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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

his prediction, the new partnership
book had put up to l on Applejack
while the other books were laying a
shade less than that price. A moment
afterwards he noticed that the part
nership bookmaker rubbed out the
price against Applejack. announcing
that he had all he wanted of it. Floyd
knew by this sign that Camp had bet
enough OF his own money to win out
the money that was in the book. Walk
ing quietly through the ring, he
stopped long enough before a number
of books to make several good-sized
wagers on Lemon Squeezer. He al
ready had given Tony $1,000 to wager
on the same horse.
Thomas Camp, besides getting all
the money to be had in his own book
also had wagered hundreds on Apple
jack in other books about the ring, and
was surprised to note when he re-
turned from the paddock, where he had
just saddled his horse and given final
instructions to the jockey, that the
price against Lemon SqueeZer, his own
horse, had not gone up in the betting
He was unaware that large amount
of money bet by Floyd had forced the
price down. He had no time to inves-
tigate. however, as the horses already
were at the post, and he hurried to
point Of vantage from which he could
view the race.
Across the track in the infield Tony
the Tout and Hank Harlin, owner of
Applejack, stood talking together. Doc
Floyd, watching the pair through his
heldglasses from the grandstand, saw
Tony pass small package of book
makers tickets to Harlin.
They're OFT" came the buzzing cry
OF the crowd in chorus as the barrier
over at the three-quarter pole whizzed
up and field Of eight horses leaped
forward. The blue and white striped
jacket and cap Of Applejack showed in
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

apart during the afternoon, having
agreed to meet III a secluded spot on
the grounds Just before the race in
WAS 10 be turned.
Are you sure Of that tout?" was the
anxious inquiry of Hopkins when he
and Floyd finally met in consultation.
Yes, he'd lose both legs sooner than
throw me down." was the reply. Now,
what does Camp say?"
He says he has instructed the book
to take in all the bets they can get on
Applejack He has arranged with the
owner of that one to lose and he will
win with his own horse, Lemon
Squeezer. He explains that it might
be suspicious to the judges if he didn't
win this race"
That MEANS explained Floyd,
that he intends that Applejack is to
win and his horse will be beaten out.
How much money have you got in
your pocket?"
"Oh, about $500"
We'll, go in the ring and make five
500 bets on Lemon SqueeZer, but
don't bet it in our book Camp has
given instructions to his bookmakers
to give a shade the best price on the
other fellows horse. He will have
commissioners there to get his own
money down quick and bet enough to
win out the bank roll on that one race.
That's the way he's got it fixed to win
our $5,0OO.'
The two separated and entered the
inclosure. Floyd noticed that true to
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
BY JOHN IRVING DAY

To Tony Floyd told the proposition
of Camp as Hopkins had told it to
him, and upon hearing the proposition
Tony let out long laugh.
Why. it's just a plain game Of
double cross" asserted Tony. He'll
break the book and get your S. 900
in one race and then tell you it was all
a mistake and make you believe it,
and then he'll ask you to dig up anoth-
er 5000 to get even with. Why, my
kid brother wouldn't bite on that old
hook"
Yes, do you suppose didn't know
all that?" broke in Floyd with mo-
ton for the talkative Tony to shut up
What l want you for is to see if we
can turn the tables and get Camps
end of the bank roll"
I'm afraid not" answered Tony.
Hes worked that game four or five
times this season and always gets
away with it. He's got a regular crew
to go on and make the book and they
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
Desert Plants Store Water.

The problem of storing a supply of
water for their own use and of pre-
venting it, evaporating has been solved
by the desert plants in many most in
genious ways. Perhaps the most note
worthy example is the so-called wa.
ter barrel" which, of about the size
and shape of an ordinary beer keg, is.
In fact, nothing more nor less than a
living water tank. Its whole interior
is composed Of storage cells SO ad-
mirably arranged that the pulp which
they form contains something like Sc
Der cent. of pure water
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

doorways mending nets and gossip
ping as fast as their French tongues
can wag.
The conditions that make this a
woman run town come about in the
most natural way in the world. All
the men are fishers and they spend
the greater part of the year at sea.
They are good sailors and they man
the craft that venture across the At
lantic to the French fishing grounds
along the Newfoundland coast. 1t was
their rights that used to come up fire.
quently for adjustment by fishery
commissions, and it is the loss of their
vessels that almost every year brings
sorrow to Cancale and the neighbor.
ing coast.
When the men do return they find
that the town has been managed SO
well in their absence and the thrift of
the women has been SO well exercised
that they are content not to NEEDLE
and to let things 20 on as they have
been going. There are proportionate-
ly more widows, and young widows,
too, in Cancale than in any other town
of France. A f1sherman's bride waits
for four years after she has heard
that the boat her husband sailed away
upon has not been reported and then
she puts on her mourning. 1t is this
uncertainty as to the fate of the men.
thrown helpless and homeless upon
the fear that at any time they may be
their own resources, that makes the
women of Cancale self-reliant and
that leads them early to seek some
means Of their own for an honest live
lihood.
For the men that remain in the
town the women do not seem to en-
tertain the greatest respect. Most of
them have become incapacitated for
work or are shiftless and idle. So the
women run matters themselves.
The thrift that the conditions men,
toned inspire is something of a pas.
sion among the women 1t seems that
there is constant struggle with each
one of them to make more money
than the man who goes to sea. They
frequently accomplish this, too, for
the returning fisherman finds fire.
quently that his yearly gain of $3.50 or
5000 got after a hard battle from the
sea is more than equalled by the pa
tient and careful housewife that he
left at home.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

front. while next in order and close
behind came Lemon Soueezer. both
horses running easily. Before they
had gone quarter of the distance 1t
could be seen that the race was be-
tween the first two horses, and the
others We're strung out in single file
In the stretch came Applejack, run
ming without effort, with Lemon
SQueezer within safe call A smile of
contentment rested upon the face of
Tom Camp, down at the end of the
grandstand, while Floyds counten-
ance wore worried look and young
Hopkins was shivering in the excite
ment OF lost hope.
There. and l listened to you and
your tout he said to Floyd as he saw
AppleJack winning easily
Why, it's nothing more than a pro-
cession. muttered Floyd. And
would have staked my right eye on
Tony. Why, that boy on Applejack is
racing him to death to win and the
other fellow don't seem to be trying
'Applejack wins" shouted the
crowd as the blue and white stripes
passed under the wire good length
in front of Lemon Squeezer
That's one time that I'm the goat"
muttered Doc Floyd to Hopkins. I'm
sorry steered you wrong, and will get
you even. Although l guess I'm in a
few Thousand deeper than you are,
know gave you the wrong steer and
am SOrripr for that than losing NV
own money We are whipsawed for
fair. Camp wins out the bank roll in
the book and we lose our outside beta
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

When a Greeley man who conducts
a fruit stand purchased some tin jew
elry. for 80 cents about two weeks ago
from Charles Williams, a negro from
Cheyenne. he did not know he was
receiving $3.50 worth of gold and
gems. This morning Lieutenant
George Mason of Fort Russell ap-
peared, with Marshal Williams. and
laid claim to a diamond ring. stick
pin and some other jewelry. Williams
had been arrested in Cheyenne and
had confessed to the theft of the val
uables. The negro was employed by
Lieutenant Mason and departed from
Fort Russell about two weeks ago. He
came to Greeley and while there sold
all of the articles for 80 cents. The
ring, valued at $l05, was sold for 5
cents. Lieutenant Mason refunded
the 30 cents and got back his pos
sessions.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

all stand in with the play. l suppose
he's told Mr.. Hopkins that he can put
a man In the box to look out for his
interests?"
Yes, he said 1 could do that" as
sented the young mining man.
Lets look over that race he said he
could fix for tomorrow" was the sud-
den suggestion of Tony as he produced
a paper In which was list of the en-.
tries for the next days races. "Oh,
I've got the old badger!" was the sud-
den, gleeful outburst. He was right
about there being Just two horses in
the race with chance to win. Go on
and put in the $1,000 with him and I'll
attend to the rest when see YOU at
the track tomorrow. Just put wise
one in the box to see that no one runs
away with the bank roll, and after that
race we'll have old Camp ready to take
the high dive from the top of the ferry
boat"
What is it you're going to do?" was
the suspicious inquiry Of Hopkins.
Never mind what I'm going to do;
the Big Doctor will stand for what l
say. won't you, Doc?"
Yes. / don't know what it Is. but
II you are sure you can put it through
I'll take all, or half, of Hopkins end
Of the $4,000. I'll give Hopkins $2,500
in the morning for half of his inter-
est and he needn't let Camp know
there is any one else in on the deal.
Jack Cleland can be the man in the
box as lookout"
When Floyd arrived at the race
track on the day following his talk
with Hopkins and Tony he saw a new
bookmaker's stand in the line under
the shed Of the betting ring. In this
stand was seated Jack Cleland. who
was supposed to be there as an as.
sistant to the cashier, but no glance
Of recognition passed between the
two. Floyd and Hopkins also kept
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

Mrs. Capitola Adams, married, d.
vorced, and remarked, though only
twenty-five years old, drank carbolic
acid at her summer home at Column
bine Lake, a mile and a half west OF
Grand Lake She died without ex-
planning the reason for her act Her
husband, Roy Adams, a salesman and
former stamp clerk in the Denver
postoffice, Is said to have nearly lost
his mind. and attempted to take his
own life, when he saw his young wife
Of six months die in agony. Mrs. Ad-
ans is said to have been in poor
health and to have brooded over the
death of relative in Chicago. But
this is not supposed to have been the
only cause.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

Come on and let's get bottle of wine.
No use crying over split milk now" :.
The two men, drinking large glasses
ton to a sudden cheering and commo-
tion on the outside.
Il guess we put over a good one
that time. didn't we?"
Floyd looked around upon the
smiling face Of Tony.
Why, you young hound, / ought to
break your head with this bottle" he
said in low but dangerously threaten
ing tones.
What's the matter, pal? Amt you
wise to what's happened?"
No, what is it?" broke in young
Hopkins, anxiously.
Why, Applejack was disqualified
for not having up enough weight.
Somehow or other Hank Harlin was
careless in putting his lead pads to
make the extra weight along with the
saddle, and the jockey lost ten pounds
of lead while he was at the post. Care
less OF Hank, wasn't 1t? He's been
looking for chance to double cross
when l told him how much money we
would bet for him on the other horse"
And then we've won in the book be-
sides the outside bets?' exclaimed
young Hopkins, suddenly realizing that
Tony the Tout had made good.
You should have told us how you
were going to pull it off, drawled
Floyd. I'VE nearly had heart failure,
and you cant blame us for doubling
you, can you?"
We'll. I've showed you that 1 could
put one over, anyway" returned Tony.
And now, SO far as I'm concerned,
they can turn all the race tracks in the
country into golf links. Pm goi',g into
a decent respectable saloon business
back home"
Copyright. lsoe. BY w. @. chapman)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
DENVER DIRECTORY

everywhere for s27. 90 Send for our free cat
alogue Of saddles and harness. Lowest prices
In the u. S The Fred Mueller Saddle & Har-
Co.. 11I3-I0 I.nrliner St. Denver. Colo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

William Benton, who is working the
Tom Rayburn farm near Greeley. lost
half of his field Of eleven and one
half acres Of oats in shock when
spark from Union Pacific engine
set 1t on fire. He managed to save
half his crop by the hardest kind Of
work. This means loss of $500.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
IRON PIPE AND TOOLS s:s S;:t$:; !: az; .$S:

tools We carry n large stock OF second hand pipe
of any sizes Get onr prices The Havens Brn~.
Mfg Co. ls-l620 Wazee Street, Denver. Phone
Main 2l7a
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

Booker Washington didn't reject
Pugilist Jack" Johnson's $40 contri-
button as tainted. Evidently these
colored pastors have a lot to learn
about sensationalism.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

Dorando. the footracer. has bought
an Italian villa with the money he
made in America. Evidently Make
hay while the sun shine" has been
translated into Italian.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

The announcement that Alfred Aus.
tins new book will be prose ought to
help it's sale considerably.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
BUILDS UP ESTATE
GOOD AMERICAN MONEY PUT TO
USE IN AUSTRIA.
Millions That Gladys Vanderbilt Hand
ed Over to Titled Husband Are
Devoted to Rehabilitating His
Ancestral Home.

The fortune which the former
GLADYS Vanderbilt took to Hungary as
the bride of Count S%zechenyi is being
used to build up one of the greatest
estates IN that empire. This fact was
learned from Morris Cukor, an attor-
ney. and intimate friend of the count
while the latter was Il visitor in New
York.
Already hundreds OF acres of land
nave been added by the countess to
the family estate of her husband. Mr..
Gukor stated he had learned that the
real estate was being purchased by
The Szechenyis for investment pur-
poses. Most Of the land is best suited
for agriculture.
The counts love for large estates
was made known during his visit to
New York in 1907. He found fault
with Newport because the estates are
too close together. He was quoted as
saying: II Marble house had been
erected in Hungary it would have
been surrounded by acreage as large
as half the state of Rhode Island, in
stead of being wedged into a village
street"
The ancient seat of the SZechenyi
family at Horpacs is surrounded by a
beautiful park of more than eighty
acres, while in the entire domain of
The family estate there is over 10000
acres. 1t is one of the finest estates
IN Hungary.
Castle OermeZoe, where the count
look his bride Immediately after their
marriage, is situated on a picturesque
knoll. The grounds about it are
~iensely wooded. A large slice of the
Vanderbilt fortune was spent in fit
ting up the old castle with modern
.conyeniences for the use of the bride.
MI. Cukor does not attach much
Importance to the report that the
Countess Szechenyi has begun to in
vest in sawmills. This announcement
was made a few days ago in a dis
patch from Budapest. 1t was stated
that the nobility of Hungary was
shocked to learn that the countess
had let her American business enter
prise get the better of her judgment
as a member-of the aristocracy.
The sawmill," said Attorney Cukor,
probably just happened to be on the
estate that the countess bought. She
purchased the land and took the saw
mill with it. Many of these big es-
iiates in Hungary are like old time
plantations in this country. They
have on them factories to supply peo-
pile on the estate with needed articles.
The surplus is sold. [ think this will
be found to be the explanation of the
much talked of sawmill purchase"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
M e~thuselah's AGE.

The most astonishing news is every
now and then cabled or sent by spe-
eial correspondents from Europe, the
christian Register says. Some ancient
bit of speculation for the first
time to the notice of an ambitious
correspondent, and forthwith he inn
parts his knowledge to the world. The
--latest from London, as special to a
Sunday newspaper, relates to an
ancient speculation that the great age
lof the antediluvians may be account
led for by the discovery that the years
spoken of in Genesis were not solar
years, but lunar months. In this way
1.-The 500 years Of Methuselah are re-
Iduced to so years and nine months.
THE enterprising correspondent and
the editor of the Sunday paper ap-
pied the rule to the great ages, but
mot to the less. For instance, Me-
Ithuselah was born when his father
Enoch was % years old-that is, &C.
Ieording to this reckoning, five years
and five months. His grandfather was
ALSO five years old, as was his great
grandfather, when his first child was
born. Adam was ten years and ten
months old when his third son, Seth,
was born. This is the kind of careless
editing that gives currency to stories
about signaling Mars, pho~tographing
Thought and weighing the soul.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
The Condescendinq Tone,

There may be little use in pointing
loot the absurdity of the condescending
tone in general. A man may be cured
by instruction. or experience, of some
particular national or sectional preju-
,dice, but the tone of condescension
toward some other nation or section is
likely to be substituted. Boswell was
unable to eradicate Johnson's antip-
athy either for the Scotch or the
american, and if he had been able to
dc so, the Big Bear would have
Siowled at other bugbears. And New
Workers as a rule, that is, New York
ers who have the proper civic spirit,
are too busy to bother much about the
f~l!eiudices of their neighbors. A good
part of their industry fortunately goes
- the attempt to scrub out those
spots on the city's e%scutcheon which
excite just criticism. Especially in
every local political campaign they get
extremely busy in this laudable enter
prise.-The Century.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
GUIDE COOK OF ETIQUETTE
Probably Compiled by One Who Has
Suffered from the Bad Manners of
the Human Herd.

Persons travelling ON the continent
Will find the most economical means
of travel a canoe or small oxford punt.
These are the only two places where
you are not expected to keep tipping,
Having partaken of a seven-eourse
dinner on Il transatlantic steamer, it
is well to remark Punk food" sharply
upon arising from the table. Other
wise the crew will thipk you are not
used to any better at home.
Upon returning from a country
boarding house where the only excite.
ment is wondering what form the ham
will take the next meal, it is we'll to
speak of your vacation as "a delightful
experience at a quaint old place close
to nature This sounds romantic and
doesn't mean Il thing.
Young gentlemen desiring to play
stuss over Sunday in the real of a
beer saloon may allude TO their alb
sencc as q weekend spent on a duck
farm"
When invited on a yachting trip
always arrange to sit on the blight Of
the main sheet. Occasionally rap the
deck sharply with your heels. This
will please the owner of the boat i'm
mensely. If you can arrange to tie a
few knots in the main sheet, all hands
will usually take a pleasant little swim
before the day is over.
No picnic is complete without a
young lady who thinks she sees a
snake. 1t is not good form. however,
to comment upon the bugs in the but
ter and the grasshopper in the pickle
bottle. One must not be too literal in
summer.
Those sitting on the rear seat of an
automobile should always sing. Close
harmony and the odor of gasoline
make a very classy combination.
1t is not proper for young ladies to
go in bathing without a chaperon. If
you have a %chaperon, however, not
much of anything else is necessary.
At the seashore never throw sand
in a gentleman's shoes. Put it down
his neck. 1t will get to his shoes ultt
mately. If he's in a hurry for some in
his shoes, he can put it there himself.
There is plenty of sand.
If you should find a magazine lying
around at a summer hotel, carry 1t up
into your own room Immediately. II
you don't the owner is almost ire to
come back and take it away,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
Explosion Wrought Havoc.

A terrific explosion occurred at Dis
tington ironworks, near Workington,
England, recently, causing damage es'
timated 1t 100000, and so wrecking
the place that work will be suspend
ed for some months, throwing about
200 men out of work. Eleven gas-filled
boilers are used at the works to gen
crate steam for blowing the engines
which supply the furnaces with the
blast, and it is supposed that there
was an explosion of gas. The report
was terrific and the effect disastrous.
Three of the boilers were blown into
fragments, while a fourth was found
in a field a considerable distance away,
The boiler is reported to have flown
through the air at a terrific speed, at
a height of about 60 feet, Just like
an aeroplane." Part of another boil.
err crashed into rhe filters and black
smiths mill, bricks and stones were
shot up as high as the works chin
ney and then rained down on the
works yard and the high road leading
into the village. About 80 men, most
ly filters and pig-litters, were work
ing at the front and back of the
blast furnaces, a hundred yards away,
at the time, but they all had a re-
markable escape from injury.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24

Market & Grocery
Notice of sheriff,s Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of an order of sale, issued out
of the District Court, in and for
Richardson County and State of
Nebraska, under the seal of said
court, dated on the Sd day of March,
1909, and to me directed as sheriff
of said county, to be executed, /
will on the 14th day of January, 1910,
at 10 o'clock a. m, of said day, at
the west door of the Court House in
the city of Falls City, in said county
and state, offer for sale at public
vendue, and sell to the highest and
best bidder, the property described
in said order of sale towit: Lot tire
CD block six Co Rouleau & Bedards
addition to the town of Rulo proper,
Richardson County, Nebraska, to
satisfy a decree of said court, with
interest and costs recovered by Moses
Frederick against Allen E.. Bowersox,
administrator of estate of Ametta Nj.
VanKirk, deceased, Lizzie VanKirk,
Gilbert VanKirk and Cora BowersoX.
Terms of sale, cash.
Given under my hand at Falls City,
Nebraska, this Sth day of December,
1909. W. T. FENTON, Sheriff.
BY. John Wiltse. Attorney for PITT.