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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

menus in your handwriting. II looks bad,
refecs on your standing makes people think you
can afford stenographer, and is somewha am
higuous.
You write out Jour letters-make out an
abstract fiji in an insurance poiicy-enter your
card memos-make cut your accounts, CT a hotel
menu-or do any kind of writing you need, on
ny kind. size or thickness of paper, and space
any way you want to.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02
For Rheumatic Sufferers.

The quick relief from pain afforded
by applying ChambeFlain's Pain Balm
makes it a favori;e with sufferers from
rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, lum-
bigo and .musular pains. For sale by
J. J. Sherwin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

THE between Chicago and Omaha
rendered days by the postofce
the Burlington has had the
he made the grounds that
reaches Omaha from Chicago of
Burlington also after the between Chi
audD
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02
mineo from the Dino
JAMES BARTON ADAMS

A southern paper estim mates that dur
ing the coming year 5000 colored ba-
bies will be named Joseph Benson For
aker This would give the names
= George Wash 'n'ton," Thomas Jeffuh
son" and Adm Linkum' q much
needed rest.
The literary sausage makers" re-
ferred to by a Chicago paper may be
The fellows who rehash old stories.
M Carnegie say the day will come
eut man will stand above the dol
lar. bu that will afford us no relief. II
b. just as tire some TO stoop for it as
i, to .ach for it.
1t is said that New York judge passes
sentences on convicted pr soners in
verse. This looks like the very gum
tessence of judicial cruelty but per
haps the rascals deserve it.
Anything that will attract travel is re
garded as legitimate in the Sunny
South nowadays. The Houston, Texas
Post says the girls Of that city are yet
wearing peek aboo waists.
Prof Starr of Chicago university says
the swallowtall coat is a JOKE 1t is. 4
double header joke with two points to
it.
An Oklahoma minister slipped on
muddy street crossing ard the fall reu.
dered him unconscious for two hours,
and perhaps 1t was well that it dtd. If
he had retaiue d Consciousness he might
have given utterance to an unminlster-
ial remark that would have caused him
sore regret later in the day.
should be understood that the mar
ri d men Of Washington who have or
gauiz= d an Aru Profanity society only
pledge themselves not to swear on the
streets.
Out of 90 girls who were asked by
s,atisticau why they wanted TO get mar
ried, 81 Of them answered Because"
The other-3S perhaps answered that it
vas none Of his bloomin' business.
Kansas claims the oldest living editor
OF weekly newspaper. He may be the
man who first introduced those famed
Ii erary lights "Veritas,' "Pro Bone
Publico," and More Anon" to an ad-
miring public.
\ Washington paper declares tina,
Secretary Taft will soon lie elevated 10
the supreme bench. 1t speaks SO con
iidently that we are led to believe
that Theodore has determined to lift him
there if a derrick has to be used in the
operation.
a woman writer of Kansas SAYS some
men would pop the question several
months sooner il they were mind readers.
And many men, if they were mind
readers, would no, pop at all, dear
madam.
Mrs. Fiske-Griffin of the New York
smart set' has given dinner for two
pet pigs. Scarcely a case demsndiug
the atteptiou of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty To Animals, but
clearly within the jurisdiction OF the
fooik lller.
! Prof. Starr says the African cannihals
no longer eat missionaries. Some con.
vincing advocate of vegetarianism must
have been lecturing IN the dark cont.
nent.
The South Dakota Legislature ha.
voted to present chair 10 the retiring
COVER nor. quiet hint perhaps for him
to go way back and sit down,
IT that Swettenham letter had been
addressed to Admiral Bob" Evans
the Jamaicans would have heard some.
thing in the line of picturesque vocal
music that would for the moment have
detracted their attention from their terri,
BILE surroundings and filed their soul,
with unspeakable awe.
-e-a n se'aas sss
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

IT imperative duty of all good citizens to all
seek investment this Now that
plans having their object the construction Of
modern city, the should be given
couragemeut The need of such improve
e has long patent that the fair
geoete policy should be adopted and adheared
this object but for the sake OF the best welfare OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

notice, the malicious nsnuaon the
city showing paaty in the matter of enforcing the
sidewalk Interpretation Of the law defined by
letter and without fear
member of the council would depart
from the straight duty spite belv
any one and will change public opinion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

Boaflsrs Wanted-Bpard and room s25
per month"; table board s25 per month";
table board ga. so. Miss NJ Jones, 22o
Thirteenth avenue.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02
The Best Phyxic:

When You want physic that is mild
ard gentle, easy to take and pleasant
IN effect, take ChanbeslAin's Stomach
and Liver Tablets Price IS c~nts.
Every box warranted. Get free sam-
Pile at I. J. Sher~ins drug store and try
them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

hard fight United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey was
re elected United from Texas by the
branches legislature of IoS In the state
vote was Bailey and him, and
the Bailey received So and S
against him.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

Any person desiring bargain in al
most new furniture for two or three
rooms, please address P. o. Box 5S
idaho Springs
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02
You Can Easily Ope-
rate this Typewriter
Yourself

Don't worry your
correspondent.
Don't write him
anything by hand
that takes him time
to make oiIi-ihat
may leave him in
doubt-that he can't
easily read.
And don't fill ont
legal papers or card
memos-or mn ke ont
accounts or hotel
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02
THE expected has happened.

The expected has happened. The Gazette charges its
council with being responsible for the death
of horse the and will lake issue during the
preaching toveppe cnch that in for abun
danceo Of horse talk this spring.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

VIC you overlooking opportunity You have neglected
with having attempted to bribe the Thaw jury
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

For SALE cheap. large heating
. owe. Address Box 2oI.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

Ice delivered daily. G. H. Curnow.
phones Black TIA and Forks 27.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-02

Try us for ranch eggs, Vegetables
poultry and meats. THxRo & Co.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20

should result in the triumph Of the yer,
elements these constitutional and statu
tory enactmcntS sought to DESTROY!
No man not blinded by personal OF
factIonal passion can disguise the fact
that 1t was to escape the political entitic,
contained IN the following and the per
sons of the New. Orleans Bosses that
all these measures have become living
law.
No man not blinded by these unpa
trlotiC feelings, not Rangrencd with spite
can rctute the fact. that with the sue
cess of any alliance bclYcen these New
Orleans Bosses and any clement in nut
State politics. come, the end If all tn,
work Of REFORM IN the suffrage aud IL
our elections!
These arc truths which none in X,
sane mood can contruvcrt.
The clanior Of the enemies Of Louis
lama $ moral element. the mistaken pray
crs of weak women blind to cunSr-
quences, the mouthugs Of yenal and
subsidized newspapers. the dangcrou,
silence of the metropolitan press. the
cunning advances of political time >crv
erS, should be an appeal for the higher
and better citizenship which never re
tracts nor retreats
Mr.. Sanders. were lie rs white As the
driven SHOW that "drifted from Diana :,
temple, can not change the character
and the purpose of his allies He is even
more unfortunately not so pure. In fact
the school Of politics which the gang
embodlcs was that from which he was
evolved, and the pupil can be no greater
than the master
What crime therefore, A crime
against good government. against the
people. woul it he for such a combine
to succeed
But we have that sublime faith III the
and III the steadfastncss of
the great and determined moral forces
of the Commonwealth, aud we have that
faith to the extent of the belief in It's tri-
umphant success.
Sanders must GO.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
RECKLESS ADMISSIONS.

In its wild effort to excuse or at least
palliate the Sanders seventeen Ward
Boss alliance, the chief of the Synlicatcd
Press charges that MIR Wilkinson tried
to get the Bosses but his offers were not
enough
In other words III the auction Of these
ward leaders. who seeing the drift Of
public opinion jumped INTO the band
wagon. as the Syndicated Pges> puts
lt--werc for sale to the highest bidder,
AM Wilkinson did not bid enough.
What reckless admission. and how
danning
And to tell this unbushingly i'll Il
ncwspapcr-and tell it with all the sign,
Of approva-that claims to represent the
moral element of community, at least
i'll part!
he times are past when one can do
things i'll politics without a twingc II
conscience that one would not do in
ordinary life for all the world
Mr. Sanders Synlic newspaper
representatives may not know it. but
there has come an honest era for civic
life, and woe unto the man or the Jour
nal failing to realize the fact.
Along with Sanders the New Orlcan:
gang must go
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
EXPLODING \ TIB.

II The Pollock News comes to us secont
hand with this statement:
The Shreveport Caucasian is some
what shifty when it comes TO supporting
gubcrnatorial cand 1atcs. Last election
if we mistake not. he Caucasian made
a hard fight against Governor Blanchard
while ii has lined up for his man this
time instead of its former candidate.
This editor does not seem to know
The Caucasian and its strictly unbroken
policy i'll matters political. 10 call The
Caucasian "shifty" while mean in ex-
, PRECISION AMI characteristic perhaps of
i is author. is SO far fetched and so far
from the truth that the gang" who
know The Caucaian AMI are its oppo-
nents will shake their sides when they
read it.
Now The Caucasian supported Gen
eral Jastremski four years ago. and Mr.
Wilkinson did also. Besides. Mr. Viii
kinson sturnped the State for the gen
era
Governor Blanchard Was the friend
and companion Of Mr. Sanders four
years ago, and Mr. Sanders openly adj
vocated Mr. Blanchard's election
This year The Caucasian is right along
in line. supporting Mr. Wilkinson be-
cause he is the embodiment of the hon
csty, the determination and the clean
purpose we need in office
If Governor Blanchard is supporting
Mr.. Wilkinson. he is the returned sin
ner, but that is not what the slur of the
Pollock News means. What it wants to
convey is the idea that Mr.. Wilkinson is
Governor Blanchard's personal 'represen-
tative in the pending contest
This lie has been skillfullN dissent
mated throughout those sections of
Louisiana where it would do the most
good for Mr.. Sanders. the author know
ing full web that in the sense sought to
be impressed the statement was a gross
and malicious falsehood
Let us enlarge on this political play
Il moment SO that i can be cleared up
for good and all.
Suppose there had been a Wilkinson
Blanchard dickcr, Of course there must
have been mutual "quid pro quo.
How is it then that Blanchard's ap-
pointees i'll New Orleans and elsewhere,
how that officers Mr. Blanchard went
out of his way to elect, such as Meredith |
the Railroad Commissioner, for whose
sake Mr. Blanchard bore 1naledctions,
how is it, we ask, that these men have
gone over to Sanders?
XII this story Of Wilkinsons being the
Blanchard or Blanchard candidate is
simply Sanders campaign fib, intended
to work the gullible, of which The Cau-
casian regrets to learn there are some in
spots.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20

Man,hc1l Enterprise. u" N}.rd
BOSSES Of New Orleans arc ur,,ts~ l.,t-
last desperate stand for "H".- Ri .n
louisiana. and have pinned their h...
to the tail of the Sander, gubcfr#rr'H
| Kite. an are making a desperate fiji. '.
hold their power To- rule the ~tfge II
they should succeed III clcctiuo Nr. E..-
dcrs. the last hope of "goNcrnn.H. FIR
the people and by the people vlii i1.e
| vanished for many years to como. Il f,
nov up f. tie white Dcn"crlc~ 'a .o-
eide whether they are III favor Of sell
government or not. This candidate 4, a
whirwiud campaIRncr. AMI Is well cal
culatcd to dupc and deceive the people
Of louisiana. but We feel sure tbot he
will he buried under an avalauei, #
ballots that will startle the con>ptr"tarl-
Their candidate is neither worse nor bet
ter than the professional politician, that
are urging him on to lcStruCtIur. aud
the men bchnl his aspirations represent
all that has been obuoNioue and disgust
mo III Louisiana politics for many years
We urge the people to rally around the
banner Of Wilkinson and place Louis
lana among the purified and regeueratcd
States of the Union. If the abuses of the
past decade are to prevail. the white prI-
mary election law will have proven q
failure and farce.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
GENERAL JASTREMSkTS CAM
i IGN

With little noise and no buster. Gen
eral Jastremslt is conducting his cam
paign on conservative lines Iii, friends
feel encouraged over his progress. He
is much stronger than he was several
weeks ago Tic has added To his mum
bers since the seventeen Ward Bosses
have pronounced for Sanders. At the
rate the people are rescntins the com
binaton Of the Bosses with Sanders it
may not he surprising if the second pr
mary should be between Wilkinson and
JastrcmSki
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
PERSONALS.

Mr.. and Mrs NJ. Strauss and ,hei
charming and accomplished daughter
Miss Flora, have returned home from
New York
Mr.. and Mrs f. NJ Gribble are beint
congratulated on their lovely daughter
/ Nell Lavsrne Gribblc. born October O
1907 May the choicest blessing ot
heaven attend Miss Gribble always.
= Mrs. ]. Bryan Ards rcturs1cd We'd
nesday from months stay at Missis-
sippi City. where she was the guest OF
Mrs. c. n Mihgc.
Mrs. Foster Comegys Of Chicago i,
the welcome guest of her mother Mrs
J. NJ. Foster at Curraghmuir.
| Relatives and frienls of Mrs Lula
f1ibbett and Miss Mary Belle Mcclellan
who sailed from New York the 5th in
slant. are delighted to hear Of their safe
arrival in Paris. before the ravagcs of
the terrible storms that swept over
southeastern Europe and made danger
Brigt little Cannon Nesbitt second
grade pupil Of the central school, III Miss
Owens room, has been out Of school two
weeks on account Of sickness.
Miss Ethel Prctz. a talented graduate
Of te central school III June has accepted
a very excellent position in the money
order department Of the postofficc.
Miss Matte Grace Grosjean i, one Of
the recent bright acquisitions III the
stcnography department Of Draughon's
business college.
Good news of the class standing Of orr
Shreveport boys comes from the l.. s.
L. and. Tulane University.
Mrs. Carr and Mrs Hazel Violet were
called to Mansfield by the serious illness
of their mother, Mrs Brown.
Mrs. Bette Lowry is a gentle minis
tering spirit III the home of her sick
ffien1, Mrs. John Scwal
Mrs. +. S. ScrpeH Of Arcadia, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.. Mes
bitt, returned home Wednesday.
During the absence Of her mother,
Mrs Woodley, who IS visiting her son at
Haughton, Miss Minnie Belle Woodlcy
Is with Mrs. Agurs OF Hope Street
Mrs, Harry Linde Of St Louis is vi5-
ting relatives in Shreveport, and is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Wilkinson.
Captain and Mrs. II c. Rogers, who
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
CONGRESSMAN WATKINS.

Mansfield Journal: Judge J. T. Wat
klns spent Wednesday in our town get
ting testimony bearing upon the burning
of the Baptist church here in 1864. A
claim for $1,000 for damages, we hear,
will be presented to Congress by Judge
Watkins. and the impression prevails
that If the appropriation can be secured
Judge Watkins is the man to get it. 1t
will be remembered that the church
llling was used as a hospital after tho
battle of Mansfield for the Northern sol .
diers and the fire occurred during the
occupancy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
PRESIDENT KILLS BEAR.
Animal He Laid Low Had Been Follow
ed For Four Hours.

STAMFORD. La. oct 19.-The pregi.
deht Killed q bear late Thursday after
noon. Few details are known except
IT 'ook ace after he and other hunt
ers with him followed the dogs In the
chase through jungles for four hours
The beast was a female Of black vari
ely and beyond the average size. The
TACT that she was secured at all is
attributed to The staying quality Of
the new dogs
me news was brought i'm by a cour-
Ter. who arrived from Bear lake Fri
DAY morning. The exploit has given
heart to the camp and hunters are now
working with renewed vigor in the,
nope OF making a brilliant finish
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
18th his friends the Democrats

With his friends the Democrats.
The issue today is somewhat as it was
in Ioo3-4 when BLANCHARD and the
Bosses with Sanders were aligned to
gether. 1t IS even more aggravated for
he reason that while Blauchard's sue
cess may he attributed To the influence
md the power of the Bosses, he IS pos
Sesscd Of many traits Of which Sanders
is lacking. He was not the ahicct tool
Of the Bosses as Sanders may be
Today the Issue is as it was in 1908 1,
the Bosses against the people. and is in
tcnsihel by conditions which did not
then exist aud which appeal directly TO
the people who favor a government
economically and honestly administered
for the good of the people in opposition
TO the Bosses and the class i'll politics
who consider 4 public office to be 4 pri-
vatc snap
There can be little hope of reRgncra-
ton III The politics Of Louisiana with
Nd'h''H d 'oNNih'l ana I''N h'HN'N 1T
his back, and if there be III Louisiana
some men who will not support Wilkn-
son because Blanchard may he on the
silc of Wilkinson then let such men
vote for Jastremski instead of Sanders
/ If we would be praycrful orr most
fervent and soulful suppicatlon would
pc: Deliver the State of Louisiana from
Sanders aud Sandersism. If this is
,landcrng Sanders 50 be it
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
THE CRISIS.

To the citizens who thinks while he
votes, the hour is full of danger to the
cause of reform government, of clean
government with and by and for clean
ment. AT this crisis the political con Ii
tons are perhaps peculiar. They are
certainly momentous. 1t is crisis
which includes the fate of truly repre-
sentative State government, embraced in
which is the control of its cities and
localities in the hands of the honorable
AMI honest clements, upon whom, as a
final analysis, IFS greatness, glory and
power must rest
For years past Loulsianians have
striven for higher ideals in government
and to that end a restricted suffrage
eliminating the ignorant and the vicious
from voice in command, was embedded
in our Constitution, a primary election
law destroying the school of the cabal
called, for want of better name, nom
mating convention, has been embraced
among our statutes, that the great body
of party of the people can exercise
direct influence in selecting candidates
for office; and finally, our election laws
themselves have been made more and
more drastic, in order to secure and 20
preserve a fair expression of popular
will.
After all these achievements, what
tragedy, civic as well as economic, moral
as well as political, would it be if the
great and so far victorious movement
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY

The Caucasian has been compimentct
with an appreciated invitation reading as
follows: Mr. and Mrs Ladson l.
Boone. Sr, request the pleasure Of your
company at their Fiftietll Wedding An
niversary, MONDAY evening, November
fourth. from 8 to II o'clock at the resi-
dencc of Mr. and Mrs. d. f. McCul-
Tough. Alb Milan street, Shreveport La
Mary r. Bcckham Ladson l.. Boone
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
EIYMENEAII.

Love rules the camp, the court, the
grave, for love is heaven and heaven is
love" so sings the bari. And so thought
Our friend, Mr.. Sam West, when he
wooed and won charming Miss Harvin
and made her his bride
1t was one Of those surprise marriages
with no formal giving away of the
bonny bride, but Hymen, the god OF hap
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-20
NEWS IN BRIEF
\ Budget of Interesting Items Gathered
by a Caucasian Representative.

The library fthe central high school
Is exceedingly well selected. comprising
fifteen hundred volumes In addition t.
the reference books, the fiction. poetry
aud travel are many charming books that
will interest the casual Is we'll a, the
careful reader One of the most de
ligl1tful is, .Ihc Children" bv Nice Mcv-
nell Her writing Is limpi1 IN it, depth
and full of profound searching. sensitive
appreciation of all kinds of subjects
Listen to what ~hc says about "Chidrcu
IN Nj lWintcr" and admire is dpl,cacy
of unllackneycd thought
"tlnldrcn are 81 flower like that II J.,
always 4 little fresh surprise to see them
blooming i'll midWintcr lhc,r fcndcr-
ness, their down. their color their full
ncss-Whlch IS like that Of 4 thick rose
or Of 1 tight grapc-luol>s out of sea ,on
Children IN the whitening wind are like
the soft golden pink roses tha, III the
barruWs III Oxford street breathing 4
southern calm on the north wind The
child has something better than warmth
IN the cold, something more subtIy out
Of place and more dclicatcly contrary
and that IS coolne,s. To be cool III The
cold is the sign Of vitality quite cN-
qulS1tely alien from the common Coudi-
tons Of the world II is to have A nat
trally. and not an artlflcially. different
and separate climate. We can all be
more or less warm with fur, with skat
ing. with tea. with fire and with sleep
in the winter But the child is fresh III
the winl. and awallc~ cool from his
dreams. dcwv when there is boar frost
everywhere else; he is more lovely and
temperate than the sunlncr> day and the
winter day alike He ovcrC0mcs both
heat and cold by another climate. which
Is the climate OF life. is more delicate
and more surprising III the tyranny Of
January. BY the sight and touch of chill
ircn. we are. rs II were. INDUCED with
something finer than fruit br flower
in rmtimelv bloom. The childish bloom
is always rare The fruit and flower
will be common later ON: the otraWher-
RES will be 4 matter of course and
the asparagus duh III their day But 4 !
child is a perpetual primer. q,
Besides light and color children have i
beauty of finish which is much beyond /
hat Of more finished years This gratui-
IIous addition. this completeness is one
If their unlocked for advantages Their |
beauty of finish is popularity Of their
and loses as years are added
hat little extra character. and that sur
Prise of perfection Moreover,
what becomes afterwards Of the length
and the curl Of the cyelash? What is
hen growing up is destructive of a fin
sh 50 charming as this? But another
word of the child in January. 1t is his
month for the laying up of dreams. No
me can tell whether it is SO Of all chill
lren or even with a majority but with
ome children of passionate fancy there
occurs now and then a children dance.
harm and glory mingled with uncertain
lreaIns Never forgotten, and yet never
ertainly remembered as a fact Of this
lfe Is such an evening