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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03
Tips for Everything.

You have to pay fee or give tip to
somebody wherever you go whatever you
DO in England. The late Prof Swing Of
Chicago. after a visit to 1.-The old country"
said that he had given a shilling to every
body he saw except the queen, and could
not get near enough to her to do So If
you sit down in park a man or woman
comes around and collects penny for the
use Of the seat; you have to pay for the
use Of the lavatories in hotels, railway sta
tons and other public places. Your pro-
gram at the theater or at a concert costs
a sixpence, and If you have box you must
give the usher who opens the door-and 1t
Is usually woman-a shilling. An admis-
sion fee is charged at Buckingham Palace
at Windsor Castle, at Hampton Court and
at all the royal residences and public build
ings but there are free days at the art
galleries and museums. It Is the custom
to admit visitors one sometimes two
days in the week to the ancient castles
and curious private residences in different
parts of the kingdom, but every visitor is
required to pay a shilling. At Warwick
Castle, which Is one of the most interesting
places in England. and is visited by more
people than any other private home, the
collections average four and five thousand
dollars a year. The admission fee used to
be sixpence. but is now a shilling. The
steward in charge told me that he deposited
the money to the credit of the Earl of War
wick, but did not know what disposition
was made of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03
Doegerel of Tariff Reformers

If the arguments of the tariff reformers
in Great Britain are no better than their
poetry, they not likely to win. The
Tariff Reform League that I wrote you
about three weeks ago Is distributing all
kinds of literature among the voters Of the
United Kingdom-the speeches Of Joseph
Chamberlain and other statesmen cartoons,
pages of statistics and poetry. The follow
ing is a sample of the last named, and I
am told that millions of copies have been
circulated on printed slips:
''O'er free trades doom-that has SO long op-
We shall not mourn. 1t must be confessed.
This unfair system has prevailed for years.
Twas In Trafalgar square-the unemployed were
And they were Englishmen.
Oh give us work. they said; our children cry
Brave Nelson from his column cried: For this
l fought, for this died!'
pa poor EN- England ,d home AN and beauty
Along the line the signal
England demands on all foreign goods
At once impose a duty, --.--- ....
at once impose a duty
An, And soon with joy well roar,
When free trade is no more:
Wise Chamberlain leads the way.
Forever he'll be famed-true benefactor named,
His efforts viii in future save our workers from
starvation grave.
I'm England, home and beauty,
At once impose a duty;
Protect ourselves best can.
Work there will be for every man
When impose that duty
When we impose that duty.
"Ah, eys. the fatal wound :rl spread great JOY
around
When free trade has received that wound
Joe fights on our side. The day must GOMEZ he
cried
Too long has free trade lived
Our starving millions will have bread In plenty
when this free trades dead.
"In England. home and beauty
When we impose that duty
There be a chance for Englishmen
England. confess that Joe Chamberlain
Is right, SO do your duty,
Is right, SO impose that duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03

The Church Of Mary Magdalene at oxford
is called THE Archipelago" because 1t has
five aisles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03

George J. Gould, by decision rendered
yesterday by Justice Newburger in New
York. must pay to Sheriff Hayes S4,775
poundage fees on an attachment obtained
by John s. Jones for the recovery of $780,
COO alleged to be due in obtaining for Mr..
Gould and others coal lands in Ohio. When
the order of attachment was granted the
sheriff went to the Mercantile Trust Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03
There are 4.9O4 automobiles licensed
London and 2S.212 licensed in Paris.
Joke on Lord Roberts.

A good joke Is told on Lord Roberts, the
great British general. who pretends to have
a wonderful memory for faces. Indeed,
believe he tells the story on himself. Not
long ago at Aldershot he saw an old man
with an empty sleeve in the dress usually
worn by discharged soldiers from the Brit
ish army. The man smiled and gave the
military salute, and "Bobs," as the field
marshal is affectionately called by his old
comrades, offered his hand and said:
Il know you. We have served together
somewhere, but l cannot for the moment
recall your name or the place"
The man blushed deeply and replied:
Il beg your lordship's pardon but l never
in a hay cutter, but when 1 was a young
man 1 was in the Yorkshire militia
And very good militia that was" said
his lordship, to relieve the mans embar-
raSsment.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-14
SC0TN The FAKIR
LEAVES CHICAGO BROKE

Walter Scott, alias ''Scotty, - the
Death Valley miner, possessed of
wealth variously estimated at TWEEN
ty cents to a ''clean million, - who
recently sprang into the limelight
by flying across the continent in a
chartered train at the rate of 100
miles an hour, left Chicago a few
days since.
Behind him remained a world OF
trouble, about fifteen hungry act
ors, his wife, his dog "Scotty'
and an old-time pal, "Slim, 6
donkey, who according 10 report
has carried millions of dollars in
bullion on his honored back.
''Scotty" recently deserted the
prosaic life of prospector for the
footlights, and last Saturday night
the company closed a weeks en-
gagement at the Alhambra, where
'Scotty" essayed the role of THE
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-14

Man of Scars, Mystery of the
Desert an individual who main
tanned his own graveyard and an
ambulance corps to bury the vic
Tins of his trusty revolver
The manager owed 81, in
salaries and unpaid bills, it is said,
when his company left St Louis
vo weeks ago
Since that time, according to the
members of the company, "Scotty'
has ''fourflushed, telling them
that as soon as he reached Chicago
he would ''touch'' his hacker and
send them on their way rejoicing
When the Death Valley aggrega-
ton reached Chicago no ''backer"
appeared and the repeated efforts of
actors to obtain. information as to
the probable time of the ghost to
walk were met with the assur-
ance ''that something would be
DOING on the following day
Finally when the individual bank
accounts had been practically ex-
hausted, the players descended up
on II c death Valley Mystery in
body and demanded payment
He promised to produce cash, but
instead left town with the word
that he had gone to Boston to meet
his ''pa1'' who would at once tel
egraph funds to Chicago for their
relief.
The actors are incredulous, how
ever, and last night they were
roundly scoring the alleged -four
f1usher.'' G'.ins 1857
In the meantime, Mrs. Scott re-
mains in this city also without
funds, while a. number of the mem
bers of the troupe are without the
necessary cash to afford a banquet
on coffee and rolls.
'Scotty,.'' the dog, which travel
ed across the continent with his
master and Mrs. Scott, is lonely
! figure about the lobby of the AL
hambra, while 'Slim,' the intelli-
gent donkey, who played a hea y
thinking part in the blood curdling
drama, is Sin hock' at livery
stable with a tag on his tail
I 1t reads: &C. o. d. So
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-14
Weather Report.

The week opened with cool
weather and the mean temperature
was considerably below the normal
for the week, the average daily de-
ficiency in some sections having
been IL degrees or more; however,
though the nocturnal temperature
in few localities was sufficiently
low on several dates to permit the
formation of frost, the week was
not characterized by extremely low
by low maximum temperatures from
day to day. In favored localities
the temperature reached 20 degrees
or above on June 1 and 2, but on
other days the maximum tempera-
ture ranged generally between SO
degrees and 90 degrees. The weath-
er was mostly cloudy except ON June
1 and D, which were generally
clear, and the heavy rains of the
previous week continued over most
of the state till May 80. In many
localities the rain is reported to
have been the heaviest ever known
at this season. Some rain fell on
Sunday, the third, but it is believed
that this was light in most places
Some scattered hail storms are re-
ported. During the rainy period
some of the higher mountains, par
ticularly the Sawtooth range, re-
ceived heavy coating of snow, adj
ding to the large supply that re-
manned from last winter, this fal
in some instances having amounted
to 10 inches. Streams are carrying
good flow of water, but most Of
this water is from rain, as the
weather has been too cool for any
considerable melting of mountain
snow. At Ellerslie, this, Elmore,
county there fell during two days
last week las inches of water, as
much as during four months last
year, beginning May 1. Here at
Mountain Home rain fell daily from
May ~ to 80 inclusive, amounting
to o. SO of an inch; the maximum
temperature was IS degrees ON the
second, and the minimum was 81
degrees May 81. Heavy showers
fell at intervals from Monday morn
ing through Tuesday night of this
week.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-14
Fencing out CriCketS.

A special from Idaho Falls TO the
Salt Lake Republican says; The
cricket pest for time seemed to
be gaining ground north of here,
but advices from Plano and other
points near st. Anthony indicate
that the insects have been corraled
in good shape. A fence made of a
10-inch board, with sheet tin tack
ed to the top has been constructed
for about 10 miles, and when the
crickets crawl up it to the tin they
have reached their limit. They
are being starved out, and no further
damage is anticipated by the farm
ers of Fremont county.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-14
WINDING SNAKE RIVER
WILDLY DEPICTED
In Many Respects the Most Wonderful
Stream in tn World. 1000
Miles Long.

I is near the town of Hagerman and
is known as Thousand Springs.
For half mile and from an eleva-
ton of from IS to 200 feet whole
rivers gush forth from the roots of
the sagebrush, sometimes in broad
white sheets of waving mist, SUI
perb in color, like small Niagaras,
but more often in a series of tiny
falls and glittering cascades, which
leap from rock to rock, and finally
di, solve in spray as they crash
upon the rocks beneath. 5
The seepage from these lost rivers
has wrought other astonishing re-
suits in the canyons of the desert.
In several places great side alcoves
extend northward from the main
canyon. These in no way owe their
existence to the action of the Snake
or other streams. The most noted
is the sLost" or Blue Lake canyon.
| 1t is an immense semicircular
chasrn, some two miles long, with
Perpendicular walls more TINA 500
feet high. No streams enter from
any direction, but at it's head and
mouth are mammoth springs, dis
charging many cubic feet of water
per second, which have formed
two dark blue lakes. The water
from these springfield lakes, by
erosion, and by concentration OF
energy, has eaten its way through
solid basalt rock, forming deep
cut canyon.
No other river has as many mag
nificent cascades and water falls as
the Snake. The greatest is Sho-
shone falls. Its volume is less than
that of Niagara, but the fall is so
feet greater and during the spring
flood it is as great a wonder as Nj
agara. At Idaho Falls, the water
thro VS. itself abruptly over a great
ridge of basalt rock into narrow
trench below. The American falls,
farther down the river, is even
more imposing, for the volume OF
water is much greater. The Snake
broadens before reaching the falls,
and then takes mighty plunge of
more than so feet. AT Salmon
falls near the mouth of the Big
Wood river, the stream dashes, in
one cascade, over a declivity 80 feet
high. There are many other beau
tiful falls, all of which would be
more or less famous were they not
overshadowed by the grandeur of the
three cataracts in the south central
part of the state, namely, Shoshone,
J Anger, and Twin falls, all within
, short distance of each other.
At its junction with the Clear
water, the Snake turns sharply
westward. The hills again assume
: the form of rugged perpendicular
{ walls, the river narrows into tur-
= buient and broken sea-green stream
1 Nowhere in the Snake river can
/ yon is there a better example of thu
t columnar basalt formation than here
: In many instances the lava, on cool
5 ing, has retained a perpendicular
= position in the form of columns anC
? pillars, sometimes huge and mas
) sive, like the ruins of a Roman
{ temple, but more often in graceful
symmetrical sheets, even and deli
t cately wrought.
G For another hundred miles tn
I Snake flows westward through it
canyon, until, 20 miles below it
c Oregon boundary, after lionel
G course of 1850 miles, it pours int
Nthe mighty Columbia. w. H
Y KirHide in Worlds Work.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-14

FARM FOR SALE on easy terms.
Watered by large spring, plenty OF
fruit, good buildings, % acres nine
miles from town, on Dixie road
Enquire at phone 160F.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-14
REMEMBER
Record, 2:15 IA
Registered Number, 284O4

Boy 844; Remembrance, George
Cherry zooH Avon
Agnes 2:,8H; only
performer standing Idaho
privilege.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
Pixies PEAK MEDAL.
Design Adopted by Pixies Peak Memo
rial Association.

Washington. D. C.-Representative
Brooks, who has been taking active
steps to have the Pixies peak celebra
tion success, makes the following an
nouncement:
1.-The design for the medal which the
government has authorized to be
struck off for the Zebulon Pike Memo
.ill Association, to be disposed of in
connection with the celebration next
October has been completed and ap-
proved by the association. Three
classes of medals will be put on sale
in jewelry shops and curio stores in
leading towns Of Colorado very shortly.
They will be of bronze, silver and gilt.
The bust of Lieutenant Pike is dis
played on one side of the medal and
a perfect reproduction of Pixies peak
itself on the reverse side. A number of
the medals will be furnished with bars
and pins. An order has been given the
mint authorities for 1000 Of these med
ais for the first sale, which will begin
probably early in July. The prices will
range from 81 to So, save for the first
twenty-siX of each class. which will be
numbered and put UP at auction. 1t is
predicted that medal number Of each
class will easily bring a large sum-"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
CIRCUS CHARIOT IN
WILD RUNAWAY RACE.
Vehicle Loses It's Driver and Thrilling
Contest E-sues-Audience
in 4 Panic.

Alton. Ill.-One of the most thrilling
chariot races probably ever witnessed
in this country took place the other
night before 1000 persons In Alton,
when one of the tandem teams in IA
circus lost its driver in a collision and
becoming maddencd charged five times
around the arena, cndangerinG the
lives of more than 900 persons.
Joseph Mcscal, driver of one of the
| chariots, was thrown from his vehicle
| in a collision with the chariot driven
| by Mrs. Abrams at the second turn
and he WAS sent flying into the crowd
| occupying the seats at the ring side
Wien they felt the reins loosen the
animals dashed ahead with renewed
speed, charging full toward the sEeg-
tators at the next turn as ii they
| would not turn. bat would plUnge
among the crowd The people STAN
peded for the higher seats and tram
pied upon each other in their excite
ment. Women were seized with hgs-
terra and screamed
The horses turned all right ana
made down toward the other end o.
the track. where Il similar panic en-
sued. For fear of another collision
Mrs Abrams turned her horses Out
of the side gate and gave the full
track to the runaways. Around and
around flew the horses, seemingly go
Ing faster at every bound.
Dirt was thrown over the spectators
left in the lower seats and several
times the wheels Just missed the grand
stand. If it had knocked the supports
from under this undoubtedly the loss
of life would have been great After
the first circuit or two the spectators
had retreated and were huddle into
solid mass at the top of the rows of
seats.
Twenty or 80 clowns with bogus
musical instruments had been giving
g. burlssQue rehearsal in one OF the
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
NEW KANSAS SENATOR.
Burton, Sentenced to Jail, Resigns and
Cobur1 is Appointed.

Topeka, Kan.-Foster Dwight Co.
burn was appointed United States SEN
ator by Gov. E. w. Hoch Monday. to
succeed J. r. Burton, who had resigned
earlier in the day. He has not def
nitely accepted the appointment.
The appointment is meeting with
general satisfaction over Kansas, Mr.
Coburn being probably the most popu-
lar man in the Republican party in the
state.
The fame of Senator Coburn as a sci
entitic and practical agriculturist is
world wide. He is as well known in
several European countries as he is in
many parts of Kansas. His books are
used in Australia. His name signed to
a crop report is certificate of ac-
curacy and has caused grain markets
to f1uctuate.
When the corn crop failed and farm
ers wanted to know about feeding
wheat to stock he issued a pamphlet
on the subject for free distribution
and followed this with series OF
pamphlets on live agricultural topics
which are known as Coburn's Red
Line" series and are accepted as text
books on agriculture.
Mr.. Coburn first advised the planting
of alfalfa from personal knowledge of
its value, and revolutionized the hay
industry. He was pioneer in the ad-
vocacy of stock feeding for beef and
earned the gratitude of stock growers
who have profited by his teachings.
His thirty years of practical farming
and his facilities for experiment and
research in his official capacity have
enabled him to collect for farmers the
best known methods of carrying on ev,
cry detail of work for increasing the
profit of the farmer, stock grower,
chicken fancier, dairyman, hay grower,
etc.
F. D. Coburn was born in Jefferson
county, Wisconsin, in 1916. He served
in two Illinois regiments during the
Civil War and settled in Kansas in
| 1867. He has served for the past six
| teen years as secretary of the Kan
sas State Board of Agriculture. He
was commissioner of live stock at the
| St. Louis Exposition in 1904. His
Home is in Kansas City, Kansas. Thir
ty-five years ago he walked across the
Missouri river on the ice and into the
| Sunfower State. Since then he has
| worked every day and often far into
! the night for the benefit of the state
and the farmers of the world. Since
| he took to the desk he has regularly
spent twelve to fourteen hours daily
at it.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
TO PRESERVE NIAGARA.
House Bill Reported to Protect the
Great Falls.

Washington - Chairman Burton of
House rivers and harbors committee
has submitted report ulen the bill to
protect Niagara falls. The report says.
in part:
The committee regards he juris.
diction of the United States over Mag
ara falls as unquestionahle. because it
is a navigable stream in the greater
part of its length.
THE bill authorizes:
The assurance of permits to indi-
viduals, companies or corporations al
ready using water to the extent to
which water now is being used.
THE issuance Of further permits
both for the diversion of water on the
side of the United States and for the
transmission of electricity created by
water power from the Canadian side;
this, however. in all cases, with the
limitation that. such permits shall not
impair the scenic grandeur of Niagara
falls, the navigability of the river or its
integrity as boundary stream
''All permits to be granted under the
bill are revocable within three years
by the secretary Of war. and shall In
any event terminate at the expiration
OF three years"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
CLEMENCY TO CONViCTS.
Colorado Board of Pardons Commutcs
Four Sentences.

ver.-Commutation of sentence
was granted to four convicts in the
penitentiary in Canon City by the
State Board of Pardons at a meeting
held in the governors office June 1st.
The persons who will receive clemency
are Lee Bedford, a negro; Paul Bilious,
Alexander Norris and Z. e. Sonnan
stine.
Bedford was sentenced from Pueblo
county by Judge Dixon on December
u, 1902, to a term of ten to fourteen
years for attempting TO kill man Of
his own race. District Attorney Lowe
appeared in behalf of the convict and
put up plea of self-defense for him.
Bedford's petition for commutation
was signed by the best colored people
of Pueblo, including several ministers
of the gospel. The board commuted
his sentence to four to fourteen years.
Paul Bilious was committed from
Huerfano county by Judge Northcutt,
October 6. 1902, to from eight TO four
teen years for criminal assault. There
was very little evidence upon which
to base conviction, it is claimed, and
it was also represented that his alleged
victim, a seven-year-old Mexican girl,
WAS llOl IlJulSu ll lllo Hdu'IS. llio
term was shortened to six to fourteen
years.
Alexander Norris was sentenced
from Weld county by Judge J. H.
Boughton, October l. 1899, to fifteen to
twenty years, for assault. A mistake
was made in the commitment. the SEN
tence twenty TO twenty" being not
what was intended to give him. The
board shortened the term to ten to
twenty years.
II. f. Sonnanstine was convicted in
Ell Paso county and sentenced by Judge
f. E. Lewis in April, 1905, to five to six
years, for criminal assault. The
nother-in-law and wife of the convict
worked increasingly to bring the case
up before the board. The mother-in-
law was present in the governors re-
ception room when the Communication
was announced. The sentence was
committed to fifteen months to three
years.
Numerous applications were refused.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
SUICIDE OF CONGRESSMAN.
Robert Adams, Jr., Of Pennsylvania
Shoots Himself

Washington. - Representative Rob
art Adams of the Second congressional
district of Pennsylvania died at Emerg-
ency hospital in this city as the resul.
Of pistol shot fired through his
mouth into his head, with suicida! in
tent.
The act was committed at the club
chambers of the Metropolitan Club.
where Mr.. Adams had resided for sev
eral years, some time between & and Z
o'clock Friday morning. 1t was not
dntil s O'Clock, however, that he was
found by Horace Clark, one of the ne
gro bellmen.
Robert Adams was one of the most
popular representatives in Congress
and he has been identified with many
matters of worldwide Importance. His
position as ranking member OF The ma
jority after the chairman on the House
committee on foreign affairs has, ow-
ing to the i'll health of Mr.. Hit, made
1t necessary for him to largely direct
the business of that important COM
mittee, and he was thus brought into
close contact with President Roosevelt
and Secretaries Hay, Root and Taft.
The height before his death Mr.,
Adams write the following letter to
Speaker Cannon:
MY Dear Mr.. Speaker-The fact
that my personal obligations exceed
my resources is my only excuse for
abandoning the responsible position |
occupy in the House. am willing to
be buried at its expense, but ask that
no committee be appointed or memo
rial services held, as have never been
in sympathy with the latter custom. -
In view Of the request contained in
the letter written to the speaker by
Mr.. Adams, no congressional commit
tee will accompany his body to Phila-
delphia. An officer of the House will
go, however. and it is understood that
informally several members of the
House will also act as an escort.