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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-23
opo FELLOWS IN COUNCIL
Meeting Of Sovereign Grand Iecss s'
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia. sept is-Dsagre>a-
bic weather conditions marked n. for.
nal opening yesterday O. the eighty
first annual communication OF the Sow
eTsiSn GFs1d Lodge - the Irtsrsn4en,
OEasT q ODD Fellows Ere-y .u-tselc-
tioa ot the eF1er IN the United States
IS represented at the conelAye.
The report cs Grand Sire Wrtxh.
shows the total subordinate Iecge
membership Of i-.i7.ls5. enc2nE men;
membership. HISS. ReseaSAh z-szar
hershlp. s72.e5s. number G snl-orsin-
ais lodges. i4.5is. expertstzres fc- re
III. ss.tSz.sf<. total revsales. f-5.-
g. Isl: total resources. sSE.ssS.15L
Continuing. the report states
Th. increase n ner1hzrSeir u- or
subordinate lodges vas sz.7-4. II The
sncaEpraert branch. s.sse. II lie Re
hekah h-znch. es-s<i. razksrs a Total
tucneaSe O. i1.lo5. The Fatriarchs
Militant vtIi show a decrease II s.e1-
hsrSh!p. hEt that decrease Is o1iy aoE-
.nAI and cunhsleSs results from 3 ciezr-
Ing ocf Of names that wozi1 no. gre
seat active nszh-Ts % fAaf tz4ach
T1s Increase In receipts Ter the rear
~as s.sl.e-- The increase Il re-
so9rces was sesz4sSi and TIE in
ers2se i. relief s7os.iss. Tie zll,aas
erzrch a1oae in our o-g4zizzficaS tzIls
to show Substantial progress Taerc
has heer loss in mem harxAtp a-rfrs
tie year q a little cSer 1aa This
rontifioz o. 2t2irs In my su-Sr1ezs
demands immediate attention an per
hE1< radical rsezsures
The statistical Information .1- the
yezr in the report of Grz1d Scc-esa-y
tcAa b Goodwin included The Glow
tzx. I.Izto Candidates initiated. ss.-
rs members szSsszeee 2.z lz-eSs
aiet
Since 1855 the order las ixitia-es
ess-.s5 ezzeiezt-s. ss.szi Eezsers
have died
The rspo-t upoa the vz-io1s hnmes
fer the e4re Of fts o-pszzs zsz ace:
breshren shows thirty -etSsr iusrirl-
tsozS.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-23
SUGAR FACTORY soR BRUSH.
Citizens Celebrate the Success ef the
Project.

Denver. Sept IA News special
FROM Rrush last night saws. To-day
has been tho gala dsy In Brush. Ono
sear aEo the Chamber u Commerce
entered into contract with the West
ern Sugar Company 10 grow i.Sea asres
Ct sugar hests Ia 1905 and sSea in the
years q 1895 and 1897.
Fhc sugar company guaranteed the
erection e a snEar factory 10 be con-
pirted IN time Ia handle the crups 81
is0f- The soliciting committee Of the
Chamber of CumreTce during the last
week secnruf the necessary aereaec
with an aAdifioaal plot q sta aers-S
In addition TO the ahcwe acruASe they
have l.Qsae acres sehSeTihes. ey : set.
tlsneni q German farmers n the east.
ern portion % TIE ccuusy. provided
that a switch c. stub railrDaa Is
h9iit into their settlement. whfcA ix
t~cstcd about seven miles northeast q,
sete. Tse matter has essea taksn up
With the BuriiaEfoa railway and sAs
suSar bsst cornpzry. ara Indications
are faVezable fer he ka5'eing x ne
branch
The chznhcr az comraercs gave a
sres Narheces today 70 fAs SOC farm,
e-s VITO have subscribed tns aeresr..
TIE dtnrsr usS served In knezri'S :
cp.srs house ard sAe entire cisirsnsAir
trtsc-Rry 10 Brush -ere present. The
rezs-1i Sid superintendent fo- the
sarsr cc-rary. Prank Sssn-. Is ssre
ard sss rs-So1Sisv sx2rafnsa every
acrT cf e-ssts Erewz fhis year ard Mr.
fsStsast-xiy r-c1curc-< the saEa-
eseess E7cx1 IN TITS Secstoz the Aes-
r ;s~ state
TNis ac-~sre enfy r&s7-frss sEx.een
se--s cf sScets 20 - grown - eaes $50
se-e< cs lad. aaa sSrs afse~snr 1sszfy
cs cAanee fer tAs -craeia1 - e~ar<.
TIE ~crts cf the <re$s 1o~ r-ewsnr On
sse f.ssa sr~es Is vs-*c-sxsr esgszasse.
fron s1,a.esAo - sise So
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-23
A severe Re,or

The customer in the SIX hat and
the frock coat frowned darkiy al the
grocer.
This butter that you sold me yes.
tsrtay Is strong. Enthusiastically strong.
se said.
The grocer's flushed face grew stiil
redd.r.
strong. Is it.s he snaried and rs
voice was loaded down with diluted
sarcasm. Well. ! only want to say 10
YOU. Mister Millionaire. that my strong
butter IS just as-pure Az wholesome N
III tainted money you paid me for III
So there now"
And turning away quickly he gave n
small girl can of French peas in
stead Of the yeast cake she wanted -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-23
Touchiro CIassea

Fred Gitx, tk-l Astoria cooper. savs
In the old country we were brought
dp 70 the habit OF touching glasses
with tho understanding that TO do SO
Is necessary To complete tie round Of
The fve senses For instance. in drink
sns a glass OF beer. we can see IL.
taste II. feel II and smell 1t. but can.
not hear il. Therefore. TO reach the
other sense. that of hearing. we make
the elink. New York Press.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-23
King ed~.rd !, -che..x ;.

Ore OF King Edwards dusky sab
,sets who attended the coronation has
written a book recording his impress
sioas in which the following aeserip
ton of the king Is worth quotiar.
He has magnificent chest. which
be throws out IKE ilon: his voice
ro'is from IL like tia; OF lion. as Is
TIE castnn with princes-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-23
Ne~ way to Sell magazine.

Pearson 4 Co. Of London. have be
gun the publication OF a new monthly
magazine containing only novels. Blu,
the most novel thing about II is that
all buyers OF the FIRST numher-priee
eight esnts~-could have their ncnss
returned by writing 10 or calling a.
the Office for H.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-23
prr<. rsss cs-l-s

Hsise>x- n s. Scrs- iS--lx<=sesaxs
0r~sr>c~ tcne> today -e<-esv>e . As<-
pafcA escE F-ssce Asats cf R>ssesenrx
sRAstae sAaf ~ o<a<rr sw tA~ prern1
esukA< s9sAa-ca e - HrxHsA .nvy
- vsust IL Ussse1 Sszzes have -
csDeesuaAa>x-
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

teiegTaphy, the latest for.-,-
 m applied science. has h-aa., s'Fiss ends of the earth close an1 Jasn, s, the ribbons in bow-knot. Wa tue, ueo the horea and Manchuria Inc ea'A Over and the possible outcome ar rr''oahie wars the course of dipla,.. sfest great struggles of Titanic tie al our breakfast tables uauohs
 Not to read the neWsna,o.
 nave no opinions, to be il.infoI s 10 to be boorish. Men Wto aan ,1'ormed oroad-minded read seve-.1 really They want to hear both sido. papers piaint Is often made that tbe n. 0oia pers tell too much; that ,hav s"s0a ~ respect privacy; that thag uo aoi scrupulous in the search fo- are ul But the news of the day ;r,a news every one, and the newSnano.s 'e.eSs us all one big family. win I-ins,.l 'aase ings Tor our kith and kin. They s.t, s.s. a searchlisht on crime; they ana a'sa sympathy for distress; they s,n "aAtA things to talk about. ''e Us
 In choosing reading for ,bo
 take Tn, as our British eosi,s oe a as many good newspapers aq von o oa'' our boys and girls haee q frS,ss, sal privilege to be well-taaght in no,i" raal HOW shall they be politically in,ar gent or decently patriotic. if they ,D,, s.. forced to read borrowed newspaDsr, ~ or go without that essential of mes,., pps.s, culture? AeANl
 Wear old hats and patched boot, i. you must, walk and save car f.-.- do without dessert after meals h'. subscribe for good newspapers ,oo, them thoroughly and discuss thsm % 'S the family circle. So shall yon l.. Foundation stones for wise hnilas. and future success.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
FLAGS GUARD PROPERTY.
Reading Woman Initiates Barbar, Frietchie and Wins Over
 Supervisors.

Reading. Pa.-Mrs. Marie Wagon. horst. of Longswamp. proved herself Berks county's Barbara Frietchie.
 Shoot. if you must. this old gray head. but the man who takes one of the flags away from the front of my property will run up against bunch of trouble
 So. in effect. if not in so many words, said Mrs. Wagonhorst when Supervisor Fegley attempted to open a gutter in front of her dwelling.
 No sooner had the official staked out a line for new gutter in front of the building than she secured seven American flags and stuck them in the ground along the line
 She then procured a shotgun and she took up a position on her porch and dared the supervisor and his as sistants to go ahead with their work. After long barley they gathered to- gother the implements of their trade and decamped with more haste than grace.
 Though the field of battle had been cleared. Mrs. Wagonhorst remained on guard for some time.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
CASUALTY ROLL OF PEACE
The Modern Mans Chances of [, jury or Death by Ac.
 cident.

The ordinary citizen who works ia, his bread and has a family to sr, port takes il fer granted hat vhs. his time arrives. he will die in h, bed. Why hot indeed. when tb. a. cidents of existence have beep F. dueed to a minimum by the expedjep, of . humane and ingenious ciyH7,. tion3 People do not perish noVa. days, or get hurs. by many of ths chances which formerly threatened ths safety. and even the survival. of tbs individual. Each person is safe. guarded by the entire eommunifv which is organized b defend It's men. bers against harm Of every imaginable kind.
 Nevertheless. and in spite of this aat- tering view of th. advantages of or. modern civilization. says Pearsons Magazine, study Of the facts in the case shows that The actual state q affairs !s far less satisfactory. ThIs t6 begin with, is the mechanical az, and with modern improvements hays arrived hundreds 5f hithe7to-unknown eontrivances for killing and maiming The railroads of th.s country alors Kill goo employees every yeah and se- riously injHre Ao 041 mere. Maehinefz claims more victims annually than fs in any battle Of our civil war. Tha civilization of which we are so pfor9 may be in some respects humane bG' 1t is undeuiably murderous.
 How surprising it seems to learn that each year one man out or ever seven meets with q disabling acc dent, Women are not nearly So muel exposed to miseAanees. for ooV0es reasons. and not more than one ot' Of every 12 persons of the gentler sfA suffers a like misfortune in t"eHe' month But fl appears that Il yo4 a.c aa everyday citizen of voting age you have only six chances out . seven of getting through ine eoiiiAs year without being disabled n oA' way or another You have ore ehah's in 2.2oo of being killed during that ps' riod.
 Nearly one-half Of all disabling a'. cidents happen incidentally ia 0s ness occupations Hence, il IS ss. worth while 10 take this question ih0 consideration when picking out ,o' cation. The safest of all enlploymsn'', oddly enough. seems to be that the commercial traveler-a fact prove by the circumstance that ne IS IS. a :. garded by all insurance eompanlss i, .s. \, the the best possible risk. standing at ,.nr ,a, top of the select class. lnaee'' isr ,.. an insurance standpoint he IS so F. :. preferable 10 anybody else 'has ... may be said almost to eonsasa0 .i.a as class by himself He is twice '' good risk as clergyman
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
DRUMMER BOYS ROMANCE
This One Did Not Turn Out Like the Traditional Civil War
 Story.

l was drummer boy in sherman s army" relates l.. ], Henry, of Chicago, and at the mature age of 15 fell des- perately in love with little girl down in Columbia, Tenn. that l thought as beautiful as sn angel. and who seemed to reeiprocate my affections, even thougn I was hated yankee.
 All the time that my command stayed al her home, I managed to see her once every day, and at night she was ever in my dreams. I thought that death would be welcome if she did not become my wife: and when our force left for Washington all that kep; me from utterly breaking down was her promise that she would answer every letter 1 wrote to her.
 But, alas! though I wrote often and lovingly. never d word came in reply, and for months went about sick at heart because of her supposed faith lessness
 Well. about six months ago I went back To the south for the first time in il ears. and though Columbia was out of my way 1 couldn't omit visit to the scene of my first romance My wife and grown daughter accompanied me, and I told them the story and that meant to see my sweetheart of long ago if she still lived.
 T had no difficulty ill finding her
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
SAYS WOMAN CAME FIRST.
Queer Eskimo Tradition as to the Origin of the Human
 Family.

The arctic Eskimos have their tra- dition of the origin Of man, much the same as the Caueassian and their tales of the prowess in battle, their sagas relating the past elories of what is now almost an extinct race are as thrilling as some of those that tell of the wondrous deeds of Odin and Thor or Of those Greeian ancients whose deeds are as yet preserved in prose and poetry.
 According to Eskimo tradition. the first man was made not from the dust of the earth, but from a piece of chewing gum. for be t known that the Indian is the original gum chcwer as well as tobacco smoker. The first woman was lying one day on her couch of frs chewing gum. Crow ing weary. she took 1t from her mouth and fashioned it into the form Of man. Tired. then. she fell asleep. 70 find upan her awakening that the breath of life had been breathed into the figure O. gum of which she had been the architect and To. man was there And 70 the world began to be pcopled.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

for tlle end Of the world. and they had awaited its coming with all the anxiety felt by spectators around a sick horse. But as each date had failed 10 witness the interesting event. they grew appre- hensive that if might walk in upon them at any time.
 All day long their ascension robes hung on handy nails. and at night they slept in them.
 In order that the rush of wind. con- sequent upon so many people going up at once. might not blow their robes up over their heads. the garments were sewed together at the bottom. making of each long bag with sleeves in it.
 When the clerk. with his half-bushel or so of nasal-pinehers. arrived at the big tent. just before midnight. he found Il saints sleeping within. each in his ascension bag. and with his face up- turned to the dim light of the solitary lantern. The inventor fairly hugged himself with delight at the flattering prospects of a successful wholesale ex- pertinent.
 As noiselessly as a spook. he tiptoed from cot to cot. clasping the compressors on the bills of the saints.
 He had hardly retired to the pulpit. to watch the effects of the experiment.. before the inventions began to get in their particularly fine work The mouths of the sleepers few open in one grand snore. A moment later. tho pinching of his beak aroused one of the more wakeful sleepers. and finding his nose in the grasp of some imaginary demon. he sprang up in alright. tumbled down. and knocked over and extin2uished the lantern.
 The rnmpus aroused the others, who feeling their beaks in the clutches of something, and thinking that at last the long expected occasion had arrived and Satan was already endeavoring to drag them off. leaped up with loud cries, and endeavored to rush out where they could go straight up without having to cut holes ill the tent
 In q moment they were all down. and saints and cots were tangled in inex- trieable confusion. Then, as it dawned upon each that the object upon his bill was large clothes-pin, he forgot his desire to ascend in his thirst for re-
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
THE NOSE HOLD E R s
By T. P. MORGAN
HIRTY-oNE- saints in bags. A sui

IT HIRTY- ONE saints in bags. A suf-
 fering sinner with huge spring clothes-pin snapped onto each ear, one on his nose. another on his lower lip. several hanging from his fingers. and twice as many more without places to hang OF.
 The victim of the clothes-pin was the inventive clerk of the Duffy house. The saints in bags were the 3l most prom inent members of Elder Blowhorn's foi- lowing.
 Besides being clad in bags. the saints were adorned by numerous abrasions and bruises, caused by the events that followed the practical application of the clerks little invention for causing in- voluntary snoring.
 After prolonged and unique reasoning, the clerk proved to his own satisfaction that snoring was greatly conducive to the preservation of health. His theory was simple enough. toe From careful observation, he had learned that the more robust the person, the more lusty and resonant was his snore. Weak per sons snored in a weak, coy way, as if they had not learned to play on their nose harps very well But the stalwart ones. strong of wind and sturdy of torso. would utter few preliminary diapason notes run up and down the scale a couple of times. and then. striking the proper key, dash into the popular tune of II am dreaming of thee, Nora, darling. "
 Following out this line of reasoning. the clerk very soon reached the con clusion that. in order for weak ones to become healthier. they must sncre more. If they would not snore. they must be made to.
 Ere long. the clerks little invention for the promotion Of involuntary snor- ing was complete. It was modelled after and very much resembled the pinching variety of elothes-pin. which. when It seizes anything. hangs on with the tenacity of snapDing-turtle.
 All that is necessary 10 make a sleep CT srOre is 10 cause him to breathe through his mouth The idea was that. when one of these nose holders was snapped on tie victims bl he would either breathe through his mouth or choke. And. if he breathed through his facial gash. he would snore. and the utii- fly of the clerks little invention would be demonstrated.
 So pleased was the clerk with his idea that he constructed nearly half a bushel of nose holders before he mace trial of
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Welsh Wedding Invitation.

In tae following quaintly formal iet- ter the parents of Welsh brides some times bid their friends attend the we'd ding and bad them also not come empty handed: Whatever donation you may he pleased to bes;ow will be thankfully received and cheerfully repaid when ever called for on a similar occasion The parents of the bride and bride eroom-elect desire that all gifts due to them will be returned to them on the above date and will be thankful for all fayors granted"
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

SAINTS AND COTS WERE, TANGLED
 IN INENTBICA ABLE CONFT SION. yenge The sewod-up bottoms of their robes prevented their locomCtion, and all they could do was to scramble to their feet and tumble down again, fight ing all the inc like demons in bags. Each thou.ht himself the victim Of joke upon the part of his reiehbor. and was fully determined 10 get even for the unseemly meddling with his sacred probobseis.
 Frightened at the unexpected work ings Of his inFeutions the clerk endeaY- orad to escape in the darkness but only succeeded in getting into the very midst of the melee, where he speedily found himself beaten and rolled on scandal ously
 Two saints, finding that he had not on robe. held him fast and shouted to the rest, who speedily suspended hos tiiities. The lantern was relighted and in spite of the struggles and remoa- stranees of the inventor he was held by two brothers. while others snapped the nose holders onto his ears. nose. lips and fingers.
 A rope vas produced. and. to the clerks terrified eyes, il seemed as if they were about to hans hIm. Strength ened by fear he jerked away from tha saints who held him. rushed against and over two Of the brethren. and burst headlong through the side of the tenJ. wholly ignoring the opening provided for egress.
 As well as they could, the ascension ists hopped and tumbled outside and saw the clerk disappearing with the speed of quarter-horse and shedding nose pins at every jump.
 Presently he went out of sight in the moonlight in the direction of tine Duffy house. and the 3l bagged saints returned 10 their cots to await the end of the world.-Good Literature
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
What Books to Choose.

If somebody gave ne carte blanche to select his book g. and he had none to begin with 1 should reyei in the enterprise. take it for granted that at the basis of English culture is the English Bible If you speak Eaelish. you know that the richest yocahulary. the finest treasury of style. and the highest system of ethics in the world are in that familiar book. No American home should be without 1t. and no American father and mother should venture 10 train children in ignorance of it's profound and beautiful pages.
 But what books shall you choose for daily reading outside the Bihie? Do you ike to read peoples lives, t0 tread again in the footprints others have left in the sands of time? Then read the lives of Gen. Gordon. Chinese Gordon; of Hayelock. of Lord Law renee, of sydney Smith. of Queen Elizabeth of John Knox. Of Mary. Queen of Scots; of George Washing ton. Abraham Lincoln. Ulysses & Grant, Frances Willard, Edward Burne-Jones; of anybody who was heroic or sturdy or virtuous here, and who left good example for imitation.
 On your shelves have the works of George Eliot, oi Robert Louis Steven. son, of Thomas Carlyle, of George Meredith, of Balzac, of Guizot. of Shakespeare and of Sir Walter Scott. Put aside little money every week and buy one hook.
 Regarded from the standpoint of dollars and cents, books are not dear. Two dollars bnys an ordinary book; you can in no other way get 90 much lasting profit from two dollars. Of course if You want editions de luxe and sumptuous bindings and fine handmade paper. you will pay the price. but the book-lover per SC cares more for the reading ps,'t than for the dress. The meat in the nut is more to him than the polished shell.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

clares. who live by journalism in Eng land as against 2f95 i'll the United States and 1.2oo in Germany Of the lat ter 2 per cent. deal with literature. 1S1s per cent. with political economy. 10 per cent. with pedagogy. F per cent. with science. 7l2 Der cent with fashions. , per cent with history, 1 T. per cent. with domestic economy. 412 per cent. with housing problems and a1z per cent. with politics. The same statistician asserts that the incomes of these women vary from 1000 francs t$200J to G000 francs (s1. 290l.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
SONG cv BALDHEkpED MAN.

Grea; Caesag's classic head was bare. And likewise Socrates. Peter and Paul were forced to wear
 Thin capillary Heeees; Shakespeare. earth-s literary king,
 And Johnson. Pope and Gibbon. Being short of hiTsutc covering
 Wore wigs tied deft with ribbon. But Acham. J 1scafint
 Ananias tof truth chary). Uerod. the Pharisees l vol.
 All sportod caputs hairy: Later came Danton. Robesp.orrc.
 And Marat. bloody trio; Guy Fawkcs and Jcffries. Glencoe Stair. Thick-thateEed like Adding Nero. Nor will the eve. in so0th. oft see
 Bald Hoitentot or Arab. kamchatkan. aboriEinee.
 Kurd or mar-eating Carib; Nay, nay. but of the human breed
 The greater in eartn.s story. Are those who lead Tn thought and ceed Crowned not with hail. but glory, Monroe Guy Carleton. in N. |. Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Turtle Races.

At the zoo in Hamburg are large number of young giant turtles-a spe- cies that is dying out. SD ruthlessly have they been hunted down. These creatures are often used by children to ride. and sometimes race is got up. The boys and girls who ride the turtles hold in front of them 3 bunch of green food at the end Of a stick. in order to make the creatures, which are naturally sluggish, move.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
His Father Was an Athlete

Dr. Dudley. of Abingdon se'iD ro,,... story of his man David and his hos Y. .9 leeper who had great eonhden'' - that David said and dld' .n 40.
 One day David was i'll the 0<'I .,.i,a. ing something which caused a ',re are, [ to say; You're quite an athlete ai'4 you?" ,a. where mon the housekeeres, who s'oou 's VI, said: why. | thought you t'i0 that you was Scotch. .her 0as
 Well" said David, my Ao,ne, a,o,o = scotch. but my father was a'n'e'N Boston Herald.