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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09

smoothness.
Just about this time, however, some
thing happened. My fellow-boarder had
run up a four-months' board bill on our
landlady, and he had to get out leaving
his baggage behind on a marshafs attach
ment. This sort o. opened my eyes about
the mani never by any chance do open
my eyes till somebody fastens cotton hook
to the lids and pulls 'em open. l felt sort
o. glad that my friends hadn't fallen for
his schemes and correspondingly sorry that
I'd ever introduced him to them at all.
'aThen, a few days after his departure
from the boarding house, l learned that,
long before I'd met him, he'd got into a
Washington man. one of my friends, for
about $1,000 on one of his phony South
American gold gags. Then the landlady,
who had begun to trace his record, began
to receive reports. His police record from
New York, for instance, drifted along.
Then ] went to see the man he had done
for the 81 GEO. and he showed me letters
from United States consuls and others in
Colombia and Ecuador. showing that the
man was one of the smoothest propositions
In the way of an all-around do-er that had
ever butted into the tropics.
Nothing for me to do. then, but to
trafpse around among the people to whom
had introduced him and tell 'em about
him But in several OF these cases he'd
already got into them. One OF them, an
old friend, had coughed up $500 or $500
wherewith to enable my crook friend TO
play his system of beating the market.
and he IS Still WhistluS. Anu DINERS ndo
fallen solely on my Introduction of my
oily feliow-boarder Then. to top 1t off,
the man out of whom he'd done the 81, 600
had him pinched on the charge of fraud,
and the whole story came out in the pa
pers-and me his main introducer and
sponsor In the pleasant little city of Wash
ingtpn.
"a man doesn't have to have whole lot
OF possessions to be mark. / haven't got
much to lose, but I did have a whole lot to
gain. and I've gained 1.-THE reputation of
being the most distinguished example of
the genus good thing and personally-con-
Quoted Patsie that ever gazed upon the
Potomac when 1t was yellow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09
No Such Temerity.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Meekly-"Yes. we're going to rnoya 20
Swamphurst.
Doctor-"But the climate there may dIsa-
gree with your wife,
Meekdy--'It wouldn't darel''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09
Mistake In the Landing.

From the Chicago News.
He tried to land on the other mans neck
But the other man had to be shown;
The would-be lander was sorry wreck
He had landed, instead, on his own.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23
Numero 1913.

Fciones volcanoes, son fen6menos tan
normales para nuestro planeta como
las lluvias y los vientos.
Todos ellos contribuyen la arno
MIA general del globo y desempenan
TN papel bienhechor, consistente en-
restituir las tierras dc cultivo los
elementos que las lluvias y las Co
rrlentes de aqua arras stran constante-
+mente hacia el mar.
As1, pues, Sc establece una especie
de ciclo regular, en- el cual los di
versos factories de evoluci6n terres-
tre, Sc completan s Sc equilibran mu-
t1am ente.
La faz de la terra Sc renueva de
un modo incesante. Los agentes at
1nofericos la desnrdan, Ia nivelan Y
la lavan, mientras que las fuerzas
volcanicas la dan nuevos aspectos Y
nuevos relieves y Ia conservan 81,
fertilidad eterna.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23
Las memorials Del general Andre

Vilemessant. Ell fundador del "Fi-
garo, albergaba Y ponfa en- practica
la creencia de que todo hombre te-
MIA TN articulo dentro del cuerpo.
El toque de la question consistla
tan solo en sacarselo, y el famoso pc
rlodista 10 conseguia siempre1 IA
cilmente. Asi 10 acredita, entire otros
testimonies, el de Daudet en- sus in
teresantes "Recuerdos de IN lite
ratio.
FL general Andre, que iuE minis
tro de la Guerra durante cinco amos
que vivi6 el gabinete Combes, Sc ha
acordado ahora de que "es frances
ha lanzado al pdblico los recuerdos
de las cosas que vi6 y oy6 en- Ell trans
curse de su quinquenio ministerial.
La obra del general, cue aparece
por fragmentos y exornada con re
tratos en- las columnas de lie Ma
tin, ofrece como caraCterfStica prin-
cipal la ingenuidad alberta, y sinIres-
tricciones, propia de Ia vida de cam
pamento.
nj. Andr6 ilustra sus Iecuerdos con
todas las cartas de recommendation
luc han lido llegando sns manos, y
Sc eomplace tanto mas en- publican
las, cuanto mas distanciados de sus
doctrinas y de su partido Sc encuen-
tran los hombres Que Sc las escri~
bian. Los periodicos menos radica-
les lie acusan de haber revelado i'm
portantiSlmOS SeCretOS de interes pa
ra la nacion, y es 10 cierto que este
general Sc aparta con su 1ibro de
todo miramiento para con sus con
|temporaneos, quienes juzga men
|ciona; habla de ellos como 81 va Sc
hubieran alejado de este mnndo y
hasta como 81 el propio memorials
ia hubiese tambien fenecido.
Tai es la causa de que para tantas
|gentes, sean ingratos los recuerdos
del exministro dc la Guerra, quien.
|por otra parte, maneja el habla con
soltura y rapidez no cxenta de cierto
|dejo folletinesco.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23

q Mr.. Root una vajilla hist6rica con la
inscripciEn. tIndependencia muerte",
vaplja hscha para el Rey Jeao VI y
que no volvio usarse hasta Ell el pri-
mer bsnquetc presidential de 1894 El
sesor Muller la compar6 con la Cam
pana de la Libcrtad.
Mr.. Root brind6 por los delegados.
El representante de Nicaragua contes-
t6 con adecuadas frases. Ell regreso
Sc verified la luz de la luna.
Rio Janeiro, 4 de Agosto.-El pre-
fecto Hassos llevo aver Mr.. Root y
su esposa en- automovil 4 Tijuca, punto
de campo cercano q Rio, y por la tarde
el Secretario hizo su vista de despedi.
da al Presidente RODRIGUEZ Alves.
Despu6s pas6 bordo del crucero
Charleston" donde hubo reception
muy cordial. Ell Presidente de la re-
phblica fue al charleston" las cuatro
de la tarde, saludando por los buques
de guerra brasilefos, argentine y ale
man hoy en- puerto El Presidentc
Rodrigues Alves prcsent6 la seffora
Root, en- nombre de la naci6n, un her.
moso diama1te del Brasil y el minis
tro de Hacienda, sefior de Bulhees Ie
di6 un cofrecillo de orc que contenis
un reloj El Secretario Root fue nom
brado miembro honorario del Colegic
de Abogaaos de Brasil
FL "CharleSton" sali6 las ocho de
la noche escoltado por los cruceros
"Barroso'', brasilef1o y "Buenos Aires,
argentine. FL cmbajador americana
Mr. Griscom y su esposa acompafaran
los viajeros hasta Santos, Estade de
Sac PawlO.
La conferencia panamericana en- ss
session de hoy recibio ell informe de Ia
comisi6n del Ferroearril panamericano
Forman dicha comisi6n delegados de
los paises mas intcresados'en esa Inca.
La Conferencia suspendi6 sus sesiene.
hasta el martes 7 y recibi6 entonces el
iDfornle de Ia csnisi6n sobre Arbitr aie
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23
Ell POLYO YOLCANICO
FEBTlLlzlDoR De Ia TERRA

Quiza no haya estado nunca la at
m0sfera tan Cargada de polvo volca-
nico como en- este aflo de 1906, que
apenas mediadO, sera celebre por la
|intensidad y frecuencia de las mani
festaciones plutonicas.
De clio son pruebas, no solo la
erupcion del Vesubio y Ia catastrofe
de San Francisco, sino otra porcion
dc paroxismos ocurridos en- divers S
parties del plan eta, como por elem
plo, en- el Etna, en- Ell Strongoli, en-
la isla de Ustica, en- Islandia, ETC.,
donde la actividad de las fuerzas
subterraneas han producido fenome-
nos que no por ser menos grandiosos,
han dejado de ser debidos & causs S
generates. Todos ellos han contri-
bnido & la formacicn de ese polvo
atmosferico que tanto da que pensar
q los ge6logos, porque dan mucha
luz acerca del verdadero papel que
los volcanes desempeflan en- la vida
de nuestro planeta.
La erupcion del Krakatoa, en- el
estreCho de Ia Sonde, entire Java y
Sumatra, veri6cada en- 1882, fue la
primera que llamo en- serio la aten-
ci6n de los sabios, por la extremada
diffusion del polvo volcanico, y a con-
tinuaci6n de csta c91cbre catastrofe
dnrante muchos afios, todos los OBJ
servadorcS estuvieron sorprendidos
por ell color rojizo que presentaban
los crep1sculos hasta en- las regiones
mas atlas de la atm0Sfera
La explicacion de tan inusitado fe-
nomeno, no sc tard0 mucho en- hallar,
al notar la presencia de TN polvo
muy tenue procedente de Ia erupcion
del Karakatoa, que Sc habla elevado
q considera bic altura y que los vien-
tos habian transportado en- torno de
nuestro planeta.
Las erupciones de principios de
este af1o, y en- especial la del Vesu :
bio, han seguido la ley, que desde
luego puede va considerarse como
general; y asf sucedio, que tres dfas
desputs de la erupci6n del volcan
italiano. amaneci6 Paris cubierto con
una niebla SEGA y amarillenta, que
'daba al sol TN aspecto muy particu-
! lar, Y al cabo de unos cuantos diaS,
durante una toTmenta que descaTg6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23
FL " Philaoetphi y

Pasajeros que conduce para New
York el vapor ''Filadelha":
A B Rudd, Henry A Sheldon, An
tonic Llabres, R P Nichols, Arthur
Dinet, c B Morton. II K Bsilly, E
Burke, Lewis Bullock, H c Ward
well, E J Garcia, ] NJ Rigan, L F
Bird y mas, P Deery Chief Beat
swain, y S n, Mati1de Brown, sefIora
c D Smith, Rafael Rodriguez, James
A Rold, Crlspulo Pereira Chas Gray
Luis Santaella, George Havenstrite
sehora F NJ Gregor y nif1o, ] Law y
nif1os, John y Alice Law, Te6fi1c
Smith, Nathan 3Tefo1, Richard CO.
ghlan, Miguel Mie4, Epifanio Rubio,
sefora y seflor r Conever, Emilio
Faura Rios, James F Comme1ly, ] +
Carrion, Ramon Aybar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23

representadas, a difundir la cultura,
etc. ect, NADIA mas plausible. Guam
to s los resultados polfticos, we're
mos. ST 10 que el gobierno de los
Estados Unidos va buscando cs for
mar un bloc, dirigido desde esta
capital, con todas esas naciones, un
bloc" anti-europeo, no hay iprobabi-
lidades de que 10 consiga, a juzgar
por informes que tengo por bucnoS.
\. w.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23
COnfertnCia PanameriCana

Rio Ianeiro, do Asosto.-El Sc
eretario Root prescnci6 aesde las gra-
das dc su palacio el desfile de 2,seo
hsmbres de esta guarnici6n, seguidos
por 5000 policfas, soldados de caballe
ria marinos Fue Este ell especta-
culo mas inponcnte de cuantos han
presentado hasta ahorR los festejos en-
honor del Congress- Intern aciOnal Anne
ricano y 10 rresenci6 una gran nul-
titud.
Mas tsrde, cuaHdo Mr.. Root 50 pre-
paraba para ir & visitsr el Jardfn Bo-
tanico, ell doctor NabuCo lie anunci6
que sl Presidente electo don Alfonso
Psnna, hey Vicepresidente, estaba en-
camino de San Pablo para Rio con
obieto de saludar 4 Mr.. Roet en- el
banauets que le dara ssts noche Ell
Presidente Rodrfgues Alves,
Ha llegado Mr.. Van Leer Polk, oil
dnico que faltaba de los dslegados
O3ILean eIICaUOs.
El doctor Muller, ministro de Obras
Pdblicas, acompah6 Mr.. Root sn la
ascension del monte Corcovads, que 4
dos nillas de Rio Janeiro SO eleva
dos mil pies sobrs oil nivel del mar.
Mafana habrz banquete en- honor
del presidente del Confreso Paname-
ricane DR.. Nabucs. En- cl Tsatro de
la Opera Sc did anochs una represen-
taci6n especial en- obsequio de les de-
lexados.
Rio Jansiro, de Agosto.-Mr.
Root, sl emb ajador Griscom cl Sc
nor Nsbuco visitaron hoy 81 Psrlamen.
to brasileffS y fuei on recibiaos con
marcadss muestras de deferencia. El
Secrstario pronunci6 un breve discur.
So. Los visitantes fueron despues 4
las carreras de caballos organizadas
por sl Jockey Club.
AHoche tuvo efecto el banquete ds-
do por el Presidente Rodrigucs Alves
{ los senores Root Nabuco, Griscom
Penna, este 1ltims Presidente elscto
de 10 repdblica. A Las .diez de Ia no,
che csnenz6 Ell gran bale dado por el
Aunicipio de Rio Janeiro. El minis
terio de Relaciones Exteriores e1
Palacis Monroe estaban iluminados
profusamsnte
Rio Janeiro, 3 de Agosto.-Comen-
tando Mr.. Root su excursion Ia cum.
brs del Corcovado con doscientes fun
cionario brasilefios y scompaf1antss,
So sxprcs6 EN- estos terminus:
"Aquslla vista me snonad6. rs el
eSpe ct2culo mas encantador que he
pressncia en- toda mi vida. NADIA pue.
do sobrepujarl La ciudad dc Rio
Janeire Sc ssta convirtiendo rapiaa-
mente en- una capital como Paris, y
con hoteles de primer oraen buenos
yapores atraera gran n6mero de los
viajeros precedcntes dc Europa tan
luego la descabran Sstos, como no
pu eac menos de suceder. En- esta
estacion su china es Ell de un verano
ideal.
En- la Gina del Corcovado hizo Mr..
Root la presentation de Mr.. Polk al
ga binete brasilefo. Mr. Van Leer
Polk eS el delegado americana que lego
tarde para embarcarse en- el vapor
byron" con los otros acaba de lie
gar 4 Rio en- el vapor .Nilo'. Al en-
prender Ell regreso Sc detuvieron los
excursionistas medic camino en- el
Hotel Cercovado, donde Sc sirvieron
refrescos. Los jardines del hotel son
magnf6cos Las mesas esta ban dis
Puestas en- torne de una decoration
floral enorme que represe sba 81 mapa
de las dos Americas. Z. ministro de
Hacienda seflor Lauro Muller presentS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-23
Desde BRASIL

Sac Paulo, 6 de Agosto. E1 Secre-
tario Root visit6 los cafetales modelo
del sefior Elisas en- Chaves. Al pa
sar por Campifas el pueblo le hizo
una ovaci6n. Mr.. Root y sus aeon
pafiantes regresaron por la noche /
esga ciudad.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31
HIS FIRST VISIT
HERE SINCE 1868

Harry LIE Bar and B. ]. Erwinc
drove down from the Mountain
View mine, at Pine, Tuesday.
They were accompanied by d. C.
Horton, of Chicago, an old friend of
MIR. Erwine. They left for the east
that evening and Mr. lie Bar is
spending a day or two in town. He
says that all the winter snow at
Pine disappeared days ago; but that
blizzard ragged in the hills Monday
and Tuesday.
MIR. Horton, who is a mining
man largely interested in copper
properties at Butte and elsewhere,
passed through this country in 1868,
while on his way overland from
Utah to Montana. He has not vis-
tied here since, and of course, every
thing except the eternal hills looked
strange to him. Aside from visit
ing his friend, he went to Pine to
examine a piece of placer ground
and the Mountain View. Later in
the season he will doubtless invest
in that district.
Mr.. Erwinc will spend most of
his time east this summer, looking
after other propositions in which
he and his partner, Mr.. lie Bar are
interested.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31
DEPARTMENT JACK SUP
u. S. LAND OFFICIALS

A press dispatch from Washing
ton, dated Tuedsay, says that Reg
lister Syms and Receiver Garrett, of
the Boise land office, have beenrep-
rimanded by Land Commissioners
Richards for the lax manner in
which they transact public business.
Furthermore, they have been in
structed to keep the office work UP
to date hereafter and keep their rec
ords clear and above suspicion.
Receiver Garrett has made an ex-
planation of the old safe that belong
ed to the office, that is satisfactory
to the department. He states it
was sold, after public notice, to the
highest bidder.
The balance of the charges against
those officials have been dismissed
as unworthy of further considera-
ton.
Surveyor General Eagleson has
been called upon to explain his
alleged part in a public land pool
He has also been asked as to some
other irregularities brought to the
attention of the department in the
report of Inspector Pollard, includ-
ing his inability to live amicably
with his subordinates. His reply
has not been received at the depart
ment.
The register and receiver of the
Haley land office, who were re-
Gently investigated, are charged
with many irregular money transac~
tions, including exaction of illegal
fees from cntrymen and others, and
with having failed to make proper
returns to the general land office
of much of such money SO collected.
They have been called upon to make
explanation of these deals.
The case is considered far more
serious than that at the Boise land
office, and, unless exceptionally
plausible explanations are made,
Sharp and Hodgman may find them
selves without employment.
The sundry civil appropriation
bill which was reported yesterday,
appropriates SIS, 600 to complete the
survey of the Idaho Montana boun-
dairy line. The bill does not cut
off the salary of land office re-
ceivers, as originally intended.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31
SPOTTED FEVER NOT
CAUSED BY TICK BITE

There is considerable speculation
regarding the cause of spotted, or
tick fever and many are inclined to
doubt it's being caused by the COM
mon tick. There are two species
of ticks in this section, the common
one being wel1-known to all ard
is of a brown color; the other is
red and has coating resembling
hair Placed under the glass this
tick is found to be spotted; or,
rather, to be dark colored in places
and light in others. In other ways
it resembles the common tick. Many
claim that the red tick is the cause
of the fever, but good authorities
argue that either will cause the
fever if PERSONS blood is disorder
ed and the tick has fed upon some
thing that would cause it to trans
NIT poison to the human system
through its bite. The disease is
bad enough, whether caused by a
red or brown tick and it is we'll to
take every precaution against it if
you are unlucky enough to get a
bunch of tick bites. Soda Springs
Chicftan.
Maverick is informed by local
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31
Good Fishing in the Syrup.

Bob Grove, c. L. Barrett, j. A.
Eyster end F. L. Carr went out to
the junction of Long Tom and
Syrup creeks Saturday and had a
good day of sport, catching twenty
five or thirty trout. They report
that only occasionally would one
rise to a fly alone, which had to be
supplemented by live bait. Bob
Grove says that an old timer out
there informed him that Syrup
creek derived it's name from an in
cident that happened there in the
carly days. A packer was taking to
the mining camps keg of syrup on
mule. Near where they fished
the animal ran away, going up
this stream and losing the keg.
So great a loss was this to the
miners that they immortalized the
incident by naming the creek for
the treasure that disappeared there.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31
SALE OF STATE LANDS
NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME
Several Sections Will be Sold as Soon as
PreIiminarieS Can be Com
LIeted.

1t has been decided to hold a sale
of state lands in Elmore county at
an early date. The exact time at
which it will be held has not been
determined upon, but Register Nc
Connel Of the land department states
it will be as soon as he is able to
arrange the preliminarics and de-
tails.
The lands to be sold lie under the
irrigating sysem that is being in
stalled by ]. H. Garrett and his as
sociates, and is said to be of very
good quality. Some of it is ap-
praised, without the water, as high
as SIS per acre, and cannot be sold
for less. The water right will cost
$40 per acre in addition, making
the total cost of the raw land, with
water, sos per acre.
Applications have been filed for
the sale of some two or three Sec
tions of land in all, and the man
agement of the canal under which
it is located, it is stated, has guar
such of the state land as is offered
for sale. Boise Statesman of the
30th.
In regard to the above, ]. H. Gar
rett says that he took the matter up
with Governor Gooding while In
Boise early in the week, who very
readily complied with the request
to do all that he could to hasten the
sale of these lands. He talked over
the matter officially with the other
members of the board and an agree
ment was reached, without friction.
Five or six sections will be offer
ed for sale, all in the vicinity of
Mountain Home, and some of it
practically within the city limits.
1t is this close in land on which a
valuation of SIS an acre is placed.
The sale will take place as soon as
the legal formalitics can be complied
with, in from forty to sixty days.
To appraise the land will be the
first thing to be done. 1t is thought
that it will run from $40 to SIS an
acre. This land adjoining Mountain
Home is a part of the most valu-
able which the state now owns.
For agricultural purposes there is
none better on earth. Every desir-
able feature is here combined, with
an unequalled climate and plenty of
water.
There is no question but what
there will be many bidders for the
choice tracts, resulting in a large
increase of population Immediately
tributary to Mountain Home.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31
Town full of Land Seekers.

The town is full of strangers this
week, people from everywhere who
have come here to buy lands and
establish homes. Maverick started
out several days since to cover this
story, but after working on it faith
fully, gave it up as hopeless task.
The cases couldn't be kept on all of
them. One interesting feature of
the situation is that there are a
number of gentlemen here from the
states west of Idaho, California,
Oregon and notably Washington.
Nevada, to the south, is also repre-
sented. There were several inn
portant sales of farm lands consum-
mated this week, the demand being
more active than ever before. In
one case buyer sold a track at a
profit of $3.50 before he had paid a
cent or secured his deed.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31
COMMERCIAL CLUB
DOES GOOD BUSINESS

The Commercial club held We IL
attended meeting Friday evening.
On motion of E. c. Helfrich, it
was decided to join the League of
Southern Idaho Commercial clubs,
with a representation of three dele
gates, at $5 per.
Attorney Wolfe embodied in a
motion approval of the portfolio
scheme for advertising southern Ida
no, as presented by President Stee-
vens when here some days since,
pledging this club to take two pages
therein, which motion passed with
out opposition.
w. A. Reynolds brought up the
matter of celebrating the Fourth,
moving that the club take the mat
| ter in charge, which motion car
ricd.
L. l. Herr moved that the chair
appoint committee of five on ar.
rangements. Attorney Wolfe amend
ed this so as to empower the COM
mite to appoint subcommittee oi
citizens not members of the club,
and as so amended the motion pas
sed.
The chair appointed j. A. Siffert,
E. F. Goddard, ]. H. Garrett, F.
A. Wilcox and Frank Boyd
The matter of paying for the
work of building the fence around
the new parks having been men.
toned for consideration, J. H. Gar.
rctt stated that men in his employ
had done the work, which he woulo
donate to the town-which settled
| that matter