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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
Amuse me nts for Summer Parties.

This is the season of outdoor enter
tainments, for most of our readers, ii
not sojourners by the sea or on the
mountain top, may arrange for novel
entertainments in the open air by uti'
lizing what is near-the parks, the
reaches of inland lake or rivers, the
shady lawn of the home place or some
adjacent country side reached by the
ever-present trolley car.
A fagot party is not new, but this
way Of conducting one has new fea-
lures A circle of pine trees was the
setting for little fireplace made OF
stones. on which paper and dry twigs
were ready to be touched of.
Each guest was presented with a
bundle of fagots to which was at
tached a number; duplicate number
was given out. The hostess re-
quested the guest who drew No. l to
look at the fagots; if he had No. 1 the
bundle was laid on the blaze, and he
had to tell story, sing a song or
dance a jig while the fagots burned.
1t really was another way of conduct
ing stunt" party. One guest re-
cited some clever negro dialect,
bits she had collected while in the
south; man gave some college
stories; a sweet singer rendered some
Hawaiian love songs which she
learned from the natives while on the
island. The result was very good
There were IL guests and II bundles
of fagots burned underneath the tall
pines. Refreshments were served on
the inclosed porch of the summer cot
tage. A candle was at each plate
held by a drop of melted wax onto a
wooden picnic plate; by it was a
wooden skewer; with it marshmallows
were toasted over the candle and
eaten with ice cream and small cakes
There was impromptu singing of col
lege songs to the accompaniment of
the hostess guitar. All the girls wore
tub suits and the men came with neg
ligee shirts with duck or flannel
trusers and serge coats.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
GENERAL NEWS.

4 Fire at Gautemala City. Guatemala,
lDn the 14th inst. occasioned . loss OF
b million dollars.
A son was born at Paris on the 18th
Inst. to the Princess de Sagan, who
was Miss Anna Gould Of New York.
Prince Helie de Sagan and Nine. Anna
Gould were married July Z, 1908, after
Ter divorce from Count Boni de Cas-
ellane
Don Carlos Of Bourbon. pretender to
he Spanish throne, died on the 18th
hst., at Varez in lombard. He had
een i'll for long time.
Twelve more deaths. due to lock-
hw, as q result of the Fourth of July
celebration. were reported ON the 14th
hst.. bringing the total number up to
M.
"A The United States revenue cutter
Herry recently seized the Japanese
Ealing schooner Taxi. with eighteen
enmwhile they were killing seals
ithK three miles Of the Pribylof
Glands.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

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shoulder
~ Fold cloth halves together hold securely
of Mark around the edge plate and
nine inches from the fold then eight inches in from this for the
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the edge to be embroidered sRsaSer.-Rsson Globe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
TOLD TO USE CUTlcURA.
After Specialist Failed to Cure Her In
tense Itching Eezema-Had Been
Tortured and Disfigured But
Was Soon Cured Of Dread Humor.

II contracted eczema and suffered
Intensely for about ten months. At
times l thought l would scratch my
self to pieces. My face and arms were
covered with large .ed patches, so
that l was ashamed to go out. was
advised to go to doctor who was
a specialist in skin diseases. but I
received very little relief. I tried
every known remedy, with the same
results. thought l would never get bet
ter until a friend Of mine told me to try
the Cuticura Remedies. So tried them.
and after four or five applications OF
Cuticura Ointment 1 was relieved OF
my unbearable itching. l used two
sets of the Cuticura Remedies. and
am completely cured. Miss Barbara
KraL Highlandtown, Md. Jan. 9, 'OS."
Potter Drug 4 Chem Corp. Sole Props. Boston
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
Y.M.C.A. MEETING
IN ESTES PARK
WESTERN CONFERENCE BEGINS
ITS SESSION AT WIND
RIVER.
MANY NOTED VISITORS
FINANCIAL COMMITTEE cONSiD-
ERiNG PROJECT OF PERMA-
NENT ASSEMBLY HALL.

Estes Park.-The Rev. Perry V. Jen.
ness of the kirkwood Church, ST.
Louis. Monday opened the first week
day session of the Western Conference
of the Y. M. C. A., at Wind River.
He called special attention to this
years motto of the conference, pas
sage from Exodus: And he went, and
met him in the mountain of God"
The afternoon was devoted by the
more recreative members OF the con-
ference. to athletics and the climbing
of the nearby peaks and crags, while
the financial committee talked inform
ally about the building of large per-
manent assembly hall, new water
system and the construction of roads
and walks through the grounds.
At this evenings campfire, Robert
Freeman of Buffalo, N. Y, gave one
of his happy talks, a pleasing mixture
of fine vein of humor and earnest
appeal
Howard Agnew Johnston of Colo
rado Springs is to deliver four lee
lures during the conference.
Edward w. Peck, state secretary for
the association for Minnesota, is in
charge of the music and singing, and
under his direction a splendid chorus
has been developed, which is one of
the most delightful features of the
meeting
Quite prominent both in the spirit
ual and financial affairs of the present
meet is William +. Sweet of Denver,
while the executive secretary of the
conference, A. G. Pearson of the Den
Yer association, is everywhere in evi-
dence looking after the comfort and
entertainment of visitors.
Among other important members of
the conference present are f. l.. Star
rett of California; d. w. Pollard of
Bishop of Missouri r. E. Wait Of Ar
kansas; w. S. Falls, X. A. Shumaker
and G. f. Terrigo of Kansas; J. P.
Bailey, c. NJ. Mayne and A. l.. John
son of Nebraska C. G. Titus and w
A. Wilson of Texas. and II. w. Moore
and G. S. Bilheimer OF Colorado.
The Young Women's Christian AS
sociation has representative here In
the person of Mrs. Lester Mclean
state secretary of the Y. w. c. A. OF
Colorado and Wyoming. She is te
speak on several subjects OF interest
to both associations.
The Wind River grounds are beauti
full this year and the visiting members
are expressing great satisfaction over
the fact that the financial committee
has purchased so beautiful a place for
the permanent camp OF the confer
ence,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
Golden Hear. Pioneer Preacher.

Golden.-Golden people had the
pleasure Sunday night of listening to
Rev. Jacob Adriance, the pastor who
founded the Methodist church at Col
den fifty years ago, his address being
the climax of week of celebration
which local Methodists have INDUCED
in in honor of the golden anniversary
of the Golden church.
July II, 1859, the first services were
held in Golden, which was then a
thriving, hustling frontier mining
and outfitting camp. In order to
procure place in which to preach his
sermon. Rev. Adriance was compelled
to enlist the aid of the generous-heart-
ed saloonkeepers and gamblers. who
refrained from plying their vocations
long enough for the services to be
held in the large tent used as sa-
loon and gambling house.
Il would call Saturday." said Rev.
Adriance, "and arrange for its use
then post notices in all the hotels and
saloons of the time OF services. On
appearing at the tent door Sunday
morning the piles Of money, cards.
chips etc, would quickly disappear
a number Of beer kegs would be placed
on end and rough boards placed across
for seats The tent would soon fill up
and all would be attentive"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
A Progressive Picnic.


The guests We're children from
eight to ten; the hostess was a ia
vored lass, who went to the country
every summer. A regular hay-rack
wagon met them at the station; it had
boards across the side SO no one could
spill out and was gayly decorated
with sunflowers, boughs of trees and
cattaiis.
The unique feature of this picnic
was in the serving of refreshments
Each child was given a wooden plate
and paper napkin. Then over the
grounds We're interesting booths.
shaded by large green and white UNI
brellas. They were also placarded
No. l, No 2, etc. There was grown
person to lead at the head of the pro-
cession. The first stop was No. l..
which proved to be lemonade with
a big porcelain cup for each child.
No. was sandwiches, cold meats. po-
tato salad and olives. Here the
guests sat in a semi-circle on a big
rug. Then they progressed to No. 3,
and had ice cream; then to No. 4,
where the booth had bonbons and
fruit. No 5 had piles of little bags.
and was the starting point for a pea.
nut; some were gilded. some silnsred.
and some tied with blue ribbon The
gold nuts scored 20. silver 10 and
blue ribbons were 5. The ono who
had the highest score won a prize,
the next highest and the lowest also
had rewards. Altogether it wSs q
most successful affair.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

given me, and I am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. s. FoRD,
1898 Lansdowne ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It has
stood the test of years and to-day IL
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. It has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache.
that bearing down feeling, flatulency,
Indigestion, and nervous prostration.
after all other means had failed.
II you are suffering from any Of these
ailments, don't t give Up e hope ~. until ~ you
table Compound trial
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham. LYnnp
thousands to health tree q
0ha1 GO
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

Representative Taylor has secured
the adoption by the house of an
amendment to the emergency appro-
priation bill to pay w. H. Clark and
A. H. Adams Of Meeker, $500 for
surveying ten townships Of lands in
Routt county for the government in
1904. The original contractor, Will
liam C. O'Brien, failed to make the
survey, which was sublet by his bonds
men to Clark and Adams. local cngi-
neers. They completed the survey,
but through the delay caused by
O'Brien's failure, the funds provided
lapsed into the treasury and legisla-
ton was required to again provide
funds to pay for the work.
Work is in progress at the stone
quarries and crushing plant of Doane-
Westcott company near Golden. The
rock is quarried from the cliffs Of
South Table mountain, about 400 feet
above Golden. The product is a basalt
rock which is pronounced one of the
finest paving materials to be found In
the United States.
Miss Mary Rippon. professor Of
German and literature at the Uni
versity OF Colorado for twenty-five
years, has resigned on account of i'm
paired health and will be the first pro-
fessor of the university to take ad.
vantage of the Carnegie pension fund
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

Mohamed Ali. the dethroned shaA
who took refuge in the Russian sum-
mer legation at Teheran, declined to
receive a deputation to inform him Of
his deposition.
There was slight earthquake shock
at Mason City. ILL.,. on the night of the
18th inst. Windows ratified, doors were
shaken open and hundreds of people
rushed into the streets. No damage
was reported.
The United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals, in a decision handed down
at San Francisco, has sustained the
constitutionality of the federal enact
ments providing that cattle or sheep
in transit by rail must be watered and
fed every twenty-eight hours.
A mob of 100 mountaineers attacked
two officers from Oklahoma at Camel
City, KY, on the 18th inst, and forced
them to surrender their prisoner. The
officers had arrested Grover Whitaker.
charged with shooting his wife at their
home in Ardmore, Okla. several
months ago
Walter Winans. the American horse
man and revolver shot, broke the
worlds record at the running deer tar
get during the rifle shooting competi-
tion at Bisley. England. on the 18th
inst. Mr.. Winans. during the Olympic
games last year. broke the worlds
record at shooting at moving target.
Herbert Latham, the French aviator,
attempted to cross the English Chan
=. ol on ha 10Th in hic
but after covering sixteen miles his
motor failed and the machine fell in
the water. from which he was rescued
unhurt by the French torpedo boat
destroyer Harpoon. He says that he
will try again.
The jury in the contested will case
OF the late Colonel Thomas Smell at
Clinton, ILL.,, returned verdict finding
that Smell was not competent to make
will The estate is valued at s1,500,-
000 Many love letters written and
received by Smell were submitted as
evidence to show that he was afflicted
with senile insanity.
What is believed to be the highest
price ever paid in London for do
nestle cat-namely, S525-was given
by Mrs. Lynas of Chicago for Rob Roy
H., England's champion male Chin
chilla Persian cat, and the winner of
numerous prizes. The animal will be
sent to the United States on the
steamer Majestic.
Two trunks, said to contain the miss
ing books of F. Augustus Heinze and
the United States Copper Company.
were turned over to the federal author
tiles in New York on the 18th inst.
They have been missing for almost
two months and have been the basis
OF the recent contempt proceedings.
They were found, it is understood. in
a house in West Fifty-ninth street
A new dirigible torpedo recently pat
ented by Swedish inventor, has
aroused great interest in Swedish ma
val circles. The projectile Is operated
by electricity. 1t is said to have a
range of 5000 yards, and its course
can be altered while under water at
the will of the operator. Furthermore,
it can be exploded whenever desired.
and it has a speed of thirty knots an
hour at any depth.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

President Taft has decided to ap.
point Charles r. Crane of the manu-
featuring firm of Crane & Co. Of Chi
cago as minister to China.
Upon conviction by courtmartial for
passing bogus checks and failing to
pay his debts. Mai. Charles J.
Clark, Twenty-sixth infantry, sta
toned in the Philippines. has been
dismissed from the army.
The Democratic Congressional COM
mittee is preparing for the fall cam
paign. Chairman Lloyd declares that
information he has received from all
parts of the country indicates that the
Democrats are more hopeful OF elect
ing Democratic house than they have
been for many years.
A party of twenty-five senators and
members of the House is preparing to
visit Hawaii in response to an invita-
ton from the Hawaiian Legislature
The party will sail from San Fran
cisco August oath. Eighteen days will
be spent in Hawaii during which time
the four largest islands of the group
will be visited.
The wiping off the map of two i'm
posing mountain peaks, Perry Peak
and Mccullough Peak, the transforma-
ton of a bay into a lake, and the
springing into existence of two brand
new islands are the astonishing feats
Of nature discovered in Bering sea by
a government party and reported to
the treasury department.
Cooperation between the governors
OF the various states and territories
and the division of information Of the
department of commerce and labor to
promote a more beneficial distribution
of aliens in the congested centers OF
the country is sought in a communica-
ton sent to the chief executive of the
states by T. v. Powderly. chief Of the
division Of information.
A report to the reclamation service
received from the Gunnison tunnel,
the headings of which met on July
9Th, states that the error in alignment
was .O4 Of q foot. or about half an
inch. The error In grade 3.84 inches.
The length of the tunnel checked to
within SO of q foot (about 10 inches),
of the triangulation calculation. This
Is q most satisfactory showing consid-
ering that the tunnel Is six miles In
length.
Eastern policy holders of the North
western Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany are reported to be planning
movement to remove the offices Of the
company from Milwaukee to the East,
or to some state where the insurance
laws are not so drastic as in Wiscon-
sin.
The annihilation OF the pirate ship.
together with its crew. which was
supposed to have captured an Amer
ican citizen In the waters Of British
North Borneo, has been reportedoto
the State Department by the British
ambassador. The destruction was the
work of his maiesty's ship Merlin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

the various members assigning them
their special topic for the years
work.
The Egyptian flag is to be on each
missire in lieu of a stamp.
A friend of the hostess who has
lived in Africa for eight years will be
an honored guest and will make the
affair most interesting by her account
of life on an ostrich farm and her
experiences with native servants.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
For a CinerelIa Dance.

The Cinderella club is an organiza.
tion of some 20 couples, their one law
being to close all festivities a. mid.
night proptly. Each season they give
a dance to which two guests may be
bidden by each couple. The invita-
tions are always issued on slipper
shaped cards, the table centerpiece
Is formed of white slipper iilled
with flowers, placecards are slipper.
shaped and sometimes If the Ger.
man" is danced figure is worked
out bringing in the magic pumpkin
coach, candy mice favors. fairy wands.
etc. At ~ O'Clock gong clangs out
the strokes very slowly and the iighta
are extinguished.
MADAME MERRI.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
Serial No. 7of.

When Uncle Sam went out after fake drugs
and patenv medicines, DIR. Mitchelfs Eye
Salve with never a change in formula or
label at once registered and received Sc
rial No. 7Ol. The influence of DIR. Mitch
ellis Eye Salve has ever spread through
honest merit. Unfailing cure for sore.
weak and inhamed eyes. Price % cents.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
Laymen Combat White Plague.

According to recent figures pub
lished by the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis, nearly so per cent. OF
those enlisted in the active campaign
against consumption are laymen, and
the percentage of lay,nen has tripled
in -he last four years.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

1rOm nrcgluan-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. I had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when l began to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
I felt as though
now 1ifo hoH hoor
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
Vmportant to Mothere.
Spectacular Oil Fire.

The most spectacular fire ever wit
messed in the oil industry was at one
of the Des Bocas wells in Mexico.
About $4,000 barrels of oil were
burned up daily for nearly two
months. The flames rose to heights
of 500 to l 400 feet.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
A Raro Good Thing,

"Am using ALIENS FOOT-EASE. and
can truly say l would not have been with
out it so long, had l known the relief II
would give my aching feet. I think 1t a
good thing for anyone having sore
or tired feet-Mrs Matilda Holtwert.
Providence, r. l." Sold by all Druggists.
25c. Ask to-day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
A Series of ereakaees.

Banks had his engagement bro
ken"
Did he take it hard?"
"Yes; after it was broken off, he
was all broken up, and then he broke
down"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

One trouble with the habitually
crooked man is that he never knows
which way he is turning.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24
AFTER
FOURYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Nd. d.-"For four years
my life was misery to me. suffered
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-24

Never were linen suits more pop
ular than now.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-05
JUSTICE HARLAN MOVED"
brought sis go Pounds Into Ian Of
FruiI Young Tadv


There are fewer figures Fe-ro~ -l-7ov-n
and there are stjIi fewer men better liked
than Justice Harlan OF the United states
supreme Court The justice and his
most lovabie wife were returning from,
the ceremonies ~ the CAPITOL YESTERDAY
and were most democraucaIIy riding in p
street car.
or course. there was % ,--sh b--- -re-
happened 70 be for,u---- in finding .
car where there was ne or two left.
Mrs Harlan got he- -I the iusfjca
thought be had his T. IS maz1ffcerfrv
u9EderoUs and properly slow and 5ieDi-
ned Of movement he did not. snna~-
entity, realize that there was something
akin 70 horde Of very active young
women in their wake.
Seeing that his wife had secured. q. sea1
the Justice prepared 10 take It easy across
the aisle Taking hold OF the back of
the seat iu 'front.' te settled down s!owrr-
Soc slowly. i1 fact. for a sprv YOUNG
person from out Of the wilds s1mewhe-.
slipped quickly under Justice Harlan. and
when the dignided member Of the court
Of last resort did settle he found himself
in the lap OF strange and very pretty
female. She looked like q timid. shrink
Ing young tains, and she very properly
sirUnk.
Who wouldn't with Justice Harlan's -
pounds of Sood American brain and
hraWn2 The timid young thing got red
iH the face. hut the justice got rcdder.
lie rose with S-avity and some indecfsion.
apoiosized for having taken the lady's
sea- and walked over TO his wife and
said.
Il thought 7 had a seat. and I had. but
Il VAS not just up TO my expectations. It
was hit more than ] expected. so 7
moved. I don't know how the lady liked
81. 7 just moved and then he chu-zIed