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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-06-15
Home Trade Hints.

A dollar spent at home stays around
home and may return to you after
few days.
II you want to make your own town
prosperous you will spend your money
in your own town in preference to
some bigger burg long way of.
The way to start wagon out OF the
mire is for all the horses to pull to-
gether One way to pull together Is
for everybody to patronize home indus
tries whenever possible.
Money in circulation around the
town you live in is much better for
your interests than the same money
in circulation in a city hundreds OF
miles away. Your dollar is lonesome
in big city, but 1t has friends around
home and u therefore more useful.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-06-15
HOME TRADE NOTES
LITTLE GLEAMiNGS THAT POINT
MANY MORALS FOR ALL.
A NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS
Carefully Revised by the Catalogue
Houses-Mail-Order Houses and
Pure Foods-The Local
Dealer.

The ten Commandments as revised
to At the mail order catalogue house
plan:
First-You shall sell your farm
products for cash whenever you can.
but not to US: We do not buy from
you.
Second-You shall believe our
statements and buy all you need
from US because We want to be good
to you, although We are not person
ally acquainted with you.
Third-You shall send the money
In advance to give us the chance TO
get the goods from the factory with
your money: meanwhile you will
have to wait patiently few weeks
because that is our business method.
Fourth-You shall apply to your
nearest city to aid you in building
good roads so you may conveniently
get the goods from the depot which
you buy from u.s. for We do not build
country roads.
Fifth-You shall buy church bells
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-06-15

when they ordered groceries. then the
English language is not understand
able By selling the stun that has
been put under the ban because OF its
impurity. the mail order concerns
have been able to undersell the local
merchants living hundreds OF miles
away from the great centers OF sup
ply
In carrying on this trade in impure
goods. the mail order houses have
done the greatest injury to the con-
sumer While the local merchant has
lost some trade. he has had at least
a part OF the business OF the ranch
man ard miner In his vicinity. but
the consumer. who has been caught
by tho cheap" prices offered. has
not got what he has been paying for
by a long way. and there is no way
for him to get even.
AS II has proved with the groceries
sent out by the eastern mail order
houses, so IT is with the other lines
they work on in Montana. The sad
dies and harness offered at phenom.
enally low prices. the buggies and
wagons at prices which seem almost
like giving the vehicles away. the
kitchen utensils which are priced in
the vouminous catalogues at figures
that indicate the local merchants are
highway robbers the dry goods that
are offered at such infinitesimal cost
as to compel the ordinary woman to
believe tie mail order man Is public
benefactoF all OF these eastern mail
order house offerings are on q par
with the proved quality OF the gro
ceries they have been selling
lent and put out to sell and not for
service The confession on the gro
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and interior fixtures from us and for
ward the money in advance, for that
Is our business method and you shall
collect from the business men in
your vicinity as much money as you
can for the benefit of your churches.
Although we get more money from
you than they do. still it is against
our rules to donate money for build
ing country churches.
Sixth-You shall buy your tools
from US and be your own mechanic,
in order to drive the mechanics from
your vicinity, for we wish it so.
Seventh-You shall induce your
neighbor to buy everything from us,
as we have room for more money
the less money there is left in your
community the sooner we can put
your local merchants out Of business
and charge you any price We please.
Eighth-You shall look often upon
the beautiful pictures in our cata-
logue, so your wishes will increase,
although you are not in immediate
need of the goods, otherwise you
might have some money left to buy
necessary goods OF your local mer-
chants.
Ninth-You shall have the mechan-
les who repair the goods you buy
from us book the bill SO you can send
the money for his labor to US for new
goods, otherwise he will not notice
our influence.
Tenth-You shall, in case Of acci-
dent, sickness or need, apply to your
local dealers for aid and credit. as
we do not know you.
The secret OF how it has been that
some Of the eastern mall order houses
which have done business in Montana
and elsewhere were able to undersell
local merchants on some lines OF gro
ceries has been revealed. The revela-
ton has come about through the oper
alton of the national pure food law.
One of the big mail order concerns.
which has done a great business in
Montana. makes the announcement
that 1t has closed Its grocery depart
ment, giving in circular its reason
for doing SO because it's maintenance
has been made impracticable by the
pure food laws Just passed by con-
gress."
II that Is not an acknowledgment
that the consumers have been fur
Nsshed with adulterated food stu1s
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ttI les SuthlL uldhe lHh eastern HAL
order house patrons think before they
send off another order for cheap
goods. Helena Record
Your local dealer stands ready to
duplicate every offer so seductively
set forth in the catalogues of mail or.
der houses and more, says an ex-
change. He will trump the best trick
the mail order house ever played il
you will put down the spot cash and
accept from him a class OF goods de-
void of respectable ancestry, and upon
which no reputable manufacturer will
place his name. He can sell cheap
goods too, if you will buy them from
him with your eyes shut He can meet
the best price ever made by mail or
der house if you will plank down the
money and accept what he gives you
without question and without recourse
but you must not expect him to be
in his place of business every day In
the year ready and willing to furnish
expert help when you are in trouble,
ready and willing to stand back of ev-
crything he sells with his own reputa-
ton and the warranty of a responsi-
Bile company.
Honest. now, don't you really pat
yourself on the back when you spend
your money in such a way that in sup
plying your own wants you help build
up the neighborhood in which you
live? OF course you do. and you act
on that idea yourself, but the trouble
is that YOU don't talk 1t enough to
your friends-Streator Ill) Press
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ceries should make the eastern mail
order house patrons think before they
send off another order for cheap
goods Helena Record
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-06-15
Inheritance Tax Law.


In the United States the national
gpyCrnment has more than once i'm
posed inheritance taxes in addition to
those imposed by the states, and in
the last instance about one-half of the
states levied such taxes concurrently
with the national government, making
a combined maximum rate, in some
cases as high as twenty-five per cent,
and as matter of fact, several states
adopted Inheritance tax laws for the
first time while the national law was
still in force and unrepealed The
French law has one feature which is
to he heartily commended. The pro-
gressive principle is so applied that
each higher rate is imposed only on
the excess above the amount subject
to the next lower rate. This plan is
peculiarly adapted to the working out
of the theory of using the inheritance
tax for the purpose of limiting the
size of inheritabe fortunes. since the
progressive increase in the rates, ac-
cording to this mode. may be carried
to its logical conclusion in maxi
mum rate of nearly 100 per cent. for
the amount In excess of specified
sum, without being confiscatory as to
the rest OF the inheritance, for each
increase in rate would apply only to
the amount above a certain maximum.
Il do not believe that any advantage
comes either to the country as whole
or to the individuals inheriting the
money by permitting the transmission
in their entirety of such enormous for
tunes as have been accumulated in
America.
AS Lincoln pointed ont, there are
some respects in which men are obvi-
.ously not equal; but there is no rea-
son why there should not be an equal
.ity Of self respect and equality Of
rights before the law, and at condi-
tions under which each man obtains
the chance to show the stuff that is in
him when compared with his fellows"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
CHAPTER w.
THE BEACH BY MOONLIGHT.

white-Man's Trouble was abominably
frightened during that night march along
the beach to Mala-Nulla, and did not
mind showing it. Indeed, the fact that he
screwed up his determination sufficiently
to make the trip at all. says great
deal for his admiration of Carter.
Carter. on the other hand though he
was fully alive to the desperate risks
that lay ahead, felt himself to be the
white man in command, and adjusted his
demeanor accordingly. TO look at him
one might have thought that he was
merely taking exercise and the evening
air for the general good of his health.
Had there been cover he would have
taken it, but there was none The beach
was the only path; the bush which walled
1t on one side was impossible, and though
the sea might have been considered an
alternative route, they had only cotton
wood dug-outs at the Smooth River FAC
tory and would have taken at least q
surf boat to get out over the Smooth
River bar, to say nothing of landing,
when the time came. through the rollers
which crashed always on Malla-Nulla
beach. SO he marched along where the
sand was wet and hard, Just above the
cream of surf, and he carried the twelve
bore. hammers downwards, over his
shoulder, with his forefinger on the trig-
ger guard above. He was very grateful
for those past days OF rabbit shooting
in Upper NVharfedale which had taught
him to be so quick and deadly on a
sudden mark.
The surf on one side. and the night
noises of Africa on the other roared
in their ears as they marched, and every
now and again they came into cloud
of freilies. which switched their tiny
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-07-26
beware Of
~ Benedlcts
By H. M. KERNER.
Copyrighted, 1907. by Homer sprague

The new Mrs. Wo!cott regarded Billy
Bevan distrustfully. Not until the train
had pulled out and she had sent her
newly acquired husband forward to
the baggage car to remove excess bag
gage in the shape of white satin
streamers from their trunks would she
feel safe. Billy Bevan was only happy
when playing practical jokes. lie was
happiest when his victims We're bridal
couples.
Suddenly Bevan snapped a handcEff
upon her husbands wrist and was
drawing the bride and groom together
with Il mocking till death do thee
part" when he felt the cold steel on his
own wrist and heard the fatal click.
He. not the bride, was handcuffed to
Wolcott.
81 say" he cried protesting!y, this
is not fair"
"You IAN unlock yourself in time to
leave at the next station" said VOL
colt. It's poetic Justice, Billy"
"lt's copfoundedly unpleasant" Billy
retorted. you see. l did not get the
key; Y supposed that I should need
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PHYSICAL Horrors Not Art.

The subject Of discussion ut the
[mpressionists' club was a picture,
"Circe's SWINE" by a young German
painter, a grotesque study showing
the enchantress among a herd of bes-
tial things, v%ariously diverging from
the human %type-furry cared fauns,
shaggy hipped satyrs. apes with pink
palms. snufting jackals and thick jowl-
ed swine-all With more or less OF
agonized human intelligence protest
ing mutely from their hideous Inca
ments.
"They are all errors. these %freakish
excesses.'' declared an old painter of
the second empire. "Triboulet, Quasi
modo, Gwynplaine. have no proper
place in art. Such art belongs to the
Huns and Iroquois, who could only be
stirred by liberation and dismember-
ment. The only effects of horror prop
erly within the province of the artist
are psychological. Everything else is
q mere matter Of the abattoir. The
body as nature has evolved it is
sanctified by her purpose. in any nat
ural function or attitude decent and
comedy. But lop away so much as a
finger and you have wounded the crea-
ture beyond reparation."-Wflla Sibert
Gather in McClure's. H.
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Empresses of japan.

Women played an important part in
the early history Of Japan. To a wo-
man, the Empress Jingu, belongs the
glory Of the first conquest made by
Japan, that Of Korea, A. d. POI.
Dressed as a man, she led her feet
over the unknown waters, across which
she alone believed a country lay to the
westward. IF we succeed" she said
to her chiefs, ''the glory will all be
yours. I will be responsible for the
infamy Of a possible defeat" The Ko-
reans laid their wealth at the feet Of
the conquerors, and the king swore
thai so long as the stars shone and wa.
ter ran down hill Korea should be
faithful to Japan. This achievement
of the empress gave rise to the boast
of the Japanese, "The arms of Japan
shine beyond the seas" But the most
important fruit Of her victory was the
Of Buddhism from Korea,
as we'll as Asiatic art, science. medi-33
cine and literature. Jingu, however,
was never actually proclaimed head OF
the empire. The first female ruler was
Suiko, and since her time eight
presses have governed Japan, some OF
them with great wisdom.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-07-26
Indian Bua Eaters,

A reporter went over into the Indian
Territory and ate locusts with the
full bloods. He says: '"The insects are
caught at night just before they are
strong enough to fly away. The In
dams select a smooth spot of ground
where they have ascertained that the
grubs are plentiful and clean it off
nicely. When it is dark they go to the
place thus prepared with torches and
heat the ground with a maui or jump
up and down on it, with the result
that the young locusts swarm out and
are swept into bags and baskets.
where they are salted. put in an oven
and Drowned. Impelled by curiosity.
the writer took a helping of the sus-
~iiicious looking bugs and bit gingerly
a plump one III the middle and then
ate the whole bug and helped himself
to more. for he found that the locust
was not q bad tasting bug at all. 1t
has a. flavor somewhat like that of a
dried herring or salted peanuts, and
the Grip. brown bugs make very good
sating."-Joplin MOI News-Herald.
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Witches, Broom Do Not ,njure Trees

v
Among the objects which the leafless
season of the year makes conspicuous
In our woods and hedgerows are GER
tain dark, almost globular agglomera-
tons of small twigs on the boughs of
many different kinds of trees which at
first sight look like birds nests. They
are what are popularity known as
witches blooms or brooms. They are
usually the results of some. bygone dis
turbance in the economy of a shoot
producing bud which caused the bud
to break up into several instead of
continuing it's onward growth as a
single branch. The irritating influence
which produced this result was proba-
bly, applied at u very early period Of
the bud formation, while it's develop
ment was but little advanced. Whether
due to insect or fungal irritation, these
brooms are not %infective to the rest Of
the tree and do not aus decay or in
.jure the tree in any way beyond use
lessly consuming a certain amount Of
sap. 1t is possible that some of the
best brooms are caused by the at
tacks Of mites which persist in their
occupancy and attack the spring buds
every succeeding year.-Museum Ga
zette.
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let this terminate so abruptly2 Is it

let this terminate so abruptly? Is 1t
not sO?"
"Give my regards to Grace in case
you see her." called Wolcott as Bevan
made for. the door. Bevan breathed a
prayer that he would not see her, but
as he stepped to the platform she
came toward him with sparkling eyes.
"Why didn't you let us know that
you were coming?" She cried as SHE
shook hands.
81 didn't know it myself" he ex-
planned. you see, l vas carried off
while l was saying goodby to Ted
WolcOtt and Bess, so I came on for q
call"
"I'm glad you did," she said smil-
lngly. "It's too bad l did not know
that Bess was on the train. l came
to see May Lewis off. Oh, have you
hurt your wrist, Billy|
"a %little," he admitted lamely, scowl.
ing at the handkerchief bandage
around the offending cuffs. "Ill tell
you about it as we drive out"
He followed her over to the dog
cart.
"That was very careless" she scold-
ed. ''You must have hurt your wrist"
cts not my wrist that hurts; it's
my feelings" he began. When he had
explained his plight he added, "Bert
was hoping you would be here to see
me-and you WERE" he ended miser-
ably.
"Are you sorry that I was" she de-
manded.
"Sorry? Not a bit of it, only a
man feels such a fool.".
"If you eve marry what a lot of
back scores there will be to be paid
off,"
Eyes, Ted was telling ME to beware
Of the benedicts. No girl would want
to marry a man that will get the send
off that's in preparation for me-"
"She would not care very much for
you if she could not stand a little
teasing for your sake" she said softly.
"a little teasing!" he echoed. "Why,
they are liable to wreck the train to
get square. How would you like
"There's a blacksmith shop just
ahead,' she said hurriedly to change
the topic. 81 guess he could cut that
cuff"
The blacksmith could and did.
'"That lets you out Of a scrape,"
Grace said when they were under way
again. ~
"Only to get into a greater one" he
declared. "I-well, I've been trying
for months to get up my courage to
ask you to marry me, dear. 1 think
you know that 1 love you. l know
that you love me or you would have
joked me about the scrape I was in.
Do you think, dear, that you love me
enough to say 'Yes?'"
81 think I can brave even the bene-
diets" she answered shyly.
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Character In the Eyes.

Character reading from the features
IL an interesting study in which most
people induce, though perhaps uncon-
.sciously. \ man is heard frequently
to remark t,,..t he never judges a per-
son by extern! appearances, but let a
person apply to this same man for Il
position and tie first thing he will do
will be to make y mental estimate Of
the character. alli'tv and general con-
aition of the applicant. And lie does
this from outward appearances entire
". When a man applies for a job.
look at his eyes. Me- :'igns of char
acter are expressed trough the eyes
than any other feature. The eye is the
window to the brain, and through it an
expert character render can often see
many a tale that would he lost to the
average person. a guilty eye has sent
more than one criminal to meet his
fate, and a steady, unflinching one has
helped many a man through a serious
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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''wHAT ARE YOU DOING, TED?" ASKED
ROR.

palms. He has Quarreled with the
Lawrences e the greenhouses they
built that spoil the view from the
arbor, and he doesn't like the new PEG.
pie at Greystone a bit. He says they're
too e%Xcitable."
"He did, did hep laughed Bob.
"Well, he must enjoy excitement a lit.
tie himself. When 1 drove in to the
postofice yesterday, I saw him riding
beside little Mrs. Ainslee in her red and
black runabout. They were clipping
along the post road to beat the band.
and he didn't look worried a bit over
any excitement"
"He was not riding for pleasure
said Gwendoli1 coldly. Mrs. Ainslee's
little boy Teddy was bitten by a sna1-
sing turtle, aud uncle simply went with
her to the doctors. Teddy was with
them"
We'll, he wasn't in evidence, and l
didn't hear any means of pain. The
old boy and the widow seemed to be
enjoying themselves all right. Any
way, that kid Ought to be suppressed.
He put one of those swapping turtles in
with my terriers last week, and it
didn't do a thing but nip Napoleon's
ear and take a bite at Lady Gays
nose"
"What We're the terriers doing?"
Gwendolin's blue eyes lighted with
quick merriment.
Nothing except kiyi-ing. You can't
take a grip OH a turtle shell, and ev-
cry time one would make a dash at
the turtles head it would draw it in.
And Teddy thought it was great fun
$50 it was" approved the young wo-
man OF the sand dune. 81 didn't know
Teddy had SO much sense Of humor.
Plat must be why Uncle Hal likes
him. Generally he doesn't care for
children a bit"
Maybe Teddy would keep him from
being lonesome, then, after we've gone
to Denver" Bob waited an instant,
then caught encouragement from the
face above him and took the sand dune
at four steps. Gwen, darling, quit
teasing and behave. 1t isn't a joke.
It's u life's happiness at stake just
because this old fossil wants your COM
pany. What do we care even if he cut
you off without "a cent? I'm have
enough for two, and I'm not afraid Of
him. I'll go to him after dinner to-
night and tell him the whole thing and
let him sizzle',- 4
''You can't tell him tonight; Mr.. Daul-
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Cbe Diplomacy
Of Ced....
By IzOLA FORESTER.
Copyrighted, 1907, by G. H. sutcliffe'

"You see, l wouldn't mind it a bit II
it were not for Uncle Halbert, but II !!
marry you and go to Denver, BOD, Whae
would become of him? He hasn't Il
soul in the world but me, and he's
forty-nine'-
"Foty-nine isn't DID," interrupted
Bob gloomily.
at isn't for most men, but 1t is 1of
a man like Uncle Halbert," Gwendolln
answered seriously. SIT isn't as though
he had led an active business life, BOD.
He has always been so seclusive; you
know what I mean-he had lived by
himself and for himself until mamma
died and l came to liv&dt the Naples.
That is over fifteen years ago, and
know that if l were to marry and
leave him all alone here it would break
his heart"
"Let him come with u.s." suggested
Bob, walking up and down the strip OF
beach below the sand dune, where the
figure in the blue cloak sat in solitary
state. Its a great climate out there.
He'd like it all right as soon as he %3t
accustomed to the change. OF course
1t might come hard to an old man like
that
"You Just said he wasn't old
"Well, he's too old to care II way
or the other.
"Bob Daulton, how can you talk so
hea~rtlessly?'
Daulton stopped short in his walking
and faced the figure in blue, his hands
deep in his pockets, his young face set
and resolute.
"Just because 1 want you for my
wife, he said, "and any obstacle thai
stands in my way after you yourself
have said yes has simply got to be
overcome-that's why. 1 like Mr.. Ruth
erford all right. He's a fine old fellow
but 1 don't see just why we should
| blight our whole life's happiness in OF.
| der to insure his not getting lonesome
And he won't be. He has lots of neigh
bors''-
"He hates neighbours" interposed
Gwando1jn SADLY her chin on hel