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New-York tribune., 1909-04-24
AUSTRIA HAS JOHN ALDENs.

young man or maid thinks of getting married.
If a man has been hewitched by the bright eyes
and merry ways of village girl at czardas dance
and she smiles sweetly him, he persuades
woman friend to go to her house to speak in his
behalf If she is favorably received he goes him
self, accompanied by Il spokesman we'll acquainted
with the forms and speeches necessary for the oc-
casion. The prospective mother-in-aw then comes
in with a lovng-cup Of beer. from which the wooer
and wooed drink The two have three days to
think the matter If IN that time they have
not changed their minds they become formally en-
gagged at a feast called the 'handtaking.' This is
followed by the kissing feast" After supper the
couple are ALLOW ed TO together in sepa-
rate room.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24
SUGAR BURNING IN BAVARIA.

II Is customary among the people in many parts
OF Bavaria to burn sugar in sichrooms The prac-
tice is considered by physicians be innocent
superstition. neither beneficial harmful \
French physician mas. however. recently demon
strated that burning sugar develops formic acetN-
Iane- hydrogen one OF the most powerful antiseptic
gases known Five grams Of sugar were burned
under a glass bell holding ten quarts After the
vapor had cooled germs of typhus. consumption
cholera smallpox etc. were placed in The bell in
open glass tubes. and within half an hour all the
microbes were dead II sugar burned in a closed
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24
TIPS IN LONDON CLUBS.

Tips are strictly prohibited in the great London
clubs during the year excepting the month Of De-
cember. With the approach OF Christmas every
notice board in clubland contains an intmation
that the servants Christmas box fund is open
The amounts distributed annually to these fortu-
nate employees vary greatly owing to the differ
ence In the status of West End clubs. At one
establishment $3.50 may be regarded as phenom-
enaI while another viii collect $4,000 for its ser
wants At one club the fund usually exceeds S2,0d0
occasionally getting well beyond that mark
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24
RELICS OF FRENCH REVOLUTION.

There is museum in the archives of Paris con-
tanning relies of the history of the revolution. It
has one room which is d veritable chamber Of
horrors There may see the clothes worn by
Darniens on the day he attempted the life of Louis
XIV: knives Of various kinds used by members of
the national convention to escape by suicide the
dreaded guilotine, and the poniard With which
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24

IouveI assassinated the Duke de Berry. son OF
Charles y. II is q massive affair. with wooden
handle roughly carved. and the blade Is spht
along its entire length through the violence OF the
blow. BY the side Of this weapon are two oars OF
iron carefully pointed end, which the assas~
sin was found TO have concealed beneath his outer
garments In case. presumably he should have need
of them to complete his diabolical task
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24

PAuxerrois ancient and interesting churches
the former for its picturesque and quaint decora-
tons and for containing the tomb of Ste Genevieve
the patron Of Paris and the latter for its rich
decorations and frescoed portal. and also for the
fact that from its small bell tower was given the
signal for the massacre of st. Bartholomew
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24

trustworthy he Mr.. Davis. not to be outdone
in this respect, handed his pocketbook to MI
Mcbride Then Mr.. Mcbride and Mr.. Davis de-
parted.
They were subsequently caught. Or. Hutchings
drank nothing but tea
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24

and the Sale des Estes, which viii accommodate
six thousand persons The Pont d lena leads from
the park across the Seine the historic Champ de
Mars w-hereon is the FiYeI Tower. Near BY. in
the crypt of the Church Of the Invalides. Is the
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24

The most interesting church. from an historic
point Of view. is the Cathedral OF Nore lame
which stands on the lie de Cite It ranks as one
y, .ha nobles+ specirnens of Gothic architecture
extant Saint Etienne du Mont and Saint Germain
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24
A TEST QUESTION.

Neved-I tell YOU. old chap l m anotner man
since I married
SiDsleton-So2 Does your wife love YOU as much
as the man she married Chicago News
New-York tribune., 1909-04-24

E @= % | 5 | ; f = $ 17 attention '''"" comfort
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03
Portugal In Hard Straits.

II is just year ago that the double
fatality in the royal house OF Portugal
occurred, when the king and prince
we're assassinated. The snarchical fac.
tions In Lisbon have been "celebrat
ing" the event. For the royal house
the anniversary is particularly sad un.
der the circumstances, for the palace
has never known moments real
peace since the day OF the tragedy. The
EFFORTS which have been made by King
Alfonso to promote union with
Spain may be said 10 be the brightest
sign In the political sky OF Portugal
Just now. though II is not certain that
the Spanish monarch will be able to
win over the corrupt oflice-seekers Of
Lisbon. whose greatest achievement OF
late years has been to grab all the
spoils offering and deple,e the national
treasury OF everything not actually de.
manded by the supporters OF the pres.
ent regime for the expenses OF the
kings household.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03
s..,. .i-.ae Business Dull.

Grcai B.. ain maintains an active
army of a quarter million men. She
bears also The cost of keeping up an
rsan.sa;ion OF $4,000 reserves. Fifty
5vo 5attleships, l03 cruisers. 325 tor
redo boats and destroyers, 81 subma-
r;nes. nine scout ships and II torpedo
g'inboats. Only 80 vessels we're built
IL the United States during the month
Of January, with total tonnage Of
1924 tons. One-half this total Is to
be credited TO one vessel. otherwise
the January additions to oar mer-
chant marine were small craft, the
mosquito feet of commerce 1t is many
years since the depression in our ship
building industry was so great Com
petent observers will not be surprised
II the output Of merchant tonnage dur.
ing the fiscal year, ending July / next
does not exceed 10000 tons. But for
government work 1t would be difficult.
to keep some of the shipyards OPEN
Boston Transcript
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03
WelI-oeserved Criticism.

"A picture recently published in
Munich shows that the peculiar vanity
which manifests itself In desire 10
be photographed often kills the sense
Of decency." says writer in Berlin
paper. The picture shows five uni
formed men standing on the smoking
ruins OF building. In front of them.
propped up against the debris. are
eight mutilated corpses. Under the
picture is this legend; The Indian
coast has been infested for hundreds
of years by Malaga pirates. Recently
a body Of Europeans. conducted by ma
tives. pursued and captured one of
these robber bands, whom they bound
and cas-, into a pagoda. which they
then blew up with dynamite. The
men who posed for a picture, in which
they seemed to gloat over the deed.
the fruit OF which forms the grewsome
foreground. were all Europeans"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03
Comprehensive Recipe.

Leech. the famous artist OF London
Punch, was at HIS best as an enter.
tainer in his own house. Dean Hole
asked him enc day. after Leech had
given him delectable dinner at his
lodgings In Scarborough. how he made
such good champagne-cup. The in
gradients" he replied. "of which this
refreshing beverage Is composed, and
which is highly recommended by the
faculty for officers going abroad and
all other persons stopping at home
arc champagne. ice and aeraied wa.
ter: but, in consequence OF advancing
years, always foreer the sel,zer"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03
German shIpbulldino Depression.

During. the year 1908 there were 80
tagainst 435 in 1907 seagoing steam.
ships. OF an aggregate OF 1920 gross
regis, ,r tonnage, built in German ship.
yat,s: at the close OF the year 81
ocean steamships wert In course OF
construction. representing 1875 ton.
mage. Shipbuilding and the shipping
trade have not been prospe. us Ia the
last year
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03
LOCALS
Mrs. Lucinda Wood is home from

'->sS' ~ sAAi h'tas 10 oith Win lhl pdt
trouble.
F. Roscoe was on the sick list last
week.
Jos. W. Taylor is i'll with pneu.
monia. He is improving at this time.
Henry Hurley left for Silverton
Thursday night to remain.
Many Of our boys went with the
Sells-Floto shows.
eondurant will please you in good
clothing. Prices right.
c. d. Hagood has taken his wife TO
81. Louis for the benefit of her health.
Miss Lulu Fountain has gone to
New York City.
Mrs. VIM. Johnson. who has recent
iy returned from a visit. has been III.
The True Reformers had union
meeting Monday night.
Miss Dora Miller. who some time
ago visited her mother In Kansas City.
returned las, week TO remain.
Contractor Ernest Howard Is doing
some extensive improvements upon
the home Of r. X. DePriest
Scott church has new pastor and
the membcrs and friends know Il,
They made him know that they know
II by the shower OF provisions that
they poured upon him Wednesday
night after class meeting There was
-four. canned goods. sugar. coffee. etc,
and some gave money. The church
is a live one and invites saint and
sinner TO visit H.
Miss Ida Pate. n graduate of Ann
Arbor. died al Lair's sani,arium Sat
urday night of consumption. Her re-
mains were shipped to Adrian. Mich.
Tuesday by Undertaken Gilmore for
burial. She formerly made her home
yith MIR. and Mrs. A. A. Waller. She
was the first woman OF either race
to win an oratorical contest in the
University Of Michigan In compegi.
ton with men.
The A. NJ. Lawhorn Company Of
Undcrtakers has undergone a change
and reorganization. |, is now incor.
porated under the laws OF the state
and Is offering Its stock on the mar
ket. Mr.. Lawhorn retires from the
company and John r. Contce is pres.
ident In the future 1t will be known
rs the Douglass Undertaking Com
pany. No other changes have been
made.
German shIpbulldino Depression.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03

Contractor Ernest Howard Is doinI
some extensive improvements upol
the home OF r. X. DePriest
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-03

Miss Dora Miller. who some tin
ago visited her mother In Kansas Cit
returned las, week to remain.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03
Betsey Ross and the Rejected Flag

We often read and hear the statement TT is to
be regretted that many of the fascinating nara
tives of our colonial history born of imagina-
tion. and among these favorite stories, such as
captain John Smiths adventure with the Indi-
ans, Putham's famous ride, Betsey Ross and our
first flag. and Barbara Frietchie at Fredericks-
town"
There is abundance of proof extended to verify
that Betsey Ross lived, and that she was en-
ployed by the continental congress to manufacture
flags. the government archives bear witness.
Betsey Ross flag was first rejected and some
time later accepted.
Betsey Ross attended Christ church. Phadel-
phia, and the pew in which she worshiped was
next to the one occupied by Washington, and her
pew is marked by a brass plate bearing these
words: 'In this pew worshped Betsey Ross. who
made the first flag"
OF late years the journals, magazines. and school
histories our country have called attention to the
origin of our national flag as having been sug-
gested by the family arms of the Washingtons.
This supposition comes from Martin Tupper an
eminent English poet and literateur His first
reference to our flag in this connection was made
public in the fall Of 1850. The announcement did
not receive serious consideration until at a public
banquet given in America. At this dinner, held in
the city Of Baltimore. the idea heralded to the
world that the stars and stripes had their origin
the heraldic symbols Of the Washington family.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

to keep the foxes in and to keep other
animals out Six Enclosures thus
formed cover about one and a half
acres of ground and in each of them
is kennel built of wood and set deep
into the earth serving as a nursery
and as den for the foxes in winter
At first a few of the foxes escaped by
burrowing down under the fence, but
Norton stopped this by carrying the
wire down from four to eight feet to
the solid ledge. The whole farm has
been allowed to grow up with rank
grass and weeds, SO that 1t resembles
the native haunts of the fox in the
wildwood. and Norton's stock does not
seem to realize that it is living ir
captivity.
On the farm are common rcd foxes
from the woods of Maine, blue foxes
from Alaska; silver grays from Prince
Edward island, and blacks from Ohio
The reds are the commonest and least
valued of foxes; blues are worth
more, but the silver grays and the
blacks are the aristocrats. AS a mat
ter of fact, the black and the silver
gray are the same breed, a silver gray
being black with a sprinkling of
gray hairs. The black fox pelt is
among the most valuable of furs, fine
specimens frequently bringing $500 to
5000, while in several instances as
high as $1,000 to 81 200 has been paid.
Norton had not been long in the
business when he made the impor-
tant discovery that it is possible to
reproduce black and silver gray foxes
Naturalists say that these rare speci-
mems are simply freaks of nature. be-
Ing liable to appear among the COM
mond reds at any time, while their
progeny is more than likely to wear
the plebeian red coat Norton has
discovered, however. that by inbreed-
ing it is possible. in the course OF
time, to eliminate the red and pro
duce the genuine black variety. He
bought an Ohio black fox, paying 5000
for it, and this he bred with a com
mon Maine red, then bred their
progeny together, and so on. Thus
far he has met with fattering success,
and he feels confident that his sue
cess will continue. Last year he sold
pair Of black foxes bred on his farm
for $500. and now has family of
four, which he values at 81 900.
The foxes are fed with scraps of
meat, bread, milk and the like. and
are all in good health. In summer
time they need to be watered, but in
winter they quench their thirst with
snow.
When Norton wants to capture one
of his foxes he simply pokes his hand
down into burrow, to which shelter
they fee when any one approaches.
and pulls the animal out, much as one
would take an apple out ef bag. All
of his So foxes seem to know him as
dogs know their master and at feed.
ing time they frolic about him like so
many kittens. The beauties of the
colony are pair of twin blacks, now
ten weeks<old, coai<black with the ex-
ception of snowy white at the TIPS
Of their tails, fat. fluffy and a. play.
eul ~ kittens.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03
MONEY IN FOX FARM
Maine Man Finds Animals Can
Be Easily Raised.
Pelts Always in Demand at Good
Prices-How Rearing of Reynard
Is Managed by a Typical
DoWn-Easter

Bangor, Me-Elijah Norton Of Dover
finds foxes more profitable crop
than potatoes or hay, and so he long
ago quit planting and hoeing and
moving, and is now devoting his en-
tire attention to raising the sharp
eyed and bushy-taiied little animals,
whose fur is in great demand always
and everywhere. When Norton began
raising foxes it was an experiment;
now he has the business fully estab-
lished on highly profitable basis.
and his sunny hillside farm on the
bank of the Piscataquis is known as
the best paying piece of land in Maine.
The. Norton fox farm is not the first
in Maine, for foxes had been success
fully bred by a man on Heron island,
Boothbay harbor, years before the Do
YER enterprise was thought of. When
Norton got ready to go into the fox
business he visited the Heron island
farm, and one on Prince Edward is
land, in the Gulf OF ST. Lawrence. to
get points, and also TO buy some
breeding stock Then he started in
to beat the original fox farmers, and
he has succeeded.
Being an old hunter, and knowing
the ways of foxes. Norton at the out
set recognized the fact that to be
healthy, and thus profitable, his stock
must be contented, and to insure this
happy condition he so constructed and
arranged his inclosure as to dispel the
idea of captivity-which foxes cannot
endure. He built fence l6 feet high,
of heavy and specially woven wire
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

Charles, the provincial agent In London, for
bell of 1000 pounds weight. The superintendents
Of the state house. Isaac Norris, Thomas Leech
and Edward Warner wrote:
Let the bell be cast by the best workmen and
examined carefully before it is shipped. with the
following words well-shaped in large letters round
it. viz:
"'By order of the Assembly of the Province Of
Pennsylvania. for the State House in the City Of
Philadelphia, 1882
And underneath
Proclaim Liberty Through All the Land to
All the Inhabitants Thereof.-Levit. 25:1o.'"
This bell duly arrived before the end of that
year. but in March, 1853, 1t cracked 1t was first
determined to send it back to England to be re-
cast. but two artisans. named Pass and Stow, de-
clared that they could recast It, and they did So
adding some copper alloy to improve the quality
of the metal. The enterprise proved a success
except that the tone of the bell was not entirely
satisfactory. Pass and Stow numerically
teased in public on the score of having used too
much alloy. They asked and obtained the priv
lege of again recasting the bell. The result of
this second attempt of its kind in America was
the historic tocsin which 23 years later was lit
orally to proclaim liberty throughout the land"
Another bell was also ordered from England by
the assembly but it did not take the place of the
American bell until the latter cracked again
in 1885, while being tolled the occasion of the
death of Chief Justice Marshall.
In 1867 came the agitation over the tax on tea
and other imported commodities. John Dickn-
sons letters of Farmer rubbed this and other
object lessons. stupidity given by the British min
istry. deep into mems minds The act was re-
pealed in 1777. except in SO far as it related to
tea
When news Of the Lexington-Concord fight in
April. 1775, arrived, the bell in the state house
steeple again called 5000 people together and
they unanimously agreed to defend with their
arms, their lives liberty and property. The eli
max of the first period of the struggle was fast
approaching. The second continental congress
met in the state house May 10, 1875. the Pro
vincial assembly having yielded to 1t the cham.
ber that was ever after to be sanctifed by It's
labors. In June. 1776, began the debating of the
question of independence. The preliminary reso-
luton proposed by Richard Henry Lee of vir.
ginia, declaring that the colonies "are of right
and ought to be free and Independent states" was
adopted In committee on the night of June 10,
but 1t was not until June 28 that the draft Of the
Declaration of Independence was submitted to con-
gress. On July congress adopted the resolu-
tion. and that day and the three following were
devoted to discussion in committee of the whole
of the Declaration itself. 1t was passed on the
evening Of the Fourth.
Not until August ! was the Declaration of In
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03
Special Round Trip Homeseekers'
Rates to New Mexico and Texas.

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month, during the entire year.
the Colorado & Southern Railway will
sell round trip Homeseekers tickets
to great many points in New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty-five
days, allowing liberal stop-over privi[
eges. For detailed information. rates.
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent or address T. E. Fisher. General
Passenger Agent, Denver. Colorado.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

Washington preserved here is by Peaie. here are are
the chair and tables used by the presiding omcers
of both bodies Hancock and Washington, and many
of the chairs occupied by the members or dee-
gates On the presidents table is the silver INK
stand used in signing both the Declaration OF In
dependence and the constitution
In the rear portion of the main lobby OF the state
house is the Liberty bell useless except as sacred
memorial of the past. 1t Is suspended upon the
same framework of timbers which formerly held
it in place in the tower, but which now rests on
the floor. Passing up the grand stairway, some OF
the most noteworthy portraits in the collection are
found upon its walls. Among them are those Of
Washington, Lafayette, William Penn, Louis xvi,
George ILL.,. and Gov. James Hamilton, the figures
being of full length and heroic size.
The Long room, or Banqueting hall, in the sec
ond story, contains sofa, chair and pew-bench
used by George Washington, the last mentioned in
Christ church, Vests painting of the treaty ma
king scene at the great elm tree, portraits of
Martha Washington, the British sovereigns of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries from and in
cuding Charles H. to George H., and many notabes
both civil and military, of the revolutionary period
The two other rooms this floor are similarly
enriched.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

After all his sweet associations with
the G. o. P. emblem would Mr.. Roose
welt have the heart to shoot an els-
phant?-Chicago News.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03
No Tub For Him.

Little Harry, who dreaded the frs-
Quent plunges that his mother made
him take in the bathtub, was reading
about the Esquimaux and came across
the statement that bath tubs were un-
known in the arctic circle.
"Oh, mamma" he exclaimed. x
wish you was an Esqui-ma and papa
was an Esqu-pa"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

Washington as president and that
also of John Adams took place In
what is now known as Congress hall.
adjoining the state house to the
west, which was not built until
1879. 1t was here that congress re-
ceived the news of the death OF
Washington.
Much work of restoration has
made independence hall what 1t Is
to-day. In general, this work has
been directed by careful study OF the
past. Jealous cooperation of or
ganized bodies and individuals has
also brought together in the state
house many objects of venerable
value as illustrative of the early
days of the nation. The stranger
naturally desires a succinct. service
Able statement OF the things Of pc
c,,liar interest that the state house
contains.
The Declaration chamber, where
the continental congress and the
constitutional convention sat. is.
with the exception of new flooring.
substantially in the same state In
which 1t was then. The walls are
hung with portraits of many of the
sieners of the Declaration Of 1nde-
pendence or of the constitution.
many of them painted by contem-
poraneous artists. A portrait OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

The tight-rope walker Is all there
when it comes to keeping In the
straight and narrow path.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

You may be sure you are right, but
don't be too sure that everybody else
is wrong.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

Even a college education can't de-
prive some young men Of their good
sense.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

UCCdblOilS VI bOlCIA-
nifty. 1t Is believed to
have been transferred
to the cupola of the
old court house in
High (Market) street
about 1897. and aft
erward to have been
placed temporarily in
the tower of the new
state house. In Oc-
tober. 1851. the me-
morable order was
sent to ROb ert
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03
One Way.

DO you believe in vegetarianismf~
"Yes: between meals"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03

Three
the chamber Of
behind the table
the
in the state
ordered that a
pendence dehled
Philadelphia
French
OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-03
No Resemblance.

Jack Bachelor-That Is a remarka-
bly, handsome and intelligent looking
baby.
Mrs. Newlywed-Ah! some saye he
looks like me, and some say he looks
like Fred.
Jack Observation-Disclosures he don't
look a bit like either of you.-Judge.