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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-11-03

MR.. CLAUS ANDERSON, nominee
for county commissioner. is a man
well adapted to fill the important po-
sitlon of county commissioner OF this
county. He has been engaged in the
mercantile business in Idaho Springs
for great many years and by virtue
OF this business and his acquaintance
with the people of this county, he is
placed in a position whereby he will
be enabled to fill the position with
credit to himself and his constituents
He is man of education and
ability and is thoroughly competent to
perform the duties of the office which
he is now asking from the voters of
this county.
If elected, he will be found TO be a
valuable adjunct to Messrs. Maxwell
and Jones who are the holdover com
missioners. He will work in conjunc-
ton with them to run the county on an
economical basis and help and assist
them in paying off the large indebted
ness which was left to them as
legacy by the Democratic board of
county commissioners.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-11-03

DIR. CHARLES A. FERRIS. nominee
for county coroner, is a practicing ply
sician at Georgetown.
He has resided in this county for a
number Of years and has established a
reputation among the people as a
straight and upright man.
1t is much more desirable to have a
physician for the Office of coroner as
very often the county is saved the ex-
pense of an inquest as well as an au-
topsy to ascertain the cause OF death,
merely by the knowledge necessarily
possessed by practicing physician.
The office of coroner, while seem
ingly an unimportant one. is quite to
the contrary. Upon the good judg-
ment of the coroner in the conduct Of
his office, depends whether the tax
payers shall be called upon to pay
much unnecessary expense, which
while it may be legally incurred, may
at the same time be petty graft.
W, believe it to the interests Of the
taxpayers of this county and every
one who is favorable to good govern
ment, and the economical administra-
ton Of the office Of coroner to cast
their votes for DR.. Charles A. Ferris.
MR.. HARVEY R. OLIVER, nominee
for county surveyor, Is deputy
United StafaS cnrvoyNr roCiAine
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eventful yet so full of interest to me, have be,
come what l hoped they would in time, a
pleasant memory.
Mr.. c., the first mate, has done what
every calf, If only given rope enough, is bound
10 do sooner or later, hung himself 1t will
require no interference on my part TO insure
hIs non continuance AS member OF this ships
company. As to Morris Hart our boy sailor,
| need only quote Jacks words: There
aint no body for'ard what looks no tougher
AN Norris Jack aud Anderson, both in.
jured, viii be taken to the hospital in the
morning. And Mr.. R, the second mate
of him | am glad to be able to say something
kind before he leaves these pages forever. |
appreciate his well meant efforts to make this
voyage pleasant one for me, and | do not
hesitate TO say that he is an officer both con
scientious and able in the performance of his
duty as he sees it. Without him we should
have been in a bad way indeed.
Finally, as | come to close this diary-for |
shall noteontinue it further-and take retro.
spectve view of the last two months, cannot
but feel that they are, perhaps, the most novel
and interesting of my life. And this evening
| look about me on scene of almost heavenly
beauty. The white city, lying in the near
distance. from which the sound of life can be
heard life the hum OF insects on a summer
night: the many colored lights peeping out,
one by one; the music of Il band coming,
softly meliowed by distance, over the water;
the stately palms; the towering peaks and the
rich glow of tropical sunset forming the back
ground of picture which it would be prOfa
nation for one with only my command of
words TO attempt TO describe. But now, in
the few remaining minutes Of daylight, before
the gathering night has dissolved the scene, |
wonder can 50 much beauty be meaningless.
Can 1t be no more than the mere qualification
Of ones sense OF sight, or ones taste for the
hcautiful Yes, surely it is more. There is
an eloquent sermon in it al for one who cares
to heed it. Storms, Gains, head winds, fair
wiuds. fogs, and lheu-lhis ''Swih to its
close ebbs out lile's little day. but could We
know that, in the evening. such an ending
awaited our voyage over the sea Of life, how
little would We care what befclI US during the
passage.
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Receipt for a Good whitewash.

The receipt for whitewash sent out by
the Lighthouse Board of the Treasury
Department has been found by experience
TO answer on wood, brick and stone nearly
as well as oil paint and is much cheaper.
Slack ope-half bushel of unslacked lime
with boiling water, keeping 1t covered du-
ring the process. Strain 1t and add peck
of salt dissolved in warm water; five pounds
of ground rice put in boiling water and
boiled to thin paste, onehalf pound OF
powdered Spanish whiting and pound OF
clear glue, dissolved in warm water; mix
these well together and let the mixture
stand for several days. Keep the wash
thus prepared in a kettle or portable fur
mace and when used put it on as hot as
possible with painters, or whiteWash
brushes.
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Lay me low, my work is done.
| am weary, lay me low,
Where the wild flowers WOO the sun,
Where the balmy breezes blow,
Where the butterfly takes wing,
Where the aspens, dropping, grow,
Where the yonng birds chirp and sing
| am weary, let me go.
| have striven hard aud long
In the worlds unequal fight,
Always to resist the wrong.
Always to maintain the right.
Always with a stubborn heart,
Taking. giving blow for blow;
Brother, | have played my part,
And am weary, let me 60.
Stern the world and bitter cold,
Irksome. painful to endure;
Everywhere a love Of gold,
Nowhere pity for the poor;
Everywhere mistrust, disguise,
Pride, hypocrisy aud show.
Draw the curtain, close mine eyes,
am weary, let me go.
Other chance when | am gone
May restore the battle call,
Bravely lead the good cause on
Fighting in the which fall.
God may quicken some true soul
Here to take my place below
In the hero's muster roll
am weary. let me go.
Shield aud buckler, hang them up.
Drape the standards on the ~ali;
have drained the mortal cup
To the finish. dregs and al.
When our work Is done lis best.
Brother, best that We should 90.
am weary, let me resi-
| am weary. lay me low.
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"Wednesday. October isth.


"How slo~ ala. ...
Arshoaghf that uiss u da~uiae gray
Woali never dapple into day;
Hos heavily II rolled away
Before tho cas;eru fame
Bat hAvlag bccn reared on the siEhi of bills
and moaaiaius, The aAgai6eeace Of the scene
~hieh the aals,, lilsiag ike curtain, revealed
ibi, morning bad perhaps uo, quite The same
charm iog me thai vieS u aseh sublime
grandeur -ould probSbly possess for an East
cru Sho man- Aud yet, | think. that even
one who hal liycd a.. his lfc IN sams valley
ol the Rockies. of "a the shad0~ 4 Mont
Blaze, couid hardly fail 10 De Impressed By
the A~e inspiring beauty Of these gigantic hills
They seem = hitiug hone fog race Of TItAns.
vast wilderness unsis for man. Doubtless
these dark green vAsinessss Of yirg'u forest.
Tising almost perPen4,eulAFly out of the sea
and lost IN the clouds above. look the same
to-day A. they did over ioar hundred years ago
when 6rsi seen BY white man.
However, The prospect IS not entirely ~ith.
| out Suggestion Of human bis, for, fitting
| back And forth Ai shat seems to be periioasly
close distance to the jagged rocks over ~kich
the boom Of the surf can be distinctly heard
from the deck II our ship. are little los lying
| vessels With lAisea sails so enormously out Of
all proportion to the size OF their haIls, and 50
set, on either sids, IS TO give ihem striking
resemblance to white winged gulls :
Captain n tells the that from the Equator
down We have come very near making. If We
have not quite made, . record; bat, at the last
moment, our luck seems to have changed.
Ali day We have been Aimlessly cruising about,
up and doWn before the entrance to The bar.
Dor. as if gre we're part OF bloekading squad
ron aud Rio de Jausiro Was in a state Of siege.
We we're KEEP, out by head wind. Then,
towards evening, the sea breeze, although
favorable, brought slong with l. such dense
fog that we we're worse of than before. FL
nally the night came oE--to use one Of the
captains favorite eomparisons-''as black as
a nigger's pOcket -
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DIARY OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZIL
lCnScLUpEDl
ny PAUL REESE
Tuesday. October I.Gh.

Most of the tramp steamers we have seen
well meri, their name, so shabby and dlsrepu-
table looking we're they. But this morning
we passed marine dude. 50 rrspleRdeni in
coat OF ne~ paint. shining brass, and polished
wood work, that. had not her derricks BE-.
iraycd bsr nomadie character. she might have
been taken for yacht. | made out her name
through the gass-,he Canning.
~as standing By the niI GA the quarter.
deck. about three bells this evening. watching
cuEioas booking clasd on the horizon, aud
woudrring shy !, I'D nol move or ehAngr its
form. ~bcu the cApiaia said to me: That's
,hr drss land you have seen Tor some time.
isut ug" What land don's see any
laud. well. if looked 81 moaHtAin As
bjs =. that one. and siAred a. u &s hard IS yog
are staring. ih,nk Ia come pretty aeaT seeing
II, Is that cloud Tn booking al moun.
tain - "Ycs. u's mogalAla on Ancosa l..
land. 80 hirh shs, u can be seen al almos,
iaerrdlhic distance Al scs ou a clear dAy.
- 4, sigh. o clock sighted Cape Fro,
ard before sen, below for The nigh, The light
apoa RAzA Island, At the entrance 10 Rio
hArbor, vas sending its RAYS to meet Is shroaEh
the darkness, proslAimlng oar passage al tat
complete
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-03-30

There's sweet little cherub that sits up
aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.
Blu, how much OF the responsibility for our
safely riding at anchor here ia Rio harbor is
due to our own cherubicaliy proportioned
skipper, or how much We may be indebted to
the aforesaid little sky pilot for having kept
his celestial weather eye upon US, is too much
OF a question for ne TO answer off hand.
However, gratitude as we'll AS charity, think.
should begin at home, and so, while rendering
unto Captain Ayrick the things which are
Captain Myrick's, aud unto the cherub with
taste for navigation the things which are the
cherub's, shall wait until have a chance 10
thank the latter personally, in spite of the fact
that it may not be for some time to come.
For the present l confne myself 10 saving
here that, while very ignorant still of many,
perhaps most, things pertaining to the hand
ling OF ship at sea, could not well be aboard
vessel like the Good News for nearly nine
weeks without absorbing through the pores of
my skin, if through no other channel certain
amount of knowledge; enough, at least, 10
warrant my saying that Il captain who could
bring his ship on SO long voyage to her des
tinaton in safety, with Il mate like c. and
less than half crew, must have had some
outside help, as the couplet indicates. But
am inclined to think that. had not our skipper
been one in ten thousand, the little boy up
above would have had contract on his fat
little hands that he would remember through
all eternity.
The passage from Fernandina. Florida, to
Rio de Janeiro is completed. For over two
months | have been rocked in the cradle of
the deep;" soothing process, maybe, for an
old sea-dog, but a process which has often had
an effect quite the contrary on novice like
myself The days since embarked, SO uu.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-03-30
Can You Define Them ?

How many people, even Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution, can define
the following words? To how many does
any of the words convey picture? Yet
they were all of good usage in colonial days:
Allibanies, balcony, bishops, baths, horse
hair bonnets, mushmellon bonnets, whale
bone bonnets, wagon bonnets, beehive
bonnets, flap breeches, "Franklin's' s.
(broadcloth breeches, lined with leather, }
iron busks, whalebone busks, conch shell
bottoms Washington had a set, byram,
mems newmarket caps, chapeau, bras,
caushets, chints, clocks, cushiloes, cutta-
nees, cue de Paris, chuckloes, dannador,
dickmansoy, everlasting, forettes, great
coat, gray duroy, gulix, roll up stockings,
issinghams, huckabacks, Jobs tears, kiti-
soils, lemoees, moree, naffermany, saxling
ham, side locks, ,skimmers, small cloths, spice,
elm d soosus, pack thread stays, stiffners,
tandems, ticklenberg, tout pies, thrumbs,
turkets, oiled liner -watchets, shagreen, etc.
A great lie is like a great fish on dry
land; it may fret and fling and make
frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you.
You have only to keep still and it will die
of itself.
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9netrp.
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VALEDICTORY.

BY ADAM LINDSAY GORDON.
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Represents the following Companies
Royal Fire Insurance Co. of Liverpool.
Continental Fire Insurance Company OF
New York.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society of
England.
Employers Accident Liability Assurance
Corporation Limited of London.
No Notes. No Assessments.
jan 27V
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"How slop Alas ..
Arghoughi that rllss II da@niag gray
wosli never IappIe into day;
Ho- heavily II rolled away
Before th- eastern fame
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
AROUND THE BAY

REV. T. J. o'coNNELL GOES EAST.-Ala-
media, Sept. 1.-THE Rev. T. ]. o'Connell.
assistant rector of ST. Joseph's Church. left yes
Council of the Young Mems Institute He will
visit Baltimore Boston, New York and other
Eastern cities before returning to Alameda.
LOCATE MISSING GIRL.--Alameda, Sept
17.--Ada Kimmel, 10 years Of age, who disap-
peared from her home, 22le Alameda avenue,
qbe ehd sfter leaving @ here went
to the home Of H. e. Brun in the tewn where
she found.
SENIORS ELECT oFFIcERs.-oakland. Sept
1.-THE election OF officers by the senior
class of St. Mary's College resulted follows:
President, 9. Deterding; vice president, Edward
retary, William H. Barringer; class historian,
Harry a. Davie.
CHIEF CLERK REsIGNs.-oakland, Sept.
oafsnd Yard ssBt 1 oee Ct the
Southern Pscine Company H. has 70 resigned his po.
the older se n the es
of gold buttons to Brown.
SHOT BY HIS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sept. 17.--Aihino Fcrrero, a laborer residing at
cidentally shot by bis companion. Peter Grande,
while the two were hunting yesterday In the
of buckshot in his body, Grande standing not
more than twenty PAGES away The wound may
BERKELEY PASTOR CALLED AWAY
Berkeley, Sept. 1.-THE parishioners of Rev.
G. X. Jenness OF the Trinity Methodist Episco-
pal Church received news today that their pas
Church Of Parkersburg, West Virginia. and that
he would leaYe on October for his new field.
HAYWARD HOTEL AssURED.-San Mateo.
Sept. 17.-Citizens Of San Mateo have subscribed
$1,000 over the amount set apart for them for
Hayward hotel project. According to the orig
fnal plan the company TO be ineorpora ted
for $500. 600. of which 100000 was to be fur
nished By the citizens Of San Matee.
A. G. WEBB JR. INJURED.--Alameda. Sent.
IA. G. Webb Jr., a member OF the Alameda
Boating Club, who was recently acquitted of
felony charge in the Superior Court. was In
jured at the municipal electric light and power
plant last evening by the falling of chain
hoisting tackle. He was struck on the head
and sustained severe laceration of the scalp,
GIVES CHASE TO THIEF.-Alameda, Sept.
17.-Fred yoogt surprised thief today while
the fellow was deing with two sacks OF plunder
taken from the basement of the Foogt residence
on st. Charles street. yoogt chased the thief
Tor a block and forced him TO drop the sacks.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
LANGUAGE REFORM
FOR NATIONS.

BERKELEY, Sept. 17.--If President
Wheeler could have his way changes
in the English language would be made
only by an international academy, rep
resenting every English speaking coun-
try on the globe, instead of by fat of
President Roosevelt or any other Gov
ernment official in any land on the
earth.
President Wheeler today suggested.
in response to inquiries regarding the
Significance of his address on language
reform at Stanford last Saturday, that
an international academy might be
founded, to have authority in matters
of language changes While discussing
his Stanford address he said:
MY position Is determined from the
point of view of the science of Ian
guage in its relations to human civili-
zation. 1t certainly is of the highest
Importance to most sacred civilized in
terests that no changes be made such
as have been proposed without most
careful consideration and cooperation
of all branches of the English speaking
world.
MY idea Is that there should be
created an international academy rep
resentative of England. America. Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Canada, and even
India and South Africa, a parliament
of the English speaking world. which
should have oversight of reforms in the
language just as the French Academy
and Spanish Academy have done.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
TURNED ADR|FT I At
BRIDE s DOOR.

OAKLAND, Sept. 17.-John D. Bent
ley and Grace Vallade of San Francisco
were married in Oakland by Justice of
the Peace Geary Saturday. Today At
torney W. S. O'Brien filed q suit to an
null the marriage on the ground that the
girl was only Is years of age. O'Brien
represented the girls parents.
When Bentley appeared at the Hall
of Records Saturday Deputy County
Clerk Turner gave him a license, but,
owing to the fact that the young lady
was not present, Turner cancelled the
affidavit, but Bentley had the license
and Judge Geary married them.
Yesterday Bentley took his bride to
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur ]. Vallade, in San Francisco and
there was all sorts of trouble. The
youthful couple were separated at the
door, the bride was taken inside and
Bentley was sent adrift. The suit to
annul the marriage today is the result.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
HUSBAND ON DRUNK
THREE MONTHS
In Fact, He Was Intoxicated
When She Married Him,
Says Mrs. jackson Ferris
GRANTED A DECREE

OAKLAND, Sept 17-The conduct Of
Jackson Ferris, a tailor, was reprehen-
sible, to. say the least if the testimony
of his wife. who says he stayed drunk
for three months and did other unusual
today secured a final decree of divorce
custody of three minor children by
Judge Waste.
I'VE were married at st. Johns
Church in 1892 and we separated in
1902" says Mrs. Ferris. Once my hus-
band was in bed with broken leg and
he got up long enough to break 1T
again. Then he went on a big drunk that
time and didn't sober up for three
months. 1 went to my mothers house
to see what she could do for me and
while / was away he sold all our fur
niture for S12 and pawned his mandolin
and my guitar, and he never came back
He drinks something frightful. He was
drunk the day I married him, but
didn't know it,"
Did you ever try to induce him to
quit drinking?" asked the court.
Yes. / made root beer for him, but
it didn't seem to do any good" was
the reply.
Julia Graham today sued James Gra-
ham for divorce
Harriet w. Leonard brought suit
against George L. Leonard for divorce
on the ground of cruelty, and Jessie
Murray sued Harvey j. Murray to have
their marriage, which was solemnfzed
June 20, 1908, annulled.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
FIXES TAX RATES
FOR ALAME EDA.

OAKLAND. Sept. 1.-THE Board of
Supervisors fixed the tax rate for State
and county purposes today at sL45 on
each 800 of assessed valuation inside
incorporated cities and towns and s1.S5
outside, the additional 40 cents going
into the various district road funds.
Fifteen per cent of the taxes for road
purposes will go to the general fund.
The total rate this year Is cents on
the s100 higher than last year.
The levy is apportioned as follows:
State revenue fund. -476; common
school fund, 80. county general fund,
.574; county inf1rmary fund. .10, total
tinside), $1.45; road tax fund. .40s to-
tai (outside). s1.85.
Extraordinary expenditures provided
for in the levy are 100000 on the new
County Jail, $4,000 for repairs to
county buildings that were damaged by
the earthquake and $4,000 for miscel-
laneous improvements.
The following special district taxes
were levied:
Bond edemption-Berkeley, s0.2S !:
Bray, .3s; Castro Valley. IL; Elmhurst.
.12; Fruitvale, -06; Laurel. .22; Lock
wood, 10, Melrose, .2S; Oakland. rs;
Russell, "a; San Lorenzo. IL; Union
High School No. l.. rs; Union High
school No. .. .oe: Union High School
No. 3. az; Union High School No. 4,
.3e: Fruitvale fire district, 80.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
THREE CHILDREN
ARE MISSING.

OAKLAND, Sept. 17.-Imbued with a
desire to see the worlds unhampered by
parental authority, three children rang
ing from nine to fifteen years of age.
yesterday ran away from their homes,
and this morning the aid of the police
was invoked in the search for the rum
aways. Fred Sprague, residing with his
parents at 1921 Opal street, disappeared
yesterday and it is believed that he
left in company with some older boys.
Mrs. ". Noe. residing at East Nine
teenth street and Fifteenth avenue, re-
ported the disappearance from her
home of Hazel Halleds, thirteen years
of age, who left home yesterday and
failed to return.
Mrs. A Tinsdale, residing at 531
Hawthorne street, reported that her
nfne-year-old son had been missing
since yesterday morning. Mrs. Tins
dale believes that the boy has run
away from home.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
FELLED BY THREE ROBBERS.

OAKLAND. Sept. 17.-Charles Scott,
% years old, residing at 1916 Twentieth
street. complained today at the Re-
ceiving Hospital that he was attacked
this morning at o'clock at Thirteenth
and Castro streets by three footpads,
who Knocked him down with a blow
on the head and searched his clothing,
but obtained no plunder. Scott said
he had hidden his gold watch and
money IN his sock because he had been
held up and robbed two years ago. The
victim recovered from the attack, he
says, and went 10 his work at a box
factory. Fifth and Adeline streets, but
later in the day was forced to go to
the hospital for treatment.