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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
Placing BERNARD Shaw.

While the iconoclastic author und
playwright, BERNARD Shaw, Is having
lis day in America the critics are
dzing UP his qualities and the proba-
Die length of his career. Austin Lewis
writes in the Overland Monthly that
he play Man and Superman' marks
Shaw's climax as a writer and the
probable conclusion of his influence as
Il molder of public opinion" The The
alter calls Shaw u menace to morals"
and merely a clever playwright in
stead of the philosopher which he pro-
fesses to be. This paper further says
that Shaw at times attempts Ito set
the world ON fire merely to see it
burn"
In his review Austin Lewis declares
that this sparkling Irishman is at odds
with himself in his ambitions for hui
man betterment. To quote:
He longs to be a leader, but to lead is
precisely the one thing of which he is in
capable Men will have none of his lead
ership; they think him too good a joke
TO lose They laugh at him, applaud him,
pat him on the back, shout to him to turn
another somersault and, when he has an
licked LOOK at one another, wink solemn
ly and whisper, "Punchinello.'
In spite of all his apparent cynicism-
;erhaps, indeed, because of it-Mr. Shaw
Il at the bottom a very altruistic person.
He wants 10 see the race progress, and
Ie would be willing TO make almost any
personal sacrifice to push 1t forward even
a little. In fact, in his MAN and Super
man" he shows an entire willingness to
sacrifice humanity for the sake of u flu
ture humanity, always provided, how
ever, that such future evolution of the
race should correspond with the ideas of
Mr.. Shaw as they happen to be today.
Edward Everett Hale, Jr., says that
Shuw's realistic brilliancy quickly van
ishes, and when the play is over the
spectator is astonished to find what
pomOnnV he has been keeping,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
How Not to Mend Roads.

A case of an unintelligent, unscien-
tific and vain attempt to repair road
is reported by United States Consul
Halstead of Birmingham, England,
with comments by road expert which
show how the road might have been
made better instead of worse. The
road was one of the important stone
thoroughfares in England. After the
wornout patches had been rakeG and
torn up loads of blue metal were
dumped down and roughly spread
across the roadway. The blue stone
was of all sizes and lengths and could
not be made to bind properly. Over
the stone the road members spread
pulverized clay and then showered it
with water After the steam roller
had been over the course the job was
pronounced a fine bit of work, but the
expert only smiled and said, "Give it
a few weeks and it will be as bad as
ever"
The mended road was as bad as
ever before it had even a few weeks
wear, and the expert points out the
reason. There was not enough small
stone in the metal used to lay between
the larger stones, the surface was not
properly raked and the old cart ruts
had not been obliterated. Instead of
clay, stone chips or waste should have
been spread and rolled down wet. Clay
binding on n road, this authority says,
is merely cushion of mud between
the stones in wet weather and n pad
of dust in dry weather. On the other
hand, stone chips properly treated do
their work admirably.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
The Deadly Switch.

The Outlook calls attention to the
menace of open switches in accidents
like that to the Twentieth Century fier
at Mentor and a more recent one on
the Pennsylvania line. 1t says that
the danger lies i'll a switch which leads
out from the main track in the direc
ton the train is going and adds: "Ev
cry track that leads into main track
as Il rivulet flows into a river is COM
paratively safe. Every track that
branches from the main line as limb
grows out of tree is dangerous"
1t depends upon which way the train
is going whether the switch is compar-
able to a tree branch or a rivulet. In
the case of the rivulet the train must
back in, process which the Outlook
thinks is comparatively safe. But in
the history of distressing accidents
probably those caused by expresses
colliding with trains backing from the
main track into switches are more nu-
merous than those due to open
switches. The train in the way must
get out of the way as soon as possible,
and in the case of long train backing
up is very slow work. With infallible
signals there can be no danger in either
method of taking the switch.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

When the young have so much to live
for as they do at the present time 1t Is
a problem TO account for the mania
for self destruction among boys and
girls still in the school age. A rebuff,
cross word, a young peoples quarrel,
leads to pistol, to poison or to the
nearest pond or river. For the pettiest
causes life is thrown away just when it
should be and is most attractive.
Often the cause is pure cowardice, I'M
willingness to take the bitter with the
sweet, the thorn with the roses.
And after all life's hardest trials are
not so bitter as they seem in moments
of weakness. Power is born of a
struggle and cannot be attained in any
other way. Rightly viewed, trials are
good fortune and not misfortune. The
young should love life with zest that
will make them bow to circumstances
in order to win the prize beyond. The
beginner who Is anxious to achieve is
safe. Such one is thankful for any
start, content in any station. He will
watch others, learn from them and
emulate without envy. Envy is root
evil Of modern civilization. The young
are in a hurry to taste where they
have not earned and to reach the top
without climbing, whereas the earning
and the climbing are the chief joys of
the struggle and knockdowns simply a
part of the game.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
A Chance to Annex Some Coal.

No nation seems to have cared
enough about the Spitzbergen islands,
in the Arctic ocean, to run up Il flag
over the fields of glaciers which cover
the territory. Russia claims them, and
the few Inhabitants are Russians and
Danes. Mining experts have decided
that there are vast deposits of anthra
cite coal in Spitzbergen near the coasts,
and there is a prospect that some flag
possibly the British, may float there
before another year rolls around. Brit
ish navigators discovered Spitzbergen
in the sixteenth century, and Britons
seem to have been the first to covet the
coal deposits in that faroff land. In
May of this year two vessels flying
the British colors landed party of
coal miners on the west coast. and
during the long arctic day they have
been laying plant for mining and
carrying to the coast the tons of an
thracite which they hope to uncover
by the light of their lamps in the
course of the winter. When Spitzber-
gen coal in quantities reaches the Eu-
ropean markets probably The Hague
court Of arbitration will have a job to
determine which nation shall annex
the new found treasure land.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

The best results in bread making are
obtained from using Peach Blossom
flour. Ask Tor it and take no other.
You may be urged 10 take something
else which is represented to be just as
good, at the same price. This is an old
trick. The reason for this is that there
is a larger profit on the other Hour.
Peach Blossom is sold at a smaller mar
gin of profit, but at the same price as
inferior grades 1t took the prize over
all other nours at the Worlds fair at
St. Louis. Always call for Peach
Blossom, and take no other.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

One hundred towns in the Indian
territory want to become county seats.
This scramble for honors will probably
stir up more trouble than all the Indl-
ans have caused since William Penn
jollied the red man out of the great
state which bears his name.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

OF course the American quick lunch
scheme came to quick failure in Lon
don. The average Englishman wants
to chew his chop and drink his ale in
the same leisurely fashion that he
catches ON to the point of joke.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

CoHGREG ATIoNAL-Servi every Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 00a IN.
Public worship at II 90 a. m.
Evening service att 30 m.
Meeting for conference, prayer and bible
study at the church every Saturday at Z 30.
The Ladies Guild meets every Thursday at
. 90 d. IN, at the home of members, as announced
Everybody invited to attend all or any OF the
W. S. BIXBY, Pastor.
CATHoLIC-Services ut the Catholic church
every fourth Sunday In the month; mass at
Z 80 a. m Sunday school at p, M; Vespers
1 80 D. M; low mass following monday.
Father II. Colin, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

Consul Anderson, at Annoy, China,
tells Americans that 1t is folly for
them to wait for commercial treaties
and other props to build up trade in
the east. The thing to do is to get
busy and meet Europeans on the
ground with as good goods, as good
men and as good systems as their COM
petltors.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

If America peopled the world as
some scientists believe, then she Is
simply getting back her own in the
hordes Of emigrants that annually
come over from every land and of
every nation.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

Interest in the Socialist and labor
movement will be stimulated by the
establishment of a school of socialism
In the United States, as provided in the
will of an American woman, recently
made public. 1t is expected that the
school will enlist the cooperation OF
prominent leaders and teachers In the
Socialist movement in Europe.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

A department Of instruction in mill
tary hygiene has been established at
West Point, and the lessons of the
Japanese surgical and medical achieve
ments will be made to serve Uncle
Sans soldiers in the future.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

Advocates of paternalism in govern
ment will see no reason why the Unit.
ed States may not issue life insurance
bonds purchasable by the people as
well as financial bonds,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

Now that the Ill fated Iroquois thea
ter has changed owners it is q good
time to change its name and wipe out
the memory Of the holocaust which
cIings to it.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
For Sale.

Good folding bed and mattress, and
wood heater. Call at residence. h.
II. Dean. 44tt
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

Job printing at the Echo office.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22

Illustrated announcement for 1906 and Sample
Copies Of the Paper Sent 10 ARV address Free.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04

Boyhood Friendship With chum Con
tinued Through Life.
"The boyhood friendship between
Longfellow and Edward Deering Pre-
BILE has received scant attention from
the formers biographers, yet the two
grew up together" writes Peter Ere
neau in the Delineator. Hand in
hand, they said Good morning, mis-,
tress.' to the prim ma'am who kept
the danes school in Portland. Later,
at the academy on Congress street,
they welded goosequills under the
watchful eyes of Jacob Abbot, a peda.
gogue famed in his day. The same fly
Ing wagon, or stage coach, that bore
Longfellow off to Bowdoin college in
Brunswick. took young Preble. Damon
Longfellow and Pythias Preble! 1t
was a happy pair of boys that sat be.
meath the Longfellow elms reading
Washington Irving's Sketch Book
and other delightful tales. At an early
age they both began to scribble
verses. When Longfellow was thir.
teen years old he published poem in
the Portland Gazette entitled the Bat.
tie of Lovelps Pond, about which an
amusing and half-pathetic story is
told. On the day of it's appearance the
lad read and reread it with increas.
ing satisfaction In the evening, feel
ing almost vainglorious, he went to
visit at the house of Judge Mellon,
whose son Frederick was fellow
classmate. There, conversation drift
ed to poetry, and the Judge indignant.
ly seized the mornings Gazette, and,
unconscious OF the wounds inflicted,
called The Battle Of Lovells Pond "a
remarkably stiff and unoriginal compo-
sition.' There were tears on Long.
fellows pillow that night, and in the
morning he, no doubt, confided his
sorrow to his friend"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04
NATURAL BRIDGE OF AGATE.
Arizona Claims This Wonder In It's
Famous Petrified Forest.

Arizona Claims This Wonder In It's
Famous Petrified Forest.
There is unending variety of mar.
velous sights to be seen in the pet.
rified forest covering thousands of
acres in the eastern part of Arizona,
but what is regarded as the greatest
of all is the bridge of petrified wood,
1t is huge petrified tree trunk span,
ming canyon-like ravine fifty feet
wide-a bridge of agate and jasper
overhanging the only clump of living
trees found within the forests bord.
ers. Each end of the log is embed.
ded in shale and sandstone, leaving
100 feet of it either wholly or partly
exposed. How much of its length still
remains completely buried is un-
known, but each year the action of the
elements brings more into view.
So far, time has graciously spared
the integrity of this natural curiosity,
but in the last few years the log has
begun to show signs of yielding to the
natural inclination of petrified trees
and in several places transverse cracks
appear. Fearing that the bridge
would tumble to destruction the gov
eminent has recently had two stone
abutments erected under it, making Of
1t a bridge of three spans. This, no
doubt will preserve it for at least sew
eral years yet.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04
Will Be No Discrimination.

Absolutely no discrimination will be
made between Mormon or non-Mor.
mon in this contest The only desire
of the promoters is that the handsome
reward offered will induce the literary
and musical people of the state to pro.
duce an anthem touching the history,
characteristics, resources or hopes OF
Utah that will be distinctly a state
song. The committee that will sift
the manuscripts will be announced in
few days, and will be composed OF
the best known and most reputable
literary and musical people in the
state.
It will be great honor to be known
as the author Of the words or the com.
poser of the music for the state an.
them of Utah, and in addition to this
the six successful competitors will re.
ceive for their work sums in excess OF
the amounts paid by the highest class
magazines to the best writer's and
composers in the country. In offering
the large sum as an inducement to the
writer's and composers of the state the
promoters of the enterprise hope to in.
duce every lover of poetry and music
in the state to take an interest in this
contest and either compete or see to
1t that their friends do so.
People, Alone, Will Decide.
The safeguards which have been
thrown around this contest assure
every one who will compete absolute.
ly fair treatment. Neither The Trib.
une nor the committee will have any.
thing to do with the choice of the
public. It is the intention to make
this purely a popular anthem, and In
order to do SO there will be no posi-.
BILE chance left to permit of discrimi.
nation or unfairness because Of the
political, social, or religious standing
of the competitors. The unknown
writer is as liable to win as the ex-
perienced one in contest of this kind.
Some of the best compositions in the
history of music and literature are the
work of unknown writer's and must
clans. The successful competitor for
the honor of writing the words or
music for the state anthem of Utah is
as likely to be poor and unknown as
rich and noted.
It is the intention of the promoters
Of this contest to close 1t in every par
ticular so as to make the awards on
Christmas day. The financial respon.
sibility of The Tribune is an absolute |
guarantee that every promise will be |
kept.
Full instructions will be furnished |
anyone on request to the Anthem Ed. |
tor, Tribune, Salt Lake City" !
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04
Me- TOO
The "Tail Enders" That Follow Gen.
uine Articles.

The "TaiI Enders" That Follow Gen.
uine Articles.
1t Is sometimes interesting to watch
the curves imitators make to get the
public to buy limitations of genuine
goods.
Every now and then some one will
think there is splendid opening to
fix up something like Postum Coffee
and advertise the same way and take
some Of the business.
An imitator is naturally ignorant of
food values and how to skillfully
make cereal coffee, on scientific
lines.
Such men first think of preparing
something that looks and tastes like
the original, with no knowledge Of
how the grains should be treated to
prepare them so that the starchy part
Is transformed properly and the val
liable nourishing elements made d.
gestible.
Such limitations may be foisted on
the public for a short time, but the
people are critical and soon detect the
attempt, then the imitators go out of
business.
Something like 400 of these little
factories have been started in various
parts of this country in the past 9
years, and practically all of them have
gone the long Journey" Just lately
a new one has come to life and evil
IDENTIFY hopes to insert itself in public
favor by copying the style of the Post.
um advertising in the papers.
This Is free country and every
man who makes an honest product
and honestly labels it has reason for
some recognition, but the public has
the right to know the facts.
Postum is the one original and gen.
uine Cereal Coffee, made skillfully
and for definite purpose 1t has
stood through all the wars of the i'm.
ltators, has won the approval of the
and the people.
People who really seek to free
themselves from the coffee habit and
at the same time to rebuild the soft |
gray matter in the nerve centers. and
nus reconstruct the nervous system !
broken down by coffee, can rely on
Postum.
There's reason.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04
Lake That Stores Heat.

There is lake that stores the suns
heat at Medve, in northeastern Tran
sylvania. Thick beds of rock salt un
derlie the district and similar forma.
ton appears upon the surface in the
shape of mounds, some of them over
100 feet in height. Amongst these the
lake rests at fully $500 feet above sea
level. Upon the surface it's water is
almost sweet, four inches below there
is a twentieth of salt, at two feet there
is one-fifth and at five feet the water
is practically saturated with salt. r.
In September, after a summers sun
shine the thermometer showed the
lakes waters to be $50 degrees four
feet down. Even by April, after a
whole season of wintry weather, it
had only been reduced to 80 degrees.
Experiments have proved that this is
due to absorption and retention of the
suns heat by the salt-saturated solu.
tion.-Montreal Herald.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04
THE TALL HAT IN INDIA.
Englishmen Endure Personal pise~m
fort for Fashion.

Englishmen Endure Personal Dise~m.
fort for Fashion.
From noon till 100 D. m. is the call.
Ing hour, and though Calcutta even in
winter is hot place, no man who is
not an outer barbarian will walk into
a drawing-room without tall silk hat
In his hand. Should he drive round in
dog-cart to pay his calls the man
wears a helmet, or a "solo-tope
while he drives, pulls up at house
door, asks whether 'the gate is shut, "
and If told that 1t is not, puts on a
silk hat, which the syce produces
from hat box carried under the
seat, and goes in to pay his call. An
other instance of the British worship
of the tall hat, which the natives con.
slider an interesting form of piety is
to be seen at the Calcutta races on
the day of the Viceroy's cup. On that
occasion the lawns and paddock are
thronged by people as smartly dressed
as can be seen in the Royal enclosure
at Ascot, but during the early hours
of the afternoon all the men wear
helmets. Directly the sun dips to-
wards the horizon all the bearers" of
the helmet-hatted men may be seen
outside the palings of the grand stand
enclosure, jumping up like terriers to
catch sight of their masters, each
with a carefully-brushed silk hat he
has brought for his employer to put
on.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04

pincushion and part manicure set.
This convenient article, small as it Is,
also contains the most essential items
of a work baskets furnishings.
First cut four heart shaped pieces
of cardboard exactly the same size.
Two of these are left intact and the
other two are cut in two lengthwise,
from the apex-that Is, to the central
point between the two lobes. Cover
the two hearts and the four half
hearts neatly inside and out, over
handing along the edges. A figured
material for the outside and q plain
one for the inside is attractive.
Across one Of the whole hearts sew
a straight band of ribbon from side to
side, overhanding it on the two edges.
Catch the ribbon at intervals so as
to make three holders for nail file,
scissors and orange stick. Cut out
and sew to the inside of the other
whole heart a smaller heart of white
flannel, inside of which sew a still
SludllcT uCdIL VI Wull0 uduuCl. IL
hide the stitches by which these
pieces are fastened you may chain
stitch or brier stitch an edge on the
flannel. In these pieces pins, needles,
safety pins, etc., may be placed.
Across each section of the half
hearts on the inside sew band Of
ribbon from the lobes to the center Of
the heart, so that the ribbon meets in
a peak when the two pieces of the
heart are put together. Catch the
ribbon down, so that cards of darning
cotton, black and white thread and q
powder paper book may be stuck in
the pieces securely.
Overland the two sections of the
cut hearts together so that they will
fold together on each other. Then
tack the four hearts together at the
apex. The two cut hearts will then
fold inward on each other so that they
come together in the center when you
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-04
Doc Captured Murderer,

The monks of the Great st. Der
nard had, some time ago, dog which
actually captured murderer. A trav
eler on the famous pass was muir
dered in the snow by an Italian navy
One of the dogs sent out for the pur.
pose of succoring snowbound way.
farers came upon the corpse. Instead
Of returning to the hospice, he pur.
sued the assassin several miles along
the road, and biting his leg, famed
him so badly that he was unable to
proceed. The St. Bernard mounted
guard over him, and waited until the
villagers came up and arrested the
assassin, the corpse having meantime
been discovered.