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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04


People almost always seemed attract
ed to Dick and the plate seldom came
back empty when he carried t.
The two had n merry time racing
digging holes In the sand, as all boys
love TO do. now stopping before
group OF children or little picnic
party for dance or two. and more
pennies. When the boat left they
were tired out and Tom found cor
ner where they hid behind some boxes
and both fell asleep. Later there was
a commotion and a sudden rush. Tom
only half awake. jumped to his feet
and was pushed along by the crowd
DICK saw him waver a moment on the
edge of the boat and heard a shout
Boy overboard!" With sharp,
piercing cry he sprang after Tom. but
the crowd separated them. He could
not understand all that happened for
he was so short he could not see
much, and he could not ask, but he
knew that they were trying to save
his friend. He looked piteously into
the faces about him, uttering the shrill
moan of the dumb. He heard a voice
say:
"Of course. II was useless, the boat
was moving SO fast they could not
find him. Poor little street beggarl
he is better OF as II Isl"
The mate had tears In his eyes
when. passing across the deck. he
spied Dick.
Poor little fellow, what is going
to become OF you?' and he lifted him
up. Nobody ever wanted TO touch
Tom, but some way Dick never looked
dirty and his hair was MOI so untidy.
"I1l take you home and you shall
live with me-" said the mate. putting
his arm around him. but Dick kept
up the same pitlful cry and his eyes
were fastened on the dancing water
that had seized his loved companion.
He had nobody in the whole world but
Tom, there was nobody else for him TO
love. Tom was there in the blue.
lovely, shining water-his Tom, and
that was where he wanted TO be
Where his Tom was he could be happy
again. Poor ignorant, untaught waif
OF the streets. but faithful unto dean.
He wrenched himself free from the
mate and with sudden spring he was
over the side of the boat and the
water closed over him. There was a
stir ard cry among the passengers. and
the man who had spoken before said
In suhdued voice;
Well, I've seen a good many acct
dents IN my life, and I've heard that
mon commit suicide for many rea-
sons, but | never before to-day knew a
dog to deliberately drown himself be
cause that was the death his master
died
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
TEA
"IIow can an everyday
drink be so bad'"
"Oh, they're used to it,
Shells for Holy Water.

Tridacna shells are very commonly
used in churches in Europe for holy
water basins and even fonts. The
largest, perhaps. are those in use in
st. Peters Rome. These shells attain
a weight of 500 pounds (the two
valves together), the animal itself
sometimes being twenty pounds in
weight. The word "tridacna" is from
the Greek tridaknos (eaten at three
bites), but who could eat twenty
pound animal at three bites7--St.
Nicholas.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
Dawes Could Thin Them Out.

The Hon. II. l.. Dawes in his young
manhood was an Indifferent speaker.
Participating in a law case, soon after
his admission to the bar, before a
North Adams justice OF the peace.
Dawes was opposed by an older at
torney whose eloquence attracted a
large crowd that packed the court.
room.
The justice was freely perspiring.
and, drawing of his coat in the midst
OF the lawyers eloquent address, he
said:
Mr.. Attorney, supposing you sit
down and let Dawes begin to speak. |
want to thin out this crowd. Boston
Herald.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
FRrvoLITY MAKES FOR SANITY
Antidote for Disposition Toward
Cranklness SAYS Writer.

fNUNluokc NOF OlSpOolIlOn OWdFO
Cranklness. Says Writer.
Which Is worse-to be too serious
or too frivolous? | have no doubt
about the matter myself so far as in.
diviuuals are concerned though all ex
tremists are bores. The perpetually
lively, feather.bralned. pleasure crazed
creature is almost. II not quite, as ir
ritating as the deadly serious indi
vidual. Both types are heavily repre-
sented just now in hotels: but apro
pos of the accusation recently lodged
against that as nation we are becom
ing too frivolous, one cannot help say
Ing that we are great deal llyelieT
than we We're few years ago. and for
this relief assuredly We have cause to
be thankful
In consequence we are accused OF
having become too frivolous. II seems
to me that we have just got matters
nicely balanced. This Is an age when
we are prepared to be cranks on the
slightest provocation. People crave
for missions. they wallow in philan.
thropy. they pounce with avidity on
new religions. they will plunge into
politics or write attacks on women.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
Medicines Have stood Test of Time.

THE leading proprietary medicines
that have stood the test OF time are
of known therapeutic value" says a
medical authority. They are prepar-
ed in laboratories Of the highest
grade, under the care Of skilled phar-
macists, and they are made from APP
proved formulas which. in many in
stances, have been the especial pride
and specific Of some successful physi-
clan. They have been tried in the
crucible OF public opinion and they
nave been found satisfactory hy the
people, for otherwise the people would
discontinue using them"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
n A1Htzzr kNcJ HzNIE
lcopyrght. 100. By DaIIy story pub 90

Tom and Dick were two poor little
wallis. From morning till night they
roamed the streets of the great city.
Tom was the older and always took
the lead in everything He was a
bright-eyed. handsome boy, in spite of
his dirty face and tattered clothes
He had taken care OF himself ever
since he could remember First he
had begged. but having been born with
faculty for getting along In the
world he sold few matches, bought
with his first savings. He knew he
could polish shoes, but he never had
chance to try. lie wished he could
have peanut stand. but he was only
little boy and that ambition seemed
to him as lofty and unattalnable as
the stars Meanwhile he plodded
along. putting on as brave a face as
he could when he was hungry, and
whistling when bread was plenty.
He believed living was to be had
for the asking II anybody would work.
but when Dicks mother died and he
was left all alone In the world. he
wondered what would become OF him.
for Dick could not talk. consequently
he WINS unable to ask for work. Then
he was not so old as Tom and did not
know how to do anything: added 10
this Tom loved Dick better than any
thing or anybody else in the world. so
he opened his arms and said:
Come. Dick. I'll take care OF you.
and we'll live together
Now this was not very munificent
offer. for Tom lived nowhere or any.
where. Some nights he slept in an
old box behind great warehouse. or
In doorway II he could get in there
unobserved. When the weather was
warm. he lay down in one OF the
small parks where the grass was soft
and the trees waved over his head.
Next to Dick he loved the trees. II he
had known anything about heaven
he would have said II must be full OF
trees and that one might live under
hem forever He would lie on his
back watching the moon glide slowly
Hpward. with the leaves dancing
across its shining face, and dream OF
be village where he was born and
G"ANh no ohig ItlutuDtItu US ono
recalls dimly a beautiful dream OF
far on unknown country. However.
such as he had he offered to Dick and
L was joyfully accepted. Protection
and love are gifts not to be desplsed.
Selling a few matches would hardly
feed two. and Tom. with ready inven-
lion tried other means of livelihood.
He bought harmonica and learned a
few OF the popular airs he heard the
hand organs play. He had often
danced on the pavement in the even.
ing with the other children to the
music OF those same hand organs. ane
he set to work to teach Dick to dance.
The loss of one faculty often quiokeps
the others and soon the two chums
were able to do little dance to-
gether. to the strains OF the harmonl-
ca. Then Dick would take little
plate and pass II around. and often the
pennies piled up.
Dick had never been so happy In
his life, Though he could not talk
about his gratitude as many people do.
II was none the less deep and sincere.
and he loved Tom with the strength
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

soft. green grass beneath him. clover
and daisies gently waving as he walk
ed, creahng slippery pine needles
sending up their fragrance at every
step, the great bending ferns. whose
sweet odor lulls and satisfies wearied
brain and body. he longed intently for
all this without ever having known It,
The nearest he had come to It was
an occasional hour in a city park, and
his country birthplace claimed recog
milton In his heart. But It cost money
TO ride even in a trolley car. and the
boat was free-to him-while there
was certainty that Dick would col.
loct pennies, and they were hungry.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
The NeVsky Prospect.

a smart partootchik OieutenanU, and
there a dvornik (porter) and boolot.
chnik tbaker), and, yes. there. step
ping out OF her private droschka,
KshesinslSy. of the Royal Ballet! And
the war in the Far East, one asks
oneself, has It ever happened?-ono
hears not a word in the Alexandrov.
sky Rinok.
And no one seems merry and no one
seems sad. and we hail a red.bearded
izyoshtchik and say "prashtchai" to
the Alexandrovsky Rinok. where you
will always find "all the things YOU
may desire. but do not want"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
Imnortant 70 Motners.
She Uses the spoola.

A young vol "a stenographer.
whose business experience has not
robbed her of her domestic incllna.
tons, makes a good use Of the spools
on which her typewriter ribbons are
wound. She washes them well to re-
move any suspicion OF ink. and uses
them to wind baby ribbons. pieces OF
lace and other odds and ends on. The
spools are very well made. and NIL
their extra role very well. indeed.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
MEASURES THAT ARE STANDARD
Much Care Taken to Preserve Them
Correctly. &.


A gallon is exactly ten pounds OF
distilled water; so when housewives
say "a pint's a pound the world
around" they are mistaken. The I'M
perial standard yard, which is the
same as our own, is the distance be-
tween two fine lines on bar oil
bronze, measured at 62 degrees Fab
renheit. The bar is kept mounted on
eight rollers in a special steel safe In
London. The standard pound is kept
in silver-gilt box contained in
bronze box, the top OF which is secure
ly screwed down and the whole placed
in a special compartment OF the same
safe. The German metric system
took the place Of more than twenty
local measures. The Hesse- Darmstadi
foot was less than ten inches. the
Schwarzberg- Rudolstadt foot more
than fifteen.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
EXCELLENT SPORT IN MOROCCO.
Every Kind Of Amusement the Hunt.
err Can Desire.

cF IAN OCbHcs
No visitor to Morocco has ever
asked himself what he was to do for
entertainment declares William @
FitzGerald in Four.Track News.
There is sport of every kind. from
wild-boar hunting down to quail-shoot'
ing. and further south one may even
shoot panthers and hyenas. The lion
does not begin until the Atlas noun
tains are reached. Horses may be
hired in Tangier for about a dollar
and half day, including an Ameri.
can saddle; and for the ladies' there
are always comfortable mules pro.
rided. with any number Of Arab and
slave servants The slave market. by
the way, Is no longer one OF the
sights" OF Tangier since Christian
influence long ago abolished It. This
does not mean. however. that the
slave trade Is not carried on. Indeed
the traveller Gin the KNOW may fire.
quently see an old Arab merchant
leading round a negro boy and girl by
the ears from door to door, and he
win learn that these are all that re
main or an enormous slave caravan
obtained by Arab raiders as far soul
as the Niger and mysterious Timbuc
too, in central Africa.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
Antarctic Area.

The Antarctic area consists OF two
continental land-masses of unequal
size-Queen Victoria Land and King
Edward VII Land--separated by a
marvellous barrier OF nattopped Ice
bergs, and OF two seas extending far
to the south-the Ross sea and the
Weddell sea.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

that grows and heaps up through lack
OF expression.
Tom found II was profitable 10 get
on one OF the excursion steamers
which made a short run to the nearer
resorts on the shore He paid the
iaros a few times. but he maraeed 10
ingratiato himself with the mate. who
took a great liking to Dick and 80 thoy
often got free sail under his care
One day they started out for tho
boat Il was not wfat Ton wanted
10 CO. BE longed with all his hca
not Tor ,aattiIif wafer rolling az his
feet ~ pg In Ms face, but foi
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

golubka little dove) as is customary
when We wish to be polite to shop
keepers In Russia, and pass on and
look serious to shopkeepers, for we
wish TO see only-see the shop win.
dows and the people; and many are
the shop windows and the people in
the Alexandrovsky Rinok.
We might imagine ourselves in Con.
stautinople, perhaps IN Jana. or in
but oh. the dinl the rattle OF croekery.
the clash OF tlnware, the voices OF the
women, the voices OF the men land
your Russian, Il would seem In the
AleNandrovsky R'nok has lungs OF
brass), the iostling and he pushing.
the waving OF arms, the wagging OF
beards and the odors in the sunshine
In that market square OF the Alex-
androysky Rinok. which contains all
the things which you may desire but
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

do not want! And again, as we do not
wish at present to purchase a black
donkey (Which to us could only be a
white elephanO, nor any secondhand
underinen. nor any ikonii. nor an as.
trakhan hat. nor a hot-water bottle.
nor a melodeon, nor any fish, flesh,
fowl nor Russian red herring, nor any
sticky sweetmeat, nor anything else
that is in the AleXandrovsky Rinok.
we beat as hasty retreat as Is pos.
sible I'm the circumstances and gain
the Sadovaya
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
An Expert onlnlon.

Mr.. Andrew Lang says nothing is
drearier than talk about patent put.
tiers, patent clubs and patent cleeis.
A good player can play with any varl.
ETY., a bad player land the bores are
always bad players) cannot play well
with anything.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
Woman. lovely woman

Don't you know" said Miss over.
seven, that am really feeling young
er to-day than ! did a few years ago?"
Eyes, replied Miss Iuerteens, i've
noticed OF late that you are getting
quite childish"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

A second steamer Is about 10 be-
placed upon ako Titicaca which rs
10000 feet above sea level I'm The
Andes of Peru The qct steamer.
Which wss built In England, was sent
or' noasemeal and Is now being re
constructed upon Ne shores OF the
lake.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
Modest Girl.

"Ah. my love- sighed the ardent
lover "if you only knew how beautl
ful you arel"
You mustn't speak OF IT, protested
the modest girl. 81 don't want TO
know"
"why not?"
Because" she said 1T would make
me too concelted."
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

Most Prosperous Part Of India.
The richest, the most populous and
the most prosperous part OF India is
TO be found in the BASIN the Indus,
the Ganges and the ver Brahma.
putra.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

in and bloating OF the chest choked
me and threatened the heart mad
little hope, but TO my untold surprise,
Doans Kidney pills brought me relief
and saved my life. ] shall never for
get IT,"
Sold by dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster.Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
TEA

Both wine and tea make
talk, but not both make
wisdom!
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

Greenland Coast Unexplored.
Greenlands east coast remains TO
be explored. Nearly 500 miles are en-
tlrely unknown. A.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
Shows Fifteenth Century custom.

Shows Fifteenth Century Custom
In an old French window OF the
fifteenth century is preserved a record
OF an ancient custom-the method
used by the cloth shearers. II shows
how the cloth was spread upon a Ia
BILE and its nap removed by great
scissors made like plnchers.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
In the sadoNaYa.

W NTTN OHWVNdJHs
And in the Sadoyaya a fresher air
and sunshine and many people who
are walking this way and that way;
and some stand and stare blankly at
the roadway; and here a red-shirted
long-booted rahotnik workman
trudging workward. and close behind
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

Wnen l began
using Doa ms
Kidney Pills |
was so weak /
could hardly drag
myself across the
roo m. I was
wretched an d
nervous, and had
backache, b g a r
ing-down pain,
headache, dizzi-
ness and weak
eyes. Dropsy set
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
TEA

We serve nice tea at our
house; we have learned how
extremely nice it is.
Your grocer returns your money II you dont like
schiings Best.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
No sale for Boot Seller.

~ S-'N W. ooph 9CUNEs
But We do not want boots. as W
politely tell a gentleman who insist
upon dragging out to us his entlr
stock.in-trade. And we pass OF
Three puffs at our cigars. and-a lad
his time. Yellow is her face. as We
low as the walls OF the AlexandrovsB
Rinok, and black are her eyes AMI
hair; and stout is she as only Ru-
sian women have learned to be stou
Yes, we have come to the Alexai-
drovsky Rlnok TO buy a parrot.si
green parrot. She can read II 10 kir
eyes. She has the very bir(. In 81
IBERIA was her parrot born, II Siberia
was her parrot educated. II Siberia
would her parrot have died had not
a great and maiden lady rescued It
and brought It with her to s. Peters
burg and civilization. A mlrvel!-a
parrot who speaks eloquently Russian
Siberian Russian; parrot who re-
peats curious phrases-yes. even re-
ligious phrases. peculiar. no doubt, to
the Siberlans. Nay. she has even
seen II cross" itself-a devmt par
rot. Wonder OF wonders! And more
beautiful stlll the credulity Of the vel
moshnia boyaree; for OH that parrot
IN beholding us tapped its wings.
stretched out its neck, and assailed us
In one minute with more choice
curses than Russian workman could
reel OFF In a week. And only twenty.
ave roubles, that parrotl--
Babel Of Sounds.
And so We bid "prashtchai' (adleu)
To Madame Avolrdupois, call her a
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
A pesPAlRlNa WOMAN.

Weak, Nervous and Wretehed from
Wasting Kidney Troubles.
Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Main and
Garst SITS, South Bend, Ind, says;
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
{ On q Russian Street !!
h'-'--'-'--''.a--'-,a'1-'a--'-''--'''
sJt,~~.sNJt,~-.s-,Jte1-N~~ s~rN
Especial drrespondenceJ

Now said my Russian frlenj
here in the Alexandrovsky Rino
you shall find amusement Shop
shops, nothing but shops: and in ~
shops and market squares all ~
things you may desire but do nj
want. A most truly wonderful placl
the Alexandrovsky Rinok, think yd
not SOP"
And truly a most wonderful place
ShoCs, yes. there must be hundred
nay, thousands of them; and all LTD
shops, and inside the shops. alas! bd
little light and small room to movI
and stuffy-phewl The Russian do3
not love ventilation. Passages. pal
sages, nothing hut passages Shops 4
the right hand shops on the NJ
hand; and in the windows "all te
things you may desire. but do N
want"
And at the shop doors young n
and maidens and old men. aud soha.
lines old women. very old women. II
eager-eyod and garrulous.
They address us. they look at 5
with hattering and compelling eye.
We are velmOshnia boyaree (gret
lordD. we have estates, and on our
tates perhaps thousands and thou
ands of cattle and horses, and nu,
dreds and hundreds OF men aud won
en-. 1t must be So for We are so wei
dressed and wear patent leather boot
and gloves gloves that were neve
made in Russia; and neckties. bright
hued necktips; and collars. collar
that shine Ike rarest china: and dl
we not light our cigars with wa
matches, wonderful wax matches tina
were never made in Russia? And
sure, we must have come to purchas
all the Alexandrovsky Rinok: all III,
contents Of its shops which open doc.
I'd stand on our right hand and q
our left hand
And the contents of the shops!-
boots; all kinds OF boot.
les, even lack" boots win
'ircular-corrugated creases: god
,oots, too. seem these in the Alexal.
irovsky Rinok; for bootmaklng is a
hing in which your Russian excel
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

And so We bid "prashtchai' (adleu)
10 Madame Avolrdupois, call her a
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-01
Small Fruits on the Farm.

Currents, all things considered, are
the most valuable and easiest raised of
all the small fruits. They are indigen-
GUS in the temperate zones of America,
Europe and Asia, and the black varie-
ties, though not so good as the red
and white, are so hardy that they en-
dure the rigorous climate of the Shet-
land Islands. There is no good reason
why farmers should not have all the
currants their families can use. With
reasonable care and manuring, they
will grow on the same ground as long
as asparagus, and produce good crops
every year. The only labor is to
manure them, keep the weeds hoed
out, and the dead or unthrifty canes
removed, and the worms destroyed.
About tablespoonful of white helle-
bore in ten quarts of water sprayed
on the bushes from a watering pot will
do the business for the worms every
time they appear. busting it on the
leaves dry is more work than putting
on in water. By the latter method the
powder does not get into the nose and
make the person who applies it sneeze.
To guard against drouth, we mulch
our bushes with half-rotten straw,
coarse manure or weeds hoed up in the
garden. There is no other small fruit
that will remain so long after getting
ripe without rotting, drying up or be-
coming tasteless and wormy. 1t seems
to be their particular virtue to remain
on the bushes and Keep good until
wanted, and wait with unaltered flavor
until they can be used.
Gooseberries are not so good as cur
rants, and the bushes are full of sharp
thorns which wound the fingers of the
hurried picker without gloves, but they
are easily raised and provide an agree
able change which all tastes desire.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-01

with the beginning. The morning of
the first day of May there was heavy
frost in some parts of the Yakima
valley. The strawberry crop at Kenne-
wick was seriously damaged. One
man who has eight acres lost 80 per
cent. of his crop. Strawberries turned
black that were almost big enough to
turn red At Kiona a Mr.. Kelso told
me a few days since that everything
was killed except the late setting Of
strawberries. At our place near Zil-
lah our apples were killed in some of
our lowest ground. About North
Yakima it is claimed the crop of all
kinds of fruit will be good. Taking
the United States all over, the apple
crop promises to be good.