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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
sLEDS IN SUMMER CLINICS.
Strange Kind of Vehicle Used In the
Island of Madeira.

At Funchal, in the island of Madeira
the traveller finds one of the strangest
kinds of vehicles that the world af.
fords. He sees waiting quietly near
the wharf a number of sleds, with
sleek. dun-colored oxen yoked to each.
1t is always high summer time in Ma
deira and to see a conveyance which
he has ever associated with snow and
ice and zero weather is at first dis
concerning. The stranger rubs his
eyes and asks what those things are
the public hacks and that unless he
cares to walk he must step inside,
ensconce himself on the cushioned
seat and wait for the driver to prod
his slow steeds with the goad that he
always carries. Very soon the vehicle
begins to slip, very slowly to be sure,
but surely, over the smooth little cob
blestones with which the streets are
paved. At any particular difficult
turn of the road or when coming
to a rise of ground the driver places
little bag of grease under the front
of the runners which makes 1t compar-
atively easy for the sturdy steers to
pull the sled.
Even up long steep hill these oxen
will slowly make their way. In coming
down again no such tedious process is
used but, getting into wide, finely
upholstered sled with wicker sides,
the passenger trusts himself to the
tender mercies of two more or less
villainous looking guides as steers
| men. Each one of them holds a rope
tied to the back of the sled, and when
the toboggan, as 1t is often called,
| gets to jumping and bounding too
hilariously the guides jump off and
pull with all their might at the ropes.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
MAID WAS TOO TRUTHFUL.
And the Result Was Family Went
Without Sunday Dinner.


David Wilcox, the president of the
Delaware and Hudson company, was
opposing the idea that a coal strike
would occur again.
strike" he said, las long as the oper-
ators and the miners are perfectly
open and fair and reasonable with
one another. And they must not sud
denly leap up with unexpected de-
mands that require immediate an
swers They must give one another
time for thought; they must give
plenty of warning when they have in
contemplation any change.
Should they make sudden, unex-
pected demands, 1t should not do for
them to excuse themselves with such
specious argument as that which a
certain kitchen maid employed upon
her mistress.
This maid said, calmly. one Sun
day afternoon:
al don't see how | am going to
cook the dinner. ma'am. There is no
coal
mo coal?' cried the mistress.
Good gracious Maria. why didn't you
tell me before?'
The maid answered. calmly:
az couldn't tell you there was no
coal. ma'am, when there was coal >"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07

above the ground with him. The child
was not injured save for few
bruises and scratches when his par.
enta found him. The eagle made no
attempt To strike Its talons into the
child nor beat him with It's wings.
II has been known for some time
that there were two gray eagles nest,
ing on the verdigis river not far
from Jackson's Ferry. About ten
days ago farmer named Kirkbride,
who lives near the ferry, killed one
of the eagles with rife. They
were very cunning. and It was impos.
sible 10 get close enough to XIII them
with shotgun. When this eagle
was shot II was devouring pig
which II had killed. Since the child
was attacked by the eagle another
one has been killed, and It ia believed
that these two are the only ones
on the river that are large and fierce
enough TO cause trouble. Each OF the
two killed measured over seven feet
from tip TO tip OF wings. ,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
MOTHER ADOPTS HEROIC MEAS.
uRss TO SAVE TRAPPED
OFFSPRING.
FOOT IS CAUGHT IN A TRAP
Hunter Sees the Operation and
Out OF Compassion He Spares
Lives Of the Little
Beasts

Chambord Junction, Que Henry
Tate, a trapper. 80, track OF silver
gray fox few weeks ago and used
his utmost skill To catch the valuable
animal He set 1everal traps. and
was sure that ths fox sprung one OF
them Thinking thar the steel Jaws
were not heavy enough TO hold so
clever a prisoner. he finally set a wolf
trap near an old log and then haited 1t
with live chicken.
For three days he fed the chicken
without even getting sight OF the fox
but on the fourth he heard sounds
as he neared the spots, The sounds
were evidently made by two animals.
but not foxes. and he approached eau
tiously. peering through the bushes
he saw an old bay lynx and an eight.
month-old cub directly over the trap.
The young one was crying out with
pain while the old one now and then
snailed and grunted.
Tate thought that he had both AMI.
mails In the trap. but he soon saw he
was mistaken. for the old lynx jumped
away a few feet. smiled for danger
signs and then returned TO her OF.
spring, which had been securely
nipped by a foreleg. She seemed to
be exceedingly busy. and the trapper
always on the lookout for some new
phase of animal life. determined to
fathom the mystery before he sho,
the animals,
Working around to a better point oil
vantage. he observed that the mother
lynx was liberating the cub by cutting
OF Its leg with her sharp teeth. Az
she gnawed the cub squealed. but the
parent paid little attention to his out
cries. Evidently he hadn't the nerve
to do the job himself. SO she hat
taken matters into her own hands
She worked carefully. but with deter
mination. and at the end OF few
minutes the lynx was free.
A trapper Is not supposed TO be par
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to coast and from border to border.
A fact not generally known is that
hundreds OF concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only parcels post law to
unloose literature, already prepared
In many instances, which would pro-
ject them into the mail order field. and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands of
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re-
ferred to, already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves cramped
for room One of them expended not
less than 81 900 900, and probably more.
for a new home The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least 81 100000 for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual
ly on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence of the mail,
order business Is toward the central
ization of wealth, and how enormous
a part it is playing in this direction
will be understood from a second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
It is due to himself that every patron
OF the mail order house should inquire
honestly of himself what the final out
come Is to be IL the mail order bust
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked its prog
ress during the last half decade.
1t is useless to repeat the well worn
argument OF the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants In
the regular channels of trade to leave
their customers more money than
ever to devote TO home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy Of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute com
parsons Of goods. as to their quality
and prices. TIE refute Il finally and
indisputably by a simpler and more
direct method II is necessary only to
ask the reliable business men Of any
OF the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and ae-
counts OF the harm the mail order
habit is doing their communities.
II is a truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting Of
the sun that no country or section Of
a country can prosper unless the PEG
pie as a whole shall be prosperous.
Such general prosperity as may exist
cannot be retained II the institutions
Of the already larger and Weather
communities are 10 continue 10 be
built up BY contributions that should
be spent at home from the thousands
OF smaller communities.
The need Of the country. q desper-
ate need upon which the welfare of
the individual depends, is for the
upbuilding and continued progress Of
the smaller communities, so that the
wealth of the country may BE- distrib-
uted over the entire country. and not
congested aRd controlled IN large
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07

There amt nothin' the matter with
none of them"
Then she must come to, see me.
for | am moi able to go to her"
He spoke with a decision new and
strange. Mrs. Fry began to grow
alarmed
But don't you see. Mr.. Edes, II
wouldn't look well. she bein' a mar.
RED woman so, an you single man"
Are you crazy, my good woman,
My name is not Edes and am not a
single man, though | know very well
that she is married woman"
I'm sure you told me that your
name was Edes. and that you were
never married"
Il never told you so. Edes! I
never heard the name until now in all
my life."
We'll, then. what is your name?"
she asked. endeavoring to quiet him
by return to her acquiescent man.
ner.
"Vane Hamilton. as you very well
know"
"All right, and now will you have
your drops? The clock Is Just strik
ing the time"
Yes, if you will go over and ask
my wife to come to see me-"
I'm ask her"
Thank you. 1t is only little way,
and she won't mind the walk. One
ought to see the house from that win.
dow"
You can see it plain" and Mrs.
Fry gave him the drops, and then
went and stood irresolutely In the
middle of her kitchen for several
minutes.
Il promised, an it won't do no
great hurt" she said to herself at
last. 1T dooz beat all what's got into
the man, claimin' to be Vane Hamil.
ton, an he with Almost black hair.
He's crazy as loon"
Taking the sunbonnet from its nail
on the wall she closed the door care.
fully, and then called to her next-doof
neighbours to ask her 20 keep house.
little while for her.
Don't disturb Mr.. Edes unless he
wants somethin'," she said, and then
she hurried to the house of Mrs. Ham
ilton, and was admitted by that lady
herself. who had seen her coming.
Ito be continued)
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
The puzxle Solved.

Some timeSsgo a merchant in Mar.
blehead. Mass. was discovered In his
store al very late hour. and In reply.
ing to inquiries. he said;
Ny confidential clery Is missing
And what Of it,
Why, I'm looking over the books.
but they seem 10 be all right
Have you counted your cash -
Yes. and II is correct to a dollar. ="
Looked over your bank book?
Il have. aud It is satisfactory
That's the puzzle, you see Mes
skipped. and / can't make cut what
for"
Been home since Eoon >"
No
Perhaps he's eloptd with your
wife"
he hurried home. and found this 20
be the case.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07

Cowansville. +. GA Wild rabbit.
with a head like a cat and the rest OF
Its body like an ordinary hare. has
been brought in here by Hugh Ford
and is an object Of much curiosity.
Ford got the hybrid while running rab.
bits with a hound. Az II jumped along
In the ordinary way he noted nothing
peculiar about IT until he picked II up.
lie then saw that he had real curl
oRity. An examination OF the animals
stomach showed that II had been eat.
ing flesh. the remains OF bird being
found. Its teeth, like those OF a cat.
accounted for It's peculiar appetite.
As the hybrid was fat and strong. II
appears to have been able to get all
the food II needed. Probably birds.
mistakIng IL for rabbit. failed to get
out Of the way. A cat that can jump
20 feet isn't liable to go hungry. In any
event
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07

snatching at the bedclothes Am |
dead, then, and you my other self
come to haunt me?"
No, no." said Mrs. Fry, soothingly,
"nobuddy sha'n't ha'nt you, not If
know it. He just come to see how you
was, that's ALL"
His name is Hamilton, you say"
'Lor'. now, did 1? It's Hammerly.
| meant, our minister" said Mrs. Fry.
alarmed at the growing excitement of
her patient and lying with glibness
surprising to herself
Mr. Hamilton. meanwhile, had left
the room and stood waiting for Mrs.
Fry at the outer door
odd what ideas sick folks take,"
she said. He amt as well as |
thought he was"
No, ! am afraid his brain has been
permanently injured" said Mr.. Hamil
ton, who seemed to be not little dis
turbed. Il will not go in again. my
presence seems to agitate him.
Mrs. Fry kept out of her boarder's
room for an hour. and when she en-
tered she saw that he was asleep. He
slept long time. and appeared drow-
sy for awhile upon waking, but after
wards he looked about the room
clear-eyed. though silent, and Mrs
Fry softly went out, fearing that he
would question her. But he did not
try to talk with her at all until the
next morning, when he said to her,
quietly
Il want to talk with you. Mrs. Fry.
Why am | sick here instead of ct
home?"
oh, twas more convenient"
Il should hardly think so. Such
short distance. Who was that man
who called to see me yesterday"
Mr.. Hammerly, our minister. He's
dreadful nice man"
Il mistook the name at first, or yoH
did. Any way he looks enough like
me TO be my twin brother. Where is
Constance-and the children"
Constance" said Mrs. Fry, star
ing at him with all her might.
Yes; is there anything strange
about my questions?"
No oh. no. not a mite. Constance
is over home. an the children, too.
most like"
You say Constance is over home.
Why does she not come TO see me-"
She's dreadful busy"
He started up in a moment and
asked. keenly. Are you deceiving
me? Is she dead or very sick? Has
anything happened to her, or the chill
drsn?"
No, they are all right. all of them.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
amounts in comparative few osnters

amounts In a comparative few centers
Of population.
The. efore. the man sho sends away
from his own community money which
he might have spent at home and per
miited a fair profit to the home mer.
chant to be retained there for the
benefit OF the community, Is iniur'r"
his community, and thereby the pros.
poets for his own future prosperity.
In a large number of instances he Is
doing more than this. Unwittingiy, or
unthinkingly. perhaps, he is violating
his own principles of right and justice.
for. at the expense of his own com.
munity, he is needlessly contributing
profits TO the capitalistic combinations
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct theh
energies particularly toward the PEG
pie of the smaller towns and the agri,
cultural districts. In hundreds OF
thousands of the homes of these the
catalogue OF the mail order house is as
regularly received as the home paper,
The man ON the farm last year sent IA
very large portion of eighty millions
of dollars to two of these institutions
in one community, alone.
In all sincerity We ask; Admitting.
purely for the sake of the argument.
that the farmer or the resident of the
small community can save IA few dol
lars on some of his purchases. or even
that he could do so on all OF them, can
he afford to continue TO impoverish
his own community. upon which his
| own prosperity, the very value OF his
lane depends
II he will ask himself this question
and consider II soberly and fairly In
all of its phases. including the many
| which cannot be touched upon within
| the limits of a single article. We think
his answer must be that he cannot.
The wonderful productivity of this
| country has been sufficient to over
come the various adverse economic ia
| fuences which have existed during the
period of years in which the mail or.
der business has accomplished its
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
LYNX GNAWS OFF
LEG OF HER CUB.

ticularly tenderhearted. but Tate
never raised his rife when the old
lynx slowly moved OF with her limp
ing cub. He let them go and then ap
preached the trap. Here II was evi.
dent that the old lynx had exhausted
every means known TO her before she
decided 10 cut OF the foot of her on
spring, She had torn at the chain
bitten the tree To which 1t was at
tached and lacerated her own Jaws
gnawing the sharp teeth Of the trap.
Il never knew lynx TO rescue her
young In that way" said Tate, after
telling OF the incident: but | once
knew whole family OF barn owls to
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
GOD NOTIONS OF BEAUTY.
Painting Teeth. crsmpins Toes and
Breaking Noses Resorted To.

Some ladies of Japan guild their
teeth, those OF the Indies paint them
red and In Guzerat they are dyed
black. In Greenland the women color
their faces with blue and yellow.
However fresh the complexion OF a
Muscoyite may be. she would think
herself very ugly II she was not plas
tered over with paint
The Chinese must have their feet
as diminutiye as those OF goat. and
TO render them thus their youth is
passed In fortunes.
10 ancient Persia an aquiline nose
was often thought worthy OF the
crown. and II there was any competi-
ton between two princes the PEG
pie generally went by this criterion
OF majesty.
In some countries the mothers
break the noses OF their children and
In others press the head between two
boards that Il may become fiat. The
modegg Perslans have . strong aTer.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07

greatest growth. Everyone has been
getting along pretty we'll" While the
increasing flow of golden millions from
their source In the land OF the coun.
try to the already great centers OF
money and population has held back
ties, II has not yet occasloned a great
disaster The test will come with the
first pinch Of hard times" a condi.
ton which no country ever has been
able to escape at recurring intervals.
When this time arrives those com
munities will best stand the test which
have best conserved and husbanded
their resources.
JOHN s. POTTS.
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sion to red hair. The Turks. on the
contrary. are warm admirers OF H.
In China small. round eyes are
liked. and the girls are continually
plueking their eyebrows that they
may be thin and long.
The Turkish women dip gold
brush in the tincture OF a black drug
which they pass over their eyebrows.
II is too visible by day. but looks
shining by night They tinge theft
nails with rose color.
An African beauty must have small
eyes. thick lips. large. aat nose.
and skin beautifully black.
An ornament for the nose Is con.
sidered By many absolutely essential
to beauty. The Peruvian women wear
nose ring. the thickness OF which
is proportioned by the rank OF their
husbands
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07

a child has actually been picked up
and carried by an eagle
The child. with others. was playing
in n field on It's fathers farm. near
Jackson Ferry. on vefdigris river.
eight miles northeast OF Coweta.
when the eagle swooped down upon
him. catching the childs clothing
with it's talons and starting on. The
screams OF the other children sp-
parently frightened the eagle. and.
finding that II could not make much
progress with the child. II dropped
him 80 yards from the place where
he was picked up.
The child weighs so pounds. and at
no time did the eagle succeed In get
ting more than eight OF ten feet
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
Easy.eoIna Persian shah.

MuzaiTared- Din. the shah of Persia.
who is believed to be near the end of
his earthly career. il So years old
He Is as unlike the conventional Idea
OF an absolute monarch as IL Is pos
sible 10 imagine. lie Is averse 10 all
lnhuman methods OF punishment
Sometimes. in fact, he is iaclined TO
be too generous. On one occasion
when a particularly bloodthirsty band
Of desperadoes were brought before
him ON charge Of robbery he dis.
missed them with a wave Of his hand
on the plea that they had probably
stolen because they were Obliged TO.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07

sit about an imprisoned one until 10
died. The owl had been caught In
mink trap. and from the number OF
bones lying about ] am sure that It's
comrades brought II food until death
came from exposure. How long II
was prisoner ! don't know. but
am sure II was more than two weeks,
as passed near the spot now and
then. and remember seeing the owls
circling about II WAS month later
that stumbled over the trap which
had been set by another hunter who
forgot H."
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
CHAPTER XIV.
Who Fired the Shot?

Who Fired the Shot?
bext morning at an early hour
h shot rang out sharp and
Ia the still air surrounding the
horton of Grovedale. 1t was
" many and commented upon.
two heard the shot with some
and made their way at once
direction of the sound.
beared to be, as l have said,
|upper end of the village, and
three men turned into the
approaching Mr.. Hamilton's
Ind walked toward it together.
sere the men who had followed
bid.
they reached the grounds of
se they saw a group of people
about a figure lying on the
The group consisted Of Mr..
Is. Hamilton and Mr.. Carter,
|od back at their approach and
revealed to their gaze the form
JUS Edes lying, face upward,
ground.
did it," asked one of the men,
EN-, excitedly.
Is more than we can tell" said
tter. Il heard shot and
into my clothes and came
Vane had got here, somehow,
did, and my niece followed
hats all we knew about the
himself, most likely" said
Ees, a grocer on Main street.
has looked down-hearted for
ime. | wonder where the pis-
1t can't be a great ways off, If
6t himself"
Is So" said the other man,
about.
he grass as short, there was
where a pistol could be hid
b direct gaze except behind a
rosebushes a few feet away.
moved toward them to look,
his surprise, saw a small pis-
bly, in sight in front of, not
the rose bushes.
a wonder we didn't see it the
hg,' said he.
a wonder" said Mr.. Hamil-
ing the pistol and looking it
There is no mark on it."
but if | don't mistake that pis-
ngs to Dan Fry" said Mr..
Il sold him one like it not
:"
don't think Dan shot him ?"
Carter, aghast.
don't; | think he shot him
| am sorry to have had 1t
re-" said Mr.. Hamilton, glanc-
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
Then He Stoned.

A certain preacher in a small town
had a reputation for his long and dry
sermons. One Sunday he was living
well up TO his standard and one by one
his congregation left the church. I'm
dismayed. the preacher continued. un.
til finally all had left but the faithful
sexton At last the old sexton came
forward and. putting the keys on the
pulpit. said:
Say. doctor. when you're through
lock I'D. will ye?''
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
Child couohs Up Nail.

Last October Thelma Thornton Of
Denver. four years old. swallowed q
nail. II lodged in the lower part of
the left lung. Since then the doctors
have been treating her for pneumonia
and bronchitis and would not believe
the little sufferers story of the nail
Finally an abscess formed and when
it broke the nail was coughed up.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-07
YOUNG BOY ATTACKED
BY BIG GRAY EAGLE
Monster Bird swoops Down on Child,
Carries Him so Yards, Then
Releases Him.

Coweta. J. THE five.ycar-oid son
Of Nero Charles. a farmer living near
Coweta was attacked by large gray
Eagle few days ago. and narrowly
escaped with his life after being car.
ried so yards by the fierce bird. 80
In the history of Indian Territory that