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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
TROUBLE IN ROYAL PALACE.
Tldinas Borne by Amateur Actor SUI
ficient to Lead Hearers TO Ex-
pect the Worst.


The Shakespeare club OF New Or
leans used to give amateur theatrical
performances that were distinguished
for the local prominence Of the actors
Once a social celebrity, with gor-
geous costume, as one Of the lords in
waiting had only four words to say:
"The queen has swooned." AS he
stepped forward his friends applauded
vcciferously. Bowling his thanks, he
faced the king and said, in high
pitched voice: 1.-THE swoon. has
queened."
There was a roar of laughter; but
he waited patiently, and made an
other attempt:
"The sween has cooned."
Again the walls trembled and the
stage manager said in a voice which
could be heard all over the house,
Come off, you doggoned fool"
But the ambitious amateur refused
to surrender. and in a rasping fall
setto, as he was assisted off the stage,
he screamed: ''The coon has
sweened. Success Magazine.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
The ArtIess Boy.

The boy bowed politely to the gro
Ger.
Il understand" he said, that you
want boy, sir VIII you kindly look
me over"
q only pay So" said the grocer. alb
ruptly.
Z understood" said the boy. that
you paid four"
The grocer nodded.
Il did pay four" he said, until
saw in the paper the other day that
Millionaire Rogers began his business
career on SO a week"
The boy smiled.
But I don't expect to be a million
aire,' he said. Il don't care to be
rich-Id much rather be good"
The grocer was so much pleased
with this artless reply that he com
promised with the boy for three and
a half.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
The Newer Way.

Many ideas in regard to women
have entirely changed, and among
the better and wiser changes is that
old thought that the women who
were given to good works must needs
be dOwdy. 1t is undeniable that
good" women used to wear dowdi-
ness as a sort of hall mark of vir-
tue. AS a matter of fact, dowdiness
Is merely mark of bad taste and a
sign of some lack in the mind. Won
en- are no longer lacking in the wis
dom that chooses pretty rather than
ugly clothing, and those who do not
make the best of their appearance are
losing a golden opportunity of giving
pleasure.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

gathered from every portion of the
United States. the nations defenders
who had been permitted to again
greet their former comrades in arms
and attend to the necessary business
of the organization which is the pride
of every loyal American. joined in
singing God be With Us Till We
Meet Again." and the convention.
one of the most successful and en-
joyable in many ways ever held, came
to a close.
While for FIVE days the veterans
had been granted the freedom of the
city, and had been feted and enter
taind in true western style during
every moment that they were not en-
gagged in the conduct of the business of
the organization, at the convention
hall in the Tabernacle, a great mum
Der Of the visitors were so well
pleased with the reception given
them by the people of Utah as a
whole that they will remain in Utah
several days. making side trips from
Salt Lake City, and visiting points OF
interest they were unable to see dur
ing the time allotted for the business
sessions.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

women. One Of the greatest under.
takings Of the w. r. C. is the reclaim
ing Of Andersonville prison and the
making Of this as a free gift TO the
Union.
The Ladies' of the Grand Army OF
the Republic was organized in 1886,
and numbers some 10000 women. its
work being along the same general
line Of that undertaken by the Won
ans Relief Corps. President Taft has
lately been elected an honorary mem
Der Of this organization.
The Daughters OF Veterans is just
what the name implies, daughters or
granddaughters of the men who fought
in the civil war.
Mrs. Jennie l. Berry of Cedar Rap
Ids. Iowa. was chosen president OF the
National Woman's Relief Corps at
Thursdays session. She was elected
by an overwhelming majority.
Mrs. Della Rawlings Henry of Kan
sas City, Mo-, was chosen president
of the Ladies of the Grand Army OF
the Republic at Fridays session.
Mrs. Minnie T. Guitland of AL
lance, Ohio. was victorious in the
race for president Of the Daughters
Of Veterans.
Commander in-Chief Nevius. in biz
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

In A. d. Fearaidhach-Fionfa
was an Irish king, most just and
good prince who was slain by his
successor, Fiachadh-Fion, who was
treated to a similar fate by Finchadh-
Fionohudh, the prince with the white
cows" who died at the hands of "the
Irish plebeians of Connaught." Eoch.
h-Moidmeodhain was one of the
half dozen who died Of natural causes,
and Flaithheartagh was one of the
two to resign the monarch's scepter
for the monks cowl.-New York
Press
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

Corps, the Ladies of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and the Daughters OF
Veterans. These three organizations
held their conventions on Thursday
and Friday. the sessions being held
in the First Presbyterian church, the
First Congregational church, and the
Eagles hall.
The largest organization Is the
Woman's Relief Corps, formed short
ly after the close of the war as an
outcome of the Christian Corps or war
times. The body numbers 10000
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
Your Salary.

The universe pays every man in his
own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon
you in return; if you frown, you will
be frowned at; if you sing, you will
be invited into gay company; if you
think, you will be entertained by
thinkers; and if you love the world
and earnestly seek for the good that
is therein, you will be surrounded by
loving friends, and nature will pour
into your lap the treasures Of the
earth. Censure, criticise and hate, and
you will be censured, criticised and
hated by your fellow MEM. w
Zimmerman.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

There was a warm fight between St
Louis and Atlantic City n. j., for the
privilege Of entertaining the veterans
at the next annual convention. At
lantic City finally winning the coveted
honor.
For commander-in-chief Samuel r.
Van SAINT, OF Minneapolis. was chosen,
and will direct the affairs Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic for the
next twelve months. The new COM
mander-in-chief was formerly governor
nj the state Of Minnesota.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
HARRY J. ROBINSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ao4-Sos Judge Building. Salt Lake city


Gems Of Thought Lost Forever
Mr.. Jingle suddenly turned back his
cum and wrote upon it. 1t happened
IN an interval Of the passing the
champagne
do you often take notes in that
way? asked a woman who set by him.
much interested.
Often" the poet returned, but the
trouble Of it is that when I read it
over the next day l can't for the life
OF me make out what the notes are
that meant to take Then the shirt
goes into the wash and there's an end
Of 1t. What's the use. anyway" as
the waiter again passed the tall glass
Of champagne into his outstretched
hand.
True" the woman assented, quiet
". What's the user"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
thew Were Good Mothers.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted as
saying that a woman's first duty is to
develop all her powers and possibili-
ties, that she may better guide and
serve the next generation. Mrs. Stan
ton raised seven uncommonly healthy
and handsome children, says an adj
nirer of hers, and the children Of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe testify to the vir-
tues of the noted woman as a moth
er. The eagle may be as good a
mother as the hen or the goose.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

report says: On December 81, 1907,
the MEMBERS in good standing of the
Grand Army of the Republic num-
bered 225,157 The number remaining
on the suspended list at that date
numbered 13,4S9. By the consolidated
report of the adjutant general for this
encampment, there we're remaining in
good standing on December 81, 1903.
220,616. The number remaining sus-
pended on the same date was $3.50
The number of comrades reported
as having died between December 81,
1907. and December 81, 1908, was TO-
1874. Our gains during the year have
been: By muster in, 7,4S4; by trans
fer, 1854; by reinstatement, 7,146; by
gain from delinquent reports, 1926.
Total gains. 21,154
Ferdinand Shavers, white haired and
nearing IS years old, was one Of the
celebrities of the G. A. r. encamp-
ment. Shavers, who is negro, was
President Lincoln's first bodyguard
after his election to the presidency
and until after the breaking out of the
war was with him through the day
and those hours of the night when
Lincoln would permit Of guard Of
any sort being near him. For four
years before Lincoln was made presi-
dent the colored man was his family
servant After the election an even
thousand Of Lincoln's neighbors
signed a petition asking that Shavers
be appointed his bodyguard and Lin
coin complied. When the war broke
out Lincoln feared for the mans
safety and would not permit him to
continue as his guard. Shavers asked
for an appointment to one of the col
ored regiments being formed for the
war and his appointment to the re-
cruiting citizenship of the colored regi-
ments of Indiana resulted. Shavers
now lives in Colorado and for years
has never missed an encampment.
Among the prominent persons with
the department of the Potomac, at
the G. A. R. encampment were Cor
poral James Tanner, past commander
in-chief Of the G. A. R., and John Nc.
Elroy, past senior vice-commander-in
chief Corporal Tanner is known ali
over the United States through his
war record. He was only II when be
entered the army and in the second
battle Of Bull Run both legs were
shot of.
One Of the most conspicuous figures
among the delegates to the Grand
Army encampment was John Fletcher
Spence, A. NJ, LII. D.. of Knoxville
While he represented the entire south
at the encampment, he also represent
ed the whole G. A. R., in one sense
for he is the chaplain-in-chief Of the
G. A. R.. U. S. A.
"a man may have the wealth OF +;
Rockefeller, the philanthropy OF
Carnegie. the genius of an Edison, the
/ oratory Of a Bryan. and the meeknes.
5 of a Cardinal Gibbons, but he can
wear one Of these buttons" said on'
OF the speakers at a campfire.
There were many cases Of old vet
Grams meeting comrades in Salt Lake
City that they had not met before il
thirty years. Some had drifted ava.
from home at the close OF the war
T had settled in the west. and had neve
D heard from their former comrades IN
r til they met In the western conventol
o city.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

Il am a great believer in realism"
remarked the poet.
"Yes?" we queried with a rising in
Election, thereby giving him the desired
opening.
"I sometimes carry my ideas of
realism to a ridiculous extreme" con-
tinued the poet
Indeed" we exclaimed namely,
somewhat impatient to reach the point
of his witticism.
Yes" continued the poet, "the other
day l wrote a sonnet to the gas com
pany and purposely made the meter
defective"
At this point we tainted.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
A Financial Enlaram.

III. H. Rogers" said New York
broker always advised young men
to get hold of capital. He used to
point out to them that without CAPT
tai man could do nothing, nothing
He used to pack this truth into a very
neat epigram.
Fortune. he used to say, can't
knock at the door of a man who has
no house
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

There is but one mate for each man
and woman in the world and until
they recognize the fact and learn with
patience to await the note Of absolute
conviction which is the one infallible
guide to happiness, marriages win fail
as they fail now and the church win
give its empty blessing to those i'll
assorted pairs whom God forever
Leaves unblessed. -Exchange
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
A PROPOSAL.

Mr. Hardup-Good morning, Miss
Northumberland There is some
thing have been wishing to ask you
for some time, but--er-the fact is,
haven't been able to screw up enough
courage to-er-come to the point.
Miss Aughtumn-A proposal at last
Mr. Hardup-Could you, my dear
Miss Aughtumn-could you lend me
five dollars?
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

dOctOrs failed 20 help. 7 was uIscOur-
aged. Doans Kidney Pills brought
quick relief and a final cure and now
am in the best of health"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Eos
ter-Blilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EAsE recent
". and have just bought another supply.
1t has cured my cOrns, and the hot, burn
ing and itching sensation in my feet which
was almost unbearable, and l would not
be without it now.-Mrs. w. j. Walker,
Camden, N. j." Sold by all Druggists, 20c.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

Slang words and phrases are pic.
neers Of the language to be. Some Of
these pioneers die on the plains. not
virile enough to cross the centuries, and
the purists rot with them The really
apt slang words inherit the earth, the
people and the Dictionaries
They are born on the athletic field
or in the stress OF crowded life, where
short cut speech Is a necessity. You
md them first in the yellow journals
and the mouths Of babes.
II you are responsible for any Of the
babes you have to be a purist pro TEN.
Don't fret too hard You are merely
hearing language In the making. Ten
years settles a word in the dictionary
--or IN oblivion From the Nautilus
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
.ENCAMPMENT, WAS
A GRAND SUCCESS
OLD SOLDIERS ENTHUSIASTIC
IN PRAISE OF TREATMENT
WHILE IN SALT LAKE CITY.
Former Governor Van SAINT Of Min.
nesota Chosen commander-ln-
Chief, a Resident Of Utah Being
Given Second Place-Next Con-
vention at Atlantic City.

Salt Lake City.-The Forty-third
Annual Encampment of the Grand
Army Of the Republic is now history
the closing exercises of a hve-day SEES
sion being held on Friday, August 10.
Tired but happy and feeling in a
most gracious mood toward the PEG
pie of the city in which they had
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

It's Foetry Enougni Wants Wood.
We have on hand more poetry than
we can find room for What we need
IS more wood. It is true the poetry is
pretty wooden. but 1t doesn't fling out
the warmth Of oak and pine We
therefore prefer an ordinary load Of
wood to a cord OF poetry Adams
(Ga) Enterprise.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
Pia Errantry.

The report of the cattle market
committee presented at Colchester
town council the other day contained
an item as to a pig starving. followed
by Resolved, That the town clerk
communicate with the offender. warn
ing him against committing any of
tense In future It was touching to
hear that penitent animal giving its
word of honor that nothing of the
sort should occur again.-London
Globe.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

His Life Was TOO Monotonous.
"You need q change" said the ply
dcian.
I'm what way Doc?"
''Your life is altogether too monoto
nous."
you surprise me-"
Its true. Any man who desn't
got into bed until morning and then
gets up in the morning. too. is leading
TOO monotonous a life"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

are the cause. Cure
tlrem. Mrs. S. d. Ell
lison, N. Broadway, La
mar, Mo, says: Kid
ney trouble wore me
down till I had to take
to bed. 1 had terrible
pains in my body and
limbs and the urine was
annoying and full of sed-
iment. l got worse and
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

rs the man you recommend to US
capable of good head work.?
Well, he's a barber"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

Some men," says Hans. the bakers
boy. was always ike der keyhole on
der back Of a clock They vas behint
time
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
klssolonY.

A girl can make a young man be-
heve she doesn't want him to kiss her
when she Is almost daffy for fear he
won't
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
ProvidentiaI.

Mother-Why should we make viii
lie a doctor when there are so many
new doctors every year?
Father-But think of all the new
ailmentsi
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

One Of LIES Sad Facts.
Pay days come and pay days 60. but
bills go on forever
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
lzannAR0or 3as2-AcgARANTEEI

1t means a great deal to you to buy
0our jewelry Ct q reliable house. The
business is based on confidence and
our forty-eight years Of square dealing
have placed US at the head Of the re-
liability class.
Everything In diamonds, watches
silver tableware, clocks and optical
goods.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19

their convention, the wives, sisters
and daughters of the Union soldiers
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
DISCOURAGED WOMEN.

A Word Of Hope for DespaIring ones
Kidney trouble makes weak. weary.
worn women. Backache, hip pains,
dizziness. headaches. nervousness, Ian
guor. urinary troubles make women
suffer untold misery. Ailing kidneys
The oasis., 1909-05-01
NOGALES NOTES.

Only the best in Mems Wear at The Boston Store Inc. Mir. J. R. Higginbotham from Carbo, was at Nogales Saturday evening.
 Gents and boys clothing and underwear, stylish, cheap and dur able at the Red House, Ramon Vasquez.
 Sunday morning Judge Fletcher NJ. Doan took his departure for his home at Tombstone, going via Can- anea and Naco.
 TIE OASIS will be found on sale at the Sonora News Co.'s store and at the store of w. H. Smith, at E. J. Pellegrin's old stand.
 Tuesday Nogales was visited by Mir. Alfred J. Cohn, editor of the Bisbee Daily Evening Miner.
 Sunday evening Doctor w. F. Chenoweth returned from visit in the city of Mexico, where he went couple of weeks ago.
 "The American Lady" the most elegant and stylish shoe made. Sold only at the Red House, Ramon Vasquez.
 Sunday evening Mrs. Burgoon and Miss Riggs returned from Tue son where they went last week to attend the Assembly of the Re- bekah degree in Odd Fellowship.
 An elegant line of Mems Shirts that surpass any other shown in Nogales just arrived. Drop in and ask to see them at The Boston Store Inc.
 Sunday night Colonel Epes Ran dolph was at Nogales returning to his home in Tucson from an official trip over the lines of railway operated by the Southern Pacific south of Nogales.
 Commenting on the noise by the steam siren Tuesday night a visitor from Los Angeles was overheard to remark that "a little less wind and little more water would be very appropriate"
 Sunday evening Mrs. H. NJ, Clagett, Mrs. w, w. Carney and Mrs. W, H. Farrel went southward to visit at Guaymas, Culiacan, Mazatlan, and other points of in terest along the railway.
 Mir. Theodore Gebler the pioneer hardware dealer, has been very ill, and in hopes of working an inn pavement in his condition he will depart early next week for the Arkansas Hot Springs.
 The American Drug Store has established on Campillo street in Nogales, Sonora, a branch store where there is carried a large stock or medicines-French, English and uerman-for sale at wholesale and retail. if
 T, Sunday evening MT. Joseph A. hunter the Chicago lawyer, who aa8 been at Nogales through the term Of court looking after the in. .trests of several of the parties ir the litigation prowinC out of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
Stock Market

The market for local securities much more
and the Spring Valley water general mortgage Is
rose sto SS9SIl2. In shares Associated oil adj
vanced from $37.62lS 10 $3.50 under numerous
small sales, and Alaska packers was higher at
$7S.i5 0nomea sugar rose from $50.IJ 10 S53.
and there still higher bid of $224 for Fire
mans Fund insurance. Edison light and power
per cent bonds were coupon of 50, and Giant
powder ex dividend of SOC.
In the unlisted department California wine
quoted at $l6G 80 and Pacific gas and electric
at $Se.25 sales
There not much change in the mining
stocks which quiet. There east
ern buying OF Goldfeid Consolidated.
The North San Rafael realty company of San
Francisco has levied assessment of $40 per
share, delinquent December 6.
The Pacific gas and electric company has de-
clared quarterly dividend of 81 so per share on
the preferred stock covering the period com
mencing August L and ending October 81 1909,
payable. November Is to stock holders of record
November l. The transfer books viii not be
closed.
During the six months ending June 80. 1908,
the total output OF in Nevada 369.5I9
tons. valued at s.. .S3S. 161. 80 on which bullion
tax amounting TO S45.519.63 collected. Dur
ing the same period Of the present year the total
output amounted 10 1871 ,02I tons, with gross
value of $l3.234, III which a tax amount
ing 70 $l2l II collected. This tax is
greater by far than the entire period Of 1908.
Indications are that this output will continue at
the ratio during the entire year.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
Butter. Cbee.e and Err.

Business in the butter market assumed more
satisfactory proportions yesterday, and while the
quotations were undisturbed the tendency in
prices was upward If anything. All grades of
fresh stock We're steady. with most receivers
reporting a continuous demand for extras. The
market for eggs developed easier tone and
attempts of certain dealers 70 unload the surplus
carried from Tuesday sent the price of
extras down &c to quotation of 53c dozen.
In the cheese department fancy California and
Oregon Young Americas iac higher and
there similar advance in local storage
flats.
Sales the exchange were as follows:
Butter--Ten cases of extras at 81 Iae pound.
Eggs-Flve eases of extras at 521ac and 45
at 53c Dozen
Cheese-Twenty five Oregon Young Americas
at 1sc and % eastern twins at 19c a pound
Receipts were 20.50o pounds of butter. 5000
pounds of cheese and $40 of eggs
The following official quotations estab-
lished by the sales. bids and offers the floor
of the dairy exchange Prices in the street
while governed by the exchange quotations, gen
the various charges to be added.
Butter Fresh creamery extras. nc per h.
steady: do frsts. 30fac. steady do seconds 29c
steady; California storage extras SOC, firm: east
ern storage ladies. 25Ac. steady.
Cheese--California fancy fats. SIC per h.
steady: do frsts, 1J1ac firm. do seconds 141se
firm: fancy Young America 1sc. firm; do
frsts, Ice, firm; fancy Oregon Young Americas
1sc firm. do fats, 16c. firm: New York
fats, Ice, firm; do Young Americas 1T15c,
firm.
Eggs (per Dozen cases included) California
fresh extras Sc. steady: do frsts, soc. firm
do seconds, 30c, firm; do thirds 2Sc, firm: Cali
fornia storage extras. 31c, steady.