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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-01-01
More History From Mr.. Braun

Editor THE TRIBUNE: There is
no denying the fact that / feel just a
li.tle Bill shaky about tackling the
Me and Cod combipation, headed
ty Mr. Hafch; nevertheless. l shall
venture a few rem itks.
First repeat my original con-
teuton that Alexander the Greats
title was King Of Macedon. Even If
he did rule over Greece, he was care
full TO make the Greeks think that
they still had Il republic-especla
the A thenians-and their republican
democratic institutions were not
entirely destroyed, until Antipater
destroyed them, after Alexander's
time.
2nd.-I question the accuracy of
the assertion in Mr.. Hatch's last
letter implying that a Mr. Rosh was
the daddy OF all the Russians, and
that a Mr.. Meshech was the daddy of
all the Muscovites. Now, as Rus
sian and MuScovlte mean identically
The same thing, his would appear to
cast some doubt on the legitimacy OF
the famly.I was taught that Rurik, a
yarangian pirate chief OF the Scan
dlnavlan tribe OF Russ was invited
by the slays Of Novgorvel to come
aud rule over them. sometime in the
9th century. He and his half brother
Oleg founded a great empire, which
took his name. Moscow was founded
by Igor of Susdal about the year ll47,
and became the capital about two
centuries later.
Germany and Austria, this modern
oracle tells US, are going to be pun
ished because they spurn the com
mands OF the prince OF Russia, and
their pride must be broken, and
why? Because Mr.. Rosh, near
relation OF Mr.. Noah, has been told
by some other ancient individual,
that 1t would be thus and so. Do !
like 1t? Evidently 1 can lump 1t II
don't-as the oracle gravely asserts
that it will hardly make any differ
ence.
1t Is very thoughtful OF him, though
to lelve nice, big, hemstitched hole
through which to crawl out OF, IL II
happens to happen otherwise, az
contained In the words, that God in
His mercy may yet turn the Russians
back"-reminds one Of the smooth
politician who can b'andly nullify
the expressed intention OF law by
adding joker. Nay, Nay, my friend,
1t is by no means certain that God
and His prophets have furetold a
bl lomln' thing OF what will happen
and | rather opine that we have been
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-01-01

left IL -hilt for ourselves as best we
may
That the United States may not
always b. the land Of the free is quite
possb e, unles, its people break away
from such Buddhistic fatalism as
indulge1 in by Mr.. IIatch-and, in
stead CT calmly drifting down stream
into the inevitable abyss, learns 10
distinguish between shadow and sub
stance, make their democracy rea
instead OF imaginary, and pulls ~
religion out OF the clouds and adapts
1t to common every day life.
Chas. ii. Braun
Athol, Idaho.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-01-01
STATEMENT

of the ownership, management. circulation,
etc. of THE RATHDRuM TRIBUNE published
weekly Mt Rashdrum, Idaho, for oct. 1. 1914
Name Of Post Office address
Editor, Joseph II NJ. Culp, Rathdrum, Idaho
Managing Editor, Joseph X. M. Culp,
Rathdrum. Idaho
Business Managers, Chas, w. Culp and Jos,
r. M. Culp. ................ Rathdrum, Idaho
Publishers. Culp Bros, (Chas. W. Culp and
Joseph Il. NJ CulpJ .... Rathdrum, Idaho
Owners: Culp Bros, (Chas w, ! Rathdrum,
Culp and Joseph r. NJ Culp. Idaho
(no corporation)
JOSEPH r. NJ. CCLP, Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30h
day of Dec,, 1914.
f. p. DYER,
NSEAL) Notary Public,
My commission expires Nov. 25, 1916.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-01-01
FORUM.

Articles for this column must be on sub
Jets OF general interest; must be signed, be
l'rief. not abusive Of any person, and must
be submitted the first Of the week 10 insure
prompt publication. Articles will be pub
lished in their turn. as received. Publica-
lion of articles must not be taken to mean
that the editor endorses the sentiments ex-
nr,sssnd thnreln.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-01-01
COUNTY OFFICERS

state senator r. w. Johnson
Members of House OF Representatives.
Roger g. Wearne, William II. Edclblute,
Charles A. Norton. william. F. Sargent.
County Clerk, Auditor and Recorder
d. E. Dandy.
Judge of District Court R.N. Dunn
County Attorney Nd. Wetnette
County Assessor Chns. E. Acton
County Treasurer Robt. f. KercheyaI
County Surveyor A. O, Modlln
county supt. OF Schools r. @. Egbefs
Sheriff y R,iIe,
County Commissioners.-1st District, ON.
Downle; End District, f. W. Esgate; Ord
District, /. A. Libby.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
OUR PYGMY EARTH.
Compared with the Sun II IL as pss
to Two Foot Globe.

A dime held at arms length from
the eye will much more than cover
the entire disk of the sun. If il
we're placed at the exact point of
coincidence and its diameter and
distance from the eye accurately
measured it might be used as o
means of determining the suns di-
ameter, its distance being known.
The foremost philosophers of long
ago would have been appalled, at the
true statement Of both the suns
distance and its size.
The suns diameter is about $780,
600 miles. 1t is bewildering to be
assured that it would take 100000
earths to equal the sun in volume.
If the interior Of that truly gigantic
globe wero hollow and the Garth
we're placed at its center with the
moon revolving about it at it's usual
mean distance of nearly 100000
miles there would still exist a vacu-
ity between the moon and the in
closing shell of the sun of nearly
100000 miles. This is perhaps the
most graphic and impressive illus
tration possible of the suns colossal
bulk. We must note, however, that
the density of the sun is only about
one-quarter that of the earth, so
that it would weigh only as much
as 100000 earths. In very round
numbers the suns weight may be
stated at two oetillion tons, which if
expressed in figures would require
almost as many ciphers as news
paper line can accommodate.
A very comprehensive illustration
Of the pygmean dimensions of the
earth as compared with the sun is
to represent the latter by a globe
two feet in diameter and the earth
by dainty pea. And yet the little
pea weighs more than six quintillion
tons. AS to the solar surface. it is
some $4,000 times that of our plan
1t. Yet the sun when compared
With its true peers. the stars, is not
only not of extraordinary size, but
n all proba ability is only 70 be rank
ID among the medium self lumi-
lous bodies which sparkle in ''heav-
ms ebon vault" And because of
is spottedness it has a place, al
hough a humble one, among the
variable" stars.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
Warships In Olden Times,

Although warship of today is
useless without her guns, artillery
was not always used on board ship.
1t first appears to have been made
use of about 100 B. c., in a battle
between the Phoenicians and Iber.
ians, the former winning and oc-
cupying Cadiz, or, as it was then
called, Gades. The Iberians, from
the north of Spain, believed that
their enemy had lions on board
which belched forth fire. The ar
tillery consisted Of long copper
tubes, out of which sort of Greek
fire was discharged. The first can
non ever cast in England appears to
have been made in 1543 by Ralph
Hogge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
Mail Baq KEYS.

All over this whole great country,
from Maine to California and from
st. Paul to New Orleans, every mail
lock is the exact counterpart of
every other one of the many hun
dreds of thousands, and every one
of these the key in any postoffice
in the country, whether it be the
smallest cross roads settlement or
the immense New York city office,
will lock and unlock. Every key is
numbered, and though the num-
bers run high into the thousands
record of every one is kept by the
government, and it's whereabouts
can be told at any time. Once in
six or seven years, as a measure of
safety, all the locks and keys are
changed. New ones of an entirely
different pattern are sent out and
the old ones are called in and de-
stroyed.-Kansas City Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
Man and Sleep.

How much sleep is necessary for
a man? The question was raised
centuries ago by Montaigne. "Phisi-
tians," he wrote, ''may consider
whether sleep be so necessarie that
our life must needs depend of it, for
we fnde that Perseus, king of Mace
don, prisoner at Rome, being kept
from sleep, was made to die, but
Plinie aleageth that some have lived
a long time without any sleep at
all. And Herodotus reporteth there
are nations where men sleep and
wake by halle yeares. And those
that write the life of Epimenides
the Wise affirm that he slept the
continual space of seven and fifty
yeares."
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
How II Feels to Freeze.

Freezing to death is preceded by
drowsiness which makes the end
painless, the body actually feeling
warm and going comfortably to
sleep. Experiments have been made
with animals to show just how
freezing to death proceeds. In one
of these experiments, in which the
animal was placed in a temperature
of from 1875 to $50 degrees below
zero, the breathing and heart beats
were at first quickened, the organic
heat of the body actually rising
above the normal, which is 9S.6 de-
grees F. This showed a sudden
and intense effort on the part of the
functions to preserve the body's
temperature. Then violent heart
action gave out suddenly, and death
came when the temperature of the
body dropped to II degrees F.
Popular Mechanics.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
Catching" tuberculosis, or
Infection. s

TITO who works for his living falling
but lives of his wife and children well His veal
her neighbor lay aside his routine and take the
health income The cnsumptve the other hand
must give his job and with his only ncom and at the same
time he is frequently compelled remain at home constant
of danger his family unless he properly instructed
who this article considerable suffering
learn from how to avoid the entrance Of tuberculosis into
is infectious and from person
TO another differs in respects from scarlet fever measles
or smallpox in that tuberculosis RE re-
germs from the sick the well It not inherited but must
~ The infection derived in the large majority Of cases
the sputum discharged from open uceratng tubrces
in the lungs
from the milk of tuberouous COWS
the and feca discharges Of or from the pu
joints other parts of the body which the seat of ueatng
q n few extremely infection
No infection can be conveyed from tuberculosis of the
closed nonulcerated variety after alterations
by frequent mode by nha
aton of abrasion Considering these modes of
ID The baool are inhaled most often in dust The dust
most M often @ nat by e. careless sptng but the may
ected hawking sneezng loud talking singing laughing
(2) bsociH may swallowed food
contaminated with infected hands otherwise and also with the
from bovine tuberculosis
( incubation by the infection Of cuts scratches
is not frequently observed
While age race class immune against infection
tuberculosis children susceptible than At
the age Of IT, frequently high 70 cent Of the population
show the presence the germs though that many
with tuberculosis In however of the that these
lay quiet in the body Of the child for until with
unfavora surroundings his resistance lowered causing the d
develop extremely important that fathers mothers
everything possible keep their children from danger of
infection in their earlier years.
Everything should be done at home to keep the child rugged
person hygiene The working father only
possible way.
b
York City.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
Courtship In Oshima.

On the japanese island of Oshi.
ma, in the sea of Japan, the young
people enjoy more freedom in the
matter Of courting than in centra!
Japan. They are left to themselves
to select their own mates. much
after the fashion of the west. When
young suitor proposes to the girl
of his choice the girl declines two
or three times as a matter of form
and in order that she may enjoy the
period of courtship.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

1t is worthy of note that, although
the prairie cock when in the lists is
a strikingly conspicuous creature,
he wears no adornment which can
not be concealed at moments no.
tice. The sight of passing hawk
changes the grotesque, beplumed,
beoranged bird into an almost in
visible squatting brownish lump, SO
quickly can the feathers be dropped
and air sack Debated. With wood
land birds so great change is un-
necessary, but the prairie hen can
hide only under her own feathers
Outing Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
CORRESPONDENCE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
St0ops.
(By B. NJ. Goodan)

A fairly good crop Of timothy is
now being harvested.
Miss Virgie Kissick, of Little
Rock, is the guest Of her sister
Mrs. Bert Sanders.
Miss Maggie Lee Foley is the
guest of relatives at Sharpsburg.
Threshing is now in full blast.
The yield of wheat is much less
than last year.
j. E. Robertson, of Lexington, Wis
tied his father, ]. T. Robertson the
6rst of last week.
Mrs. Roy Byrd and little daugh-
ter, Miss Ellen, recently visited rela-
tives in Fayette county.
The Hinkston turnpike is in a
serious condition as a result Of the
heavy rains.
On July 11th the Stoops ball
team took a long hot journey to
North Middletown bent on taking
the scalp of the little Bourbon city's
team. In the 3rd inning with the
score standing l to 0 in favor of
Stoops the Bourbon boys "reared
up" on a decision of their umpire
and quit playing
Miss Elizabeth Warner, of Roth
well, came Saturday to visit rela-
tives.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

"Oh, MOTHER" said small girl,
sour French governess called me a
fool today"
"You must be mistaken, my dear" "
replied the shocked mother. "No
lady would do such thing"
"But she did, mother" said the
child, almost in tears. 81 heard her
quite plainly"
81 cannot believe your governess
would use such language. You must
have been very naughty to make
her SO angry" said her mother.
"No, mother, / was quite good"
replied the child, much hurt at be-
ing doubted. "We were having a
dictation lesson, and when she had
read few words she looked straight
at me and said, Fool (ful) STOP"
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

Sherman Hamilton visited Jas.
Spratt and wife at Sharpsburg last
week.
Miss Lena Fassett visited he,
sister, Mrs. Hood Thompson at
Salt Lick Wednesday.
Judge VIM. A. Young addressed
good sized crowd of voters here
Friday night in the interest of his
candidacy for Circuit Judge.
John Robertson and wife have
gone to housekeeping on Barkley
Bros. farm.
ThOs. S. Talbot, of Winchester,
Supt. of Home Missions, West Lex
ington Presbytery, addressed the
Springfield Sunday School Sunday.
The number of scholars present
for the first week of school was
greater than for many years.
The Sunday School Convention
at Springfield Thursday was attend
ed by a large crowd. An excellent
program was carried out.
Sunday afternoon the SewelIs
Shop ball team defeated a "spliced
up" team from Stoops by the score
of IL to Z. Some of the Stoops
players were with Gudgell Hill try
ing to down Gordonton. Gudgell
Hill lost by the score of 13 to l2.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

Amid the thousands Of evidences
Of human ingenuity and human de-
lusion with which the United States
patent office comes in contact every
year none is more surprising than
the persistent vitality Of the per-
petual motion craze.
Although it might be supposed
that the absurdity of perpetual mo-
tion in practical mechanics had been
exploded long ago, every patent at
torney can cite cases to show that
even in this twentieth century of
scientific enlightenment many a de-
luded inventor is still trying to get
mechanical something out of moth
ing.
Application for a patent costs
fee, which cannot be recovered il
the patent is not granted. 1t is to
save these fees, which amount to
thousands of dollars every year, that
the commissioner of patents has
made benevolent ruling. Reputa-
bic patent attorneys usually tell the
inventor that he is wasting his
money in making application, but
experience has shown that it is gen.
orally impossible to convince an in
ventor that his schemes are imprac-
ticable, so that many an attorney,
much against his will, is compelled
to prepare specifications and claims
which relate to an invention that is
imperative
In the past it has been the prac-
tice of the patent Office to demand
working model from the inventor
of perpetual motion machines. The
man who cannot be convinced by an
attorney that his machine is mop
erative is not likely to be discour-
aged by such requirements. The
result is that many an inventor
spends hundreds and perhaps thou
sands of hard earned dollars in try
ing to build an operative perpetual
motion model-a task which any
one with an elementary knowledge
of mechanics can tell him is hope
less.
The commissioner, in order to
spare the inventor the necessity of
parting with at least the govern
ment fees for an application, which
must inevitably be rejected, has de- !
cided that hereafter no application
for patent on perpetual motion
machine will be considered at all
unless working model is filed in
The very first place.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

Gossip-That was Tom jenkins,
tn rich old bachelor up on tn west
hill. They tell me he's goin' to
build new house.
Milliner (aged fifty)-Is he9
Gossip-Yes. He has asked fer
proposals.
Milliner-Wh-what's his addressi
--Cisvelan3 Plain Dealer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21
UNJUST TO MR.. GOODPASTER

the hope of boeng and adding tone waning candidacy
Stanley the Henderson Cleaner his preferences
includes
paser nehborng county his
nothing could harmful Mr. Goodpaser
generally believed In fact only wide spread belief in
story keep him from carrying this county almost unanimously
Goopaster young soey high
nothing him Mr. Stanley. Good
belongs the school of politicians while Mr. Stanley belongs
old Goodpaster seeking the of the people
while Stanley appeals only the liquor
story Goodpaster
of slate, in Mr. Staneys dramatic professions
love for the county unit
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

The ladies of the Mt Sterling Baptist an
weeks Advocate, boosting political
of city and county
Excepting, of the mechanical part
this edition themselves and gladly
excellence feel sure YOU will pro-
as well worth your careful perusal
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

The Montgomery County Fair
promises to be one of the best ever
given. Make your arrangements to
attend every day this week.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1915-07-21

The suggestion of the Stanley supporters
and Mr. Bowoh withdraw his favor about presumpuous
last Uncle Sam.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-08-05
ALUMINIUM PLANT GUARDED
Sheriff Calls Militia to Take CHARGE
Of Plant at Mossena, N. "
One Workman Killed.

Massena, N. Y, Aug. 3.-Three
companies of the state militia from
Malone and. Ogdensburg arrived here
and took charge of the strike situa-
ton at the plant of Aluminium COM
pany of America, after a riot in which
one workman who refused to walk out
vas killed.
Sheriff Day of st. Lawrence coun-
~, who was called to Massena at the
first outbreak, was unable to subdue
the strikers. With deputies and po-
licemen he charged them at a bridge
entrance to the plant, which they
were holding, but the officers were
driven back. In this encounter a po-
liceman was severely dubbed.
Finding 1t impossible to control the
1000 employees on strike, Sheriff Day
called upon Governor Whitman for
troops and the three companies
reached here.
The strikers, barricaded behind the
bridge, we're charged by the troops
and dispersed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-08-05
DESTR0YERS FOR U. S. FLEET
Plans For Six Big Vessels Authorized
by Congress, Approved-ln-
fiuenced BY War.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Plans for six
big cruiser destroyers, authorized by
the last Congress have been approved.
They will be the first vessels. the de-
sign of which will have been influenced
by the war In Europe. The vessels
will have a maximum sustained sea-
speed Of thirty knots.
They will displace 1,125 tons, meas
ure $40 feet over all. have a width Of
80 feet, Z inches and a mean draft
of eight feet.
Each destroyer will carry -four triple
torpedo tubes, a main battery of four
4-inch guns, those in the waist mount
ed high enough to increase their eff
cheney i'm rough weather and two l..
FOUNDER anti-aircraft guns.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-08-05
Pope Issues Peace Appeal.

London, Aug. 2.-The Rome CORE
spondent of Reuters Telegram COM
pany states that in the O~sservatore
Romano, official organ of the Vatican,
there appears a letter addressed by
Pope Benedict to the heads of the bel
ligorent countries, inviting all friends
of peace to unite with him In his de-
sire to terminate the
In this letter, which Was written OH
the anniversary OF the outbreak OF the
war, July 2s, the pope asks why there
should not be initiated a direct or in
direct exchange of views.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-08-05
Wilson's Give Party.

Cornish. ". H.. July 3~0.-President
Wilson received members OF the Cor
nish artist and author colony at an
informal tea given in their honor by
Miss Margaret Wilson on the lawn of
Harlakenden House, the summer home
of the president. 1t was the first time
he has taken part in an affair of this
ksHaAsinee th&death=ef Mrs. Wilson.
The invitation list was restricted to
about so people.
Hitherto or their visits to Cornish.
the President and his family have re-
Eained much to themselves.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-08-05
2 ACTIVE PROBES OF WRECK
INVESTIGATION TO PLACE BLAME
FOR DISASTER NARROWS.
Death Ship Remains on Side at Chi
cage Wharf-Dead and Missing
Now 996.

Chicago, Aug. 2.-Investigation to
determine whether anyone was crimi.
nally to blame for the capsizing Of
the steamer Eastland in the Chicago
river with the loss of a thousand lives,
was narrowed to a federal grand jury
and the steamboat inspection service
under Secretary of Commerce William
c. Redfeld.
The ship, still lying on its side
where it fell at it's wharf, was taken
over by a federal marshal on orders
from Judge X. NJ. Lands of the United
States district court. The county
grand jury, it was decided by States
Attorney Maclay Hcyne, probably did
not have sufficient jurisdiction to &C
complish anything and ceased its in
quiry for the present.
Develops Few New Facts.
Secretary Redfeld's examination of
steamboat inspectors continued. but
developed few new facts. Charges
that the steamboat inspection service
would not be stringent enough. with
itS " hhSiIlDCTS continued ana elicit
ed from Secretary Redfield a repeti-
ton of the statement that the inquiry
was according to law and that judg-
ment should not be passed until the in
vestigation was ended.
Before Mr.. Redfield began his rear
ings labor leaders issued statements
declaring that the department of COM
merce inquest would be a whitewash
for federal inspectors. These labor
leaders telegraphed a protest to Pres
ident Wilson, but received no reply.
After testimony before Secretary
Hedfieid, Mayor William Hale Thoinp-
son, Assistant Corporation Counsel
Korshak and others said that the ex-
animation of witnesses seemed to them
unsatisfactory, while Assistant States
Attorney Sullivan thought the ques-
tons put by Secretary Redfeld we're
too leading.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-08-05
Wilson Refuses to Comment.

Cornish, N. H., Aug. 2.-President
Wilson has received from the state
department official dispatches telling
of the sinking of the Leyland line
steamer Iberian by a German subma-
rine. The dispatches were to the eff
feet that the steamer had disregarded
a warning to stop.
There were no indications here that
the president regarded the incident
as being one likely to cause further
complications with Germany. He re-
fused to make any comment.