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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1904)
JAPS GAIN KNCTOIEDGE FROM SHELL FRAGMENTS. :v v-r- fe. , . . . .... - 'i . . Une of U principal polnu to be rouilderi'd In campaign, military ex lerti doclare, l "bow many bg kuo bar the enemy and of what make, lower and caliber are tbone tuna." Inveitlgatloa by uplea to jaln tbla In formation la of llttlo line, aa the apy seldom Reta wltbln spying dlatance of the cnemy'a artillery, no matter bow shrewd and discreet be may be, Tbe Japanese, however, are obtaining plenty of data regarding tbe Ruaslan guna by simply exercising their powers of observation aa they advance through Manchuria. Whenever a Japanese body of troops haa been under artillery flro and the Husslana aro driven back examined by Japanese officers to ascertain If possible what sort of a gun flred it. In this way the Mikado's soldiers data regarding the artillery which Russia U using In the Far East ROMANTIC THE STORY OfThl. Mountain Girl, Now s Multi millionaire's Wife. To become the wife of a man whom the world rcrognlzca as one of Ita Croesuses would give distinction to any womnn. uca that union U ac companied by ro mantic circum stances such as those attending the marriage of Sena tor William A. Clark, of Montana, ilctlon la outdone, and every pretty girl In this broad land who combines eruce and talent UHH. CLARK. with physical charms may bo pardon ed for building air castles. In which she scca herself living like a princess. It Is an era of new women, of Inde pendent femininity, and It la none the less an era of alluring matrimonial possibilities. Something of a sensation was cre ated by the announcement thnt Sena tor Clark and Anna K. La Chnpelle were married In Marseilles May 25, lltOl, and that they have a child now 2 years old. The Information had up to this time been withheld both from tho world and from the Senator's Im mediate family. The events lending up to tho marriage are unuHiially In teresting. About nine years ngo Sen ator Clark was In a Montana mining " BEWATOB W. A. CIRK. town when the miners, with their wives and families, were celebrating the Fourth of July. The young men and women wore all manner of gro tesque and gaudy costumes, and among thera waa one who attracted the at tention of the multi-millionaire. , She represented the Goddess of Liberty. She was a mountain girl lithe, sup Die. dark-eyed, dark-haired, with white teeth and a radiant smile and her age was about 15. The Senator was told that her namo was La Chapelle and that her father was a French Canadian medical practitioner who had gotten Into trouble because he had not been licensed to prnctlce.- The Senator took an Interest In the fam lly, helped the father and when , he died extendod financial assistance to the widowed mother and the chll dren. The girl was endowed with un usual Intelligence and tbe rich Sena tor sent her to seminaries in this coun try and colleges abroad. She has lived at Paris for some time and the little mountain girl from Butte Is now said to be a polished, gracious woman who will shine In any circle of society. ' 1 - 1 . , 1. - t . .- every fragment of shell la carefully are gathering a very fair collection of MONT PELEE PHENOMENA. OcolosUta Interested In Enormous Column in tbe Crater. For more than a year the geologists have been speculating about the origin of the enormous column which rose above the crater of Mont Pelee early In 1903. and which bad almost entirely disappeared by August At no tlmo did It reach an elevation of more than 1,000 feet above tho summit of the vol cauo proper, but when allowance Is made for crumbling It Is believed that thrice as much material was forced upward altogether as wns visible on any single day. It is not remarkable that the experts should have been puzzled by so strange a phenomenon, soys tho New York Tribune. The latest contribution of the dls cusslon Is made In Science, by Prof. Grover K. Gilbert of the United States geological survey. He regards the alow extrusion of tbe mass as a true volcanic eruption. Its unique feature being the rate at which the lava cooled. Had this boon faster or slower than It was, the effects would have been different As it was, the molten rock was chilled Just fast enough to keep It rigid when It rose out of the throat of tbe vol enno, Though It had a dark exterior, tho column wns, In Prof. Gilbert's oplnlon, Incandescent within. This ex- pert further suggests that the loss of heat resulted less from contact with tho walls of the passage through which the lava Issued, or with the air, than from the cooling of the contained gases by expansion when pressure on them was relaxed. Whatever may be thought about the latter part of this explanation, the former will certainly commend Itself to the approval of the uninitiated. From tho escape of steam and tho rapid disintegration of the obelisk, It Eeems probable that It was Intensely hot, and therefore had been manufnc- tured recently that Is to say, Boon after the outbreak of May. 1902, bo- gan. rrof. Hellprln, of Philadelphia. expressed the opinion two or three months ago that perbnps the column was a plug of old lava which had served as a stopper to the crater ever since the eruption of 1S51. Perhaps it Is to combat that view that Prof. Gil bert now writes to Science, though he mnkes no specific reference to Prof. Hellprln. Whether or not it is now feasible to obtain definite evidence on the age of the column is doubtful. The Wasnington geologist suggests tnat proof or disproof might result from an lnspection of the remnant, but. bucu an examination, even if made in the near ruture, mignt not cuspei uncer tainty on any other point An Artful Man. Tie What Is the meaning of the let ters D. A, B. on that pin you are wearing? She Daughters of the American Revolution I thought every one knew that He Oh, I thought perhaps it was the abbreviation of "Darling." Strictly Within the Truth. imu I jvu Ba, jUU u ... mo wui- - Mt IJ1 . A. yMM aF n - m t ' a air txr t n A Irtrtl tm nvtr A VI LO VL Uvuiv I ' unayu iuo tuuisjuuub guest "Well," answered Farmer Corntos sel, "after you folks are' gone we do have 'em. That s what we take board am fAr "Wnahlno'ton Star . i J One of the many things children Mtinnt nnderarsnd Is whv trown neo. pie spend , so much time looking at books that have no pictures in tnem. ' - ... OLD FAVORITES Farmer John. Home from his Journey Farmer John Arrived tbla morning, safe snd sound. Ills blsrk cost off snd his old clothes on, Wow I'm myself," ssys Fsrmer John; And he thinks, "I'll lk s round." lTp lesps the dog; "(iet down, you pop. Are yon so clsd you would est ins upf Tha horxi's prick up their esrs st him; -Well. well, old Uuy! lis. hii. old (irsr! I)o you get guod feed when I am away?" "Von lisvon't a rib!" says Farmer John; '"The cuttle sre leoklng round snd sleek; The colt is going to Ik a roan, And a beauty, too; how be has grown! We'll wean the calf out week." 8aya Fsrmer John. "When I've been off To esll you scsln shout the trctttrh. And watch and pet you while you drink u a greater comfort than you can tbiax; And h pats old Hay And he sinus old (irsr. I "Ah. this is the comfort of going swsyT "For. after all." snld Farmer John. "The bent of the journey is getting boms! I've seen (treat sights but would I give This spot, snd the peaceful life I live. For all their Paris snd Home? These hills for the city's stifled air. And big hotels, all bustle and glare; I.snd sll houses, snd road all stones, That deafen your esrs snd batter yonr bones? Would you, old Bay? Would you, old Gray? iThst's whst one gets by going away" "There, money la king," ssys Fanner John; "And fashion Is queen; and lt'a mighty qneer To see how, sometimes, while the man la raking and scraping all be can, Tbe wife spends every yesr, Enough, you d think, for a score of wives. To keep them In luxury sll their lives. The town Is a perfect Babylon To a quiet chap," says Farmer John. "You see, old Bay, You see, old Grsy I'm wiser than when I went away." "I've found out this," says Fanner John "That happiness is not bought and sold. And clutched in a life of waste and hurry, I In nights of plessurs and days of worry; And wealth Isn't all In gold. Mortgage and stocks and ten per cent, But in simple wsys and sweet content. wants, pure hopes, and uobie ends, aom! na,". " w t0 I"enu"' .Id That's what I've learned by going away,' J. T. Trowbridge, NEVER HAD A CANDIDATE. Hawkeye State la Never Doubtful, That's tbe Keason, Iowa first took part In a national election In 1848 and It has since grown to be one of the most Important States of the country, with more than 500,000 voters, and, from Its geographical po sition, exercising great power in the West Some of the most Important po litical agitations which have swayed the action of other Western States have hod their origin in Iowa, notably "the Granger movement," "the antl- rallroad fight." and "the sealed pack age" agitation as applied to the prohi bition question. But, though Iowa has been abund- antly recognized in all other lines of political preferment (It hns now two representatives In the President's Cab- Inet, the Secretary of the Treasurv and the Secretary of Agriculture, and had in tbe Inst Congress the Speakership), it has never been recognized by either of the great political parties for a nom- inntlon to the Presidency or tbe Vice Presidency. Twice the Democrats took their Presidential candidate from neighbor- lng Nebraska, twice their Vice PresI dentlal candidate from neighboring Missouri, twice their Vice Presidential candidate from neighboring Illinois, the states which make the western, south- era and chief eastern boundary of iowa. But from the State of Iowa It self no candidate for President or Vice President has come in a Democratic national convention. On tbe Republican side the failure to nominate an Iowan has been equally marked. The Hawkeye State has vo ted in turn for every Republican can didate for the Presidency since and In cluding Fremont, but though It has a long line of Cabinet appointments Klrkwood, McCrary, Harlan, Hatton, Belknap, Wilson, and Shaw It has never received a nomination for Pres- ident or Vice President The most natural expiation is that Iowa has nev- er Deen considered a doubtful State. Chicago Inter Ocean. WHERE NATURE SPORTS. Queer Things to Be Been in the Bay of Trieste. Around the head of the Gulf of Trieste, in the southern part of .Aus trla and extending across the base of the Istrlan peninsula, is a plateau of limestone which presents some pecu liar phenomena, Bays the New York Tribune. Full-grown rivers issue from its side, . . of Bnma j,otof .x xr.-finl,a 1 i MS " WDUtU V AAA W iUJ O k W IVHM J " springs rise through the bottom of the Bay of Trieste, in time of heavy rain fall bubling up with a violence suffi cient to endanger small craft In the heart of Cherso Island, which is in the middle of the Gulf of Quarnero, is the Lake of Vrana. It is surrounded en- tlrelv hv hills and lies In a basin said to he 45 fathoms' deep. The level of I.. . .... . . An. 'the water u reputed to be at least ut feet below the level of tbe sea about tbe Islsnd. It bss no apparent afflu ent or effluent, yet. the waters are al ways fresh and cool. It Is believed tbe lake la fed by some subterranean passage, leading out under tbe bay front the Istrlan Alps, possibly from Monte Magglore Itself. Some distance to tbe north- wsrd Is a lake which disappears for weeks at a time. Tbla sheet of water, known as the Lake of Zlrknlts, Is about four miles long and from two to three miles broad. Villages, chap els and cs sties are reflected In Ita wa ters. Frequently In July, although not every year, the waters begin to dls-apM-sr, and In August tbe bed. 50 feet below the surface at some points, at times gradually apinars. From 20 to to be discharged. When the bed la re vealed the ieasunts plnnt crops of bar ley where only a short time before they were drawing their nets. Tbe bed remains uncovered sometimes for many weeks. Tbe peasants gather thejr barley and bay from tbe bottom in the meantime. Then, with a rush, the waters return, the bnsln being re filled sometimes In a period of 24 hours. The limestone which forms tbe bed Is perforated with a vast number of caverns ami fissures, .-eany w or these are visible. They are 50 feet deep. The peasants give them names such as the Kettle, the Sieve, etc. There are 28 openings which draw water off, only 12 of which both draw off and discbarge water. They connect with caverns and subterranean pas asges penetrating beneath tbe sur rounding mountains. In this neighborhood also Is tbe grot to of Adlesberg, tbe largest known cavern In Europe and one of the most beautiful In the world. It has been explored for a distance of four or five miles. Through a portion of It flows the River Polk, which takes this sub terranean method of reaching its des tination. Besides tbe fantastic caves and grot toes are deep pits, varying In diameter from a few feet to several miles, some of them having forests, and agricul tural lands at their bottoms. JEWS ARE MADE GENERAL8. Two Receive Signal Promotion in Aus tria and Une in France. The Austrian army has received two Jewish generals at the same time, says the Israelite. Eduard Von Schweitzer has been appointed general of the in fantry and Naval Constructor Siegfried Popper was raised to the rank of a general the first case In the Austrian navy. Popper was born In Prague in 1848. Is a graduate of the tech- nical college In Carlsruhe, and has been In the service of the navy since 1871. General Von Schweitzer Is a native of Hungary, entered military service as a plain soldier In the war of 1SGG, studied afterward In the cadet school, was made lieutenant and distinguished himself In the Bosnian Insurrection of 1878. Being admitted to the military academy, he became staff officer, colo nel of an infantry regiment and la now raised to the rank of general. According to Oesterrelehlsche Woch enschrlft, this Is supposed to be the first case of a Jewish general in Aus tria. There was reported, however, some time ago the appointment of an other Jew, General Von Porges. lie may, however, have been converted to Christianity before. A French Jew Colonel Valabregue has been appointed chief of the cab- inet of General Andre, the French mln- ister of war. This extremely lmpor tant promotion, of course, produced a spasm of furious excitement In the anti-Semitic papers. They declare that France nnd the army have been be- trayed to the Jews and that Vala bregue is cousin to the "traitor Drey fus " "From to-day ." exclaimed the Libre Parole, "Valabregue Is the real i - - head of the army. We shall soon see him minister of war and Dreyfus chief of the general staff. He is also the cousin of General Naquet that other Jew, who, in a certain measure, Is grand master of artillery, Business Her Chief Idea. "I heard last week," said Professor Gates of Harvard, "a good example of double entendre. There was a man who had been courting a woman for five or six years. This man, It was plain, loved the woman; he called on her five nights in the week, but in that shy mood common in New Eng land he could not bring himself to pro pose. He sat one evening opposite his sweetheart He had grown quite bald since his courting had begun and, as for her, little lines had appeared about her mouth and eyes, and she stooped aa she walked. Very desperate 8he waa. It seemed to her that they might have been married five years ago. . , " 'I seen,' said the shy lover, 'I seen an ad. to-day for a suit for $10.', " 'Was it a wedding suit?' the worn an asked in a strange voice. - "'No,' he answered nervously, It was a business suit' " 'Well. I mean business said the woman." I Character Analysis. .' "He Is a great deal of an optimist" said one bright girl. Y . "Yes," answered the -other, "and an egotist as well." ' ' "Can one be both?" , , "Certainly. He Is cheerful because he firmly believes that the world can not go wrong so long as be lives in it and looks out for it" Washington Star. Now up and up, when you take a KOOd look at yourself In the glass, dont you think, "Well, I'm not well a I .m. Jl l.nkU,. fktlniw T'f i u-iwam ' . 1"-, ,v-v A RUSSIAN SUBMARINE DISASTER. ''JUL '- i m 1 !''.. The Russian submarine boat Ieiun sank In the Neva, off the Baltic Shipbuilding Yard. Lieutenant Cherkasoft and twenty men lost their lives. The Del fln was Russia's best submarine, and was invented by the naval architect. M. Boubnoff. and Captain Beklemlsboff. She underwent a success ful trial in 1903. -. PIGEONS IN THE WAR. How Japanese and Bnaalan Armies Make Use of tbe Birds. Such Is the exigency of war that even the gentle dove of peace is pressed into its service. The part played by these birds and the yeoman ry service they rendered In the South African war will still be fresh in many memories; and notwithstanding the ad vent and progress of wireless telegra phy, "tbe faithful messenger" is again seeing active service, this time with the Japanese and Russian forces. ... rut tn. . ... ? , t rt M - MtJSACt '' ;;"---- riat j ,i f i - . r,v- i 4 f ( .v . hi'-A JAPANESE WAR PIGEONS IN THE CAMPAIGN. Russia has long established military lofts at her fortified towns In Man churia, and has more recently accept-, ed the offer of French colombophile fanciers to organize a service of these birds In outlying districts. , ThlsMast move on her part has already borne fruit messages having been carried out of beleagured Port Arthur by these birds. 1 The Russians were en abled to accomplish this owing to their having previously collected the pigeons from outside ' lofts and stored them within their stronghold, to be liberated as occasion required. Birds from the Port Arthur lofts were at the same time taken out of the port and thus the besieged city will be kept In formed of events happening outside. With a far-seeing forethought the necessity of which Is only now appar ent the Japs some five years ago es tablished their military and uaTal lofts, and by repeated experiments since then they have organized a sys tem calculated to bring forth the high est qualities of the pigeons with which their lofts were stocked. . ' With an army on the march the use of pigeons as messengers has so far proved a ! failure; all experiments to get these birds to return to a loft con tinually on tne move having been void of success. Japan has, however, witn the tenacity of purpose for which she Is famous, scored a ,; success with traveling lofts,' of which the Illustra tion will give a general Idea. Such lofts are stocked with blrdsras soon as they are old enough; to leave the. nest,: and the birds are kept confined wlth lh it "until required for use.? The whole loft Is then transferred to the military base, or temporary post near the scene of operations, and the birds, then sev eral months -old, are given their liberty ' for the first time. Not having flown to another locality, they, quickly .settlo down to their new surroundings. and In a few days are familiar with the country "for miles J around. ' Every opportunity Is seized ' to ' give them additional experience before . being actually Used ,lri the service and to keep open communications with an ad vance column, or, for scouting work, these traveling 'lofts have'jroved in- valuable. Should, however, the base of operations be advanced, or a tem porary post abandoned, tbe birds ars at once discarded and a new loft trans ferred to the altered surroundings. Scouts, both mounted and no cycle, each carry from four to. six birds In a bamboo cage, slung sfter the fashion of a knapsack, and thus reports are sent back without the necessity of their leaving the post of observation. For great distances two birds may be flown with the same dispatch, but this is seldom required, the usual custom being to repeat each message on sub- If s, SI 1 , f ' . . . i - r ' , - tjt . - . r . . . ,. ' '-'Ah V!i sequent birds, so that the .final pigeon liberated would not only carry Its own, but also a copy of messages sent by the birds first liberated.' It . must be understood that the flight of the pigeon would be seriously impeded, were it to be burdened with' any great weight and consequently dispatches are writ ten on specially-prepared slips of rice paper. These, contrary to tne general Impression, are not tied round the bird's neck, but are "rolled and placed In a celluloid holder, fastened by two clips to the bird's leg, and are thus carried close under the tall of the bird when it is In flight The total weight of this carrier,' which Is manufactured by a Belgian firm, Is under four grammes. , . ; ... j The speed of the pigeon is another point which may be easily misunder stood. Although it is' true' under cer tain circumstances a pigeon will fly 2.300 yards per ,minute, or, nearly 80 miles per .hour, yet this Is only t . --Xs ' ? J V . - J I - r accomplished - under exceptionally fa vorable conditions: 1,400 yards per minute, or fifty,, miles per hour, being a fairer average. This, however, must not be taken to mean that the pigeon normally .flies the distance between two places fifty miles apart in , an hour, as owing to its not flying In an absolutely straight line it would prob ably take seventy-five minutes to ac complish the distance. For this reason forty' miles per hour is the speed usual ly credited to the birds. Distances up . to 800 miles it would cover at the same rate, but above that the average would often he much lower, owlny to the birds not being able to fly after dark. Whenever possible they are therefore liberated at such an hour as enables them' to regain their! loft upon the same day; the risk, of capture and the dispatch falling into the ene my's hands' being1 then reduced to a minimum. ' .V" , v ; t-'fo:. 'J Getting at tbe Real Facts. ' . L"Doctor," queried the Inquisitive per son, "do you believe that the cigarette habit causes weak minds?' ,, . , "Not necessarily," replied the M..D. "As a rule It merely Indicates them. 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