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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

been believed In 80 long | have ney'
er prepared that magic draught.
'twould be a thankless task In an age
of disbelief, and for myself ! have
trusted TO those charms which prodi.
gal Nature has seen At to bestDw,
Helgho, Sirs. have the honor to bid
you goodnight. l feel strangely moved.
The moon Is at Its full. and my spirit
feels a call to the empyrean heights.
Fare thee we'll. good sirs."
He went out. They looked at each
other doubtfully,
He's mad" said Pinch. and the
diagnosis was accepted.
Tom looked troubled.
Il wonder II he knows his way
home?"
Bili Jones chuckled He had a
larger acquaintance with Mr. Nuts
than had the others.
Il shouldn't worry" he said.
tom, however. went outside. He
found Mr. Nuts few yards away.
standing stlll. with his face upturned
TO the moon.
Look here" said Tom, Il suppose
that's all rot about this stun you
spoke about. ain't itg"
MIR. Nuts shrugged his shoulders.
who knows?" said he. Il have the
recipe that Is all.
How much would II costgf In
aulred Tom. cautiously,
"A few paltry dollars said MIR
Nuts. with fine. disdalnful gesture
"And. of course. 1t might not act, But
1t would certainly be Interesting scien
titcally."
"Ah," said Tom. adopting the sug
gestlon. 1'm very much interested IL
that. Look here. Here's five dollars
Make some up, and let's have 1t. Yor
see, II might be handy thing to have
In the house"
Quite so, Quite SOL" said MIR. Nutti
gravely
Tom trotted back 10 the shelter anC
MIR. Nuts smiled AZ the moon.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
HAD NERVE, BUT NO MONEY.
Unlucky Mans Modest Request TOT
Pecuniary Assistance.

RAYMOND Hitchcock, the comedian
while I'm New Orleans a few months
ago, took the opportunity OF going 10
he races. During the afternoon ne
.asbed several tickets, the result Oh
good guesses. He was feeling happy
after TIE last race, and started lor
the automobile which was to convey
him back to his hotel. AS ne was
about TO climb into the machine ne
felt a hand on his arm, and man
shouted In his ear:
Hello Hitchcock, how are you!
Hear YOU put a crimp in the bookies
to-day"
Hitchcock blushed and shook hands
sheepishly, not recognizing the man,
and not wishing to show 1t.
Say, I want to speak to you con-
fidentially," said the stranger.
"All right; what is it," asked the
comedian
well. I am up against some hard
luck to-day. They cleaned me and l
want to get home. Now, don't let
any one of these people see you, but
slip me enough for car fare, Will
you?"
Sure said Hitchcock, placing his
hand in his pocket. Then he paused
and queried: Where do you live?
Vancouver" was the answer
Hitchcock took flying leap for his
machine, and unless the visitors at
New Orleans are more gullible, the
impecunious one is still looking Tor
car fare.-Harper's Weekly.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
WHY MARK DIDN'T TALK.
August Parsonage at the Table Had
Monopoly OF II.

4 couple Of days ago a gentleman
called upon me with message from
the German emperor). e. The word
ing OF the message was:
Convey to Mr.. Clemens my kind
est regards. Ask him II he remem-
bers that dinner. and ask him why he
didn't do any talking
Why, how could talk when he
was talking? He held the age" as
the poker-clergy say. and two can't
talk at the same time with good eff
iect. II reminds me OF the man who
was reproaching a friend who said:
Il think II shame that you have
aot spoken to your wife for is years.
How do you Justify it?"
II didn't want to interrupt her"
II the emperor had been at my table
'e would not have suffered from my
silence. he would only have suffered
rom the sorrows of his own solitude.
4 were not too old to travel would
20 to Berlin and introduce the ETH
luette OF my own table. which TALES
with the etiquette observable at other
royal tables. ! would say: Invite me
again. your majesty. and give me n
chance" then would courteously
waive rank and do all the talking my
self. thank his majesty for his kind
message, and am proud to have 1t and
glad to express my sincere reciproca-
ton OF Its sentiments.-From Mark
Twain's Autobiography In the North
American Review
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

Fortunately Tom did not understand
this.
Love-" continued Mr.. Nuts musing
ly. supplies the only reasonable ba
sis We have for belief In Paradise
Love. that ethereal, spiritual ecstasy
that touches III sometimes when the
mind quits the slumbering. quiescent
body. and--and-well, In old times
love was an art. science, thing to
be studied; 1t was even business
with some OF the old soothsayers.
Why. sir. In my library at home
have Il parchment containing the &C.
tual receipt for that wonder-working
draught that made the gallants OF
Queen Elizabeth's court invincible to
love, that made feminine hearts fall
to them In scores. that brought nnwill-
ing maids willingly To their feet in
alteration. See the local press OF the
period"
Fancy them silly old guys believ-
ing In stuff like that" said Tom. A
note of anxiety crept into his voice.
What nonsense It Is now, ain't it?'
He gazcd at Mr.. Nuts appealingly.
Mr. Nuts looked sad.
sir" said he. the efficacy OF the
love philtre has been an article OF
faith from time immemorial would
not readily discredit that which has
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
Rich Prize for Historical Work.

One million five hundred thousand
dollars is offered as prize for liter
airy composition, the biggest prize OF
it's kind on record The award will be
made at ST. Petersburg on December
/, 1925, to the writer of the best his
tory of Alexander l. of Russia. Arakt-
cheief, founder of the military colo
MES of Novgorod, left fortune of
$4,000 gold rubles ($25,750) to provide
for this unique prize. The prize-giving
day is the centenary of the Car Alex
ander's death, by which time the
money will, it is estimated, have in
creased to 100000. One-fourth of
1T will be used to defray the cost of
publishing the work which wins the
prize.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
ILL FROM OVERVI
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

MFRS. w. ii. SIMMONS, 1119 f. 9Th
lV1 St., Kansas City, Mo-, member of
the National Annuity Association,
writes:
"My health was excellent until about
year ago, when had a complete col
lapse from OVERRIDING socially, not get
ting the proper rest, and too many late
suppers. My stomach WAS in dread
full condition, and my nerves all un-
strung.
~ was advised by friend to try Pc
runa, and eventually bought a bottle.
| took 1t and then another, and kept
using it for three months.
AT the end of that time my health
was restored, my nerves no longer
troubled me, and | felt myself once
more and able to assume my social
position. | certainly feel that PernHa
Is deserving of praise"
There are many reasons why society
women break down, why their nervous
systems fail, why they have systemic or
pelvic catarrh. Indeed, they are espe-
cially liable to these ailments. No won
der they require the protection of Peru
ma. 1t is their shield and safeguard.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
$40 California & Ret. Salt Lake Route
Life ON a Troonshin.

The troopship OF to-day revels In
Injuries compared with It's compeer
OF other days. and II the soldier now.
adays grumbles to himself at his
cramped accommodation and his ships
fare, he can take comfort In the
thought that he enjoys advantages
that his brother-in-arms of the sailing.
ship period never even dreamed Of
The Captain
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
tasf.lon In Mehiolne.

There is fashion In most things,
and medicine during the last ten years
under its sway as dress or charity
Half ones duties US a medical man is
devoted TO explaining away the dag.
nosis OF the fashionable physician
which. however crcditaole to the
diagnostician. is particularly unfor.
tuaate for the patient. who readily
makes pet OF the maladte a la mode
It W, Samways, in British Medical
Journal
$50 California A Ret Salt Lake Route
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

Over In the little town of Wildcat
a negro postmaster each day carries
the mail from the post office to the
train. Slowly he places the mail
pouch on crane. AS the fast train
Is approaching and the arm on the
mail car extends to sweep the bag
from mldair. the old man shouts;
Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye. The
honorable mail of these United States
is about to go"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
$50 California & Ret. Salt Lake Route
Ever Have to Listen to EN-.

The Conversation (as 1t sounds)--
And says to him, | says-O, he says
well, II you think. | says--says---
then he says he-he-l-just wait,
says--Sadie says she never--maybe
you didn't, says. butt know.
says---I don't care what anybody says
--if he say so he says | said-he--he
--i-I-says-say -
Puck.
eoA (ta1tfArptn A. Pot Cali okn Rnutn
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

When you have played checkers for
three nights at country grocery and
spent another three In arguing as To
whether the whale swallowed Jonah.
you naturally feel that you can so
out into the world and beat the con
man at his own game. II is the self
confidence In ones own abilities that
is responsible for half tho worlds
walllng.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
True to the Sex.

On swept the amazons. Suddenly
the long line of female warriors halt.
ed on the brink of battle.
What are they waiting for?" asked
the war correspondent.
Powder" replied the commander
laconically.
"Ah, they are about to put some
powder In their guns?"
mo; they are about to put some
powder on their noses. Just because
they are warriors Is no reason why
they should be any different from
other women"
And then there was a moving-pic
ture scene of animated puffs and
flashing hand mirrors.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
Mhere ,he Incarnation EaIl.a

Deacon Clovertop-"How are YOU
gettln on with your incubator"
Farmer Why. the dern
thing hain't laid an egg since / got
n"-Philadelphia Record.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
Keen Mum.

Women. as women, are pretty much
alike. They have the same hair, diff
fering slightly only as to color and
length; same features. same thoughts
When we love one OF them, therefore,
we are In reality loving them all. But
1t Is as well not to mention this
Life
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

Blessed is the man who has found
his work; let him ask no other bless
edness. Know thy work and do it;
and work at 1t like Hercules. One
monster there Is in the world-the
idle man.-Carlyle.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
WAIT FOR THIS.

Only $50 round trip to California,
via Salt Lake Route. Write for full
information to J. H. BURNER, Salt
Lake City
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
$3o-cALIFoRNiA-$30

Round trip via Salt Lake Route.
Sale begins April Goth. Write today.
j. H. Burtner. Salt Lake City
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

In Russia there are agricultural or
ganizations OF zemstvos, through
which large quantities of farming sup.
plies and machinery are produced
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
Folly's Characteristics

Dutch proverbs; Folly hath eagle
wings. but the ewes an evil.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
WANTED THE WHOLE HOGS.

$50 California & Ret, Salt Lake Route
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25

! THE LOVE PHILTRE !
By w. G. YARCOTT
By w. G. YARCOTT

Copyright. by Joseph b. Bowles,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
Russian Farmers ornanlze.

30 California 4 Ret Salt Lake Route
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ONerconf'denee.

$50 California 4 Ret, Salt Lake Route
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
HOSTING DEVICES.

Machinery That Was Used In Building
the Pyramids.
Hosting machines were used In both
Assyria. and Egypt COCO or more years
ago. In order to hoist the great
stones Of the pyramids some form Of
derrick was employed. Probably the
first construction was that which Is
now known to mechanics as the shear
legs. This is made Of two great tim
bers tied together in the form Of q
capital a, the two ends resting on the
ground and a rope being run over and
attached at the top.
With one Of these the pyramid build
ers could have raised large stones step
By step, which was doubtless their
method. We can imagine we see the
great A frame leaning over an incline
Of perhaps fifty degrees with block
Of stone tied Oh. Then great crowd
of men get hold Of the rope on the
opposite side, perhaps assisted by some
draft oxen, and all strain and pull until
the 4 frame stands erect and the stone
is swung up into the air, where it can
be pushed into the desired place.
Such q contrivance could be used to
lift stones six or eight feet, which was
sufficient for the construction Of the
FIRST pyramid. Doubtless better hoist
ing devices were constructed as more
pyramids were built.-Circle Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
HOW TO REPEL- A DOG.
Letter Carrier Had Remedy Fol-
VicjouS Ours

Letter Carrier Had Remedy For
Vicious Ours.
'No one comes in contact with all
sorts Of dogs more than the letter car
rier." said the man in gray rs the In
tervicwer trudged along beside him.
Take it outside the business districts
and every other family has dog.
Many Of them pay no attention to,
but about one out Of five aches to get
his teeth into my legs at first sight.
It is a part of my duty to teach such
ours lifelong lesson"
!''Do you kick them?" was asked.
'sThat would be foolish. carry here
in my side pocket about quarter Of a
pound Of dry fine cut tobacco. You see
it is almost as fine as snuff. The Cog
that means to bite you won't come
charging down with a roar. he sneaks
up behind and gives q jump in. am
ready for it. Without seeming to be
watching. 7 know where he is, and at
the right moment he gets the tobacco
dust in his eyes. Then there is q cir
Gus. That dog goes through such a
performance as you never witnessed.
and his owner, man or woman, in
dulges in all sorts Of threats. deliver
the mail and say nothing and go on.
The dogs eyes are sore for fortnight.
and if he afterward meets me on the
street he will drop his tail and make
a bolt for home It's 4 lesson he never
forsets, and I believe it also increases
his owners respect for Uncle Sans
uniform. Chicago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
ene Days Work Of Sixteenth ceE-
turv | aw Student

cne Days Work Of a Sixteenth Ger"
tury Law Student.
# law students Of the present Gay
are laboring under the delusion that
when the world was younger there was
less law to study and more relaxation
for young men Of their class. let them
read the following extract that an
English contemporary has taken: from
the memoirs Of Henri de Mesmes," ,"
descriptive Of q days work Of law
student at Toulouse in the sixteenth
century:
1--WE used to rise from bed at
o'clock, and, having prayed to God, We
went at 5 o'clock to our studies, our
bic books under our arms, our ink
horns and candles in our hands. We
heard all the lectures without inter
mission till 10 o'clock rang. Then we
dined after having hastily compared
during a half hour our notes Of the
lectures.
: "After dinner we read as recrea-
ton Sophocles or ArStophanes OF Eu-
rfpides and sometimes Demosthenes,
Cicero. Virgil or Horace. At l o'clock
to our studies, at 5 back to our dwell
Ing places, there to go over and verify
passages cited in the lectures until 6;
then supper. and after supper we read
Greek OF Latin.
"On holy days we went to high mass
and vespers; the. rest of the days,
little music and walks
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
he Jai}.4 HIS CaoE.
Al incident That illustrates th
ShreWdness of Ben Butler.

Al incident That illustrates the
ShreWdness of Ben Butler.
4 number Of years ago General Ben
jamin F. Butler was q guest Of friends
in Brooklyn. During his visit he noted
the rule Of the street railway com.
panies compelling conductors to regis.
ter fares as soon as passengers entered
the cars and before the fares were &C
tually collected. Two or three years
afterward he represented the plaintiff
in q damage suit for S15, 900 in which a
Brooklyn street railway company was
the defendant. The principal witness
for the company was the conductor of
the car on which the accident occur
red, and his testimony was so strong
as to make things look bad for Buffers
client. But Butler recalled the unusual
rule he had remarked years before, and
on cross examination he said:
Your company requires you to ring
up fares as soon as passengers enter
the car, doesn't it,"
eyes"
Suppose a passenger boards your
car and then finds he is on the wrong
line. Do you state that fact to your
superiors, and do they make allowance
on your returns for that fare?'
"No. I lose the nickel"
"Do you mean to say the company
won't take your word for 5 cents?"
'No, they won't"
"Yet," said the shrewd veteran, turn
ing to the jury, "the company asks you
to take this conductors word for S15.-
000."
Buffers client received q verdict
Brooklyn Eagle
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
THE WHITE BIRCH.
PeeIins the Bark Ruins the Trees
Beauty Forever.

PeeIins the Bark Ruins the Trees
Beauty Forever.
One of the loveliest Of our trees is
the white birch. with its graceful foli-
age and cleaning trunk, and yet how
often it is robbed Of half its beauty
by careless hands!
The temptation to take off strip after
strip of its easily peeled bark seems
we'll nigh irresistible If one may judge
by the countless forlorn trunks along
our roadsides Instead of silvery white
columns standing out with conspicuous
grace from the green Of neighboring
shrubs and trees, the trunks are
u.arred by great black circles, the re-
suits of wounds inflicted by wanton
passersby.
Too often this is done merely for the
fun Of seeing how easily the bark can
be, pulled off, and no thought is given
to the feelings Of the owner when he
finds that one Of his finest trees, in
which he took great pride, has been
robbed forever Of its beauty.
The next time sou are tempted to cut
Off birch bark, stop. Thipk Of the in
jury to the tree and the injury to all
who shall pass that way after you
in depriving them Of something they
might have enjoyed but for you-the
sight of that tree in all its beauty. Re
member that the bark never erOWS
again.
If you have in mind the making OF
some article for which birch bark Is
IN absolute 60 necessity, can you not
at least take it from some fallen log or
from some tree well hidden in the CEN
ter of the woods, removing only the
outer layers. and those in such way
that the tree will suffer as little as
possible? By doing this you will earn
the gratitude Of all wayfarers and land
ovners-plant World
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
Great Builders.

IN eminent Divine once preached a
sermon from this text: ION building
and builders" He talked of the Worlds
Great architects, artists, authors, paint
ers, sculptors, etc. He said that every
me, 90 matter how low his station IN
life. who left the world better than he
found it, was builder, that he who
digged e ditch we'll built for the worlds
betterment. He might truthfully added
that be who discovers a great remedy
like Rydale's Tonic, works for the
worlds betterment. Rydale's Tonic IS
!. human system builder 1t purifes
and builds the blood, restores weak
nervous systems and increases the
strength and weight. All who have
used Rydale's Tonic, pronounce it a
great system tonic and builder. DR..
W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-26
When Ministers Had It Hard.

1--WE sometimes complain now" said
the minister, when our salaries are
reduced {; hundred or two, but how
should we go on if we had lived in
the eighteenth century? Then, indeed,
ministers had it hard Listen to this. >
He read from an old and faded Eng
lish newspaper, the st. James Chron-
icle of May 4, 1795-somethins of an
antiquary, he collected all kinds of rub
bish-this advertisement:
wANTED-Immediatel a good, strong,
hony man to act in the capacity OF Gu
rate He must be subject to the following
parttcu!ars-viz: To have no objection 10
act as gardener, husbandman, miller. and
occasional whipper-in. Any gent. Wnom
the above may suit. on application to Mr.
B.. at the Gray's Inn Coffee House, may
meet with immediate employment
n. B-Character not so much required
as equestrian skill, and none need apply
who has not undergone complete staoa-
iarian education.
Los Angeles Times.