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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-15
l o Keep Well
During Winter

is a very hard task for anv
man or woman whose svs-
tenn has become weakened
on account of,some illness
OF the stomach, liver an
bowels. 1t is to those per-
sons that Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters i'll appeal
very n, forcibly, because it
VIII tone and strengthen
the organs of digestion,
make !, plenty of rich, warm
blood o., and thus prevent
Chllls, Colds and Grippe.
"A trial today will convince|
you OF its M crit. ALL
druggists and Dealers.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-15

Dispatches concerning market quota
lions, conditions and phases are as fol
lows:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
THE ATTIC INSTINCT.
Why Some Persons Cling TO Things
That Are Rubbish.

The attic instinct hangs on sur
prlsingll and an observing eve can
tell hcR many years a person has
lived in the city by merely glancing
under ner bed III there are three
hat boxes one viii contain letters.
one scraps of ribbons and laces-if
It's a man it's newspaper clippings
and one anything from a broken
lock to old road maps If, besides
these, there are bundles of maga-
zines and piles Of newspapers, not
to mention bicycle seat and a
green umbrella that one might use
IN private theatricals-lf all these
things have been placed under the
bed against the protests Of the fam
ily, if they are patiently moved
every cleaning day and clung TO
through a moving. then their own.
ers have the attic instinct to such an
extent that there is not the slight
est hope Of their ever being cured.
They will think from an attic point
Of view for the rest Of their lives,
and their family might as well be-
come resigned.
When people are willing to make
themselves disagreeable over a BIT
Of string and absolutely obiectiona-
bic on tho subject Of stray pieces Of
brown paper they should not be ac-
cused Of having bad dispositions.
nor should they be suspected of do
ing it TO annoy one. They are
merely suffering from the attic in
stin.t and cannot help themselves.
I7lcir characters were formed and
have new hardened for a scheme of
life whore certain things we're al
wavs slept in the cellar, others in
the wood she'd. others in the pantry
and the cupboard on the first floor,
still Others in the closets on the
next floor. and everything and any,
thing that overnowed from any Of
these places was just taken up to
the attic. And now these poor dear
souls live with a cellar, three stories
and an attic still lodged in their
minds. and, though they will in
time disappear, like all unnecessary
members-seventh toe. tails, an ap-
pendis-in the meantime thev are
having trouble with them. they are
and fighting for them. and
it takes serious operation to re-
move so much as one scrap book if
the owner thinks he may like to
read il over in his old age.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
A Great Change.

Several years ago Lord Clonme'
brought to this country string OF
race horses, and at the close Of the
season Phil Dwver gave a banquet
in his honor. Sheriff Tom Dunn OF
New York was called upon for a
speech.
Faith and this is the wonderful
country said Dunn. 81 was a poor
Irish lad, and me dear old mother.
God rest her soul. hardly had pen
nies enough to bring me over. And
here | am tonight sitting cheek by
jowl with Lord Clonmel himself,
Why, me friends, back in the old
DAYS couldn't get near
enough to his lordship to hit him
with a shotgun w-Everybody's.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
IT SHOOK HIS NERVES.
An Incident That Made 9 hen Fsss
Queer For Awhile.


One night .aid . !aw .cr. q
VT. p.ena ag some ted.ols plead
iugs w o lal 10 be sulcnittea 10
court lhe Glowing morniug, s7!.
knowing thar would need eye,j
moment Of my time, | locked nv
self In a small private consultation
room IN 1. .c rca- OF my suit. where
no chance caller co.ld interrupt M.
The room is vc-v dimlnGt:vc. with
only one window. looking into .
court. and 70 furniture exren.
fable anc TWO or .hree cha-s. .cl.
! wor ee ~ eadi.v hcar rfer
ho lcar ser 4e c'rv had l~.
into s'osp an aicn.e TIE 5e:.l-
ing was So still ,ould hear eycn ~
occasional mouse seanper across
the floor aionc. A; last ! concluded
the task and, sitting erect j. nv
chair. began to stretch my crampcd
limbs.
"As | did so ny ewes happened
TO fal. on lighted Cigar stump "
ing on tho carpet no. four fec.
swav. and ! stopped stock still, f-o-
zen will awsznment. do not
smoke. hrd lrpD sitting for hours
in that ,.-se 'ocked room. / could
swerr ihas no one had entered. The
window WAS tightly closed. We. there
right Of my feet lay half coa-
sumed ciuar With great live coal
still glowing at the end. 1t seems
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

WlTcHCRAFT IN ENGLAND.
The Last Of the Judic al Pros.evtions
and Executions

Sir Matthew Halo, It IS true, had
hanged two poor women at Cam
bridge ia 1864. buta few year. later
Lord Chief Justice Iolt set him
self strongly against such charges
and in every case tried before him
directed the jury 70 bring in a YER
dict OF acquittal. In celebrated
trial at Gmldford il 1.0l not only
was the supposed witch found not
guilty, but her false accuser, one
John Hathaway, was condemned "a
wears imprisonment and 10 stand
in the piliorv three times YET
horrible 10 relate, woman named
Hicks and her daughter. d child a.,
nine, were hanged together al
Huntingdon on July %, l716. for
raising a storm Of wind IN league
with tho devil.
The last judicial sentence for
witchcraft in England was in 1896,
ono Jane Nenham being actually
found guilty. according to the IA.
dictment. Of "conyersing familiar
II witt the devil in the form q a
cat" The Judge, however. procured
a reprieve for poor old Jane, and
she was timately released, to end
her day tn peace
Last the wtchcraft act was re-
pealel for the United Kingdom in
tho s.me wear. 1t was quite time,
for ONLY nine years earlier, in 1927.
a woman was brought before Cap
tain David Ross, deputy sheriff OF
Sutherland. charged with causing
her daughter to be shod by the dew
il, and 81 making her lame both IN
hands ana feet The fact having
been proved to the captains satis-
faction, The old woman was put into
a tar barrel and burned at Dornoch.
The weather being cold at the time,
we are told that she "sat composed
ly warming herself by the fire pre-
pared TO consume her while the 9th
er instruments OF death were get
ting ready"
The last attempt TO execute a
witch in England ended disasirously
for the perpetrators. In 1851 at
Tring two old people named Os-
borne. man and wife, being suspect
ed Of witchcraft, we're seized by
crowd, stripped, cross bound and
thrown into a pond Both died Of
this brutal treatment. But the
act had been repealed,
and, verdict of willful murder hav-
ing been returned against one Col
ley, the chie! instigator of the as
sault. he was in due course tired
and hanged. Cornhil Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

Once when Rudyard Kipling vas
boy he ran out on the yardarm OF
ship.
Mr.. Kipling," yelled a sailor,
"your boy is on a yardarm, and il
he lets 90 he'll drown -
"Ah,' responded Mr.. Kipling,
with a yawn, ''but he won't let gov
This incident also happened to
John Burns, Horace Walpole, Ma
poleon Bonaparte, Dick Turpin,
Julius Caesar and the Kaid
McTooki. Presently it will hap
pen" again--London AnswerA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
s,rOn- Words.

Biz vo-ds nae for sense With
somc people and sometimes nav be
verr suc.seff'y used when nothing
c'so VIII answer. says an English
writer THUS when man, IN great
alarm. ran 20 h. minister 70 tell
hirn he eo-lll ,ec spots on the sun
and ihoug hc ver'd rlust 10 corr
ing 10 81 end. "Oh don't be aired"
said the aood minister. as nothing
br phart~r nagcris" Is that
allf1 sad fhe gbtened man, and
then he ven away relieved.
A very smart LAWYER some time
since had the misfortune TO lose g
case FOR p client who had every res-
son 70 exDect success. The client. q
plain Old flrrer. was astounded By
the lorg BIZ " costs and. fastening
to the law~er's office, said. Il
thought Won told ne We should GER
tainlv gain that suit ?" $50 l did"
the LAWYER, "but, YOU see,
when | brought il up there before
the Judges thev said il was q quo
rum non judice." "Well. il they ssio
It was as bad a. that" replied the
old farmer II don't WONDER We lost
IT, And lie PAID the costs and .
BIZ zee hcsides without another
mnrmur
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

C.v'.i1c people wien Ihey listen
- a lecture on some apstruse seen
tlfc subject applaud even II they 90
not understand. BIZ; snere is evi-
dentlv more frankness among saw
ages, according to story told by
Captain Guy Burrows. A white mau
one evening tired to explain TO
some members " en- African tribe,
the Mobuprhi the wonders of the
steam elg ue arc steamship. BE
drew diagrs ms Oh he sand. and the
audience listened and looked with
apparently intense interest. At last
be asked his hearers whether they
understood Yes they replied;
they thought they did.
There wos a deep silelce," Cap
tain Burrows ssid, "sof some time.
and then a voice in the center Of
the crowd expressed the unspoken
sentiments of the whole assembly in
one emphatic word, uttered In a
tone OF the deepest conviction
Iiarp"
Embarrassing for the .scturGl--
Westminster Gazette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

To reduce double chin snoint II
with good skin food; then, pick
ing up the flesh between the thumb
and first finger, roll It firmly, but
gently. Sponge the chin aitsrvGd
With cold salt water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

IL rgv De convenient TO know
that one rt Of flour weighs ono
pound: a qalrt Of cornmeal, one
pound and two ounces; a quart OF
best sugar, one pound; a quart Of
powdered white sugar, one pound
and one ounce, q quart OF best
brown sugar. one pound all two
ornecs: that ten gs weigh one
81 lo. though this depends some
what ON the size. sixteen large ta-
be-poanfals make half a pint; d
qnart Of butter, one pound and one
ounce.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
suuswhest Cakes.

There Is Dothing on the dining
room table and nothing that could
Be placed there that IS so great and
formidable an enemy to the human
face as buckwheat CAKES. They are
sure 70 make the complexion yellow
and covered with eruptions. Don
.nsalt your face by putting buck
Nlcat cakes into il. They head the
entire list Of complexion destroyers.
Exchange
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
Domestic Philosophy.

Husband-A man doesn't kaow what
happiness IS TN he's married.
wife-I'm g!al you've found that our
tt last.
HushanG-Y Yes. and then It's too Iatsi
Heitege Welt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25

Make weak solution OF soap
and warm water. Rub plenty OF
soft soap into the leather and let
il soak for two hours, then rub il
till quite clean. Afterward rinse
il wen in weak solution Of warm
water. soda and yellow soap. After
riIrsng wiring it we'll in a rough
towel, dry quickly and pull about
tin quite soft 1t viii then be bet
Ter than most new feathers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-25
Confusing.

Outlate returning to bis hotel at 2
q. m and mistaklng his .ooml--Gooi
gracious. must be In bed already Z
here are my feet.-Pele Meie-
The Washington times., 1910-05-02

The tuberculosis Hospital be included "a
the deficiency BIZ.
With regard to the Washington Asy-
ium, Mr.. Wilson says the deficiency IS
due directly TO two principal causes, the
increased cost * food supplies and the
Increased hospital service The former
item, he says, Is more than sufficient 20
account for the deficiency, and the
amount estimated Is the least that viii
meet the necessities for the balance
Of the fiscal year
In reference to the tuberculosis Hos
pital II IS said there IS an in
crease. both IN the number OF "a
tients and the cost Of food supplies. The
daily average number OF patients for the
year viii be approximately ninety. and
the per capita daily cost OF maintenance
s. cents.
The Commissioners are requested 10
include also IN the deficiency biz an
estimate OF 1850 for the board OF chill
drens guardians. $4.I0O for the National
Training School for Boys, and s.. 900 for
the Home Of the Aged and IufirTn- owing
70 increased demands on these tnstitu-
tons
The Washington times., 1910-05-02
BURIAL AT BOSTON
FOR REAR ADMIRAL
Simple Services Precede Re
moval of Master Ship
Builders Body.

Arrangements were made today tc
take the body Of Rear Admiral PhiIf7
Eichborn, u s. y, retired, TO Boston
directly after the funeral services Al
the family home, 1907 y street. ar 2
o'clock this afternoon Tnta~r0s77+ -
DC at Mt Auburn Cemetery in that
city tomorrow
The Rev Edwad +. Dunlap. assistant
rector OF 81. Johns Episcopal Church
was placed In charge OF the srranr-a-
HenISs which, in accordance v-frb -,
wishes OF Rear Admiral HfC6bo-1
were 10 De or the simplest characre
ne easier ia the paTlOr Of the HIGH
.'oill nome To-Day was nearly hidden
under floral tributes from the man
friends OF the DISTINGUISHED ofFfceT
GLl4s rs residence IN this city Ad-
Il1rel Hicnborn had made man .
friends IN all walks OF IRE. as well
- n aIIng ana navy circles He had
Just passed his seventy-irst birthday.
III for Two Months.
The cause OF the admiraTs death
yrt- - sven today as aTteriaI scIerosis
nOugn ne had been confined to MS
nome Tor months, il was NOT fh0r,e-F7f
Ms illness was danrerous unffI q
week ago. when cereb raI hemorrhases
05telopsQ Yesterday he had another
a. - - rom rom which he did not rally.
aS USC last night about 10 O'Clock
win Mrs HichbOru, their son. PhfIfD
= LlL,CaoOIl, and their sOn-in-law and
N1USnler, Mr. and Mrs Paul S Pear
side q O9o-
hear admiral HiChbOrn won the title
-, the nations master shin builder"
thOugh his work was little known
save 5y MS feIOw-Ohicers. Admiral
1lcnoorn was largely responsible for
CcSlSnlng and experimenting the CON
5LIucuon OF the present naval fight
iHS SQUAD The feet which returned
last year from g tour Of the v-o-I5 80
largely a monument 10 HIS genius
Starts as Carpenter.
Fhlllp HichbOrn was born ~
EharlestOwn. Mass, March 4 1890 -
graduated from the Boston fIir-6
TSllool al the age Of sixteen vaaTs
~ was lndentured a few wears Is-.-
- me Government as a shfr---fr-t.
TT a. at the Charlestown vsrd
II -soI ne obtained a posffio1 IS
SSSS--Ipenter on the clipper shin DssbF-e1--el
= pound for San Francisco
49, E1lchOOrn worked for fhA p.-fs-
4i,f C-o-Ilpany on the coast. and Ieff
80 employ TO work u1der TIE 60 -
Mare island -0 navy yard at
Do--s-,SS<a5I le was transferred IN -7s
Re 80 -. IN ~, n H, navy ward T-J,s-s
as --- > lessons IN actual shin consfr77C-
The Washington times., 1910-05-02
BOYS BURN BARN
TO SEE ENGINES Go
Two Horses Die In Flames Started
BY Five Wilmington Youths,
According to Confession.

WILMINGTON. Del. Nay Z-Five
youngsters. incendiaries by the confes-
sion OF one OF them, were taken into
custody BY the police, charged with hav-
ing recently fred the barn OF Charles
WeIlyn, a carter.
Two horses were burned TO death
The boy is said to have claimed thev
set fire 10 the stable lust 20 see The
IRE engines hurTying 20 the Ere
The boys are EIWOcd Johnson, ten
William Houck, fourteen. BENJAMIN
Campbell, ten; Robert HOuck, ten, and
Albert Coulter, nine The latter made
the confession, and charged William
HOuck with applying the match They
had planned 70 burn the stable again
last night, but were arrested before
they could carry out their plans
The Washington times., 1910-05-02
AMERICAN EXHIBIT
DATES ANNOUNCED
Oil Paintings to Be Shown
In Corcoran Gallery
Next December.

The trustees Of the Corcoran Art Gal
iery today announced that the third
biennial exhibition Of contemporary
American oil paintings wiz be held on
December I3 and viii close January q.
1911.
The two exhibitions reviously held
II the gallery were attended by more
than 10000 persons FOrty-seven pic
lures, aggregating more than Ss7, 00o,
were sold
William A Clark has offered 5000 in
prizes for the four best paintings 10
be exhibited The jury consists Of F
D. Millet. chairman; William Sergeant
Kendall Edward W Redfeld, Frederic
P Vinton. and Lewis H. Meakfn-
The Washington times., 1910-05-02

member OF the first naval advisory
board by Secretary Of the Navy Hunt
In 1854 he was assigned 20 special duty
In Europe and there he made a tour Of
Foreign dock yards On his return he
vas ordered 10 Washington, and in 1893
was appointed chief constructor OF the
navy II was through his efforts that
the war vessels Of the United States
were fitted out with the fireprOOf wood
work that Droved a great advantage in
the war WITH spain ne also invented
the inclined rurret. named for him. now
IN use on all war vessels Of this nation.
The Washington times., 1910-05-02

This hot VII bring b szarns -..a'1
better WIND
nom We have fun line Of bOt- screens -.
ur- As 0yE
The Washington times., 1910-05-02

ton were obtained when. as assistant
10 Naval Constructor 5 NJ POok, he
directed the building Of the Marion and
later the Enterprise and the Essex. In
lSl5 NJ Hichborn was promoted 10 be
q naval constructor
In November OF that year he was
married 20 Miss Jennie n Franklin, Of
Vermont, and q few weeks later he was
transferred TO the navy yard al PhIa-
delphia- There he fitted out the Old
frlgate Constitution 10 carry goods 10
the Paris Exposition.
Constructor HichbOrn was chosen as q
The Washington times., 1910-05-02
KNIGHTS OF MOMUS
TO BUILD A HOME
Plans Are Considered At Meeting.
President Kidd Names
Committee.

The Knights Of Menus. sometimes
called The Knockers and sometimes
the Printers Grfdiron Club are con-
sidering a plan to build a home Of their
own They now meet at Typographical
Temple
T. c. Parsons brought the matter up
at yesterdays meeting and, after a long
discussion Of the question from all
points Of view, President Frank A Kidd
appointed q committee OF FIVE, with Mr..
Parsons as chairman. 10 look into the
matter and report back at the next
meeting
The Washington times., 1910-05-02
CHARITIES BOARD
NEEDS MORE MONEY
Additional Appropriations In
Deficiency Bill Wanted,
Says Secretary.

Owing TO an increase IN the cost OF
food supplies and maintenance II is
necessary, according TO George 6. WI
son. secretary 10 the Board Of Char
ties 70 ask the Commissioners to recon-
mend that an appropriation Of $500 for
the Washington Asylum and s2Z75 for
The Washington times., 1910-05-02
CARRYING TALES.

BeuIah-Wheu he kissed me last night
I asked him 10 tel no one
Belle-And did he2
BeuIah-Why. IL wasn't two minutes
before he repeated itt-YOnkers States
man
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-10
GOOD INTERST SHOWN
Meetings at First Presbyterian Church
This Week Are Attracting Good
Audiences.

There was a deep interest manifest
at the service at the Presbyterian
church last evening, although the at
tendance was not quite so large as on
the previous evening owing to the cold.
The subject of the speaker, Rev. A. p.
Higley, was: Forgiveness, and his adj
dress caused close attention through
out
BY illustration and scripture quota
lions and convincing argument he
showed Gods wonderful attitude of
forgiveness toward man. The music
by the male quartette was an espe-
cially interesting feature of the serv-
Ice.
Henry Houglum, Alex Day. Rev. u.
P. Lawrence and Rev. r. T. Fulton
composed the quartette. They sang
ewo special numbers entitled. / Want
My Life to Tell for Jesus and Only
Where Jesus Is,
This evening r. r. Fulton win sing,
Shadows. Rev, A. r. Higley's theme
will be Redemption, Not Rejection.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-10
A new COLORED POSTAL
Light Blue Tinted Gard With Bronze
Blue Ink Used for New Series
Issued by Government.

Concerning the new postal card to
be issued by the government, a general
order just issued says in part:
Postmasters and others in the postal
service are notified that in February
the department will begin to issue a
new 1-cent postal card, known as the
No. 4 card, described as follows:
Size, 3Kx51s inches (the same as
the present Mckinley card). The
paper is of a light blue tint, printed
in bronze blue ink. The stamp ON the
card is an ellipse on end. 1t contains
a profile portrait of William Mckinley
looking to the left, with a background
of horizontal lines and border bear
ing the following words: "U. s. Pos
tai Card. One Cent. Mckinley" and
on either side of the portrait, within
the border, the mineral ~ The le-
gend This side of card is for the adj
dress only" appears in outline Gothic
type, within horizontal panel OF -dou-
BILE lines, above the middle of the card
on line with the bottom of the
stamp.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-10
new EDUCATIONAL
WORK DIRECTOR
RALPH " RoeeERs, WHO WILL
SUCCEED GUY COOK AT THE Y.
M. C. A., ARRIVED THIS MORN
ING-HAs HAD LONG, EXPERT
ENcE IN &c ATIoNAL WORK,

Ralph V. Boggers is the new educa-
tional and religious work director at
the Y. M. c. A.. who is to succeed Guy
Cook and will take up the work done
by the latter on March 10. arrived this
morning. Mr.. Cook rendered his resig-
nation some weeks ago and will take
a vacation from Y. M. C. A. work for
a time.
Mr.. Boggers comes from Marion.
Ind. where for some time he was as
sistant secretary OF the Y. M. G. A. He
has for some time been representing
the National Correspondence school
with his office located at Marion.
The Fargo Y. M. G. A. is lucky to
secure his services as he Is a capable
man and has had an all around prae-
teal training. He spent three years
In the Illinois state normal, one year
at Du Paw university, has had a par
tiai engineering course at Purdue uni
versity and was for four years a pub
lie scheei teacher,
Fer the present Mr.. Beggers will
work with Mr., Cook on educational,
membership and financial work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-10
HOLD YOUR EOSS,
ELEPHANTS GONE
BIG TENT HAS BEEN ERECTED
FOR THE SHRINE CIRCUS TO-
MORROW EVENING = EVERY.
THING ANNOUNCED i'm READI-
NESS FOR THE BIG EVENT.

Canvas Boss Radford and Train
Boss Mulvaney advise That everything
is ready for the big Shrine circus at
the Masonic temple.
The big tent was put UP last night
and the side show tents viii be finish
ed today.
The animal train arrived yesterday
and everything connected with the
menagerie will be ship shape by to-
morrow evening Forepaugn Bassett
mad his troupe of trained elephants out
for exercise last evening and wishes
TO assure the public that they are in
fine shape. Be sure and see Hook" and
his wonderful troupe of educated
Pachyderms from the wilds Of Ken
lucky.
Barnum Frenette mas had the good
fortune to recapture the wild man
and ne is now safe in the side show
tent tied down to a bag of feathers.
Be sure and see this wonder which
eats EN- alive" Zinzibernacious. Ted
dy's gun bearer will arrive during the
day and viii have charge of the ia
nous troupe Of wildebeest that have
been imported for this circus.