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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-14
RHEUMATISM
AIM0Sr AS COMMON IN SIMMER AS IN WINTER

While the damp, cold, changing weather of
Winter intensi6es the pains and other dsagreeable
symptoms of Rheumatism, it is by no means a
winter disease exclusively. Through the long
months of Summer its wandering pains and twitch-
ing felt by those in whose blood the uric
acid, which produces the disease, has accumulated.
Rheumatism is disease that involves the en-
tire system. Its primary results from the
failure of the eliminatve organs, the Liver, Kid
neys and Bowels, to carry out of the system the
urea, or natural refuse matter. This coming in
contact with the different acids of the body forms
uric acid which is taken up and absorbed by the
blood This acid causes fermentation of the blood,
making it and unfit for properly nourishing
the body, and this vital stream goes to every
nook and corner of the body, the poison is distrb
uted to all parts. The system weakens
from lack of rich pure blood, the skin becomes fe-
verish and swollen, the stomach and digestion are
affected, the appetite fails and general diseased
condition of the entire system is the result.
Not only is Rheumatism the most painful Of
all diseases, with its swollen, stiff JOINTS throhbing
muscles and singing nerves, but it is formidable
and dangerous trouble. If the uric acid is allowed
to remain in the blood, and the disease becomes CHI
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English words in French.

A matter OF interest to many students OF
French has been taken up by the Paris Mdtn
in the objection 1t makes to the increasing
number OF English words Incorporated into
colloquial French. This new but mild and
pacific form Of English invasion has led 10
the publication OF a list OF words which have
become more than -acclimated" and natural
lied by general use in France. Many refer
TO sports and sporting, and In this group OF
words adopted from the English into French
are turf, trOtting. Tattersan. racer. maiden.
Milford, carriage and gentleman rider. The
technical French definition of yachting must
impress Englishmen as ingenious:
Sport don't lie yacht est INSTRUMENT.
English drinks have no great vogue In
France, but'the French have adopted several
OF the English words which distinguish them:
gin. punch and grog.
They have adopted also the words light.
weight. lawn tennis. Irish stew, home, handi-
cap, ale (biere blonde ct ~legerel. all right
cocktail (which the French papers define as
American. not English, bridge and bridge
whist, bullfnch. block system, ballast. black
leg, event, lining car. destroyer. drag mail
COACH. dandy. covert coat. commodore,
full hand tpoker). flyer. featherweight, five
O'Clock. fashion. hunteS. Jockey club. keep
sake. knickerbockers. lunch. macadam. NUT.
ton chop. outlaw. outrider. paddock. pedi-
kICts ptNhlCos pOlbCIt puAAAHkg uuNA W.
Rinner, racehorse. raglan (Overcoat), rocking
chair, roast beef. sandwich. self-made man.
shocking. sleeping car. snob. team, %tipster.
toast. topweight. tramway. trolley. truck.
tunnel, tub, walkover, wharf, waterproof
and whiskey. Some OF the English words
adopted into the French language come by
way Of the United States. and one Of these Is
the word bluff" OF which in Paris this
original description isgiven:
An English word TO which Americans have given
a particular meaning. II is used In the American
game OF poker to designate the position OF a player
who seeks to discourage the conainuAnce In the
game OF his Adversaries and TO induce them TO dis
regard the chance to recoup their losses or 70
add 70 their winnings by raising"
The French explanation OF the origin OF the
word lynch" is as follows:
An American custom called after Colonel Lynch.
who authorized q crowd TO seize q criminal and 70
try and execute him on Me spot.
A French verb has been formed from lynch,
the verb lyncher. I. e, TO execute without the
forms or authority OF law. This word has
scarcely been adopted in French, but golf,
grouse. garden party and gentleman have
been.
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The War Against Consumption.

Scientific medicine, aided by an en-
lightened public opinion, is year by year
meeting with encouraging success in the
warfare against tuberculosis. The first
important step in this conflict was the
discovery that consumption raj due to
the presence in the body Of a specific
germ known as the bacillus tuberculosis.
The chief source of these germs is the
matter expectorated from the lungs Of
those afflicted with the pulmonary form
of this disease. This matter, exposed
to the atmosphere, becomes dry and,
adherins to particles Of dust, is inhaled
with the inspired air and is thus brought
in con tact with the lining membrane
of the bronchial tubes and lungs.
It is on account Of this great danger
OF infection that rigid laws have been
enacted requiring physicians to report to
the public health authorities all cases Of
tuberculosis. They are also required to
cooperate with the health authorities in
the effort to isolate consumptive cases
and to prevent by disinfecting the expec-
torated matter a further spread Of this
disease. In some Of the more enlight-
ened communities il is a punishable
offence to eXpectOrate in any public
conveyance or upon the sidewalks, and
It il exceedingly important that the
public should cooperate in the efforts TO
stop a practice not only disgusting but
dangerous.
Another common source OF infection
is milk which is taken from tuberculOus
COWS and used without sterilization.
On account of it thousands Of children
perish annually from consumption Of the
bowels and other organs connected with
the digestive system.
In addition to consumption Of the lungs
and of the abdominal organs there is a
widespread form Of the disease which
affects the bones and joints, the brain,
spinal cord and their membranes.
The death rate from tuberculosis has
been greatly lowered within the last
decade by the construction Of hospitals
where under favoring conditions Of eli
! mate, altitude and nourishment con-
sumption is treated. 1t has been shown
that a majority Of cases of incipient
tuberculosis can be cured and those
which are not cured may for years be
held from further fatal development
The necessity of an early recognition OF
the disease and the institution Of prompt
I treatment is evident. -
We may be on the eve Of an important
discovery in the treatment Of this NAL.
ady. A recent contributor to one Of the
leading medical periodicals reports two
patients afflicted with well developed
pulmonary consumption in the course
Of whiCRIthey were taken with q severe
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Ridiculous Straw Votes.

Two years ago, and a year later, the
folly Of putting any reliance on straw
votes" taken before election day was
demonstrated unanswerably. The re-
suits OF the elections in 1905 and 1904
discredited entirely the prediction fore
casts which were based on postcard
canvasses, the polling of business men
and the like. 1t was permissible to
hope that this particular form Of cam
paign idiocy had been so thoroughly
exposed that the public might escape
it's infection in the future.
This year the old fraud is on hand
again, however, apparently in the best
OF health. With the utmost solemnity
one newspaper shows by quoting 5000
voters that CHARLES E. HUGHES is sure
of election a week from Tuesday. With
equal seriousness another proves that
WILLIAM r. HEARST will be victorious
at the polls. Goods to suit every taste;
and none of them worth the small price
for which they are offered to the public.
These prediction guesses serve no useful
purpose and furnish no information
worth having to the candidates, their
supporters or the electorate generally.
One thing only is shown by such an
vases. They prove c~onclusively that
many citizens appreciate the advantages
Of the secret ballot and object to making
announcement Of their political pref
erences to strangers. This is a part OF
that growing independence Of party,
characteristic OF American politics in
these later days, which makes each years
ante-election straw polls" more worth
less than those that preceded it.
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A Deserted English Island.

From TIE London Trtbune.
A few years ago WallaseA Island. on the coast OF
Essex. which comprises about 5000 acres OF par
ticulArly rich land, had a population Of over 200.
with one or two prosperous looking farms and Q
school. Gradually, however. the laborers have
been tempted 10 abandon the necessarily dull lls
OF the island In favor OF a more exciting. though
probably unemployed, existence in LOudon and
elsewhere. with the result that Wallases Is to day
a dreary. unproductive desert. as witness the fol
lowing plthy extract from the diary OF q lady who
recently visited the island during a yachting cruise:
The school and sclioolhouse have not been used
for some years! The windows are broken. Up
stairs We found birds which had got In by the win
dows and could not get out, dead. and papers dated
August. 1903. lying about. Cottages were near
and farm buildings, but all uninhsblted except by
owls and rabbits. We saw a rabbit running on the
roof Of q cottage and heard rats and rabbits scut
uIng about upstairs. Altogether II was enough 70
give any one the ereeps In the dark. as the placs
is absolutely deserted and the floors OF the rooms
are little rabbit warfens.
"A man and a boy look after 100 acres, on which
horses aud cattle roam about free. There used
TO be . hundred lAborcrs on the island: now tssrs
are only eight, and only one child 70 go 70 school
The ESSEX education committee have directed
that a small sun shall be expended In protecting
the school building from decay. the repayment o.
the loan by means OF which the school was ouil'
stIl having twenty two yeSxS TO run.
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therefore, to learn thak the manufacture
OF cheap maps for the blind has begun,
and that the FIRST product encourages
the belief that serviceable maps may be
supplied at a price which even the poor
can afford.
The experiment is being made by the
Weekly Summary, a newspaper printed
IN Braille for the blind at Ethan, Eng
lan6 A copy of the first production, a
RAISED Map Of Africa, , has just been
received in this city. The map is in two
sheets on thick pasteboard, n sheet
showing the physical and the other the
political features Of the continent. The
results are more effective than might be
expected, considering the cheapness OF
the product. =
The parallels Of latitude are shown by
threads carried across the map. The
thread representing the equator Is a
little thicker than the others, though the
fact would scarcely be apparent except
to the trained touch Of the blind. Merid-
ians Of longitude are indicated by little
ridges at the top and bottom OF the
sheets.
The manipulation OF the physical map
by the sightless is sure to reveal much
information. The fingers are the tele-
graph revealing the high and low parts
Of the coasts, mountain ranges and
isolated peaks. lofty plateaus and low
coast plains, the depressions occupied
by the lakes, the troughs Of the rivers
and the rapids that interrupt navigation.
On the political map raised lines show
the boundaries Of the States and colonies,
and all the important towns are given.
The sheets are accompanied by explana-
tory text in Braille, giving also many
facts about Africa. All this material Is
sold at a shilling and nine pence, or less
than fifty cents in our currency.
The keen interest which the blind take
In geography is stimulated by the fact
that they cannot see the world they live
in. It will be a great boon II they may
have the aid Of inexpensive maps to
tighten their study Of geography and
help them more fully to understand the
events Of the.day.
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FOE CLEAN AND ABLE JUDGES.
self CateChlsm Recommended % Every
En~telligont voter.

Intelligent voter.
To rHR EDIroa or TEE suN-StT: IL ~
not probable that any man ever onoee .
doctor because he liked his political opinions.
II Ia not probable that many men woulo
select q Democratic lawyer rather than q
Republican II there was nothing TO recon-
mend him but his Democracy. keverthe-
lsss. IL ID certain that q large number Of eitl-
gems will vote for their party candidates Ior
Judges at the coming election merely pc
cause they are the party candidates. II WI
not do to say such persons are ignorant or
unintelllgent. They believe n a principle
and thlnk their candidate represents h.
There are several questions. however.
which thinking voters In this county ought
10 ask themselves.
The intelligent supporter OF Hearst the
maj who honestly believes that In voting Ior
the editor candidate he ts rebukinG corporahe
aggression. should say 70 himself:
Why should I make PlAtsek o Judref u Ia no
crime for a lawyer 70 represent . corporation ous
the professional defender OF ne Deet uuss ooeS
not represent my idea.
He will not do.
why should make Changer Q Judgst He does
not represent the people. He has been assoeeteo
with tho theasrcal trust. To attack such insuIu.
tons and put their attorneys on ths senon wouio
be absurd.
will not do Il.
Why should I make Hendrck. Murphy's per-
sonal counsel. . Judger He merely represents
his principal. not my principles. The same ~ eruo
of Brady, Haffen's hight band man. inns may
be Q case of letting your night hand know wna'
Toar LEFT hsnd Aceth,
There's no reason 70 vote for either OF them
And Guy and MoAvoy and Daytont Each one
Of those men was opposed 70 everything ssooo
for last year. What have they done 70 prove Sneir
change Of heart this yeari But II they have changed.
may they not change againf
Tha InteuIgept Democrat, the man who
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form OF typhoid fever. Surviving the
typhoid, all symptoms Of tuberculosis
disappeared, and at the time OF the
report, everal years having elapsed,
they were entirely free from the symp-
toms Of tuberculosis. IL is natural to
infer from this that the germs Of typhoid
sever had destroyed all the colonies OF
the bacillus tuberculosis. 1t il now an
established fact in medical science that
the serum or liquid blood. taken from
an animal infected with the germs OF
certain diseases peculiar to man when
injected in the human being will cure
that disease. Thus, me bacillus Of
diphtheria Ia disease once 9 fatal to
children) injected into the blood vessels
Of a horse produces a change in the
blood serur Of that animal, and this
blood serum injected in the earlier
stages of diphtheria arrests at once the
progress Of the disease and effects q cura
Other diseases have been proven to be
amenable to serum therapy, and there
can be little doubt that in the near future
aspeciic remedy for tuberculosis will be
developed.
Another recent contribution to a med
ical periodical reports several cases OF
patients suffering with pulmonary con-
sumption, which in the course Of the
disease became complicated by pleurisy,
with septic effusion or a collection OF
fluid in the chest between the delicate
membrane which lines the chest wall and
that which covers the lung. After the
pleurisy was relieved by drawing of the
fluid all symptoms Of pulmonary con-
sumption disappeared. Following this
report, two Italian physicians have
treated two cases Of tuberculosis affect
ing both lungs by the hypodermic in
lection Of blood taken from another
patient with pleurisy in the stage Of
effusion. Under this treatment the gen.
eral and local conditions improved. One
patient so far recovered as to be able to
i return to his work, and In the other the
conditions have been declared to be very
satisfactory.
These results not only hold out a hope
for the discovery Of a positive cure for
consumption, but they give evidence OF
the great ~earnestness which is being
shown by medical investigators in the
search for a remedy for this disease.
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Hugo Meyers Great Error.
Enofn fhs Bosfon HkrnIh.

The announcement that Hugo r. Meyer. former
ly an instructor at Harvard. had secretly married
In the West, was like a bolt from the blue 10
the few who knew him at all Intimately in Cam
bridge. He was known as a recluse. NOR or less,
a. a long distance runner who always chose the
streets OF Cambridge for his joys, and then always
late at night and clad in a blanket or two and an
outnt Of sweaters, and as the most precise man
as 70 facts and ngures who ever gave a lecture IN
economics. While at the head of a course on rail-
ways, a few years ago. he had occasion one day
10 give his small, but very select, class in Harvard
Hall q few figures having 70 do with car mile prices.
When the course met again, he apologiEed in a voice
bowed down by weight Of woe for q little mistake
ne had made.
Il said that the ngures for such and such were
SOOopS2s2." he explained in his contruon. That was
not at all exact. I should have said S.OOoe6ssS.-
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BC-LDrNG A HOME.
Achievement e q Government AiosScASer
with n Small salary.

~ 49,
To rHn EDIroR or The SUN-Sir: With
re,srence tO FLAT Dweller's" inquiry con-
oerpInRR a loan Of money for tho purpose Of
building a home, I VIII say that where there's
a will there's a Way This moss covered
provorb Il none the less true to-day than 1t
was when Noah built bis ark. For instance
I once upon q time knew . young man the
was a Virginian and could neither read nor
write, but could count money correctly. VINO
was a messenge ger In one OF the departments
at the Government a Washington. Hs sal
AIRY amounted to between $50 and $40 q month
When he rot his position he thought ne was
ON the high road to prosperity: therefore ne
took to wife a very pretty and amlable wash
inRton girl. who was endowed VIVA good
common sense for her marriage portion.
i The messenger ak months 9fter. MS mar
riase bought a small plot Of ground in Wash;
q shovel and Oommenced to dig ? cellar al!
by his lonesome; wnen ~ .onS snd xaIlsd
the cellar. This done he bought sop7 grmper
and hired q carpenter to work witn nIm aIter
4 o'clock and evenings, With cns cerpenSer
Of fairly good size. and larger than are many
OF the hats OF this city. The work, n0wevsr
was mostly lone by the determiped messen-
ger he Lsthed snd DlsHIsrSWSb enc the buiId:
Ina was finally completed. he bought paint
and paint brush, borrowed a LADDER ana
painted the house inside and OUTSIDE: ~.
hoMse 0h IN 'a 4 useful and tasteful manner, with
the aid Of his wife. The whole job took MN
three months. He did not run into DEBT
he was taught TO read and write by the writer
Of thIs letter, but the nllteracy OF her husband
was not known by his wife previous 20 tnelr
marriage. nor until he really had mastered
NEW York. October 20.
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Il is said that the Hon. SAMUEL GoMPERs
has discovered that 1t Is easier to order a
labor strike than 1t is TO control an election.
Gompers method. 1t might even be in
ferred that they do not see their need OF
salvation. II they are d~owntrodden and
oppressed they do not seem to know it.
They have failed to respond to SAMUEL's
clarion call to rise IN their might and rid the
halls Of national legislation Of all those who
fail to do what SAMUEL wants them to do.
Mr.. GoMPERs returns to his tent tenn
porarily discomHted. The stump has lost
him, but he will cling to the roStrum and the
editorial chair as long as there Is a word left
for rim TO speak or write.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
Arbsreal WOodchucks.

From me wsa Cssaer Local NsvS.
Thomas Redmond and David r. Barry had an IN
usual experience while hunting for squirrels 10
PeachbottOm Woods. The former saw an object
up in q tree which looked like a large gray squire.
lying nat against y limb. Taxing rood aim ne
pulled tho trigger and nred. striking the object
which made only q slight sign OF having been hit
He then called his companion, who wHs some dis
tsnce away. TO come to him. which he did. They
both got their guns ready and when three shon
had been nred n the same time. down came the
animal. which proved TO be . xToundhog. They
were surprised AZ the unusual occurrence. and are
At q loss 70 know why the animal. whose natural
home is on the earth, should climb the tree. which
was about thirty -nve feet tall. While this Is rsther
strange, . similar thing happened last year when
Curtis Dutton shot q gTouDdhog from the limb OF
q tree. but not so high as this.
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Fruit by Freight.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-Str: 10 there any
way Of demanding proper protection from the
railroads for the freight coming into the clty1
Last year I shipped from my country place. only
nifty miles away, several barrels and boxes OF fruit,
and received them, after an apparently unnecessary
delay. considerably minus their contents. The
boxes had been broken open and some one had
assumed q temporary propnetoShip.
This last week l have had the same experience.
The box opened had been properly packed and
nailed up securely. but Il did not deter the vandals
from q feast Of fruit at my expense. I have been
able 10 trace the matter 10 the railroad employees,
but with no satisfaction. as my letter Of complaint
last year brought no response whatever. Is there
nothing We can do 10 enable US TO enjoy In town
the fruits OF our own hArvestngi L. A. v.
Nnw YoRK. October q.
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Shall We Have Light on Cuba2

Does Governor MACON propose to
throw a great white light into every
Cuban closet and afterward marshal the
skeletons for Inspection Or was that
CHASTITY revelation in the case Of the Gov
eminent insane asylum a mere caprice
to help him through an idle hour? Those
who really know the man will analyzO
the riddle at first glance.
Meanwhile, our duty in Cuba is obvious
enough. Called upon for benevolent
Intervention by the manifest made
quacy Of the existing political machinery,
we are there to stay until other and more
! wholesome conditions shall justify US IL
- leaving the island to itself once more.
Tho experiment Of 1902 has proved an
Z Ter failure. The auspices TO which we
d conided the moral and material desti-
nies Of the Cuban people have defaulted
, on every one Of our optimistic expecta-
q lions. After four years Of dependence
on their own u they have pre-
sented Us with a problem of unmistaka-
bic chaos. We do not conline ourselves
10 the more conspicuous phenomena
the partisan violence, the brawling Of
factions, the temporary paralysis Of the
= ordinary functions Of civilization. That
q bad enough, distressing and discourage
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Maps for the DIInd.

Until this year it has n o been prac-
ticable to make maps adapted for the
general use OF the blind because relief
models arc expensive. They are found
in some schools for the blind, bot are
beyond the reach OF many hundreds who
would like to have them in their homes
for convenient and frequent reference
az we use our aliases. II II gratifying.
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Tars Of the Fntnre.

From ne Dsnssr Republican.
A Cleveland girl says that she and several nj
her girl friends want to enter the nayy,-Pyesi
despatch.
When with fair maids our navy 8 manned
Tor perhaps 'twere better to say "RiredH1
Then we shall win 70 BOAT the band,
And never will our dag be furfcd-
For no foe could defeat such talent.
'Twould be 30 rude and so ungalianL.
Our ships will not be painted gray
(Such tone would give orr sailors hlueal
but TO the war will sail away
AL striped In handsome rainbow huea.
And when the guns boom loud and louder
The scent Will come from sachtt powder.
And when the enemy's distressed.
= And Is prepared It's nag to strike.
The officers who look the best,
Z In courteous tones and lAdy1ike.
VIII all be asked. with utmost JUNCTION.
To surrender at q pink tea function,
And then each Jolly sailor lass
Who has displaced the sailor -Rents
VIII have . French plate looking kiaSs
Where she may prmD to hearts content.
And. % keep all loyal 70 our bunnnG
6hore eavo wn be for bargain huRtinRt