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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-12-07
Big Bull Hill.

A Cripple Creek correspondent says
that although no statement of the kind
is made by the Golden Cycle Company
management. 1t comes from source
considered reliable that the Cycle peo
pie are figuring on sinking a l,oe0-foot
shaft on Big Bull hill and doing exten-
sise prospecting work in that section
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
We're Famous Once, But Are Rarely in Public Eye NoW
Proctor Knott and His Duluth Speech.
SheehaH, Indian Fighter

the others were wounded. and Sheehan
was wounded three times. He row bears
the sears of seven wounds.
Pioneer ina Water Distribution.
Theodore Weston, stin hale ana hearty
at seventy-hve, began his work as pi1neer
in water distribution fifty years ago. be-
ing assistant engineer of the Brooklyn
waterworks from 1857 to 1860. Then he en-
tered the employ Of the city Of New
York as engineer in charge Of the lew
system OF sewerage and drainage From
1861 TO 1870 ne was connected with the
CrOton water commission, composed OF
the best men in the city. who served
without pay and administered the work
without graft.
The oM Croton aQueduct was completed
In lS42. but the need Of sewers to carry
of the water il furnished to the then
comparatively small metropolis was not
apparent at first. All through the '60's
It's work of sewer creation. the filling of
wells, &c, was the most important pub
lie work in progress by far.
While in charge Weston had TO improve
the water main system. In doing this he
had TO lay big .er water mains Ihan bad
ever been used anywhere. TO lower the
grade Of the mains without stopping the
flow OF water, and TO do many other new
things. His task included the devising
Of a method of casting iron plates sixty
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14

of the correspondents thought the address
funny. and that few sent It to their
papers
! know Of a newspaper owner who was
so furlously angrs. because it was not
printed IN full in his paper-it was nearly
a page in length-that he came near dis
charging both correspondent and man
aging editor II was not until it appeared
n the Congressional Record and the edi-
tors had analysed it that Knott became
famous. but then he was hailed as a new
national humorist II is true. however.
that the officia. record is plentifully
sprinkled with laughter" great laugh
ter. renewed laughter" and the like.
The Representatives surely must have
thought it funny
DuIutls Likes Him.
Duluth was sore at first, but now counts
Knott its patron saint. In 1881 he was
the city's guest Of honor. when he made
a speech in style so Ike the first that If
Col. p Donan wrote it. he surely wrote
the seconG. Some Of Knotts friends have
said. however. that the first speech finish
ed his hopes as a lawyer. for the public
from that day refused 10 accept him ex-
cept as a humoris'.
Proctor Knott really Is q man Of serious
mind. For some years he was professor
OF civics and economics and later dean
Of the law faculty at Center College. Ky.
As a KentuclCian he naturally is proud OF
the fact that one Of the greatest race
horses Kentucky ever gave TO the Amer
lean tart was named in his honor.
copyright, 1907. By Dexter NIaFshall)
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
TO-mOrrow-About Notable Amer
leans.
MR.. BRYAN AND THE SOUTH.
Views of a Conservative Paper on
Presidential Politics.


From the Charleston News and Courier
At the present tine a perYading COM
Portable lethargy dominates political feel
ing in this section. Good humor "a so
widespread that few Southern men are
disposed to denounce anybody or TO give
way 10 excitement about any issue. The
old feeling that no Southern man can be
named still repressss enthusiasm in the
mass OF voters. Why should they bother
their heads about Nebraskan or a New
Yorker or a man Of Minnesota? II the
Republicans name no worse than Nc
Kinley, who was gentle in his forbearance
toward the South. who did not Ill tho
post-office with blacks or busy himself to
contrive means TO complicate the negro
annoyances, why Inconvenience them
selves TO interfere with the plans OF TIL
man. Simmons. Hoke Smith. Vardaman.
Beckham, and Jeffries Davis. now be-
come professionals. and who appear 70
ind some amusement and profit in Fed
eral politics? At the worst, their choice
can only be defeated by a Taft, and this
man Taft seems not 10 be bad fellow
altogether. Such, we fancy, is not far
from a correct diagnosis OF the general
sentiment
On the other side Of the picture, though
Mr. Bryan has no shouting hosts behind
him. he has gained personal friends and
admirers in the South. Men who were
never Populists have learned 10 know
him and believe in him as an incorrupti-
Die patriot and honest man, whose infiu-
cnce has been for the Improvement OF
the moral tone Of American politics.
These men are ready to follow Bryan
again. In spite Of his vagaries and vision
airy departures, for he is an idealist and
so are they. Still others agree In the es-
innate OF Mr. Bryans high personal
character, but see in him not less on
that account danger for the South They
are confident that his glittering general
tiles viii never elect President and they
wish no dOctrinaire in the White House
They are not sure that Mr.. Bryan can
understand the negro problem as the
South understands it, OF that he is as safe
to trust in handling H. remembering his
radical notions about railroad ownership.
as would be even a Republican of bal
anced mind and habits Of observation.
The South Is still resolved to vote tho
Democratic ticket. but it is not so afraid
81 the Republican party as it once was.
The South may vote for Bryan. Il may
drift into the convention and vote for
Bryan because Bryan has been adver-
Used and because IL believes that he is
not knave, and because the South loves
an attractive orator: but his policies do
not commend themselves to the South.
not even to the practical politicians, and
he can arouse no hearty spirit of hone
fulness for his election
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14

betically at first, but numbered them,
giving each subscriber his old folio num-
Der. and arranging them in numerical or
der
Il wrote nothing but the names and
folio numbers upon the cards, but when
member drew out a book | had him
write IT, title and bis OWE name on d
slip Of paper Then / placed the slip IN
front Of his card and allowed il to re-
main there until the book was returned.
This lessened the clerical work immense.
-; better yet the members themselves
had 10 do IT, The card record was as per
feet as that kept IN the old ledgers. ana.
best of ali, IL could be destroyed instant
~ and got out Of the way upon the re-
turn OF the borrowed volume II was some
time before the new method was adopted
by any other library. although in 1SG6.
when ] retired, it was spreading rapidly.
Wanted In Boston.
Among the relies of his librarian days
preserved by Mr. Grant is a letter from
the custodian OF the Boston Public
Library, written in 1865. saying that he had
heard OF the system through Daniel Colt
Gilman. then librarian Of Yale's Sheffield
Scientific School, but later president OF
Johns Hopkins University. The writer
begged Mr.. Grant 10 describe the system,
at whatever length was necessary TO
make it clear, since it was imperative
that something simpler than the ledger
method should be adopted at once in
Boston. Grant wrote fully, the scheme
was adopted promptly, and some time
later he received another letter enthu-
siastically praising the new method.
Time cards much resembling Grants II
brary cards were used probably by build
ers and contractors In getting al the
wages due employees before he hit upon
the scheme for library use. John Brown,
the English contractor, who put up the
famous building at 1 Broadway, used
time cards in 1884, ana remembered that
his contractor employer in Scotland had
used them also. But it was not until late
in the '70s that the card index as
we now know il began 10 come into use
outside Of the libraries. Fortunes have
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
Celebrities Who Are Forgotten

in the church. Miss Brown took the de-
gree of a. NJ. In 1S45 The next year
she fought for the right TO enter the The
illogical Seminary at Oberlin. and won,
although against the wishes of portion
OF the authorities.
She finished her theological studies in
1850. Three years later she was ordained,
after a bitter fight with her brethren IN
the ministry. at South Butler, Wayne
County. n. Y. where already she had
been made pastor of small COngrega-
tional church.
Was Famous woman.
For twoscore years after that she was
one of the best known women in the
world. her fame as a leader in the new
woman movement long being equal 70
that Of Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Stanton,
and the other members of the equal SUI
frage old guard. But she retained her
pastorate only year and half and new
er has taken another one. The woman
pastor is a novelty even now; fifty-odd
years ago she had much more 10 contend
with than now. PastOr Brown was a
verltable curiosity, and, although she had
no difficulty in holding her congregation.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
Dog FeneI 90 start BaIky Horse.

From the Nashville Tennesseean.
"a baiky horse is the meanest thing
this side OF Memphis" said A. L. Mich
ois. Of Brentwood, Tenn. IT had a
horse one time that baked on all occa-
sions. He 2uld balk If you whlstled.
baked il you laughed, and baked if you
looked from the corner Of your eye.
"One day he baked and ! could not
make him move forward to save ne. An
old negro man happened along and sup
piled a remedy Going 20 the side OF
the road he pulled a handful OF dog fen
mel weed. Taking this, he rubbed il IN
der his head once or twice raised I'D his
tail and started down the road in the
merriest trot you ever saw. That treat
ment of dog fennel cured the horse OF
baking He never made another attempt
10 act ugly after that
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14

The work Of helpful sympathy has not
been confined to medicines. bandages. and
tender nursing. When the Red Cross ship
under Miss Barton's care went TO the aid
Of the Armenians in 1856. it carried, in ad-
dition to supplies for immediate use, a
quantity Of seed and agrieultursz tools:
also a party Of expert teachers TO show
the discouraged and sorely-harassed peo-
pie how to rebuild the Industrial founda-
ton Of their country.
In 1895 work was begun by the Ameri-
can Red Cross TO alleviate the sufferings
Of the reconcenrados In Cuba. Though
Spain did not approve, the Red Cross OF
America set about providing food or ne
cessities Of some sort for 10000 people IN
the neighboring island BY the time the
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
COMPARATIVE RESOURCES.
Economic as Wen as Naval Reasons
Why Japan Prefers Peace.


Why Japan Prefers Peace.
From the New York World.
The population of Japan is less than 49,
100000. The population of the United
States is nearly S5.000.0O0
The debt Of Japan-taking the States
mans Yearbook figures throughout to
insure information of compar!son-is
about S925.OOO.0OO The net debt of tho
United States is 1864. 49,. 657. Japan is pay
ing from 4 to per cent interest on its
foreign loans and from 5 to 2 per cent
on its internal loans, One-fourth Of the
debt Of the United States is at 4 per cent
and tho rest at and per cent.
JaDan's revenue is less than $3.50. OO0, 600,
while the revenue Of the United States
is ST62, 100000 Japan's total imports and
exports. for the year iJ05-1906 were only
sac, 100000. while those of the United
States were nearly $4,000 000
Against twenty fTst-class modern Amer
lean battle ships Japan has only ten.
Against our eight 1rst-class ana five sec
ond-class armored cruisers Japan has
nine Against our nineteen protected
cruisers Japan has seventeen.
in effective fighting force the American
superiority is vastly preponderant. This
fact is known to every japanese states
man ana TO every intelligent japanese
citizen. Yet American jingoes are asking
Us 10 believe that Japan. IN scuo fashion
or another, is secretly menacing the peace
OF the United States.
The plain and obvious truth Is that
Japan is exhausted financially. that her
population is struggling under burdens
imposed by the war with Russia, and that
her resources are so far inferior to those
of the United States that no responsible
japanese statesman would think OF war
except as a last resort.
Then. what is this lingo demonstration
about, and why is the North Atlantic
feet TO be sent 10 the Pacific?
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14

1t was long before any couple asked her
to perform the marriage service for them.
She was married 70 Samuel c. Black
well in 1886 She became a Unitarian in
the SOS or '7Us. and she still breaches
occasionally. She is interesting and fluent
as a speaker. her voice is fun and musi-
cal. and her delivery excellent. Her five
children were all daughters.
Mrs. Blackwell has written many nag
azine articles. a novel and two or three
other books. her tendencies being toward
the scientific. The Sexes Throughout IA
ture" and THE Physical Basis Of Imnor-
tality' attracted much attention
Seventeen or eighteen Protestant denom-
nations now allow women to preach At
the first woman's suffrage convention Il
was declared that woman was not known
"as a teacher of theology. medicine. o.
law" Thanks to pioneers like Mrs. Black
well there were 1873 woman ministers.
1887 woman physicians. and loo woman
lawyers when the Las. United States cen
sus was taken.
Working Out the Card Index.
Like many another important laboc-sav-
ing device, the card index of to-day un-
doubtedly is the result of years of evo-
luton and the product of many brains.
But, without question, Seth Hastings
Grant, who became librarian of the New
York Mercantile Library in 1s49 soon aft
er he was graduated from Yale, had more
to do with the evolution than any other
man.
I3ainer ,nr,tndf,,i 90 -,o-~ovaf e. =,
never pushed his claims for recognition.
After he had hit upon the device the
news thereof spread gradually among Il
brarians everywhere, and it becama world
famous among them, if he did not. To-day
there IS not a big library in the world.
probably unless in China, that is not
lndexed by cards, while a large part of
the worlds records, including govern
nent archives and the business memo
randa Of big corporations Of every class.
are kept in order by the same device.
When he took charge of the library its
records were kept in big ledgers. a folio
being allotted to each member. Every
time a book was taken out the fact had
TO be entered; when 1t was returned there
had to be another entry. These records
were of no use for more than a few DAYS.
but in the nature of things they had to
be preserved until practically all the folios
in the book were full
Genesis of the System.
Long before that tine," said Mr.. Grant
at his Elizabeth, n. J., home, the other
day, ''the ledgers would become soiled
and exceedingly untidy in appearance
from much use, and became heartily
tired Of them. They were awkward and
clumsy, and their posting occupied hours
of time daily. Besides, they cost from
$40 to $50 each, since in order to stand
the wear the leaves had 70 be made of
heavy imported drafting board. Each
ledger had about thousand pages. ana
YOU can imagine what a job 1t was 10
handle the stiff leaves.
7 don't remember whether I hit upon
the simpler plan myself OF received the
suggestion from some enc else. 5us, st all
events, some time early in the SOS I
got lot Of cards. wrote the name Of a
member upon each and put them en edge
IN 4 box. / did noa arrange them alpha
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
shaking the Mailsa Fist.

From the Boston Advertiser.
Secretary Metcalf has done nothing
more or less than shake the red rag at
the japanese. because the threat must
precede the action by so msny weeks. TIC
say that to commit such folly is to
work for peace IS 10 say chat a man who
shakes heavy fist in his neighbor's face
works for peace.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
.IonrnnIistic strnterr.

From the Richmond News-Leader.
The New York Herald seems to be
laboring under the impression that Il Is
our naval board Of strategy.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14

From the Louisville CouEier-Journal.
The war between Japan and the United
States has already caused a lamentable
amount Of inkshed.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
The Work of the Red Cross
By FREDERIC j. HASKIM
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

Spanish displeasure had manifested itself
in the blowing up OF the Maine, the re-
concentrates had received 100000 IN
money and supplies. With the outbreak
Of war a call was issued for supplies,
nurses, physicians, and money. Between
June 10 and August 2e money came In at
the rate Of $500 a day. and supplies at
the rate Of $500.
II must be remembered that there Is no.
government appropriation for the Red
Cross. the funds being from voluntary
contributions In the Spanish-American
war the call for volunteers in Red Cross
work brought almost as great a response
as the call for volunteer soldiers. All
over the country service wac given freely
in some way or another. Many nurses
went out entirely at their own expense.
some had only their expenses paid, while
Others were given d salary Training
schools were opened for nurses, and the
wheels Of a great humane activity were
set in motion in order that the sick and
wounded. whether friend or foe, should
be cared for The work they did has
become a matter Of history.
The San Francisco disaster proved the
steel Of the American Red Cross. When
the news came the Secretary OF War,
who is now president OF the association,
sent a representative Of the order there
10 receive and dispense supplies The
whole was done in methodical, military
style, and aid was given thousands vino
would certainly have endured great SUI
fering had the assistance come through
the more circuitous private channels
For three months an enormous amount
OF food and provisions passed through
the hands OF the authorities Of the Red
Cross in San Francisco. The eruption Of
Vesuvtus in May, the Valparaiso earth
quake in August Of the same year, and
the famine IN Japan this spring, have all
provoked a responsive altruism in the
hearts Of American men and women, and
this spirit has been made manifest through
the Red Cross.
In January. 1865, the charter OF THE
American National Association OF RED
Cross" was revoked by act OF Congress,
and because Of its national Importance
and great significance in the eyes Of 9TH
CT nations. was reincorporated under the
title American National Red Cross" It
was also placed under the direction OF
the Secretary Of War Branches have
been established in all States Of the
Union and these are all responsible
to the national society. There Is no in
ternational society. though the organiza-
tons Of fOrty-fOur nations are affiliated
IN their work 70 a certain extent. and all
are bound together In the wide philan-
.N-.
treaty was again slightly revised last
summer. on the suggestion that each soi-
der carry some mark OF Identification.
so that all dead on the battlehelds could
be searched for such marks. and the
records so established be given TO the
armies for further reference.
TO-mOrrOw-About Notable Amer
leans.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

ing novelists and a daughter Of Charles Kings
ley (drs St Leger Harrison in private life), did
not come 10 a decision without much thought.
She has traversed every country of Europe.
with the whole of India and Ceylon. the United
States, Canada and Australia. The view
personally care for most in the world. Mrs
Harrison said, "is the wide ocean from the deck
Of a fine ship we'll out of sight of land. with Il
stiff breeze and a blue sky with scIddinG
clouds Mountains am afraid. think odious
SO l will say nothing about them" She con-
siders the famous sepulchre of the Emperor
Shah Jehan. the great Mogul. and his wife the
most beautiful building. amid perfect surround
ings which | know" Nor does Lucas Malet
altogether forget the beauty of her own coun-
try. For English home view" she said. Il
know hardly any that is more charming than
that from Constitution Hill. just outside Bourne
New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

elled in the Himaiayas for many years yet
when asked what he considered the loveliest
place he had ever seen. Sir Martin awarded the
na1n TO the peaceful valley of Dovedale. in
Derbyshire-"seen in spring or autumn And
in truth the Valley OF the Dove has been famed
for its gentle loveliness since old Izaak Waltons
day Masses of rock adorned with foliage and
surmounted by high knolls and upiands, when
at the seasons mentioned by Sir Martin are
gorgeous in coloring and combined with an
eyerchanging vista Of still more distant hills
make the dale one of the beauty spots for trav-
elIers from all parts.
George Bernard Shaw considers Taormina, in
Sicily. the most beautiful place he ever saw in
his travels and George Meredith would put the
Tai Mahal. at Agra, first among beautiful
things.
lucas Ma1et. one Of the most travelled of liv-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

mouth, overlooking the whole Of Poole Harpoi'
Rranksea Island and the DOrsetshire coast LII
the afternoon, when the sun is low, L have seen
extraordinary effects there. both OF color ana
atmosphere
Miss Ellen Terry, whose vocation has brought
her a vast deal of world travel, prefers noun
tain scenery to any other. and her decisive pref
erence is given to the Jungfrau. the Famous
peak in the Swiss Alps. as seen from the town
of Interlaken But with Miss Terry the ques-
ton is one of times and seasons also Ihus' IN
the autumn the Scottish mOors appeal 10 her
powerfully; and her own reStful Wlncheised'
where she has had a lovely cottage 1or many
years is to her without peer on a DrlHIdht
October evening Even suburban Putney Heath
is entitled to honorable mention under some
conditfons-'in certain lights" Ellen Terry eX-
plained to me- when the young birches are
New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

Just coming out and the solitary figure of AL
Gernon Swnburne is seen walking among them
in quest of peace and beauty"
Hall Caine. too. goes to Switzerland for his
picture os supreme beauty in nature. But his
selection of st. MortZ is qualified. being almost
equalled in his judgment by the view which he
enjoys every day from his home, Greeba Castle
in the Isle of Man. On the whole. the Engadine
Valley is finer. however. Il will say" Hall
Caine concluded. that a good picture of St
Moritz or of the Maoja Pass in the Engadine.
would represent for of the great beauty
spots Of the world" And the novelist has traV-
elled the world over from San Francisco to
Iceland
Sir Robert Ball. Astronomer Royal for Ireland
and professor OF astronomy at Cambridge un-
hesitatngy voted for The SkeIligs-'an ex-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

the world" Hemmed in by lofty peaks whose
lower siopes are clothed with vines and figs,
olives and ponegranates, the lake offers an en-
chanting series of panoramas Of villages and
palaces backed by distant snowclad Alps
The late Mrs, Crage John Oliver Hobbes)
would not commit herself because she had seen
many beautiful places" But a city"
the famous novelist instantly added, II think
Florence the most beautifully situated in all
the world. especially when seen from the heights
OF Ficsole or San Miniato."
suppose few men have looked upon such
sublime panOramas Sir William Martin Con-
way. the mountain explorer He has traversed
The Alps from end to end, climbed in Arctic
Bpitzbergen, ascended to the record height
Of 1900 feet in the Bolivian Andes, and trav-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

quisite spot on the south coast of Irelandp
a verdant rock shoots UP out Of the An,
some seven hundred feet. and affords a. E
chanting view. The SkeIligs is seven or 49,.
miles off the Kerry coast. and can be rsaas
only in good weather. But for its =.
cessibility to ordinary visitors" Sir Rober,
marked, @it would long ago have become :.
NOUS" Like those isolated rocks. Mon, :.
Michel. off the coast of Normandy. and :.
Michaers Mount. in Cornwall. The Ske5y, :
dedicated to st. Michael. but both these acco.s
ing to Sir Robert Ball, sink into insigni6e,.-
beside the wild grandeur of The SkelIigsn ~