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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
SPOKANE MARKETS REPORT.
Prices to Producers.


The following list may be taken as
a fair standard of prices paid by the
city markets for the commodities.
named.
Poultry-Liye hens, 12c; dressed,
lie; old ROSTERS, Sc; spring chickens,
10c; dressed, lie; fancy turkeys, 17Q
1Sc Id; dressed, 10000; geese, lie;
dressed, IL 1-2c.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 35c
doz.; 5000 per case.
Butter-37 lie h.; second grade
butter 80 lie.
stock-Live hogs. $606.5O cwt.;
dressed. SOS 1-2c b.; cows. live,
s2.25 cwt.; dressed, 4@5c h.; steers,
live, So cwt.; dressed &c; hides SC.
Cheese-Wisconsi and Hardwood,
15c ID.
Mutton-lve, wethers 4c; ewes,
3 1-4c
Veal-Fancy small 7 1-2@Sc; live,
4c; large, weighing from 200 to ESQ,
&c dressed.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 45055c.
Cheese-Factory zoe to 25c; Swiss
cheese, 40c ID.
Vegetables Potatoes, 65075c cwt-;
beets, 75c@$1 per cwt.; cabbage, 10
lac Id; turnips 75c@$1 cwt.; ruta-
bagas, 81 cwt.; carrots, soc cwt.; hot
house lettuce 35c lb; mushrooms, zoe
Id; pears, $1.75@2 per box; Hubbard
squash, 81 dozen; pumpkins, 40c to
81 doz.; dry onions, $101.40 cwt.;
cooking apples 50@75c box; fancy
apples, 1902 box; celery. 60c doz.
Hay. baled-Oat hay, $12914 ton;
wheat hay $12014 ton; alfalfa, $14
tom timothy $1S ton.
Hay, loose-Timothy $40 ton; wheat
hay, SIS ton; oat hay, SIS ton.
Oats-$12oH1 .25 cwt.
Butter and Eggs Retail Prices
The following prices are quoted on
butter, eggs and cheese:
Choice butter. Hazelwood 45c lb; va
kima Jersey 45c; Edgewood, 45c Id;
Mapleleaf, CSC; Columbia, 35c; Prem
ium. 40c; Rosebud, 30c.
Retail Meat Prices.
Beef-Porterhouse steak 20022c;
sirloin steak, 15018c; round steak,
IL lie; shoulder steak, 10c; prime rib
roast, 15018c; rib roast, rolled, 100
zoe; beef, boil, 6@10c.
Lamb-Forequarter zoe; hindquart-
er, 25c; chops, 30c.
Pork-Roast, 15@1Sc; chops, $50
1Sc; salt pork, 1501Sc; sausage, 100
zoe; bacon, best, 100000; common,
1Sc; ham, best. 25c; picnic, 1sc.
Poultry-Chickens, dressed, zoe;
spring chickens, 5O@75c each; ducks,
zoe; turkeys, 25c.
veal-Roast. 10000; chops. $50
zoe.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
GIRL KILLS HER PHYSICIAN.
Maud Slater Then Shoots Herself, Is
Theory of Police.

Kansas City-Dr. Everett H. Mer-
min, prominent physician and sur
geon of this city, and Miss Maud Stat
er, aged %, patient of the doctor,
were found dead in Merwin's office
in the Hall building, and all available
evidence points to the theory that the
girl shot and killed the physician and
then committed suicide as the result
Of insane jealousy. Each victim had
been shot through the head and pis-
toll was found near the extended right
hand OF the girl.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
-Theaters in Spokane

Visitors to Spokane can have seats
reserved for any of the following at
fractions by writing Charles Muehi-
man, manager of the Spokane theater,
senolng remittance as a guarantee.
Prices range from so cents to $15O.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
Feb. 22-2a-McIntyre and Heath.

Mcintyre and Heath. who have
gained reputation in the east in
their delineations of old fashioned
negro characters, will be seen at the
Spokane on February % and %, in
one of their lest known productions,
THE Ham Tree" written by George
V. Hobart. This play is Klaw &
Erlanger play.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
Aueustin DAILY Musical Company.

Two productions that are we'll
known throughout the country, "a
Country Girl and "Gingalee," will be
presented by the Augustin DAILY Musi-
CD. COM any in the Spollane theater
the latter part ct this week
The story of "A Country Girl cen
trs around Two country maids. Nan,
a girl living among the Devonshire
hills, who generally sacrifices herself
in the interests of the man she loves,
and Marjorie, who has become. I'M
known to her village friends. famous
actress in London. and who returns
to the scene of her childhood dons the
gerb of rustic lass and proceeds to
enjoy the simplicity of life among he.
native surroundings.
"Cirsalea" is a real eastern prcduc-
ton the plot of which is laid in Ce"-
Ion. The story turns upon the fortune
of young lady who is the heiress to
a large estate in Ceylon. When she
was years of age she was given in
marriage to a neighboring nobieman.
Then, as years passed on, to escape
her fate, she ran away and became a
tea girl
"A Country Girl will be given at
the Friday and Saturday evening per-
formances and at the Saturday matt
rec, while "Cingalee" will be given
Sunday evening.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
Fatal Accident at .EernIe.

At Fernie carpenter named Charles
Douglas was recently killed at the
Coal Creek car repair shops and
another man seriously injured by
slide.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16

The first horsei railroad was built
in 1826-27.
The first sulphur match was made
in 1929.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
CHAPTER VIII.

8utt. AIueK Doe marriage OF MT. BAUM
gartcn Lady Avon had occasionally at
tended Little Wilton church a. hereto
fore. but Lady Grace never. She had al
ways excuses ready, and her mother
who had never fathomsd, or even suspect
ed the true cause Of GrAce's caprice A.
to the hving-put faith In them. The
countess declined to alieht and Mr..
Baumgartsn went out to the eats.
Would 4 b troubling ysu very much,
Mr.. BAumgartsn. TO come b Avon House
occasionally and pass an hour with msT'
began shs, ~ they shook hands.
Certainly not, II yeu wish It" he ~
piled. III can render ysu any service
! shall b very happy to come"
Lady Avon lowered her voice and bent
toward HIM. Il an net happy in ny
mind, Mr.. Baunsarten; not easy. The
present world l. passing away from me,
and know little Of ths one am enter
Ing. DON'T like tAs Rotor Of Great
Whittsn; he doss not suft me but With
ysu I feel At home. l shall Be obliged
to ysu to come up oncs or twics a wssk
and pAss a quiet hour with me-
Il viii Do -. But hops ycu and
nothing more than usual ths matter with
your health
Time will prove" replied Lady Avon
''How Il Jour little boyr
He gets on famously; h l. brave
little fellow" returned Mr.. Baumgartsn
his eyes Frightening. would you like
to SEE him7 I will have him brought
out"
II should Ike to 80 him, yes but ]
will come In"
He helped her from the low carriage
and gave her his arm up tho path, and
the most comfortable chair BY tho parlol
fire. The child was brought In by Dinaf
IA pretty babe in 4 white frock ant
black ribbons, the latter worn In memory
of his mother.
Lady Avon took him on her knee.
HE will resemble you." che said, scan
ming his face; he has your eyes exactly
deep and dark"-and she had nearly add
ed beautiful" The child put his hanC
upon her ermine boa
my pretty boy p she exclaimed, fond
ly. what Is his name?"
"Cyras. / know 1t would have pleased
Edith to have him named after her faith
err"
"Ah! Poor Edith I" sighed Lady Avon
as she gave the child back to Dinah, ant
arose. mot the least distressing featur
Of that loss was its suddenness. l wished
could have come over to say farewell.
Mr.. Baumgarten sighed in answer, a
he again gave his arm to Lady Avon. "B.
the way" abe said, as he was settling he
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
The Minister'S Wife
CHAPTER vII.-(Continued.)
BY MRS. HENRY WOOD

CHAPTER VII Continued-)
Later In tho day she seemed little
better; 1t was the ral,yins of the spirit
before departure. She knew 1t was de-
ceitful strength, but 1t put hope into the
heart Of Mr.. Baumgartsn.
RYE, II he should live, you will al
ways be kind to him1"
Edith! Kind to himl Oh, my wife,
my wife," he uttered, with 4 burst Of
irrspressibls emotion, you must not 60,
and leave him and me-"
She waited until he was calmer she
was far more collected than he.
You will love hin?" she reiterated,
family; you will always protect him
against the worlds unkindness?"
"Ay; that l swear to you," he ardently
replied. And Edith Bsumsarten breathed
a sigh of relief, and quietly lay back upon
her pillow.
Her voice, hardly to be heard at all,
was growing fainter and fainter. Her
husband thought it must be the faintness
attendant on death but for a short time
she seemed to sleep.
He sat on his arm beneath her neck,
his other hand held one of her hands. All
was still so still that the ticking of
Edith's watch, lying on the dressing ia
BILE, was audible. About ten minutes had
thus passed when a slight cry from the
infant In the next room, followed by the
soothing hush of the nurse, fell upon Mr..
Baumgarten's- ear.
"Ryle Ryle -
MY dearT' he breathed, vexed that her
sleep should have been disturbed.
II have been in that dream again
going on my long, long Journey" she said
In disjointed syllsbles. "Oh, Ryle, know
1t now; 1t is the journey of DEATH"
my dear wife /" he cried, much dis
tressed.
The air is-oh, 80 sweet-and the light
at the far end so bright and lovely-and
the howers-look at the flowers they are
the flowers of Heaven and-and-oh,
look look
The tone, growing inaudible, had taken
a glad sound of ecstasy and with the
last word, the spirit passed away.
After the funeral of Mrs. Baumgarten
the parish hocked to Wilton Cottage to
condole with their rector, and to see the
baby. He received them with quiet cour-
tesy, but the most sanguine sympathiEers
could NOT detect any encouragement for
a renewal Of the visit. All that could
make life pleasant to Mr.. Baumsarten
was ~ yet buried IN the grave of Edith
Gradually he began to take notice OF
the child; at first he had avoided him
The old servant, Dlnah, who had lived
with the Danes for years, took charge Of
him. M. Baumsarten would sometimes
have hin "a his knsc now, and soon loved
him With An impassioned fondness. He
had nothing eIse to love-
Thus tie months glided on to winter
the rsetsz fulfilling all his duties ~ Of
yore, BIT leading a very lonely life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-09

adaptable to very little vor,o
walking costumes. IN
The separate coats Of tho
nave II wide range and are d,v,dos 'On
TO distinct classes suitable for IA. ~
varying purposes.
In Paris the short skirt ia rooo,.,
an almost unprecedented amount nf ~
'eiltlon ana dresses to clear the yrona,
are even seen in the realm Of aeal lu
noon toilets. "''ct'
for afternoon gowns the d,irtu.
checked voiles in two-toned effect. ~
exceptionally. attractive, when fosh
Toned with garniture of silk which
gives them body.
Ball fringe, very large greIots ,on.
and ornate tassels, cords of sin, ga
chenille and any number of detaohoa
motlts In passementerie or braid orro
ment the new costumes.
shocking is gradually returning 70
favor, although it is not very nroot,
cal for washable materials. but "a,
such fabrics as may be dry cleaned s,,
isfactorlly 1t is always pretty
One of the latest of millinery hloon,
Is brown lilac, which has much tba
appearance of the natural flower wbon
1t has been subjected for too LONG q
period to the unmerclful rays of the
sun. A few sprays of fresh lilac ara
almost Invariably mixed with tina
scorched brown blossoms, two or three
withered leaves being likewise fire..
quently added.
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me"-nothing could exceed Madame
sweetness-"you are somewhat unbe-
comingly clad. | have a thought. We
are going to open his eyes. Tomorrow
night the Bishop comes. Your husband
adores him. Saint as he is, he has an
eye for a pretty woman. l bid you
both to supper; but you must come an
hour before your husband. You will
see what you will see."
She kissed Mrs. Susan's wet cheek
and was gone, leaving the other woman
oddly comforted, although much mysti-
fed.
Mrs. Susan was at the Manor House
at five of the clock punctually, taking
off her pattens aud her long cloak
humbly In the little room off the hall,
where the lackeys troubled her by Of.
fering her their services. 1t still rained,
the whole country was dripping Some
thing Of hope and courage had come
to freshen like flower which has long
been i'm the drought and dust and has
suddenly had a drenchlng. She began
to revive her pale cheeks to grow firm,
her eyes bright, though her heart
thumped in her side.
The poor Prince! Parson Towne
button-holing the Bishop, who was too
to find anyone dull, blinked as his wife
came in with Madame. Her brown eyes
fluttered like moths at twilight. She
trembled excessively. Why, she was
far more beautiful than Madame.
What scales had been ON his eyes?
The Bishop bowed over Mrs. Susan's
hand. His fine face was alight with
the admiration he felt He turned to
Parson Towne.
"Ah, my friend" he said. 80 you
have been hiding Beauty from us To
think that one country parsonage should
house Learning and the Graces."
That night Parson Towne fell In love
again with with his wife, who, limo
cent soul, desired none but him, else
the fine gentlemen might have turned
her head. That night he discovered
that Madame was wrinkled and of q
complexion somewhat yellow, while the
angels recorded that Madame went un.
rouged and wore sacque that mis-
became her, 50 that Mrs. Susan should
reign alone.
Nor did she go back to be Cinder-
ella. Madame saw to that. The gifts
that came to the parsOnage-the prettyl
woolens, the lowered silks and mus
Inns, the ribbons and furbelows-it
would take a long time to catalogue.
When Madame loved, she loved. And
she had taken Mrs. Susan to her good
heart. Wherefore the parsonage was
another place from what it had been.
And presently the parson, becoming
famous as man of learning, the town
would have drawn them out of their
country greediness. But they were
wiser than to go-Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-09
Love Defined.

Before the International School Con
gress in London, Or. Sir James Chich-
ton-Browne defined love at first sight
as being (1) species Of cerebral COM
motion, and (2) the stirring of some
hitherto dormant association centers
by an appropriate atfinitive impress
sion" The scientific value of this
transcendent discovery, In the opinion
Of the Independent, Is almost equal to
the conclusions reached by an Amerl-
can university a few years ago when
an investigation was made of a large
number OF school children to discover
their preference for dogs and cats. The
astonished world learned that most
boys loved dogs best and most girls
cats.
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serorm in Housekeeping Methods.

Reform in Housekeeping Methods.
With women who keep help the dish
washing after the evening meal pre-
sents no more inconvenience than any
other part of the days work; but with
women who are their own kitchen gen.
fuses, as many must perforce be in
this day of scarce domestic service
washing the evening dishes is the
greatest bugbear of the day.
Then, especially in summer, the
housewife wants to be daintily dressed
and to be free to spend the evening
hours with the man Of the house. Moth
ing prevents this, but the great stack
of dishes to be washed up.
Now, why cannot the dishwashing
be as Systematically and sensibly done
as the rest of the housework? Why
dabble over the dish pan three times
a day? There really need be but one
dishwashing done each day. If the
dishes are cleaned with the pliable
blade Of palette knife, they can be
piled up neatly overnight. The work
VI uOIuB Tue WllOle DdJcn nj once, IN
the morning hours, is not half the trou-
BILE 1t Is to do them at night, when
dressed for the evening.
Every housekeeper should have, too,
dish rack in which the dishes, after
rinsing, are left to dry. 1t is simply
an ancient fetch that wiping with
towel is required. In ideal kitchens in
modern palaces the dishes are never
dried. The finest china and glass are
finished by placing in the rack to dry,
and it may be added are kept brighter
by this means.
There Is no reason why dishes should
be washed three times day, nor why
the dish towel should be adhered to-
no reason except that women lack mi
tiative. The average feminine is a
creature of habit she clings to unnec-
essary and foolish ways for no better
reason than because her mother and
grandmother did things so.
1t is the hardest thing in the world
for her to revolutlonlze her housekeep-
ing; yet no profession, occupation or
Job on earth stands in greater need of
revolutlonizing.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-09

Wherever In all the world the spc-
cial gifts of women are needed. there
is Woman's sphere says Il wise woman
writer. The qualities that difrerenti-
ate woman from man are affection.
quick sympathy, intuitive perceptions.
Il gift for sweet ordering, arrangement
and decision; while man is the creator,
defender and discoverer Each is cs-
scntial to the other, and each should
enter in some degree into every phase
Of the others life. This disp0ses Of the
drawing OF arbitrary lines. If men
will become truly manly ana woman
truly womanly, both will gravtate 10
their rightful place in any age OF the
world
If man today were the brave and ten
der lover and protector he is intended
to be, he would have no occasion to
complain that woman has grown in
dependent and even entered into com
petition with him. 1t is because men
have first been deficient in wisdom that
women have come to seem deficient in
love.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-09

During a walk along country road
the author of Cicero In Maine, fell
in with a quiet-iooking old farmer,
who Invited the author to ride with
him. BY and by, when they had talked
of a number Of other things, their con-
yersation turned to books.
II amt read any too many" he said,
but when my mother went to Bangor
one time, when l was bout seventeen
year old, she brought me a copy of
Walter SCOTS poetry, and I've thought
a good many times t that book made
difference in my whole life.
II set by 1t In the first place because
l knew what 1t meant to mother to
buy It, Her money came hard, and
books cost more then than they do
now.
I'm pretty sure l picked me out
different kind of a wife from what |
should if l hadn't fallen in love with
Ellen Douglas for my first sweetheart
| didn't choose my wife just because
she was pretty or smart, or could make
good butter and cheese. And when |
got her, mother liked her, and they
lived happy together.
Then pretty soon the war broke out
We lived way off here where we didn't
hear much, and we didn't get the pa
pers very often. and father thought
the main thing was to stay here on
the farm and raise a good crop O.
potatoes and apples; but l was uneasy.
| didn't think war was going to be all
romance and troubadours, but | kept
saying to myself that here was my
chance to show what kind Of a man
| was.
zone day l had to go part way up
Cedar Mountain, to hunt after steer
t had strayed; and when | looked
away off and saw the mountains all
round the sky, and the sun shining on
the fields and ponds, and the trees
waving their tops as if they were ban.
ners, l broke right ont and hollered:
Where's the coward that would not
dare
To fight for such landY
That settled It, l enlisted. and
stayed in the army till the war was
over.
"'Twa'n't all poetry, but there amt
any part of my life t feel any better
satisfied with"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-09

A writer in one of the current maya
zines warns mothers against the danger
Of allowing children to go about with
their legs uncovered, as the fashion of
short socks permits. 1t is the cause of
sore Threats and cold extremities, she
says, interferes with digestion, besides
sowing the seeds of rheumatism. In
warm weather, even, the child is much
annoyed by mosquitoes. and, alto
gether, she does not approve of the
fashion at all.
From the time he is months to >
years old baby should have at least
from twelve to fourteen hours sleep in
the twenty-four, the amount, of course,
decreasing as he grows older. From >
years until he should have two hours
| sleep during the day, besides what he
has at night. TO keep an infant or
young child up late at night is ubomi-
nable, for the nervous habits he devel-
ops In the stimulation Of lights and
being among people at the time he
should be quiet may never be over
come. Baby should be asleep for the
night by o'clock, and not later, if he
Is to have the rest necessary. 1t is not
we'll to rock him to sleep. for the mo.
ton Is bad, in spite of what our
grandmothers thought and did, says
the New York Evening Telegram. 1t
may bring on cerebral congestion, rs a
result of the enlarged condition Of the
brain vessels, and the best way of fix
ing him for the night Is to put him in
his crib on cool sheets and let him go
TO sleep alone. 1t may take some time
and trouble at first to train him to
this, but it can and should be done.
both for his sake and that of his par
entS
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has made great mistake. The best
times that girl can have is through
the married women she knows 1t
may seem good fun to bat around with
men, and some girls seem to think it is
a sign of cleverness to say that they do
not like women, but in the end these
girls don't have as much fun as those
who know women as we'll as men.
TO lose good old friendship of a man
n girl has known many years simply
because he is married is a pity, and
many times quite unnecessary. A lit
tie tact and thoughtfulness will make
the wife quite as good a friend too,
and instead Of losing one by the change
a girl will gain another.
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exalted by their condescension 10 him.
lie grew more absent-minded than
ever; but now 1t was an absent-mind-
edness behind which some subtle graft
fication Of his vanity lurked. He re-
buked his wife no more after that first
occasion; but his Indifference, his I'M
Consciousness Of her was such that she
had rather he rebuked her. During
those aching days and miserable nights
she all but washed away her pretty
eyes with her tears.
The days went on toward the inevi-
table tragic ending when Madame Chol-
mondeley should grow tired Of her
play. There were times now when
Parson Towne no longer seemed rs
though he nurSed n secret exhilaratlon.
He began by looking worried. He went
on to looking sullen and miserable. For
weeks now he had not touched his
great History. His wife wandering
into his study, during one of his fire.
quent absences found the last page Of
manuscript lying on his table. The
dust was on it, that he had been used
to regard as so precious a thing.
Mrs. Susan wiped away the dust
with her handkerchief. and reading me-
Chemically the incomprehensible words :
Gnostics, Manicheans, Arianism, Pela-
gianism. she dropped a tear on the
page. She had been overwhelmed with
the honor when the scholarly parson
had chosen little country maid like
her. And now she perceived in her
harmless thoughts that she had never
been his equal. He had but raised her
to the place by his side that she should
be cast down more lrreyocably because
of that immense promotion.
Meanwhile Madame CholmOndeley
was tired of the country, plning for
Ranelagh and St James, and was on
the point Of flight. Only before she
must leave the Manor House it was
her privilege to entertain there the
Bishop Of the diocese in which she
dwelt, that famous prelate Anthony
John Westbury, of all the gifts and all
the graces, whose piety, combined with
worldly knowledge, beauty of person,
charm Of manner, brightness of intel
lect and a ready and kindly wit, shed