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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
LOOKED A LITTLE UNSTABLE
full of the Qualities of His
Masters "Props."

Gen. Adalbert r. Burlington, at
dinner in Madison, N. j., told num-
Der of civil VIZ. stories.
Gen. Mahone." he said, was very
thin. One cold and windy December
morning in GA he was taking nap in
his tent when his old colored servant,
Uncle Davy,' tiptoed in, and. STUN
bling in the darkness. knocked down
the generals folding cot and spilled
him out on the frozen ground.
Gen. Malone jumped up furiously,
seized a scabbard and made for Davy.
Davy ran The general gave chase.
Uncle Davy tore up hill and down
dale till he was pretty well out of
breath; then he looked back over his
shoulder at his master, who bounded
after him on slender limbs, blue and
thin. his long, while night shirt fiut-
tering in the chill morning.
'Fo de lan's sake, Mars William
the exhausted Davy yelled, desperate
ly, 'yo hain't trustin yose'f in dis
wind on dem legs, is your"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
THE GOVERNMENT AGAIN
ON THE TRAIL OF A TRUST
The Department Of Justice Assigns
dtons of Sugar Companies.

Washington.-The department Of
Justice has assigned two agents to
duty in New York, under Instructions
to examine into the conditions under
which the recent compromise was eff
fected between the American Sugar
Refining company and the Pennsylva-
MIA Refining company. The agents are
to examine into the allegations that
the compromise disclosed conditions
involving violation of the Sherman
antitrust law.
A local paper prints what purports
to be an interview with former Attor
ney-General Bonaparte, which. in eff
feet amounts to declaration that
during his administration the depart
ment of justice was without the evil
dence necessary for a successful pro-
secution. Officials of the department
of justice declared that the proceed
ings in their present stage must be
regarded as confidential
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Risky.

''One of the funniest incidents in
court | have ever Witnessed says a
Kansas city lawyer. occurred in
petty court of our city
IAN old offender had been hailed be-
fore the magistrate. After a confer
ence with the clerk of the court, his
honor began sternly to address the
the culprit as follows.
at gather that you have already
been sentenced ten times for violent
assault, disorderly conduct, attempted
-
"Whereupon, to the amazement OF
all in court. the prisoner hastily inter
posed with:
81 beg your honors pardon, but
would you not mind speaking SO loud?
MY intended mother-in-law is in court
and it might damage my prospects,
-Harper's Weekly.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
AS SUBSTITUTE FOR KITTENS
6s-eaved Cat Adopted and TenderIy
Cared for a Family of
Squirrels.

Last spring a cat on the farm of
Albert Fisher, near Waterville. N. Y,
had several small kittens. AS the farm
were taken from her and drowned.
After that the cat seemed very unhap-
by, and being house favorite she re-
ceived considerable sympathy.
One day shortly after her kittens
were taken from her young squirrel
which had fallen from it's nest in the
hollow of tree was found and taken
to the cat with the idea that it would
be dainty morsel to tempt her ap-
petite.
Instead Of bouncing upon it cat fash
lon she took the young squirrel to the
box where she had so recently moth
cred her own young and there be-
slowed upon the squirrel all the affec-
ton she had previously given to her
kittens.
Stranger still, says a writer in
Country Life in America, in about two
hours the old cat had hunted out the
squirrels nest in the tree some dis
lance away and carried the remainder
of the young squirrels in her mouth,
one at time, to her box in the house
Then until the squirrels were nearly
full grown the cat watched over them
with all the solicitude that is possible
for any animal mother to show, even
providing nourishment for them in ex-
actly the same manner that she had
for her own young When the souir-
rels had outgrown mothers atten-
ton they were very tame and were
given to fr'o~'~ O. ~ lilly.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Senators Work on Sunday.

Washington The senate finance
committee observed the Sabbath by
considering and adopting the para
graph of the tariff bill relating to zinc
ore. Ten per cent ore and over is
made dutiable in three classifcations,
70 per cent ore and over paying one
third of cent; 20 per cent ore and
over, two-thirds of cent, and 80 per
cent ore and over, l cent. The Mis-
souri, zinc producers are satisfied but
some doubt exists as 10 Senator Hey
burn His o. K. is required for some
reason
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Three Men Drowned In Raging Tor
rent In Montana.

Kalispell. Mont.-Three men were
drowned In the raging North Fork,
about three miles above the junction
of that stream with Canyon creek, ac-
cording to a telephone message re-
ceived here. The dead men are c. A..
Lacey. w. P. Powell and Andrew Par
ker. The men, who were members
of a Milwaukee railroad engineering
party. are said to have been crossing
the river with one of the engineers.
when their craft was demolished in
the torrent
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
SENSATION IN HONOLULU.
Japanese Would Wrest Control Of
Affairs In Islands from the Whites.

Honolulu. - Seventeen Japanese,
leaders in the strike of the Japanese
plantation laborers, of whom about
5000 are out, were indicted by the
grand jury late Saturday afternoon on
charge of having conspired to incite
disorder in the Hawaiian islands.
This action promptly followed the
somewhat sensational disclosures of
Friday, when a search of the offices
of the Higher Wage association and
the Japanese newspaper, Jill, by the
authorities, revealed incendiary let
ters. reports and other correspondence
tending to show that a conspiracy was
in prospective formation among GER
tain Japanese to wrest the control of
affairs in the islands from the whites.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Teaching the Blind.

An interesting entertainment, ar
ranged by Miss Winnifred Holt of
New York, secretary of the New AS
ISOLATION for the Blind, was a hippo
drome. A program including swim
ming races, fancy diving. life-saving,
butterfly dancing and all sorts Of
games, IN which blind children took
part, was arranged. Miss Helen Kel-
Ter was very enthusiastic about the
entertainment, which she said illus
trated so well what a difference in
courage and strength a well-developed
body makes when child is blind
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
SUBMARINE SUNK IN COLLISION.
Theoretc Warfare With Really
Tragic Result.

st. Petersburg submarine tor
pedo boat Kambala of the Russian
navy has been sunk in storm in the
BLACK sea while the boat was upyiaEz
going trials. Twenty members of her
crew. including the captain, first lieu
tenant and chief engineer, persisted
The submarine fotilla was con-
Quoting a series of night maneu-
vers against the battleship squad
ron, with the idea of forcing an en-
trance into the harbor. During the
operations the Kambala. upon which
Captain Bielekoff, the commander Of
the flotilla, and in charge of the ma
neuvers, unaccountably left her course
and swung across the bows of the
battleship Rostilav The two vessels
collided and the submarine instantly
stank in twenty-eight fathoms of wa
ter
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

Colfax, Wash.-A remarkable in
stance of the freakishness in electrical
storms is reported from the farm of
August Siler, seven miles south of Col
fax Siler's son narrowly escaped
death and team, valued at $500. and
dog were Instantly killed. Young
Siler was narrowing with six horses,
driven abreast when the storm broke.
A binding flash of lightning occurred.
1t knocked the boy senseless. instantly
killed the dog crouching beside him
and struck down the outside horse on
either side without even knocking
down the four inside horses.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Soldiers Order Carload of Liquor, But
Do Not Get il.

Junction City, Kan.-A carload of
liquor ordered by the soldiers of Fort
Riley arrived here Sunday, but Colo
mel Ward, the commandment, would
not let the men have 1t. The colonel
put guards over the car and insisted
that it must be sent back to Kansas
City. The stringent laws recently
passed by the legislature make it i'm
possible to buy liquor in Kansas. The
soldiers, FESTIVE under the enforced
dry conditions. placed liberal orders
with a liquor agent who was here
last week on pay day
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
cubans Invited to Pay Spanish Debt

Paris.-It is stated here that the
the Cuban government note embody-
ing a Claim for the payment of share
of the Spanish debt 1t is pointed out
In the note that the American plenf
potentiaries in Paris in 1898 refused
to decide this point. holding that he
suzeranity had descended on the
Cuban republic and not the United
States. The Spanish government now
considers that the time has arrived to
press the claim, the republic having
assumed sovereignty
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
FlLIPINos MUTlNY.
Native ConstabuIary Take to Noun
tains After Fighting Losing Battle.

Manila-A portion of the second
company of native constabulary, sta
toned at Davao, in the Island of Min
danao, in the southern part of the
Philippine archipelago, mutinied on
the night of June and attacked the
company quarters, which they cap
tured after wounding one of the ma
tive officers.
After fight lasting three hours on
the following day. in which one Am
erican, named Libby, was killed and
four others wounded the mutineers
took to the mountains upon the APP
proach of company of constabulary,
stationed at Mapi which hurried to
ohe relief of the besieged Americans
and loyal natives.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Smuggling Chinese, SILK and Cigars.

Seattle, Wash.-Immigratio off,
Gals, after picking up on the wharf a
stray Chinese. who admitted that he
came over a stowaway on the Great
Northern liner Minnesota, searched
the vessel Sunday and discovered nine
more struggled coolies and a quantity
of silk and cigars. Inspector c. E.
Keagey. who is heavy man. stepped
into the sail locker of the steamer and
fell twenty feet through a hole in tho
floor, alighting squarely on top OF nine
naked Chinese lying In the hold of the
ship.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Takes Life on His sweethearta Grave

Bethlehem, Pa.--Brooding over the
death OF his fiancee, RAYMOND Heint
zelman, aged 20 years. of Bowmans-
town, Pa. swallowed poison on Satur-
day. and then, hurrying to the Gene
terry, shot himself through the heart at
the grave dug for Miss Florence Reh-
rig aged 10 years. On Memorial day
the young couple were out driving and
met with an accident, which caused
the young woman's death on Wednes-
day of last week
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

"Never, never" warns beauty spe
cialist who Is engaged in an effort to
raise the level of good looks among st.
Louis women, wash the face while
travelling" 1t will make for a truer
democracy when the practice OF the
belle In the Pullman stateroom and
the gentleman who rides the trucks
shall be one and the same in this i'm
portant particular.-St Louis Repub-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

The growth OF the garden city,
Letchworth. threatens to drive birds
to more secluded spots. To prevent
this the directors propose to convert
Norton Common. in the center of the
town, into bird sanctuary. Here
weeds, grasses, berries and fruits Of
various kinds which are pleasing to
birds will be cultivated and part OF
the common will be fenced in for nest
L~g.--London Daily Mail
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
ASK FATHER.

Clergyman-What would your IA
Their Eay If he saw you digging for
worms on Sunday?
Willie-I don't know; but | know
what he'd say il | did not dig for them.
That's him fishing over there"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Observed the Properties.

One evening when Helen came to
the end of her prayer she stammered,
evidently forgetting how to close. Aft
er moment her face cleared and she
said, "Oh, yes-very respectfully
yours, Helen THE Delineator.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Fame.

The temple Of fame stands upon the
grave; the flame that burns upon its
affairs is kindled from the ashes of
dead men.-Hazlitt
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
One Worthless Without the other.

OHe WUTtHIcss WItHOut tIIc OtT'c''
Experience" said Uncle Eben,
may be a good teacher, but she's
liable to make folks spend heap O.
valuable time stayin' after school,
learnin the rudiments of common
sense"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
A Test of Friendship.

Just before Artemus Wards death
Robertson poured out some medicine
and offered it to the sick man, who
said: my dear Tom. | won't take
any more of that horrible stuff.
Robertson urged him to swallow the
mixture, saying: do. now--there's a
dear fellow-for my sake. You know
would do anything for you"
would your said Ward, feebly,
grasping his friends hand for the last
time.
Il would indeed, said Robertson.
Then you take it,
Ward passed away a few hours aft
erward. -Recollections of the Ban
crofts.
The Only Way.
1--WE all make blunders | thought
once ! was a square peg when was
really a round one"
How did you find out your mis-.
take?''
Il got into a hole!"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

First English WooIen Cloth.
Woolen cloth was first made In Eng
land in 1880.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Martyrs Of ignorance:

A short time ago in an interior VII
lage In Kiangsu woman ambitious to
become educated killed herself after
bad treatment from her husbands rel
atiyes. Her farewell letter was every
where copied by the Chinese press. 1t
has become national document and
almost charter Of the new movement
In it occur the following sentences:
Il am about to die today because my
husbands parents. having found great
fault with <,e for havin:; unbound my
feet and Geclarin. that | have been
diffusing such IN evil influence as to
have injured the regulations OF my
ancestors. have determined to put me-
to DEATH Maintaining: that they will
be severely .cnsurc,l 10y their relatives
once l enter !, school and receive In
struction. they have been trying hard
to deprive me of life in order, as they
say, to stop beforehand all the trou-
bles that l may cause. At first they
intended to starve me, but now they
compel me to commit suicide by taking
poison. do not fear death at all. But
how can part from my children. VIII"
are so young? Indeed, there should he
no sympathy for me, but the mere
thought of the destruction of my ideals
and of my young children. VIII" will
without doubt be compelled to live i'll
the old way. makes my heart almost
break
The blood of such martyrs is begin
ming to make its impression upon the
Chinese people and is turning them to
favor more liberal popular customs
Paul s. Rei'lsch in Atlantic.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
A TEN MILE HOLE.

The ragtime ditty persists in the
statement that there's hole in the
bottom of the sea-"
There may be or not. but
+ Some day there may he a hole into
the very heart of the earth.
England, you know. is asking the
question. What shall we do for coal
when natures supply is exhausted:''
That is vital problem in that country
Of deep mines. Sir William Ramsay
says the way to get limitless supply
of light. heat and power is to tap the
molten or semimOlten interior of the
earth
Big thing!
And the discussion of it has brought
out the fact that governments have
made some costly experiments in Dor
ing deep holes.
The German government has pierced
the carth's crust in Silesia to the depth
of about 10000 feet. nearly two miles.
At La Chapelle France has made Il
bore of about the same depth for ex-
perimental purposes, and the Russian
government has gone to about the same
depth at Stavropol.
| 1t costs money to probe into the
earth's vitals
| Turbine" Parsons, the eminent en-
gineer, says that to drill hole ten
would require an expenditure of S25,-
100000.
However
That sum Of money is small in com
parison with the millions the United
States will pay for the Panama canal.
| American ingenuity-a and capital could
| easily bore he ten mile hole.
| OF course ii is hot down that deep.
and there would be danger in pokin g
around III the hidden fires of old earth.
The probe might make vent that
would develop an unwelcome volcano.
! However that might be- the discus
sion Of the big project raises some in
| teresting reflections.
The earth is; big. Man is bigger.
That is to say man has attributes of
supremacy that earth never can have.
Mind is ever lord of matter and must
be. When man was given the earth to
subdue it no limitations were imposed
upon him. The whole realm of nature
| is his
| Man will never be satisfied until he
has explored both earth and sky.
| He will not rest until he. has dug
| down to the furnace fires that are I'M
! der his feet and is able to navigate
| the upper air like bird.
| And when he has done that he will
go on investigating the rest of the uni
verse.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
Bvron's Kin Runs a Chophouse.

The famous old Blanchard's restau-
rant, just eff Regent street. London.
which thirty years ago was perhaps
the best known and most popular chop
house in London, has just been re
opened in burst of glory. For ten
years it had been closed. Recently a
companyiwas formed to take the prop
erty over The building was recon
structed and all modern conveniences
put in.
The restaurant will be conducted in
the old English style, with English
cooking \ speciality will be made OF
hot joints. which are wheeled around
to the customers tables and unlimited
portions served at reasonable prices.
An interesting feature of the estab-
lishment is the fact that Captain BY
ron grandson Of Lord Byron. is
president of the company and head of
the concern.-New York Times.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
Good Workmanship.

When opening a rifle club near Lon
don the other day Field Marshal Sir
Evelyn Wood told some stirrin. stories
in illustration of what good marks
manship can do Thirty years ago, he
said. during an attack by $4,000 Zulas
on 1890 white men. /, flag bearer, him
self unseen from the laager. was di-
recting the flank attack of some thou
sands of warriors, who. covered by the
billy ground. would il they had charg-
ed have been under fire for only thirty
yards. The British general, who was
outside the lager. shot the Zulu at
1872 yards and then shot a second and
third who had picked up his flag.
The Zulus abandoned the attack. and
the position was saved.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
House With a Wrong Tablet.

A curious example Of the mistakes
of history comes from Paris. For more
than half I century a house of the
Quai Cont has borne on the front a
tablet with this inscription: 'Historie
Memorial-In 1873 the Emperor Napo
leon BOnaparte, Officer Of Artillery, on
Leaving the School Of Brienne, Lived al
This House In the Fifth Story" Then
follows that the tablet was placed in
position by his majesty Napoleon III.
on Oct IA. 1853. After this great
length of time it has been discovered
that Napoleon never lived in the house,
so the tablet has been removed. Only
another instance Of how our most cher
ished beliefs are shattered!-I.ondon
Globe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
Floating Upside Down.

An amusing incident, which might
have been a tragical one, occurred dur
ing the building of the lighthouse on
Minot's ledge. says the Boston Tran
script. Tremendous difficulties were
encountered, for the rock is only visi-
BILE at low tide and then is so covered
with slippery sea moss as to make 1t
extremely difficult to keep footing.
The difficulty OF fitting stones held
aloft on 4 swinging crane while the
waves were dashing round the work
mems legs can well be imagined. Lots
Of hammers and tools were swept
from the rock and lost. One Of the
workmen, more inventive than the 9TH
ers, conceived the brilliant idea not
only Of wearing a life belt, but Of
tying his hammer. to his wrist It
seemed so good a plan that all the rest
Of the men promptly copied 1t. The
best plans. however. have their draw
backs, and their enthusiasm for this
one was considerably cccled when It's
inventor was washed off the rock by
breaker. The heavy hammer tied to
his wrist pulled him head downward.
and. though the life belt kept him upon
the surface. nothing could be seen Of
the unfortunate man but his legs kick
ing above the water Tie was rescued
but with the greatest difficulty.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
The Doomed Hanson Cab.

b. S. Straus, NJ F., has elected from
the home secretary the statement that
In 1908 as many as 1925 taxicabs were
licensed to ply for hire in the streets
OF London, an Increase Of 2.2O2 upon
1907. In the same twelve months the
number Of hanson cabs licensed de-
creased by 1906. Hansoms have in a
few years declined by 1852, while in
the same time motor cabs have in
creased by 1924. More striking still.
nearly the whole Of the change has
been accomplished in the last three
years.-London News.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-18
He FOUGHT AGAINST Napoleon.

Andrea Nikolaievitch Schmidt. who
IL aged 100 and fought in the Russian
army during the Napoleonic wars, re-
Gently arrived in st. Petersburg with
the object Of seeing the car and was
granted a private audience. Schmidt
was extremely proud, and despite his
age he bore himself with martial air
He was introduced into the cars
study, and his majesty received the
veteran with extreme kindness. Schmidt
answered several questions, but finally.
overwhelmed with emotion, he broke
down and burst into tears. The car
made the old soldier some valuable
presents and presented him to the
czar0witz and the little grand duch-
esses.