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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
"THE VAN TWILLER
DIAMONDS" . romantic story Of

LII ANAN4NAot rUlIldHuC StOfy Vi
stirring dramatic interest by Philip Verri1l
Mighels, will appear In four issues of The
Sunday Magazine, beginning June 10, inn
mediately following the conclusion Of "Souls
on Fire" This story is in every respect
worthy Of the talented author of "Bruvver
Jim's Baby" It deals with the complications
that ensue In a we11-to-do American family,
with father, an ex-army officer, who Is
stern1y uncompromising IN his ideas Of right
and wrong, and who, as he boasts, would not
hesitate to treat his own son with merci1ess
justice, In case of an infraction of his moral
code. And yet this old Major is made domin-
ant1y human, with suppressed scandal In his
own private life. The officers daughter is
devotedly attached to her erring brother, and
IN the height of complications affecting her
lover does not hesitate to brave her steM
fathers wrath by openly announcing her
engagement. The close friendship of the
girls fancs and brother Is exhibited IN
number of exceedingly graphic incidents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
1y IF e a 8 I e s
By Marion Ames Taggart

My mother tucked me up in bed,
And gave me stuff to drink
To bring 'em out, / think she said
l felt quite sure twas ink
She drew the window curtains tight,
And babe me go to sleep;
But when she tiptoed off so light
The things began to creep.
The fower-fgures on the wall
Turned spiders and old men.
/ tried to count EN-; but they'd crawl
And make me count again.
The nursery ceiling, up so high,
Slowly began to sink,
And then big, red, burning eye
Came out to glare and blink.
And after that a bullying pig
| don't see how he came
Tried on my pillow for wig,
And called me a bad name.
Then, suddenly, in ev'ry nook,
Were voices whisp ring fast.
hid my face; dared not look
Till they had drifted past.
And then the green book winked at me,
Imploring to be read.
/ just pretended not to see,
And took the blue instead.
Next all the walls came slanting down,
To catch and crush me fat,
While something sobbed, all soft and
brown
A plying pussy-cat!
l called my voice was faint and queer,
Yet mamma heard, and ran
It's strange, mamma can always hear
When no one thinks she can
She drove some grinning apes away,
And laid me in her lap
The room grew still and cool and gray,
And then l took a nap.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
WISE WORDS.

In our inner life there is universe.
Goethe.
A veneer Of religioslty has none Of
the virtues Of religion.
1t take less IMAM two half truths
to make a full sized lle
Men are not drawn to the church
by using the creed as a club.
It's poor bargain that lets the
prayer meeting hide the poor.
IL we live In the Spirit we shall be
led by Him every day and every mo-
ment.-Andrew Murray.
He who is true to the best he knows
to-day will know better best to-
morrow.-Charles Gordon Ames.
But let patience have her perfect
work, that we may be perfect and
entire, wanting nothing.-James ia.
Joy does not happen. II is the in
evltable result of certain lines followed
and laws obeyed, and so matter of
character.-Maltble ID. Babcock.
There is no happiness in having and
getting, but only In giving; half the
world is on the wrong scent in the
pursuit OF happiness.-Henry Drum
mond.
Suffering becomes beautiful when
any one bears great calamities with
cheerfulness, not through insensibll-
ity. but through greatness of mind
Aristotle.
No man ever lost anything in this
world by attending properly to the
next Indeed, 1t is only by that means
that We can understand or use this
world aright.-James Hinton.
One person I have to make good:
myself. But my duty to my neigh
Dor is much more clearly expressed
by saying that l have to make him
happy-if l may.-Robert Louis Stew
enson.
Life is made up. not Of great sacri-
fees or duties, but of little things. in
which smiles and kindnesses and small
obligations, given habitually. are what
win and preserve the heart and Sc
cure comfort.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
pescrlptIon Of Genera, Heil.

Judge Ben Il. Lindsey, the Denver
jurist, at recent address to civic
body in this city, was trying to give II
fitting description of Adjutant-G General
Bell, the head OF the military govern
ment in the Cripple Creek district in
Colorado year ago. The Judge said
he did not want to use any harsh
terms, and, besides, the subject was a
difficult one to handle and give exactly
the right shade to the description.
SO finally, after making some general
com Nent, he said that he believed the
incident of a Scotchman he had met
In Victor one day would give his hear.
ers a very clear idea OF the man.
II met this man on the street one
day." said the Judge, "at the time of
the military control, and 1 asked him
what he thought of General Bell. The
man pulled my ear close to him and
whispered this interesting tale:
"T was up yesterday morning at
dawn. The sun was just coming up
and the moon and stars were Just
getting dim. Over there on the peak
OF Straw Mountain | saw General Bell
sitting. He had sword in his hand
100 feet long. He watched the sun
n while and looked over at the planets.
"'All of a sudden he waved his sword
around his head and beloved, so that
the mountain rang and reverberated
with the tones. He shouted:
'"Sun, moon, and stars! Right
about facet Forward, marchw'
"Then, the man said, he watched the
sun come up and the stars and moon
go down, smiled TO himself and went
back 70 his quarters. Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Kind Neighbors.

When Miss jenkins, after spending
fifty-slx years I'm the city of her birth,
decided to buy small farm in the
country, she determined TO miss none
OF the delights OF farming life.
I'm going TO have n steady horse and
two cows and some hens" she an
nounced TO her brother, to whom she
proudly displayed her new property.
"The Adams boy from the next house
will help me about everything. He'll
drive the cows and milk and teach me
to harness, ard of course | shall feed
the hens and the little pig"
"The little plg!" echoed her brother.
"Do you propose to keep pig7 And
where. should like to knowT
There's room for a small pig pen
back of the barn, away from the road
and everything" said Miss jenkins,
calmly. "Mr. Adams has some Gun.
ming little pigs, and that is what
wish. And l asked the Adams boy.
IL he thought when the pig bad out
grown the pen | could find some one
TO take him and give me another little
one in exchange, and he seemed sure
l could. You've no idea, brother, how
obliging the people are here In the
country. "-Youth's Companion.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12

Natal women who are members OF
the local branch of the Women's Suf.
frage League have circulated a petition
which they propose to present to the
Natal Parliament. The fair petitioners
claim that on the grounds OF justice,
equity and expediency the parilamen-
tary franchise should be extended to
them, and they contend that as women
own property, pay taxes, directly and
indirectly, and are subject to all the
laws, It is unjust that they should have
no voice in the making Of the laws
South Africa.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
THE MOST ECONOMlCI.-
POWER PRODUCER
Man Is a Much Better Engine Thar
Locomotive and Yields More En-
ergy Than an Automobile.

To test the efficiency Of man as an
engine, Professor Atwater, Of Wes-
leyan University, has been engaged
recently In making some remarkable
experiments, employing a stationary
bicycle as means OF measuring the
power developed by muscular rider.
BY the simple expedlent Of making
the tire of the rear wheel Che cycle
has no front wheel pass between two
electromagnetic, which are connected
with dynamo, all of the energy trans
mitted to the pedals is converted into
current of electricity. This current
can be measured, and thus is ascer-
tanned exactly how much power is em-
ployed.
The rider operates his wheel inside
of a great box of wood lined with
metal. He is not permitted to leave
the box for several days and nights,
and all of his food AMI drink is care
fully weighed. In this way the
amounts of fuel and water supplied to
the human engine are accurately ascer-
tanned, and the total energy which they
| represent can be easily figured out
AS result of the experiments, IL has
been found that man Is a much bet
ter engine than locomotive, yielding
nearly twice as much power for n given
amount of fuel. He is superior In this
respect to the best and most economical
pattern of automobile. In fact. no
kind of engine as yet contrlved-steam,
gasoline or electric--is equal to him
as a producer of energy.
Professor Atwater says that the most
economical engine built to-day utilities,
in the shape of work, only fifteen per
cent. of the energy contained IN the
fuel supplied to 1t. The human power
machine develops twenty per cent.
without counting what is required to
keep the internal mechanism OF the
body running. or course, II takes con-
siderable power TO keep the heart-pump
going, and the digestive apparatus in
operation. To reckon the expenditure
for these and other functions at an
additional twenty per cent. would not
be over the mark.
Thus 1t is seen that the human en-
CINE runs with much less waste than
any mechanical contrivance yet de-
vised. Man stands to-day the model
II achine, and with all his Wanted in
genuity he cannot construct an appar-
atus that comes near to equalling his
own body as a work-producer. Nor, in
deed. will any other kind Of engine,
though built of the best obtainable ma
terials, run for anything like so long
period without wearing out, requiring
In the same time so small an expendi-
ture for repairs.-Boston Herald.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
WHERE NEW FOODS FOR
MAN KIND ORIGINATE,
Every Week. From Somewhere, a
. Vegetable. or a Fruit, or a Nut is
Added to the Worlds Bill Of Fare.

Man will eat 200 or 300 more foods
In the year 1000 than he eats now,
said a chemist. A movement is on foot
among the worlds governments to in
crease the varieties OF our foods. and
every week a new vegetable or fruit or
nut Is added to the international bill of
fare. 1t is by a study of the food OF
savages that we get our new foods.
Savages eat many things we regard as
weeds or poisons, but which we can re-
fine.
That Is how we got our new dellca-
cies In the past. Egg plant and toma-
toes, for Instance, we had never
thought of eating till certain Peruvian
savages showed us the way. Oats,
barley and rye originated from weeds
that grew on the shores of the Medi-
terranean. The buckwheat came from
wild Siberian plant. Melons, cucum-
bers, horseradish and onions were
weeds OF the East. The pumpkin was
regarded as poison for long time,
and with no little fear did some adven-
turous person Of the past test 1t as
food.
Turning TO the foods of our future
we find that the klamath Indians alone
eat forty kinds Of vegetables that are
unknown to us. Scientists are testing
these vegetables, and are finding them
to be palatable and nutritious.
Among them is the wichpi, which
grows on the margins of the Western
lakes. Its stems contain a white plth
that, eaten raw. is as sweet and pleas
ant as lump of milk chocolate. Then
there is the kotsonoka, or goose foot
The goose foot bears In August small
black seeds. These seeds the Kla-
maths roast. grind and make into
cakes and Cruel. The wokas, or vel
low water lily. is the Klamaths' staple
food. 1t Is made into bread and into
porridge.-Week's Progress.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12

Paris has its Infants club, where the
babe about town may spend an idle
afternoon; but London comes good
second with hotel for children. This
hotel is known as the Norland Nur-
series. Here, in suites OF two rooms,
the children Of the well-to-do may find
town address while parents are tray
cling or enduring unamiable climates.
The guests range from atoms OF a
m or so to veterans OF eight or
n.he, and each three have day and
night nursery TO themselves. There are
six OF these suites, providing accom-
modatlons for some eighteen children,
and the cost varies according to the
age OF the children.-Chicago News.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Kept the Rough Rider at Home.

]. ii. Miner, who resides here, was
one of President ROosevelt's famous
Rough Riders. Two years ago, when
the President visited Vallejo and Mare
Island, Miner was one OF the four
Rough Rider aides to the President.
He sent the following telegram to the
President on Inauguration day;
"S0rry cannot be with you; children
teething, Congra tulations."
Since the President was here Miner
became the happy father of twin boys,
ana the President Il aware of this fact,
which gave him much pleasure. The
President wired his thanks for the kind
congratulations OF his former Rough
Rider, and said that the excuse for
nOn-attendance was good.-vallejo Cor
respondence, Sacramento Bee.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
ApI.appoIn,Ipv oeca.Io,.

Glow was the lecturer" demanded
Mrs. Sawln, with the impatlence OF one
who had been denied a coveted pleas
ure, as Mr.. Sawln stopped TO remove
his overshoes before entering the sit
ting room. "My colds a sight better
| believe might have gone as well as
not"
IL guess you did well 20 remain at
home" said her husband, as he seated
himself before the stove, "as far forth
as the lecture was concerned. The en-
tertalnment opened with selection by
the band, then prayer by the Congrega.
tlonal minister. then the band again,
then song by the Methodist minister
accompanied by his wife at the cabinet
organ, and then the lecture; after that
the band once more, and then the bene.
dlctlon by the Episcopal minister"
"Well. whatabout the lecturer" asked
Mrs. sawln. IL can hear ministers
any day"
1.-The lecture was on Scotland" said
Mr.. Sawin, slowly. II never felt much
drawed to Scotland. and guess after
tonight shall give up all thoughts
OF ever going there. Folks that haven
got any more idea OF the English Ian
guage after all these years need a mis-
slonary, but don't feel any call to be
one. And as for their houses, there
wasn't one single good two-story frame
building In all the stereoptics that man
throwed on the sheet IL 1t hadn't
been for the band, l should have felt
I'd wasted my fifteen cents admis.
sion" -Youth's Companion.
Rasfdaa rico taakwood forp,s tho
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
just For show.

An fastener on his way to Calfor-
MIA was delayed by the floods in Kan
sas, and was obliged to spend the nlght
In humble hotel-the best In the town.
The bill OF fare at dinner time was
not very elaborate, but the traveller
noticed with joy that at the bottom OF
the card, printed with pen and ink,
was a startling variety of pies.
He liked pies, and here We're custard,
lemon, squash, rhubarb, Washington.
chocolate, mince, apple and berry pies,
and several other varieties. He called
the waitress to him.
"Please get me some rhubarb pie"
said he.
I'm afraid we haven't got any rhu.
barb pie" she drawled.
He took another glance at the list
"Well, get me some squash pie, please"
"We haven't got that, either"
Berry pleT
mo"
Lemon pley'
"No"
chocolate pleY"
"l'm sorry, we"
swell, what on earth are they all
written down here for? On to-day's
bill OF fare, too!'
well. I'll tell you" said the girl,
alphabetically. That list is always
written down there for show when we
have mlnce pie because when we have
mince pie no one asks for anything
else."-Youth's Companion.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
His Meddlesome Way.

Mr.. Jones had contracted for the
building of dwelling house, the price
of which was to be $4,000. Having
abundance of leisure on his hands, he
went occasionally to see how the work
was progressing. His first noteworthy
discovery was that the workmen were
not living up to the specifications in the
matter of the foundation. He went to
the contractor.
"Mr. Smith," he said, "the plan for
my house calls for n foot.and-a-half
foundation wall, doesn't it,"
Eyes, sir"
"Well, the men are laying a one.foot
wall. must insist upon your living
up TO the letter OF the contract"
Mr.. Smith, annoyed, repaired immedi-
ately TO the scene OF operations and
gave orders for the building OF the
foundation according TO specification.
A few days later Mr.. Jones discov-
cred that the workmen We're not using
the kind of brick In the main wall that
was specified I'm the contract.
Mr.. Smith, I'm response to an ener-
getic remonstrance, corrected this mis-
take, also.
Then Mr.. Jones found cut that the
masons were not tying" the wall by
laying every seventh course crosswisc,
as provided In the specifications. The
contractor remedied this likewise.
Things went smoothly after that un-
Ill the carpenters began to do the in
side work, when Mr.. Jones ascertained
that the lumber was OF an inferior
grade. and not at all what had been
agreed upon. He went TO the contrac-
tor and made another complalnt-this
time in language decidedly uncompii-
mentary.
Then Mr.. Smiths patience gave way.
"See here, Mr.. Jones'" he said, in
the tone OF an injured man, III you
keep on meddllng In this way, how do
you suppose am going TO make any
money out Of this jobT'-Youth's Com
panion.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
IreIand's Great Orator.

To read Mr.. Healy's speech OF the
same day is to get but the ghost of a
notion Of Mr. Healy's really wonderful
gifts of oratory. He is to-day the most
brilliant speaker In the House of Com
mons. He has not Mr.. Redmond's
grace and polish; he has nothing, in
deed, I'm the nature OF either. But his
attack is cruelty effective; he never
spares either his nominal opponents OPP
posite or his real ones sitting around
him. He is the only sardonic speaker
In the House. There is grlmness, a
constant ring of challenge that is re-
pellent or attractive as you are the
object of his uncharltable attention or
merely the delighted detached observer.
London Saturday Review.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
A Teacher For Fifty Years,

John NJ. Roys, CT Clayton, bears the
proud distinction of being the Oldest
teacher both in point of years and
service of any man in Western Massa-
chusetts or Connecticut. Mr.. Roys is
now acting as tutor in the family of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Garfield, just
over the line in Canaan Valley, Conn.
Mr.. Roys was born March 4, 1884,
and began teaching ut the age of TWEEN
ty-two. and with the exception of two
years 1t has been his lifes work. lie
has tutored In many OF the prominent
families I'm the vicinity OF his home
and two generations of the Garfield
family owe their education TO him.
Great Darlington Correspondence
Springfield Union.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
Remarkable Feats of
Mathematical Geniuses.

freely while working out his problems.
Buxton died In 1872.
Many other examplesof these freaks
OF nature" are known, and among them
may be mentioned negro Of Mary
land, who, with no education what
ever, possessed a wonderful gift for
solving difficult matheusau teal prob.
lens. With the exception OF Bidder,
few Of these geniuses have amounted
to anything and as time went on they
either lost their marvellous power or
died before they could make it serve
some useful purpose. Young Hunter,
OF indianapolis, may be an exception.
but the chances are that in ten or
fifteen years his mysterious gift will
leave him.-World's Events.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
WORK eoR TIE SUNSHINE.

There's work for the sunshine-the rose
from the dead
Must be kissed to the beauty Of white and
red;
The trees, shorn Of fruitage-gray spectres
OF grief
Must fee, the sap's thrill in the veins O.
the leaf.
The daisies must blossom-the lilies must
lean
Ger rivers sweet-singing through meadows
OF green.
There's work for the sunshine on hillside
- and deep
Till in ultimate harvests earth's riches we
reap!
Washington Star.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12

Besides rice, teakwood forms the
principal product OF Slam.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-12
INDIANAPOLIS has a math.

DHHs'1NH DI1E1 IIUo II HHHIH-
ematical genius in the per
son of George Hunter, a
boy only eight years old,
and who accompllshes the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

Diseases of the kidneys are growing more common every day Health re- ports everywhere prove 1t. This ls due to two reasons: first. the hurry, hustle. worry, and strife of modern living over takes the kidneys: second. kidney dis cases come on SO quietly that they are commonly neglected until they become serious. If you continually overwork, overfeed, or over-drink, you arc living too fast for the kidneys to keep up with their work.
 The healthy human body passes off every day an ounce of urea, containing z twelve grains of urio acid. The duty of the kidneys is to filter this poisonous waste out of the blood. and to the kid neys comes the blood, in an unceasing stream. to be purified. Living too fast has one of two effects--either the pro- duction of uric poisons fin the body Is so increased that the kidneys can't keep up with their Altering work, or the kidneys themselves, become so weak ened by the strain that the Altering work is only partly done. Then the uric poisons begin to collect in the body and to attack the vital parts First of all you feel pain in the hack. headache. depression. and languor. then comes lumbago. sciatica, rheumatism and bladder troubles.
 It should be clearly understood that a little timely help for the kidneys will set them right, but continued neglect results in dropsy. sediment in the urine. too frequent. or scanty, or pain ful passages of urine. gravel. kidney
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Rr Mnrrnret E. sangster.

Copyright, 1905, By Joseph E. Bowies.)
 Dorothy tells me that she has a very poor memory. Shaking her head as if the calamity were something never to be remedied, she insists that she cannot get her lessons or fix any thing useful in her mind because things roll off 1t as water runs down. hill.
 I must admit that have met people whose minds were like sieves, and whose memories were pockets with holes. and other people there are whose power of remembering seems limited to whatever is not worth while. But l have always been quite sure that we may have good memories if we choose to take the trouble to cul- tivate them. MeI ory is useful ser want and If treated like q servant and held responsible, it will not disappoint It's employer.
 There are exceptional eases where an illness or a blow on the head de- stroy memory for a time. If you have concussion of the brain you will very likely have to pick up your memory of the past little by little till the fragments are pieced into a whole. Fortunately. few school girls have con- cussion of the brain. Most of you may remember whatever you choose if you have two excellent qualities. con centration and attention.
 A good rule Is to think only ot one