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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27
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A"ILL'Ne TO SHARE WITH cooA
Simple Fa4n and Gratitode Of a Little

= "a ChtU.
The Simple fastt OF a: little child.
|. whether applled to. parents, friend or
to God, FOUND an fflustratfon ia story
fsrAtly1teN 10 DIR. Leyi7tS. Broughton.
lsof A!!antab.6s-. when bstas in Bos-
!. tnr 1t Was related &c. him by friend
in the railroad service rs follows:
My littk' girf came ts me a little
Willie before Christmas .'and said:
Papa, l wgnt you to pray to God and
ask, him toshave Santa Claos bring nae
a dolly for Christmas | promised,
agd on Christmas morning she found
her doll, and called me TO see it. As
hs'lookedr ID over examining the face.
>the eyes. tlle hair, and the clothes. she
said. :Pap4. haint God good? He's
sooder thap thought he was Do you
think he sent little brother anything"
Il totd her she might go over to her
sranama:ss where brother was visiting.
and find oAt. Presently she returned,
with, her face all covered with Happy
smiles. ana exclaimed. 70. papa. God
sent brother beautiful. great big hob
by-aorse'
breakfast came soon after and as
We sat down at the table she climbed
uTon my knee, and putting her arms
around MY neck she said again. 'Hain't
God goou? and he was gooder to broth
er than he was to me. wasn't he?
Il replied. Yes. he is good. and now
what are..you going to. do. for God.
dear''
%. I'm going to let God play with
my dolly all he wants to; and I'm 60
ing to ask brother to let God ride his
+ hobby t-horse, too Boston Post.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27
CHAPTER IN.
Joan Draws First Blood.

Joan Draws First Blood.
The word of command came f,hi
and strong from the pen,do1waS OF
the hall.
Hans Trenck came instantly to the
salute with the ball in his hand. He
had no difficulty in lifting 1t now. In
fact, he did mot seem able to let it
down. Every man in thes hall except
the two captains of Plassenburg had
risen to his feet and stood as if cary
ed in marble.
For there in the doorway, her slim
figure erect and exceedingly COM
manding, and her beautiful eyes shin
ing with Indignation, stood the Ouch
ess Joan of Hohenstein.
In stern silence she advanced into
the hall, every man standing fixed
at attention.
keep your hand so, Hans Trenck,"
said their mistress. give me your
sword. Werner. You shall see wheth-
er am called Joan OF the Sword for
uaught. You would torture prisoners,
would you, after what l have said?
Hold up. l say, Hans Trenck!:
And SO, no man saying her nay, the
girl took the shining blade and. with
a preliminary swish through the air
and balancing shake to feel the elias
tic return, she looked at the poor
F.. knave fixed before her in the center
of the hall with his wrist strained to
hold the prisoners ball aloft at the
stretch of his arm. What wonder
If it wavered like branch in an un-
steady wind?
STEADY, there" said Joan.
And she drew back her arm for the
stroke.
The young Dane, who, since her en-
trance, had looked at nothing save
the radiant beauty of the figure before
him, now cried out, For heaven S
sake, lady, do not soil the skirts of
your dress with his villain blood. He
but obeyed his orders. Let me be set
free, and will fight him or any man
in the castle And if I am beaten,
let them torture me till | am car
rion fit only to be thrown into the
castle ditch"
The duchess paused and leaned on
the sword. holding it point to the
earth.
BY whose orders was this thing
done?" she demanded.
"By mine my LADY, said Werner
Won Orseln. deep flush upon his
manly brow.
The girl looked severely at him
She seemed to waver. Good. them"
she said. the Dane shall fight Wer-
ner for his life. Loose him and chafe
his wrists. Ho! there-bring dozen
swords from the armory.'
The flush was now rising to the
boys cheek.
Il thank you. duchess" he said. II
ask no more than this
"Out into the light" cried the
young Duchess Joan, pointing the way
with Werner's sword, which she still
held in her hand And going first she
went forth from the hall of the sol
dery, down the broad stairs, and soon
through a low -arched door with a
sculptured coat-of-arms over it. out
into the quadrangle of the courtyard
Werner followed unwillinsly and
with deep flush of shame upon his
brow
Meanwhile the lad had been freed
from his bonds and stood with a
sword in his hand suppling himself
for the work before him with quick
little guards and feints and attacks
There was proud look in his eyes,
and as his glance left the duchess
and roved round the circle of his foes
it flashed full. bold and defiant.
Werner turned to palish, lean Bo-
hemian who stood little apart.
Peter Balta,' he said. will you be
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27

= An EveF.PteSont F0o.
The. soldier and the sailor are es-
pecially subject to catarrh. In the
barracks and on the field. Peruna 10
found equally .efficacious to overcome
this physical enemy. II taken in time
1t will prevent colds from developing
into catarrh. Even after a cold has
settled in some organ OF the Eody.
Peruna can be relied upon as an EN-
cacious remedy to promptly overcome
it.
Peruna will relieve catarrh. whether
acute. or chronic. but a few doses OF
it taken in the first stages OF the dis
ease Will be more effective than when
the disease has become established.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27

youth.
my second? Agreed. And who will
care for my honorable opponent
do not trouble yourself-that will
arrange itself" said Joan to her
chief captain.
With that she flashed lightfoot into
one Of the low doors which led into
the flanking turrets OF the quad
rangle and in tierce of seconds she
was out again, in forester's dress
OF green doublet ard broad pleated
ikirtle that came to her knee.
Il myself she said. will be this
young mans second in this place
where he has SO many enemies and
mo friends"
As the forester in green and the
prisoner stood up together, the
guards murmured in astonishment at
the likersss between them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27

Nodd-Why did you have your tele-
phone changed from direct wire to a
party line? Todd-My wife complained
she couldn't hear thing the neighbors
said
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27

Admiral's Words Garry Weight.
RearAdmiral Hichborn is one. of the
best-known officers of our navy. His
statements concerning Peruna will
have much weight as they 20 out In
the world. What he says is echoed by
many other officers Of high standing.
What the Admiral Says.
Philip Hichborn, Rear-Admiral of
the y. S. Navy. Washington. d. c.,
writes:
"4ffer the use Of Peruns for q short
period, I can now cheerfuiIy recon-
mend your valuable remedy to any
one VITO Is In need of an .isfvig0rafjn4
tonic. ''-Philp HiclibOrn.,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27

rs he behind with his tailor? No,
think he's at least two suits ahead
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27

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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
DOLLAR TO SCRATCH A BACK
Messenger Boy Who Caught Flies
For Pet Lizard Has "a Rival.

A D. T. No. $40, whose legal name
is Joseph White, but who is known in
the Chicago messenger service office as
Stats" was recently burning with pro-
fessional indignation over the fame of
q New York messenger boy who was
called by a wealthy woman to catch
flies at her home for. her pet lizard.
says a Chicago dispatch. No. 80 says
that he has the New York Mercury
skinned because he was called by a
and forced to scratch the guests back
for an hour and half.
"Say. that New York guy wasn't so
many" declared No. 80 in recounting
his adventure to his companions at the
messenger headquarters.
Il gets the call to the big hotel across
the street and the clerk says. Up in
No. %, kid and 1 hikes up to the room
and butts in. A big man was sitting in
chair by the window coping all the
breeze.
"'How are you ON scratching backs?
seq he.
What's datY SEE 1 quick like.
4 want you to scratch my back he
SEE. I can't reach around and it's too
warm to rub against the door,
HE had off his vest, and went over
and began to rub between his Shout
ders.
lover to the other side,' he seq.
Now down a little-that's the place.
he kept saying.
Let's see your hands, he says, and
1 holds 'em up.
Better get the hairbrush,' he SEE,
and get the brush and rubbed him up
and down the back for more than an
hour.
After awhile he says, That wilkslo,
bub,' and hands me a dollar and l skid
dOOed +"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
FATE OF THE JUNE BUGS.
Awful Punishment That Was De-
creed by an Ancient Council.

Awful Punishment That Was De-
creed by an Ancient Council.
'Berne has an official collector of
June bugs" writes correspondent of
the Chicago News from Switzerland.
This parsonage Is appointed by the
city council when the triennial pest of
June bugs occurs, and he is empow-
be brought to him. Each owner of a
small estate Is obliged to gather five
pounds of bugs, and those who happen
to be the proprietors of larger pieces
of property must collect proportion
ately more. For each pound that is
missing from this obligatory amount a
fine of 10 cents is imposed, but If more
than the required quota is forthcom-
ing premium of cents a pound is
paid. This remuneration is offered
also to others besides the property
owners. A landholder who entirely
neglects to gather any bugs at all is
subject to a fine of from So to SO.
School children receive permission to
enter large estates, where they shake
the trees and poke long sticks about in
their endeavors to dislodge as many
bugs as possible.
I'm times of old, the ancient chroni-
clers tell us. it was the custom to at
tempt to rid the country of these I'M
welcome visitors by citing them into
court and by banishing them from the
country, but the willy insects failed to
obey the summons and continued to
fly about in the face of the law, laying
eggs proniscuously and contrary to
edict. In a certain village it was de-
termined to make 4 terrible and last
ing example of all the insects found
within it's borders. With considerable
expenditure of time and patience guam
titles of bugs were collected and placed
in n huge sack. Deliberation was held
as to the fate of these hard backed
prisoners. Ordinary death was consid-
cred too light punishment for such
offenders. \ hideous end must he
theirs.
"A procession of the inhabitants of
the village, advisers and councillors.
wise men and children. wendell its way
slowly toward the place of execution,
the summit of a high peak. This was
laboriously climbed, an executiOner
with. the bag of buzzing bugs in the
lead. With due regard for the respon-
sibility and business of their act the
wise men approached the edge of the
precipice. The bugs We're to be igno-
miniously dashed to pieces on the
rocks thousands of feet below. The
eXecutioner hung over the crag. the
bag. top downward. was opened and
the bugs shaken out to their death.
But instead of falling like so many
Jumps of lead, as they ought to have
done on such an occasion, the bugs, to
the amazement of all, spread their
wings and flew away
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
SPECTACLE LENSES.
How the Glasses Are Ground, Polish.
ed and Finished.


In the manufacture of spectacle
lenses the bit of glass to be formed
into a lens is fastened by means Of
pitch to n small block Of hard rubber,
so that it may be held. 1t is ground
by being pressed against rapidly re-
volving cast iron disk on a vertical
spindle and with curvature equal and
opposite to that desired in the lens.
This is the trough tool and is kept
moistened with emery and water. Sew
eral grades of emery are used in sue
cessiOn, changing from coarse to fine
as the grinding proceeds.
The glass is then transferred to the
fine tool made of brass, and COM
pared from time to time to standard
curve in order TO insure accuracy. In
this second grinding the abrading ma
terial is rough.
Finally, the lens is polished by being
pressed against a piece of cloth pow
dered with rouge and fastened to the
rotating tool. The glass is now lOos-
ened from its block. turned over and
the reverse side of the lens ground.
When this has been accomplished the
lens is placed OH leather cushion and
held firmly in position by n rubber
tipped arm while a diamond glass cut
ter passing round an oval guide traces
a similar oval on the glass below. The
superfiuous glass is removed by steel
pinchers and the rough edges are
ground smooth on Scotch wheels. -
Parsons Weekly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
Man and His Money.

Almost every woman has her basis
for the valuation of a man. One girl
who recently broke off an engagement
to be married certainly has hers.
Il couldn't stand him. she said, "be-
cause he carried his money in a fish
scale purse. That seemed to me the
limit. To my mind there is only one
really manly way for man to carry
money, and that is to throw 1t around
loose in his trousers pockets, so that
when he wants n nickel he has to dig
up change by the handful to get IL.
For bills, of course, l can stand one
of those fiat leather pocketbooks. They
have n businesslike aspect and do not
detract from n mans dignity. But to
see big strapping fellow who has the
appearance of real live man draw n
little purse from his pocket and fish
around for dime is too much for me-"
New York Sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
Sea superstftion.

All the old seadogs at League Island
agree that the new battleship Tennes-
see is destined to experience some mis-
fortune, says the Philadelphia Record.
When the commission pennant was un-
furled. on the Tennessee instead of
floating out in long, narrow streamer
1t wrapped itself around the mast and
continued to do so every time It was
unwrapped. The sailors say that this
happens rarely, but when it does 1t
forebodes evil. When the battleship
Missouri. on which the disastrous tur-
ret explosion occurred, went into COM
mission her pennant did the same thing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
FORESTING SEMI-ARID HILLS
Federal Forest Service Plans RecIa-
nation of Middle West Tracts.

nation of Middle West Tracts.
Reclaiming the barren sand hills OF
the middle west with forest cover, to
supply timber when there is q dearth
of it. is one Of the more striking of the
important forest planting projects of
the forest service. says the New York
Post Four of the national forests have
been established in the nonagTicultural
region with the express purpose of get
ting firm grip on methods which will
overcome natural difficulties and set
uD object lessons for the benefit of the
people. These are the Niobrara, the
Dismal river and the North Platte re-
serves in Nebraska and the Garden
City reserve in Kansas. The Nebraska
reserves have responded so well to
careful treatment that hundreds of
thousands of seedlings have been
planted out, and millions more are be-
ing raised in nurseries for use in other
reserves. Thus for the first planting
on the Garden City reserve, recently
completed, most of the trees were TAX
en- from the nurseries in the Dismal
river reserve.
The Kansas reserve lies in n region
of scattered, barren sand hills, inter-
laced with prairie, on which grass
thrives we'll enough to support live
stock The origin of these hills, in it
self interesting, reminds one in a way
of that of the sand dunes which en-
croachedY from the sea upon the fertile
fields of western France and laid them
waste. In both cases the wind has
been the enemy of the soil, for in
France wind drove the sand of the
seashore inland, and In the middle
western region of our own country
wind drove eastward the sand which
the Arkansas river had carried down
In floods and afterward exposed to
dry. The sand hills were formed long
ago, and the action of the wind is now
largely checked by the spread of the
carpet grass, which binds the sand
wherever there is enough moisture to
encourage it.
Honey locust, Usage orange, Russian
mulberry, red cedar and western yei-
low pine are the trees used in the new
project. of which 81. 900 game from the
government nursery, near Halsey,
Neb. The planting this season pro-
crossed under highly favorable condi-
tons as regards weather and the phys
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
TOY ENGINE FOR A PRINCE.
Model of New York Central LOcOmO-
tive to BE Sent to SaxOny.


One of. the oldest toys that have
ever been sent out of Connecticut is
now being made in Bridgeport, says u
special dispatch from Bridgeport to
the New York Tribune. 1t is n mimi
ture replica of one of the great en-
zines of the New York Central and is
perfect in every detail. 1t will he
shipped to Crown Prince Borus, son Of
Prince Ferdinand of SaXoEy.
The toy locomotive is the gift of &.
r. Crane of Chicago, member of tire
company. Mr. Crane was recently in
the Bulgarian capital and was there
entertained by Prince Ferdinand.
Prince Borus, who is very small boy.
informed Mr.. Crane that all he wanted
TO be entirely happy was really loco
motive, with really steam in it on a
really track" Mr.. Crane promised to
have one made and on his return called
in an expert New York Central model
maker and gave him an order for u
miniature engine, which has since been
in the works in Bridgeport.
The engine is three feet long and has
all the devices of q New York Central
latest model locomotive. with throttle,
whistle, pumps and electric headlight.
Under high pressure of steam it has
been found to be satisfactory. 1t can
be run over its own miniature rails.
which have been specially manufacture
oil FOR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

nlcipaI dlsrrlcIs or Rome were Destroy
ed by confiagration instigated, it is
said, by thesEmperor Nero. The num-
Der OF lives lost is known to amount up
into the hundreds, but the value of the
property destroyed cannot be estimat-
ed. BY the emperor's command thou
sands of Romans rendered homeless
and destitute were employed in re-
moving the debris and rebuilding the
burned city. Nero, to divert the odium
of the crime from himself, charged it
upon the Christians, and thus began
one of the greatest prosecutions in the
history of the early Christian church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

The pleasures of n country life
Appeal to us just now.
We want 70 roam the grassy meads
And watch the festive cow;
We want to climb the old stone wall
And find a shady nook
Where we can loaf all afternoon
Beside the babbling brook.
But country life is not all joy.
As you perhaps have learned.
The milk is often watery, and
The steak is often burned;
Mosquitoes buzz around your bed;
The flies are very thick;
They love to light on you for fun.
And. gracious. how they stick
Yes. country life II badly mixed
With pleasures ard with pains;
Some days the sky is clear and blue,
And other days II rains.
But. on the whole. II seems most wise
To ruralize a space
Can anybody recommend
a good five dollar place?
-Somervilie Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
Leather Necktie. Now.

In keeping with other auto appoint
ments of wearing apparel leather era
vats are now in the public eye. says
the New York Press. Four-in-handS are
preferred and are tied by the wearer.
As pliable as silk, these goods come in
white, pearl, tan. brown, black. red and
mixtures. Solid colorings or combina-
ton shades retail from 81 upward. ac-
cording to length desired. For wom-
ems wear the width is narrower
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
A TASK FOR OKLAHOMA

icai condition OF the soil, ana at the eX-
piration of six and one-half days thir-
teen men had completed the task. at
total cost, exclusive of the trees, of
3.SS per acre. a fence was built
about the three-fourths of a section in
which the planting was done, though
part of this area remains to be planted
next season. This was to exclude
stock. To exclude prairie fires fire
guard was plowed about the planta-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
Old and New In south Carolina.

Carload shipments of autos are now
common events in all live towns In
South Carolina. The autos may take
the place of driving horses, says the
Sumter Herald, but they cannot sup
plant the good old mule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

help calling his attention to the soap.
which smelled and lathered beauti-
fully.
This new soap is very nice. SIR l
said-'cream, cocoa oil and dash of
alcohol
alcohol. ehY said Mr. Sage Well,
remember I'm a temperance man, SO
don't put any more of it into my mouth
than you can help"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
THE MENU.

appetizer
Fried and Picked Squid.
Soup
Whelk Chowder
Entrees.
Boiled Snail. HorS d'OeuvreS.
Sand Lance SardineS. Slices of Lemon.
The guests We're much in the condi-
ton of Alice In Wonderland at her
famous feast They were introduced
to the dishes as they went along, for
tunately with no embarrassing results.
three standards of the value of foods.
They were good to the taste, enough
so to insure them popularity. They
We're digestible, and they contained
tissue building substance.
When the snail was attacked Pro
fessor Field introduced it as an Amer
lean of fifty years citizenship. 1t was
first seen in Canadian domains on the
coast of Halifax in 1850 but is now
common as far south as Long Island.
But the dish, par excellence, was
the sand lance. Everybody vowed it
was delicious. Those who had toyed
uncertainty with the courses that pre-
ceded We're anxious to fill up space
with the tidbit of the evening. But the
professor, little realizing the run there
would be upon this particular delicacy,
had prepared all too little. He was
called upon for the recipe and admit
ted that he had first steamed the
beasties under pressure and then pre-
served them in OIL No sardines offer
ed in the market in the United States
can compare with them in flavor, ac-
cording to the experts who devOured
them, and silver sides a In Field are
already expected to have fashionable
vogue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
He Chaured

"Greymair's wife brought him home
suit of clothes, but 1 understand he
mustered up the courage to tell her
that he had made up his mind to
change it,
did he change it?'
"Oh, yes; he changed his mind"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

The first smile of an infant, with its
toothless gums, is one of the pleasant
est sights in nature 1t is innocence
claiming kinship and asking to be
loved in its helplessness-Dr d. Liv-
ingstone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
SQUID AND SNAIL FEAST.
Tasty Dishes Made From Sea Food
Served by Harvard Professor.

food, abundantly within reach of 4
sliIA pocketbook. is not only nourish-
ing. but also calculated to appeal to the
palate of an epicure, DIR. I. y. Field of
Harvard made an excursion into cul-
mary art the other night at Woods
Hole, Mass, and figured as chef and
guest at remarkable supper given by
DR.. +. Il. Summer of New York City
college to sixty biologists, representing
colleges
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

The struggle still goes on, and no mai
can predict the outcome.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

In a. D. Ga ten of the fourteen mu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

Russell Sage" said New York bar
Der to reporter of the Boston Herald,
'was gifted with dry humor for which
he didn't get credit. One day he came
in to be shaved. To shave so great n
fnancier is an honor, and to mark the
occasion L got out a new and fine cake
Of shaving soap. AS 1 prepared my
distinguished patrons beard / couldn't