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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
SYNOPSIS.

Richard DTrrIug. returning from a wan
ter In the woods 10 his mothers farm
hum", is oyrrtHkru by lis uncle, accom-
panied by his eccentric wife. coming to
pay II visit st the farm Aunt JerGsna's
questions ahuut Emily Hutton. supposed
to be Richards sweetheart bring Out the
fact that she is 70 marry "a merchant,
Edwards behring's disappointment slim
ulatcs his ambition and under the advice
Of Seth Kinney. hermit Of the woods,
he resolves 20 fit himself for college. KIN
ney promises 10 teach him Greek. Der
ring tells his mother his resolve,
and in his grandfather's old lab
oratory begins the study of Greek,
Seth Kinney hears Richards Greek
recitation iu the woods while he and Tom
Bishop ply the cross-cut saw. Der
ring learns that ne can look indiHerently
upon the loss OF Emily He visits Aunt
JerusHa. who volunteers to help him
through college. The Greek learned in the
woods carries Richard triumphantly
through entrance examinations, wins ap-
prorl from the professor and insures his
popularity among his fellows.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
HABITS CHAIN
Certain Habits UneonseiousIy Formed
and Hard to Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
sary to break lifelong habit would.
II 1t could be transformed. lift a weight
OF many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree OF heroism to break the chains Of
a pernicious habit than to lead a for.
lorn hope in bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
FROM my earliest childhood was .
lover OF coffee. Before was out of my
teens was a miserable dyspeptic, suf-
ferfng terribly at times with my stom.
ach.
1 was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
l could not deny myself a cup for
breakfast. At the age of SO I was In
very poor health, indeed. MY sister
told me l was in danger Of becoming
coffee drunkard.
BUT never could give up drinking
conee for breakfast, although it kept
me constantly i'll, until tried Postum.
! learned to make It properly according
to directions, and now we can hardly
10 without Postum for breakfast, and
care nothing for coffee.
am no longer troubled with dys.
pepsia. do not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me SO when l drank coffee"
Look In pkgs. for the little book, s'The
Road to Wellville." There's Reason"
Ever rad the above letters A new
e s aDpears from time to time. They,
een sanes true, aAd fall Of huaas
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
Revolt Against zeiaya.

Managua, Nicaragua.-The PEOPLE OF
Managua are in open revolt against
Zelaya without check from the police.
Shouts of Long live Liberty" Long
live the United States." Long live
Mexico." and Long live Estrada"
are heard on every side.
The street demonstrations began
Monday, following the denunciatory
speeches in Congress, and the temper
of the people was madly excited by
the rumor that battle had been
fought and won by Vasquez, command.
ing the Zelayan forces around Rama
and that vasquez had massacred a
large number OF Revolutionists.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
V. 8. May Run Nicaragua.

Washington.-One of the projects
for the solution of the Nicaraguan
situation that has been strongly
urged upon the State Department is
the establishment of protectorate,
either singly by the United States or
Jointly with Mexico. This may be re-
garded as necessary in the event that
the insurgents fail to displace Zelaya
by their own efforts, and it may fol-
low an insurgent triumph that would
leave the country without responsible
leaders. Managua. the capital, 10 in .
state Of anarchy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
His Retor.

Newzance-Do you know, young
man, that five out Of six people who
suffer from heart trouble have brought
it upon themselves through the filthy
habit of smoking?
Karmley-Really! And possibly you
are aware that nine out of ten people
who suffer from black eyes can trace
the complaint to habit of not mind.
ing their own business.-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18

= CDdHt III IFteh WOuiu SIi !H6 UP VI
itself In the distance-swel!ing or dy-
, ing away to an echo. according to tie
( number of students on hand. and end
| ing always with the mocking refrain:
/ For he liked it. don't you know
OOH"
| The situation gave him enough to
think about. He forgot to remember
Emily. or even to remember that he
had expected to remember her and be
misera BILE. She rested in the back
ground of memory. faint blur,
brushed out of existence by grinnieg
yell OF derision.
He learned to set his teeth and grin
back: and in the end he found his I'M
welcome distinction an advantage. 1t
, might not he comfortable to be recog-
nized and pointed out in every new
class he attended as the learned wood
chopper; but at least he was recog-
nized. No professor forgot his name
or fumbled up and down the class-list
trying to place him. And the fact
that he was older than the majority
Greek distinction, gave him an as
sured place.
When it was known that he was
working his way through college num-
berless opportunities sprang up. Ths
faculty gave him tutoring and secre
tary work to do. The student body
put him on the football team. Emily's
image grew SO faint that Cupid must
have wrung his infant hands in de-
spair.
The four years went by with undig-
nified haste. Richard was conscious
of leaving undone half that he meant
to do, He groaned in spirit over vast
tracts of literature-of which he knew
not even the name-that he could get
no time to explore. Nevertheless, he
found himself, at the end of the
course. taking honors in English. He
gasped little. Then he hunted up
the professor of English and laid be-
fore him his secret desire
Want to be a Journalistic" said the
professor with smile Il thought it
was Greek"
Richard made hasty gesture
Never"
The professor laughed out. He was
a trim, slight man. Had enough in
college,"
Richard nodded
The professor drummed with his
fingers on the table for a moment.
Had you thought of trying for col
lege position-Engljsh assistant, or
something He watched Richards
face
II flushed little Il want some.
thing that will take me into life. I've
never known anything but the woods
and this
The professor WINGED a little Well,
journalism will take you into life, all
right" He remained thoughtful
moment. Have you ever done any
thing at it,
I've done the college news for two
papers and sent specials now and
then. But that stands for nothing
permanent"
1T will do more for you than l can"
said the professor. He had drawn, a
sheet of paper towards him. How
would you like Chicago?"
"All right
You might as well have plenty of
life while you're about it. l hear they
hustle things out there. You won't
think you're in the woods-or in col
lege." He had taken up his pen. Il
have friend on one of the dailies I'll
drop him line"
Thank you, sir Richard stood up
TO go.
The professor held out his hand
That's all right. Bring around some
of the letters you've done on the col
lege. They'll help you more than any
thing can say. I'll put them in when
| write"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
Every Little Bit HELPS.

The lecturer raised his voice with
emphatic confidence. Il venture to
assert" he said, that there isn't q
man in this audience who has ever
done anything to prevent the destruc-
ton of our forests"
understanding man in the back
Of the hall stood up.
I-er-fve shot woodpeckers." he
said.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18

campus five minutes later, heard only
the twittering of English sparrows
and the quiet rustic of the leaves. I'm
derneath the quiet. for the professors s
ears. ran sonorous epic lines. chanted
to a deep measure. The professor held
his head high and stepped to a mighty
tune.
The whole class was entered with.
out condition in Greek-a thing I'm.
precedented. The faculty gasped
when they heard the news The
students grinned. News of the Greek
prodigy got about college. Poor Rich.
ard found his path thorny one. He
could not appear on the campus but
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18

The race isn't always to the sv,r
Sometimes it Is to the wise man w.
knows how to FIX things.-Chic..c
Daily News.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
Hans ere,tmann Saw.

"A mans life Is castle; und he
chenerally has 1t too light by der A..
tic,"-Cleveland News.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
Liaht Matter,

People who are inclined to maha
light of themselves cannot expect 9th.
ers to shine up to them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
HIS STATUS.

OATS a swell horse youse got. jim
ME. What is he, charger, or"
"Aw. by de way he is always kfckin'.
l guess he's just plain mule!"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18
AGoNIzING ITCHING.

Eczema for a Year-Got No Relief
Even at Skin HospitaI-in Despair
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-18

5S2.s4
Josiah Work. one of the most
prominent and wealthy men of Nor
gan county, died at his home in Fort
Morgan on the 18th inst. at the age
Of seventy-four years. He is survived
by a widow and eleven children, who
are: C. T. Work, head Of the indus
trial school for girls at Denton, Tex;
Josephine Work. teacher at Berkeley
Cal; Mrs. Hogg. who was a mission
airy to Egypt. but now resides at Man
chester, England; Ruth Work, a mis-
sionary at Assault. Egypt; Robert
Work. an attorney Of Fort Morgan;
Mrs. DR.. Shawkey. Charlestown, W.
Va; John James and Thomas Work
farmers near Fort Morgan; McClaiu
Work. a college student at Monmouth
Ill. and Mrs. Baylor. wife Of one Of the
instructors of the State School OF
Mines at Golden.
OF $105 which was burned in an
oven where she placed it for hiding
Mrs. Geneva Emery of Denver has re-
covered $95 from the National Treas
ury Department. Secret Service
Agent Rowland K. Goddard sent the
remains of the burned bills to Wash.
ington. where bills amounting to s95
were identified
Arlbert r. Ellingwood of Colorado
college and Frederic d. Anderson OF
the University of Colorado have pass
ed the preliminary examinations, and
are ready for the final decision by the
examiners for the Rhodes scholarship,
New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
POSTOFFICE DEFICIENCY.
Increase of More than Half Million
Compared with Last Year.

Washington, Nov. "a postal deficiency
Of 81 479 20 an increase OF 1868. .49l over last
year. was announced in the annual report
of Merritt o. Chance, the auditor of the
Postoface Department, which was made
public to-day.
The audited revenues for the fiscal year
ended June 30 last amounted TO 500. .J62 3S3,
an increase of 6.3f per cent over those for
the preceding year. The audited expendl-
lures increased 6G per cent, including
losses by fire. burglary. etc.
There were 600 additional postoffiCes
authorized TO issue money orders. In round
numbers S1.0S9. eco 600 represents the value
of the -, 479, ,409 issued and 70.5o3,459 paid
domestic and international money orders.
with the fees prescribed by law.
Compared with the volume of domestic
money order business in 1899, the number
Of Offices increased = per cent. the number
Of money orders 13s per cent and the
value Of orders IS6 per cent. More than
800 Ok. 600 in money orders has been sent
TO foreign countries during the last twenty
years. About 80 per cent OF that sum went
10 Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy,
Norway and Russia and was evidently the
surplus earnings Of foreign labor employed
in the United States.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
TURKISH NATURALIZATION.
State Department S Attitude Toward
Subjects Of Ottoman Empire.
[From The Tribune Rureau.

IFrom The Tribune Bureaul
washington, Nov. 3.-The decision Of the
Bureau Of Naturalization, sustained by the
United States courts. that a Syrian is not
ehglble 10 naturalization. and the conse-
quent protest In the press against this de-
clslon by A. Rustum Bey. the Turkish
Charge q 'Afaires. has called from the
State Department an official statement.
Rustum Bey pointed out that until the
bureau Of Naturalization made its deci-
sion syrians, Turks and all other subjects
of the Ottoman Empire were admitted 10
naturalization. but that within the last
three years the section Of the naturaiiza
ton law which makes It applicable onIv
10 free white persons and those of Afri-
can descent has been enforced by the
bureau.
In making his protest he declared that
the Jews would also be barred by this in
terpretation, but his view is not sustained
by the Bureau OF Naturalization He has
not taken the matter OF the State Depart
ment, but in view OF the signed statement
issued some days ago by Rustum Bey, As
sistant Secretary Wilson outlined the pol
icy of tie department as follows:
For a quarter of century the govern
ment of the United States has sought and
today continues TO seek 10 negotiate with
convention To provide for the recognition
by that government OF the expatriation of
Turkish subjects duly naturaliZed as Amer
ican citizens This well illustrates the fact
that there has been absolutely no change
IN the policy or views of the Department
OF State on the subject of the naturaIiza-
ton of Turkish subjects.
The bases of press reports upon this cues-
ton have only recently come TO the notice
of, the Department of State. In so far as
such reports may have been discussed as
affecting the question of naturalization, it
IS hardly necessary 10 state that they are
without effect upon the above policy or
upon the question OF granting naturaliZa-
tion-a question which now. as in the past
is for the determination of the competent
courts.
As further illustration Of the policy above
indicated. il may be added that the gov
eminent of the United States. by the issu-
aDce Of passports and by the good Offices
of the foreign service, has always sought
10 give to American citizens of Turkish
origin precisely the same protection af-
forded 20 all other citizens Of the United
States in foreign countries.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
-4RWY MEN FLY WE'LL.
Ilco Officers Up for More than
Hour an BiDIane.

college Park. sd. Nov. 3-Flying rec
ords were broken in more ways than one
on the government aviation field to-day In
Foulois, OF the signal corps. remained in
Inc morning Lieuteuants Humphreys and
lRe eir in slxty-one and three-quarAers min
utes, and in so doing exceeded all endurance
records that have heen made BY any OF the
pupils Of the Wright brothers = Ehis coun-
try.
As tTo-man flight il was but ten and
cne-quart9T minutes short OF TIE Iorce.f
previous record made by Wilbur Wright. II
exceeded by three min ties ;h,s endurance
night ma1c by Lieutenant Lahm alone last
Monday.
Inc second notable flight Of the day was
win Lieutenant Commander Sweet. Of the
navy, as passenger Mr. Sweets weight
was seventeen pounds in excess of that Of
any ofher passenger who has been taken
up mere Two unsuccessful efforts We're
made by Mr.. Wright to carry NJ. Sweet
as passenger Lieutenant Lahrn accom-
phshed the feat after one false start. He
remained in the air eight and three-ouar-
leFs minutes with Mr.. Sweet. Following
this fight Jieutenants Humphreys and
Foulois few for about twenty-five min
utes and until the approaching darkness
made II necessary for them to descend
Wilbur Wright left College Park for New
York to-day to meet his brother Or1i,le
upon his return from abroad Mr.. Wright
PROBABLY will not return here to further in
sruct his pupils unless his presence is es-
peeially needed. The flights made by the
army heutenants late to-day after Mr.
Nrights departure showed how complete
ly they had mastered all the details Of
handling the bipiane
New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
SUICIDES INCREASE.
Figures from Sii.rty-fre 4mer-
icaH Cities for 1908.

IN The Spectator" for November Fred
erick L. Hoffman publishes his annual tab
uiatIon OF the suicide record Of American
elties- An ANALYSIS OF his figures. Mr.. Hof-
man declares, "leaves no question cf doubt
that suicides are on the increase. ard the
record for 1908 proves that during last year
the rate was higher than during any
previous year for which at least approxi-
mately accurate data are available. Against
the rate of ISIS 10 the 10000 OF population
IN 1861, the rate for 1908 was rs or higher
oy over enc point than the exceptionally
high rate for 1904 of 207. The increase in
the rate for 1903 was to he I00.oo0 OF
population over the rate for 1907. and the
actual increase in the number OF suicides
during the year was sol. or Is.5 per cent.
While the corresponding increase in the
population during the same period was
only 2S per cent" The figures show ass
deaths by suicide in 1908 in sixty-fve cities
from which returns We're received.
In hfty-four of the cities the rate for
1903. Mr. Hoffman continues show ed an
increase in the suicide IA G over the previ-
Gus year. against fOTty-eisht such cities
in 1871; in only eleven cities during Is0S
VI as there q decrease In other words The
Increase in the rate was practically gen
eral. although not uniform. throughout the
&C cCUntry. The increase was greatest IN Salt
Lake City, but the highest rate t56-Z) OC-
CURED in Oakland. Cal, the same as in
Eo7. The average rate for the ten-year
period QS9S-I9JD vas highest for San Fran
cisco G0.6). followed by Oakland C2.Sl. Ho-
boken esd, st. Louis ESD and Denver
l24O. The table is seIf-expIanatory. and
requires no extended analysis.
a summary of the returns for each year
since 1894. together With the aggregate es-
tin1ated population OF the cities under con-
siGeration. is set forth in lhe next tacle
for the hfteen-year period ending with
1865 The returns have also been grouped
in hve-year periods. to emphasize more
clearly the increase In the rate, in con-
formity 10 the law Of large numbers, TO
eliminate minor fluctuations during indi-
vidual years:
New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
DIDN'T SPEAK TO HIS SON.
Father Came from Europe, Despite
Warning of Manager.

Jascha Bron- the siXteen-year-old violin
ist. who was 'discovored" in London re-
Gently by r Z Johnson, arrived here yes
terday alone III the first cabin of the Gu
narder Carmauis- His father. vho was in
the second ca bin. saw the boy occasionally
as he walked along the deck reserved for
first bin travellers, bIt he did not speak
10 him.
When he engaged Young Brou for his
American tour Mr.. Johnson specified that
the parents were not to accompany him.
Tho nlanarc- believes that parents inter-
fere with the pra-tica and the professional
success Of all prodigies
The boy was overcome with Joy yester-
DAY wfen his father clasped him in his
arms or the pier but the manager vas
annoyed. Through interpreter Mr. John
eon told the elder Bron that he must agree
10 keep av-av from the concerts or he would
send the boy back to London
The father explained that he could not
t.ar - let bis son go away from homo
q one and unknown TO the boy had booked
a second cabin passage on the Carmania.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
BANZAIS TO MIKADO
J4PS GATHER HERE.
Celebrate 18th Birthday 4nni-
Uersary of Emperor.

soft footed. slim young man silently
pulled down a yellow window shade before
the little portrait which hung in the centre
Of the stage wal. A rustic of approval
stirred among the six hundred Japanese in
the ROOM
What did he do that forr-' the visitor
asked of the other slim and courteous
youth, who was their host and Interpreter
1t is the rough work that is coming.
he whispered. The juggIers, they are
hey are-buffon-ligh;-t-iv II is in re-
spect for the Emperor that We cover the
portrait for we consider that he is with
US"
That was the spirit in which the SIX
hundred Japanese celebrated Tenchu-Setsu
the ffty-eighth birthday anniversary OF
their Emperor, in Carnegie Han. ,ast night.
They stood TO shout banzais to the EN-
peror and the President; they brought the
wailing, pain-struck music of Japan in a
phonograph, with a mahogany horn. and
girl who might have stepped from a du-
kussi print, IN her kimono Of faint old rose
and lavender, sang a song about straying
in the laytime morn. ana sang 1t very
prettIly
But with all the timed Occidental incon-
gruities. there was always the hint OF
tempered steel underneath Nothing was
more unlike those seric cus-minded cheers
than the traditional three and a tiger
unless it might be the vocal exercises of
college youths. And between the mahos-
any mouthed ph0nograph and the moving
pictures of Partisan push-cart races. there
was a place on the programme for a man
in the gray dress of the old warriors who
danced a sword dance He had the stage
for ten fearful minutes. When IT was over
the visitors had had Port Arthur explained
to them and what it costs to get a death
stroke in battle.
Most Of the prominent members of the
Japanese colCny were there and more than
a third OF all the Japanese inhabitants.
The presidents OF the two parts of the
evening were K. Imanishi and NJ. Fuku-
toni. There was a great deal of speaking
in Japanese. and an address in English by
General Stewart L Woodford. All hoped
that peace and friendIiness were to be con-
tinual and that the Emperor and the Presi-
dent might prosper.
There was some pretty Juggling by
young man and woman in gay clothes, and
a series of powerful pantomimes from the
history and mythology Of Japan. \ young
man with q strange instrument OF nasal
propensities rendered the song "kongo
Seki. the Diamond" to fierce cries Of
appreciation. America" and ''Kirni-ga-yo''
were sung by the audience standing
New-York tribune., 1909-11-04
Rate per
loo gN OF

When the sixty-dve cities are ARRANGED
according to size" the writer SAYS. 1T is
brought out that the degree OF suicidal
frequency is lowest in the small cities and
highest in the large cities During the ten
year period ending with 1907 the suicide
rate was 12.4 TO the 10000 OF population in
cities with less than 50oo0 inhabitants: it
was a. in cities with from $1,000 TO 80. .0OJ
inhabitants. and 1914 in cities with more
than 10000 population. During 1903 the
relative position was practically the same
or 13.1 for the first group. 1913 for the sec
ond. and 22.7 for the third Comparing 1908
with the average for the preceding decade,
the suicide rate increased OF per 10000
in the small cities. 5,s in the middle group.
and 3.3 in the group OF large cities
When the cities are grouped according TO
geographical location it appears that the
rate during the decade ending with 1907
was l5.s TO the 100000 OF population fo-
cities in the North Atlantic States, eO3 for
cities in the North Central States. I45 for
cities in the Southern States, and IT for
cities in the Western States. For 1908 the
relative position is practically the same
The rate was 195 for cities in the North
Atlantic States. 20 for cities in the North
Central States, 1916 for cities in the South
81
ern States IF the rates for 1905 are COM
pared with the average for the preceding
decade the increase is shown to have been
Sc in the North Atlantic cities. 2-3 in the
North Central cities, 81 in the Southern
cities, and 81 in the Western cities. Ac-
cording TO this analysis. the degree OF
suicidal frequency was. therefore. highest
in the cities of the Western States. where
there was also the most pronounced in
crease in the rate
An analysis of individual cases OF sui
eide would seem 10 sustain the conclusion
that the increase in suicidal frequency al
fects particularly the weIl-to-do, prosper
Gus and better educated clements OF the
population rather than the unfortunate, the
ignorant and the poor. Such a study OF
individual cases also reveals the fact of a
close connection between suicide and crime
in all It's phases. particularly. however
crimes OF a more serious character COM
mitted by men in high positions OF respons-
Utility, where the only alternative 10 es-
cape punishment is the termination OF life
by self-murder. Finally, there is positive
evidence of mental and physical deterora-
tion, and in part at least among those who
have come from the country 10 live in the
cities and TO whom the intensity OF city
life, it's opportunities for excitement and
temptation. prove disastrous, causing men
tai unbalance. nervous diseases and ma
teriaI, moral and spiritual discontent''