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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13

A story illustrative of the severe
logic of some juvenile minds is related
by a reader of the Sun. who got it
from a friend, a woman of family, one
member of the latter being a Agar
old daughter. One day this observant
miss saw a lame man on the street,
and asked her mother what made him
walk so queer. The mother told her
it was because one leg was shorter
than the other.
"Well," she said, there is a girl
around the corner who is that way"
After a few minutes meditation she
remarked:
Mamma, wasn't it funny that God
didn't give the two long legs to the
man and give the two short ones to the
girl ?"-Raltimore Sun.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13

him? The immortal Mr.. Dick, if he had
been present, would have decided
promptly and emphatically, Wash
him." For he certainly needed it. The
layer of tan which had spread over his
scraggy face was capped by an addi-
tional film of Goa CRIME, and the
whites Of the fellows eyes, as he
loked around him with an affected,
easy, devil-may-care expression were
the only distinguishable marks in his
features.
"1've 'arf a mind to turn the 'ose on
'im," said the boatswain, as be regard
ed the object of interest that stood
mute before him. But eventually he
decided to take his quarry along to the
captain just as he had been discovered.
He was dragged up on deck-no, not
dragged exactly, for there was some
indefinable touch of distinction about
the. man-desipte his grotesque ap-
pearance that made itself felt to his
rough captors-and they led him quiet
ly, almost respectfully, into the cap
tain's presence.
The intrvlew turned principally upon
the unknown's ability to work his pas
sage, now that there was no means OF
getting rid of him until they touched
at one of the West Indian ports. On
that point the ~stowaway, speaking for
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
Insect Foes of Mankind.

When it ONE to actual facts and
figures Of the financial losses caused
by insect pests the published papers
and reports of expert investigators
connected with u agricultural depart
ment at Washington and our agricul-
tural stations elsewhere furnish the
chief and largest The figures
given here are truly staggering in their
immensely Thus we have it on the
authority of DR.. Howard that the ac-
tual money loss occasioned by insect
pests in this country every year is not
less than $3.50 900. According to DR..
Howard the grasshopper pest which
visited large areas of the West in 1874
76 destroyed farm crops to the value
of $780, 1000 in a single season.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
The Wooden Indian.

Behold the wooden Indian,
Who stands outside the door,
And guards, with frown and Ratchet
The old tobacco store.
He never beat a grocery bill,
He lever told a lie,
He never took a longing look
At bourbon, fzz, or rye.
Behold the wooden Indian
A mass of oak and paint;
He never made a crooked move,
In faith, he is a saint.
He never bought a stack Of chips
And sat into a game;
He never rushed a chorus girl,
Or flirted with a dame.
Behold the wooden Indian,
Who. on the other hand.
Was never known to help the poor
That fill our glorious land;
Who never heard the piteous cry
or him who starved alone
Who never gave a hungry dog
So much as one small bone.
Behold the wooden Indian
(And clay is much like woody,
Who never did a bit of harm,
Nor yet a bit of good.
His family is not extinct
In fact, one often meets
A lot of wooden Indians
A%-walking OIL the streets!
Sentinel.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
HOMESTEAD ON THE HILL.

Fair. fertile fields and grassy meads,
And orchard slopes between,
A verdant lawn and garden rare,
Enshrined by forests green.
Morn's earliest sunbeams gild thy brow,
And springs first kisses thrill,
All nature loves thee well, l trow,
Fair homestead on the hill.
For many years I've wandered far,
MID scenes and faces new.
Yet memory shone like constant star
Still pointing back to you.
Each lovely spot some story holds,
And all my pulses thrill
With memories of past days and loves,
Sweet homestead on the hill.
These hooks my dear grandparents loved.
These flowers their beauty gave
To festive scenes or days OF grief,
To brida or to grave.
Each duty, sorrow, hope, or joy
That a woman's life may ill,
You've seen my mother meet them all,
Old homestead on the hill.
This tree my brother set with care,
AS though to leave some sign,
Some symbol ever pointing where
The stars in splendor shine,
Still speaks of hope to hearts bereft,
Still whispers, peace, be still
Though he for heavens home has left
The homestead on the hill.
We meet but seldom round thy board,
Nor oft thy welcome share;
And many rooms are vacant now,
New footsteps press thy stair.
But when life's checkered curtains fall,
And evening shades grow chill,
May heavens peace rest over all
Dear homestead on the hill.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
GREAT NAMES IN CONGRESS-.
Men Whose Patronymics Mark Them
for Other Mems Notice.

n aLIOhJ hit UiaE6 Inc"
for Other Mems Notice,
We cannot depend on the House of
Representatives of the United States
Congress for a great deal, but we can
always trust it to supply q roll call
that is interesting and diverting read
ing-until it becomes an old story, says
h New York Mail and Express. Why
Is it that men of picturesque and even
remarkable cognomens tend to drift
into Congress, especially in the South
and West? Is it hat the very nature
of their names seems to devolve upon
them the duty to render these names
illustrious? Perhaps it is.
The Bifty-eighth Congress is no ex-
ception to the rule. There are men
here whose names ought to have made
them famous even if they had never
gone to Congress or done anything else.
Not to speak of Prince Cupid Kalania-
naolc of Honolulu, whose name may be
the Hawaiian Smith for all we know,
we have IN this new roll of our coun-
try's fame the priceless name of the
Hon. Swanger Sherley Of Kentucky,
that of Hon. Phanor Brazeale of Louis
lana and that of Hon. Justin D. Bow
ersoclS of Kansas. The Hon. jefferson
Brick is now absent from the councils
of the nation, but the family is ably
represented by the Hon. Abraham
Brick of Indiana.
There are others. Let US pick out a
few ~patronymic gems at random:
Thetus w. Sims, Tennessee.
Parish Carter Tate. Georgia.
Ollie James, Kentucky.
Halvor Stevenson, Minnesota
Champ Clark, Missouri.
Jack Beall, Texas.
Carter Glass, Virginia.
Arsene P. Pujo, Louisiana.
The names of Pou, Shook, Moon,
Dick, Crumpacker, Mudd, Skiles. Shull,
Snapp, Gooch, Licernash, Kluttz, Sho-
Der and Spight continue to decorate
the roll. They surely were not born to
die. But why, may we ask, is the
name of Bird" SO popular among poll
ticians? The present House has on it's
list Adam Byrd Of Mississippi and H.
Burd Cassell Of Pennsylvania, and
have we not our own Bird s. Coler
and Asa Bird Gardiner always with
us?
Many a congressional surname of de-
cided commonplaceness is relieved
from that fate by the given name.
That of the Hon. Choice B. Randell Of
Texas is an instance, the Hon. Vespa-
sian Warner another and the Hon.
Ariosto Wiley another. But for the
most part the Congressman were con-
demned by their parents to bear the
plain names of John. James, William,
Joseph and so on. These parents fail
ed to realize that if a man couldn't
get his name into the megaphone of
fame in any other way it might be
done for him with a quaint curious
and mouth-filling baptismal designa-
ton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
Uncle sam,s Women EmpIoyes.

The largest number of women en-
ployes in any line Of work are in the
United States Postoffice Department.
More than one-third of them are past
middle age and some are past 20. They
I'LL all, kinds of positions. even many
of the rural free delivery routes being
filed by them.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
Some PrO0ress.

Rcporter-It certainly looks like a
murder.
Chief of Detectives-Yes, we suspect
some one of the crime.
Reporter-Who is the suspect?
Chief Of Detectives-Oh, we don't
know that yet.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
Big Task to sweep Floor.

1t is enough TO blister ones hands
just to contemplate the job that con-
fronted the men who swept the floor
of the mammoth palace of agriculture
at the st. Louis worlds fair. When
the contractors finished their work all
that remained to be done was to
sweep the floor. 1t never dawned ON
anyone how great the task a Cald-
we'll & Drake, the contractors. ordered
a dozen brooms and set twelve men to
work. When night came their lnroads
on the twenty-three acres of floor
space were scarcely noticeable. They
increased the force mex day to forty
men and ordered 100 brooms. These
forty men worked ten days before the
big floor was thoroughly swept.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13

Empty vessels never know enough to
be silent.
A hypothetical religion is apt to be
hypocritical.
The Gospel Of another life gives new
life to this one.
Sinners blame the law for the fruits
of their lusts.
We are all liable to be tripped up by
our triumphs.
To-morrow's burden prevents to-
days blessing.
No n praises a bad man even for
bis good works.
The calm of complaisance is not the
peace of pardon.
Seltishness in our worship puts sui
phur on the altar.
Only the grateful heart grows In
time of goodness.
This life may be for our passage, but
1t Is not our port.
Better be handicapped by God than
paced by the devil.
They who love the world find it hard
to leave the world.
They who obey God blindly often
see Him most clearly.
Our petitions cannot go up if our
practice is going down.
Signing Christians see their sorrows
without seeing their Savior.
Of nnt1rca nho r;&xv L. h0rz % Lo-o-.
but it cannot grow up there.
The guide book to hell is not a
primer on the way to heaven.
The men for public trust are the men
who can be trusted in private.
When serpents' eggs hatch out doves
the saloon will benefit society.
Obscurity is to be preferred to i'm
mortality through Immortality.
When the heart is Gods abiding
place His peace is always there.
You cannot lay up reasure in heaven
by leaving out charity on earth.
Men who have to condescend to wor
chip will never climb to heaven.
Praise on the tombstone does nol
scratch out harsh words in the life.
The cynic finds the world empty be-
cause he is too little to look into it.
Spiritual things are all mystery
where the Spirit has not the mastery.
1t is poor policy to try to avoid your
premiums with the heavenly company.
No mar has ever led this world up
ward without some of the light of God.
You canno build a pious memory
out of what is stolen from the poor
man.
Tolerating the debauchers of our
men is but training the devil for our
boys.
1t may be that all our weeping has
its part in the oratorio of the uni
verse.
The materialist fills his eyes with
mud and then says that there is moth
ing else.
Death may mark the difference be-
tween the walking and the winging of
the soul.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
Not a Small Undert.kinn.

Cash-It's easy to win a woman's
love. Just give her all the money she
wants.
Nocash-You don't. call that easy. do
you2-Tlt-Bits.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13

the world that you have brains unless
you have money.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13

II some men knew as much as they
talk the encyclopedia would have to
retire from business.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-02-13
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.

WO-THIRDS of
the average pas
tors time is spent
in ~"coddling" the
saints instead of
going after the
sinners.
Honors do not
create honor.
You cannot am
BILE to heaven.
Works of love
are words of life.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

good seed Of wisdom and knowledge; for books and
magazines that have exalted the imagination while
they have inspired the intellect
For the return OF the tides Of faith in the church
and The decline Of infdelity.
For the lessening Of pessimism and the increase Of
Joy in life.
For the fact that the whole trend is up grade in
stead Of down grade; that the gains are universal
and immeasurable.
Thoughts Of the battle field in the Far East dis.
turb the mind, but even war cloud may be over
ruled and made to clense the air. Never we're the
reasons for Thanksgiving many OF so weighty. On
this Sunday morning and our people are justified in
looking forward to a golden era, when all young
hearts shall be turned toward school and church.
when all feet viii be sandalled for q long upward
march along the paths OF happiness ana peace.
Thankful to-day for barns Overhowing with grain,
for stores overlooking with goods fer stuffed shocks
and shelves, for homes overlooking with happiness,
on which Gods hOliest sunlight ialIs thankful for
laws that are just, for liberty that s universal for
new and lustrOus forms Of beauty and Of truth. let
as be chiefly thankful for Gods unsDeakable gift in
the Christ, who brought immortality 20 light and
who having redeemed the world from sin and vice
goes on to plant great sweet hope within the heart
and points all those who on Thanksgiving Day front
an empty chair-points them, I say, upward where
there are other mansions and the Fathers House
ana where, on a new Thanksgiving Day, the family
circle shall be reunited amidst scenes Of unwonted
Joy.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

and honor and wealth open to all poor boys.
That to the four desirable vocations called the
professions have now added forty more that offer
splendid prizes to young men who are fitted for the
task.
For the lesseniDg Of drunkenness in our country,
so that an Engishman returning home has confessed
that there is less drunkenness in the whole United
States in one week than in Glasgow and London in
a single Saturday night.
For the new enthusiasm in municipal reform.
For the enormous gifts this year poured out for
college, library and church and social reform.
For the strengthening Of the home and of the fam.
lily ties, and the increasing movement against easy
divorce.
For the increasing honor and integrity that at
taches to the Republic.
For the press, sowing the whole land with the
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23
THIS READS NICE.

COL John s. MOsby has made public letter writ
ten to him during the campaign By President Reose
Velt, IN which the President said:
have always been saddened rather than ano.ro5
0y the attcks upon me in the South am 6aIf
Southerner myself, and I can say With all possible
sincerity that the interests ofhe South are exactIv
as dear TO me as the interests Of the North.
Ibis narmonlzes with the remark OF The World
u in handling the question, but il il sheer nom
sense to describe him an enemy OF the soutb. No
President Of the United States has ever been An
enemy OF the South''-unless, We might have added.
IL was James Buchanan, who took no measures to
prevent it's attempted secession.
from the attitude now taken by Mr. Roosevelt.
and from the utteTances Of the newspaper represon
tatlVes OF the 'New South it is pretty safe Ia nre
dlct that before the Presidents second term is half
over tnere VIII be far better understanding and
more friendly relations between him and tbe neonIo
Of that section than have heretofore existed.LNew
York World.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

higher than do the raners Of other lands. but he
fights harder. With fewer numbers he accomplisheg
greater results. He has patience Iimitable in face
OF a turbulent mob Of bis own people but he mills
trigger quick, sudden, and sure when he GETS The
word. he is the bug-bear of demagogue orators be-
fore an election, but the sure defense Of society AZ
any time. He presided over Chicago's early in
fancy, and thrice since the great civil war has he
come with fixed bayonet to stand between her and
anarchy. He is proud of his flag and his country
DE is stouthearted, clean imbed, lawabiding self
respecting, as rule. he wants to be held and hall
ed as as man, not boy. He devotes reasonable
time and thought to his drill but he delights in
healthiu, hearty outdoor sports baseball football.
and polo preferred he sometimes Sights Che
little nicities Of military carriage and
courtesles, but he viii cheerfully submit TO the
sternest discipline the hardest privaons the beav
lest trials, when he knows the need; and finally.
when It comes to fighting he will charge with finer
fury and enthusiasm or hold his ground with more
grim, dogged tenacity, and all the time shoot with
greater skill and precision than any other man.at-
arms OF all the vaunted legions OF Europe. His one
great wish seems to be that the people he 80 ovaIv
serves might know him as be is-a man to depend
on in fair weather or FOUL soldier to be proud 81
at all times.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

The divorce evil is the scandal and disgrace of the
American name throughout the world" said the
Rev. Morgan Dix "It is a stencil in the nostrils of
civilization. Here In New York it is the curse of
society, and IL seems to be growing worse as time
goes But from this time no divorced person can
be married again in any OF the nine churches of
Trinity parish" The venerable rector Of Trinity
sat in an empire chair bis hands resting on the
golden lion heads projecting from its curved arms
Behind him hung portrait of his soldier father,
who stirred the country in 1861 by his famous des
patch: 'If anyone attempts to hanl down the Amer.
can flag shoot him on the spot" There was strik-
ing resemblance between the faces Of father and SON
lean, sensitive austere For fortytwo years Dr.
Dix has been rector Of what is said to be the richest
Protestant parish in the world, an organization
more than two hundred years old, and powerful
y related to the religious and patriotic history Of
the American metropolis. This vast organization
which has just given the signal for war on aduter.
ous divorce the social crime OF the rich and fashion
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

AS result Of careful study and many exhaustive
experiments the writer is convinced that the average
man or woman uses up in the performance Of OF.
dinary everyday acts from three to fifteen times the
amount OF vital force necessary The vitality 90
wasted ls IN many cases sufficient to make all the
difference between weakness and strength. betweon
sickness and health or between failure and suecess
The ways in which vitality is wasted are MANY and
various. We need consider but tWO-incorreef nos.
ture OF the body and excessive muscular action.
Ancther, and most far-reaohing factor in nervous
vital waste is lack OF control Of the emotions. Al
bent body Is strained by it's own weight-so we ind
that among people having such bodies the mere
act oi holding up the body in standing, walking and
moving about requires from four to ten times "a
much vital outlay as the straight body.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

Upon the door l saw sign;
| cried, A motto! And it's mine!"
A wiser thing / never saw
No Median or Persian law
Should be more rigidly enforced
Than this, from verbiage divorced
Its logic's firm as any rock
Push don't knock"
Twas simply meant to guide the hand
OF those who wished to sit or stand
Within the unassuming door
This weight of sermonry that bore,
Twas never meant to teach or preach,
But just to place in easy reach
The ear of him who dealt in stock
"Push-dont knock"
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

Ihewheel Of time is bringing Chinatown, San Fran
CISCO PACK 60 caucasian respectabiity In the early
sections OF the city It is still the most convenient
NOW some capitalists propose to move the Cbinese
60 model Oriental city on the shores Of tbe nav
ana make the present Chinatown again the abode II
fashion. S0N0 -
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

a6le-is one Of the greatest land owners in New
York, has an annual income OF something like $780,
OUU, ana numbers scores Of milonaires and leaders
OF fashion in it's membership. Il has rector nine
Wears, sixteen curates and 1924 communicates.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

The law Of New York reqniros that when iuror
In criminal case is accepted be is required 10 IooI
at the defendant and swear that he viii give her i
elce. as Nan Paterson, the tex x-FlOTOdora girl
on trial Tor the murder Of Caesar Young is said
to be remarkably handsome, she win probsbIv oet
what she thinks is coming to her. se
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

Il is reported that the Japanese have oooud;od
counter. scarp on Suingshu Mountain. We don,t
know what "eOunterscarp'' Is, or are az the case
may De, but the Japs seem to be occupying everv-
thing IN Manchuria and most Of the space in t6e
American newspapers. = 'lo
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

The next great fair will be the Lewis and CLARK
Centennial Exposition ct Portland. ore. onening
June 1 and closing Oct. 10, 1905. The exposition
grounds cover space Of 407 acres and include =
beautiful natural lake. The United States Govern
ment has appropriated for its buildings and exhib
lts $40, 600. The approximate cost Of the whole
exposition is s5 O00 00O The exposition Ill ceIs
brate the one hundreth anniversary Of the exnlora
ton annexation Of the ''Oregon eountry,o now com
prisng the State Of Oregon, Washington. Idaho ana
q large part Of Montana and Wyoming.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.

FOOT or on horseback, regular or
volunteer, as you see him today,
our "man behind the gum is q
man worth knowing. Take him all
In all, and a physically sounder and
morally straighter soldier doesn't
live or dwell on the face Of the
globe. Like English ''Tommy At
kins," as we'll as the sailor Jackies
OF Anglo-Sa blood, he has his
faults and Limitations Ho Gsoomou
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

Frenchman was recently arrested for engaging
IN duel The next thing We expect to hear IA fhaf
.ne authorities are going to interfere with png-ponq
harmless nature. e41.NJ
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

"scientisb' tells us that pumpkin pies are fun
o. microbes. All right but they viii have to be
pig enough to be seen With the naked eve before
tney can separate us from pumpkin pie
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

n 81 politicians were IS lucky as Senator Cooh-
rell, Of Missouri, life would be worth living. He
Wili step ont Of the Senate into better paving iob
with as little to do ss be had when Senator.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

The man in the Bronx Rho shad 50 many child.
zen ne DIDN'T know what e doo at lest found room.
ier quarters than & shoe He tried tent.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

But what guide for life was that
Strong, philosophical and pat;
How safe chart for you and me
While cruising DER life's restless sea:
Push, always push, with goal in view;
Don't knock avoid the hammer crew
This rule will save you many shock;
"Push-don't knock"
When on that door see the sign,
say; Great motto, you are mine!"
No stronger sermon ever fell
From human lips: no sage could tell
The hothead youth more nearly how
Io point always his vessels prov;
There are no wiser words in stock:
'Push-don't knock"
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

)W that $50 years have passed, ,
Thanksgiving has become our
first American holiday. 1t is
essentially the feast of the family.
It celebrates the home and sings
the 6reside joys. The day really
celebrates a deliverance from
danger. The Summer Of 1923
was unIriendly and the harvests
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

Get ready for the passage Of the late Marx Han.
mas pet ship subsidy bill.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23
A THANKSGIVING SERMON.

By,Newen DwIah. HnlIs go Of iilymou.h oAurch.