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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
ORIGIN OF CLASSIC YELL
"she Burns Green Expression Of
Aaron Winters Who Discovered
Borax In Death Valley.

Although the prospector is generally
supposed to be associated with the
search for precious metal his attention
is by no means confined to that. A
writer tells Of group of valuable
claims In the Silver mountain mining
district, which includes the whole of
Black mountain.
1t Was long considered worthless IN
til an up-to-date prospector recognized
1t as cement rock" the principal In
gredient from which portland cement
is made.
Another example is furnished by the
discovery of borax In Death valley,
one of the most valuable strikes ever
made In California. The discoverer.
Aaron Winters, was at that time living
In q lonely little shack on the Amar-
gosa flats at the south end Of the val
ley.
Thither, attracted by the light, cams
one night a vagrant prospector from
Nevada He had with him q sample of
borax brought from small deposit
across the border. This Winters in
stantly recognized as being the same
curious stun which he had seen ~.
ing In great beds In Death valley.
but of which he had never known the
name
Adroitly questioned, the wanderer
explained to Winters the simple but
little known test for borax. No soon
er was their visitor safely gone than
Winters and his wife, carrying food
and water, pick, saucer and bot
tie of alcohol. set out on foot north
ward into the valley. At nightfall the
next day they arrived at the first Of
the strange beds.
Without even waiting to moisten his
parched throat Winters fell upon II with
pick and bare hands till little OF the
surface crust was removed. He scraped
up a handful of the loose stuff, piled II
In the saucer, moistened it with al
cohol and struck match. An instant
later he hurled his hat In one direc
ton, his pick in another and Selling
his wife, waltzed that astonished lady
round the strange. pickering flame,
whooping:
"she burns green. Rosie, She burns
green!"
Winters realized fortune from HIS
discovery. Even today the man Of the
valley lighting upon something new
heralds his find with the classic yen:
She burns greenl"-Los ANGLER
Times
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

pie to other capitals, depends upon
u.s." said these Britons, filled with a
great hope and pride; and they map
ped out the place accordingly.
Even In the native town away back
from the river there Is order and de-
sign Passing through the vast open
space of Abbos square. which win In
time rank as one of the finest In the
world. you come to the markets, rows
and rows Of straw huts with a man or
q woman squatting in each. ready to
chatter interminably for the eggs or
tomatoes or the chickens or the green
stun spread on the ground outside. As
you wander through. look along every
street Of low mud houses and you will
see 1t stretching away dead straight to
where the town ends on the desert
For complete contrast go over to Om-
durham. Eleven years ago this was
stu the Dervish capital. the residence
Of the false prophet who made his pow
er felt over nearly half Africa. It was
q slave-trading center. vast prison.
where every man felt himself q cap
tive and knew that turn Of Fortunes
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

breech-clouted potentate. They were
as fine lot of South Sea knights as
could be found anywhere. They wor-
shipped idols that were as ugly as
those Of China. If the wind didn't
blow from the right direction or king
was annoyed with an ingrowing toe
nail or other ailment the attaches of
the kings household. supplemented by
q lot Of copper-colored priests. would
say things to the idols, and II the idols
didn't appear surprised they would
know that the gods must be appeased.
There were various methods of do
ing this. Sometimes thrusting a blade
through the throat of squealing fat
pig would bring result At other
times a dog would be sacrificed. In
really serious cases, as for instance,
when one king wanted the support of
the war god In knocking on the head
of the neighboring king. venerable
human being would be led trembling
to the hillside altar and there pune
tured by the priests until he ceased
to gasp. As inter-island warfare was
conducted on q schedule such as is
arranged for baseball clubs, there was
seldom time when dead civilian did
not lie at the foot Of the royal idol.
The skulls Of those who died as sac
rifice were. after time, fastened to
pole tops and set up on the highway
along which the gods were supposed
to travel to show that everything had
been done to propitiate them. Elk
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

according to the royal who's who OF
Hawaii-of the last reigning family.
Liliuokalani. the last queen of Hawaii.
Is her remote cousin. She Is the
daughter Of Princess Kaikilani. Her
father was Douglas Graham. The mar
rage Of Graham and the princess was
something Of college romance.
Young Graham was a student at
Princeton. and among his classmates
was a Hawaiian prince who was NOV
ing toward the theological field The
elder Graham, who was junior partner
IN Hartley q Graham, the famous firm
Of gunsmiths, took an interest In the
young Hawaiian and arranged with
him to become companion Of his
classmate In tour Of the world. Nat
urally the tourists visited Honolulu.
where the youth was received by the
royal family He was presented TO his
classmates sister. the young and beau
tiful Princess Kaikilani. and they fell
In love with each other. Before am
other year had passed the Princeton
youth had proposed to the Hawaiian
maiden and she accepted him.
How are you going to arrange itf"
asked one Of Graham's college chums.
'1She Is a princess. and you
"And am Princetonian." he inter
rupted. THAT makes 1t all right. Any
Princetonian ought to be able to mar
~ princess"
Following the marriage. which was
attended by representatives OF the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

London has what New York has
not. namely. cheap and easy access to
authoritative standards OF weights and
measures. At the Royal observatory
of Greenwich these standards are
fixed on the outside walls. so that any
shopkeeper or householder or other
doubling Thomas can go at any time
and get information and an easy con-
science without waiting for inspectors
or red tape unrollers. The various
lengths are decided at Greenwich by
passing the measure to be tested be-
tween raised points in metal plates.
There is a pound balance there by
which any weight may be verified In
Trafalgar square there are standards
of 100 feet and one chain $50 feet) on
brass plates. with accurate Eubdi-
visions. These brass plates are set in
the granite steps on the north side
of the square. There are other sets Of
standards in Old Palace yard. New
York might have them outside the city
hail and in the public squares here
and there.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
THE ROMANCE
OF YOUNG
JAY GOULD

royal family Of Hawaii, Graham and
his island princess came to New York
to live. Their home for some years
was in the fashionable old part Of
West Twelfth street Whenever
Hawaiian dignitaries came to New
York they were Hospitality entertained
there, and on several occasions Mrs.
Graham gave little parties modelled
after native celebrations. to which
many polite New Workers were hidden.
In the early nineties a domestic
shadow fell athwart the Graham home.
Mrs. Graham found 1t necessary to ask
the courts to intervene In her behalf.
When she had obtained divorce she
lived for several years in comparative
retirement. devoting herself to the
education of her children. About ten
years ago Mrs Graham married HUI
bert Vos, the Dutch portrait painter.
Mrs. Vos's portrait In her Hawaiian
costume Is familiar In exhibitions Of
the painters canvasses.
Miss Graham, who. on April ~, in
st. Thomas's church, will become the
wife Of Jay Gould, is, like her mother,
of the exotic type of beauty. She Is
finely educated and possesses mod
est fortune. The language Of Hawaii
is not unfamiliar to her. She knows
the story of the islands like book.
She knows the Hawaiian traditions
and its quaint mythology.
Processes have always been credit
ed with possessing mysterious influ-
erce with the gods who, according to
the simple natives. rule over the ISL
ands of the sea- When Capt. Cook. the
British globe-girdler, discovered the
Hawaiian Islands in the closing days
Of the eighteenth century nearly every
island in the group had IT'S own
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

that was looking at 1t through the
thick glass Of the helmet that was
keeping me safe. / felt as II I was
being smothered and wanted to come
right up again long before got to the
bottom. But as / didn't care to be
laughed at and called coward by the
mates, screwed up my courage and
stayed down. The second day I re-
NAMED down longer, and by the end
of the week was all right and a full
fedged diver. with all fear knocked
out Of me-"
More than q quarter Of q century
ago. when the steamer City Of Column
bus foundered on Gay Head In terri
BILE storm. resulting IN the loss Of
about 200 lives. Capt Olsen was the
first diver to so down to the lost
steamer. He was engaged to make a
thorough examination Of the wrecked
ship. and to recover what bodies be
could. With but few hours respite,
he was under water at that time for
twsnfy-four hours without sleep.
Capt Olsen has frequently gone
down on diving trips during the cold
est kind Of weather In the depth OF
winter. One Of these memorable 90
essions was At IL time the steamer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
WITH DEATH AT THEIR ELBOW
Divers Go Down Into the Deep Waters
and Know Each Job May Be
Their Last.

Soldiers and sailors, firemen and
policemen. risk their lives many a
time, but many's the days work they
do where there Is no risk at all. Not
90 with that workman Of modern days
the diver. He never goes to his days
labor without taking his life In his
hands. The everyday risk to the av-
erage American workman Is infinitesi-
NAL. the diver has his risk always with
him. His next Job may always be his
lastl
No diver has taken his daily chance
offener than Capt John Olsen OF Bos-
ton. For nearly forty years, winter
and summer. this doughty descendant
Of the Norsemen has done his work In
the depths Of the sea. His first dive
was his hardest Said he:
when started down and saw the
great wall Of water closing over me ]
thought It was going TO overwhelm
and drown me. forgot, you know,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

Queen Liliuokaiani. who was the last
Of the crown-wearing class in Hawaii.
on one Of her visits to this country
said:
From ba-barism to civilization was
Just step for the Hawaiians. They
turned from the one and accepted the
other without any long intervening
period of gradual preparation"
This IL indeed fact. The Hawai-
ians saw the light; one by one the
idols disappeared, and In a compare
lively short time a chief arose whose
power and influence put an end to the
semi-barbaric warfare which had been
quite the common thing.
Queen Liliuokalani, or LILY Of the
Sea-" occupied the Island throne when
1t was toppled over and monarchy got
its final setback there. She was a
woman of characteristic Hawaiian
features, copper-colored. educated and
graceful after the style Of Maggie
Cline. For a number OF years Queen
LII lived In the hope that she would
be restored to her royal palace, but
even the Hawaiian gods couldn't bring
II about.
Queen Liliuokalani's husband was
John Owen Dominis. son OF Boston
shipmaster. He was a man Of affairs.
He died some time ago. The widow
was reported to be engaged to fat
Prince Arr Pal of Tahiti few years
ago. Prince Arr weighs 800 pounds.
1t has been ofttimes predicted in
Hawaii that some day princess would
be born who would restore the glory
Of royalty to the islands. They didn't
mention names. When that day comes
SO the story runs. the great volcano
Kilauea will rumble and send forth
fire which will be the signal for day
Of rejoicing. The goddess Pill. who
presides over everything fiery. is said
to understand her duties well.-New
York World.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

wheel might at any time number him
among the victims who were hanged
on high gallows In the market place
every Friday to strike the Khalifa's
terror home to every heart. II was also
vast harem where women raided
from many tribes were herded togeth-
er to give the fanatical Baggara fore
taste of their bestial Paradise.
Eleven years ago 1t was death or
captivity almost worse than death for
any white man found In the Khalifa's
sphere Of murder. robbery and rapine.
Today you step into steam tramway
car In Khartoum, which takes you to q
steam ferry; and from that again you
board another car and are set down In
the heart Of this once-terrible Omdur-
man Even in what is still q complete
ly native rabbit warren Of a city there
are signs of the tidying-up process on
every side. Police Post you see
written up at frequent intervals. Gov
eminent School," &C. M. s. Dispen-
sary," the placard of an English fire In
surance office on a storehouse. the
tall. spindle-shenked. but eminently
soldierly Soudanese sentries at the
barracks. the numbered armlets which
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
Statue Of Gen. Wolfe.

Wolfe has his statue at last. 1t wa,
unveiled By Lord Roberts in wolfe'l
native place at Westerham- The trib
ute has been tardy. Westerham is q
Canadian pilgrim anxious to honor the
memory Of him who won Canada 70:
Great Britain. In its way the statue
to Wolfe Is a compliment to the Do
minion. In the years when philoso.
phicai radicalism considered that Can
ada's destiny was to be part OF the
United States. Wolfe's vGk went al
most unregarded- With Canada'E
growth and the fuller appreciation Of
what she means to . united empire
we batter understand the debt No owe
London Saturday ReSisw.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
MEMBER OF COMMERCE COURT

The successor In the interstate com
merce commission Of Martin KNAPP
who was recently appointed 70 ~
new commerce court. is Prof. Ba''nu'
ser Henry Meyer. one Of tbs no''
prominent educators In the coun'f.
and an authority Of note on Doli-o-'
economy and sociology.
Professor Meyer Is a native o. W.
consfn, a graduate Of tho UniyeEs'',
of Wisconsin and the Univers'p !.
Berlin, and has been an eoue'.
since 1854. when he taught c's','..
school IN his native state re
been a member Of the Wisconsin -,
way commission and the new ieo'..
railway security investigating CO
mission snd has written many INV ~.
tant articles on railway legs'
and administration and other ec0n'''
ic subjects.
The professor also served as
special agent for the bureau o.
census and interstate cominercs
mission
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
Making ARTIFICIAL Rain.

In the town of 1rondeQuoit, N. T..
bordering Rochester on one side and
Lake Ontario on another. more fruit
is raised than in any other place of
equal size In the United States.
This pre-eminence of the 1ronde-
QUOT farmers is partly due to their
novel way of watering their farms.
The water itself comes from various
sources; some from Lake Ontario,
some from small ponds on the farms
themselves.
Wherever It comes from It is forced
to work by electricity. The farmers
tap the wires of the suburban trolleys
of the Rochester Railway and Light
company. This current operates the
motors which by e0-pound pressure
force the water through pipes so that
1t falls like gentle summer rain.
1t is so scattered BY this pressure
that the air above the fields is full OF
mist. In winter the greenhouses can
be watered the same way.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

Spotted fever" received some queer
treatment IN John Wssley's day, &C
cording to Wesley's Journal of septem-
Der. 1746. A man named John Trem
bath had the fever and Wesley wrote:
1T was the second relapse into the
spotted fever, in the height of which
they gave him sack. cold milk and
apples, plums. as much as he could
swallow. can see no way to account
for his recovery. but that he had no,
yet finished his work"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

the donkey boys must wear-all tell
the same story, not Of civilization,
but Of Strengthening out Whether in
it's crowded. narrow. awnins-hung
bazaars. where you greedily seek lit
tie shade from the burning sun, or
down by the river. where the export
trade In gum and grain Is busy, Om-
durham seems TO be still heaving a
sigh of relief The people are cheerful.
but there is shade OF apprehension
In their faces yet. And here. far more
than IN Khartoum. with its English
gardens and English faces, you realize
why.
n. HAMILTON FYFE.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
EIeetrIeIty on ocean steam.r.

On modern steamship the cleo
trical power plant is no small installa,
ton. The steamer Olympic is to be
provided with four units generating
2,144 horsepower. This power will
be employed in lighting the vessel and
for radiators In the first-class quar-
ters, for cooking purposes. for oper
ating various machines, cranes
winches, ETC., and for running two
passenger elevators and eight freight
elevators. The lighting system viii
total 100000 candle power.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

Portland sailed froaa Boston and dis
appeared in that awful storm Of No
vember. 1898. never more to be seen
or heard of. swallowed up by the sea
with all on board. At that time Capt.
Olsen put in fifteen days in bitter cold
weather searching the oceans bed on
the tip Of Cape Cod for some trace Of
the lost steamer. but he was unable to
find anything.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

Baron Fucssh lie always talking
about his family tree" said Mrs Cum
rox.
Yes" replied her husband. IT new
err feel quite sure whether he IL pro
posing for our daughters hand or try
Ing to interest me In conversation"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
Extensive Observations.

"Out of job, eh?"
Yes. But I'm going to get good
situation in the millinery department
of big store"
why. what do you know about mil
linery?"
"All there 10 to know. I've been
working for several years as a United
States customs inspector"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
WOULD SAVE ROADS BIG SUN

No man has been more In the pub
lie eye Of late than Louis d. BrandeIs.
who not long ago declared that tie
railways could save s1.000.00o dsr
by proper and efficient management
Dir. Brandeis FIRST came into pront
nence IN 1908. when as the head q
the Public Franchise league Of Boston
he was involved In the struggle over
the reorganization Of the Boston eas
companies. Largely through his b.
fuence legislation was put through
which permitted the unification Of the
gas companies on unique principle
The total capitalization OF the neH
company was made the same a. tia.
Of the valuation Of the securities q
the consolidated companies. The prlce
OF gas was set al 30 cents thousand
feet. On that basis the company vas
allowed to pay seven per cent %
its stock and one per cent erin
for every reduction Of Eve cents
thousand feet In the price OF gsB- I1s
plan worked successfully.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07
MExco's WEALTHIEsT MAN

Not unlike the mighty estate. !,
the old PATRONS, who used to own r.
mendous tracts OF land around M.
York and whose sway was more BOW.
erful than that Of the most puisezn,
feudal baron In Europe. is thar Z,
Gen. Don Luis Terrazas. boss" Of tha
state of Chihuahua. owner Of NOR
than half the land included within it,
wide boundaries and the richest man
in Mckee His wealth Is aallnaat1a
at not less than $4,000. 900 gold and
many estimate it much higher Ter.
r4zas is OF interest at this time. for
many people are saying that be ana
his son-in-law, Enrique Creel. are re.
sponsible for the rebellion In Mexico
Gen. Don Luis Terrazas has lived
all his life In Chihuahua. His parents
were small landowners before the n.
vasion Of Mexico by the French
When Mexico began to try for free
dom from the foreign invaders Ter
razas, then a young man without n
fiuence. starting with q small BODY AZ
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

Once upon time. moth. tired and
hungry. was fam to dine on problem
novel.
This is terribly dry." sighed the
moth. Il wish had some Of that third
mortgage bond Of q paper railroad to
wash 1t down With"
This fable teaches that seemingly
worthless things have, after all. their
value. Success Magazine
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

valiant followers built force sufficient to drive the French ont tbs
northern Mexico defeated In the
the Macmillan,
charge Of Chihuahua
subduing
the republic his hold" the state Of c
huahua Nomnay Really ne made the
the state and while he has not held ONCE continually ne
fallen
the Of the rebellion Chihuahua
gobbed
welded
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

available for the church ste
II fail Suitable
strictly modern
understood that he VIII
1atng said,
M
world
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

at the easement and kissed her hand.
The rest was easy.
OF course, Jay Gould didn't know at
first that the pretty maid In the flower
booth at the Actors Fund Fair was a
little princess. He wasn't bothering
his head about that, but he did know
right away that her black eyes snapped
roguishly. that she smiled sweetly and
that her voice was like music In his
ears when she asked: Who'll buy my
rosesf" He very promptly assured
her that he'd buy 'em. Thereupon he
became a regular, almost persistent
cash customer. He purchased bouton-
nieres, bouquets and baskets, singly
and in punches, sent them to the hos
pitfalls and returned for more-for an
entire week he lived In the perfume
of that one booth. That wasn't ALL
he fell head over heels in love.
So the third romance among George
Gould's children began among flowers,
like the Kanaka romance which the
old-time Hawaiians Groom IN song.
The pretty maid Of the flower booth
was Annie Douglas Graham, q princess
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-07

Y faraway Hawaii, the
wave-kissed islands of
the South Pacific, there
is a folk song which
tells how a young
prince wooed and won
a princess by placing
garlands of wild blooms
at her window and sing
ing to her in the Ian
guage of flowers. When
the prince finally
brought a wreath of her
favorite flowers and
their perfume was watt
ed &c her she appeared
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-04-13

(iibrigens oem 5taate ourd)nus ni91
5ur @bre gereide10e) 9batiaae, 6ab
&atbolifen cine ooppelte Steuerlaii
trage1t, uni ibren &tnbern Die 8ortbei=
lie elmer religioien gr5iebung gu &c,
mabren, ~auf melder @runolage cine
bobe @orm Ser Moral berubt." rMa-
jor &oieneran5", fubrt Sos ge11annte
8latt fort, ~fiibrte 0es meiteren aus,
SaB Sic eridreden0e 3unabme in ser
3abl jugenolider 8erbreder auf Sic
len Mangel in Sen ~offentliden sdu=
len 5l1riid5ufiihren lei. BUR 8eitati=
gltng leiner 8ebanptungen las er Mus=
5iige aug etnem Mrtifel aus ser Sober
@orebea0's bon ser n%niperiit6t Sir
min1bam Dor, in Ser 0ieie r li6 iiber
Sen erniten Mangel an religioier gr=
5teh''ng beflagt."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-04-13
College @omeatiom.

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meincren intellectueuen n10 littlt9en
Sebung 6es goltes ourd eine, College
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tungen @edt bitten, Damn muBten bic
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idjen berangebiloet baben uno oann
miiBten Sic Colleges raouirten ur1ler
9an0 lfon ldngit gereinigt baben Dor
SEM furdtbaren Suite, oaB fein 2an>
in ser 8elt iopiel ~@raft" int offent:
liden 0ienite un1 10 Diele 8erbrefer
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gepolferungs5abl auf5uweiien bat al:
Sic Ser. 5taaten . &etn gertngere1
fat Sizes augeitanoen, als WcGlnre
Ser &erausgeber Ser na6 ibm bena11n