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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16

ess Lieven. Under this reg ime AL
mack's obtained such renown that
to belong to it was; to belong to So
ciety, while to be excluded from it
was to be relcgated to second-rat-
circles. Vouchers of admission
were granted only to those who
were personally known to the lady
patronesscs, while Lady Jersey,
the. high priestess of the temple,
would never admit anyone unless
she had proof that the applicant
was a skillful dancer, and would
rclentlessly blackball anyone who
had connection with commerce in
any Of its branches restriction
that was not the less CALLING be
cause she was the heiress Of the
banker, Robert Child, whose sur
name was subsequently added to his
own by her husband he fifth earl.
An assembly that could regulate
the hour of arrival of is members
and could venture to turn away the
Duke of Wellington because he
came wearing trousers instead of
knee breaches, might legitimstely
regard itself as the arbitcr, if not
the despot of fashion, and certainly
no Innovation stood a reasonable
chance of acceptance that was not
sanctioned by it, ana so it came to
pass, as a matter of course, that all
changes in any department of fash
ionable life wore submitted to its
fashionable approval. Nothing could
perturb it's serenity. You might
address the lady patronesses
''Tired of trousers are you grown
But since to them your anger
reaches,
Is it because tits so we'll known,
You always love to wear the
brccchccs ''
but you left them unscathcd. They
were impcrvious to all comment,
satirica or kindly; they swerved
not from their path for any shaft
Hof wit, and their word was law to
the uttcrmost limits of their king
dom. Yet On one occasion they were
nearly defeated and it is probable
that they escaped catastrophe only
by enlisting tie support of the
crowned head.
At Almack's, as elsewhere in
London the day had passed when
the ballroom minuet and the state
ly movements were fashionable,
and during the early days of the
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16

described as being very rich and
strong.
Thirty-five thousand m.mb ers of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, employed in districts Nos. 4
81, and rs, comprising Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas, will go on strike April IS
following decision reached at a
meeting held last week.
Chas. H. Mover, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, in
an interview at San Diego, CAL,
last week said: Every condition
OF the mining industry Colorado,
Idaho and other western states is
| improving rapidly and look to see
things on a prosperous basis by the
middle OF August.
The richest property in the new
camp of Bull Valley in Utah ap-
pears to be that owned by John
Pulsiphcr and William Farnsworth
both of ST. George. They located
the ground about February and
have we'll defined ledge which
carries high values of gold. A
piece of gold was taken out of this
mine by the owners which is a
quarter of an inch thick and two
by three inches in size.
A iO0-foot tunnel hole was of
giant powder was set off in four
drifts at the Utah Copper mine at
Bingham last week virtually tear
ing down mountain losening over
million tons of ore and dirt. The
blast was ignited by electricity.
Over a ton of powder was used.
Orders have been issued from
Pottsville, Pa, by the Philadelphia
81 Reading Coal and Iron company
to start the IS collieries and wash
eSes of the company after having
been closed two months. This will
affect about IS, 900 men and boys.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16
Women and the Ballot.

THE old division of labor, which
defined mans work as laying out
side the. home and woman's inside,
had much to recommend it. The
trouble with us is that we have en-
largcd the boundaries of the home
and have not enlarged the homes
powers, with it. For what is
the modern factory, from the cot
ten mill to the steam laundry, from
the flour mill to the canning
works, but where an asscmblagc of
workers do on large scale for the
whole community what each in
dividual housekeepcr used to do
on small scale for her own
household What are all these
new social cfforts-our public
school system, our municipal play
grounds, our public paths and Ii
braries, our systems of street
cleaning and transportation, our
hospitals and asyluns-but modern
efforts to meet the modern ways
the old needs of the humani,yp
Are women to have no direction in
these matters because TIE innatc
desire to help others, TO feed, to
clothe, to nurse, to teach and to
train the race has taken. on new
forms ?''
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16

regency the oances in vogue were
the English country dances. Scotch
jigs and Highland reels, the last,
, it is said, introduced by Jane,
Duchess of Gordon, and performe d
by her to the accompaniment of an
orchestra from Edinburgh, conduct
ed by Neil Cow, the composer of
Bonnie Prince Charlie.' 1t was
the ina oduction of a new dance
that nol only shook Almack's but
all England, to its foundations. In
1915 Lady Jersey and Count Aide
garde, Lady Harriet Butler and Mr..
Montg omery, Lady Susan Ryde
and Mr.. Montagu, and Miss Mont
gomery and Charles Standish,
danced the first set of quadrilles
which, presented by such sponsors,
at once became fashionable. The
quadrilles evoked much interest,
but this was nothing compared
with the sensation caused two year
earlier by the introduction fro n
abroad of the waltz.
Soms such dance, it appears, had
been known in England nearly
score of years before, for in the
London Times of Feb. 10, 1896,
we read: THE balls at Southamp-
ton are exceedingly lively and we'll
attended. The young ladies are
particularly favorable to German
dance called the Volsc; for squeez-
ing, hugging, ETC., it is excellent
and more than one lady has tainted
in the middle of it. "The "Volse, -
however, had not penetrated to the
metropolis, at least to the fashion,
able circles thereof; and when in
1913 1t was danced at Alamck's for
the first timc-it was then a slow
movement in trois temps-by Nine
de t.ieveu and Lord Palmerston,
and Princess Esterhazy and Baron
de Neumsn, ii divided society into
two oamps-those who welcomed it
with open arms and those who re-
scented he introduction OF what to
them seemed an ipdeccrous proceed
ing. Lampeon after lampoon was
provoked by the dance, and more
iha one of these has come down to
postsrity. This, the first round
dance, was objected to most on ac-
count of the .'hugging, squeezing,
inve yed in its execution:
What! the girl of my heart by
another embraced?
What! the balm of her lips
shall another man taste?
what touched in the twist by
another mans knee?
What painting recline on an
other than me?'
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16
Mines and Mining


Prairie fires in tbs vicinity os
Kimbsll, S. D., last week laid
waste thousands of acres of land
nnd destroyed a number of school
houses, homes and bsras. No fa-
taiities are reported.
A dispatch received at the navy
depar TIM emit FROM Co "A IA suder John
H God of the cruiser Tacoma, sa VS.
that the vessel ran aground while
entering the harhor of Willem stadt,
island of Curacao.
One of the largest uoppper-pro-
ducing interests in this country
tells the Financial News that con-
sumers are scr ann bling Tor lake cop
per at 10 Ia cents and that the
market is liable to advance any day.
Fore ed to action by a committee
of fifty prominent citizens, the
common council of South Bend,
md, n 8 ordered all questionable
resorts including gambling houses
and ALLEY saloons immediately
closed.
A company has been formed, to
be known as the Bnston-Sunshine
God mining company. which will
take over the noted old Sunshine
property of the Mcrcur district of
Ut an. The property has been Sc
cured Though a receivers sale.
General Manager c. w. Clapp
of the Comm onw ea1th mines, situ-
ated a few miles south of Reno,
Nevada, is making ARRANGEMENTS
for a $40, 900, 900 smetler proposi-
fion to be located near Reno.
The naturalization of the Granite
district of Nevada is unique. Two
parallel vein, or surface groupings,
ons of gold quartz and the other of
sill 1er-lcad, run for IN ore than thir-
I, miles north and south between
Cherry Crock and Hercules gap
Development work is being Wig
orously prosecuted in the Wabash
property at Park City. The vein
is strong ono and we'll defined.
The values ane rich running from
100 ounces to 400 ounces of silver,
IL to Is per cent lead and from 2
to per cent copper
A stampede. is now on to a. new
camp near Austin, Nevada. There
10 much excitement especially
among Tonopah people, and the
valu alton of property is soaring skv-
wsrd. The ore carries bromides,
chic idcs and horn silver, and is
r.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16
CHAMBEKLAINS' COUGH REM
EDY AIDS NATURE.

Medicines that aid nature are al
ways most effectual. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy works on this
plan, 1t allays the cough, relieves
the lungs, aids expectorstisn, opens
the secretions, and aids nature in
restoring the system 10 a healthy
condition. Thousands have tcsti-
fled to it's super Tor excellence. For
sale bv R. w. Smith.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16
AFFORDS PERFECT SECURITY

Fsley's Honey and Tar affords
perfect security from pneumonia
and consumption as it cures the
most obstinate coughs and colds.
We have never known a single in
stance of cold resulting~in pneu-
monia after Foley's Honey and Tar
had been taken. r. w. Smith.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16

Clean up your home and have it
papered with some of those swell
designs just received by Trsthen.
He will make the price right.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-16

Clothes pressed and cleaned at
Tyler's.
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Continued on Page Seven
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-07

The evolution of the steamship Is gauge to the prog
tremendous material activity The modern ship is
closely compacted municipality with every convenience
Of the most progressive American city. The steward,
when he is arranging his for the day. takes down
his telephone and calls up dozen different sections of
the great supply department for all the world like the
housewife who makes of the phone to order from
the butcher the grocer and the caterer The passenger
who does not to dress and leave her ateroom lies
comfortably in her berth and calls up the friend at the
other end Of the vessel for quiet morning chat The
ship would be behind the times indeed that could not
advertise telephones in all staterooms Another strict
y novel comfort is the electric FAM which efectualy
banishes that stufy atmosphere that formerly
30 dsagreeable when the water tranquil
The busy who wants to work the way over,
and does not to take his secretary with him. can
have the services of expert stenographer and the in
experienced traveller need not make out her itinerary
before leaving home All she has to do Is to apply to
the bureau Of information for advice. Here she can
obtain trustworthy statistics Of distances hotel accommo
dations and cost of travel and lodging in fact anything
she wants to know which Is certainly satisfactory
than the old way Of taking Tom Dick and Harrys i'm
perfect recollection and confused impression of things
they and experienced several years ago For the
benefit of the inexperienced person, the modern
steamer provides another great convenience the
eler's check. This is issued In denominations from
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$40 to $780, In the currency of the country to be visited
The woman who knows nothing Of Italian money gets
few small checks translated for her into terms of the
foreign coin, and letter of Identification which will
enable her to cash the checks at certain bank where
she will receive various other courteses as the ward
Of the steamship company Verify travel has been made
easy for the American who simply must Europe"
1t has not only been made easy. 1t has been made
safe The old, dsagreeable rolling Is practically done
away with, since the builders have to providing
the vessels with blge keels attached amdships to the
hull The hull Itself is double construction with from
100 to 200 waterght compartments all of which can
be closed Instantly by the officer the bridge, that
one of them should spring leak the water could not
be communicated to the others. There is now no danger
that the rstclass the steerage passenger might
be called upon to do duty at the pumps The modern
ship is practically unsnkable.
There superby decorated salons, libraries music
rooms and smoking apartments The promenade deck
surface from four to ten times as 1t was
the odtime steamer, and Of the recently con-
sructed vessels advertlses tennis court so that poor
old "shufeboard" is longer the chief amusement of
the voyage. Many Of the finest staterooms are fur
nished with brass BEDS and the berths builtn are not
the low, narrow and altogether uncomfortable affairs
the older traveller remembers. In short the Atlantic
liner is floating palace hotel with every luxury and
every comfort to be had terra rma 1t the epome
of twentieth century progress
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cite crystals. 1t is situated In a can
yon, on limestone plateau. 5000 fleet
above sea level. 1t is believed to have
been the channel for the waters of n
now extinct geysey.
Objects that the early nayigators
and explorers never dreamed of now
draw learned men to some Of the re-
mote oceanic islands The Canterbury
Philosophic Institute of New Zealand
with the aid of the government Is
about to send an expedition of Inyest,.
gators In terrestrial magnetism, geol-
ogy, botany and zoology to the Auck-
land and Campbell islands. which lie
respectively 200 and 800 miles from
the south coast of New Zealand The
Auckland Islands have no inhabitants
Among the objects of the expedition ia
the collection Of evidence CONCERNING
the ancient antarctic continent SIN.
posed to have Joined New Zealand 70
South America on the one hand and
to Australia, Mauritius, Madagascar
and Africa on the other.
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why in the face of her poverty and dis
comfort Maggie should so valiantly
cling to and defend her husband. She
certainly had always displayed abound
Ing common sense when she ruled the
RoSemere kitchen and had sharply re-
sented being imposed upon, but in the
two years since her marriage she had
developed queer whlms. Chief among
them, in Mrs. Rosemeres eyes, was her
continued fondness for her husband,
who certainly did not amount to much,
She actually seemed in love with the
man!
81 hate to see you situated like this,
Maggie" her visitor burst forth, get
ting up and restlessly raising the
shades and wandering about, John is
bringing up some thlngs-just few
little things that may be of use to you
most of them are cooked and ready
to eat How on earth did you find such
ridiculous dresser anyhow, Maggie"
"Got 1t second hand" explained the
sick woman. at does look funny after
what | had at your house-but 1t was
cheap. 1t was so old the dealer was
glad to get a couple of dollars for 1t.
It's good Of you, Mrs. Rosemere, to
trouble to come here and bring things
like you do!
Mrs. Rosemere did not answer. She
stood with both hands in their delicate
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.Iz(Ds> Science
A 4 aAss9z. AND
: : sszszs.z,IIlYentiOfl
~N~NN~~~~0~

1t Is estimated that New Zealand has
an available coal supply of 100000
900 tons, of which not more than 90
100000 tons have been touched. This
was the first of the British colonies to
try the experiment of State ownership
Of colliery property.
Speaking at the Royal Institution,
London, Hon. K. ]. Strut said that in
consequence of experiments he had
come to the conclusion that there was
radium In every rock of the earth's sur
face. The quantity of radlum in the
surface of the earth would be sufficient
to account for the internal heat Of the
globe.
A sun motor was one Of the objects
shown at the recent exhibition In Mad
rid. 1t is useful for pumping water,
working threshing machines, creating
electricity, etc, and, Of course, after
the machine has been bought there Is
no further expense. On a cloudy day,
however, it would be impossible for
much work to be done.
The New York Geological Society has
toad said to have been exhumed from
limestone at Butte, Mont, at a depth
of 15O feet. This toad has now lived
for eight months In porcelain jar
without feeding. 1t should not be as
sumed, however, that the animal lived
In the rock without air, or without
of some kind Limestone
Is full Of pores, holes and assures, The
color pattern of the toad has faded
from its confinement, but nobody be-
lieves that 1t was born In any other
way than the normal one, or that Its
life was sustained In its prison without
the usual means. Scientific observation
OF this toad only began upon Its recep-
tlon In the museum.
By proclamation Of the President the
Jewel Cave National Monument has
been established In the Black Hills Ma
tlcnal Forest In South Dakota. This
formation Is in some respects, unique.
1t was explored in 1900. and consists of
a series of chambers, connected BY
passages and galleries, the walls of
which are encrusted with beautiful cal.
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His Chance.

At recent wedding in a small wasn
ern town the officiating clerevmo =
after the ceremony and the usual com
gratuiations, turned to the assembled
friends, and said: Friends. Won ali
know these young people; YOU bavI
seen them grow up from children and
now that they have entered the bolv
state OF matrimony, perhaps some Il
their old neighhors may have some sno!
cial word to say to them"
There was silence; no one rasnond
ed FOR a moment; then the father oe
the bride stepped out from his nosit,onI
near his daughter and said:
i don't know as l can add anvtb,no
to what has already been saidb, and he
looked solemnly about the LITTLE cotn
ering, evidently uncomfortable and am.
barrassed; but fortunately his ewes
fell upon a neighbor, a political onno.
nent, who would never listen 70 bts
views upon certain matters relating 70
taxation, and the speakers face hr;obt-
ened, and he exclaimed with anargv
but this seems an excellent onnortnni.
ty and l should like to say a few wor1s
on the single tax l"-Youth's Camnsfn.
ion.
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Mabelle Smell Mcnamara, "soul-
mate" niece of Thomas Smell, the &C.
centric Clinton (Ill.) millionaire over
whose will two sensational trials were
held, Is conceded to be the prize letter
writer of the United States, If not the
whole world. According to the claims
of relatives Of the dead millionaire his
niece obtained fully 100000 from her
eccentric grand-uncle by means of her
classic and philosophical essays on love-
Evidence produced at the trial show
ed Mabelle Mcnamara wrote ninety let
ters to her grand-uncle, the effect of
each being to bring her a certain
amount In cash or real estate, bank
stock or other collateral which quickly
could be converted into cash.
1t thus Is seen that Mabelle McNa-
mara's letters realized for her greater
financial returns than the best selling
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GOING TO COLLEGE.

A Southwestern man describes. III
The New York Sun, the rise and prog
'ess of the college in the Middle West.
Up to the beginning of the Civil War
the college man in the Middle West
and the Southwest was an exception.
The president Of small college in the
Interior Of one State visited a town
several times in search of students.
His first visit was an event. 1t was
announced in the pulpits that the presi.
dent of the college would address the
citizens in the courthouse on the ad.
vantages of college education. The
courthouse was filled. But when the
president had finished his talk, and
asked for students to enroll, there was
no response.
! 1t was not because the citizens were
ignorant or too poor. They appreciat-
ed education to limited extent, but
believed the private school offered all
the advantages necessary.
Another obstacle in the way of the
college education was the home tie.
People then were not accustomed to
travel as now, and many fathers and
mothers were opposed to anything that
would take their children from home.
The president of the college went
back to the town three times before he
succeeded and got only one boy at the
last.
Unfortunately for this jealous edu.
Gator, the boy secured was dull, and
returned from college duller than ever.
He was black eye to college train
Ing in that vicinity for a long time.
After the incident died out, another
boy in the town, whose father came
from the Old Dominion, was sent to
the University of Virginia. The day
he started for college was an event
in the town. The best people went to
the steamboat to see the young man
off. The journey then was long one
water, stage and rail. The weekly
newspaper in its next issue made tho
event the big news of the week.
He did not return till he had finish
ed his course. When he did return,
with honors, his coming was like 3
Jubilee.
He rode in an open barouche through
the business portion of the town as if
he were q hero. Women greeted him
from the grounds by which the car
riage passed. In the evening the young
man was serenaded. He responded
from the old portico of the home. The
people who listened were stirred They
followed him exultingly into his home
where they were literally entertained,
for his father was a Virginia gentle
man.
That was The beginning of college
education in the town. A company Of
students went to the old university
the next term. A year after that col.
leges sprang up all over the State.
If these incidents make a strange
picture to an Eastern man, they also
Illustrate the spirit of the country. No
missionary work for colleges is now
required in the Middle West and
Southwest.
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STOPPED THE YELPINe.
ROstand's Peasant Who Had Great
PnNHRr 0Nar NJ rnnIa

ROstand's Peasant Who Had Great
Power Over Animals.
when Edmond Rostaad had com.
pleted his beautiful villa at Bayonne,
he was on the verge of a nervous
breakdown because of his inability to
Sleep" says Paris paper. The rest
fulness of the palace, however, and the
charming surroundings worked WON
ders, and after few days had passed
the weary writer was able to sleep,
and his friends looked for his speedy
return to good health. But a dog
blocked the progress of the cure. One
night the dog began to bark, and in a
short time dogs in all directions an
Swered and the concert kept up until
day broke. All efforts to locate the
mischief making animal failed. Every
night at the same time tile barking be-
gan, and no one could suggest a rem
edy. One day one of the servants told
about ne'er-do-well in a nearby vii
lage who had great power over dumb
animals-possibly he might help. He
was called, a large reward was prom
.sed, and the barking ceased. A few
weeks after the reward had been col
ected ROstand was again disturbed
by the dogs under the leadership of
the same unknown barker. The peas
ant was again called, and Rostand
said, You must be well acquainted
with the ways of animals to have such
power over them The man beamed
under the influence of the diplomatic
fattery and proudly showed how he
could initiate the whistling of birds
and the noises made by animals in
woods, barn or poultry ward. And
how about dogsY said Rostand. Then
The man began to bark, and immedi-
ately the voice of the arch disturber
vas recognized. That's enough said
Rostand. Here is a twenty franc
piece. If we should hear the dogs
bark again, the police will be called
The peasant saw that he had fallen
INTO a trap, the dogs were heard no
more, and that says the writer, is
ny dog story without a dog"