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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
DEMAND WlRRoRs IN cHURcHG5
Architect Says Women Are clamorinp
for innovation.

1 won't name the church" said the
architects young man. 1T Is one that
stood in need OF repairs a short while
ago My boss got the job of putting
II In order. ! attended TO most OF the
preliminary details. and | give you
my word that in the list of improve
ments recommended by the committee
was a lot OF small mirrors TO be put
into the backs of the seats so the
ladies' could see how their hats looked
when they knelt down TO pray.
Before the work was really begun
the rest Of the congregation got wind
OF the contemplated innovation and
raised no end Of row. The question.
Looking glasses or no locking glasses,
was voted on by the whole church.
The conservative noes won out by a
small majority. They insisted that
people kneel for devotional purposes.
not to study the set OF their hats, and
that to put temptation in the shape of
a mirror into the back OF every seat
would be positively criminal.
But IL is a question that will bob
up again with the building OF other
churches Most of the women of the
congregations are demanding looking
glasses in the CHURCHES. either In the
pews or set as panels In the walls"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
THE TROUBLE WITH "FRITzIE."
Dog Was What Might Be Called an
Artificial Daehshund

1t was a very little girl in an abbre.
Waited scrap of Bingham that origin.
ally must have been a pink frock II
showed neutrality of color that be
spoke many washings and the prob.
ability of former owners. Grasped
tightly in her grimy hand was a piece
of twine the far end of which was at.
tached to the collar of dog.
Hello, baby; is that your dog?"
bantered the youth fresh from prepar.
atory school.
Yes, sir"
well, well, he was meant to be a
dachshund. wasn't hep"
Seriously the brown eyes gazed into
those of her questioner. Her quick
sense had caught the long word and
recognized that IL was the right name
for her elongated friend.
you mean he's funny in the
middle?"
That breed always is funny in
the middle laughed the boy, but
this one is curved up like half cir.
cle," and he tried to illustrate the ami.
mails defect with his hands
"Oh, | know what you mean" cried
the youngster, gleefully ''Fritzie
chases all the cats, and when they
stop and spit at him he jest humps
up like they do-and now | guess he's
growed that way"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
LITTLE TRAFFIC ON THE NILE
Not Much Use Made of Water Trans
portation In Egypt.

1t is curious fact that the Nile and
most of the canals in Egypt run north
and south. The wind blows nearly all
the year from the north, and thus fur
nishes the cheapest propelling power
for boats going south. When the boats
return north the rapid current of the
Nile is the motive power. The regu-
larity of the wind and the steadiness
OF the current are two reasons why
boats propelled by any other power
are so little used. Time is not so i'm
portant an element in business in
Egypt as in some other countries, and
II does not matter, therefore, that
boats propelled by wind or current are
slow. But not so much use is made
OF water transportation in Egypt as
one might think, in view of the posi-
bilities offered by the Nile and the
many canals throughout the Delta.
The Nile is navigable for many hun
dred miles. The first cataract is at
Assouan, but there is no interruption
Of traffic until Wadi Halfa is reached
500 miles from Cairo. The primary
object of the canals is to distribute
water for irrigation, but they are real
ly broad and deep water courses, east
ly navigable by sailing boats and
small steam tugs. With Egypt's awak-
ening the value of these canals will
soon be realized.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
JUST A WoMAWs LrrrLF lovg
go TO a Suit at Law ana
Serious complicatlon.

Mrs. Margaret Gattv oDo -
o .LeooIos wittiest society women
pianheu aud enacted a Joke: now she
Is tne defendant in an action AZ law
"iilie the society of that Vermont citv
awaiting with glee the outcome .,
'ne aHair, says the Boston Post
IL all emanated from .brieb, ,doo.
conceived by Mrs. Gatty and a few q,
ner society friends who had haco,na
nrihiy convinced that James n H.
er' attorney and wealthy cluhmar va.
~ofAihg altogether too hard and need.
ca little diversion to distract him
from the righteousness of so busv a
summer. OuSy
one DAY recently, while the vopne
attorney sat at his desk with nanare
piied nigh on each side and an amount
Vi work beside him that promised 70
Aeep him in his office into the wee
small hours Of the night, the teIenbone
at his elbow rang.
Iaking up the receiver Mr.. Hooker
listened to the apparently distractad
voice OF Mrs. Gatty, one Of his ac.
quaintances. Mrs. Gatty appeared TO
De greatly cverwrought aid explained
tnat dreadful attempt had inst hean
mdue 10 sWindle her out of a sum of
money, that the alleged swindIer had
ret a handbag behind, and would Mr.
itooher come up Immediately and omen
1ne Dag and discover, If possible tne
Identity of the guilty person.
Inc young lawyer hastily clapped
on MS hat and fastened up to Mrs
Gattys fashionable residence
he was ushered into the drawing
room and the bag was shown him
Without further parley the LAWYER
opened the bag and extracted a nice
yellow lemon. Then the LIGHT broka
upon the attorney and amid the tit.
terlngs which emanated from different
[ecesses OF the drawing room he
bowed and withdrew, after declaring
gracefully that he felt that the case
was settled and trusted that his client
would be no longer disturbed.
A little later Mrs. Gattv received
Dill for services made out in the usual
form Under the conviction that this
OIL was merely the humor Jus revenge
by Mr.. Hooker for the joke PLAYED
upon MIN the bill was pigscnholed.
Much to her CONSERVATION a sberiff
appeared recently at nrr. Gatty's
nome and served the papers in a suit
for fees due to Mr.. Hooker for sery.
ices.
Inc whole city is interested In Law.
yer Rockers plan for revenge and fac
ions have already been formed.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
INDIAN WOMAN GOT THE BEAR.
Prodded Him Out with Her Scissors,
Then Tomahawked Him.

AS for that grit Of mountaineering
Indian women-which has been cele.
brated in a well-known book, there Is
a story In Fur News which is good
evidence OF their physical courage.
A dealer in skins tells of squaw
who was walking along on her snow.
shoes one day when her small boy
saw a bear curled up under TIE snow
in his winter sleep. She could not kill
him where she was, so she dashed a
pair of scissors to sapling, prodded
him out and smashed his head in with
her tomahawk as he emerged.
Il gave her ten dollars for the skin. -
writes the dealer. so it was not bad
mornings work. Another ingenious
piece of hunting that remember was
accomplished by an Indian who found
two moose in a yard-that is. the
snow clearing which the animals
make when the frosts are breaking
up and the snow is too sharp and brit
tie for their comfort.
He crept up and got the female
with his tomahawk. The male was
driven to fury and it was unsafe TO ap-
proach him. The stroke Of a hoof
would put the Indian out Of business
in close order.
Having no gun. he improvised a
bow and arrow from the trees, stuck a
sharp file into the point Of the arrow,
made a bowstring with the laces Of his
moccasins and shot the beast through
the heart"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
A New swlndle.

Wealthy farmers OF Armstrong and
Westmoreland counties. Pennsylvania.
have been ylcumized by brand new
confidence RPme. Recently a man in
tho garb Of minister called AT the
farm Of W. y. Templeton. near Adrian.
and asked for lodgings for the night.
Tempioton, impressed by the stranger.
readily consented. Next morning, be.
fore the stranger departed. man and
woman hurriedly drove up to the farm
house. and said they had heard that
a preacher was stopping there. They
wanted 20 get married at once, aud
the minister performed the cero-
mony
Tompleton and his wife signed the
certificate as witnesses. A week later
the alleged marriage certificate turned
up in the First National bank at East
Brady as a prJmissory note for $500.
which Templeton had TO pay. a num-
Der Of other farmers have been swim
died in the same manner. New
York Tribune.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
FARMER NOT to BE TRAPPED.
This One Was Taking No Chances
on a Possible $500 Fine.

The government weather bureau
supplies daily thermometer readings,
quantity of rainfall and the forecast
for the ensuing "a hours to farmers
along rural routes who apply for TENN.
The data are stamped with rubber
type upon one of the franked govern
ment cards and dropped in the rural
mail box by the rural carriers each
day.
On a western route a farmer had
applied for the forecasts, and they
were dropped regularly in his mail
box each morning, but he failed to
take them out, and the accumulation
of cards became so great it nearly
filed the box.
An inspector, going over the route,
dropped in at the farmhouse
why don't you make use of the
weather forecasts?" he inquired.
Didn't you apply for them?"
For reply the patron of the rural
route led him out to the mail box
and put his finger on the corner of one
Of the cards, where was printed:
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
GIVE THE soV A MICROSCOPE.
Win Interest Him In the Wonders Of
the Natural World.

II you want to keep your boy out OF
mischief give him microscope. not
one Of the elaborate. intricate, ex.
pensiye affairs that the hacteriologista
use when hunting for germs. but a
common one. with two or three lenses
that revolve on pivot and fold into a
cover, which protects them from In.
jury when carried In the pocket
There Is no better way Of interest.
ing the boy In the wonders OF the
natural world than this simple con,
trivance which opens TO his eyes vi.
sions OF universe OF which he knew
nothing See through the microscope
the most insignificant flower becomes
a thing of wonderful beauty The In.
terror OF a nasturtium Is a fairy cav
ern, showing dozen different tints
! and hues of color. with dainty white
stalactites and stalagInltes. almost
touching each other. midway between
floor and roof
He viii find monsters. too. for the
head Of an ant. seen through mi
croscope. Is a terrible oOlect. and he
can not help thinking what an awful
aspect such creature would present
/ II II were as big as a horse. He has
heard about the creatures that are Il
| be found In water from a stagnant
pool; he viii find them for himself
and show them TO other boys. and al
| his crowd will become interested and
I bring things 10 look at and wonder
about. He may not develop into 4
Darwin; but II he has any faculty 81
observation at all, II viii be sharpenet
by what he sees. and he win learr
that there IS more in nature than what
we discern on the surface
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
eaE e.-av ONE Is aos-sr
North carouaara Who Neither L.a
Nor Steal

After a stay IN an isolated mountain
settlement IN North Carolina. where
the wlarr OF the spinning wheel Is sim
a commonplace sound. the dress OF the
people homespun where skyscrapers
are unhcard OF and automobiles un.
known. the ways OF civilization sit
q iansely just for the moment on
Henry Mitchell, S4S9 Whitfield avenue
lie has been doing missionary work
In the Episcopal mission church and
school al Bat Cave, a postofRce sta
ton In North Carolina under the super.
vision OF the Sisters OF the Trans.
nguration. whose motherhouse Is Beth.
any home, Glendale Although Bat
Cave Is only Is miles from Asheyille.
~ c, the mountaineers OF the eommu-
nifty live much 10 themselves.
Il never IN all my life" he said
saw a more truthful earnest, honest
people The clothing OF the people is
spun by the women and the wool
shearcd from the sheep which the
men raise II is quite an ordinary
thing TO so into the log home and
ma the vito busy spinning a wheel.
Families are large and the people are
ind astrious. They work when there
Is Work TO do, but the land IL much
worn II is possible for a map and
MS family 20 live in this community
without dollar. year In and year out.
II he owes a little taxes on his home
hot much more than dollar or 50
! per year, be goes 10 a nelghbor who
has actual cash now aud then and
works out enough To cover the taxes
such things as lying or s. allng are
unknown among these God.fearing
people. They are anxious to learr
and II Is only because of their isola
uon that they do not know.
1T seems odd to md persons VIII,
do not know what lemons and orangel
are. yet many OF these people hay,
never seen them. They don't know
| what skyscraper is. and would view
an automobile with awe. | had tn
pleasure of giving one woman the frs
hat she ever had. They make thei
dresses In the oldfnshioned way, sew
ING the skirt to the waist The Mort
Carolina mountaineer is n fine lookin
man The women are hnrd.workin
and kind hearted They are eager [
have their children study, and tn
youngsters often walk miles TO schoo
Our school is doing great wor
among these people" Cincinna
Times Star
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
Angler. bitter Memories.

Although angling has been and
still is one Of the chief delights OF
my life, something bitter always arises
when think OF my fishing expert.
ences. Taught from my earliest years
TO handle a rod and throw a fy, IL
has, nevertheless. never been my good
fortune 10 grass really big fish. On
the other hand, some OF the greatest
buffers, SO far as angling goes,
have ever known have wiped my
eye time and again at salmon fishing
Only n year or two since had a
friend staying with me at DuppIln
Castle. who. to the best Of my be-
lief, had never before handled n
salmon rod or any kind OF rod In his
life. But almost at the FIRST cast
II one could dignity the action by
such n name-he rose. hooked and
eventually erased 40pounder. An.
other friend. also a most Indifferent
fisherman. killed, single-handed. q
splendid nsh that went all but SC
pounds. But !. who have given years
/ to the game. have never seen my
spring balance tally more than 81
/ pounds.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
GREEN SPOTS IN WILDERNESS
Relieve the DesoIation of Desert oil
Northern Chile.

northern Chile, which is so largely
mountain or desert, is generally re-
sarded as a forbidden wilderness. but
III spite OF its natural desolation the
landscape presents a scene of great
Oeauly under the softening hues of
sunset, and here and there in the
waste OF sand and salt may be found,
" looking for them, a number of
vases the most conspicuous of which
are Fica and Matilda. These GASES
are supplied with water from the
uish Andes, but the particular streams
.ndl support their life are not certain.
y known. 1t has been found that in
saIlous parts of the great Atacama
seSert the earth underneath the sur
,'Se layer of sand or salt is sufficient
moist to grow crops, capillary at
~. u"'uon spreading the water through
Ne soil The rainless Atacama des.
~ Is me scene of the greatest indus
Vi us kind in the world, yielding
io'uhous quantities of nitrates, used
enrlch the fields of Europe and the
,u4'eu States. The GASES play a very
,por'ant economic role in the indus
&c" 1s OF the region, supplying veg
=, 1uies and foodstuffs for the support
me Workmen, alfalfa for the cattle.
various fruits, and also serving
lumber producers for the nitrate
TS SlAS' which require much fuel.
Is no part of the world where
-, is more extensively car
tha On than in these green spots in
AIacama desert.-Zion's Herald.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
sHows THE HUMAN VIBRATIONS
Frenehman Who Thinks He Has
Photographed the Emotions.

DR.. Baraduc Of Paris has been lee.
turing. says the Health Record. at the
Theosophical soeletys room in London
on human vibration. He showed many
photographs OF these alleged yibra-
lions by placing sensitized Aim on
one Of the nerve centers.
He usually places the film at night
and leaves it TN morning. The ubra-
lions Of the subject throw the nitrate
OF silver on the film into a correspond.
Ing form Of vibration. which Is found
registered on the film when developed.
just as the light reflected from an
object through the lens of a camera
registers the form of that object.
DIR. Baraduc had also many pictures
taken In the ordinary way by means
OF the camera. In these various states
OF emotion are shown. Sudden anger
appears as sort of whirling shower
OF sparks and yapor. A state Of high
spiritual contemplation produces a
misty globe OF light some way above
the sitter's head
In enc picture the etheric double Of
woman kneeling in pray IS shown.
According TO the doctor the etheric
cosmic forces are continually stream
ing into us and becoming individual
lied, or streaming out, being disindi
vidualized, mingling again with the
general stream.
One photograph showed the vibra-
ton Of telepathic communication
some had lines IN ribbons Of light.
showing attachment Ia one. taken
as the doctors wife passed away. the
line or bond which had always ap.
peared between them is seen for the
first time broken
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
Good in Either Event.

Gen. Dabney II Maury tells in his
"Recollections Of a Virginian" OF an
old lady in Fredericksburg who was
reduced to taking in boarders In order
TO make both ends meet On one oc-
oasion Of peculiar stress, the larder
was so empty that the good lady took
TO her bed and summoned her servant
Nancy" she said, there's nothing
in the house for my boarders to eat
except mush. But give them that II
they are Christians, they will accept II
in resignation and thankfulness. And
IL they are not Christians, II is a deal
too good for them"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
Human Nature.

An old maids love affairs Of her
youth grow big IN proportion 70 her
years. BY the time she is so she
thinks she was the most popular girl
in town and tries 10 make every other
one believe she was once beautiful
and attractive.
A woman wonders why her next
door neighbor does not punish her
child for putting his sticky fingers on
her porch chairs. while she viii allow
her own child TO jump unmolested Oh
her neighbours flower beds.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
HORSES PERFECTLY TRAINED.
Extraordinary intelligence Of Mounts
Of City Patrolmen.

Chicago papers told the other day
In picture and story OF a policeman's
horse that followed his master into
a barber shop. Philadelphia police
horse, not long ago, caused some ex-
citement by trudgiug along behind his
rider right into the city hall But for
every yarn about intelligent police
mounts in other cities, the average
New York traffic cop" has one to
match. says the New York Tribune
AS Park Row city cavalryman re-
marked, patting the glossy brown
neck of his aid and companion: He
knows heap more'n a whole lot of
the nuts that We protect, and II he
didn't he wouldn't be fit for his
job One day recently a patrolman
had dismounted at congested spot
TO straiphten out tangle of vehicles.
leaving his horse, united and unguard-
ed, near the curb This animal stayed
right there. as sin as a soldier at
attention, until The odor of a fine bas
ket OF peaches, just out of reach
across the sidewalk, struck his nos.
trils. The bait was too tempting
even for that well trained horse, and
inch by inch he edged up toward the
luscious meal Just then his rider
busy a hundred feet up the street
saw him and yelled: Hey, you, Bob
turn around, there" And Bob turned
around obediently and put temptation
behind him
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
South Afrie. BECOMING United.

England's dream OF a united South
Africa is coming true. The premiers
of Cape Colony, the Transvaal and the
Orange River colony recently moved,
in their respective legislative assem-
blies, the adoption of the resolution
of the intsrcolonial customs and rail-
way conference calling for an early
union under the British crown. Natal
is no whit behindhand and the reso-
luton Of the conference specially re-
ferred to the inclusion Of Rhodesia
in the great South Africa state at a
convenient opportunity.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
The Sweetest sor ,ster.

Over the -eakfast NJ Dorothy
the enthusiastic ornithologist Of the
boarding house, discussed the merits
Of the nightingale. lark. thrush and
so forth.
And which, Mr.. Hunker," exclaimed
Miss Dorothy, which of all the song.
birds are you fondest OFF,
Il prefer the hen, Miss Dorothy"
But the hen isn't a song-bird at ALL"
objected Miss Dorothy.
Well" replied Hunker, tapping an
other hard-b boiled egg, its the only
bird whose lay l care for"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

Gen. Clarence Edwards CHIEF ,ptt.
insniar BUREAU Of the war department
tells how an Irish corporal got even
with an unpopular post commander
IN Cuba. This post commanaar
though an excellent soldier. was some.
thing OF a crank. He had two hob.
Dies One was that the liberal use Of
whitewash was the best possible pre-
NenuVe OF disease. and the other was
pet namlngo. an ill-natured bird that
was disiiked heartily by the enlisted
men because It never overlooked an
opportunity TO nip one OF them.
Que day the post commander had 10
go 10 Havana. but he could not en-
dHre the thought that anyone should
De Idle In his absence. Il had been
Iuily a week since any whitewashins
had been done. so he issued an order
that "all articles pertaining TO the
camp not sheltered from the weather
should be whttewAshed. The Irish
corporal was intrusted with the execu
ton OF the order.
The post commander returned mex
day, and pretty soon the air was fair
~ blue with his cursing. The sol
diers heard the noise. but they wer.
not curious. They knew what IL VA
all about, The post commander,
brilliant famingo was white an
snowy heron.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
July and Independence

July is an important month in tn
S S.y OF political liberty. The United
I1 celebrates its independence on
~, vSr / The patriotic efforts of the
oe,a'or Simon Bolivar for the indie
Sendence Of Venezuela were consum-
40. on July 5, Colombia Kidding her.
~ m Oh the Spanish yoke on July 20.
- zen here is France, with her JuIy
in. Isf KING the date when the suffer.
m. french people stormed the Bas
&c. The Spanish forces at Santiago
OS' eapitulated on July 16.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
PENALTY FOR PRIVATE
USE, $500.

You fellows amt going to soak no
$500 into me" he declared, putting
the card back into the box.
And the inspector had some Difficult
ty in explaining that no penalty would
attach to the removal of the card.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
ses, Par, o, II.

A New York woman fred at burg
lar Who was entering her window. OF
course, she missed him. but the best
part of Il Is that she did not kill an
innocent passer by.