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THE MUHC1E SUNDAY STAR. APRIL 22. 1900 EARLIEST DREAMS" OF CALIFORNIA Strange Stories of "the Golden State" Sent by Cortez to Charles V. 1 MAP OF SAN FRANCISCO, SHOWING BURNED DISTRICT DOjNT get cold FEET THAT IN THE SPRING-THE Young mans fancy lightly TURNS To THOUGHTS OF LOVE BUr HE CAUT VIM A C1RL IF HEVEABJ BUMHOE5. BESIDES WE SHOULD VEAR, NICE JHOES OUT OF RESPECT, FOR.

HIS TttT BUSTER. AN EMPIRE OF AMAZONS Hoped to Find Richer and More Splendid Provinces in the New World. twm rum y) Post CtT (tLS? iMHMflW' 'W WSIB' The flrat account of California, that in foundi In the old records, represented It as an island, rich in pearls and cold. It was said to lie at a distance of ten days' journey from the province of Clguatan, and to be inhabited by women only, except at certain seasons, when they were visted by men from the mainland. The fruits of these visits, if female, were retained; if male, they were sent away.

Such was the strange story brought to Mexico from Colima by Gonzalo Sandoval, and transmitted by nous peoples and their advancement in civilization and culture, aa well as in climate and the soil, in the mountains and the plains, in the hills and the valleys, and awaited but the proper hands to turn them to account. The Americans had barely laid their eyes upon the country befora they fully recognized Its incalculable worth; and they had aoarcely entered upon its possession before they built It up Into full maturity and well designated as "The Golden State." markable circumstances connected with the country that it was so rich and that It remained so long comparatively unknown. The Spaniards and their successors, the Mexicans, notwithstanding their residence of many years, failed almost entirely to discover, i and altogether to correctly appreciate its vast capabilities. But these were nevertheless inherent In the the quantities of precious metals profusely scattered jn mountain, hill and stream, California far exceeded all that Cortez could have anticipated and more than equaled all that imagination could have pictured or credulity have belteved. I.AV LONG FNRNOWJJ, It Is, in fact, one of the moat re VE CAN RIG YOU OUT IN EVERYTHING FROM YOUR ANKLEJ UP, BUT LET U.S BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU CANNOT BE REALLY DREJJED UNLEi YoU HAVE A GOOD PAIR OF FOR A FOUNDATION To YOUR APPEARANCE.

CARRY SHOES ON WHICH WE HAVE A COMPLAINT. WHEN WE Do WE BEHIND THEM. NOT ONLY MUT A LOOK WELL BUT IT MU.ST WEAR WELL. TE-5T TELL.S. WE HAVE TESTED OUR THEY NOT ONLY MAKE THE FEET LOOK PROUD BUT THEY WEAR AND GIVE COMFORT.

A NICE PAIR OF PATENT LEATHERS FOR WE HAVE THEM, ALO OXFORD-FOR MEN AND BOY.S. "HANAN'-S" JHOE5 AND OXFORDS $5 TO $6 "KELLER" BENCH-MADE, ALL $5 "KA-BE-CO'" THE BE.ST IN THE WORLD FOR $3.50 BOY -5' SHoE.S .23 TO $3. 50 WE HAVE NICE FANCY HO.SE FOR THE OXFORD DAYS TOO, AT 25CT.S. AND 50CT.S. IN FACT THI.5 IS HEADQUARTERS FOR EVERYTHING THAT MEN AND BOYS WEAR.

RESPECTFULLY, KELLER, BRYCE AND CO. JOHNSON BLOCK CORNER, MUNCIE, IND. Cortes to the emperor Charles in the latter part of the year 1524. It may be doubted' whether Cortez believed in this report in all its particulars. But that It produced a profound effect upon his mind there can be no question.

It was the general supposition that Asia was not far' distant, and- hardly any story, if told about that wonderful country or its neighborhood, was too marvelous for credence. From the time when Herodotus spoke of its golden sands, guarda.1 by armies of monstrous ants and fire-breathing griffins, the most extravagant fancies prevailed in reference to its wealth: and these fancies had been rather increased than diminished by the accounts of more recent writers, who dwelt upon its silks and spices, its rare gems and costly gums, the magnificence of its princes, the grandeur of its courts, the extent of its kingdoms and the countless numbers of its Inhabitants. FAITH NEVER WAVKRKD. Without attempting to ascertain the exact limits of his knowledge or to measure the precise degree of his faith it is certain -that Cortez was, firmly persuaded of the existence of rich and populous countries in the direction ascribed to the island of amassons. He was in fact so thoroughly convinced thMt.

in the irt'e report, he promises Charles tuo sovereignly ui mole hliiguu.iis and dominions In those regions than had ever before been heard of in the Span SCIENTIFIC FACTS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES AND FREQUENT TREMORS OF THE EARTH By Dr. A. F. For.te, Department of Science. Steele Hlh School, Dtiyton.

la th. Dajtoa (O.) H-raldl They therefore constitute an essential element of its early Only by taking them Into account and considering the confidence reposed and the sans-ulne expectations entertained In respect to them, is it to uti-aeisiand why Cortez spent so many years of his life and so large a portion of his fortune in building vessels and sending expedition after expedition to these remote shores. HIS REAL AMBITION. Through the search for a nortlfern passage from ocean to ocean was always an important consideration and though he put it forward, in his correspondence with Charles as the principal object he had in view; yet, when the different motives which actuated him are weighed and compared, it will be found that the predominant one, the. one which caused him, more than any other and In spite of repeated and disastrous failures, to persist in his attempts, was the vain hope, fostered by the fancies alluded to, of finding newer and greater countries and of winning richer and more splendid provinces than any hitherto known In the New World.

Tct, vain as was this hope and extravagant as were those fancies in the sense in which they were conceived, still, strange to say. they fell far short of the absolute truth. There were no amazons; there was no barbaric aplen-dorj there were no great empires or extensive cities to be conquered or magnificent spoils to' bo' curled away; but in intrinsic wealth, in the resources adapted to the support of multitudi- The crust of the earth is In a condition of perpetual motion. Most of these motions are too nflnute to be perceived in any manner except by means of very delicate instruments called seismographs. Preciptible tremors are caused by the rumbling of wagons and trains and even the tread of animals, but the force of these PIE ish nation.

Those wild notions, inconsequential, as they might appear, were the causes that led to the discovery and afterward to the 'exploralon of California. 1 Ttlnckbcrriea, GALLON Holld pack I (lack Raspberries, bolldpack 4 of the crack. Suddenly thera la a grt shock, due to a percepflbla sliding of the rook on either side of the fracture. Friction causes the sliding to stop for a moment, then sliding on either side of the crack begins onoe mora, resulting In a series of shocks which are liable to die out almost as fast as they began. The actual length of the crack along which slipping took place may be only a few miles, but the resulting allplng may produce a shock felt for many miles.

From this It la evident that earthquakes usually are comparatively local phenomena, at least as regards their origin. Fortunately our great centers of population form but a small percentage of the entire surface of our country. Therefore the chance of an earthquake affeotlng aomt Inrge town Is comparatively small. Moreover, even earthquakes perceptible to the ordinary observer, usually are not violent. Finally, states such as Ohio, In-dluna and Illinois, In which the rooks are comparatively horizontal, and not broken by great cracks, are not likely to suffer from serious earthquakes.

On the other hand, Mtates lying near mountainous atcus in which the rocks are strongly folded and cracked, arc more liable to such phenomena. The coast ranges along the California coast are such ars of folding and cracking, and here earthquakes are quite numerous, but fortunately rarely of sufficient violence to attract attention. The opening up of great cracks In the soil, and the sinking of land, are superficial phenomena, such as are likely to occur when loose soil sand and clay, which may appear horizontal at the surface, rest rather Insecurely upon strongly Inclined rocks, down which they slip when violently shaken. Along coasts, wharves and even parts of clllcs. may slip Info the sea.

Farther inland, cracks may open In the ground, or the land may sink several feet. produces an earthquake. It follows, therefore, that earthquakes are due, not to deep seated cause, but to fractures originating usually in the upper five, rarely ten miles of the crust The amount of motion of the solid rock, beneath the loose graval, sand and soli at tl-e surface, usually Is small. Estimates of the occurrences of sudden shocks Involving a motion of a foot or more, are not based on statements of competent observers. The destructive effect of tha earthquake Is altogether out of proportion to the actual amount of motion of the" solid earth.

The same is true when a marble 1a struck by a hammer floor may move down and up only a few hundredths of an inch, but the marble, may Jump two or three feet Into the air. Earthquakes at a distance from volcanic centers have no connection with volcanic phenomena, and no reputable geologist would attempt to connect the earthquake of California with the eruption of Vesuvius. Crai ks in the earth's crust of sufficient extent to produce earthquakes are believed to be due to natural causes, the mere shrlnkago of the eartli's'cruHt, due probably to cooling. Tf the entire mass of the earth were to shrink equally there would be no earthquake. But the earth conslsta of many different kinds of rocks, and each kind of rock cools and shrinks at a different rate.

Hence the shrinkage Is very unequal, and this results In unequal strains and sudden cracks. When these sudden slips along cracks occur In a thinly settled part of the country they attract little attention. It Is only on occasion of great calamities that the general public becomes Interested In these phenomena. The seismograph Indicates that an earthquake shock begins with minute tremors In a certain direction, Indicating a slight Initial fracturing of slipping of the earth's crust. The tremors gradually incresse In force, probably due to the lengthening and widening Novel and Striking efft-cta with EABTMAM'S FBItllO-I-Rl'SSIATB I'OST C'ARDH.

Long nam- easy way print In Sun put In water tlial nil. KmiuImIio (h ilt blue pictures. OWL DRUG STORE In the I)'lware. Another Week with MISS EMILY MARION COLLING li Peeled I'rnchea F.ntra quality II Apricots, a bargain it Ttnldwln Apples finest miido tremors dies out within a short distance of their source. The distance from the point of origin at which Buen motions may be felt depends not only upon the violence of the original motion, but also upon the firmness and elasticity of the materials near the surface of the earth.

In winter, for Instance, when the ground is frozen, the rumble of train may be felt at a greater distanoe. Tremors originate also within the earth. When any of these are sufficiently violent to be readily felt they are called earthquakes. In volcanic centers earthquakes may be due to volcanic action, but elsewhere earthquakes are due to the friction and slipping of rocks. By means of cracks produced in buildings the crevices opening In the soil, and the direction in which chimneys and towers have fallen, It Is possible to determinte fne length and depth of these earthquakes producing fractures.

All of the more recent estimates, based upon the most accurate observations, indicate that these fractures do ot extend deeper than ten miles' below the surface, and In most cases probably not below five miles. Below that depth rocks give way without breaking. This giving way of the rock usually Is called flowing, but this flow!" of solid rock at comparatively low temperatures must not he confused with the flowing of liquids which la an entirely different phenomenon. It Is the sudden fracture, not the -flowing of rocks, which II Pumpkin (Van Camp) best goods i 1 UUHII I will plcaso II Dnlli'lous Pti, nothing bettor The Heat, Light and Power is pleased to announce that they have made a vpicial arrangement with Miss Colling to retrain another week, giving, as she has been doing each day last vetk. a lecture and demonstration afternoons at two-thirty o'clock at the new Williamson Block, corner of Mulberry and Washington THE MENU PROGRAM IS AS FOLLOWS.

Damson Plums, firm fro It II Hlnck ltaspberrlrt, i extra fancy 1 Monday, 2:30 P. M. April 23rd, Desserts. II ..1 ItlncU berries, extra fancy STORAGE II Pitted Ronr Cherries, fancy Hamburg cream Chocolate souffle Macaroon custards Vanilla aauc. Tuesday, 2:30 P.

M. 1 Meats and Vegetables. Broiled lamb chops with peas Deviled potatoes Spinach with MOVING VANS Phones 252 D. F. LANE CO.

w. w.trulleimd; Both I'h 11 North Wstnnt HI. egg. TIMELY TALKS ON THE LIBRARY By Miss AMena Chnpln, Librarian. Munrle Public Library.

Wednesday. 30 P. M. Home Luncheon Dishes, Scotch woodcock Ham omelet Corn pudding- -Pop overs. Gas, Electric and Combination Chandeliers.

J. A. QALLIVAN 402 and 404 E. Main. LIBRARY HOURS.

Thursday, 2:30 P. M. Good Blood the Secre Health No ftnntt blmwl If th alumi nihil. I 4 liln-miiriiMild fn Htfiniiirh ilnrilr. On trtnl romlm-A ymi of ll mrrtln.

Al iIi-iikbM. IF hw liHun't It wrd HP'ti thnt ft It. Kt KK 1 Hf Mll AT, U)tmkaiifi, Ohio Entrees. f. Veal balls in curry with creamed peas- Sweetbread croquettes pected in April and May Chimney swift; called chimney swallow.

Bain swallow; the familiar fork-tailed bird. Kingbird; called nlso bro' martin. Oven bird; celled also goldcn-crowncd thrush, Purple martin. Calhlrd. Baltimore oriole.

Yellow warbler; called also summer warbler. House wren; called also short-tailed house ren, Ited-eyed vlreo. Warbling vlreo; called also warbling greenlet. Wood thrush. Whip-poor-will, Dlckclssel, Indigo bird.

Wood pewee. Yellow-billed cuckoo; called also ralsxrnw. Th library open week days, eirepl legnl hulidHFft, fnr delivery honk, fiom 0 it. m. tti p.

in. Readl.a riHim open week dtiy. eicept legal holiday, from a u. in. lu 0 p.

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MESSAGES ARE ASSURING l.oimisherry, Alice. "Guide to I ho Wild Klowers." Parsons, V. T. "According lo Season; Talks About Flowers In the Order of Their Appearance in Woods and Fields." Step. Eilwurd.

"Romance of Wild Flowers. Wrlghl. M. O. "Flowers and Ferris In Their Haunts." HOTtNY A Ml PLANT Allen, Grant.

"Ktory of the Plants." Avehury, J. U. "Flowers, Frulls and Leaves." Darwin, Charles. "Different Form of Kloweta on Plants of the Hume Spades." Detmer, W. "Practical Plant Physiology." Giinona.

W. F. "Teaching Botanist." sauce with boiled rice. Friday. 2:30 P.

M. Planked fish Escaloped salmon Baked fillets of halibut Tomato cream sauce. 2:30 P. M. Bplced layer cake Boiled Icing Sponge drops PlunkeK SEVERAL, AT LEAST, SAFE 1 11 4 1 einn- A.

1 1. KIlHclmiiil II lift Hon Hi W5NTEI. Cliliern Heard I'roin lOwupcd Oiikhiiiil Slilrka at Hie M. I litncU ll.ilel, LAB0REC8 Bobolink; rslled also white-winged blackbird. Ruby-throated hummingbird.

Black-poll wsrblar. Night, hawk; called also bull hat. Oas Is the most economical and the most efficient form of fuel. To prepare a full meal for several persons at a cost of cent or less for fuel Is a fact that Miss Colling demonstrates daily. It Is therefore of Interest to everyone who Is desirous of cutting down heavy wood or coal bills, to learn the many points that Miss Colling so entertainingly gives.

AT fT'illl 'ItlCh fiei- iirin Iiy uim nieHimaea are ciiiiimik Pun Ki jiicImi and the aniToiinillnd licnrina Hi" nxiii.nicn Unit. MuiH'lr The mprttlfpt' rf 'tiiitfii uf t'ytlilHM BALL BRC nln lull r.l wcr not tnjiir.il In me duo Hull Km ii' luhl lu-U ivciiliiif iiiw.ikcw Kf Anrimmi u.rm tiinkniK nrraiifxemt-iiiH hlR tin In bff hld ihi within th jtxt f(-w Ohy A tarn rife nf wiH tnlllMfri nnd humiiiM pv'I. Th win tier uf fli MiiiM'l anil I I Indue which overlook Im'v The Rev. H. N.

Wilson has kindly consented to talk to the boys of the school on his personal experience! with the Indians In the west. This subject Is always the most Intrcsting to boys, as the library well knows, lor It cannot furnish enough books to supply the demands, and to have a talk from one who has himself come In contact with Indians makes the subject doubly attractive. There are so many boys who will want to come to this talk that we find It necessary to limit them to those In the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Mr. Wilson will give his talk Haturday morning, April ,.2, In the auditorium of the library.

Announcement will be made In the schools also. The following books may bo of Interest to those who love the woods with their flowers and trees. Most of these books are well Illustrated. They may be found on the shelves In front of the delivery desk. wii.o ii.mtr.Hn.

Blanchan, Neitje (Mrs. GeraJd Stanley Lee. "Nature's Garden; an Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowera and Their Insect Vlsllora." liana. Mis. H.

"How to Know the Wild flowers." Hulme, r. E. "Familiar Wild Flow-crs" (seven volumes). fiMtn flriiiit winner ant) W. Itimlilii MHllntr tlmt they KCI Mm.

Lincoln. Mrs. A. II. "Familiar Iec-tures on Botany.

Kuxklii. John. "Proserpina." Hchlelden, M. J. "Poetry of the Vegetable World." Hcolt, I.

II. "Introduction lo Htruc-tural Botany" (two volumes). Hpaldlng, C. M. "Guide to the Htlidy of Common Plants." Vincent, Frank.

"Plant World." Vines, S. H. "Ftudent TextjKook of Botany." Wood, Alphnnso. "1ass-Book of Bot any." Going, Maud. "With the Trees." Jarvls.

M. It. "Tree Book." Keeler, II. Is. "Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them." Lounsberry, Alice.

"Guldo to the Trees." McFarlatid, J. If. "Getting Acquainted with the Trees." Mathews, H. "Familiar Trees and Their Leaves." Rogsrn, i. K.

"Among Green Treea," Hrhwara, U. F. "Forest Trees and dlana" the following birds may ba ex I Paint Now Under the auspices of the HEAT, LIGHT AND POWER CO. -Every Housewife Invited' No Charge 1 and were imliinre1. The Hml tliey wmiU H'f to lt Atir It I fiiir'il I hit Mr.

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