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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1917)
SAW DEATH ANGEL Apparition That Appoarod to Royal Children. Story Related by Governess of Rus Ian Princesses Czar and Czar Ina Delleve Supernatural Flo ure neally Was VUlble. (Iriiiul Dtiko Krnesl of lloaxo liml n very prolly llttlo daughter by IiIh first wlf, Princess Victoria Molltn of Ureal llrltulii mid Cobtirg, now married to (IrniMl Dtilcu Cyril of Russia. TIiIm lit lit girl's nnuio wax Kllzubolh, mill on niTotint of her bcttuty mill uprightly cleverness aim wiih a universal favor ltd nml tin' only Hit between her par ents nfti'r tttu ostrnngeiuont. l fun Ilffo Owen writes In tliu Nw York World. Whlli) Maying wltli ho.- undo liml mint, tint priwnl cr.nr unit csenrlnii, ut their tlcttirNiiiu cotintry Hi'tit In !' liiml, alio succumbed when aoven yearn old to polhon ptomaine polaou, no conlliiK t) some, but according to oth ers drugx I'oiivnyi'il Into food or Orltik by tlu NllilllHtH for tin' purpose of tutting tho life of Kinperor Nich olas. I A roiwirknblo uccount of tint affair h given by mi Kngllsh woman of Hid mime of MIkh Uuger, who, after spend ing n nuinbtT of yi-nrH In tho service Jif tho emperor uud empress of Rus sia iirt tho nursery govornosx of tbolr young children, published on her re turn to England, with (ho full author Ity nml approval of their majesties, u voluiiii) entitled "Six Yours nt tint Court of HumxIii." According to her, lit (lu Princess Elizabeth, or "i:iln," of Hesse was tnken III outt afternoon or night mid died boforo tho following morning. Between nine o'clock nnd ten o'clock two of thu little girls of thu czarina, who wero sleeping together In n room adjoining Hint of tholr seven-ycnr-old cousin of Hesse, HUddoiily nluruiod ovory onu within hearing by thu most frantic screams. When tho empress, MIkh Kngor nnd tho doctors rtihhod In they found thu two little cram! duchesses standing up km tholr beds, shrieking mid nlmklii iwlth terror. It wax hoiuo tlmo boforo 'they could bo soothed, and then thoy related that they hnd Heon n man with flowing robes and huge wlngx In tholr Yooni. Whllu thoy wcro Htlll tnlklng tho eyex of both children suddenly filiated with terror, and both pointing (In tho Hamo direction, thoy cried: "Look I Ixwkl 'i'hero ho Ih again. fl to hnx gnno Into Kiln's room. Oh I J'nnr Klla! Poor Kiln I" Neither MIhx Kugor nor tho czarina, nor yot tho physicians, could soo any thing. Hut a few inomentH later princess Kiln tiuddonly ant up In her bod. crying: "I am choking. I am chokliiKl Head for uianima!" Throe (hours nfterwanl tho child, who bad Immediately after tho cry for her mother fallen Into a xtato of coma, paxxed away, In tho iiIihouco, of course, of her parents. Miss Kngor expressed her firm con viction that tho little grand duchesses bad noon a supernatural apparition and that thu apparition In ques tion was thu angel of death. That thu czar and eznrlnn shared her Impression Ih shown by tho fact that thoy had authorized her to publish tho story In her book, ax 'well ax by tho circumstance that she retains tholr favor nnd koimI will and lx In re ceipt of mi annuity from thorn for thu ronmlndor of her days. Not the Man. Arduppc My lovo for you, dear Mlsx Huxley, lx n consuming tiro that burns everything In Its path. Mlsx Hoxley Then I four It would bo unwise to choose such a husband to haudlu my money. New Dug Killer. A now ploco of agricultural appa ratus Iiiih been developed for tho pur poso of combating tho destructive bugs and uuilesirablo vegetable growths by jin application of Hteum to tho soil 'penetrating Homo dlstanco below tho .surface. Thu machine carries a steam fcenorntlng plant mid moves over tho Hiirfaco on n largu drum, tho periphery of which Is staggered with protruding stream outlets In tho shape of blades or spines. As thu nppnrnluH Is drawn over tho ground tho spines Imbed them selves In tho soli mid whllo In this po sition thu steam Ih released and peno t rates thu soil for hoiuo distance around tho outlet, killing tho worms, hirvuo and hugs and thu undesirable crop of woods which seed themselves from onu season to another. Four and a Half Ton Mirror. Thu lOOIneh-dlmnotor relloctor for tho Mount Wilson observatory In Cali fornia, which will bo finished early next year, will bo thu largest mirror over cast. It . will ho 13 Inches thick nnd will contain, In ouo solid pleco, 4 tons of glass, Knglneerlutf Record. BRINGS TALE; LEAVES FOOT Ciklmo Arrives at New York With Thrilling Account of encounter With drizzly Dear. Ultibborlng with joy, Aswntuk, nti Kiklmo, to ho known on tho I'ounayb vntiln farm, whither bo has gono, by tho atom pntronym of Morris Levy, wia roloasod from Kills Inland In chargo of MIxh Murtlm l.lnlugor, n nurao nt tho Clrcnfoll tnlsalon, In Ubrndor, nya thu Now York Herald. Anwutuk (until hu ronclioa reiinnylvaiila) Ima only onu foot. Tho othor. tho loft, wn clmwed off by it grizzly bear, whoroln Hon tho ntory. Aawatuk which inentm "tho chilly bnby" la alxtoon yenra old, hut, ac cording to tho atory, ho'a bo brnvo thai Lnbrudor la probably rollovcd to bo rid of hia daring rjilrlt. MIhh Iolnlugcr, who brought him hack with hor, hud trouble getting him Into thu country, but Dually nppcala to Washington worn imawerod, nnd Aawn tuk Ih off to tho farm. Hut to tho talo or that missing foot On n cold, wlndswopt night In Holatcr'B Hock, Iibrndor, llttlo Aawatuk nnd ht mother huddled about tho whnlo oil lamp, wondering If I'njia Aawatuk, tho daring llMhorman, was riding tho galo. Suddonly from outsldn tho Igloo thoro cnmtv n acratchlng and tho hoarta of Aawatuk and bin mother congealed. Thoy know It wiih tho drend Bcrntchlng of n polar boar scratching hla way In to make n tnoal off thorn. 8undrlca In tho way of dried mooao meat nnd mlnnlon trncta woro uacd to bolster tho faat weakening wall of tho Igloo, but all In vain. Through n rugged nporturo gloomed tho horrid fnco of n grizzly bonr. Ho ynwncd In nntlclpntlon of llttlo Aawa tuk ti plump youth Juat ns Aawatuk kicked with hla loft foot. Tho foot ronchod tho open mouth juat aa It cloaod, nnd Juat na ABwntuk'B mother dropped tho whnlo oil lamp on tho benr'a head. With a groan of pain and nngor tho grizzly lopod lightly nwny, blaring with wrath nnd whnlo oil, but Btlll clinging to Aawntuk'a foot Aawatuk waa tnkon to tho hospital at 8t. Anthony's, whoro ho recovered autllclontly to bo brought to this coun try. So gooa tho talo of Aawatuk as told by himself. Preventing Soil Erosion. Roll oroslon la doing business dam ngo constantly, nnd fow pcoplo know how to npply provontlvo menaurca. In tho nnnunl report of tho burcnu of soils of tho dopnrtmont of agriculture n almplo mothod of handling ono class of erosions la described. This la tho enso whoro tho soli Is being washed nwny In gullies, nnd tho remedy la to build a dnm ncrosa tho Incipient gul ly, through which a sowar pipe la pnasod, connecting with an upright plpo situated nt tho upper sldo of tho dnm. Tho hollow formed by tho dam will 1111 with wntor In flood conditions until tho top of tho upright plpo Is reached, when tho ozcosb of water runs off qulotly Into tho next Hold or Into another impounding spneo below. Tho cutting current of tho draining wntor Is Btoppod nnd tho nedlinont carried by It settles abovo tho dnm, thus tend ing to repair tho dnmngo previously dono. A BUltnblo tllo drain located undar tho dnm will dlsposo of tho wn tor Impoundod bolow tho opening of tho upright plpo. Realistic Maneuvers. Tho Turkish nrmy might possibly bo putting up a bettor fight Just now hnd It boon trnlnod nccordlng to tho meth ods ndopted by ono of Its earlier com mqndera. Lord Hroughton notos In his dlnry of Jnnunry IS, 1S3.1, thnt bo "mot Nahmok PnBbn. tho Turkish nmbns sailor, nt tho lord chancellor's dlnhor tnblo. Ho gnvo us nn account of tho present grand vlzlcr, whom ho do Bcrlbod ns bolng very 'vlf whon maneuvering his troops In shnm bat tles; bo lively, Indeed, that ho mndo thorn llro bullets, and chnrgo with bay onets nnd kill ono another, although In prlvato llfo ho wns a mild man." Says Hla Wife Could Tell. Most mon nro quoor, but somo nro quooror, especially In Now York. A prlzo winner In tho second class drow tho eyes of tho entire company upon him In nmnzomont na thoy sat nround n tnblo In n downtown rostnurant at lunchoon, Thoy had boon discussing npurtmont houso llfo, whon ono of tho party turned to tho man noxt to him nnd nBked: "Uy tho wny, Jim, how mnny rooma hnvo you In your Hat?" Now York lints nro so small you would Imnglno thnt any mnn who hnd to pny rent for ono could nnswer right off. Hut Jim said: "Ulossed If 1 know, my wlfo can toll you I can't. Novor counted 'oni," "Well," whispered a man oppoalto, "Un't ho a bird. Won dor It ho knows how many llugors and toos ho has?" For 8ore Feet. Wash tho foot with soap and wntor nnd dry thorn gently, without rubbing. Thon dip n ploco of soft cotton In mothylntcd spirits nnd npply oxcopt whoro thu skin Is brokon. Whon dry, dust tho foot with a powdor composed of equal pnrts of utnrch and boracli powdor. IN A KERR.Y T11K historical and political Im portance of Ireland baa cro ntcd In tho minds of many Americans nn exaggerated Idea or tho Island's physical proportions and tho density or Its population, two vital factors In Knglnnd's task of sup pressing tho rebellion which had Ita Inception In tho capital and largest city, Dublin. According to the Na tional Geographic society's bulletin tho wholo of Ireland embraces an area slightly loss than tho stato of Maine, but with n population almost six times na dense. In comparison with tho governing country, It la thrco-flftha na largo as England and Wales, with ono nlnth tho population. The Island Is ono or tho very few lections of tho civilized world whoro tho population hna shown a markod lecreaso during tho last contury. The tlrst census of tho island, taken in 1S21, recorded a population almost ."0 per cent lnrgor than at tho pres ent tlmo, whllo tho census of 1841 showed tho high-water mark of more than eight millions, nearly twice tho present population of 4,375,000. This romarknblo decrease, duo largely to omlgrntlon, began after tho famlno brought about by tho destructive dls enso which attacked tbo potato crops of 184G. Tills calamity resulted In tho withdrawal of mora than a mil lion acres from cultivation within two years. Incldontally tho potato, which has playod such an Important rolo in tho llfo of Ireland during tho last 300 years, is not Indigenous to tho island, hut was ono of tho food gold mines dlscovored by tho Spaniards in their conquest of Poru. Tho country 1b di rectly indebted to Sir Walter Ralolgh Tone cascadc for its "Irish" potatoes, as It was ho who brought thorn from what is now North Carolina and planted thorn on his ostnto H oar Cork In 1685. Mountains, Dona and Lakes. Irolnud Ilea on tho' wostorn rim of what was onco a pnrt of Conttnontal Europe. It has numorous mountains, tho hlghoBt bolng tho McQllllcuddy Hooks (3,414 foot), In tho KlUarnoy region, but thoro Is no mountain chain or olovatod "backbonoV Thoro is a moro or Iobs woll-doflnod central plain, bowovor, tho distinguishing fea ture of which Is Its bogs tho black bog producing tbo famous peat fuel, LBillk'',lirTll' Tlr: BKMaHRlalaillllllllllHI VILLAGE: differentiated from tbo brown bogs of tho mountains. If tho wholo island wcro brought to a mean level it would rise 400 feet abovo the sea. The lakes, or loughs, of Ireland are among ita most widely appreciated physical characteristics, their scenic beauty being tho Inspiration of poets, painters and musicians. Nor havo tbo Irish rlTcrs been overlooked in ap praisals of tho Island's beauties. Tho Shannon, which flows for 250 miles from tbo county of Cavan In the northwest to tho Atlantic in the southwest, is tbo longest water course in tho United Kingdom. It is navi gated by largo steamers for half its length, and Is connected with Dublin by means of tho Grand and Royal canals. Although coal Is found in most of tho 32 counties into which the Island is divided, and thero is considerable iron oro, mining Is not an important Industry. Gold was bolng mined in a modest way in County Wlcklow at tbo tlmo of tho rebellion of 1798, but tho works woro destroyed and the sourco of tho metal has never been re-dlscovorcd. Industries of the Island. Agriculture nnd stock raising are tho chief occupations of tho inhabi tants. At ono tlmo the woolen manu factures of tho island woro formid able rlvnls of English fnctorles, but hostile legislation gave tho Industry a chock from which it has never recov ered. As tho Irish havo raised flax for centuries tho manufacture of linen early becamo ono of tho Important Industries of tho country. Irish whisky Is an Important nrticlo of ox port and ono of tho largest breweries In tho world Is located nt Dublin. Tho Island's production of beer is thrco nnd n half million barrels annually. Shipbuilding In tho great yards at Holfast Is ono of tbo most widely known of Irish activities, and tho deep sea and const fisheries afford a live lihood for mnny thousands. Thnnks to tho temperate lnfluenco of tho west winds from tho Atlnntlc, tbo thormomotor rarely reaches freez ing point in winter, whllo tho aver ago for n summer day Is 60 degrees. At Toor Head on tho north tho dls tanco to Scotinnd (Mull of Cantlrl) Is only 13i miles. Tho Giant's Cause way, n short dlstnnco to tho enst of this point, Is tho outcropping bnsaltlc formation which In a former age Joined tho two Islands. Water Seemingly Flows From Tree. At Mount Lowo. Cal., tho thirsty vis itor has only to turn on a faucet pro jecting from a largo troo nonr tho ho tol and wntor boglns to flow. No wn tor plpos are to bo soon, and curios ity Is aroused nt onco. Tho lower part of tbo troo Is hollow, nnd tho pipes nre run underground nnd up through tho hollow pnrt to a knotholo, wboro a fnucot Is attachod. Around tho faucet tho holo Is plugged up with cement which looks llko tho troo itself. Wise Practice of the Incaa. Tho Incas, anclont rulors of Poru, woro ono of tho earliest authentic ex amples of tho high ougenla dovolop mont of tho human race. Tholr sys tem of choosing oach yoar tho finest physical specimens of young woman hood from all classes to become "brldos of tho sun," or wives of the ruler, having qutto an opposlto effoct to that of tho limited nnd unfortunate matrimonial customs of present day royalty. ALL CHARGED UP TO BROWN Janitor Had Lost Nothing and Had Made Something of a Reputation for Urbanity. Ono day Urown lost his temper and determined to dlsciplino tbo Janitor. "Why Is It," ho aald, "that orcry tlmo anybody In this building lose anything you ask us If wo know what has become of It?" "Bccauso," tho Janitor replied, "you are tbo only folks that nover lose any' thing." Next morning Brown shouted down tho dumbwaiter shaft: "Wo'ro short a bottlo of milk; whero Is It?" "I don't know, sir," tho Janitor an swered humbly. "I'll see It I can find it" "Why," said Mrs. Drown, "wo got our mlllc" "Don't worry," said her husband. "Of course he can't find It, but it will do him good to stew around a little." About 16 minutes later Brown was summoned to tbo dumbwaiter. "Hero's your milk," said tho Janitor. "I'm sorry I mado a mistake." Brown was bowlldcred. "Now, whore on earth did the fellow get It?" ho said. "Ho has taken It from ono of the neighbors," walled Mrs. Brown. Next day Brown complained of the loss of a package of sugar, which, though purely Imaginary, so far as the Browns were concerned, very soon materialized In tho bands of tho re sourceful Janitor. Even Brown got uneasy then; but, being bent on ven geance, he subsequently reported as lost bread, a bead of lettuce, and a bag of potatoes, all of which were Im mediately produced by tho Janitor. When Brown paid his grocery bill for tho month, Mrs. Brown, who Is a systematic housekeeper, scanned the account "Why, they havo made a mistake," she said. "They have charged us for milk and sugar and things wo nover got." Brown went back to tho grocery to inquire. "It's all right," ho said; upon his return. "We got the stuff. The Jan itor ordered it" Activities of Women. Russia has over 3,000 women physi cians. The Woman's Trade Union of Amer ica has over 65,000 members. Three out of every four nonagena rians In Berlin, Germany, are women. Miss Jean T. Moehle, an automobile saleswoman, recently showed that she could handle machinery as well as sell cars. In a leather apron and blue Jean coat she stood on a platform in a New York salesroom and dismantled and assembled a motor taken from a car she had driven over ten thousand miles. The wearing of a skirt which was so tight that it Interfered with the free use of her limbs caused Mrs. Delia Wilson of Kansas City to lose her suit for $5,000 damages against the Chi cago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad. Tho Jury contended that a skirt which was only 32 inches wido was entirely too narrow for free use of tho feet in boarding a train. Wonderful New Resistance Alloy. A new alloy for use In making elec tric resistance was put on the market In Germany shortly before tho war and Is said to bo of great use in case the resistance wires or strips need to be worked at a high heat; for tbo new alloy of chromium and nickel can be run at oven a bright red heat without suffering damage, and such heating does not make the metal brittle upon long uso. Specific gravity of tho alloy Is S.25, and it has a specific resistance per meter length and square millimeter section of 1.10 ohms. It can support a temperature of 1110 degrees C. on constant run. The melting point Is 1400 degrees C. The Exception. A noted English suffragotto sold tho other doy to a Now York reporter: "Your Idea of us militants is that we are vixens, tartars and man-haters, but, as a matter of fact, wo havo in our ranks somo of the most elegant and fascinating women in London so ciety. "No, the militant Is not llko Mrs. Blanc, who said to her daughter one day: " 'I am cortnlnly ensy on shoes. Look nt this pair of elnstlc sides. I've worn thorn throe years and they're still as good as new. I'm easy on clothes, too. There's my tweod Just ns fresh ns tho day I bought it seven years ngo. And hnts, gloves, stockings In fact, I'm onsy on everything.' " "Excopt fnther, eh?' snld tho daugh ter, without looking up from her book." Looked Pretty. Patlonco Polly said they had a hlghly-pollshed hardwood floor up where she called. Pntrlco And did she say It looked pretty?" "Why, of course. She said sho could soo borself In It"