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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1907)
Kobrrt Fulton’s I line. England's “Ross Rogimsnt. The custom of »earing rosea In their lion 11 gear by the Isiucusliln* regiment on tile anniversary of the Isittle of Mlndeu originated In a curious man ner. Ou Hie day of tbe buttle, Aug 1, 1780, the men psaacd through a field of rnars, each man plm-klng a rose and placing It In hla Ixmuct, »earing the flower during the fight Till» com mcuced th« custom of »earing ruMs ou the anniversary of the Iwillle 8q uaring ths Circle. A correspondent reíala us a copy of a statute which lie says was courted In Mlssl wlppl Incorporating n town ami declaring "that the corporate llm Its of Mid lo»u ahull Is* us follows: Beginning nt the quarter stake in front of < aleb Hannah's residence nnd running <>■» yard* every direction, uinklug auld corporate limits 1,201) yardsaquure ." Whosald the < Ircle could not la* squared? Case and t'omuient. Egyptian Obelisks. Tbe obelisk In Central purk, brought to thia country In ISMO. wns net up at the entrance of the temple of the Hun at Heliopolis. Egypt, about FBI It. C„ by Tbotmen III. Twenty-three yearn before Cbriat the Kliqieror Augustus moved the otiellnk, together with Its companion, now on the banka of tbe Ttinmea, Uondon, to Alexandria, from which place It was brought to New York at the time designated above. Of Egyptian ots-llaks some forty-two are known, though many of these are broken or otherwise practically de atroyed. New York American. Squirrels Reared by a Cat. Among the Interesting thing« shown at n recent meeting of the Zoological society were two young m | h *< linens of the English squirrel which ha I almost entirely changed In color from tbe usual chestnut brown to a light drab the ears and feet only show lug truces of the original color. It was stated that the unlmnla had la*en taken from a nest when very young and put In charge of u cat, which acted ns foster mother and successfully reared them. It was suggested that thia fact might have caused the color chango. *8t. James' Gazette. A Lesson For Two. There Is a legend in a certain dally newspaper office which la Instructive. Arrives an article In the composing room from n well known reviewer. Not a man there «nti read It. Tbe ^copy" 1« returned as impracticable to tbe editor. In n lit of Impatience he sends it back to the writer. “Unless dearly written no further contribu tions can be received." The reviewer politely replies: "I have received buck my manuscript with an uudeclphera hie scrawl attached. May I request an explanation?” Editor and contribu tor now both employ a tyjiewrlter. Couldn’t T om With Thom. Stcnmlxiats had iss-n run successful- ’• DANGEROUS PIGS, ly on American waters before Robert Fulton took the famous Clermont up Th. F.arl.n Mexican Peccary Will Fight Man or Beast. the Hudson FS) years ago. But some writer in the Rt. Louis Republic A how it seemed to be the hour for steam I saja that the moat vlcloua and fearless boat I ng. and a now era in navigation member of the brute creation is the dates from Aug. II. 1X07. There were peccary, or wild bog, of Mexico. Thin great discoveries In electricity liefore animal hcems utterly devoid of fear Edison entered the fleld, but neverthe and displays nn intelligence In fighting less Edison’s mime will always stand man strangely at variance with its ap at the bead of Inventors who revolu parently complete lack of mental at tionized things. It requires a certain tributes. Their ability to scent man Is particu amount of «slm-ftllon for the world to take up with startling Innovations. Edi larly marked. The only thing to do when they get after you is to run son found tbe way partly open, but yet away from them ns fast as a horse be worked many years before people can carry you, and then there is no would believe wfcat lie demonstrated certainty that they won't catch you. before their eyes. They are nearly as swift as a horse, Fulton hud himself advertised the and their endurance Is as great as ateamboatlng Idea by hla ex|H*rlments their vlclousness. A friend of mine encountered a abroad before the successful trip of the Clermont. Twenty years before Fitch drove of them In n w ild part of Mexico bad suei’caxfully operated a steam ves a few years ago. nnd his escape was almost miraculous. He very foolishly sel on the Delaware. It may be said •hot and wounded a numls*r of them. that steam was wanted when Fulton Then lie took refuge In a tree. got to work, but that Fitch was ahead The peccaries kept him tn the tree all of hla time. Fulton’s fleld waa well that day and through the night. They chosen New York wns a great mouey circled round the tree, grunting and center and the lluda.iu river a magnifi squealing their delight at the prospect cent scene for a demonstration. Tens of a feast. He soon exhausted bls am of thousands of people were compelled munltlou and brought down a peccary to make the trip annually l»etwe«n New at each fire, but this had no terrors for tbe beasts. York nnd Albany or some point on the ' ' Toward morning they began to eat up|s*r Hudson. Ho there wns a paying those he had killed, after wlilgh they business awaiting Fulton's enterprise formed in line and trotted off. If they of 1HI)7. nud the Innovation succeeded bud not had some of their ow n number quickly because It filled a wnnt of the to devour they would have guarded that tree until my friend through sheer time. exhaustion dropped from his porch ami Those win» nro familiar with the allowed them to make a meal of him. composition of the smokeless powder I The wildcats and tigers that Infest us<sl by the American navy know that the Mexican wilds flee from the ¡>ee- carles with Instinctive fear, nnd even it Is less likely to deteriorate than the rattlesuakes keep out of their path. powder udopteil by several foreign gov ernments. The former consists mainly LOVE’S TEST, of gun cotton nnd the hitter of nitro glycerin. Compounds of the one show Wh«rt Her Great Help Was Needed little disposition to undergo change. Her Heart Was Willing. 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