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was kneading the dough for the Sriddle
cakes. The lid of the kettle began to
move up and down under the pressure of
the steam beneath. At each rise and fall
of the lid the boy would say to himself:
Jamie, mon. there's power there.
Suddenly his mother turned around,
and. giving him singing box on the
ear, exclaimed: And Jamie. mon, there $
power there to think of sic an idle ne'er-
do-weel sitting by the fire while bis pur
auld mither is Almost deid frae work.
Little did the honest woman dream that
the idle ne'er-do-wel," afterward the
illustrious James Watt, was at that mo-
ment perfecting his ideal and opening the
way for the steam engine.
Another Scottish laddie, Thomas Car
lyle, was born in the obscure village of
Eccefechan, in RoXburgh. where only
himself and the minister could read the
Bible hut he had an ideal--he saw Il chair
waiting for him in the Temple of Fame,
and day and night and night and day he
bent all his energies to secure that seat,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
By Irwin S. Cobb.

SEE one of them
foreign writer's is
knockin' us agin,'
began the House
Detective of the st.
Reckless; IAN Eng
lishman."
That goes with
out saying, as the
lady remarked of
the photograph with
the broken record
In it." answered the
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We'll. I admit that we've got some
purity shine country hotels scattered
around" said the House Detective, but
wot's the matter with a shop like this here
one?'
.Nothings the matter with it," said
the Hotel Clerk. Hasn't it got a line
Of interior decorations that is something
like a poor child's idea Of heaven. only
more expensive? Don't it take more Off
Gals in uniform to serve an order OF
bacon and eggs here than it does to open
lodge for work in the thirty-third de-
gree? Hasn't everything been done to
make it a cozy little eight-million- dollar
establishment, where visitor from out
of town can spend an enjoyable week for
about what it would cost him to live three
years in Pokeroot Junction? The reply
is, oh, yes.
That English party certainly had a
nerve to utter unkind words against the
New York hotel. For where in the world
could you find it's equal? Think over its
advantages. A single-breasted room and
form-fitting bath, looking out of an air
for only 50 a day. meals, drinks and
attention from hired help, extra. A lobby
of gold and onyx and precious stones full
of Louis C's chairs that are perfectly
splendid until you try to sit on them. A
noble foyer where you feel almost COM
Portable and homelike as you would sit
ting around the main curio hall In the
Eden Musee. A system of elevators
where they shoot you up to the roof so
fast that your heart gets distanced and
finishes in the pit of your stomach. with
the field. glittering pathway to the
bar, lined by prominent financiers under
Indictment, business agents for the larS-
est and most popular bunco games. pro-
fessional southern gentlemen who want
to tell you who their grandfathers were
and then borrow 81, and others of the
gay and fashionable throng. Shops under
the same roof where you buy candy by
the carat and stock-mining stocks by the
lot A magnificent Office vault where
guests may leave their money In case the
bucket shop manager down the corridor
didn't see 'em first. Lanes of loneliness
full of society ladies who are going on
the stage and stage ladies who would
go into society if they weren't afraid or
being talked about. Splendid cafes where
90 ntains of finance who were raised on
we'll water and hazel nuts scream IN MAD
rae because the wine wasn't properly
cooled Potted gents asleep under potted
nalms Nothing OH the bill Of fare at less
tbap three fieures except the day of the
month. A national convention on the
main 9oor, suffragette congress.
masoue ball and fourteen state society
banauets upstairs. Pittsburg younger
setter trying to drive his touring car
through the main entrance and a visit
ing bank cashier cutting his throat on the
to, story. What more would you ask"
This here Englishman said he found
out that an ordinary party Is neglected
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LITTLE boy one day in the viii
lage of Greenock. in Scotland.
sat with his head between his
hands watching the kettle boil
ing on the fire. while his mother
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The American waterways commission
Wi| doubtless hear French gossip OF
electoral jobbery' in connection with
this and other canals. Recently the gov
eminent had to decide either to increase
the capacity Of the ST. Quentin canal at
an expense of s3OO0.O 900 or build the new
canal of the north at an expense of S14.-
600 900. The decision in favor of this new
canal naturally excited the ST. Quentin
district crying against jobbery.
The American commissioners. however.
will see deeper than the surface of local
interests. The new canal of the north
unites Noyen (Oise Valley and Peronne
tSomme Valley. For a considerable part
of the coal OF north France, not to men
ton vast agricultural freight, 1t will save
two days on the route to the Seine All
France, therefore, profits; because by the
Seine connection off goes the coal and
produce through the whole canal net
work Of the land.
Fourteen millions OF dollars was not
too much to pay for gaining two day 3
barge time from the north to Paris. The
Seine at Paris is the heart of cheap
French freight; and the network of ca
nails corresponds to it's arteries and veins
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Hotel Clerk. ITS too bad. / regret It,
Nobody knows how much l regret 1t, no
body ever will. Here / am straining the
last pair of suspenders I've got in the
world trying to please our friends across
the sea, but somehow l always fail to give
the desired satisfaction. I've given my
consent freely to our native-born heiresses
marrying into their oldest and hungriest
nobilities. There are still quite number
of the native-born heiresses In stock that
Ill be able to spare, when the time comes,
without a pang. I've never said word
when our young men took TO wearing
EngIish-made clothes that looked as If
they'd been cut out with knife and fork
and fitted on by a tailor who learned his
calling from the study of retreating ele-
plant. My heart may have bled inside OF
ne at the sight, but 1 never said a word.
I've learned to drink tea at = O'Clock in
the afternoon, when my better nature
Cs..Ied for something that would call back.
and I've almost got so now that can sa%
luggage without thinking baggage. But
still I fall short What seems to be the
trouble with this latest critic of ours?"
Hes kickn' agin' our hotels" ex-
planned the House Detective. Hes say
in. so the paper says. that they amt fit
for a human bein' to live in.
It's always been that way" said tie
Hotel Clerk: from the time Of the revolu-
ton downward the English have never
heeI entirely satisfied with our accommo
dations for the transient guest. 1t was so
IN the war of 1872. 1t was SO when
Charles Dickens and Mrs. Trollope paid
Us visits one time and took few notes
for future use, and it was even so when
Mrs. Eleanor Glyn. the author of treside
literature mean the kind you could light
hre with and not match-came
over last winter and three weeksed
spell with us. \. Jackson. down at New
Orleans once. did the honors with such
gracious hospitality and some cotton
bales. that many of the visiting firemen
saw their way clear to remaining perma-
nently with us, guests of the Episcopal
cemetery. but the survivors went back
home just the same and talked about the
entertainment shamefully
Il think maybe sometimes it's because
the English writer's. who come over to
study us. are disappointed right from the
jump. They go into one of our leading
hotels, expecting to find it full of red In
dams, and the fiercest thing they strike is
a Swiss waiter. who's been eating onions
They start up Broadway and there's no
body hunting buffaoes on horseback
Practically all the wild game hunting on
Broadway is done either on foot or in au-
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7 TOW Paris Uses Its River

TOW Paris Uses Its River
i 1.-The American National
Waterways Commission to
Study the Seine and It's
Canals-After Viewing Mod
ern German Works Cheap
Inland Transportation Pleases
American Statesmen - Paris
the Chief Port of France
Yet It's River Is Kept Beau
tifuI.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS September ~ 1oOQ
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Audaci0us SC0undreIS.

p F. YOAKUM, at the convention of the
D' Farmers Union at Shawnee. said Of
swindler of farmers:
He swindled. Then he covered up his
swindle with some piece of tremendous
audacity that silenced his dupe. He was
like the two pig rafflers of Plymouth.
Two Plymouth loafers, being hard up.
decided on a pig rattle. So they had big
poster printed. 1t said:
To be ratified. a fine Berkshire boar,
recently imported with the Gould stock.
Drawings. % cents each.
(Signed) SMALL q. GREENWOOD
THE rattle went well. The two loafers
made a lot of money. Then came the day
when the result was to be announced.
1.-The loafers read over their list Of vic
TINS and selected the man they thought
most Sullible and meek. To him they
wrote:
Strive are happy to inform you that
the rattle of the magnificent Berkshire
boar was held last evening and you are
the fortunate winner. We hold the ami
NAL at your disposal and shall be pleased
TO forward same on receipt of your noti-
fication so to do. We beg to congratulate
you on the acquisition of this valuable
boar
"'CSignedD SMALL & GREENWOOD
But the winner had hardly received
this letter. the first thrill of joy had hardly
warmed his breast before he received am
other misSive:
Strive regret to inform You that the
Berkshire boar died very suddenly last
night at 11:iG O'Clock. We do not know
the exact cause of death, but. judging
from the symptoms, would impute same
to the hos cholera now so prevalent. Ow-
ing to the existing sanitary arrangements
the animal had to be buried without de-
lay. We shall be glad to receive your
check for $3.50. being the amount of in
terment expenses incurred.
'tSigned) SMALL & GREENWOOD
THE winner. II is true did not remit
his check for $3.50, but he thought it I'M
safe to investigate the loss of the boar"
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no superiors when it comes to rigging W
a tasty cold supper for Sunday night ou
of Clipped beef, graham waters and the
nourishing juice Of the preserved pear.
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an overlooked in big American hotel"
said the House Detective.
He must've failed to tip the waiter"
said the Hotel Clerk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
A One-Armed Pianist.

From Musical America.
Hungary's one-armed pianist and COM
poser, Count Geza Itchy, reached his
siAtieth birthday in the first week of the
month. As boy of fourteen he lost his
right arm through an accident he met
with while hunting. but even without the
usual complement of fingers he was not
to be deferred from devoting his life to
music.
With List and Robert Volkmann AS
his teachers he developed an extrordi-
nary left hand technic and gained CONF
prehensive knowledge of the art of CONF
posing.
His principal work has been made in
the domain of opera. His "Alar" found
it's way TO Berlin; both it al d "Mester
Roland" have been performed frequently
in Hungary. He has also produced \
large choral work, Dolores" and great
many songs and piano pieces. A "Valse
d. Adele he wrote for the left hand was
arranged by List for two hands, but
thank heaven-it is never played now.
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They either follow and utilize small rtv-
ers not otherwise navigable. or they con-
meet the waters of two valleys
Such is the canal Of St. Quentin, con-
Meeting Chauney (Oise Valley and Cam
brai (Escaut Valley. Locks respond to
most Of the rise and fall; but when the
watershed level is reached this old Ca
nal has four miles of tunnel that remain
extraordinary at this date.
The tunnel is very narrow. scarcely
more than the width of a barge. Yet. the
traffic being enormous, forty barges-
united like a train of cars-pass through
it together. A queer phenomenon is thus
taken advantage of. The tunnel being so
narrow and the canal so deep, each barge
before tout of the tunnel. When the
forty have got slowly through, this
pushed-up water is ready to rush back.
carrying a train Of empty barges on its
surface.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02

special Correspondents OF The Star
PARIS, September -, 1909.
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France. and wine from the south. Vas
merchandise pours into the little rive
Seine from every direction.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
PURE MEAT HER AIM
Woman JoIts the Governments
Inspection Service.
Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane Of Mich
iaan Offers at Health Convention
Proof Of Laxity In Uncle
SANS Work.

Kalamazoo, Mich. Rev. Caroline
Bartlett Come OF Kalamazoo. the re-
form worker who threw a comhshell
into the meeting of the American Pub
lie Health association at Richmond.
Va, recently. by declaring that there
was ro,tenness in the government
system OF meat inspection. came for
ward with proof OF certain challenged
statements regarding the issuance Of
service nouncements" by the bu-
reau of animal Industry in which reg
ulations of the bureau are annulled.
These proofs are in the shape Of
photographs OF pages Of these 'serv-
ice announcements" which Mrs. Crane
made from pamphlets procured from
federal inspee tor. which she re-
turned to him after having them pho
tographed by professional pho
tographer.
Mrs. Crane presented these photo
graphic proofs before the executive
comomittee OF the American Public
Health association. She stated en-
phatically that she would substantiate
her charges in every particular just
as she had done in reference to these
service announcements"
The latest of the service announce
ments" is No. 20, issued September
Is. 1909 1t is headed by a bracketed
note which reads:
This publication is designed TO
disseminate information and instruc-
tions to persons in the employ of the
bureau of animal industry and to pro
prietors of establishments at which
the federal meat inspection is conduct
ed. 1t is not intended for general dis
tribution to the public
The pamphlet contains instructions
as to certain changes in minor regula-
tions concerning brands and a par.
agraph on how to make out expense
accounts.
As soon as the session convened the
secretary read the following resolu.
tions from the executive committee:
The executive committee having
been directed by the association to
consider the advi3ability of appointing
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
POOR WITNESS FOR FRIEND
0eaeon's Brief Emphatic Testimony
Probably Somewhat Impressed
the Jury.

Deacon Stephen Potter. one OF the
pioneers of Utica. n. Y. was a man
of great eccentricity but high moral
character. The deacon will speak
the truth and shame the devil" was
often said OF him.
On one occasion = friend was en-
gagged In a lawsuit in regard to some
land few miles from Utica. He held
the land at high price. During the
trial he called Deacon Potter as a
witness. to prove how valuable the
land was. The deacon was sworn and
asked II he knew the land.
Yes" he replied. Il know every
foot Of it,
What do you think 1t Is worth, Mr.
Potter" was the next question.
The old man paused a moment and
then said. slowly: IF had as many
dollars-as my yoke Of oxen-could
draw-on a sled-on glazed ice-I
vow-I would not give-a dollar an
acre for it."-Youth's Companion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
A Hero.

Tommy's mother had made him a
present of toy shovel and sent him
out in the sand lot to play with his
baby brother Take care of baby
now. Tommy. and don't let anything
hurt him." was mamma's parting in
junction.
Presently screams of anguish from
baby sent the distracted parent flying
to the sand lot. For goodness sake.
Tommy, what has happened to the
baby?' said she, trying to soothe the
wailing infant
There was naughty fly biting him
on the top of his head, and killed it
with the shovel was the proud re-
ply.-Exchange.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
Rev. Caroline q. Crane.

a committee to investigate certain
charges made in an address before
the association (Which alone they can
consider), against the meat inspec-
tiua under the direction of the United
States department Of agriculture, beg
leave to report that, fnasmuch as the
giver of the address appeared be-
fore this committee and submitted
certain documents, and inasmuch as
neither those documents nor her
statements, in the judgment of the
committee, substantiate those charges,
they recommend that no such COM
mittee be appointed and that the mo-
ton calling for it be laid on the
table"
Rev Mrs. Crane began her work
In the interests of clean meat in
Michigan ten years ago, where she led
a campaign for state law regulat-
ing slaughtering by farmers and got
her bill through the legislature only
after much opposition from the farm
ers. One afternoon when it became
apparent the bill would be killed the
following day unless it made new
friends Mrs. Crane hurried from Kala-
mazoo to Lansing. where the follow
ing morning she won over by her ar
guments enough of the bills farmer
opponents to save 1t. Among her
other activities during her long pas
torate in Kalamazoo have been a sue
cessful campaign for a cleaner city,
physically and morally. and the organ
ization of civil leaguew which goes
into the life Of the towns inhabit-
ants even to the extent of bringing to-
gether married couples who have sep
arated and forcing wife deserters to
contribute to the support of their
families.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
EnoIIsh Pearl Fisherie.

Pearl fishing, writes correspon.
dent, is still carried on with consider.
able success on the River Teith at
Callander. Perthshire. Scotland. The
seed pearls" which include both
black and white specimens, are got
in the shells of fresh water mussels
The local worthless. who often add
largely to their incomes, practice their
calling at night, the more up-to-date
using a small electric light attached
to a cord, which when sunk within q
few inches of the bottom of the stream
reveals the slistening shells. These
are then secured with a cloven ash
stick Oblong pearls Of big size are
often got
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20

public. The formal com
memoration will be observed by ex-
positions. both national and interna-
tional. and there will also be various
observances to perpetuate the memo
ries of the struggle against Spain. But
century leaves no animosty Ar
gentina is still peopled by the de-
scendants Of the early Spaniards and
among the monuments to be erected
is one to Spain. writes Charles NJ.
Pepper in the Christian Herald.
Argentina has much that makes It
OF interest to the people of the United
States. In the first place there is it's
size. While not as big as our own
country, it has more than 1,200,0 900
square miles of territory
Then there is a similarity OF pro-
ducts. in which it compares to our
own Mississippi valley. 1t is one of
the greatest wheat growing regions in
the world. with unlimited possibilities
for future crops One of the homelike
sights that an American sees in Ar
gentina is the big steam threshers in
harvest time. Most OF these thresh-
ers. too. are of American make, as are
S-
Argentine has cattle ranches and
sheep ranches which compare with
those of Texas and Montana Its beef
and mutton help to feed a good many
people in England and in other parts
OF the world. while its wool clip is
woven into cloths by the weavers of
England and Germany
The history of the struggle which
resulted in Argentina securing its in
dependence is one OF the most thrill
ing of the chapters in the revolt of
the South American colonies from
Spain. The struggle produced some
heroic figures. The greatest of them
was Gen. San Martin. He not only
helped to free the disconnected terri
tories or provinces which constituted
Argentina and unite them, but he also
bore a supreme part in the emanci-
patton OF other sections OF South
America His feats in leading the
troops through the snow-covered pass
es OF the Andes and down to the
plains of Chile are unsurpassed in
military annals. They scaled snow
clad peaks and cleared pathways that
1t was declared no human feet could
tread. San Martin led the victorious
army In the Pacific coast countries
till his meeting with Gen. Bolivar, the
liberator. They were the two great
military spirits. and it was felt GER
tain that their rival ambitions would
clash But sooner than endanger the
liberties of the newly enfranchised re-
public San Martin. who was the more
generous OF the two, after an inter-
view with Bolivar, returned to Buenos
Ayres. There he met the obstacles
that constructive statesmen often meet
In trying to reconcile and consolidate
discordant local interests. He became
a voluntary exile. and died at Bou-
logne, in France. One Of the features
of the centennial celebration is to be
the erection OF q monument to him at
Boulogne.
Another hero of the Argentine
struggle was Gen. Belgrano. who was
second only to San Martin. A mag
nificent mausoleum holds his remains.
The seat Of the Argentine declara-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
Good Reason for Marrying.

A young couple developed such in
compatibility of temper that six
years after marriage they carried their
difficulties to the divorce court. Their
little Cherry was very much concerned
through all the trouble.
Well she said, thoughtfully,
when grow up I should never marry
if 1t wasn't that l want a father for
my children. Success Magazine
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
Badiy-in One Case chiId's Hair
Came Out and Left Bare Patches.
cutieura Met with Great Success

II have two little girls who have
been troubled very badly with eczema.
One Of them had it on her lower
limbs. I did everything that could
hear of for her, but 1t did not give
IN until warm weather, when 1t SEEM
ingly subsided. The next winter when
1t became cold the eczema started
again and also in her head where It
would take the hair out and leave
bare patches. At tho same time her
arms were sore the whole length Of
them. took her to a physician, but
the child grew worse all the time. Her
sisters arms were also affected. I be-
gan using Cuticura Remedies. and by
the time the second lot was used their
skin was soft and smooth. Mrs. Charles
Baker. Albion, Me. Sept. 81. '08."
Posssr Drug 4 Chem Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-20
CERTAIN DEATH.

Hilda-Would you lay down your
life for me?
Harold-Glady, dearest.
Hilda-Then go and tell father Of
our engagement.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21
The NEXT IRRIGATION CONGRESS
To Save the Forests Store the Floods Reclaim the Deserts
and Make Homes Objects of Convention
f1-a~~~ That Meets In Spokane

sion appointed a committee on ma
tional legislation. which appeared later
before the committee on arid lands at
Washington, when the national con-
gress was at work The report OF the
committee was read before the seventh
irrigation congress that met I'm Chey'
enne, Wyo.. in 1898. The eighth con-
gress met In Missoula, Mont, the fol-
lowing year The congress that met
in Chicago i'm 1900 resulted i'm the first
general movement toward the national
capital from the arid west. No con-
gress was held in the year following
but President Roosevelt In message
to congress encouraged the policy Of
national irrigation. This placed the
national irrigation law ON the statute
books in 1902, and the act was approv-
ed by the president In June of that
year In October of the same year the
tenth session met at Colorado Springs
and celebrated the victory won at
Washington and considered the re-
sponsibility placed upon the west by