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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-04-08
IS EPILEPSY coNoUEREp7
New York Physicians Have Many
Cures to Their Credit.

Cures to Their Credit.
New York. April 4.-Advices from
every direction fully confirm previous
reports that the remarkable treatment
for epilepsy being administered by the
consulting physicians Of the DR.. Water
man Institute is achieving wonderful
results. Old and stubborn cases have
been greatly benefited and many pa
tients claim to have been entirely
cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to DR.. Waterman
Institute, 1872 East 25th st., Branch 63.
New York, for a supply Of the remedy.
which is being distributed gratuitously.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-04-08

Better general health IL sure to follow
the use Of the natural Herb laxative, Gar
field Tea. 1t corrects constipation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-04-08

Nothing chloroforms church quick
er than 4 minister dosed with dignity
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-04-08

Constipation causes and seriously agra
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly curet
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coatee
granules.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-04-08

Some sermons come near being dem
onstrations Of eternal punishment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-04-08

ELLO. Henry. am going to
leave you today. I've sold my
carcass again"
This remark by a big sailor TO
a friend on the San Francisco
waterfront caused a landsman
TO turn around and regard the
pair curtously. II was the tenth
time that he had heard that re-
mark In the course OF an hour
as he loitered about the wharves
watching the whalers preparing
for their season In northern
seas. He had seen big, hard
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-04-08

BON !, Look psalsE .Agniss II FL kind. Of MER.
log mailed free. Cor. 18th 4 Blake. Denver.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-07
chanelna Tom Reed,. Fses.

Thomas B. Reed was once the victim
Of printers error the unusual ant
ness Of which. after the first flush Of
indignation had subsided. appealed 80
strongly to his sense Of the comic that
he never failed to refer to the matter
with the keenest gusto whenever he
met the man whom he. with the ut
most mock soIemnity. always held re-
sponsible for It The late Colonel John
A. Cockerill's handwriting in the heat
OF composition was sometimes liable
to lose itself in an almost iDterminable
tanRle. decipherable only with the
greatest difficulty. On one occasion be
undertook to say that amy one can
see Tom Reed has the face Of an hon
est man." bnt was horrifed when be
opened his paper the following morn
ing and found that the types made him
say that 'any one can see Tom Reed
has a face like harvest moon.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-07
The Grow That Wears a FOOLS Cap.

The Grow That Wears a Fools Cap.
The following clever way of keeping
crows away from grainfield is used
by the farmer of Holland: He makes
some small caps Of stout paper and
smears around the inner side Of the
mouth Of each some birdlime or other
sticky stuff. In these he puts some
grains of corn and stands them about
his fields by pressing their points into
soft earth. When the crow finds one
Of these paper caps he thinks himself
in great luck until he attempts TO peck
at the tempting grain. when. to his
astonishment. he finds the cap attach
ed to his head-a regular fools cap
which will not even allow him to see
what course to take II he flies up.
However. he succeeds in reaching
some coarse grass or bushes and after
much bewildered scrambling and flop.
ping about gets his head out Of this
undesirable cap and ever afterward
avoids the field where there are more
Of them
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-07
Wanted--AR Ideal
School Teacher

The following has been sent in with
request for publication by an East
Coast teacher, who states that the re
ouirement of some trustees are not
overdrawn:
WANTED. A teacher at roaring
kick town school NJ, "a who can fill
the following requirements Must be
Of medium age, sly lish appearance, very
seady, must neeec 90 anywhere after
school hours except 70 the homes of
patrons must never under any cir
cumstauces go auto riding, driving
walking or wheeling with young men,
OF write letters during school hours
must attend the Methodist church
South every Sunday and always put
in DOT less than 81 50 wben Mr.. y
passes the hat around: must spend one
night each week at the house of each
patron. and in those homes where there
are pianos must be ready and willing o
play from four 10 six hours all of Cho
pins and other modern artists for tie
souls.
Must be gentle, and guarantee not to
kick about playing the organ every
Sunday, must be able TO get up nice
Christmas tree on 80 cents aud make all
The ornaments must use all the old
,andy bags left over from last year
must drill the children for first class
Entertainments after school hours but
lot keep the children after 3 o'clock
.lso, must teach six hours every day,
axe in at $50 a. m, and let out when
he lessons are learned drill the chill
iren in gymnasium work. elocuticn
nd manners see that they,get not less
han 100 in mathematics, like their
arents did way back in Kentucky and
e willing, to board self, or pay $50
Month and eat grits and bacon, must
ave no company, help with the work
e willing to teach music free after
cnool hours, help tend the baby, help
a case of sickness, teach the Bible
ass and pack tomatoes and peppers 90
,turday. :
Do you know of any jewel who can
Il the bill ? 1T" has been and can be
one again.
P. S.-Must hold first class certifi.
lte and teach from chart TO ninth
rade.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-07

JackSOnNlIIe IS HdNluE ouuOdy odsS
ball and calling it athletic exhibition
Frank c. Norfeet, Of Newberry, Il
now Commander Of the Florida Divis
ion United Sons of Confederate Ve;er
ans vice c. Seton Fleming
DR.. J. c. Vinson, of Tampa, was
knocked senseless. last Friday, when
he picked up the receiver 10 answer a
phone call and was unconscious until a
physician arrived.
Mr.. and Mrs. A, VI. Higgins, a peace
able old couple who had lived near
Electra for y years, were murdered
with an axe or hatchet while they
slept Monday night Of last week.
Dade's coulty's commissioners have
ordered Australian pines planted along
the Orange Glade road in that county.
They should have ordered mango trees
and had somethir G useful as well as
ornamental.
The mem bers of the Hillsboro county
bar presented Judge j. 8. Wall with
handsome eight-piece silver service on
the occasion of his retiring as Judge
of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, position
he had beld for II years.
Jacksonville ships between three and
four thousand packages of one 20 TWO
gallons Of whisky daily, or one-half
million gallons per year, and is proba-
bly, the largest shipping point Of liquor
in the south. Some of it is used at
home.
Florida, according TO the Census Bu-
Teau, has 5,23l 800 acres in 49.s34 farms
and the average number OF acres in a
farm is los. Farm land is valued at
500, 2Ss, 600, and buildings at $24 ,335,OO0
while implements and machinery are
valued at s4,429.O0O Of all the farms
II per cent are operated:by white farm
ers.
At special meeting of the county
commissioners held in Bradentown re-
Gently Mr.. W att, the defaulting treas.
urer, was notified that the clerk had
examined his books and found him
shert l3,53645. He was tuen given
official notice that this amount must be
Paid within FIVE days or his bondsmen
would be held responsible.
The Hastings potato growers will
hereafter get their product TO the New
York market at the rate of 55 cents per
barrel via the Clyde Line. The rail-
roads charge So cents, reduction of 10 !
cents per barrel as ordered by the In.
ter-State Commerce Commission. The
rate few years ago was $l,lO per bar.
rel. This reduced rate affects all grow |
ers Of potatoes 10 the state.
While police officers Stafford and +.
2. Graves we're beating an unruly ne
gro prisoner in the Sanford Jail over
The head with their revolvers, Thurs
day, the gun held by Stafford was dis
charged and Graves was killed instantly
by the bullet. The negro ran and was
shot and wounded by Stafford. Ora yes
left wife, four daughters and three
sons. The negro was charged with SELL
ing whisky.
After trial lasting a week. during
which the plea Of self defense was
abandoned and insanity substituted,
which was not proven, and the lawyers
speeches three hours long, the
jury in the case OF Barber for killing
Mann, tried at Tampa, returned a YER.
diet for manslaughter. Judge Wall !,
sentenced Barber 70 three moDths in
|ail which was afterwards reduced to
'ne hour. Mann was desperate and /
VI they proved was Thar Barber, a son. ,
n-lev, was afraid Of him.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-07

j, a Dixon, an employe of the Me.
dula Phosphate Company at Christina,
was run over and killed Tuesday night
of last week by dirt train.
The Tampa cigar strike leaders will
have TO serve their sentences of year
each in jail and the unions did not order
strike because pardons were prom
ised TO the leaders.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
Trust Busting.

There is much activity in trust bust
ing The law has just been invoked
against the kindling wood trust, a COM
bination which had hitherto managed to
escape public notice Officials OF the
United Shoe Machinery Company have
been indicted in Massachusetts. In
Delaware the powder trust has been
sued by rival company, which charges
conspiracy in restraint OF trade, and the
harvester trust is soon to be sued by
the government. In addition TO all these
cases, the Attorney General is ready to
proceed against the steel trust. unless
that corporation in the meantime ac-
complishes its own dissolution, which
seems at present to be its purpose.
Naturally, these disturbances in busi-
ness affect the market, Spectators take
advantage of the unclsine5s and uncer-
tainty to hammer down prices, and
even legitimate holders of the securities
are anxious as to the final outcome. L
is evident that these conditions will pre-
vail for some time. Corporations which
have existed and are still existing in
violation of law must adjust themselves
to a legal basis, or accept the conse-
QuenceS. 1t will take months for this
reorganization to be affected, and even
then no one can definitely predict what
the result will be-
Surely no one can charge the present
with laxity in the mat
ter OF attacking the trusts. The work
is being done 50 thoroughly that no one
can tell where the lightning next will
strike
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
Defending His Vetoes.

President TAFT, in his speech at Grand
Rapids yesterday. once more declared
himself unalterably opposed to a re-
vision Of the tariff except upon infor-
nation secured through the tariff board.
and he again criticised the Democrats
and insurgent Republicans whose votes
passed the revision bills through the
last Congress. Having taken his posi-
ton, the President is naturally emphatic.
q will not alter my policy" he says,
though political defeat stare me in
the face"
Mr.. Taft advanced a new position
when he declared that in appointing 4
tariff board he was guided bv appeals
in the Republican platforms of Ohio,
Wisconsin, New York. Iowa. and Kan
sas for "a scientific investigation of the
tariff by a permanent body and upon
whose researches and data future re-
visions should be based" 1t is hardly to
be presumed, however, in making this
dSSSIuOlI' Iidt lliS ISSluent intended to
convey the idea that the tariff board
was a purely Republican institution.
called into being in response to a politi-
cal platform. His purpose was rather to
assure his Republican hearers that his
action was to be accepted as thoroughly
in line with Republican doctrine.
With assurances that he really ia
vors lower duties, the President asks
the country to wait and be content. In
the meantime, he points out that this re-
vision downward can be accomplished
If the American manufacturers viii
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22

themselves reduce the cost of produc-
ton. His views are thus expressed:
q am in favor of the reduction of the
tariff wherever it can be done and still
give a living measure of protection to
those industries of the. country that
need it. But l insist that we have
reached now a point in the history of
tariff making when every one ought to
realize that the tariff should not be
changed and business disturbed except
upon information which shall" enable us
to pass bills that will disturb it least
Our whole business system rests upon
the protective tariff basis. The real
hope of men who are in favor of lower
ing duties is TO pursue the policy OF
securing accurate information TO keep
the tariff rates down as low as possible
consistent with the life of the business
protected. The natural operation of the
tariff under those conditions and Ameri-
can ingenuity is to continue to reduce
the cost OF production, and that in
itself will secure, if we adhere to the
policy, reduction of the tariff rates
from time to time"
The President goes still further. He
will interpose his, constitutional privilege
against any measure which cuts the
tariff with blacksmiths TOOLS" and he
proposes to secure tariff reduction "in
accordance with the principles OF the
Republican platform, and on informa-
ton accurate and impartial ~ 1t is to
be regretted that the President should
have emphasized the principles of the
Republican platform. 1t makes tariff
revision a purely political matter,
whereas it was hoped that the question
would be treated from an economic and
not from 4 partisan point of view.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
Ais Well that Ends Well!

The children Of Mount Pleasant, who
were facing the alternative Of playing
during the approaching fall and winter
out in the streets or not at all,
have been provided with the necessary
ground through the generosity of 4
citizen. The gymnastic paraphernalia
now under the trees at Fourteenth street
and Columbia road will not have to
be put in storage, but will be removed
to a similar plot a few squares to the
north, in almost as accessible location.
The Playground Association and the
children of the vicinity are to be felici-
tated upon the satisfactory outcome of 4
troublesome situation. The agent Of
the property which had been in use for
many months without cost, finding that
a continued public use of the plot would
Interfere with its successful disposal,
cannot be criticised for safeguarding
the interests of the owners, who are
naturally anxious to sell.
The outcome is a pleasing one, and
the present condition, no doubt, will be
continued until such time as Congress
shall provide permanent playground
for that section
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
BY, 4. w. MACY.
ENGLISH SYMPATHY FOR
AMERICA.

The sentiment in England
against America during the Rev
dictionary war was not unani-
nous by any means. II a pOpu-
lar vote had been taken it is
likely that a majority would
have been found favoring the
American side. on June ~ 1T75,
the lord mayor and aldermen of
London adopted an Address.
remOnstrance, and petition" to
the King, expressing their alb
horrence of the tyrannical meas
ures pursued against their fell
lOw-subJects in American. and
asking him to dismiss his min
listers and COunselOrs who were
responsible for such an unright-
cous war. Being notified OF this.
the King siEnified his Willingness
to receive the petition at his
next levee, OF public reception.
The lord mayor and aldermen
refused to present Il except when
he was sitting on his throne. He
replied that he would receive any
Fkind of a petition. but he must
he the judge as to where. Both
sides were stubborn, and the pc
titiOn was never officially pre-
sented. They took care. however,
that a copy Of it was presented
10 the King in private.
(COpynght, 1911, by Joseph B. BowleA)
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
Washington's First Apple Show.

There are in Washington few peo-
pie, comparatively, who realize the won
derful progress made of late years in
fruit growing-with particular reference
TO apples-in the States adjacent to the
District, viz: Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey.
Apples from the Hood River Valley, in
Oregon, and those from Washington
State are famous the world over, but
to-day the East has come into its own
with respect to apple-growing, and fruit
grown in this section commands the
highest price in the market
The apple show which is to be held
in this city from November ~ to De-
cember 2, inclusive, will possess, there
fore, more than usual importance. Ex-
'hibitors from Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey
will attend, and the generous prizes of
fered will secure a most complete and
ATTRACTIVE display. President Taft will
be invited to open the exhibit, and DR..
Wiley and others whose interest in pure
foods is well known will participate in
the programme. For these and other
reasons the management has made no
mistake in. selecting Washington as the
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
MISDIRECTED ENTERPRISE.
COunterfeiters who Would Make
More by Legitimate Work.

From the New York Mail.
Perhaps the most striking instances
of misdirected enterprise to be found
anywhere occur among persons en-.
gagged in criminal pursuits. Note, for
example. the case OF a foreigner who
was recently arrested for making
bogus One-cent pieces His plant was
seized and 1t was found that with the
facilities al. his command he could not
turn out more than seventy-five OF thu
counterfeit coins in a day. AS he was
an able bodied man he probably would
have had no trouble in earning SIPS
or $3.50 a day in some honest occupa-
tion.
But here is an instance still more
remarkable: In going over a lot of
gold coin received at the New Orleans
subtreasury a few days ago the clerks
discovered a counterfeit IS piece. 1t
was put aside and a subsequent test
showed that the coin was made OF pure
platinum covered with a thin plating of
gold. Evidently the counterfeiter who
fashioned it never dreamed that the
platinum in It was worth more than
the gold coin 1t was made to repre-
sent.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22

city in which to present the produces
of the orchards. The population at that
time will include people from all parts
of the United States, and they will
certainly be attracted by an exhibit of
perfectly grown and deliciously favored
fruit
The apples grown on the Pacific Slope
are splendid in size and beautiful in
color Those from the orchards of the
Virginias and Maryland-which have
been brought to high state of culti-
VNtion by the use of modern methods
and the exercise of care and attention
are equally as fine in size and as lovely
to look, upon. The apples grown in these
States also possess flavor all their
own-a favor delicious to the palate and
one that those of Washington and Ore
gon will never have. This, the experts
say, is due to the fact that the Virginia
and Maryland apples are grown on nat
ural soil, the whole nutriment of which
is thrown into the tree, while the land
that sells in Washington and Oregon
for $4,000 and $1,000 an acre is artif-
cially irrigated.
This fact has been proven by COM
parison, and will be demonstrated con-
clusieely when Washington has its first
apple show.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
Defeat of Reciprocity.

The verdict of Canada has been reg
istered against reciprocity with the
United States.
The reason for the defeat OF the
agreement IS not difficult to understand.
From the very beginning of the cam
paign the opponents OF reciprocity ap-
pealed directly 10 Canadian patriotism
and prejudice. Ultimate annexation and
the sacrifice Of Canadian independence
were predicted Speaker Ciark's un-
warranted assertion that reciprocity was
the entering wedge tor annexation be-
came d weapon in the hands OF the Con
servativcs which had ali the sharpness
OF two-cdged sword. Uucrances by
President TAFT were given an Interior
and sinister meaning absolutely foreign
to the Presidents mind, and charges that
commercial Interests in this country
were dispensing large sums Of money
for the purpose OF purchasing the cleo
ton found crcdcncc. despite the fact
thar sub,tantiatiun was sadly lacking
During the campaign the merits OF the
question were almost entirely ignored.
Instead, the minds OF the Canadian
voters were filled with suspicion ana
doubt @The honesty and unsclfshness
OF the motives OF the United States
were attacked, and when an appeal is
made TO national pride there can be
only one response. The Canadians were
naturally eager to demonstrate their
loyalty to their country.
The defeat oi reciprocity must neces-
sarily be serious personal disappoint-
ment to President Taft. The scheme OF
the agreement was his initiative. He
assembled Congress in extraordinary
session to secure its adoption He
labored in,istcn,iy in its behalf, and
willingly accepted the Democratic sup
port without which the agreement
would have been defeated Now, how
ever, his efforts have come to naught
The reciprocal relations which we laid
at the feet Of Canada have been
spurned. The benefits to this country
and to Canada which the President 50
eloquently portrayed are not to be en-
joyed
Along the northern border, where
reciprocity has been viewed as al
menace, there will be rejoicing over the
result. The men in the Senate and
House who remained loyal to their con-
stituents and declined 10 follow the
Presidents lead will feel that they have
been vindiCatcd
And yet, after ALL i, is unfortunate
that the agreement was not allowed to I
go into effect 1t promised much for
both countries, and it is a pity that as
a political issue in Canada it became
involved in bitter controversy which
prevented it trum being considered in
a sane and serious manner The time
may yet come when Canada will view
the question in different light.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
GRAVE DIGGERs IN UNIFORM.
Cincinnati Sets Custom Mt Sugges-
tiOn of Its Archbishop.

Prom the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Officials grave diggers in the st. Jo-
seph Cemetary of this city. one Of the
largest Of the local ''cities Of the dead, -
in the future are to perform their duties
clad in full uniform of a striking pattern.
Acting on the advice Of Archbishop
Moeller. officers Of the cemetery associa-
tion have purchased six uniforms with
which the men regularly employed to as
sist in the last sad rites to equip them
selves
The archbishop. it was said to-day,
suggested the plan as being in accord
with the dignity of such solemn occa-
sions and in unison with the usages of
modern society.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
SEPTEMBER SONG

The fields, are brown, the leaves sif
down.
The care-free quail are gay;
They take the wing the while I sing
My russet rOundelay
The apples red hang overhead:
The crops are great, they say.
1t is time for autumn rhyme
AndSrIsset roundelay.
The shredded wheat looks very neat
In windrOws stacked away.
The grapes are ripe. and so I pipe
My russet roundlay.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
Making Everything Count.

From Ideas
A Highland gentleman on the point OF
starting for America left his purse. con-
tanning s1OO at the railway station.
On his return. some time afterward,
the purse was brought to him by a clerk
of the company, who expected a tip.
The laird took the purse and counted
the money. and then looked inquiringly
at the clerk, who exclaimed in astonish-
ment: Isn't it right. sir?" ''Richt! No.
was the quick response. Where's the
interest"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
AeropIane Mail Service.
the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Prom the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The government, through Postmaster
General Hitchcock, is TO cooperate IN ex-
periments to determine the practicaoility
of delivering letters by aeroplane. Mall
was successfully transmitted between
Herndon and Windsor Castle few days
ago under the auspices of the British
postNl authorities.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-22
Here's Economy.

Ft1n the Kansas City Journal.
, An Anthony paper tells of clergyman
who received this note asking him to
perform a marriage ceremony: This is to
give you nOtis that l and Mis- Jemima
Arabella Brearly is coming to your
church on Saturday afternoon next to
undergo the operation of matrimony at
your hands. Please be prompt, as the
cab is hired by the hour"