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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-08

o. b. Moon. whose place in said ward
for registering votes for said election
will be at the Journal Office.
The registrar for .he third ward Is
ciaud Thomas, whose place in said
ward for registering votes for said cleo
tion win be at the Golden Rule store
on north Fourth street.
The registrar for the fourth ward is
D. H. F'urgeson, whose place in said
ward for registering votes for said
election win be at sS3 Seventh street.
Only qualified electors of the city.
who are taxpayers thereof. can regis
three questions to be submitted.
This notice OF election is given pur-
suant to the provisions OF ordinance
No. 299, ordinance No. 500 and ordi-
nance No. sol OF said city heretofore
duly passed ana approved and publish
ed. and BY order Of the mayor and city
council thereof.
In witness whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the corporate
seal OF the city OF Occur d'Alene. pur-
suant to order OF the mayor and city
council OF said city. this 21st day OF
March. A. ID. 1910.
FRED L TIFFANY,
City Clerk Of the City of Occur d'Alene.
Attest: (Seal)
FRED l. TIFFANY,
City Clerk.
w. Il. SANDER.
Acting Mayor Of the City OF
Occur d'Alene.
Weekly Mar. &c, Apr. 80.
Dailv Mar "a MAJ
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-08
JOS. T. SCOTT. ndlsOr ana Publisher

The spokesman-Review ought to
send one more special correspondent
to Occur d'Aiene to write up the po-
litical situation in Idaho. OF all the
messes OF political rot and display Of
ignorance regarding true conditions,
the article appearing in this morn
ing's Spokane paper Is entitled TO the
medal. People In touch with the
situation read and smile, smile and
read again. then comes an express
sion OF opinion not found In the code
OF morals. Idaho may be a part OF
Spokane, but her newspapers show q
dense ignorance OF the political con
ditions on this aide Of the line.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-08
ONE or THE GREAT
WOMEN OF HISTORY
Became Leading English Novelist At
ter Years Of enOrt.
(ny Rev. Thomas D. Gregory

(Ry Rev. Thomas b. Gregory
In the study OF tho humble par
aonage at steyenton. Hampshire. Eng
land. a brlght-eyed girl sat playing
with her dolly. while her father was
busy writing his next Sundays SER
mon. Mr.. AusteE did not realize
that that little giri was to write
books that we're 10 live long after
all of his sermons were forgotten.
Jane Austen was born in 1775. and
at the hands OF her father received a
good education. In her fathers IL
brary she found all OF the standard
works in English literature. Richard
son. johnson. Crabbe. cOwper. with
which she made herself fairly well
acquainted. she knew something Of
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-08
AoADEAfY OF sCTENCE.

PHILADELPHIA. AprIl S.-Many
savants Of renown are In attendance
today at the fourteenth annual meet
ing OF the American Academy Of Po-
lItIeal and Social Science.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-08
IOWA RAsERALL.

IOWA CITY. Iowa. April s.-The
University OF Iowa begins Ne base
ball season today with series with
the Davenport team Of the Three Eye
league.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-15
Speed of the Tortoise.

Columbus eorrespondeuce Indianapolis News.
According 10 the fable the hare and the
tortoise had a race and odds were decidiy
against the latter because OF its lack OF
speed. Now there Is a tortoise in Ohio
Township. Bartholomew County. that
would certainly SHOW up strong in a
race with the tabled creeper. The Ohio
Township tortoise has only moved about
an eighth Of a mile in twenty years.
Twenty years ago o. A. Sprague. then a
small boy. found tortoise on the farm
OF his father in Ohio Township and carved
his initials on its back. He turned IL loose
and the incident was forgotten. a few
days ago Everett Sprague. a local school
teacher and brother OF the man who
carved the tortoise. was walking about
the farm. when he ran across the tortoise
and examined its back. The initials were
as plain as the day they were carved and
the tortoise had only moved about an
eighth Of an mile from the place where
the carving was done.
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Aerial Tragedies.

Aerial tragedies are happening often
these days. IN one afternoon we get the
news OF the tragic death Of Charles
Stewart Rolls at Bournemouth; next
morning a German balloon is wrecked,
killing it's flve occupants Since that
first fatal accident at Fort Myer. when
the breaking OF orville Wrights pro-
peller caused the death OF Lieut.. Self
ridge, the death list on such accounts
has been steadily growing and. we sup
pose. win continue to grow.
In the days to come navigation OF the
air by heavier-than-air flying machines
win be less dangerous. doubtless, than it
is to-day. The men-fiiers are Just learn
ing the B C's of the air currents; lust
beginning TO realize the limitations OF
this method OF progression. and are ac-
curing skill from experience It was
only yesterday. as 1t were, that man
succeeded at all in raising himself in
the air without the aid of gas bags. II
was SO vast a stride ahead in mechanics
that it was no wonder that all the In
Ventors have striven to make their ma
chimes as light as possible. so that even
to-day the best OF them are but fimsy
eontrivances of wire and bamboo or
hickory strips and canvas. But even
these filmsy devices have proven ade-
quate TO carry up into the air heavy
motors, and in some cases two. and even
three. passengers. 1t is about time that
attention was directed 10 making the ma
chimes themselves stronger and more
stable, and when this is done. we shall
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-15
Order and the Peace.

Says the Savannah News
THE London Leader recalls Roosevelts
GuildhaH speech IN connection with the
Reno prize fight. Roosevelt said In that
speech that 1t was the first duty of a
government to preserve order and the
peace The Leader wants TO know how
he is going to square that with the Incl
dent at Reno and the riots that followed
it in many parts of the country. The
Leader asks too many fool questions.
If the London Leader really PROFOUND
ed any such question as that herein re-
ferred 10, 1t was fool question. pure
and simple. The affair at Reno in nowise
disproves any suggestion set forth by
Mr.. Roosevelt in that Guildhall speech.
II anything. 1t emphasizes tho very point
the Leader raises.
Two wrongs never have and never viii
make a right. The wrong at Keno lessons
responsibility for no other wrong any
where in the world II this country fails
to live up TO the status localized by Mr..
Roosevelt IN his GuiidhaI speech, II
does not follow. for an instant, that
some other country has the right, there
fore. to fail. It would be very nice. per-
haps. 70 feel that we were faultless be-
fore the whole world. and that all of the
worthy things some of our eminent men
preach are the things we. as a nation, In
variably practice. But the mere fact that
such is not the case detracts nothing
whatever from the ruthfulness. the
righteousness. the effectiveness OF the
worthy things these eminent men may
saw
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TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
St. Swithin'S July Is.

To-day is St. Swithin's Day-the festival
of Swithin, bishop and patron OF VIM
chester, a city which. even In the early
days Of the Romans in Britain. had at
tanned some note. and is mentioned by
Ptolemy under the name OF Venta. The
common adage regarding st. Swithin. as
every one knows, is to the effect that. as
it rains or is fair on this day, there will
be a continuous track Of wet weather for
the forty days ensuing:
est. swithins Day. If thou dost rain.
For forty days II will remain;
st. Swithin's Day. If thou be fair
For forty days twill rain nae MAR"
This old-time quatrain originated from
the caves dripping on the saints tomb
and has been repeated in a score OF DIFF
ferent ways. We find It in Poor Robin S
Almanac OF 1897 In poem Of twenty
lines. The poet. Gay. also in his Trivia. /"
recounts the story. but cautions In finish
ing:
let no such vulgar taste debase the
mind.
Nor Paul nor swithia rules the clouds
ana Wlnd.
Swithin was born In the neighborhood
OF Winchester. probably about the year
500. He became q monk OF the Old Abbey
Of Winchester, and gradually rose to be
prior of that community. He seems to
have gained the favor of Egbert King
Of Wessex, who intrusted him with the
education of his son and successor. Ethel
wulf 1t ought TO be remarked that,
though distinguished by the prefix
saint Swithin was never regularly
eanonizcd by the Pope. a practice not in
troduced till nearly 200 years after his
translation, which is the only ceremony
on which he rests his claim to the title.
He is thus emphatically what Mr.. Earle
calls "a homemade saint" Mr.. Earle
still further remarks Most probably
the belief in St Swithin Day is derived
from some primeval pagan belief regard
ing the meteoroIogicalIy prophetic char
acter of some day about the same period
as st. Swithin's. such adaptations. It is
well known. were very frequent on the
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. mNTEX:A
OKK i !
BEASTS AND MEN"


Chalmers Mitchell. F. r. s., secretary
OF the Geological Society OF London, has
written an Introduction to Mr.. Hagen
hecks volume, Beasts and Men" in
which he has this to say OF the book
and Of this noted collector and trainer
of wild animals: cit is a pleasure to me
TO Introduce 10 English readers book
in which is displayed so many OF the
strange experiences and so much Of the
remarkable personality of this most in
teresting man. The animals be i'm
ports and distributes have been treated
so as 10 have the best chance of sur
viving. He has been a pioneer in the
proper handling OF Wild animals. He is
an able man and sees that the crude
methods do not pay; he is a naturalist.
with genuine affection and sympathy
for animals" The word absorbing may
truly be applied to Mr. Hagenbeck's
story. for although It is without literary
pretension OF any sort. 1t Is written with
straightforward simplicity and calls
forth the interest that follows genuine
achievement. From the account Of his
humble beginning In the animal trade,
when six seals were brought to his
father as accidental part Of a nsherman's
haul. to the description OF the famous
geological park at Stellingen. near Ham
burg. his stress is constantly laid on the
importance Of kindness In the treatment
Of savage creatures as opposed 10 the
old cruel methods.
Encouragement and iii luck were often
his portion in his younger days. On one
occasion, when, IN readiness for the Chi
eago Columbian Exposition. he had got
together a huge group Of performing
animals, trained on his new humane
system, the valuable beasts all died OF
what was afterward found TO be the
cholera that some months later attacked
the inhabitants of Hamburg The gath
ering together OF his valuable stock. 10
say little OF risk and exposure. always
called for much travelling and much
tact.
Strange human specimens were also
brought 10 Europe by Hagenbeck. Lapps.
Nubians. and EskiTnos have been followed
by Somalis, Indians Kaimueks. cinga-
lese, Patagonians. Hottentots, &c. and
nc 1AA-4ia- ASA4St was AtsAVHH AJlD RIA
tons with diverse personages. including
Phineas r. Barnum. who was his warm
friend, and the German Emperor. Some
Of the most exciting chapters are those
telling OF the capture and training Of the
wild things. and they chronicle some
hair-breadth escapes. Life at Stellin-
gen. is another chapter with a strong
individual note. and many will be fasci-
mated with the talks on "Carnivores in
captivity and Reptiles In captivity"
Photographs OF animals OF al sorts and
conditions to the number of ninety-nine.
to which is added a picture OF the great
naturalist himself increase the value Of
this volume. Nongmans, Green & Co..
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-15
COMPETITION IN DIAMONDS.
Rivalry for Africa I'm Both Brazilian
Fields and Artificial Possibilities.

| From Golfers Weekly.
| The Introduction OF American capita
promises to restore the Brazilian dia.
mond industry TO the position it used &c
have before the South African fields
were opened. Not only are Brazilian
diamonds worth more on the average
than the Cape stones. but they are found
In loose river gravel instead Of IN solid
rock far below the surface. as in South
Africa. For years the natives have
I picked up a living by a crude sort OF
/ placer mining Various methods were
tried and the following Is the method
now used by the American miners. An
arm OF the river Is led out close to the
Acknowledging gravel. and the was-i.
ing Is done by native workmen, each
man working In sort OF tub Gold
dust. as well as the free diamond stones
are found In the gravel Most Of the de-
posits are found along the Jequintin-
honha River.
The first genuine artificial diamonds
were made some years ago in the cleo
trio furnace by Morssau. a French chem
ist They were OF microscopic size
however, and Hence OF no commercial
value II has been found impossible up
20 date TO manufacture such stones Of a
salabIe sizes
It is now announced, however. that ar
imitation. or near-diamond, has beer
made In this same electric furnace that
is likely to prove a serious rival to the
genuine stones. Instead Of pure carbon,
It consists OF carborundum. a silicon car
bide now widely used, because OF lis
hardness, for grindstones and other
abrasive purposes
AS hitherto appearing on the market
| carborundum is a dark, dirty, gritty
looking substance. the grinding wheels
made from II somewhat resembling en-
cry in appearance. and. apparently as
far removed from the diamond as any
| other furnace Stag. II is the hardest
| known substance next 70 the diamond
and has high refractive index-as high
/ as that of the diamond. 1t is said
! These two qualities led a member OF
the firm now manufacturing carborun.
dunn at Niagara Falls to experiment In
removing the color from his product, Il
being obvious enough that g colorless
carbide would be q very close imitation
OF the diamond in both briIliancy and
hardness. This feat. according to the
Scientific American. he has now succeed
ed in performing.
II the story is true a very serious
rival OF the diamond Is likely TO appear
upon the market in the near future
There is no reason to doubt that the
carborundum diamonds can be cut and
worked. at least as easily as the genuine
stones, and as there Is no apparent limit
to the size attainable, the famous nat
ural diamonds OF history, including the
latest and greatest of the lot, the ''Culli
man," weighing something over a pound.
may soon be far surpassed.
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hear less Of tragedies due to broken
wires. torn canvas. or propellers going
wrong.
Accidents there are bound to be. and
probably before aerial navigation gets to
a point where We can regard it as a
matter OF course, the list of victims win
be an appalling one But it is always
So, 1t is the price the world has to pay
for progress; and such is the intrepidity
Of the human spirit there win never
lack pioneers willing to risk their lives
to make progress possible.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-15
Juvenile Logic wasted.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The infant has been at IL again.
Dad" he asked. does Il cost much
10 keep a lIon7"
1T does. my SON."
"A wolf would make a good meal for
a Hon. wouldn't It. dad?"
Yes"
And a fox would be enough for the
wolf wouldn't II, dad?"
II suppose so. Go on and play"
"A fox would be satisfied with a hawk.
and a sparrow would satisfy q hawk,
Ell. dad?'
HIN! II you don't go away"
And a spider would make meal for
a sparrow"
yes. yesi Now"
Wait minute, dad. Now we're COM
ing 10 IL. A spider would be satisfied
with a fly. wouldn't it?''
We'll, supposing II would"
Yes; that's Just Il. dad. Now, what
I want you TO tell me is this: Could
man keep a lion for more than year
with a quart OF nolasses7'
And then the sound Of q falling slip
per awoke the echoes OF the Silly night.
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Roosevelt on Snort.

AS associate editor of the Outlook. Mr..
Theodore Roosevelt has taken occasion
to unburden himself on the matter OF the
recent prize fight at Reno. and. with his
usual elear-sightedness. he is able to
so directly to the evil Of It. We are glad
10 note that our strenuous ex-President
is careful TO point out what an excellent
thing boxing. as a sport is So much
has been said by hystericaI persons about
the brutality Of prize fights that We
We're in danger Of being taught that the
''Rollycoddle" was likely 10 be a better
citizen than he who was able to take his
own part in the battle of life
Mr.. Roosevelt points out that on the
East Side Of New York the Introduction
of boxing clubs proved most potent
moral factor and had markedly reduced
the number of ARRAYS in which the knife
was used as a weapon. In the army and
navy Mr.. Roosevelt. as COMMANDMENTS
chief, did all he could to encourage box
ing, and, knowing many professional box
ers and Of some good that had come
from professional boxing. he, as police
commissioner for New York. was largely
instrumental in securing the passage OF
a law permitting public. boxing exhibi-
tons, even for money prizes.
But in view Of the abuses that have
crept into boxing as a professional
sport. Mr.. Roosevelt believes now that
prize fighting ought TO be stopped in
every State in the Union. He says:
THE betting and gambling upon the
result are thoroughly unhealthy, and the
moving picture part OF the proceedings
has introduced a new method of money
getting and OF decentralization. In addi-
ton, the last contest provoked a very IN
fortunate display Of race antagonism"
Sincerely We hope that public opinion
in the United States viii take note of
the fact that It Is not boxing. not
even boxing for prizes. that Mr.. Roose-
velt-who IN this represents the best
phase of public opinion-inveighs against.
lie simply points out how it ia things
have grown up around the sport that
make it no longer desirable. It is with
boxing as with horse racing-both
have become the prey OF the professional
gambler. the alleged sport" who tolls
not neither does he spin, but who uses
and abuses these sports for his own ad-
vantage.
The Ills that grow In the train OF horse
racing and prize lighting are so many
and so obvious that there can be no
voice raised IN their defense: and when
Mr.. Roosevelt expresses the hope that
public sentiment will be so much aroused
as 10 prevent these things, he knows
none better-that he can safely rely on
the eommon-sense and right-thinking of
the American people
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A HOPELESS DEBTOR.

Three creditors I haVe-one fair.
And ona with locks Of nut-bEoRn hair,
And one-God bless ais little poIl
Who cannot boast Of hair at all
Three creditors with srtfal schemes,
Who walk with me and haunt my dreams
Forever do they cross my sight
And dun me morning, noon, and night.
The one I owe for loving ways
That cheer her daddy's lonely days
And one for merTy laughs that spin
And make the bright days brighter still;
And one. the little bug-eyed tad.
Because he chose NE for his dad
Because he seeks my arms. I guess
And trusts me in bis helplessness
owe them al, for love and play,
A greater sum than ! can pay:
Though life were tWioe the span it Is,
And all my acts we're sindnesses
To them ia be their debtor yet
Man csnnot owe more hopeless debt.
Save that be owes to Him above.
Than WHEN be owes a debt to Lovei
--Joan D. Wells. n Buffalo Nsxx
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HORRORS OF ITALIAN PRISONS
Term Begins with Solitary Conhne-
ment which IL Worse Than Death.

Term Begins with Solitary Confine-
ment which il Worse Than Death.
Rome.-If Porter Charlton is not IN
sane he probably viii be within one
year from the time ne is sent back TO
italy, If, indeed, he is turned over TO
this government That is the firm belief
OF every one who knows anything re-
garding Italian prisons and punishment.
Every prisoner convicted In Italy must
begin his sentence with a term OF soil
tary confinement. heightened according
10 the total sentence imposed. There is
no capital punishment
The solitary confinement portion OF
Charlton's sentence would be served In a
stone cell. under the level of the street,
where no light may ever penetrate.
The cell is six feet long. six feet high.
and three feet wide. Usually it is in
tested with rats and vermin. Along the
side Of the cell is an eighteen-inch board.
six feet long. This must serve as a bed
and chair.
At the top OF the door Of the cell is a
narrow hole, through which. however.
no light can come. Through this hole
food IS passed twice a day. During the
solitary confinement period this food
consists Of nothing but SOUP bread. and
water
A pitcher Of water is allowed in the
room There is no other furniture. AS
there is not enough light TO read by, the
prisoner must simply sit. with his
thoughts. day after day. He has no
reckoning OF time. He does not know
night from day. He may think-that is
all.
One hour each day he will be allowed
to walk in the narrow courtyard OF the
prison. not with the other prisoners. but
IN narrow walled space reserved for
his use. He viii not even see his
guards at this time. though they viii
watch him. He will never hear the
sound Of human voice He will receive
no letters, nor write any.
Brescl, the Paterson. n. J., anarchist
who killed King HumbeFt. could stand
only three months OF this solitary i'm
prisonment Then he strangled himself
with his bed quilt. Two other men who
attempted the Kings life are still alive,
but both are hopeless imbeciles, driven
mad by the early solitary confinement.
A great agitation is sweeping Italy
now for a modification OF this form OF
confinement, but ii has had little weight
with the government. which abolished
capital punishment at the demand OF the
people and substituted this form Of pun
ishment.
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a conductor,s TriaIs.

From the YoukeTs Statesman
How many people can you carry IN
& carr" asked the garrulous passenger.
About forty" replied the conductor.
do you have long hoursf"
Sometimes"
Work day and nights:'
Not always"
you must feel the cold in winter"
Yes"
And the heat in SUMMER"
Yes"
THE motorman must get awfuily
tired?"
Not as tired as the conductor"
''Why shouldn't he get more tired than
the conductor"
Because the conductor has to answer
so many foolish questions"
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A LITTLE NONSENSE

MANY TROUBLES.
Oh, the man IN the street
Has his cares
When the sun. IN its heat,
Fiercely glares.
For the dust from the wheels
Soils his clothes,
And the skin fairly peels
or his nose.
Then his neat canvas shoes
Cause a jar
AS their Wilderness they lose
In the tar.
Oh. the man in the street,
Though he try.
Has a Job looking neat
In July
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A Cracker solon arose in the legislature
the other day and denounced Editor
seely, of the Atlanta Georgian. as a
''meddllng Yankee" because OF an edi-
torial said solon did not like. In a
waspishly courteous reply Mr.. seely call
ed attention 10 the fact that the offend
ing editorial was written by a Georgia
woman whose ancestors were pioneers
in that State before the Revolutionary
war. Said solon has not been heard
from since.
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From Everybodys Magazine.
In a speech in the Senate on Hawaiian
affairs. Senator Depew. of New York. told
this story:
When Queen Liliuokalani was in Eng
land during the English Queens jubilee.
she was received at Buckingham Palace.
IN the course OF the remarks that passed
between the two queens, the one from
the Sandwich Islands said that she had
English blood IN her veins.
"How so9" inquired Victoria.
MY ancestors ate Capt. Cook