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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
H0NORS WERE WITH FARMER
Mail Carrier Must Have Realized
That He Picked Out Wrong Man
to Have Fun With,

The new mail carrier on the rural
tree delivery route glanced at the
name on the letter box by the road
side, stopped his horse. and spoke to
the roughly attired farmer with the
old slouch hat, who was resting his
sun-browned arms on the gate and
looking at him.
Il see," he said. your name is
Holmes"
Yes"
Beverly G?"
Yes, I'm the man that lives here" :"
ANY relation of Sherlock Holmes?"
gravely asked the carrier.
NO, SIR" answered the farmer, but
I'm detective enough to know that
you're not very good Judge of hu-
man nature. You took me for an igno-
ramus because I've got my old work
Ing duds on. I'm Sherlock Holmes
enough to look at a mans face and
eyes before l size him up as a
Some mail for me? Thanks. Youths
Companion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
A House Party,

Invitations to this party were sent
out on postcards on which there was
a snapshot of the hostess new home.
1t was a delightful affair, with unique
touches that clever entertainer al
ways contrives to give her little par
ties, no matter how informal.
After the dozen chosen friends had
arrived and duly admired the cozy
porch with its furnishings of green.
the maid appeared with cold beverages.
which the hostess poured then she
told them she wanted their very best
ideas regarding house building; that
for the two best plans there were
prizes.
Paper and pencils were passed and
half hour allotted for the architects
to turn in their creations. The result
was delightful. Each one was allowed
five minutes to explain the merits of
her plan. Some remarkably clever
ideas were developed and much un-
suspected talent revealed. The prizes
were subscriptions to well-known mag
azines devoted to household affairs,
and the favors were tiny wooden Jap
anese houses filled with bonbons. For
refreshments there were canteloupes
filled with New York ice cream, iced
tea and dainty English biscuit.
In week or two this same hostess
will entertain the same people, and
they will furnish" the houses planned
at this party.
1t may be readily seen how delight
full this exchange of ideas is and how
alert it keeps one in observing the
best arrangement OF all rooms The
making of a real home should be the
highest aim of every woman BY
that. I mean a home where the needs
of each individual are looked out for
with the best effect possible.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

The foundation must be cut - inches
wide and 9 inches deep, an extra incn
being allowed all round for turnings:
embroider one side with the design
shown; the leaves are in satin stitch,
the stalks in cording stitch, and the
berries In French knots. small sequins
or knots being used for the waved
line at lower edge of chaplet; the
harp is in fine cording- g-stitch- work
with gold tinsel thread
II the work is at all drawn, iron II at
the back over a thick blanket; now
cut a piece of stout cardboard 8
inches deep, and IL inches wide; score
1t with knife twice down the center,
at distances of three-quarters of an
inch. but do not cut 1t through;
stretch the embroidered material over
1t. turn in the edges and fix on the in
side Of card with seccotine.
For the lining, use thin silk stretched
over paper; fix evenly inside with
seccotine. This cover may either be
fixed to the back Of an old book, or It
may be used for magazine, the COW
ers of which may be slipped undeS
bands OF elastic hxed on the lining
each side Of the embroidered eosue.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
The ClothesIine Test.

LET me see her clothes on the
line," said an old-fashioned woman re-
Gently, land can tell you if she is a
good housekeeper." The test lies in
the way the garments are hung. II
the skirts are scattered around pro-
miscuously the woman lets garbage
stand on her kitchen table over night.
The skirts, like we men. should always
hang together, shoulder to shoulder,
and everything of its kind should hang
in a row.-Atchison Globe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
Murder and Suicide.

Denver.-Tuesday afternoon in an
apartment house on Lincoln avenue,
Thomas J. Halstead shot and killed
Mrs. George Elliott, who had been
known in Denver as the wife of Ray
c. Watson. a prominent young bust
ness man of Greeley, Colo. Over the
telephone. Harry Nugent, an acquaint-
ance Of the woman. heard the shot
that killed her. at the hands OF a
Jealous lover, and still clinging to the
receiver he heard the murdered
woman's sister cry out and then 4 sec
ond later the crash of the shot with
which the murderer blew out his
brains. Both of the victims died at
st. Joseph's hospital about midnight.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
A New Bonnet Party.

A hostess sent invitations to 20 of
her friends asking them to see an ex-
hibition of imported French millinery
at her home on the date specified. On
the top of the invitation was tiny
figure in a perfectly enormous hat.
Every one wondered what they were
to find and awaited the day with keen
curiosity. They were not disappointed,
for the large living room was ar
ranged like millinery shop a pretty
maid in cap with long ribbon bow
and beruffled apron futtered about
speaking broken English with q
charming French accent, and the
hostess was in trailing gown of un
mistakable French manufacture
Around the room on hat forms were
indescribable head coverings. made
from waste-paper baskets, chopping
bowls, colanders, bread pans etc.
The trimming consisted of lemons,
ears of corn, sunf1owers, cauliflower,
lollyhocks, combined with gay feath-
er busters, turkey quills, and even
birds nests had been pressed into
service. The guests went into gales
of laughter as they tried on the bur-
lesque creations. The maid exclaimed
Isl charmante, madame" in the most
approved manner.
The dearest little hats made of
crepe tissue paper held salted nuts
when refreshments were served by
maids in French costumes. The hos
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
Armored crvIser vov.oe.

Washington.-Admir Sebree's ar
mored cruiser squadron OF the Pacific
fleet, eight vessels, will be absent
from the United States on its coming
cruise to Asiatic waters a little more
than five months. It will visit Homo
lulu, Admiralty islands. Manila. where
the yearly target practice will be held,
and the ports Of Hongkong. Woo Sing.
sells will go to the Chinese and jap
squadron will assemble off Yokohama
January 18th, on which day it will
start home.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
PhysicIsn's Mean Trick.

A doctor was one day stopped in the
streets by one of his woman patients
whose malady was purely imaginary.
The doctor, who was known for his
intolerance of and nonsympathy with
such invalids, after listening some
what impatiently to the woman's de-
tailed account of all her feelings and
symptoms, told her to shut her eyes
and put out her tongue. She prompt
ly did so. On opening her eyes in a
few seconds the doctor was nowhere
to be seen, and the woman awoke to
the fact that he had left her standing
by herself in busy thoroughfare with
her eyes shut and her tongue hanging
out.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
M7iN1HiE!{
-

Hosiery novelties include stock
ings of shaded silk.
Overskirts of soft material are mo-
dish and are here to stay.
Valenciennes lace, real and imita-
ton. is in demand once more.
Cluny lace is as great favorite as
1t was a season or two ago.
Folds and fichus over the shoulders
are quite a feature of the summer
evening dresses.
All of the new outing hats, as well
as the finer straws, show a decided
roll at the brim.
The scarf which matches the gown
is becoming one of the familiar feat
ures for the light wrap.
Foulard facing for the smart re-
vers sounds a new note In tailoring
and dress combinations.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
A Basket Shower.

A Basket Shower.
Did you ever happen to think how
many varieties of baskets there are?
l never did until my attention was
called to the fact by novel basket
shower given for a September bride
to-be.
The hostess asked each guest to
bring a basket of some description.
AS the "a guests were all intimate
friends they consulted among them
selves. so the selections made did
not include duplicates. There was
stunning brown Wistaria waste bas-
ket; one of same weave to hold fruit;
market basket made by a Dutch
peasant; a clothes basket; tiny COW
cred basket to hold a thimble. This
was in a round work basket, that also
had a scissors shield woven to match.
There was a clothes hamper, and a
cunning covered basket with handle.
just large enough to hold lunch for
two.
To go with these baskets there was
tea or coffee rest woven of sweet
grass to use when serving on the
porch, and quaint wall holders in
which a tumbler could be inserted to
hold wild flowers. The honored guest
was perfectly delighted with this
shower, for it turned out that baskets
was one of her hobbies. By the way.
lately l have found SO many people
basket crazy, some of the younger
women actually taking lessons of the
Indians who come to summer resorts
selling the pretty creations they have
made during the long winter months
on the reservations.
MADAME MERRI
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

A reciprocal patent treaty between
the United States and Germany, of
far-reaching Importance to the CON-
mercial world, was simultaneously
promulgated August 1st by President
Taft and the emperor of Germany
Representative w. A. Reeder of
Kansas, reported to the police that he
had been robbed of 500 by a pick
pocket while moving through the
crowd at the Union station at Wash
ington. where he was waiting to board
a train for Seattle, Wash, whence he
will sail for Honolulu and China.
Pursuant to the policy and under
direction of Secretary Ballinger. Frank
Pierce. acting secretary Of the inte-
rior, has withdrawn for temporary
power sites 1904 acres of land along
the White river and its tributaries
In the state of Colorado, with the
view of reporting to congress those
Withdrawals in order that proper legis-
lation may be enacted by congress to
preserve the power sites to the gov
ernment and prevent monopolies.
At the request of Secretary Ballin-
Der Attorney General Wickersham has
detailed Assistant Attorney General A.
C. Campbell OF the department of JUS
tice to deliver an address upon the
legal aspects of the government recla-
nation of arid lands at the coming
national irrigation congress to be held
at Spokane August 9. Mr.. Campbell
represented the government in the
Kansas-C Colorado irrigation controver-
sy and is regarded as an authority on
irrigation law.
The House Saturday, July 31st,
adopted the conference report on the
tariff bill, 1876 to 1873. Twenty Repub-
licans voted against the report and
two Democrats for It,
A bill introduced by Senator Gug-
genheim authorizes the Secretary of
the Interior to sell the city of La
Junta 3,84U acres of land to be used
for park purposes.
The Wright brothers will receive
$50 900 from the government for their
aeroplane, s.. 900 OF which fs the bonus
for excess in speed over the contract
requirement.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
GENERAL NEWS.

The cities of Acapulco and Chilpan-
cingo, Mexico, were almost totally de-
Stroyed by series of earthquake
shocks Friday and Saturday, July Both
and 31st
On Sunday, August LIST, Theodore
Roosevelt attended the Scotch church
OF Nairobi and made donation to the
local Young Mems Christian associa-
ton.
On the night of July 28th, 4.56
inches of rain fell at Detroit, Mich,
breaking all records since the weather
bureau was established thirty-eight
years ago. Considerable minor dam.
age was done.
While experimenting at Lorient.
France, with a military aeroplane OF
his invention, Lieutenant Cros OF the
French army was caught in q squall
and dashed to the, ground. He suf-
fered severe injuries.
Eighteen Of the twenty companies
writing burglary insurance in Chicago
are seeking to organize local associ.
atfon. 1t Is desired to obtain uniform
rates and commissions and to control
the number of agencies.
The International Typographical
Union. at its annual meeting to be
held in St Joseph, Mo-. in August. will
consider the advisability Of an insur-
ance department or the payment Of an
Increased mortuary benefit.
The minister Of war has prohibited
the departure from Spain Of all per-
sons subject to military duty under
the penalty Of being considered desert
,ers. The government has also placed
i ban ON the sale Of foreign papers
containing accounts OF recent events
an Catalonia and Morocco.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
A Hot Presentation.

Il want you to prescribe for mt.
DOCTOR" said the sallow-complexioned
man. II have cold feet; what would
you suggest?"
"a ton of coal, promptly replied
the witty physician. Five dollars.
please"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPho,
STORY OF THE week
oHoWlN0 THE PROGRESS OF
GvGNTe IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDA
WESTERN NEWS.

The Transmississippi Commercial
Congress will be in session at Denver
August 10th to 21st.
Twenty persons were injured. five
seriously. at Chicago on the I'd inst.
by the bursting of a street car motor.
Harry Rubes. living five miles
northwest of Spencer, Ia, was struck
over the heart by pitched ball during
baseball game and died almost in
stantly.
Miss Margaret Stauffer, who was a
federal nurse during the Civil war and
was associated with Mother Bicker-
dyke. died in Merriam. Kan, July 2S,
aged SO.
The Western Pacific has begun reg
ular train service from Salt Lake to
Elko. New, a distance of 26S. miles.
For the present the schedule calls for
three trains week each way.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, principal OF
the Chicago Normal school since 1905.
and an educator of national reputa-
ton, has been chosen as superintend-
ent of the entire Chicago school sys-
TEN.
Fifty specialists on dry farming will
hold a three-day session at Cheyenne
August 25-27. The state and national
experts will attend, with delegates
from all of the arid and semi-arid
states of the West
The cigarette is an outlaw in Min
nesota. The new state law prohibiting
the sale went into effect August 1st,
and it is now illegal to put them on
the market. 1t is estimated that a
million cigarettes were sold during the
last day.
Owen Rowley laughed himself to
death at Chicago a few nights since.
His cousin, Edward Rowley, told a
funny story while they were sitting on
an iron railing. and Ovens spasm OF
mirth shook him off into the base
ment fifteen feet below, breaking his
spine.
In an attempt to surpass the record
flight, 1.205 miles in a free balloon.
now held by France, Lieut.. James e.
Ware Of the signal corps of the United
States army, Charles ]. Glidden and
Prof. H. H. Clayton will undertake to
fly from Fort Omaha, Neb., to Boston
early in October
The biggest days shipment of de-
ciduous fruit in the history of the Sac
ramento valley was made from Sacra-
mento July 31st when the California
Fruit Distributors started 221 cars to
various Eastern markets. Last year
on the same date 125 cars were for
warded which was the record for the
season.
William J. Bryan at Chicago denied
the rumor that he is going to leave
Nebraska and make his home in
Texas. II have been annoyed by
questions of this sort ever since l
bought little farm in Texas, said
Mr.. Bryan. Il will make a winter
home there. perhaps. but positively l
have no intention of leaving Lincoln
or Nebraska"
Adolfe Rossi. Italian consul at Dem
yer, has been appointed consul ge-
eral Of the first class for the Rocky
mountain district, with headquarters
in Denver. He has been acting consul
general since November, 1908 and this
promotion puts him at the head af all
of the Italian consular officers n this
country, he being next in rank to the
Italian ambassador at Washington.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
Lac Atlanta Foot. Easa.

It IL the only relief for Swollen Smart
Ing, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. ASK for Aliens Foot
Ease, q powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen 8. Olmsted. Leroy, N. =.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

A feeling of security and freedom
from anxiety pervades the home in which
Hamlins Wizard Oil is kept constantly
on hand Mothers know it can always b.
depended upon in time of need.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

Every one should consider himself
entrusted not only with his own con
duct, but with that of others.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing eyruP.
For eAfdren eeethinG softens the gures, redaeos -
1a1os5Qo ailays pain, cures vfnd ooi10. - 6osos
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
A CERTAIN METHOD

for curing cramps diarrhea and Is using
Painkiller (Pcrry Davs). This medicine has sus-
taned the reputation for over 70 c, &c and
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

tess said paste, glue. nails, huge pins
and linen thread We're used in con-
structlng the display of headgear and
really the joke hats looked about as
well as the monstrosities shown in
the shops and actually worn by wom-
en- who consider themselves lost to
the world if not adorned with the very
latest head covering regardless of the
fact that it may be most unbecoming.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK.

She-Yes, they are engaged.
know she refused him twice. but the
third time he proposed she accepted
him.
Her Husband-Served him right.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

This cover measures, when made.
. inches deep and about 5k inches
wide; Of course. the design may be
used for a larger size, by allowing
more margin of plain material at the
edges. Linen, silk, or satin may be
used for the foundation,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07
Not Worth the Time.

No man resolved to make the most
Of himself can spare time for personal
contention.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

Undertake deliberately, but having
begun, persevere.-Wren.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-08-07

People who admire US are dways
pleasant company.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-11-10
Try This in November.

thousands upon thousands of fam
ines VINO have not been regular eat
ers OF Quaker Oats will begin on the
1rst OF November and eat Quake,
oats once or twice every day for thirty
days Of this month; the result in
good health and more strength and
vigor will me;R that every other
month IN the year will find them doing
the same thing.
Try it! Serve Quaker Oats plcnti.
'uIiy and frequently for the thirty
days OF November and leave off n cor.
responding amount of meat and greasy
foods. You'll get more health, moro
vlSor and strength than YOU ever got
IN thlrty days Of any other kind of
eating
While you are trying this see that
the children get a full share.
The best food for them Quaker
oats is also packed in hcrmctically
sealed tins for hot climates; keoys in.
definitely. ?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-11-10

This distressing disease results
from a disordered condition of the
stomach, and can be cured by taking
Chamberlain stomach and Liver
Tablets Get free sample al Laurens
Drug Company's drugstore and Try IT,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-26
SCHOOL FOR SLEUTHS

T OS ANGELES, the principal educa-
tional center of the west, has all
IL kinds of schools; therefore we
should not be surprised to see school
for private detectives added to the
others. Yet the results of a school or
college for detectives are dreadful to
contemplate. Nearly every boy at some
period of his boyhood has a keen desire
to be a detective. He is generally di-
vided between that desire and an am
bition to become road agent, but when
he finds the road agent business is not
what it used to be he decides to devote
his talents to detecting. If at this
psychical moment the canvasser or the
literature of the detectives school
should reach him his parents or guard
ians will be compelled to let him take
a course. Therefore, in a few years,
hundreds and perhaps thousands of
certihcated detectives will be turned
loose on the community.
If an ever increasing number of peo-
pie should devote their lives to detect
fng each other what will become Of
society? viii detectives detect detec-
tives, and will the detectives who have
been detected detect the detectives who
detected them?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-26
NO BIG WARS

Y OGDEN ARMOUR says in spite
of all the war talk there will
- never be any more big wars
between great nations. According to
this authority the financiers will put
an end to war. They realize the fact
that as a rule a war costs more than
it is worth. The market and distribut-
ing problems will be amicably adjusted
by the nations, and they will co-Ope-
rate in a great plan for prosperity and
peace.
Mr.. Armour points out that in conse-
quence of the distribution and appor-
tionment of modern investments, no
first rate nation could go to war with
out damaging the interests of it's own
citizens as much as those of the foe. We
believe this has always been the case,
but for some reason 1t has not been
recognized until recently. The victory
of Japan over Russia was by no means
the first triumph" that left the vic
tor completely exhausted.
When a vanquished opponent can
not pay the indemnity demanded by
the victor the economical situation
created for the unhappy taxpayer of
the conquering nation is paradoxical.
The government must pay the costs of
the war, and if they cannot be col
lected from the enemy. they must be
collected from the people of the con-
quering nation. When taxpayers rea-
lie this thoroughly war will become
highly unpopular-in fact, 1t will go
out of fashion.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-26
HOW CAN YOU ENTRUsT THIS
SAVAGE WITH THE sALLoTi

LOS ANGELES, June 24.-[Editor
uerald1: yes" says Prof Starr of the
University of Chicago in the Red BOOK
for July, woman lives in an old, ola
world. She thinks the old thoughts,
feels the old gewgaws Chave you settlea
that iewelrv bill?) she is thrilled by
the world-old hopes and fears. Ihere
is only one older member OF soelety, !,
there is only one other that can contest
with her. The child, of course, Is the
oldest of human beings; the woman Is
next nearest to the childhood OF the
race. and the priest comes third.
"She is the founder of new sects III
which the religious attitude OF saVagery
is given high sounding names ana
maintained by the most select mdl-
viduals: she dabbles constantly IN tns
occult. and spiritualism and mehIal
science and the occult are among the
oldest ideas of savagery. AND Wneh sll5 .
reaches the ideal of God how naive anu aId
crudely anthropomorphic Is her ieAi
conception ,.
ebolic. the words imply each other !"
Feeling a little shaky as to "anabolic
7 have looked it up in the Century dic-
tionarv and find "anabolism' thus ue-
fined. 'eThe process is attended WIN
the absorption and storing up OIL
energy" There you have it. Woman
is the great absorber. Prof: starr Is at
son,a Mains to show that this is func-
tionsl. -. 49, .o,,,iI-
ization is no better than savagery OF
barI,arism," Prof. Starr would give TINS
anabolic savage the ballot. 1t does not
matter.