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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27
Of Most Striking Appearance.

.l
He was a man of most striking APP
pearance-the kind that attracts atten-
ton anywhere in crowd and causes
others to take a second look In his
later years his shock-no, his crown.
of hair, perfectly white and glossy like
fine spun silk, became his trademark of
recognition by strangers wherever he
went. l have seen woman who new
er before saw Mark Twain pick him
out without opera glasses, though she
sat in the top gallery Of Carnegie hall
and he occupied a lower box near the
stage, and the great house was crowd
ed. He had no doubles as to personal
appearance-there was only one OF
him.
And there was only one of Mark
Twain as literary syndicate It has
become the fashion to describe him as
the great American humorist This
undoubtedly he was, but he was more
His appreciation Of Joan of Arc, first
published anonymously, is accepted by
critics Of acumen as one Of the most
refined works in the serious literature
of the nineteenth century. The book
won its way before Mark Twain adj
mitted it's paternity. While he was
writing the Joan classic he worked,
time and time about, on that amazing
funny masterpiece, "Pudd 'nhead Will
son" He simply couldn't be serious
altogether for a stated period
Never Altogether Funny.
Nor must we take it for granted that
Mark Twain. summing up his career
as writer, ever was altogether funny.
He never was. He was one Of the
closest observers of human nature and
institutions. places and things, that
ever lived. Even in his most humor-
GUS books we find that he has made
accurate transcripts Of the things
which impressed him. Though he ex-
aggerated, a privilege belonging to his.
I profession. one can read between the
lines the inhering truth He was a1l.
inveterate foe to shams of every SOFT.
and apparently knew his highest hap
piness when with droll sarcasm he
punctured a popular fraud with lii,
pen.
But Mark Twain often wrote books
just because he had the story to tell
The tale Of tom Sawyer is one Of
these. and the "Huck1eberry Finn.
book is another. Each Of these is true
to life-to boy life Rudyard Kipling is
said to have remarked that he would
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27

should have the best.
Sold by druggists in
ffty-cent and one-do1-
lar sizes. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27

your kidneys are weak or ont of order,
you can understand how quickly your en-
tire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or ''feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
K1lner's Swamp-Root. A trial will con-
vince you of its great merit.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest because remarkable
health restoring properties have been
proven IN thousands Of the most distress
ing cases. If you need medicine you
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27

sumptiVe. The throne of humor, whose
kingdom was the world. is empty. The
scepter that swayed the universal
heart-the pen-lies idle at last. The
empire of laughter and also of tears
which this king Of the writing craft
founded and which he fostered for
nearly fifty years is become as whirl-
ing dust in the abyss of the things that
were. Only there remains the heritage
of the dead rulers kindly philosophy.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27

how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis-
take, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, and don't let a dealer sell YOU
something in place of Swamp-Root-if
you do you will be disappointed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27
] a Certain Cure for Aching Feet.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease
a powder. It cures Coras, Bunions, Pain
full, Smarting, Hot. Swollen Feet. AT ali
Druggists and Shoe Stores. Sample free,
Address, Allen S. Olmstead. LIE Roy, N. z
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27
Comprehensive Estimate Of
Americas Late Literary GEN
ius, Whose Pen Swayed the
Heart Of the World. n q
BY RoBERTUs LOVE.

h ARK TWAIN is dead!
j" The king is dead-long live
the king! But there is no
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
Humanity Demands It.

Strikes and lock0uts are a bar
barism which very rarely may be
excusable but which should never
be resorted to until every other
method of adjustment has been
tried. In the long run most OF
these disputes are settled by ar
bitration, and the average man
wonders why this could not have
been done at the beginning in
stead of the end and thereby con-
siderable interruption to business
and untold suffering prevented.
The dispute between the gar
ment workers and their employees
in Chicago is one of the worst
in recent years. Public opinion
and sympathy in the matter may
to some extent be divided, but
anyone who knows anything a.
bout sweat shop conditions, the
avarice of the men who are re-
sponsible for those conditions,
and the cruel advantages so Of
ten taken of immigrant women
and girls ignorant of those con-
ditions, may well believe that the
workers have much cause for
complaint.
But the saddest thing of all
is the suffering of innocent mem
bers of the families involved. In
the homes of the strikers impOver
shed by weeks of idleness five
hundred children have been born
since the trouble began. The
thought of those infants coming
into the world at such a time and
the wretchedness, suffering and
sorrow it all means arouses the
sympathy and Indignation of ev-
lry lover of his kind. We read
with horror of the slaughter of
the infants in the little town of
Bethlehem 1900 years ago, and
yet in this Christmas season of
peace and goodwill, infants are
being slaughtered in the homes
Chicago because people will not
agree as to what is fair in wages.
Humanity and justice ought to
find some way of ending it with
out delay.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
We did not question your quail

We did not question your quail
ifications for membership, Mr..
Corker, except as you might be
an owner in the Republican. Lee
gally and intellectually, we belle
We you eminently fitted for the
position to which your aspiration
seems to have lead you and to
which you have been appointed.
We have been informed repeat
I edly that you were one of the own
ers Of the Republican; that you
dictated it's policy during the re-
cent campaign, and we asked you
the simple question, which you
have answered.
We now take the liberty of
asking you two more pertinent
questions:
(1) Do you, as chairman Of
the board, consider Mr.. Norel, as
one of the owners of the Repub
lican and a beneficiary in con-
tract granted by the board, just
flied in holding the position Of
clerk of the board?
~ Will you make plain the
meaning of your words before the
meeting of the trustees, Monday
evening, December 10, when you
said that you informed Mr.. Blake
that "it would not be necessary
to buy any newspapers or individ
uals in order to get hearing. {?
We are confident you had no ref
erence to this paper or it's editor,
but, as we seem to be engaged in
controversy, it is no more than
right that your inference should
be made clear to the people.
We never speak by inference,
lest innocent parties be accused
and, possibly, suffer. We speak
direct and if any man in this vii
lage whether publisher or other
wise) has approached Mr.. Blake
with a graft proposition, the peo-
pie should know who it is.
The New Time, Mr.. Corker,
hardly acknowledges the Elmore
County Republican as a competi-
tor. 1t stands more in the light
of friend, in that it keeps strong
competition out.-New Time.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
HAD K RUN FOR HER MONEY
Young Woman in Washington Had
an Exciting Face to Recapture
$40 Bill From a Small Dog.

Cajoling little dog to surrender
$40 note is responsible for the nervous
upset of a young woman.
MY name is nobody's business
she exclaimed when it was all over,
but thank goodness | have my money
back"
She was willing 10 tell how it came
about, and to Vouchsafe that she was
employed as telephone girl in an
apartment house, but this was the
boundary of her confidence,
Emerging from the library she en-
countered the small dog, which had
shaken its muzzle or had been slight
ed in the distribution. It grabbed her
skirt with a gutteral exclamation, and
tugged right vigorously At first the
girl was amused. Then she worried
AS matter of fact the skirt was
frail and flimsy, 1t was, moreover,
only makeshift She was preparing
to take belated vacation at Atlantic
City and was saving her most attrac-
tive apparel for the Boardwalk
The dog held firm. The girl trot-
ted along, keeping pace, lest the fabric
give way, to her great public humiia-
ton. She begged and pleaded, but her
voice seemed only to spur her tor
mentor to greater speed.
Suddenly occurred the idea of
counter temptation. She leaned for
ward offering her handbag The dog
released his grip. At the same time
the handbag few open and out popped
a $40 note. The beast seized it and
continued his flight the girl in scream
ing pursuit.
Down the street fed the pair, the
girl coaxing the dog to stop. Round
ing 1t up at fence she got down on
hands and knees to persuade the ami
NAL to yield up the treasure. When
finally came the chance to pounce she
thrust her hand half way down the
dogs throat to make sure that he re-
tanned no vital pieces of her precious
note. She got 1t Washington
Star
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
Underfoot,

The activity of New York's millions
may be read in other ways than In the
figures Of traffic statistics. SAYS the
Press of that city. The metal protec
ton of the steps of the elevated at
every station from the Battery to the
Bronx has been worn quite smooth
On the right side, going up, where the
foot strikes the step with the momen-
tum of climbing, the metal is a well
defined hollow.
Along Fourteenth street the tramp
of millions has bested time in the
conquest OF granite. Here the stone
pavement has become so smooth that
careless pedestrian might easily
come to grief.
At the Grand Central station the
wooden steps of the temporary 'stfuc.
ture have become foot-beaten into
hollows like the grooves in front of
the ticket sellers windows of the
IL"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
To Mr.. Talbot.

Your issue of The New Time
of December %, contained the
following, concerning my bust
ness interests:
"'To Mr.. Corker:
Are you financially interested
in the Elmore County Republican
When you were a private citizen
this was none of our business.
AS you have accepted appoint
ment to membership on the Vii
lage Board Of Trustees, the ques-
ton now becomes pertinent, as
the Republican is enjoying a con
tract from the Board Of Trustees.
In reply, | wish first to say
that the question has NOT NOW
become pertinent for the rea,
son that the Legislature up to
date has not seen fit to pass a
law prohibiting Editors or per-
sons financially interested in a
newspaper accepting appoint
ment on a Village Board. The
Legislature HAS seen fit to pre-
scribe the following requisites
for membership of a Village
Board. Idaho Code Sec. 1924,
says:
ANY person may be trustee,
who shall be a qualified elector
of this state, and who shall have
been an inhabitant and taxpayer
of the village at the time of his
election, and shall have resided
therein for three months next pre-
ceding his election.
AS the above are all the requi-
rements prescribed by the Legis-
lature of this State for eligibil-
ity to membership of a Village
Board, the question as to my con-
nection financially with any bust
ness does not become pertinent,
by the fact of my accepting a
position on the Board.
Much less is it pertinent, from
you, as to my financial connec-
ton with one of your competitors
but as you have seen fit to ask
the question, and have not resort
ed to making unwarranted state
ments, as in your issue of Deem
Der l6, | will answer by saying
that | am NOT financially inter-
ested in the Elmore County
Republican.
But were | interested in the
Republican, | would still be eligi-
BILE as Trustee, and yet the inter
ests of the taxpayers would be
amply safe-guarded by the pro-
visions of Section 255, which for
bids me, as a member of the
Board, or the Board or body of
which l am member
letting a contract In
which |, or any of the Board are
interested. And Section 257 pro-
vides the penalty for making a
contract in violation ofw Section
255, which is that the contract
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
Scarcity OF Timber.

Wcod Is becoming scarcer and
dearer every year. AS population in
creases we shall be obliged to use
more acreage in its sustentation Tho
trees will be planted again on the wa.
tersheds, and dams will be built to
hold surplus water for use In times
of drought, as is done in older coun-
tries. Your rivers then will be more
serviceable in summer and less dan
gerous In the spring time.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
Modesty The Duane av Vartue

Modesty The Duane av Vartue.
Misther idither-An its meself,
shure that has to be comm t'ye
agin fer favors.
Will yer homer be afther lettin
me discourse av modesty, will we
now?
Me Great Grandfather on me
fathers side, Bidneen O'Hooliga
av acknowledgment, ust to say to
me, Barney, seq she, Shure mod
esty is the Duane av Vartue.
Niver boasht about yer ancisthry
er yer good thraits.'' Thin She
how'd up her finger an say the
honesty that nades bowlstherin
lives mkt dure t. the Jail
An shure, olive always lived
undher the shpell O. the same.
Niver wanst hev OF towld about
me ancisthry ON me father s side.
Me natcheral modesty has Away
KEEP me mouth closed. Shure an
Olive niver said wurrud about
havin the best blood av the
|O'Neals, O'Hooligans and Nc
Swiggins flown thru me veins.
Oh niver wanst towld We tibet
Corney O'Toole av Ballymascrat-
chakak. over beyant Knockmar
DON, the same wuz a wundherful
cricket, he towld me wanst, SEE
he, Barney, me bhoy, we hev in
we the besht in ovid Oireland,
in we blossoms out the swatist,
the richest and loveliest in Erin
An me bushes nearly sot fire to
pile av turf.
Thin seq he, Barney, me bhoy,
if it wusn't fer yer broken nose,
yer Grass eye an the lump on yer
jaw ye'd be the handsomest man
in the counthry.''
The dape modesty av me natur
wont let me say the things tibet
cud be said honestly but av
coOrse bein a man Of eddicati0n,
| we kin see the blud that flows
in me veins be the aisy Elegance
av me shtyle.
This is just an introduction
to phat OF hev to say about my
frind the New Timer.
The material dilicacy av his dis
posishun prevents him sayin any
thing consuming himsilf, so |
wud just say a wurrud about
his modesty an his most wundher
full honesty.
He's thruly a great man. AS
me cousin Ulty McGolligan av
Ballymooney ust t. say "The blud
av the Sizzars surges thru his
vains." An Ulty wuz the bhoy
tibet knew.
AS OF wuz sayin, me frind New
Time is honesty itself, he wuddent
chate a pole cat out av his per-
fume ave he knew it, shure he
wuddent.
Didn't he sarve the Republicans
honestly, didn't he switch over
honestly an sarve the Dimicrats
lDoesn' he sarve both whiskey an
Socialism honest -shure, he's the
honestest bhoy that liver sot fut
in the town. Only he wuddent
tell we so but Dim tellin We
he's the Duane blossom on his
ANCESTRAL shrubbery. An proud
OF am to behave tibet the blood
av the Gilhooleys sthruck his
loine somewhere between Saint
Patrick an the present. So av
coorse OF m standin by the shy
bashful spalpeen.
Yours fer a high time in
the new time,
Barney Gilhooley.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31

When a dog is idle it longs to
be petted, but when it is chasing
a rabbit it doesn't care whether
it is noticed or not. In that the
dog gives a lesson to those peo-
pie who, because they do nothing
are always looking for recogni.
ton and pout if they do not get
it. If they would only employ
their time in something useful
they would cease thinking Of them
selves.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31

may be avoided at the instance
of any party except the officer
interested therein; but it does not
even allude to disfranchisement.
Yours truly,
G. e. Corker.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31

Lady-Why don't you 20 to work
and earn your living!
Tramp-Axin' yore pardon. ma'am.
but II SIGH gents as me went to work
dere'd be more work for tn under.
takers
Lady--Why. how's thatf
Tramp-De noospaper joke writers
would starve ter death. ma'am. We
all has our uses In dis world. ma'am
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31

hope from what we did manage
to do and not lose heart because
sometimes we weakened.
In age most of the holidays
we keep through the year are
young as compared with the new
year. From the time of the Ju-
liam reformation of the calendar,
the old Romans kept the first
of January as holiday, dedicat-
ing it and the whole of the
month following to Janus who
opened and closed the gates of
the. year. Sacrifices were offered
to him on twelve affairs cores
ponding to the months of the
year, and people were careful to
be on their best behaviour that
day that it might prove a pro
pitious augury for the whole
year.
1t was a day of visiting, OF
family gathering, and of exchang
ing gifts, and also of the recon
cling of differences between
friends and relatives. These OBJ
servances in our day are associa
ted with Christmas rather thar
with New Year, but the more
fully they are observed, whether
at the one season or the other
the luore blessed the result
Among other ancient custom.
of the new year were the cutting
and exchanging of branches Of
mistletoe by the Druids, and the
, presentation of eggs by the Per
: slams.
No one ever regarded the frs
| of January with Indifference. L
is that from which all date thei
time, and count upon what is left
1t is the nativity of our common
Adam. Of all sound of bells
(bells the music highest border
ing upon heaven, most solemn
and touching is the peal which
rings out the old year, | never
heard it without a gathering -uI
OF my mind to concentration OF
all the images that have been diff
fused over the past twelve months
All | have done or suffered, per.
formed or neglected-in that re.
GREETED time. | begin to know it
worth as when a person dies. II
takes a personal color; nor was
it political flight Of contempt
rary, when he exclaimed: 81 saw
the skirts of the departing year.
1t is no more than what in sober
sadness, every one Of us seems to
be conscious of in that awful
leave-taking Charles Lamb.
We all shall make mistakes this
year Just as we have in former
years, even if we have made any
number of good New Year reso.
lutions. Ought we then to say
that the making of these resolu-
tions was a failureY Not at all.
Resolutions honestly made and
honest efforts put forth to live ur
to them will bless our life, and
whatever our failures may be
they will not be as great or as
numerous as would be the case if
no resolutions had been made
What is needed is to push for.
ward right manfully, and instead
of being disheartened by occa
sional relapses learn wisdom and
determination from them that the
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-31
New Year Thoughts.

This is the time when we turn
over another page in our life
and write across it a lot OF good
resolutions, the majority OF which
perhaps most of us succeed IN
breaking while the year is yet
young. However this does not
necessarily mean failure, neither
should it deter us from making
other similar resolves. We are
not to think we have hopelessly
failed just because after a more
or less lengthy trial we went
back on our vow. II we honestly
tried to keep it that was some
thing gained, even if in NOM
ent of weakness we ultimately
broke it. We should take fresh
hope from what we did manage
to do and not lose heart because
sometimes we weakened.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

commerce commission relative to ter
minal trackage and rates is as follows:
Each of the spurs here considered
is i'm a real sense a railroad terminal,
at which the carrier receives and de-
livers freight. In recognition of such
relationship the carriers of the land
universally treat such industry spurs as
portions of their terminals, making no
extra charge for service thereto, when
the carrier receives the benefit of the
line haul out or in.
ITO this generalization. covering per-
haps 10000 cities and towns in the
United states, the defendants could
name but three eXceptions-the cities
of Los Angeles, San Francisco and San
Diego.
ITO these an additional charge is
made for track receipts or delivery.
When asked why this charge was made
at these points, the traffic manager of
one road replied, Because we can get
it Another railroad official explained
the non-eXistence of such a charge at
all other points on his own line, as well
az throughout the country at large, by
saving that the absence of such charge
was a tribute to competition.
1T appears that the same charge for
such delivery has been made by all
carriers at Los Angeles as long as the
railroads have had access to that city.
1t was first imposed by the Southern
Pacific, and as the other lines came in
they adopted the policy of the line al
ready there. AS to certain commodities,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
RICH CHINESE MERCHANTS
QUARREL OVER A WIDOW
Pretty Young Sister-in-Law of
Chonu Cause of Trouble

An alleged breach of the Chinese
ethics of love-making resulted late
yesterday afternoon in a war of words
between two of the most prominent
merchants in Chinatown, resulting in
the arrest of You Mark Cow on a
charge of carrying concealed weapons.
Yee Chez Chow was the complaining
witness.
The quarrel was caused over a pretty
young widow, sister-in-law of Chang, a
cause similar to that which several
years ago resulted in a serious tong
war in Chinatown.
1t is said You Cow has been paying
court to the widow and began his at
tentions before the proper time had
elapsed since the death of her nus
band.
According to Chang, he repeatedly
warned Cow to cease his attentions
but without avail. Yesterday after
noon they met on Apablasa street and
a stormy scene took place. Fearing
violence, Chang obtained warrant
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
INDUSTRIAL TRACKS ARE
TERMINALS IS RULING
JobberS and Shippers Much Inter-
ested in Interstate Com
merce Decision

The interstate commerce commission
in its recent ruling abolishing the
switching charges in Los Angeles held
that each industrial track in Los An
geles on which freight is received and
delivered is, in fact terminal. Print
ed copies of this decision have just
been received, and the ruling has
caused much discussion among local
jobbers and shippers.
What effect this may have on the ap-
plication of the harbor commission to
the state railroad board, to compel the
railroads to maintain terminals at San
Pedro and Wilmington, and impose an
equitable charge for switching cars
from such tracks to other points within
the city, has not been definitely de-
cided. The ruling Of the interstate
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
PEARSON ACCEPTS

George NJ. Pearson of Riverside, one
of the engineers appointed by the Los
Angeles county board of supervisors to
serve on the investigation committee
which will probe the charges against
the highway commission made by the
good roads advisory committee, yester-
day notified the board he would accept
the appointment. This makes three
o,t Of six men to whom the honor was
offered who have consented to serve.
THE other two engineers who have
a agreed to serve are Henry Hawgood and
Austin Fletcher. the latter of whom. is
highway engineer of San Diego county.