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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23
Not Caretaker's Fault.

In answer to a complaint made by
the town council of Camborne, Eng
land, that the caretaker of the recrea-
ton ground had allowed the grass to
officer replied that the donkey which
had formerly eaten the grass had died
Of lockjaw and he had been unable to
buy another one to take its place.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23

a pioneer OF Colo
rado. now living a.
2is East Nebra IA
Street. Blair. Neb..
says: Il had such
pains In my back
for a long time thai
l could lot turn
In bed. and at tin les
there was an almos-
total stoppage Of
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23
Society Of one.Leqaed Men,"

The president of the Society of
One-Legged Men" has arrived in
Paris accompanied by another uni
jambist." They had walked from
Marseilles, a distance of nearly 600
miles. and. in spite OF their infirmity,
they averaged over IL miles a day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23
STATE OF QUO. CRY or ToLrpo.

STATE OF oato. CRY or ToLrDo' ...
FRANK j. iHEsEY MAKES oath that he 10 sen tor
partner Of the rrrn Of : j. CHENEY Co. d,las
business. IN the Ctry Of TsiedJ. County sai -Ia.
az fJressld, and that said nrin will pay the Of
ONE 1T SuKED DOLLARS for each aud every
case Z CsTAEkH that cannot be cured by the u
Halls CATAERH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn 70 before sni sIh-Gr he'd rIy presence
til, slh iay Of December, A D.. lsse.
-, A. W. GLEASON.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hans Catsrrh Cure IL taken internally aad acts
s.--ety the DlJpd sui mucous s4rtAce, Q! lhe
systerI- Sead for testim I'Et- free.
r T. CHENEY d CO, Toledo, o.
Sod by Al D-ugEisE- 75r-
Iaxe Hslf. Family Pi4la fer constipation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23

the urine. My wife and l have BON
used Doan's Kidney Pills for what doc.
tors diagnosed as advanced kiduey
troubles. and both Of US have been
completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster -Milburu Co, Buffalo, ". Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23
Asthmatics, Read This,

I: you are afflicted with Asthma
write me at once and learn Of some
thing for which you will be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. ]. r. RAIDER,
S22 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23

Associate with men of good judg-
ment; for Judgment is found in con-
versation And We make another mans
judgment ours by frequenting his com.
pany-Fuller
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23
VETERAN OF THREE WARS
A Pioneer Of Colorado and Nebrassa.

Matthias Campbell. veteran OF the
civil war and two Indian wars and
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12

across to his house. There was q
new light In his face, and a smile
on his lips, and his home did not seem
half so lonely, for he could already
see, In fancy, a morsel of gray-gowned
womanhood, fitting about those
rooms. He sat till late that night
trying to realize his fortune, wonder
ing how Amy had come to know her
own heart, for he felt sure that, I'M
awares, she had been fond OF him
all these years. He never knew how
the dust on the mopboard had pleaded
his cause, nor how his kettle had been
gifted with more persuasive voice
than his, nor felt for them the affec.
ton that otherwise he might have
regarded as their due.
1t was not many months before the
dust tasted water; the frying.pan once
more learned the use Of securing sand;
the table was freed from its burden
of earth, and the whole kitchen was
washed and rewashed, till it shone
to the good work was the frequent
presence of a masculine giant, who
picked up the small housewife. and
held her up till her eyes were on a
level with his own. 'mussed" her hair
took, as he said, the starchy look out
OF her mouth and otherwise con.
Quoted himself like great boy"
Still, she bore it with better grace
than one might have expected from
such a prim little woman, and in after
years, when she and her mother sit
about their spotless hearth in the
house once across the way, she has
almost forgotten the influence of the
dust. and fancies that it was solely a
heart impulse that brought her to her
new home.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
GEN. sToessEL ON IFIAL-
Russian Commander at Port Arthur
Pleads Not Guilty to Seri-
Gus Charge.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 10.-Before a
brilliant assemblage Of his old COM
rades In arms, Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel
was Tuesday placed on trial to an
swer with his life and reputation for
the loss Of Port Arthur on the first
Of January, 1905, and in firm tones
and with confident manner the gen.
eral pleaded not guilty to the charge
Of needlessly surrendering the fort
ress and thereby humiliating the Rus.
sian army.
The trial took place in the audito-
rum of the Army and Navy club. The
room resembled more a social gather
ing OF officers OF high rank than the
scene Of a court-martial. Among the
judges, spectators and witnesses were
Gen. Kuropatkin, Gen. Linevitch, Gen.
Rennenkampf, Vice Admiral Wren
and scores of other prominent leaders
in the Russo-Japanese war. There
we're also present 200 officers and sol.
diers who had been at Port Arthur
and who Tuesday were clad in their
full dress uniforms blazing with stars
and decorations.
Gen. Stoessel was alone in civil at.
tire and this made him conspicuous,
He wore proudly around his neck the
Gordon of the military order of ST.
George, which was conferred upon
him by the emperor during the siege,
and on his breast was pinned the
cross Of George III, awarded for con-
spicuous bravery in frontier fighting,
This same coveted decoration was
worn by many of the witnesses and
spectators, Empty sleeves and
cru ches, especially among the men
who had been at Port Arthur showed
that many of them had seen hard
service during the war.
The other accused officers, Generals
Fock, Reiss and SmirrCT, came to the
court clad in their uniforms, Con,
Smirnoff, who is bite Jnemy OF
Gen. Stoessel, ostentatously seated
himself as far away as possible fro
the central figure OF the proceedings,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
To Sew with Double Thread,

Here is a simple way to straighten
thread. Cut length of thread from
the spool, double it, twist the two
cut ends together and thread them
through the eye of the needle Pass
the needle point first through the
loop of the doubled thread. forming a
tiny knot at the eye of the needle.
This serves to keep the thread
straight and is fiat enough to pass
easily through the finest fabric. With
this arrangement one can work button
holes and do any work requiring a
doubled thread with never a knotty
problem.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12

offered suggestions about the sowing
Of seeds and the preparation of the
soil, One morning, when John had
gone away, she and Amy with an air
OF stealth such as would be natural
to a soldier accommodating the enemy,
went 1oiselesSly to their neighbours
house, crossed the piazza, and took
one long look at the begrimmed and
dust-weighted kitchen. A deeper
shade of gravity rested on the moth.
er's face when she came away. They
were silent, returning, but as soon as
they reached their own home they
chartered like magpies over the de-
tails Of that unfortunate kitchen.
81 WISH" said the mother, pathet-
ically; that l had never seen 1t, for
I shall carry the memory of 1t with
me all my days"
Yet the place had a kind of fascina.
ton. They stole over again and again
to get glimpse of 1t.
It was fine moonlight winter even.
ing. John and Amy had come home
from church together. She had step.
ped little beyond him, and had gone
into her own little yard and closed
the gate. How he hated the click OF
that gate! He was talking on, with
the manifest purpose Of keeping her
there a. minute. Yes" he said, its
been an open winter. l like snow
myself, plenty of it. I'd like to
tunnel through the drifts once more
Pm growing old, guess; nothing
seems so good as it used to, not
even the snow; that's colder and not
so white. Everything Is different but
you, Amy; you never change"
II think | grow old, too" said Amy.
mo you don't; you're just the same
girl you were Is years ago. 1t takes
something besides time to make peo-
pie grow old. I'm getting gray my
self" He laughed without apparent
cause and pushed away the snow with
his foot. Amy" he said, merrily,
as II he was about to tell an amusing
story, Il haven't bothered you with
that old annual question of mine this
year, have 1? l suppose 1t wouldn't
be Of any use, anyhow, would it,"
He was looking at her wistfully.
They say that sometimes the mind
works rapidly in the emergencies of
life. There came to Amy vision of
that kitchen. A frying-pan, mute yet
pleading, was on the hearth; kettle.
with rusty countenance, was asking
for help; the dust on the mopboard
flashed on her sight; she felt that it
was making an appeal. At that min.
ute 1t was borne in upon her that she
had been appointed to a mission; she
was to be an apostle of cleansing to
that neglected board. She looked up.
her eyes meeting his fairly, without
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Dampeninu Clothes,

Use hot waite to dampen the clothes
that are to be ironed and you will find
it great deal more satisfactory than
cold. 1t dampens the clothes more
evenly and makes them easier to iron.
If the water is too hot to put the
hands in use whisk broom to sprinkle
it with. Many laundresses prefer the
whisk broom. as they claim that 1t is
less likely to make the clothes too
wet. The clothes may be ironed two
hours later with good results.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
st. joseph Nav Fall In Line.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 10,-At the or.
ganization of the Philadelphia club
of the Third Street Presbyterian
church Monday night, the pastor OF
the church, the Rev. A. l.. Hall-Quest,
proposed closing all the theaters in
st. Joseph next Sunday. No attempt
has heretofore been made to interfere
with theater performances on Sun
day. w. X. James, president Of the
board of police commissioners, was
one Of the principal speakers at the
meeting; and took strong stand in
favor of the Sunday closing question
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Attorney Kellogg Improved.

New York, Dec. 10.-Frank Kellogg
of st. Paul, Mimi, prosecutor In the
case of the government against the
Standard Oil company, who became
Ill Monday in the course of his speech
before the Minnesota Society, was
much improved Tuesday. Mr.. KEEL
logg's indisposition was the temper
airy result of an acute attack Of
Indigestion He was so much better
that he planned to leave for Washing
ton Wednesday with further evidence
taken on the Standard OIL litigation.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Railroad Officer on Trial.

New York, Dec. 10.-Alfred H
Smith, vice-president and general
manager of the New York Central
railroad, was placed on trial Monday
before Justice Kellogg. in the SUI
preme court on a charge OF man.
slaughter in the second degree, grow
ing out of the wreck of the Brew
ster express at Woodlawn last Febru-
airy, in which "a persons lost their
lives and 81 were injured. Gross
negligence was charged In the indict-
ment.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Rubber for the Umbrella Jar,

Cut a piece of your old rubber mat,
and place 1t in the bottom of the um.
brella jar. Umbrellas and canes are
frequently the means of breaking
these receptacles when dropped into
them without proper care, and the
rubber will help to prevent this. II
you have not piece Of an old rubber
mat to use, procure a piece Of sofl
sheet rubber, such as is used for pack.
ing by steam filters and plumbers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Receiver for Lumber Company.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 10.-A tele-
gram received here by the R. g. Run
Mercantile company announces that
W. r. Bradford Of Shreveport, La.
was Tuesday appointed receiver for the
Vernon Lumber company, capital
500, 900, which has plant at Hart,
Ia, and offices at Shreveport and Kan
sas City. At the local Offices Of the
company no facts regarding the re-
ownership could be learned.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Cotton Crop Estimate.

Washington, Dec. 10.-The crop re-
porting board of the bureau of statis-
tics of the department of agriculture
from the reports of the correspondents
and agents Tuesday issued report
estimating that the total production
of cotton In the United States for the
years 19070S will amount to $751;
$4,000 pounds (not including linters) +,
equivalent to 11,67S,O0o bales of 500
pounds gross weight.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Sweet Potatoes, Mexican Style.

Boil them until tender, peel and cut
In halves longwise. Put one table
spoonful Of butter and two of minced
onion into saucepan and brown.
Add one heaping tablespoonful each
Of green and red peppers, minced.
two tablespoonful of tomato catsup,
one Of vinegar, and a teaspoonful Of
brown sugar. Stir well and pour over
the potatoes.-Vogue.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12

Washington, Dec. 10.-Only two
members Of the Kansas delegation
will return home for the holidays
Senator Long and Congressman An
thony. Long has a senatorial contest
on tap and he wants to 90 out and
see about his fences. Anthony is to
be given a big reception by his home
people at Leavenworth on Decem-
br "a.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Sauce for Duck.

Extract the Juice from q quantity
Of sorrel leaves, add q glass of shseTy,
some mashed gooseberries, Q little
s1gar. Two tablespoons butter. Bod
up once and serve.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Formally Elected Senators.

Guthrie, Ok, Dec. 10.-The legisla-
ture voted for United States senators
Tuesday afternoon with the following
result: Senate, Gore and Owens,
(dem.) 30; Jones and Douglas (rep)
1. House, Gore and Owens. SO; Jones
ana Douglas, u.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
Currant 9auca-

Boil one ounce Of currants In q pint
1t water for i've minutes, add q Gun
Of bread crumbs, six cloves, q giass
Of wine and q BIT Of butter, stir IN
smooth. Serve with venison.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12
The presIdeot Grant saIIa

Plymouth, Dec. 1o.-Ths steamer
Prssldsat Grant, with Secretary Tan
ana ne members d his party %
boafl LEFT here It $40 Tuesday mora
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-12

shadow Of hesitation or doubt. 81
don't know" she said, simply. Il
think perhaps there might"
"Are you surei' he said.
Tim afraid So" she faltsred.
He placed hts hand upon the latch
Of the gate. She saw the motion and
glanced quickly up at him, then turn.
ed and ran swiftly into the house.
John stood q minute a. IL he were
Q little dazed By the sudden coming
Of his happiness: then he went SLOWLY
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
The Picturesque Route.

Spirit: tits conjectured by some rail.
road men that when the Pierre Rapid
City line of the Northwestern is com
pleted the trains from sCalifornia for
st. Paul and Minneapolis will take the
short cut through the Black Hills and
Pierre as a shorter and more attractive
route. One argument that gives sub
stantial reason for this suggestion is
the thoroughness with which all work
is being done on the, Pierre line, the
massive character of the bridges, the
extra heavy rails being used and the
extraordinary preparations being made
at Pierre call for the expenditure Of
abent $259,00O, and Include an adai-
ton Of eight miles of new track at the
Pierre station, or as Pierre people
proudly proclaim Eat the Pierre term
inal."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
Passed From Earth Away.

Mrs. Mckinley, widow of William
Mckinley, passed out of existence in
the peace OF the Sabbath afternoon.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs.
Mckinley lived in the presence and the
hope OF death and it is not to be doubt
cd that she welcomed the peace 81 dis.
solution. She was an invalid during
many of the years prior to the death of
her husband and it seemed that one so
trail could not rally from che shock that
fell upon her when an assassin took the
life that was SO dear to her. Mrs. Nc.
kinley, though dead, will live long in
the hearts of the American people, who
have suffered with her in the gloom of
her wldoWhood, and they will confident
ly believe that she has found beyond
the tomb the happiness that was denied
her on earth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
Hats Up for Roosevelt /!

Washington, D. G., May 81 If faint
praise is damning", then Col. w. H..
Parker, congressman elect from South
Dakota, certainly disposed of the rafs
and other booms this week. Col Park
er, who is here getting acquainted, de
clared that the people of the country
Will insist on the nomination of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in 1908, and that they
will not be thwarted in their purpose to
re elect him. He said that with all due
reference to the president, no man is
strong enough to override the will of
the people, and in reference to Mr. Taft
he declared the secretary of war to be
an able man, with magnificent record,
but the plain truth is that the country
isn't giving him serious thought as a
presidential candidate-not in 1902.
Col. Parker then ventured the prophecy
that the names Of Taft, Fairbanks.
Knox, Hughes, or any of the rest, would
not even appear before the convention.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
About the Wool Clip.

Wool prices will probably rule lower
this year than for several years past,
when % cents a pound will probably be
nearer the top than any other figure.
The clip which will be marketed here
this year will not be nearly SO large this
year as formerly on account of the Ly-
man county wool going out over the
Milwaukee road instead of coming to
this city. This year will end the wool
market here, as shipments will be pick
ed up at points west after this. With
present conditions requiring transfer
by boat here, many of the growers will
haul in their product as il no railroad
was operating west. Then the big
fiocks are being broken up, and those
which do not go this year will have to
go later.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
The Blessed Rain.

Last week brought to the northwest
a generous distribution of moisture
over which the growers Of grain con-
graduated themselves without stint.
The entire northwest is now saturated
and when, with the permission of the
moon, the normal seasonable tempera :
ture is restored, a growth of vegetation
may be looked for that will cause the
globe to bulge all along the side where
the breadstuffs grow. South Dakota
has hardly had such wetting since the
subsistence of the glacial period and
when its people look back upon their
recent approximations of drouth they
will conclude that the judgment of man
is the most inconsequentia thing in all
creation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
Artesian Notification.

The great practical value of the un-
foreground water investigation of the
United States geological survey has re-
Gently received another demonstration
this time in central South Dakota. In
this region the western extention of
the Northwestern railroad from Pierre
to Rapid City has built up the valleysof
Bad River, and the company has sunk
three wells to supply water for locomo-
tives and other uses. In sinking the
company was guided entirely by a map
published in a report on the geology
and underground water resources of
the central Great Plains, of which
South Dakota forms part, published
by the survey as professional paper, No
81. This map, prepared by N. Ell. Dart
on, the author of the report, indicated
in a general way the areas in which ar;
tesian flows might be found and show
ed the probable depths at which the
great water-hearing formation of the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

Great Plains, known to biologists as
Dakota sandstone, would be reached.
The predictions made by Mr.. Barton
on this map were very closely verified
by the railroad company's wells. At
Capa, where the top. of the Dakota
sandstone was shown by the map to be
at a depth of about $40 feet, it was
found at 1900 feet At Nowlin, farth-
er up the valley, the depth predicted
was between 500 and 1000 feet, or APP
proximately 1850 feet, and the water
bearing Dakota sandstone was entered
at 700 feet AT Wendte, twenty miles
west OF Pierre, a similar verfcauon of
prediction was made.
This is but one instance of many
that might be cited in which the water
investigations of the survey have re
suited in the successful location of ar
teslan Wells.-Aberdeen News.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
Capitol Money Available.

With the close of the spring auction
sale of state building lands there is now
available in that fund 100000. The
sales in Edmunds and Mcpherson coun,
ties last week amounted to 1900 acres,
at an average of a little below $40 an
acre, making the receipts practically
$25oO0 for the week, which, added to
the sales of $4,000 last week, brings the
total available fund to 100000 This,
with the amount which has already
been expended in the work, means that
over one third Of the sum has already
been raised from sales Of lands, and the
chances are that practically all the cash
required will be secured in that way.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
Finish Not Far Off,

In the race to the Black Hills from
the Missouri river the Northwestern
road Saturday night had less than
twenty five miles of track to lay with
the grading all completed and the
Cheyenne river bridge completed. The
line from this end has been completed
to Philip, eight miles out, and the track
layers from the west are less than TWEEN
ty five miles from Philip The Mil
waukee has practically fifty miles of
track yet to lay and the Cheyenne river
bridge to complete. Both roads Eare
working to close the gaps in their lines
as soon as possible, with the North
western holding the advantage.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
GROWING PIERRE
Destined to Be the Greatest City in
the Upper Missouri Valley.

A population of 1000 for Pierre, isn't
so bad. at the present rate of progress
we will pass the 10000 mark by the
time the next decade is reached. But
Pierre should not, and will not, be sat
islied with the present rate of progress.
There is no good reason why, in the
present generation, there should not be
10000 people making their homes in
in this city. And we have it in our
power to furnish many good and con-
elusive reasons why there should and
will be.
Cheap power, furnished by power
cana, would be one reason.
An abundant supply of natural gas,
for lighting and heating purposes,
would be another.
Cheap transportation and freight
made possible through water compe
tition brought about by the improve
ment of the Missouri river would be a
third reason.
With cheap power and cheap freghts
to which the natural advantages of
Pierre's location entitle us, Pierre
should become the great industrial and
commercial metropolis of all the vast
range of country that lies between the
Missouri river and the Pacific coast,
Pierre can jog comfortably along
with other cities, if she is content with
that. Or, if she is ambitious, and will
utilize to the full advantages she has,
and other cities have not Pierre can
forge ahead of her rivals to become, at
no distant time, one of the first cities
of the country.