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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-02

caused slight recessions in diamond
and copper shares.
American securities opened steady
n about unchanged. Trading, was
quiet and prices moved irregularly
within narrow limits throughout the
session. The closing was steady.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-02
y X y < y x g y 3 & 4 &
Market Quotations y

Reported by Chas. f. Lewis and com.
office Security Block, Grand Forks.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05
ANCIENT JEsTs ARE NOW FACTS

Some New York testers played merry April
Fools jest by announcing that hundred story
aerial station about to be erected in that city
before long. 1t proved to be SO good joke
that those who read of it did not know whether
it should be taken seriously as one of the myths
of the season About ten years ago the announce
ment that such structure was TO be erected in
New 1ork as the terminus of aerial line run
ming to London would have been taken as de-
licious bit of buffoonery. But not SO today. Too
many OF the testing prophesies made by the comic
artists and writers have been realized within a
comparatively short time. We are beginning to
realize that the folly Of incredulity makes one look
almost as ridiculous the folly of credulity.
We are afraid OF being placed in the position of
the farmer who, looking at a camel for the first
time said, There ain t no such animal "
only year ago, says the San Francisco Post,
the United States postoffce discovered that thirty
years previous some obscure man had proposed
To carry mail for distance Of three miles by
air. AT that time the proposition looked upon
as a Elaniac'S dream. Today the United States
postoilice would consider seriously bid to carry
mail through the air. 1t has been done.
The automobile is such comparatively new
invention that there are many Of us who can re-
member when the suggestion of the 'horseess
carriage ridiculed and caricatured in the
brightest of the comic magazines
The humorous poem, darius Green and His
Flying Machine" is comparatively sample Of
contemporary humor. There time when this
pit of satire regarded as being the final word
as to the possibility of human beings mastering
the air And now we have our periodical aviation
meets which are becoming so common that they
hardly draw IL crowd
There is some danger that the age may soon
become over-credulous One of these days an
April FOOLS day jester will offer town lots on
the planet Mars at reasonable figure and there
may be number of purchasers
There is chance that Captain Scott may find
what cooled the coffee in that third cup while ex-
poring the Antarctic regions
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05
A SWEET SINGER ON THE RECORD.

Nicholas Longworth, who, a wise son-in-
law knowing his own father-in-law, declared
against the third cup of coffee, has been enlven-
ing the congressional record with bits of original
verse. These features will be welcomed by the
readers of that rather ponderous periodical which
is too often entirely filled with prosy statistics and
heavier rhetoric Since few poets sent to con-
gress it is pleasant to learn that congressman
may turn bard in while. 1t is pleasant to
hear that the glad springftime which always pro-
duces full crop of bards matter how other
crops may fail, has moved member of the
house of representatives to reach for the rhyming
dictionary and the Tyre.
This is what the Muse whispered to Son-in-Law
Nicholas:
'You can live without poetry music or art
You can live without conscience, you can
live without heart,
You can live without kin, without cousins
aunts
But civilized man can not live without
pants.
There is some fine poetic fire in this bit OF
poesy even through there are many who will
object to ''a,nts' gbeing made to rhyme with
sspants = To get the true ring to the charming
bit one must pronounce aunts harshly to sound
Ike the necessary items of male apparel, or must
pronounce pants in an affected manner that could
moi be used by any legitimate wearer of those
articles Of dress
Aside from this slight defect the verse is
about good an article OF It's sort as is pelng
ground out these days 1t is perhaps hardly fair
to be too critical in regard to it. All poets are
allowed a certain amount of license and wide lat
titude should be allowed congressman, if only
to encourage poesy in the house. What is said
so feelingly about pants is true Even poor old
Robinson Crusoe when he cast upon desert
island found life uncomfortable until he managed to
skin a billy-goat and cut himself rough pair of
pants out of its hide
1t is suggested that Congressman Nick next try
his quill on few lines concerning his father-ln-
law and that third cup of cuffee
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05
KAISER MAKES FRIENDLY SUGGESTION.

Americans do not readily understand the di-
vinity that is supposed to hedge king, and there
fore may be pardoned for failure to comprehend
the apparent state of mind in the German press
inspired by Colonel Cocktails recital of certain
remarks made by the kaiser concerning the stra-
tegic features of the Panama canal.
To the plain man. says the, San Francisco Call,
it might appear that the kaiser's words and adj
vice were characterized by friendly spirit and
a wise insight. He told Colonel Cocktails that
the canal ought to be fortified, and this may be
regarded as an accepted commonplace of the sit
uation bearing on phase already determined by
the Judgment of this nation. Further he made
some suggestive remarks about the width of the
canal based on his observation of the prevailing
tendency in battleship construction. He suggested
that the battleship of the future might be too
broad in beam to pass through the locks as at
present under construction
This altogether friendly office and may
prove to have been useful suggestion. Certainly
the American people have no reason for com
PLANT and the episode should tend to promote the
good relations already existing between the ma
tons.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

Uncle Sam is evidently getting nervous over
the conditions in Mexico and is preparing to
throw overwhelming force into that country
i'll case he desires to intervene On every account
this is wise step; for if Intervention is to be
made at ALL it must be made with effective power
The intimation with the National Guard of vari-
Gus western states may be called into service WILL
if actually determined upon be at once test
of the guards preparedness and of their military
efficiency
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05
BUT ONE IDEA.

The country now has in the present democratic
house of congress what could be expected in the
way of free trade and other revolutionizing en-
actments were the senate and president also demo-
erat;e Ieen done so far by the demo.
cratic house indicates that the free trade party
has not modified its desires on that score II
has but one idea on the tariff question, and that
idea developed into disaster to the country when
they had full control under Grover Cleveland
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

The warnings of impending earthquakes may
some day be given, just already the weather
bureau tells rasin makers when to stack their
drying trays and sailors when to look out for
storms declares bulletin just issued by the
University of California. If the earthquake prog
nosticator does not hit it any more oftener than
the weather man the warnings will not amount
to much. We will be looking for earthquakes
after they happefr--
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

Roosevelt seems to think that the whole coun-
try is deeply stirred by the nfamy' of the New
York primaries Which is to laugh" The peo-
pie of the United, States know that Roosevelt ap-
pealed to these primaries for his vindication ;
also, that he approved the law under which they
held. So why should the people of the
United States do else than the hilarity act when
Roosevelt is hoist by his own petard?"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

1t is really refreshing to read the declarations
of the warning Chinese tongs that they want
nothing but peace. Their protestations are very
much like the material used in improving the
streets of Hades. Their intentions may be good
hut they keep right killing their tong enc
mics whenever the chance presents itself
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

Tennessee's dead senator, the Hon. Robert L.
Taylor will be much missed in congress- He was
genial, happy dispostioned man, great story
teller and lover of mankind. He was in his
first term in the senate, but had served in the
house of representatives, where he was indeed
more at home than in the senate
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

The announcement that Theodore Roosevelt
will rest for several days came as a shock to
many who pinned their political hopes on the
desperate chance of the Colonel's winning the
domination. The growing suspicion that the mind
Of the strenuous one is breaking down under the
strain Of continued defeat strengthened by the
report.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

The poundmaster of Oroville California is to
convert dead CANNES into OIL shoe leather and
fertilizer. His plan has some advantages over
that suggested by an Oakland official who favored
the establishment of municipal sausage factory
solution of the dog problem
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

Roosevelt sets himself up as the preeminent
exponent of the right of the people to govern
themselves, Notwithstanding that on numerous oc-
casons he has shown his contempt for the consti-
tuition, the nations charter of self government.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

When tong-scared Chinese begin shooting at
their shadows. as happened in San Mateo and the
tongs themselves openly post notices calling for
war" it is time to indct the officials of the
societies on many charges as may be made to
stick
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

1t is real nice of the dealers in counterfeit
eurios to dub J. Perpont Morgan Easy Nor
gan" after they buncoed him out of 100000
But then Morgan was not so slow at the game
himself when he was in his prime
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-05

Paul Morton left million and a quarter
estate lie was comparatively young man. but
as they say in Wall street, he got in right.
The sun., 1912-08-04

When De Bissy some twenty years ago
prepared the largest map of tho cont inent
up to that time. he used among his sources
some 400 route maps made by explorers in
the new era Of exploration ,shcred in
by David Livingstone in the '4os Of the
last century. A little while before his
death. as Livingstone stood with Stanley
on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. he
said to him:
"Stanely. the day is coming when the
whole world will know as do that there
il great good in Africa and in its people,
which every proper influence Of civiliza
tion should help to develop
IL was Livingston far more than any
other man who inspired tho European
Powers eager to acquire new colonies
with little Of his Sabine faith that some
thing good could come OH 81 Africa
Livingstone really started what il
known as the great African movement
which resulted in the production of these
1 400 route maps. This is why his body
now rests in Westminster Abbey and he is
regarded as the greatest of modern pio-
neer explorers
What the colonial Powers have been
doing for twenty years past is to make
detailed studies OF the regions which the
pioneers saw only in outline. They are
making maps Of all their possessions
putting on them an enormous amount OF
scientific Information, The result il
that every little while We receive detailed
map sheets Of small areas Of Africa that
are better than any maps we can vet
make Of some parts OF our own country
simply because We have not yet hecn able
make detailed surveys of many regions
upon which to base our maps
Many of these African maps are still i'm.
perfect, but at aay rate they represent
the great progress in our know ledge OF
Africa, Although Africa is the last
Of the continents to be open to enter.
prise this great event has occurred in an
era that in many ways. and not least in
the production OF good maps. is facili.
tating more rapid development than wa
possible in any other Of the ontinents
and one of the splendid results of the wide.
spread and intensive study of African
geography il that the whites have found ir
tropical Africa six fertile regions standing
so high above the sea that their race ca,
live on these plateaus in excellent healt
raise sheep for wool even undcr the eo,ia
tor and grow nearly all the vegetables
and the cereals of Europe
Geographical progress is a little NOR.
rapid noN becauso explorers on the whols
are better trained for field work and hay,
better instruments to work with. bu,
exact results are stll usually slow II
coming, !, was over fifty wears afte,
Speke discovered Victoria Nyanza befor,
we had u really good map OF the lskc.
An explorer inds that his predecessor
made blunders; he will correct them sns
The sun., 1912-08-04

ing new discoveries OF mountains. lakes
and rivers in the western part Of this coun-
try, 1t was about 1855 that wc knew
fairly well all the main geographical fea-
tnres of the republic, Since then the
scientific bureaus, such As the Coast and
tieod"'ic Survey, the Federal and State
Geological surveys. the Great Lakes Sur
v"y' the Mississippi River Commission
ana som" minor agencies have come into
worldwide notice for their minute study
OF our wide domain in All It's geographical
geological ani economic relations.
The hundreds of surveys for railroads
nave helped IN tho work by their thousands
of determinations of elevation above tho
ssa, For many years the Federal Survey
has been preparing thousands of map
shccts OF our land ON large scales and this
colossal undertahinn in nov about half
completed
These activities have been extended to
our exterior p<SSsssions, We have done
The sun., 1912-08-04
JEFFERSON'S BONES

1t Is said that when Thomas jefferson
Journeycd from Monticello to rhiladol-
phia on his way 10 take tie oath Of
office as \ice-Presidcnt lie carried a
lot OF bones in his baggage, The b1n'''
alleged To be those of mammoth, had
been found In Greenbricr county, Nr'
ginia, and sent to Monticello. where my
were set up by jefferson, who, 1t ap-
pears. entertained somewhat "Nas'
geratcd notion of his attainment u
natural history, and who stood SPONSOR
for the bones as those Of "a carHiN"r'"
clawcd animal entirely unhnuNA 10
science"
II was not until after J"H,'s'"
reached Philadelphia that he WAS W.
deceived. for at IA glance the 'ra'.eo
Doctor Wistar saw that they were ue
bones of the common sioth, S'Ne'a'
specimens OF which he showed the VIZ
ginlan. Jefferson, ii Is related "''
greatly chagrined, especially az '''f "'''
rovery became known as Mcs2loAA
icffersonii.
1t has been pointed out that '"'
directly, no less naturalist than ~
great Button may have been response
BILE for Jeiferson's error II was tn va
glnian's practice to send Buiion N'tta
mems and information. and WIN '"'
subtle nattery Of court!er III" fr "''
naturalist wrote 49,
II should have consulted YOU, sN 'r
fore publishing my natural hi''''.
then I should have been sure ut nv
factA"
The sun., 1912-08-04

compare favorably with those Of our own
Government,
Still. Immense progress in exploration
has been made in tho past quarter OF a
century About eighty passes through
the Andes have been discovered and ex-
plowd, boundary surveys have resulted
in some excellent maps along the upper
Negro and its source streams. the Heath
and several other rivers Peru is pro-
ducinr good maps of important rivers
that join some of the southern tributaries
Of tho Amazon. the study Of Andean
glaciers las been far advanced and a
very striking result of eXplorat ion has
recently come into view.
4 great amount Of field work carried
out hy the Argentine Government in
Patagonia has gwen an entirely different
idea oi tnai land. once supposed 10 bc
almost worthless Vast areas Of it have
been found to bc spendidly adapted for
sheep growing and now over i?.OO .OOO
The sun., 1912-08-04

great deal since the Philippines came
into our possession to correct and extend
geographical knowledge of those islands
In the last ten years We have carried out
more geogrcphical and geological research
In Alaska than has been done in that time
in any other part OF the world of the same
extent. Most OF our exact and detailed
knowledge Of the geography of the United
States has been acquired since the civil
war Within the next twenty years our
country will probably be as infinitely
studied and mapped as any part OF Eu-
rope
Within the last, three years two par, ics.
one American and the other British. have
spent some time IN the study Of n biz Of
northwestern Mcxico that was absolutely
unknown None of IA" Latin American
countries IN yer we'll mapped, ,n,e Ia
foremost among them in the progress of
her geographical surveys
South America now lags hhind all the
The sun., 1912-08-04

as Europe II is now known. here and
there, all around tsperiphery, it has been
penetrated TO the south pole by Amund-
sen and probably hy Scott. and the latter
explorer has sl~iged over It for hundreds
Of miles TO the southwest Of South Vic
toria Land. wherr the plateau stands 0 600
feet above the sea, The great things in
Antarctic discovery had their beginnings
with Wilkes and Ross over seventy years
ago. and the last chapter OF the work they
started is now being written
As late as 1904 il was asserted by one
distinguished man of science that in all
probability there was very large Arctic
land to the north Of Asia This hypoth-
esis, based upon tidal movements. is
not now believed to he tenable We
know to-day that n great sea covers the
northern and great land the southern
regions OF tho world
About twenty years ago Mr. Low
later director Of the Geological, Survey of
Canada. made "a map showing twelve
large areas in that country that noex
plorer had ever entered Most of these
unknown regions were in the northern
half Of the Dominion. vast territory that
was utterly unknown sixty years ago,
except where Mackenzie hoated down the
river that hears his name and a few Arctic
explorers, trappers and missionaries had
told What they saw along their routes.
these unknown regions. which Low
showed in black on his map. have now
been Whitfield down til most of them are
small and soms Of them have been fully
merged with the known. Out OF the mist
III northeastern Canada have been evolved
many lakes and rivers. including the The
! Ion. which, with i's western ufY1uent. the
hansbury, IA found 10 b" navigable for
light draught steamers to Great Slays
Lake, 03o miles. except for two short
stretches OF rapids, where improvements
in the channel will some day be made
and the Dubawnt. which. with it's head
streams. gives Lake Athabasca an outlet
10 Hudson Bay. and which has a western
outlet also 10 the Arctic Ocean which
Mackenzie discovered There have also
been evolved the vast timber belt extenG.
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific. sweep
Ing around the south end of Hudson Bay
and placing Canada among the three
great est timber countries of the, temperate g
zones. and the wheat lands Of the Pence
River Valley, along the fifty sixth parallel
Of north latitude. whore catt e thrive
This year or next the pioneer farmers who
opened up this country after explorers
declared it was good will have an out let
at last. for ths branch railroad from the
Grand Trunk Pacific in now approaching g
their fertile valley
| The pion"er exploration ~ Canada IL
now practically completed and most Of it
has been done by the Government. incit cd
not by geographical hut by economic con-
The sun., 1912-08-04
Anniversary Review of the Discoveries
Made in the Lifetime of the Anneri-
can Geographical Society

will be conolusively settled whether
there i. any more land within the Arctic
Circle.
The great struggle to win the secrets
OF the frozen north has gone on for many
years and the work in its larger features
is now nearly over. We know to-day
lust about what the northern apex OF
the world really ia. Much detail il still
to be learned. but the great facts are ours
This very year the Australasian eHpedi-
ton to tho Antarctic has fully confirmed
the testimony OF W likes Of seventy-two
wears ago. that the southern land IL OF
continental proportions. From what has
been learned of its outlines In the past
fifteen years it is probably twice as large
The sun., 1912-08-04

sheep are grazing IN this southern par'
of the cont inent.
On the whole new era is dawning Tor
South America Among i,s hest mara
to day are those resulting froIn the studies
and surveys CT railroad and other develop
men, companies. They are making good
surveys o guide them in their enterprises;
as dey, iopnen, advances we shall have
more literature and better maps which
will gradually increase knowledge OF
Sout American geography.
Africa. Of course. is the wonder Of
explorat ion. Fifty years ago the map
Of Africa was largely white uniess filed
with more or less iancifui detail. Africa
to day is tetter mapped than Asia or
South America.
The sun., 1912-08-04

other cont inents. She has vast regions
chiefly in the basin Of the Amazon that
have not yet been entered by the explorer
Many years may elapse before we have a
clear view Of the intricacies Of some of
the South American river systems and
Of all III" internontane regions among
the Andes. The only bit of South America
that is now producing maps based upon
detailed Topographic surveys is the little
State of Sac Paulo. Brazil. Its map sheets
The sun., 1912-08-04

siierations. A scientific department of
the Government was asked a few years
ago when it expected to survey the un-
known parts Of the coast { Baffin Land,
one Of the largest Of islands. The answe.
came that not until the natural resources
of Canada had Teen thoroughly studied
would attention be given 10 a matter so
purely geographical.
Up to about seventy years ago Fremont
and other early explorers were still max
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-10-21
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter
D. A. R. Names Governing Body.

On Saturday afternoon at 8 O'Clock
the annual meeting of the Peggy
Stewart Tea Party Chapter, Daught-
ers of American Revolution. was held
in the old Senate Chamber at the
State House.
Saturday being Peggy Stewart
Day, the annual election of officers
took place as follows: Regent, Mrs.
Weems Ridout; vice-regent, Mrs. w.
S. Welch; recording Secretary, Miss
X. Walton; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. r. B. Dashiell; treasurer, Mrs.
d. M. Garrison; registrar. Mrs. r. d.
Tisdale; historian, Mrs. Robert
Bowie; librarian, Mrs. George 7.
Feldmeyer
The following were elected dele
gates to the State Conference which
will meet at the Belvedere, Balti-
more, on Thursday, November Ia:
The Regent, Mrs. Ridout, Miss Agnes
Walton and Mrs. j. H. Carr, with
Mrs Clement W. Sheriff. Mrs. Robert
Bowie and Mrs. William S. Welch as
alteinates.
Three new members were elected.
Miss Lucy Sasscer, Mrs. Allan B.
Howard and Miss Rosa Hopkins.