great fire. Though the flames surged
savagely around this gibraltar of gran
ite and sandstone, they found little
fuel on which to feed. 1t was con-
structed in 1874 as a fire and earth
quake proof structure, and when it
came to the trial by fire and shock it
stood the test Old fashioned, as it may
seem to some, it's architecture stands
as type that you may study to your
advantage. firm foundation first of
all, then honest construction work from
wall to wall. Thus was it built to last,
and like a pyramid it did.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05
Gloves OF the Ancients

The origin OF gloves is very ancient.
Some authorities assert that they were
known in bible times, from references
made to "shoes," which were thought
to be Identical with gloves. The first
clear account of gloves comes, how
ever. from Xenophon. The writer
speaks of the Persians wearing gloves
on their hands to protect them from the
cold. Homer describes Laertes work
ing in his garden with gloves upon his
hands to protect them from the thorns,
and Varro mentions the apparel as be-
ing worn by Romans.
Gloves have been tokens Of solemn
and important things from the ninth
century. They were adopted as a rite
of the church, and later the transfer
ring OF lands or titles was always at
tended with the presentation of gloves.
In the eleventh century the method Of
challenging to single combat by throw
Ing down glove was instituted and
the custom still remains In some coun-
tries. Gloves were not worn by women
until after the reformation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05

strike the hour, the quarter hour and
the minute after the quarter 1t was
guaranteed not to vary over two sec
onds in month, fast or slow, The
value was in the works, not the case
Nowadays even our smaller towns
are connected with standard time, yet,
while we know they are not perfect
time keepers, there is always a fas-
cination about sun dials. The largest
sun dial in the world is at Delhi, In
dia. 1t is made Of solid masonry, the
circle is of marble, the gnomon is
granite and is 104 feet long on its
base line, six feet seven inches high,
and the length of the slope is 11S feet
5 inches
How many of you can repeat aloud
the Roman figures just as they are on
the race OF your own watch without
looking? venture to say that not
one in hundred can do it correctly.
though you have looked at your watch
thousands of times. Commence at fig
ure l and go around to XII and see if
you can.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05
Dy HAROLD FRENCH

low many readers of The Junior
Cali have ever been through the
mint? Only a very small percentage
would be a safe answer, for there are
tens of thousands Of San Franciscans
born who have never visited Uncle
Sans great coin factory at Fifth and
Mission streets. Although it Is open
to visitors from to 1880 and from /
to 2, the best time for juniors to go
through the mint is early on a Satur-
DAY morning AS you enter the door
keeper VIII politely ask you if you
wish to visit the mint, and usher YOU
into reception room, where YOU will
register your name in a great book
and be shown a wonderful collection of
rare old coins In a few minutes
party OF Is or SO are led out by one
OF, the three conductors, who are Grand
Army men one of them, while but a
boy of 1G, carried musket on the
heIds or Ahtietam, Fredericksburg and
Gettysburg The conductor will advise
YOU to keep together and will lead you
down a stairway. where for five minutes
he viii entertain you with the his
tory of deposit of gold from the time
it is received until It is coined.
II you happen to have $50 or more in
sold dust, or as brick, you will be
taken TO the receiver of deposits who
weighs your gold and gives you re-
ceipt for the troy ounces it balances
1t IS then locked in an iron box and
taken to the deposit melter, who melts
IT IA crucible and pours it into a
mold, from which it is emptied in the
form of bar of metal This is then
sent to the assayers, who finds Just how
much gold. silver and base metal is i'm
1t. Pure gold is worth $2O.67 per ounce
troy, hence if the assayer reports the
gold as being 900 fine" it means that
the deposit contains just 90 per cent of
the yellow metal, and is worth $3.50
per ounce. The next day, if you are
the lucky depositor, you will receive q
certificate, on which the cashier will
pay you the value of your deposit in
bright gold and silver coin, less a few
small charges to cover the cost of
melting, assaying and refining.
Inc conductor will then lead YOU
through the boiler room and up an
IRON stairway and you will feel as
though you were going through the
depths Of battleship or a mine. At
length you enter the deposit melting
room and see the white hot furnaces.
heated by gas where the deposits are
being taken out of locked boxes. placed
IN graphite crucibles, melted and
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05
ABOUT COMMON THINGS
Time Keepers and Methods Of Measuring Time

cacy and accuracy it would seem in
credible. They make cylinders, cones,
wheels, screws, drill holes and cut out
plates they all but put the watch to-
gether. and with absolute correctness.
think it will be news to most of us
that for fob watches we are indebted
to the Puritans. The word fob comes
from the German "fuppe," meaning a
small pocket The first fob watch of
which we have any record belonged to
oliver Cromwell 1t is now in the Brit
ish museum; it is small oval affair,
and was made in the year 1925. The
Puritans disliked any display and that
is said to have been their motive for
adopting fob watches.
There were some queer methods of
measuring time before the invention OF
watches and clocks. OF these, the sun
dial was the best, and is somewhat in
use today, although it gives the cor
rect time for only a few days in the
year. The rest of the time it varies
from correct TO 20 minutes fast or slow.
The date of the invention of the hour
glass is not known, but we are certain
that 1T was in use 200 years b. G. The
sand in the best hour glasses is made OF
powdered egg shells, well baked, be-
cause this material is less liable to abb
sorb moisture. King Alfred is said to
have measured time by marks on burn
ing candles, but this must have been
very unsatisfactory, owing to the fact
that some would burn faster than
others. No ship owner would send q
craft to sea without a time keeper that
had been proved correct; otherwise, he
would immediately forfeit all his in
surance. Captain Slocum, in the story
of his voyage around the world alone
in the Spray tells us that his time
keeper was a little common round faced
kitchen clock that he bought in Bridge-
port, Conn, for sl.2b, and that it never
failed him.
Napoleon Bonaparte owned one or
the few self winding watches that have
been made. 1t had weighted lever
which was kept in position by long
curved spring. This spring was so
weak that the ordinary motion of the
body in walking caused the lever to
fall and the spring returned it. The
lever was connected with the main
spring by means of fine teeth, so that
every step taken 1t would be slightly
wound up.
While a very fair watch can be
bought for 81 there was recently
shown one priced at $3.50. II was a
split second watch. that is 1t marked
half seconds around tho large circle
on the face. 1t also showed the day
of the month, the phases of the moon,
and a pressure OF the thumb at a
certain spot on the rim caused ii to
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05

= HERE are few real watch makers
Ho"aoays' those engaged in the
business of watch making arc
ay ohiy machine tenders many of
"iiul, Would not be able to put a watch
together, much less to make one
ohllled mechanics in the business de-
eo'c .neir apllity to the construction
-, ioa'ihes tnt,o 'hat go to the making of
Matches' ana since the demand is mn
limited these tool makers are far and
away the kings of all machinists The
deFelopment Of this machinery bos
pccn greater ana more rapid than that
uSeu IN any other work. 1t has reached
tne point Whefe not the cost of mate
anu not the price of human labor
t'9ela. l'liiiee 'he price of the watch, but
the cost ana htness of the machines for
their Work. 1t is fact that soma of
the machines work so perfectly tbot
all that is required in making screws
IS to start the end of a coil Of wire into
one of them; the operator can then 90
away Tor an hour or more and the ma
chine Will do the rest.
The first watch makers wore raa,l,,
blacksmths, but they We're the artists
OF their craft, for the works were all
OF IRON, They could not quite break
away from the thought of the sun dial
so all of the first watches had q sun
dlal attachment. This must have had
lhe eHect VI creating great deal of
confusion, for the best of watches and
the best of sun dials will not long
agree, Nuremberg has the honor of
being the birthplace of the first watches
that man could carry in his pocket.
They were called Nuremberg eggs
and in fact the watch OF that day was
shaped very much like an egg They
were so expensive that they were the
exclusive property Of royalty and those
in high stations. 1t Is said Of Charles
that he sent a locksmith in a sedan
chair all the way from Nuremberg to
Vienna to put right his watch, since
out Of that city there was no one who
could repair it. Previous to the close
of the fifteenth century time pieces
were stationary affairs; about that time
some one now unknown invented the
spring ana ii became possible to make
a watch which could be carried AS
years passed on the demand for them
grew and inventors put forth their
genius to make them rapidly and
cheaply. Now good time keepers are
made by the million and sold at a
handsome profit as low as 81 each.
IL | were to tell you of the automatic
action of some Of the machines in use
in the great factories at Elgin, Wal
than and other places and of their deli