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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
Buy a Smoking Mountain.

What is perhaps Dame Natures big
gest laboratory has been purchased by
a syndicate of Americans 1t is To-
smoking mountain of Mexico, the Po-
pocatapetl of the Aztecs. The trans
action, whether regarded as a real es-
tate transfer or an industrial deal, is
interesting by reason of its novelty.
Popocatapetl has been on the whole
rather beneficient volcano than 9th
erwise. Instead of porting out floods
of lava and ashes like Vesuvius it has
furnished for century or so a prac-
tically inexhausitable supply of sui
phur. The world has long been aware
of this fact and the sulphur mine has
been worked by native labor, though
on necessarily small scale, since
heretofore ithas been well-nigh inacces-
sible. The mountain is over 1900
feet high and for 1900 feet is covered
with a dense growth of forest The
crater itself is three miles in circum-
ference and 1000 feet deep.
These natural obstacles in the way
VI ldClihS anu htlluR the vast
sulphur deposits in the crater are to be
overcome by constructing a railway
from the village at the base to the
summit. The mountain was pur-
chased some years ago by a syndicate
of wealthy Mexicans, who, however,
failed to develop it and have now sold
out to the American capitalists. The
undertaking will be large one, but by
applying modern methods the output
of sulphur can be made enormous.
while the timber which clothes the
mountain sides has large commercial
value. Certainly it will establish a
new and unique industry in Mexico.
though thousands of old Aztecs will
doubtless turn in their graves upon
realizing such a PROCLAMATION.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address. F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
FL +sss-
The Return of the PrOdiQaI

49, OS

the New York broker twenty years
ago.
THAT is long before my time, sir.
Rut the broker, l have heard, was
killed on his wedding day."
Give me the address Of these Mar
garet Radfords. I've been clean
away for many years.
The Yankee speech slipped back to
the mans tongue, and the young WON
an laughed, for at first the man spoke
with the twang OF foreigner.
WELL" she said, the laugh still upon
her lips, there's Margaret who's gone
clean away Margaret who bides TO
Salcombe, and the schulz mistress
her what bides tew Peak schulz"
What a bonny maid! Is that yours
There, mitep'
And he put gold piece into the
ready little palm.
who am I to thank, sir?"
Herbert Seaton."
And not tinge of recognition came
over the woman's face.
He was as forgotten as If he'd
never 'bided tew Sidbridge," and the
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

gal son, and the narration seemed TO
move the sweet saint, and the chill
dren, who had heard it hundreds OF
times before, always found some fresh
questions to ask.
Sweet was the informal address
of one dark-eyed boy, who seemed a
favorite, what would you do II your
son came back to you like this prodigy
son who ate husks?"
"Sweet never had a son. Sweet has
never been married." came from an
elder girl.
And the heart of the man bounded
within him.
81 should welcome my prodigal
dearly, of course" And the sweet
mouth had grown wistful, but her
eyes seemed as if they had visions of
something far away.
would you kiss him, wonder"
Schoolma'am blushed and laughed
like young girl
Yes. l think l should kiss him."
she said gently.
"Well, let's pretend I'm the prodigy
and you be the man who owned the
fatted calves"
Seaton chuckled to himself. feeling
a boy again.
Then he went for a walk, returning
an hour later, to find school dismissed.
Margaret Radford felt strangely
lonely when her little flock had run
Off shouting down the hill. and the sad
little look came into her face.
And then a shadow fell across the
floor. and she looked up. For mo-
ment she did not speak; her eyes
grew round and her breath came and
went in deep gasps between her part
ed lips.
1.-THE prodigal son has returned,
Margaret. Lord knows 1 have eaten
husks enough down under!'
you are a thousand. thousand times
welcome, Herbert Seatonw And she
began to sob.
He had not vet even touched her
hand, but had drawn nearer.
What did you tell little Bob Carey
you would do when the prodigal re-
turned?"
He spoke in tone of banter to hide
the deep feeling that moved him, but
he held out his arms, and his love flew
into them, and he rained kisses upon
lip. cheek and brow.
MY love-my lover was all he
could stammer out, after a silence of
twenty years.
And she, too, lay silent in his strong
arms, thinking many thoughts. that
shaped themselves into a prayer OF
thankfulness.
"Why did you ever leave me, dear
one?" she asked.
Your father told me that you were
engaged to Haygarth. and he was
richer than l. He even showed me
the house you were to live in when
you married"
And you believed him-you. Her
bert, my lost love? How could YOU
how could you? To go away without
a word!'
Her eyes had filed with tears again
and he took her once more to his
heart.-Chicago Tribune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
Price Of Fame.

The young man with the uncut mar
and hungry look had submitted y
poem for editorial consideration.
"Well." said the man behind the
blue pencil after hurried glance AT
It. "how does IS strike your"
"Wey-er-really," stammered the
rhymster, that is more than /
er@"
well, that's the best l can do" In
terrupted the busy editor. Il couldn't
think of printing poem like that for
any less"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

The Yale mission is now sending
out another representative into it's
field in China, Rev. Warren B. Sea-
bury, son of Rev. Joseph B. Seabury
of Wellesley Hills, Mass. Mr.. Cea-
bury will be associated with Rev.
Bromwell Gage, who is the sole rep
resentative of the Yale mission in
China.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

The municipality of Reichenberg
Bohemia, intends to erect a large cleo
trio plant to supply light for neigh
foring small towns and industrial es
adjustments, and another plant to fur
nish electric light to the suburbs OF
the city.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

There is such a thing in the
world as tea-toper, slave Of
the cup; one can hardly i'm
agine it.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

RELIABLE ASSAYS-Gold 7so. Cola
ana silver, u; Lead 75c; Gold, Silver. Copner
$i:oo' samples by mail receive prompt atten.
sion; RACER gold, retorts and rich ores bought.
0DGDEN ASSAY CO., 1725 Arapahoe street
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

There is no generally accepted ex-
PLANTATION Of the origin of the term
"Hoosier" as applied to the people of
Indiana
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

General Corbin, commander of the
army in the Philippines, is now on tbe
high seas.
Seventy-five per cent of the mission.
aries OF the American board have come
during the past 10 years from western
colleges.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

The Temple Baptist church, Los An
geles, will erect a new edifice to serve
as a church building and a business
block. The total cost is estimated at
81, 900, 900.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
To Break In New. Shoes.

=. hiways shake in Aliens Foot-Ease, powder
lures IN S corns, ingrowing nails and bunions AZ
al, druggists and shoe stores 25c Don't accent
a a1ia sups u sample mailed FREE Address
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

There are $4,000 Endeavorers in
Pennsylvania, SO societies having been
organized since July, 1902. The Ok
ford Presbyterian Christian Endeayor
society of Philadelphia is one of the
largest givers to missions. Last year
that society gave s1469 to missions,
besides that which they gave to other
causes.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

Both at Bonn and at Breslau new
colleges for girls have been opened
offering a six years course after grad
uation from the high school.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
THE HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN DIED.

Above Judeas purple -mantled plain,
There hovers STILL among ruin lone
The spirit of the Christ diving moan
Was heard in heaven, and paid del in pain
Within this house-ths died
prophet of a liberty,
lberator free
ful[orbed MAN, mere mortal pride
The cloudrtfts opening to celestial glades
OFT glimpse him. his
AS Christs sweet influence he
Where the lily he sunset fades
Robert Mackay N
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

TO CURE A COLD IN NAV
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabiets A.,
druggists refund the money If it fails to o,,1a
Z. w. Groves signature is on each hoy S,n
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

Science may show us the survival OF
the fittest, but Christ shows us the sal
walton Of the failures.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
Owls in Market.

Those who visited the markets see
from time to time hanging up in the
butcher stalls an owl. a crow. or a
hawk. ''They are brought in by the
farmers" said marketman. "There
is a steady demand for owls, hawks.
etc. on the part Of taxidermists. anna
tours chiefly, and they will sometimes
pay as high as 81 or 81 for fine speci.
mems of the larger hawks or owls"
The man who was born great may
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
The peruna Almanac In 100000
Homes.

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac mas
become a fixture in over eight million
homes. 1t can be obtained from all
druggists free. Be sure to inquire
early. The 1905 almanac 10 already
published, and the supply will soon be
exhausted. Do not put it off. Get
one TODAY
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

When you have Chist's compassion
then you may speak His words of con-
demnation.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

A GUARANTEED CURE For, DIT, NC
Itchlng, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudine PiieSs'
Your druggist. will refund money II p a aies
IMMINENT fails to cure you in to Id dsvs 5 ~
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

Schilling's Best is a Chal-
lenge: almost nobody takes
the money, almost nobody
takes the money.
YOUR grocer return. your money you don't IN.
Schillng's B.sa
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17
TAINIIIE9o
Columbus, Ohio, May 10, 1908.

Columbus, Ohio, May I9, 1908.
Some four years ago I was suffering
from impure blood and a general run,
down condition of the system. had no
appetite, was losing flesh, and had an ALL
gone tired feeling that made me misera-
Bic. 1 began the use of S. S. S., and
after taking seven or eight bottles my skin
was cleared of all eruptions and took on
ruddy, healthy glow that assured me that
my blood had been restored to its nor
NAL, healthy condition. My appetite was
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fore me, and as 1 regained my appetite
Iincreasedin weight, and that ''tired feel
Ing" which worried me so much disap-
peared, and I was once again my old self.
heartily recommend S. S. S. as the
best blood purifier and tonic made, and
strongly advise its use to all those in need
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Cor. Barthman and Washington AYES.
Wheeling, w. ", May 2S, 1904.
My system was run down and my Joints
ached and panied me considerably. Ihad
used S. S. S. before and knew what il
was, so purchased bottle of it and have
taken several bottles and the aches and
pains are gone, my blood has been cleas-
ed and my general health built ND. / can
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-17

The man who was born great may
not die that way.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05

itous heights by a series of stone stair
ways. Traces of these roads still ex-
list in many localities.
One of the most noteworthy of the
coast ruins investigated by Mr.. Bande-
lier, who was sent out under the aus
pices of the American Museum of Nat
ural History, were those of Chan-Chan,
commonly called Chimu, near the pres
ent city of TruXillo, typical views of
which are here reproduced. The ru-
ms extend for distance of three miles,
and are one and a half miles in
width. Nothing remains of the orig
inal appearance and former grandeur
of the buildings, except well-laid foun-
dations, massive and peculiarly orna-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05
BREEDS AND UTILITY.

There are breeds that excel in beau
ty of plumage, or in some Characters
tics for the show room, but for hardi-
ness, or for practical purposes, some
are given q trial only to be discarded.
With all the breeding for points or
feathers that has been done, only the
hardy breeds-those noted for laying
and for gracing the stalls of the mar
ket-are accepted by the masses. The
others are reserved as pets or to make
a display in the show room. 1t may
take time to produce a breed, yet any
farmer may do so if he has the pa
tience to select carefully of the best,
note their characteristics. discard all
undesirable specimens and work on
until his object is accomplished. And
If the farmer does not care to attempt
to produce a breed let him at least
make it a point to select his next
years stock from the best of those he
has. The farmer of the present day
has a great advantage in having the
pure breeds already established as a
foundation upon which he can improve
or build something better. He has the
advantage of half a century's work
already done for him, and his labors
will be easy and light compared with
the difficulties of those who took the
old Asiatics under their guidance and
transformed them into some of the
breeds that we are familiar with in
the present day. No matter whether
the farmer has used the pure breeds
or not, he has at least nothing to lose,
for by careful selection he may gain
largely.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05
LAND OF The cucuMesR
New Agricultural Industry Developed IN
the Far Northwest.


New Agricultural Industry Developed In
the Far Northwest.
The cucumber harvest is over in the
Yakima valley, says the Seattle Post
Intelligencer. A single grower has
shipped over 100 tons of the green veg
etable to this city. The product is to
be used for making into pickles. Many
truckers are preparing for planting
large areas next season. They claim
the crop is worth 5000 to $500 an acre
when marketed by the dozen. The
yield this year was cut short by tho
appearance of ants that destroyed
many of the vines. Next year the
growers will use insecticides and kill
the pests.
Cucumber growing is one of the new
agricultural industries of the Yakima
valley. No extensive farms have been
planted to this vegetable until the pres
ent season. Several market gardeners
have grown small plots and sold the
crops in crates to the fancy vegetable
market dealers of Puget Sound cities.
Such trucking, However, has given the
best results. Grocers state that an acre
will produce 1000 dozen marketable
specimens. The prices received for
these in the past years have ranged
from forty cents per dozen in the early
part of the season to as low as twenty
cents later when the markets were
supplied
largo arao Of tbn Yakima Indian
reservation has been planted to cucum-
bers this year. The land is ideal for
vine growing of all kinds. 1t is the
place which produces such fine cante-
loupes and watermelOns. Six carloads
of green cucumbers Went to Seattle
from one farm. The prices received
were private, and made by contract;
but the growers were so satisfied that
they will plant larger crops next year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05
WISE WORDS.

Hope is a waking mans dream
Aristotle.
Nothing which is criminal can be
useful.-Zeno.
Everything in the world is done
through habit.-Pyrrho.
1t is only flatterers who profit by the
wealth of the great-Crates.
Good men are very rare; bad men
and fools are innu merable.-B
The tongue is the best and the worst
thing that we possess.-Anacharsis.
1t is not you who possess your riches,
but your riches which possess YOU
Bion.
Markets are places which men have
established to deceive one another
Anacharsis.
Most men postpone happiness until
the future, and the future never
comes.-Epicurus.
The most changeable things in the
world are the course of waters and the
humor of women.-Pittacus.
Love your friends with discretion,
and consider it possible that they may
some day become your enemies.-Bias.
We should respect our enemies, for
they are the first to perceive and to
make known our faults.-Antisthenes
The whole world is in slavery, for
the slaves obey their masters ana the
masters obey their passons.-Diog-
enes.
1t is hope that fiatters men most;
gain that pleases them most, and loss
of fortune that is hardest to bear
Bias.
If you want to write book that
shall have q great reputation, write
one that no one can understand
Heraclitus.
Some men pile up money as If they
were to live forever, while others
spend it as if they were to die to-
morrow.-Aristotle.
When people elect public officials
they do not think first of their ability
to govern; all they think of is to elect
observation-disclosures.
A man is a child till the age of
twenty, youth till the age of forty,
a man at sixty, and an old man at
eighty.--Pythagoras.
Before strangers a man should
neither caress nor blame his wife, for
by 50 doing he shows either his weak
ness or his folly:-Cleobulus.
If you wish to know the difference
between a learned man and an igno-
rant man, dress them both alike and
send them among strangers Aristip-
puS.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05
SEPARATOR MILK FOR CALVES.

The cream separator, which secures
the warm sweet milk for the calves as
well as pigs, makes them doubly val
liable. In an address on raising calves
Professor Hacker, of the Minnesota
Agricultural College, said that he had
been raising calves for twenty years,
and that in his experience just as good
calves can be raised on separator milk
as on whole milk. He allows the calf
to suck its mother only once. Nor the
first week he feeds whole milk fresh
from the COW. The next week he feeds
half whole milk and hG%f skimmilk
After this he feeds separator milk
only, adding a teaspoonful of ground
faxseed morning and evening, and
gradually increasing this to a table,
spoonful. He says the important
points are strict regularity in time of
feeding, quantity and temperature Of
milk. Most farmers make a mistake
in feeding too much milk. Three to
five pints, according to the size of the
calf, twice day, is abundant.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05
ALTAR IN HEART OF ARTIFICIAL MOUND RUINS OF cHANcHAN

contained innumerable chambers and
corridors, traversed by narrow pas
sageways. Many treasures of gold and
silver are said to have been found in
these chambers and apartments.
Around one of the great public squares
were arranged some of the one-story
adobe dwellings of the inhabitants.
These are to-day graphically outlined,
and preserve their original appearance,
showing sharply pitched gable roofs.
There are no traces of windows. Light
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05
The Meaning of Perfume.

Horace T. Eastman, the inventor of
the locomotive pilot, said the other
day:
This morning I was sitting in a
drug store waiting to get a prescrip-
ton filled when young lrishman
entered.
1.-THE Irishman pointed to a stack of
green CASTLE soap and said:
"'Oi want loomp o. thot.'
every well, sir said the clerk.
will you have it scented or I'M
scentedY
corn take ut with me- said the
Irishman."-New York Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05

hills. in order to use the limited area
of soil for agriculture. They terraced
ND every hill and mountainside until
not a single spare foot Of surface was
left unimproved. They likewise con-
structed aqueducts for irrigation pur-
poses. and also series Of magnificent
roads from twenty-five to fifty feet in
width, paved with blocks of stone,
which connected their royal capital at
Cuzco with the various provinces.
Part of the way these were cut out of
solid stone, and often assembled precip-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05

and ventilation seem to have been fur
nished by the door alone. 1t is sup
posed that some of the great squares
and Enclosures were occupied by the
various craftsmen and industrial work
ers in pottery, weavers and dyers of
fabrics, and faShionerS of metal Orna-
ments for the use of the ruler, his
household and his priests. One of the
curioSities discovered by Mr.. Bande-
lier was an altar some fifty feet below
the surface, which formed the heart Of
great artificial mound, and which
evidently occupied the central place in
a large building devoted to religious
worship.
One of the noteworthy phases of the
Chan-Chan ruins were the Ornamented
walls of two of its buildings, thought
to have been devoted to sacred pur-
poses, or to have served as the abode
of the ruler. In one instance a series
of designs had been sunk half foot
or more in the adobe over the entire
wall, now seven feet high. Possibly
these may have been apertures for
hiding gold and other ceremonial Of
ferings, and afterward sealed up by
an additional adobe coating. Another
facade, ten or more feet in height, is
tastefully decorated with a network Of
frescoes in a series of duplicated de-
signs of cOnventiOnalized bird. These
walls are surrounded by a mass of
fallen debris and nothing is left to
throw any light upon their ancient
splendor. Probably the most monu-
mental and puzzling of all of the Inca
ruins is the great pyramid on the banks
of the Moche River. Sphinx-lil1e, this
majestic artificial mound rises upward
in the air 100 feet, crowned by a series
of terraces. 1t is 800 feet in length.
The massive and imposing mound,
reared by ancient builders, has marvel
Ously detied time and vandalism, and
still holds fast the secret of its crea-
ton, for it remains to-day veritable
enchanting riddle to the archeologst.
The best preserved architectural <ru-
ms, and those showing to striking adj
vantage the extraordinary skill of the
Incas in handling, polishing, and set
ting massive stone blocks, are the Chul-
pas or burial towers A celebrated and
typical group is found at Sillistani,
near Puma, built on a promontory 200
feet high. These peculiar and sump-
tuous sepulchres are termed by the
late e. G. Squier, an authority on Pc
ruvian culture, "the most elaborate
and INTELLECTUALLY the most wonderful
works Of aboriginal Americans" The
one here pictured is twenty-five feet
high, twenty-seven feet in circumfer-
ence on the top, and twenty-five at the
base. The majority are round; others
are square in shape. In these the bod
les were inferred with. great pOmp and
ceremony, together with rich offerings
of gold, silver and choice pottery. The
interiors of the Chulpas vary in size
and construction; some have single
vaulted chamber, others two, arched
over by stone. A few have inches. The
entrance is gained through a small
opening at the bottom, hardly large
enough to admit the body of a man.
This was closed by a stone slab.-Sci.
entific American.