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Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22
Qualify OrIngs tho eusInees.

Seven million q .oppppl Lewis Single
Binder" straight &c cigar now sold annu-
ally. Made Of extra quality tobacco. Many
who formerly smoked ioc cigars are now
smoking Lewis Single Binder. Lewis
Factory, Peoria, Ill
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

Nsass 50 mHar IS SO afHElas
Hah. I've sesu suaEteF Hass t.zH
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

Tea haS more TO DO with
roJr thoughts At table than
anything else ot your fare2

lt ealt1 hr utoe 60 ~ a. hrlsh; a.
htss Scinlilisnt is III sa7Ia ~
hote 20 nicev 20 i-s a. arEat as she
tAinks she 8s
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

II Commander Pezry think. the north
pole Is big stick IL is perfectly nat
urAi ths, he should send the ship
Roosevelt after II
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

1t is asserted that Russia has no
war maps OF Manchuria- That's what
Russia gets for not watching the
American newspapers which have been
printing revised editions of them
daf
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22
Defiance Starch

should be In every household. none 20
good. besides Z ox. more for 10 cents
than any ether brand Of cold water
starch.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

SHE Hr.E--szfz- ran ts Al. least -ar-
siar-aif rerEl q 1alrFa I'ret5irrae
g tHs HEs5zrEs ezHfE
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

Some men hustle almost as hard for
Job as some women hustle for hur-
hand
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

AT us:Sos.s ssss-s-.ses
1s- beHAnce Cald Water S.a-sA -.
esuse il ts better. ana u. szsr. q II
f1r s&n.e nzszsY
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

Every rs&r-1c1 -az has TWO wives
sas that BE ready nxs ana lac on<
ne tzS- yesrks ~ A&S
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

~ am glad 10 write n,y endorse
mcnf of fhe xrrsf rusedy. Peruns.
81 . nerve fonie. I do so mosf
heartily. Julia lNsrfose.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

Nearly every man would like TO pas,
Judgment on trusts from the inside
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

Bay . bottle Of Peruns to-day.
N you DO NOT receive sH the benefits
from Peruns that yoa eSpecses.
.rife 10 DR.. :. n. Hartman. Column
eoS. Ohio.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

A man may be able to read q woman
like . book. bui he can't shut her up.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22

\ a recent letter 10 The Pcruna Acds
cine Co. Miss julia NarloNe. OF New
York City. writes the following
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22
ALL BROKEN DOWN.

No sleep-No Apretite-Just . Con-
tinu1i 61ckache.
Joseph McCaniey. Of IA sholto
street. Chicago. Sachem OF Tecumseh
LpdGe saws. TWO years ago my
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22
TEA

when did Rev Mr. Henpeck take or
ders@s He was married ia 1891. and
he's been taking them ever since.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-04-22
,mse,ssns 70 Mothers

There are no bunet ears on a train o,
The Washington times., 1905-07-16

Geisha Fans.
The n e W e S [
daintiest, and pref
test japanese Gel
sha Fans; for dec
orationS or
use, To be 1c
closed out II
at--..-...-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

IN these days IL anything gets past the
up to date train butcher 1t Isn't because
the public knows any more than 1t did
In Barnum's time. We get customer
every minute by the birth records.
got back yesterday from two days
trip-out and In I had S20,e5 to the good
and the company satisfied and nary kick
from the railroad. At one little place down
the line, though. railroad detective got
aboard and tried to detect
|" Say, young feller," he said to me, +" saw
you SO through here yesterday lookin' pretty
spruce and thought I'd better take a look
through yer grips as you come back. What
yer got In there?"
lie kicked my grip and opened her up
on the minute. He went through 1t like an
old goat through cracker barrel, but he
didn't find anything-see2 II he'd looked
under the cushion of q seat In the smoker
he might have found a whole lot OF stuff
that didn't look like a prayer meeting lay
~ Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

to set good table for her hungry husband.
She exaggerates. indeed. the fact that he has
been hard at work all day and must be espe-s
cIally hungry when he gets home at night.
In all probability he has worked no harder
than she has. while he has had better
luncheon than she allowed herself at home.
and perhaps socable drink or two and q
smoke. But in the effort to set a nice,
{ honey" meal before her usband. the wife
may have been extravagant beyond her own
perceptions at the grocery and market. The
husband In such case so frequently is fond
OF good feeding. or considers the bills for the
table such fixed institution as to be no
longer questionable II cause arises at any
time for retrenchment.
But. as every careful housewife knows,
there is nothing in all the range Of domes-
ITCHY that makes SO for extravaganza as the
table a family that is by no means eXccp-
tionally we'll fed may be eating its head
off " all the time that the husband is wonder
ing how In the world he Is to make both ends
meet. There are thousands OF cases where
the hus band may be sweating for the needed
So or IS advance In Income when TO all pur-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

dropped the packages and run before she
has time even to count them. To attempt
to right It would mean trip to the store
which she has wished to avoid
American People Eat Too Much.
In hundreds Of families the first thought
Of rctrenchment at the table is coupled with
some Of the absurdities that the sensational
reformer has advocated In newspa per head
lines. !" How to live on cents day
doesn't appeal TO many people In this coun-
try. buff some one has suggestion Of how
family Of healthy appetltes may be fed
comfortably for even dollar a day. there
arelsteners enough and to spare,
There can be no doubt that most people in
America eat too much. One needs only to.
travel abroad to discover the fact that the
American family can live well on greatdeal
less thanit spends for food A French hotel
will cxIston the wastes from an American
hotel OF the same class. The SAND holds
relatively true of the American family nt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
PIE for Is Better Then lereese SEE

large. No matter in what class in this coun-
try. the woman at the market counter is
ashamed to call for cuts of meat that are
far better adapted to her needs and purse
than are the extravagant purchase that she
finally does make III a meat shop In a Tor
eign quarter OF Chicago only may one see as
rule the sensible economy Of the woman
marketer.
Buying Out Of Season Expensive.
One or the things that puzzles many house.
wives In the great cities Is the lack Of lSnow WI
edge OF seasonableness in SO many things, on
the market Asparagus that at best Is not
particularly nutritlve may be quite reu-$
sonable vegetable dish III Chicago on May
10, but on jan 10 1t is a marked extraya-.
gance. A spring chicken or two In July may
be foolish waste OF money In February
The difference between peck OF old pota-
toes and a peck OF new potatoes Is a striking
thing even as late in the spring as April.
How to buy table necessares even when
they are on the market in timely quantities
is something that SO few housewives con-
slider. Take potatoes and apples, for In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
BY John "a. Rowland.

poses Of the savings hank account he might
make the deficit by supervision Of the
home bill Of fare.
Telephone Adds to Grocer's Bills
d Today the average grocer in his handbills
plays UP the fact. that 1t is 50 easyto order
by telephone. Three telephones to order
through may be a catchy line In his adver-
tlsement, whatever It Is, Why? Because he
knows that he can sell more advantageously
to himself through the teleph one than BY any
possible catering to women in person. BY
phone he can sell her stuff that she wouldn't
take II offered her in person In the store, and
on the other hand she will allow his sug-
gestions of something especially good to pre-
vail, much to her surprise when the price
mark comes With the bill. Butsin neither
case is she likely to return the article that
is poor or the article that is outrageously
above her means. She feels that she has
ordered 1t and 1t has been sent-and then
frequently the grocer's boy simply has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Graft Of Train Butcher Is easy end Often Big

Vs. l don't find all these suckers In the day
coaches-not OH your life, found two pref
W boys In the smoking room of a sleeping car
a week ago, and ] had ST 80 from one of them
and IS from the other, and they didn't know
line about It TIL they got together after
had gone.
Friends OF mine have kicked because get
81. or So, or 81 apiece for gold trimmed spec
tacles that cost me $3.50 a dozen. But
where Is the kick? | know men who have
paid $40 or S15 for glasses from an oculist
when the glass was cut out Of II broken
window pane. I save such people money,
don't /?
am not out after the old farmer With
hnyseed In his hair and leaf tobacco In his
mouth. chewing. There are a lot of gay
chaps travelling these days who think they've
got the bulge on he train butcher by a sort
OF birthriglt or something, They are after
mo sometimes till l can't go to sleep after
come IN from q run. For instance the other
day n chap got into the train out Of n little
country town, intending to so to another lit
tie town twenty miles away without change
OF cars. ae had S2 cash and a guitar when
lie got on the train, but had both when he
got of, He wasn't mad at all; he Just didn't
understand It. For that reason I'll see him
again one Of these days, and he Will buck
the game harder than he did the first time.
The trouble Is he wants to ylndicate HIMSELF;
he's one OF these smart alecs that you
couldn't down with a crowbar-he don't
fhinki "a tl Y 49t 50.1t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
What Was Hidden Under Seat,

Say. bet / had fourteen SO gold watches.
twenty gold trimmed spectacles that cost me
10 cents apiece. one dozen books, tightly
sealed IN wrappers, that looked mighty inter-
estlng to the jay who. couldn't see into the
books. and yet who had TO do 1t fnal!ya 81
apiece, and. as a topper of 1t ALL my three
book monte game. Did you ever see the
game?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
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stance. When rightly bought there is no
cheaper fruit for the family than is a good
apple. But throughout the winter season in
Chicago the housekeeper ordinarily pays 80
cents q peck for apples when by buying In
South Water street the apples that sell at
this price In the market may be bought 1T.
81 q bushel or less, counting Gu rriage. With
In any reas BILE area the carriage charge
on a barrel OF apples or potatoes will be a
Quarter, making saving Of at least 100 per
cent possible to the person who has base
'ment storage place and the foreslghtto avail
himself OF. the opportunity
Waste During Flush = Times. 81.
There is another side to table expenditures
that appeals to SO many households. For
the first two or three days after pay day.
perhaps, there will be an overset table. with
waste Of food beyond all bounds; then per-
haps for the rest of the week leanness that
scarcely satisfies tho hunger OF the family.
Here is an extreme result OF tho careless
government OF the kitchen. In such a
household a whole barrel of apples In a cell
lar would be impossible, for tho reason Of
the waste that would follow Its purchase.
know a small family where the husband
is worried and mad because the rent OF his
fiat has been raised from 500 to $2S month";
THAT fact is costing him $40 month In
worry, when as know from his table and
his wlfo's careless corresponding that raise
OF So a month in rent would easily save them
So II week In the end II only they would set
about TO recoup.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

k|\ ~HIS is an age OF which 1t may be said
Ian the man OF the time. no matter what
}V his position in the world OF work, is
SHI looking to bigger income. a bigger
AAl salary. q bigger wage as the case
;1s| may be. Yet, in spite OF this fact, 1t will
HE be admitted by every person who from any
lNN position In life, has succeeded In making
WI sharp Increase in his income. the result has
NAH been sharp increase in his expenditures
Tk0 InS all lines.
(GNv Certainly the situation here outlined Will
MRI admit OF a serious consideration OF making
NV more OF the salary already in hand than
~ wearing out ones heart and body in striving
I'M for a greater income. which will demand
Nv greater outlay in the same proportion.
N The income, salary or wage, whatever
N 1t may be. has always been regarded too
I'M lightly by the American people when once
I'M 1t has come into the hand. (" Increase your
u income" has been the cry Of all men In
N advisory capacity, until the payment OF
M salary into the hand OF the average employee
IN perhaps awakens more inydious compari-
Y y sons In his mind OF the Salaries drawn by
others In excess OF his than 1t has OF sug-
k\ gestions OF sane expenditure.
Nv Il
lVA Limit Taken Off Expenditures.
Not long ago gentlewoman Of the old
NJ school spoke to mo OF the cost Of living in he
Nm great clties-how 1t has increased within the
v y last two or three years. Within five years.
~ however, the income OF her family had dou-
NJ bled, as CHANGED to know, but she had pre-
IN served her perspectives and she knew what
VI she was saying when, with little sigh, she
X said:
W ~ don't know why George and were not
IN quite as we'll fed and quite as comfortable
\N and content and appreciated by our friends
y when kept the household expenses to dol
N lar a day as we could possibly be now
M From the remark I received the impress.
AN sion that the old stated appropriation for the
W\ household had been abandoned and that tho
N\ bills were much larger and less considered.
Mn And 1t is Just here that the householder OF
IA I either sex needs to take little concern and
IN logical forethought II a man who is work.
I'M ing for his living and for the future OF his
M family can save more money on $40 month
WIZ in a small town than he can save on 500 a
W. month in Chicago or other large city, why
Y need he come to the metropolis? How many
families In Chicago, for Instance. know
where the salary for the last month went In
all detailf Where the breadwlnner receives
into his hands regularly every week SEQ that
he has earned. the ways and means Of spend
ing 1t are as easy, ~
Wastes In Trying to Please.
\ How frequently the breadwtnner OF the
~ household might make money for himself.if
~ he would oversee the cost Of his table for
instance Ordinarily good wife is pleased
6l2f}
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Shows Corner Of Bill.

SAAoVo wv AhSA W 1850
Well, ! begin and shuttle the books on
the payment of the So. AS they are shutied
the corner Of the bill that is still attached
gets turned around next to ME, while the
corner that Is torn off gets around nextto
the passenger. whom have cornered In the
seat in a way that he can't see everything
that he really ought to see IN. order2to save
his money, When hold out the three books
for the drawing ] am in a position where
couldn't possibly see the corner that sticks
out. While lie Is where he can't see any
thing else
And he draws the book With the corner
sticking out!
take 1t from him instantly, and hold It UP
With the bill corner at the bottom, dipping
the leaves through from frnntto back and
forward again, In the act The corner Of The
bill drops out on the floor where he doesn't
see. Not here" ! says. You made a bad
draw, Here's the BILL" ] says, taking UP
the book that holds It and turning to the
$40 bill just where 1t lies. He doesn't know.
how 1t all happened. But console him
that he has the three Wild west books for
his library when he gets home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
BY One Of Them.

1t is sticking out or the center OF one Of the
other books. OF course the jay hasn't seen
that t e.ltf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

two inches thick each and costing me 40
cents volume. They've got some great
pictures on the cloth covers. and maybe
there's some hot stun inside-I don't know.
But here's my unparalleled offer: l pick
out my man and lay these three volumes
across his knees In the car seat and go after
him with some OF the war1nest kind of air
about their Interest, the binding, and the
Illustrations.
You pay me So for the set" explain,
I" but in doing It ] give you a chance to get
the books for nothing and at the same time
double yourinvestment,"
How Book Monte Is Played.
take out three small, thin spelling books
cloth bound, all alike as the blndery and the
presses can make them Then, careless
like, I take a $40 bill out OF my pocket, fold
It across In a sort Of Y shape and slip 1T into
the middle OF one OF the spelling books so
that just one corner Will stick out probably
q quarter OF an inch or course haven't
seen It! Sometimes the man on the cars
viii try to say something a bout It,. but cut
in and drown him out with easy talk TIL no
gets The idea that he might as well have that
ten and the books for five. and let It go at
that
But one corner oil the time Is torn off
that bill and about quarter OF an inch OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Better DispositionofIncon Needed


( Notwithstanding the American womans
disposition to hate arithmetic" rs she
says, the number OF men who turn their
salaries over TO their wives every week
is surprising, Perhaps husband of that
disposition might be even q poorer tlnancer
than Is HIS wife, but It is certain that II an
attempt were made for better disposition
of famiy's Income. there are few families
In tile country that could not profit by the
effort.
Some one has estimated that In many
families In the United States the table costs
80 per cent of the family income, When a
single person may live, and work. and feel
well on 30 to 40 cents a day, this proportion
is enormously out OF keeping And so fire.
quently the man who raises all kinds OF noise
at paying per cent Increase In rents
has never thought that his table bill Is nj
least so per cent In excess OF a sane business
conduct of his home,
Whena family pays 90 per cent OF It's In
come for rent In the metropolis and rs per
cent for Its commlssary, perhaps II has
small need to worry But to the extent
that 1t IL paying more It is time tina, concern
strikes as many members OF the family as
IS possible In bringing about reform.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

successful In politics. The answer was sim.
Pile. It was because they did not understand
the game OF politics. It would be Just the
same az II attempted TO manage some busl.
ness that did not understand. Failure
would be the result. A knowledge OF what
you are doing Is necessary in any line OF
human endeavor."
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-30
WESTERN PACIFIC RIGHT
OF-WAY TO COLC0NDA

The Western Pacific has a right of
Golconda. Stauffer & Reinhart on Sat-
urday decided the company a right Of
way through their ranch and that was
the last and includes all the ind vidual
holdings. Mr.. Roma. the right-of-way
agent, who has been in Winnemucca for
several days procuring the chain Of
titles, will leave in a day or two for
Golconda and the eastern end of the
Humboldt division to complete his work.
After securing the eastern end he will
&C to work on the right Of way between
Winnemucca and Deep Hole. the west
ern end of the Humboldt division. The
greatest obstacal he has encountered in
his work thus far is in the examination
of the records in getting abstracts of
title and maps. In many instances prop
erty owners have not deemed 1t neces-
sary to make their holdings a matter Of
record. The people Mr.. Roma has dealt
with thus far are practically a unit on
the subject of right of way and hail
The coming of the new road with great
delight. The Silver State liz of the opin-
ion that the Western Pacific will meet
with no one across whose property the
survey runs who will not be more Ian
fair to their new neighbor. the Western
Pacific, for all must realize what its
building means to the people of this
county and the State at large.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-30
RAILROAD BUILDING.

1t has been so many years since Ne
yada has been the scene OF much rail-
Dad build ng that 1t has been forgotten
he benefits that accrue from the build
ng OF a transcontinental line. Every
branch of busne the entire length Of
he State will experience quickening
when the Western Pacific gets in full
.ction. 1t means an increased popula-
ION and the expenditure of many hun
lreds of thousands of dollars. and every
BUSINESS man, every farmer, every arti-
IN and every laborer win share in the
BUSINESS to the extent that his re-
sources and efforts carry hms Winnie
nucca will be a fine business point. II
he Western Pacific makes the north
s.de of the river terminal point, with
he Southern Pacific at one end of the
own and the Western Pacific at the op-
)osite end of Bridge street. 1t will make
he town a hummer.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-30
STUDY OF KILN DRYING
BY FOREST SERVICE

Drying is an essential part of the
For long time the on.y drying process
used or known was air drying. or the
exposure of wood to the gradual drying
influence of the open air. Kiln-drying.
which is an artificial method. originated
in the effort to improve or shorten the
process. BY subject.ng the wood to
heated air. in confined space or kiln.
time is saved and a certain degree or
control over the drying conditions is se-
cured.
There are two points in the manufac-
ture of lumber at either of which it may
be kiin-dried. With softwoods. for In
stance. 1t is a common practice to kiln
dry the lumber at the sawmill before 1t
IS shipped. This practice, however, is i'll
would produce such checking and warp
ng as would greatly reduce the vanis
OF the product. In practice. theref IRE,
hardwoods are more or less thoroughly
sir dried before being placed in the kts.
where the residue of moisture may be
.educed to between and 4 per cent,
by air drying only. Yet another prac-
tice obtains in the case of few woods
which give up their moisture very Slow
ly. With these woods. of which cypress
is an example, the kim is resorted TO
both at the sawmill and at the factory
where they are remanufactured.
Kiln-drying is so important a process
that a need is keenly felt for fuller III
formation reagrding it. based upon SCI
entific study of the behavior of vari ,us
kinds of woods at different temperatures
end under different mechanical dry rg
devices. In the effort to develop it to
the highest efficiency, a variety Of metn
eds have been employed, hut as yet
these methods have not been careful
compared with a view to ascertain'ng
which; of them is best adapted to each
special requirement of species of mari
facture. The Forest Service has beg IN
. study of the dry-kilns Tn ,ughout the
country. first. to acQuaint itsclI with the
methods now in vogue, AMI second. TO
map out such improvements o. the kim
drying process as may eul,r it in the
highest deree satisfactory AMI profitable.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-30
THE TRAINS.

No. of this evening is coming in two
sections. The first section Is reported
IN time and the second section is 30
minutes late. No. 3 is coming in four
sections. The first section is reported
IS due here at 7:35 and is the regular
ocal train. The second section is due
at 745 and is made up of tourist cars.
rhe third section is due here at l0:45
md the fourth apd last section will fol-
ow at 11:55. The two latter are mixed
I. aims.