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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08

A BOUT 1000 900 or Il. 900 900 white
n ants have decided to raze the
Smithsonian Institution. and the pre-
liminary work has begun.
Woodwork is disappearing. the floor.
ing is failing away in places. and what
the ants have done to the parts OF the
building which are hidden from omen
view can only be guessed, until neces
sity shall require an oyerhaullny Of
tine whole building
Where the white ants came from
nobody can tell They cannot be killed
by any means except fire or a liberal
use OF kerosene. They Increase more
rapidly than any other known specias
OF ant. and that is at a rate almost be
yond computation. They are hideops
to look at, being soft. unlike the North
American ant. and bristling with a
slight taxx
They are armed with little saw,,ks
mandioles. which can make their way
through the hardest wood in an inered
ioly short time. And their appetite 8
appalling,
Whole window sasAes were turned
from solid wood TO sawiust under N.
industry OF their sswhills. The roor
Ing was eaten away from the walls 70,
the space Of three or four inches. AM
the cases in which rare specimens n
butterflies and birds were kent w.,
ehewed 10 ine powder.
Now there is positive danger To N.
institution in their annual anr,aar
anee, as the building is drawn on :,
heavily to feed them that the MOO,
work has become Weakened.
u something ee not speedily don.
to extermiaase the white ants ~
Guiding Itself win be ex,srmina.a
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08

fast In her little yard over In Dntton
street old Mary Slower was alternately
drawing pail after pail Of water.
throwing Il N high as possible lhard-
ly above the windowsl. and wringing
her hands In misery and despair.
when around the corner OF the house
burst Joe. his hat gone and coat open
70 the wind
Without minutes hesitation he
forced III the shed door. pulled ont the
old ladder and mounted TO the roof
Already the ahingfes were burning In
dozen places. and as Mary drew the
water aud passed II, Joe threw u right
hand and left Few rouia caught for
nearly all In tho naighborhood were
slated. and the wind seemed to single
| out the little old house with Ii dry
cedar ahlngles for Its especial prey
Faster and faster fell the glowing
embers. and where they touched. tiny,
swiftly spreading flames sprang up.
| The old mans kneea were growing
lame and weak. HIS soaking clothes
froxe and his hands biistered AZ with
them, while waiting for water. he
amothered the firo here and there.
Al last tho water ceased 70 come,
and. looking down he Aaw Mary sitting
exhausted BY the we'll Her strength
had faliad At last aud now she could
do no more.
Not word had passed. between
them since he first came. and OF their
past differences Mother had q thought
tslamberins quickly down he took the
exhausted woman In his arms and ear
ried her into tho house. then hurryins
ont again. drew each pail Of water
himself. and climbing up tho ladder
threw II about
Il Hut. thank heaven, the worst wal
over. The ftre had eaten It's wa,
along tho next street and the dear oil,
house WAS 40 longer IN the way o
tying sparks The old man wet th,
! laHt glowing shingle. then alowiy ans
J FAITHFULLY felt his way down from
round to round and stood painful.
shisering Ia the snow. looking at III,
! door In lndeeislon Then he to,sers'
! into the kitchen and lay down. an
! soon Joe knew no more.
II Was morning. The gorgeous nus
! % dawn turned tho thick white froe
! an the kltehcen window 10 crimson
! aud Joe opened his eyes to tind him
J aelf ON the familiar horsahair satE
/ with blankets tucked IA about him an
! savory smell Of pennyroyki te
. hanging over tho room What
: blessed scnse OF rest aud peace stol
. over hita. lie closed his eyes, aa
!, whom he opened them again Mats wa
kaeslsn9 beside him. the tears strean
4 ln9 down her wrinkied cheeks
n "oh. Joe. will yoa stay now I'm I
|, sorry. WIN you stay now. JoeY II
: only an old woman. joe. win you sta
. now
L ! Essor Mary's lesson was learned
e why. aunt said Joe. why. aun
its geod OF You to take me ia 'cour'
IN stay,
a And be did
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
Anclen. Writers on poisoss

Poison lore. "poison-lehre,
was long called, was considers
hidden subject for many ages.
in his work "On Antidotes,
that the only authors who oa'
write of poisons were orphe@
LOCUS, Morus. Mendesius the ~
Heliodorus, of Athens. and
ers. Unfortunately, none =
treatises is In existence.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
Whale Leather

The Newfoundland fishermen 40.
coFding to consular report, have been
attempting to make whale leather a
commercial product. and are said IN
De meeting with some success. The
average whale hide covers a surface
OF about $500 square feet A square
1901 OF the hide weighs from two tn
nEe ounces and is priced as high as
% cents. The ! ather is unusually
tough. and is said to have great wear
ing qualities, and may therefore he
snapped to the covering of furni,urs
oussy tops and seats. and also ante
mobile uses, II is also said tina, II can
oe used Tor boots and shoes. L,eatbar
made from the intestines of the whale
resembles kid, and is thin and touch
u VII take color readily. and is to he
oNereo to glove manufacturers 10,
'u@Alns the long sleeyed gloves now
worn by women. Ho"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
secret Agreement Between Russia and
Jana.

berlin Tho National zeltung pub
fishes what purports to be the text
OF a secret agreement between Russia
and Japan, by which each government
10 bound to give the other twenty
four hours notice before beginning
warlike activity by calling ont either
naval or army reserves. This under
standing Is limited to Asia and ap.
plies Ia warfare undertaken alone ar
with an ally. The treaty. II Is said
vas signed shortly after the Ports.
moath treaty was signed and Is for
three years.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
eAlsAmEN IN IRONS.
viii BE Sen, Sack TO China by Cana.
dian Authorities.

Vancouver, n Cs--Nineteen China,
men were put IN irons at the deten.
ton shed Friday night and were
marched aboard the Canadian Pacific
Railway companys steamship Tartar.
where they we're locked In steel coll
awaiting deportation. Fourteen were
stowaways. while ave others were
members OF the crew who were arrest
ed for assisting tho stcwaways In
China They viii be turned over TO
the authorities for punishment
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
ANTS THREATEN TO EAT
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE

The Smithsonian institution is one
Oh the nations greatest ornaments. II
was presented through fund by the
late James Smithson, a son of the
duke OF Northumberland, and the leg.
acy' brought TO this country in gold
soVereigns In 1898, yielded as build.
ing fund more than $500, 900.
The building Is used to house spac,.
mems OF natural history
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08

ssept q, Bo~iesp
hardly received mention In the morn.
ing papers. Yet a nght there was. and
1ho shall say that those who fought
waged battle iess brase than did
the finely equipped heroes in the next
street,
The cry of fire and the bright blaze
had brought Joe from his bed into the
street with all the speed that he could
muster. The ere was near and Mafy's
house might be In danger, This was
his one thought. No remembrance
had he that he had been told 10. get
out. and hurrying along through one
street and another be reached the cor
ner just in time TO see Hose come
dashing up
Millions OF sparks were Joining the
/ myriad stars In the heavens and float
| Ing swiftly on. bright and beautiful
agents OF terror ,and destruction.
There had been no storm for o month
and the January thaw" had melted
all snow from the roofs. Upon these
the brands and sparks were falling
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
city Street Well Remains

Liberty street. in New io.
has been so known since the =.
the revolution. Before thai
Crown street, which sayored e
too much Of royalty to sun
triots. so the name had TO
Agly rule.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
In Chicaoo

SIFs' paroorn-How long has she
been married. sue
Mrs, Wabash-Four years
=, anu she doesn't seem to be tired
.. no. shes only had this one thrss
AASs -fonSers Statesman
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
Devotion of Mother ssefl

oeNotioh OF mus =, ,
The devotion OF stork 70 V
has been strikingiy shows =
FIRE at Basic. The nest was
by a spark from q chimney
mother bird refused TO
fedglings, and all were
death.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08

Vixen We were out automobits :
On the boulevard yesterday stepped
TO took At the rhododeaaruas -Nkat
part OF the car Ia that
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
Auto rests.

London experimenters nna
motoring enriches the blood -
good sleep. The tests were ~
those who ride. not to the
gets in front of the motor.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
On. Drawback.

One Drawback
One o. de drawbacks
life," said Uncle Eben. is
de can of duty don very oa
near as loud as de dinnes
Washington Star.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
Your Watch is Worth More
suffrage in Japan.

Suffrage in Japan.
In Japan every male over % y
OF age and paying direct tar q
yen ($5) Is entitled to vote.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08

American dentists nli American
teeth with si.ooo.0e0 worth OF gold.
silver and platinum annually.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08

4
| ry he did not accomplish the task of
! killing himself. and has to be watched
all the time.
The survey of the aerial geology of
| the Laramie and Sheridan quadran.
giles. Wyoming. win be carried to
completion this season by Eliot Black.
weideE OF the United States geologi.
cal survey. who win give particular
attention TO the areas underlain by
crystelline rocks.
As the result OF n severe rainstorm
at Laramie. dozen stores suffered
damage from flooded cellars. Tae
water came down the street In such
torrents that the cutters were no,
large enough To accommodate 1t. aud
the streets were Hooded several
lnehs deep in places.
An attachment has been levied
upon the bank deposits and hank
stock held by r. Augustus Hein1e IL
the various banks OF Butte. The levy
is made in suit brought few
months ago by T. NJ. Hodgeas agains
the bingham Consolidated Copper
Mining company OF Utah.
In the United States district coar
at Cheyenne. Judge j, A. Riner dis
missed the case against (. T. Me
Carthy, q wealthy miniag man o
Omaha and Baxter City. Kan, Wit
was indicted tor alleged conspiracy &
defraud the government OF valuable
coal lands In Monarch. Wye.
The Brown Palace hotel In penve
Was bought at public auction las
week by the Winfield = Stratton Is
tate for $4,000 The sale was mad
20 satisfy a mortgage held by tn
Strstton estate. Through the hois
and other property the heirs OF II. I
Brown WIN realize about sS0o.e00.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
JOE'S RETURN
BY Frank Lakewood Rowe

copyright BY Joseph u no~,s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
Motor Bus.

From the London Chronicle.
The age of hurry appears to have aged
the motor omnibus, and we learn that many
scores of them arc distinguishing started
life, as 1t were, too young. Dividends are
sinking, and to the average waiter for the
motor omnibus it's temporary decrepitude is
obvious. night or two ago this writer
waited with q wife who is adamant against
the horse-omnibus) for twenty minutes at a
point where there Is supposed to be five
minute service But from all eternity, one
supposes, the omnibuses came in flights
like sea gulls peching and squabbling. One
would welcome a certain regularity.
But the hurry has hurried up, and, just
before the motor bus picks up her skirts
and eludes you, you may notice the con-
ductors elision. South Kensington natu-
rally drops to South Ken" But what Is a
poor man to do with "Brompton Oratory"
in hurry? There Is a vanguard conductor
who has reduced it to one syllable. The
mere bungier would call 1t "Brorry." No
machine in this Office could spell it-as tho
conductor reduces it-in single syllable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
The Basis of Naval Power.

From the Engineering Magazine.
What constitutes an efficient navy? Not
ships, guns and machinery alone or even
chiefly, but thoroughly trained. jealous and
efficient officers and men, The ships of Ger
vera's fleet in 1898 were considered by some
good judges to be superior to those COM
manded by Sampson, yet they were utterly
wiped out I'm few hours. What are the
vital elements of personnel efficiency? Good
engineers, good gunners and good seamen.
These are the men we must have If the ma
ton is to derive full value for the millions
that 1t has spent and is spending on the
feet.
1t has been stated so often that It Is be-
coming trite, but 1t Is nevertheless abso-
lutely true, that warship is a great float
ing machine, and obviously the men who
can maintain its efficiency must be skilled
In the knowledge and practice of handling
machinery; In other words, they must DO
engineers. The progress in naval develop
ment has been such that apart from the
medical and the accountant officers all 9TH
ers spend most of their time in directing
men whose chief work is with machinery
of some kind. Even guns of small caliber
are intricate mechanisms, and the great
guns with their turrets are aggregations of
machinery of very powerful and eompli-
Gated kind. The torpedoes and their ancil-
laries are likewise delicate and complicated
machines. When we come to submarines.
even the air for respiration may depend on
machinery. These are all mentioned as
showing how thoroughly the work which
has always been the province of the deck
of1cer has become engineering work 1t
must be obvious, therefore, how accurate
was the statement of President Roosevelt
(when assistant secretary of the navy in
1897 that ION the modern vessel every
officer has to be an engineer whether he
wants to or not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
Pieric Acid for Burns.
From the Chicago Tribune.

FROM the Chicago Tribune.
Put your finger in the fire and it need not
burn. Chance led to the discovery of a
remedy which instantly will cause burns
to cease from being painful and also causes
injured flesh to leal with miraculous speed.
DR.. Thierry, a physician in the Paris
Charity Hospital, was in the habit of using
picric acid as an antiseptic, SO that his
hands were impregnated with the solution
One day in lighting a cigarette he dropped
portion of the burning match in his hand,
but instead of feeling 1t he noticed not the
slightest pain.
A short time afterward while sealing n
letter some of the burning wax stuck to his
finger, and though it cauterized the skin, he
felt nothing He began a series of expert
ments In healing burns with a saturated
solution of picric acid. ALL pain instantly
was suppressed. After having bathed the
wound In u solution of this acid blisters did
not form and cure was effected after four
or five days.
The only inconvenience was that the acid
colored the skin yellow. But this is rapidly
remedied by washing with boric acid. The
cheapness of picric acid and the ease with
which proper solution is prepared have
induced many Partisan manufacturers to
place jars within easy reach of their work
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
Why Farmers Grow Old Early.

Any one who has lived on farm does not
need to be told the reason. for he knows Of
the strain under which the American farmer
lives during the five months of spring and
summer. His workday is from or in
the morning until or at night, including
chores-flfteen to seventeen hours Of the
hardest kind Of physical labor, and every
minute Of it at high tension, especially dur
ing harvest. Then comes a period of relax
alton in the fall. the one time in the year
when he has just enough muscular exercise
to keep him in health. Later, the winter
season, approaching stagnation, in which he
takes on flesh, gets 'logy.' and then q
furious debauch Of hard labor through the
spring and summer again. No wonder that
by forty-five he has had sunstroke and
cant stand the heat" or has "a weak
back" or his heart gives out" or a chill
makes him rheumatic" and when you add
to this furioussmuscular strain the fact that
the farmer sees his income put in peril
every season, and his very home every bad
year, 80 that each unfavorable change in
the weather sets his nerves on edge, 1t can
be readily imagined that the real "quiet,
peaceful country life" Is something sadly
different from the IDEAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
Queen HeIen's Courage.

From Rome Correspondence London Telegraph
A little hunting incident of which Queen
Helena Of Italy was the heroine has leaked
out some days after the event.
She accompanied the king to Castle Por-
zano to shoot. The weather was intensely
cold so a big bonfire was built, around
which the royal party gathered.
Suddenly the Marquis Calabrini, a royal
equerry. as a joke jumped over the flaming
pile His garments took fire. and all pres
ent lost their heads except the queen, who
threw herself on the marquis. tore the burn
ing parts of his clothes away, unheeding
the danger. and choked the flames with her
skirts.
!, BY special order of the queen this was
kept quiet. but one person, struck by her
courage and GOODNESS. could not forbear ex-
pressing his admiration. and thus the Incl.
dent got out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
WINE IN CHINESE POETRY.
Counsel Of Early Writers to Tenn
perance People.

From the Shanghai Mercury.
No one coming from western lands would
think of accusing the Chinese people of in
temperance in the use Of intoxicants Per-
haps their present sobriety In this respect
is due to their national vice of opium smok-
ing, and if so. there is an additional argyll
ment in favor of letting what is COMPARE
lively we'll alone, for of the two we take 1t
as proved that the evils Of alcohol out
weigh those of opium. But whether that
be so or not. it Is certain that If the
Chinese race a rule Is sober it Is not
for want Of poetry in praise Of wine. In
fact. there seems no lack of evidence for
the assertion that in times gone by China
has known to her sorrow what overin-
diligence in potent beverages is capable OF
producing. AS early as the eleventh CEN
fury before the Christian era we find Wen
Wang. a celebrated ruler in what is now
the province of Shans. laying down the
law that wine" meaning thereby distilled
spirits. should be reserved for sacri1cial
purposes only, on the gronud that all ma
tional calamities had their origin In the
wine cup.
this sage command. and, like Omar Khay-
yam. were not ashamed to counsel all and
sundry to drown their sorrows in the cup.
Time is memorable and in vain
Against his might the holest mortal strives:
Can we then hope this precious boon to gain,
By strange elixirs to proong oMr ivesl
And dress in silk and satin every day.
So writes an anonymous scribe in the
first century BIC. Here is another of a
later date:
Here Is wine. let sing;
For mans life is short -
Sorrows are hard to forget,
What shall make US forget them?
Wine and only wine
Giles tells us that Wang Pc, celebrated
poet latter having prepared u quantity of
ink ready for use would drink himself tipsy
ana lie down with his face covered up. On
waking he would seize his pen and write
off verses. not word of which needed to
be changed" Ii Pc. another celebrated
poet, perhaps Chfna's greatest, was Wild
Bohemian. He says:
Though the moon cannot swallow
Her share Of the grog.
And my shadow must follow
Wherever ] jog.
Yet their friendship III borrow,
And gayly carouse,
And laugh away sorrow
While springtime allows.
And again:
What is life, after all. but dream?
And why should such pother be made?
BETTER far to be tipsy ] deem.
And dose all day long In the shade
Another poet of a slightly later date has
fine usual experience of such as follow the
advice of Ii Pc. He writes:
seek to drown my consciousness
In wine alas in vain;
Oblivion passes quickly
And my griefs begin again.
On one occasion a poet was desired by
lady acquaintance to favor the company
with sonnet. He excused himself on the
plea that he had taken too much wine to
write poetry, whereupon she retorted that
.ft was after a gallon of wine that Ii Pc
dashed of hundred sonnets and so gained
a name which will live thousand genera
tions.'
These extracts might easily be multiplied
many times over. We must content our
selves with but one more. SO modern that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
An Ungallant Actor.
from Harper's Weekly.

from Harper 9 weekly.
A well-known American actor, who is old
enough not to consider himself matinee
idol by any means, was somewhat sur
prised and pleased in a st. Louis hotel a
short time ago, when a pretty girl stopped
him in the corridor and presented him with
a rose, without saying word. He was
more surprised and less pleased to receive
a note the following day reminding him Of
the incident, and asking him to send the
giver Of the flower two seats at the theater
in which he was playing "as a memento Of
the occasion"
my dear young lady, the actor replied,
waxing sarcastic as he realized what had
been the object of the attention he had been
paid, II would be glad to send you the seats
you ask for, but, on consultation with the
manager of the theater, I have been in
formed that the seats are all fastened
down. and that he is opposed to having
them sent away as souvenirs in any event.
so that you will have to be contented with
an autograph for a souvenir of your benev-
olence of yesterday instead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
Early Northwest Voyages.
From the Century.


Beginning with the American discoveries
OF John Cabot in 1897. the search for the
northwest passage was for many years the
object of rival expeditions from Denmark,
England. France and Portugal. 1t was
I'robisher. however, who in 15I6-IS first
gave distinct national character to the
quest John Davis of Davis Strait followed
in three voyages. 15sJ-Ss, and then, in 1872.
came the iilustrlous and hapless Henry
Hudson whose motto was that explorers
should achieve what they had under
taken else give reasons wherefore IL
will not be- The search from the Atlantic
side closed for two centuries with the voy-
age of a great seaman, William Baffin, who.
IN tiny boat of fifty-fve TONS with a mis-
cradle equipment, hut an undaunted heart,
attained, in 1916. the highest north in the
western hemisphere, ~ degrees As minutes
N, and discovered three radiating sounds,
Jones. Smith and Lancaster, the last being
the eastern entrance to the long sought
passage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17

becomes q member Of the commission on
the retirement Of Mr.. Stevens. He Is now
in this city and will start for Colon in a
short time
Ths present plant contemplates the gath
ering Of the members of the commission on
the isthmus within the shortest possible
space Of time and an immediate getting
down to business The President is anxious
try that not only is the work Of the canal
being organized" whipped into shape"
made ready for the real work. and all
that sort of thing. but that the dirt Is act
ually f1ying-not just merely beginning-at
a satisfactory rate. Of'corse, the work on
the Culebra cut. the bette noir of the
French company's plans. has been going on