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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-07-16

Jules Verne's thrilling and fasci-
mating romance, Finding the North
Pole" is one of the great literary
masterpieces, and should at this
time be of particular interest in
every home. Verne wrote 1t more
than a generation ago, as a story,
thing Of fiction But 1t has como
true on him. Just as his Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
came true in tho submarine, and
his "Round the World In 30 Days"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-10

The Senator Pro Tenn. from Mis-
sissippi had lot more fun out of his
short term of office than his prede-
cessor had; after delivering a speech
which will go down in history as
gem of its sort, he gave a theatre
party to all his colleagues and their
families. James Gordon may prove
to be an expert Senatorial pipe-layer.
My, my! here's that nice, lady-like
body known as the d. A. r. in print
again because of squabbles. Young
woman won't give up job from which
she has been fired and says the
reason of her being ousted is be-
cause her mother campaigned for
votes for the lady who didn't win
the presidency of the order Sounds
like real politics, doesn't it?
1t may be that deputy sheriffs will
have to learn music. At a sheriff's
sale recently, bidding on piano was
very slow. Some one asked for a
tune and one of the deputies played
few. From "Rock of Ages" to
Georgia Camp Meeting the price
rose, but when the deputy played
Wearing of the Green" an Irishman
forgot his frugality and gave 500
for the instrument
Hypnotism and moving pictures
figured in the police reports the past
week. Five boys tried to wreck a
train as they had seen robbers in
picture play do. Several people in
Pittsburg parted with their money
and valuables while under the 'hyp-
notic'' gaze (aided by a very shiny
revolVer) of a smooth young man.
Immediate crusades against moving
pictures and hypnotists are now in
order
Judge Lands has sentenced a
man to fine of $4,000 and six
years in the penitentiary. The man
didn't kill any one, but he sold oleo-
margarine for butter. Awful; now
if Judge Lands could only be put
on the job of trying some man gull
ty of crimes against humanity,
which has been paying rather heavy
toll in lives lately, some of us would
feel more hopeful for the future of
the old Ship of State
Atlanta isn't going to encourage
the brand of salvation which depends
on women going into saloons and
barber shops for it's support. A So
called Salvation Army" band which
has been operating for several years
seems to have started as a rival to
the original Salvation Army, and the
graft grew too apparent; the police
have been warned to prohibit the
women from soliciting and it looks
now as though the ''Army" will have
to go to work for a living.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-10
ABUSES OF THE BANKRUPTCY
LAW.
LAW.

Probably no law ever created for
the relief of people Of the United
States has been so shamefully abused
as that relative to bankruptcy.
Dickens, in several of his works,
has acquainted us with the horrors
of the debtors prison, and we are
told that the elder Dickens was more
or less a sufferer from the abuse
many creditors practiced on their
debtors, and had been imprisoned
several times for debt.
In the United States the abuse
grew to tremendous proportions, and
Ludlow Street Jail, in New York City
was the scene of many tragedies,
when Imprisonment for debt was pos
sible.
The bankruptcy law was drafted
with two ends in view: one to make
1t possible for an honest man to work
and pay off, at least in part, the in
debtedness he had incurred at rate
to be determined by the Bankruptcy
Court; the other, to prevent credit
Or from harrassing debtor so that
he could not resume business.
To the honest business man who
has failed through no fault of his
own, the bankruptcy law has been a
blessing of immense proportions,
but there have been others who have
taken advantage of it, just as there
are always those who will seize any
opportunity to get out of response
bilities, and this latter class is grow
ing.
The law itself has also provided
many excuses for generosity with
other peoples money and goods,
some States having an elaborate sys-
tenn of receivers, trustees, adjustors,
all of whom must be paid fees, and
the creditors, as a rule, are not bur-
dened with any very great dividends.
Some merchants have deliberately
planned to Ego into bankruptcy and
to that end have first established
their credit, then bought heavily,
overstocking in every line, forcing
sales-and then applying to the
court and praying for relief" from
their debts.
In one town there are two fami-
lies related; one family consisted Of
the husband, wife and four children.
The husband went into bankrupt
Cyl. After adjustment of the debts,
the business was resumed in the
name of the wife; in due time she
also ta1led.
After this adjustment the bust
ness was resumed in the name of
each of three of the four children.
By this time it is supposed the
head Of the family had accumulated
enough money (and goods) to run
the business in an ordinary manner,
and at last reports was "doing bust
ness at the old stand.
The other branch of the family
was smaller in number, but as far as
it was able followed the same tao
tics.
This plan might not have been
successfully worked in any other
State, but it proves conclusively the
need of a universal bankruptcy law
which will protect the debtors, but
protect the creditors also.
There are many other ways by
which the bankrupt evades payment:
preferred creditors" often turn out
to be very close kin whose power to
extend credit might be questioned
A law with the possibilities for
relief that the bankruptcy law pos
sesses should not be permitted to be
abused in the States where it has
become so important a factor of
commercial life.
The automobiles continue to make
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-10

amer DSS1nS 10 look gum: EdS-
ter: Hats-'nuff said.
Women have "butted into" the air
ships and France has licensed lady
pilot who has made several success
full flights.
Paris will have a chance to recip-
rocate in sympathy and funds, If the
snowslides and floods along the Mis-
sissippi continue.
Just now good baseball pitchers
loom larger than the most silver
tongued preacher, and in the matter
Of salary there is also quite a differ
ence.
The battles in Nicaragua are no
longer in the class of the French
duels. They're really killing folks
now, at least 225 being killed in one
week.
The churches of Mexico serve hot
chocolate to the ladies at prayers.
If the women wore hats there they
wouldn't have to be coaxed to go to
church.
New Workers were nearly scared
into being good one Sunday recent
ly; not single arrest was recorded
for the whole twenty-four hours OF
the holy day.
Bill to reach the Beef Trust may
become law, says news item. Well,
that's only fair, as the butchers bill
has been reaching the consumer with
great regularity.
It's a certainty none of the theat-
rical people are showing any interest
in the "secret divorce" bill. Next
to Is by 20 posters divorce case is
the actors best lad"
Too bad some of those Food Trust
magnates were not in that snow av-
less kindly toward cold storage, if
they had been showed up awhile.
And from out of Africa has come
q new expression: Roosevelt hun
ter's luck"-which means those who
so out to kill get all the game that
can be driven up within range of
their rifles.
Word has gone out from Washing
ton that the United States Treasury
is shy on funds. Wouldn't this be
the logical time to raise the ante on
Trusts and other sinfully rich bust
ness combines?
It's Spring-and few jails seem
strong enough to hold prisoners to
whom the Call of the Road has
sounded. Several jail deliveries were
reported in various parts of the
country on March first.
After handling dynamite for years
and earning living as a deep-sea
diver, a man at Jacksonville was
drowned recently while on a pleasure
fishing trip. AS Epictetus would
say, "You never can tell"
Rhode Island Is making efforts to
restore the death penalty for muir
der. Despite the leniency of the law,
Rhody's people won't regard human
life as sacred and the State has been
shocked by number of brutal MUIR
ders recently.
Savannah (Georgia) is finding it
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-10
THE GOOD, THE BAD. THE OTHERWISE,
AND A FEW LACONICS

Some Tennessee people are so del
icate; paper of that State an
nounced, Former Tennesseean
Feet Frozen, He Passes Away
Among the Indians in Alaska" Too
bad he didn't have wooden support
ers.
Evidently some of the members of
fered at the hands of unskilled den
lists; bill has been passed regu-
lating the practice of dentistry and
providing penalties for violation of
the act.
The most horrible punishment we
can think of for the members of the
Meat Trust and the Cold-Storage
Gang is, Imprisonment until they
have eaten all the cold-storage food
which has accumulated in the past
three years.
We are promised a long session of
Congress, as many important mat
ters are still untouched. If they
would muzzle Cannon, edit Taft's
speeches and sidetrack the Pinchot
matter, Congress might possibly get
down to brass tacks.
Now that Georgia has decided to
make the track inspectors walk over
their territory instead of riding on
a hand-car, there may be fewer
wrecks to record. It is to be sup
posed man walking will see more
while walking than one riding.
A young bank clerk whose salary
was $12 per week is arrested on the
charge of $4,000 shortage which he
lost at cards. He plaintively asked:
What could a fellow do on $12 per
week." One answer is, he couldn't
play faro successfully, anyway.
The shop windows, the calendar
and the hooking birds in the South
all agree to the fact that Spring has
arrived. The doctor and the under
taken expect the usual harvest from
those who 'take 'em off, at the first
signs of Spring above mentioned.
Prohibition isn't hurting liquor
importations into the United States
so as you could notice it. In 1909
the sum of $26,0OO,O00 was placed
as the value of liquors imported for
the year, and is twice the amount
recorded for ten years previously.
*
Queer how suspicious some people
are about widows: a dear friend of
one heard the widow playing a we'd
ding march less than two weeks
after the death of her husband, so
the police were called in, and now
they're making it uncomfortable for
the widow.
Quite thrilling melodrama
might be written about this Pinchot-
Ballinger affair. "The pa-a-apers"
figure in it most dramatically, not to
mention the Lost Letter, the Villain,
and the Money Maybe it is of such
stuff the "great American drama" is
to be built.
Foreigners regard the Americans
with awe, especially when it comes
to their matrimonial relations. 1t is
never safe to ask visiting American
how his wife is, the foreigner AYERS,
until one sees the 1adV and recOp-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-10

The automobiles continue to make
the undertaken glad, but the insur-
ance people are thinking of raising
the prices of policies
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-10

Savannah (Georgia) is finding it
difficult to keep clean linen and have
the linen too. A number of colored
wash-women have been in the habit
of side-stepping with their weekly
gatherings, and the police have been
rounding them up. Another plea for
a college education for the average
housewife, which will include laun-
dry work among it's studies.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19

wire renee man TO go TO Texas with
his old Niagara Falls"
"Let us hope for the best" 1 said
rs modestly as could
"But it will do 1t, Albeit will do It
for sure. There's no girl in America
going to stand up under the wind sob
bing and signing and moaning DER q
grave on the lea. l don't know what
the lea Is, but / guess you've got it
right enough"
certainly had. I heard next day
that the wire fence man had moved
on and that Jimmie Day had given up
further thoughts of suicide. Such
things lead me to believe that I'm do
ing some little good in the world.
BY the time got down to the Widow
Jennings 1t was showing so that the
old horse could hardly keep the road,
but made out the widow waiting for
me at the gate. She said l was to
come In on important business, and
when had entered the house she con-
tinued:
"Abe, you know Tommy Schermer-
horn, don't youT'
eyes. l know Tommy, and I hear
that he Is courting you"
HE was, Abe, but he has quit. He
got jealous and quit, and you are GO
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19

about crazy"
"Did Ellen go back Oh himT'
"Yes. Told him she no longer loved
him; told him that, and they have
been engaged for three monthsw
"But who does she lover
"Why, a man who puts up wire
fences has been stopping at her ia
Tiers for a couple of weeks. and he's
made love to her till he's turned her
head. He says if she will marry him
he'll take her up to Niagara Falls on
bridal tower"
"And you want some OF my poetryf"
"Abe. we've got to lave It, It's q
case of life or death. Yes, we want
some of your sad poetry-something to
thetic girl, though bit silly, and If
we can get her tears started and her
heart to swelling she will give that
wire fence man the cold shake and
come back to Jim. Sit right down to
the table and write something. Put
in heap of sadness. Make 1t all sad"
Honest Abe Unwinds a Poem.
Farmer John and his wife are good
friends of mine, and 1 stole enough
time from the United States to write
the following. 1t can be sung to the
air of "Our Old Cow Has Broke Her
Neck"
A grave on the lea-'tis covered with
snow
It's the grave Of our poor Jimmie Day.
Va Ia,u la nd hp
sod,
And his spirit haa flown far away.
Just twenty years old and happy was he,
And loving he was a fair maid,
And never a thought that Ellen so dear
Would turn out to be such a jade.
His love was returned-so said the maid
She vowed that to him she'd be true.
They'd live ON farm and make butter
and cheese
And their skies would ever be blue.
But along came man with fencing Of
wire.
His tongue in the middle was hung.
He praised her red hair, her eyes and hei
nose
And fattered the maiden so young.
He talked of his riches-they're all in his
eye
lie talked or the love tnat ne pore,
He talked of Ice cream and soda so cold
And the sound OF the cataract's roar.
And Ellen forgot her pledges to Jim.
Her love of u sudden grew cold
She gave him the shake for the wire fence
man,
And thus my sad story is told.
Oh, sad is the wind a-bowing tonight
Across the lone grave OF poor Jim!
IL sighs and 1t means as never before,
Because 1t is sorry for him.
Ellen will live, she will look on the grave
She will think of the days that are past
She will think of the wreck, the poor sui
eide, III
The love that was hers TO the last.
The winds they will moan and continue to
sigh.
The winds viii continue to weep,
And Ellen will call, "Oh, Jimmie, come
back"
AS in her sad bed she doth steep.
"Lordy, Abe. but that's what the
boys call corkerv" exclaimed Mrs
Day when had finished and read the
poem. '"That's going to be copied and
sent to Ellen Root within two hours,
and If it don't change her mind then l
don't know my own sex. In five min
utes after reading 1t she'll. tell that
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19
In the Wronu place.

"The great trouble with most of us
Is that we are continually putting the
right thing in the wrong place"
Il know 1t. Yesterday when I was
putting letter in one of the pockets
OF my office coat, as l supposed, j actu-
ally put 1t into pocket of the coat |
atterward wore home. Do you sup
pose you would have any influence in
Keeping certain things out OF the pa
pers?"-Chicago Record Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19

He left me to weep and to moan and to
sigh.
And his name 1t is Tom Schermerhorn.
MY heart isn't breaking-no: never a bit.
NO tears from my eyes longer flow.
When Tommy he planned To give me the
shake
He'd better have gone bit slow.
To town VIII go, a lawyer consult
The damages they Will be high
AND the jury verdict the widow will
give
And Tommy be caught on the fly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19
Tried IL on the Dor

"She is reputed to be cold beauty
Did you win her heart with orchids p
mo; l sent some very fine imported
sausage to her Pittsburg Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19
ABE'S POETIC AID,
Honest Postman on His Rounds
Finds Hearts Bowed Down.
RHYMES ROUNDUP REcREANTs

oirls Life Saved by Rhythm That
brought Back Her First-Lawsuit
Threat In Jingle Fetehes Widows
Beau On q GaIIop.
BY M. QUAD.
copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary
, Press.]
- STARTED out on my route the
other morning just as a blizzard
9 started In, and l felt sure that
no one in the land would ask for
poetry on such day. was mistaken,
however. Farmer John Days wife
waved a tablecloth at me from the
kitchen window as l was about to
drive past, and l turned aside and
needed the call. When reached the
door she said:
"Abe, it's bad day, but I just
couldn't help 1t. My motherly heart
is aching"
"And what's the motberly heart ach-
Ing aboutT asked.
"Our Jim tried to commit suicide
last night"
"You don't sayw
'Yes, he did. Come home at II
o'clock from sparkling Ellen Root. 1
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19

WIDOW CALLS FOR THREAT IN VERSE.
heard him when he come in. and I
heard him sigh and mutter to himself.
After he had been upstairs about fif-
teen minutes l crept softly up, and
there he was, just noosing a rope to
hang himself oh, Abe, I can't tell
You what a shock 1t was to mew
'Well, you took the rope away"
'Yes, but he says he'll swaller pizen
or use piece Of glass to cut his throat.
He's lying in his bed, and think he's
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19
Another Key For the Widow.

Another Key For the Widow.
"Well. you'll write about something
else now. Bluff him, Abe, blur him
no moaning winds. but hint of a
suit Of breach of promise. 1 am no
silly girl to take poison. Tommy
Schermerhorn has got to prance around
here or take the consequences. Do it
for me and I'll always be your friend. !"
l Off with my overcoat, pulled off my
mittens and sat down to the table. and
in ten minutes twas done. More than
that, it brought Tommy around on the
gallop that very evening:
On his bended knees he swore that he
loved,
And he begged for my heart and my
hand,
And when I said Eyes" into raptures he
went,
The happiest man in the land.
He talked OF the bliss of our welded life
Ills queen | should be till he died.
The doves they should sing and turtle
away.
He talked. and ne turned and cried.
But, 10, came day when Tommy grew
cold,
And he lsft me all sad and forlorn-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-19

ing TO bring him Back to me-"
But l have just written about lone
graves and moaning winds"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-08
WOULD SPANK
THE BAD BOYS

Following the rowdyiHm that pre.
vailed In the down town atreets OF
Tacoma Saturday after the football
ramc between the nroadwaya OF
THIS city and the Tacoma high
eleven. this letter appeared Ia one
OF the Tacoma newspapers!
rhc disgraceful scenes OF Sat.
urday evening, the outcome OF a
friendly game Of football lead me
70 think that there ia something
lacking Ia the education Of our local
high school youths Isn't there
time TO teach them a little In tho
art OF good behavior ~ not, per.
haps Ne had better drop football
and devote the time 10 a little In.
a'ruction In good breeding. for in,
stance. how TO behave In street
car. etc. A small claam for some
OF the young ladies' might also DO
started, Consideration for the feel.
ings Of some OF our better hrod citl.
sens demands this. nealdes. some
OF these youths may one day wish
70 so abroad Il would be- interest.
inE 20 know whose daughter Il was
that trundled that big cowbell down
Pacific av IL she we're daughter
% mine | would spank her and send
her 10 bed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-08
Retail Prices at
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-08

= am training Cherry to be gen
tie. for gentleneSs Is. next to truth,
fulnsss. one OF the greatest woman.
" virtues
Il have taught her that the do.
nestle animals are our little
brothers and sisters and that wc
ahould treat them as such
4 tell her that for selfish rea.
sons alone we should be as un.
selfish a. we can. Give out love
and oceans % love come 10 us.
4 talk things over with Cherry
and explain Why u Is better 10 DO
one thing than another better for
her and for others
Cherry IL being taught music.
dancing and French. Later on she
viii 40 20 an English school. De.
cause her foster mother wants her
TO have the low voice and charming
E diction of the English woman
English women are calmer than
I We are. They have poisa." says
Mamma billie Burke
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-08

Fruit Large BASKET csnrefd sra pc
sts hiaahetsias pounHs for tfr3 East.
sra Fnncert Nfap1s $50 basssf nrw
EnEttsh Wkfnmfs Sc 20 Florida EHap~
trait. . Cor ste Ienathan sppiss 81 psr
boz
Vegetables Potatoes tlls per
So pNr~ appis ctdsf. a&o sal psrw
apple elder tinsEsF tse ga hsuiiaY g1e
sAL Japanese rwsls beams. 2 pounds FOE
ifri 1apsneee pfak BEANS tisna bnans
and Yeiiew beans. 2 gauaaH for fHr
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beans. pounds Tor sact spilf peas. &
pnunds far 4acs taptgCa. Z poundR Toe
rs. sage pounds FOE afc. CaroIina
rice. o. 10 had rics, > pounds Tor use
gspanss@ firs. rsands far ate
Meats eirinih roast f1Ac prime rih
roast. tHsc. pot roast. 1886. lamb
chops. tasei soflipx beet fc. saren.
SLICED. ice. Eastern hams soc. veal
chops. tsF veal roast f8@fas rafllr
sausage. ftr. eorusd beef 1tar
Fish Haithut. pnunds FOR FEr.
saimon. fic each. ar8rifs Z pounds for
ftc. Hereh. pounds FOR fkr r1nandsFs
s. % saies : pounds Tor str. Olympia
oysters. use pint. Eastern oysters soc
das shrlmpH. pounds Tor 2tc. crabs
. Dc ~ 2 for atr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-08

STYLISH NARROWER SHOP
ttais sfimmrd dyed. cleaned aia -.
~ eked fiumes eurisd and cleaned
Alteration Dept New and old safs
Meats 81 Arcade
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-08

Mss Billie Burke. the beautiful
innriran actress and greatest
hsFlse on the English stage. IN
11as the most enthusiastic moth
"a the land o. eoarse, she IA
ns 3 foster mother. buf she isn't
ksax tkaf tnfsrfer. with her
's4asrsag duties
sAmgh bar nine years older
- " aeapied daughter. Billsc
IA x*ssd a set % rules and
rgzh5zi NJ her daughter Cher.
r. ~ ri work wonders. Billie
3 as 4 nat
Mzs asopted the sad faced Eirl
Eaa G1FrT's real mother. BIZ.
~ rad died. and she Is de.
ssnl,sf D duplicate her own sue.
~ NJ sapplneSs for her adopted
a;xssr
ffsrr says the actress foster
ssaE every woman should have
- neans Of livelihood. and
~ zisnt. the stage is the best
EAazaa for women. because Ia
surEa are greatest