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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23
CAMP ON A NEW YORK ROOF
Uptown Doctor Builds $500 Retrea'
ON Ton of His House.

There is good deal Of talk nova
days f.bout the value OF plenty Of
fresh If in sleeping rooms. DR.. Add
scn w. Baird tells in the Surrey abou
a roof camp that he has built on thu
TOP of his New York dwelling. Here
he sleeps, and here he finds rest IN
the open air is quieter and deeper
than indoors.
Zone may be sleepy when the alarm
sounds in the morning, but rises re
freshed and invigorated," he says. III
fact, this urban open air life has q
number of pleasant features. There
is a sense of remoteness, of being ava,
from the noise and movement of tn,
city.
Looking out over the roofs tht
scene is often one of great beauty. The
electric light streaming upward on the
tall buildings of the neighborhood II
very striking, and further on can bs
seen the Palisades with their brilliant
arc lights and the dark river beneath
In winter time moonlight glistenint
on the surrounding snowclad roof:
forms very attractive picture.
This roof house is twelve feet
square and consists of a steel frame
work covered in with fireproof mate
rails to comply with the building code
Across the front extends series oil
doors, so that this whole side can BIZ
thrown open.
1.-THE walls are double and the inter
space has openings top and bottom
thus providing free circulation of air
and the roof also is double, with ven
tilation through small cupola The
effect of this cellular construction /,
to prevent the apartment from becom
ing overheated when the suns rayi
play upon it throughout the long sum
MGR days. The whole cost was les,
than S400."
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23
One CLEAN of joy.

Johnny had two presents at III.
same time--one diary, which he kept
very carefully, and the other q nea'
snooting popgun, which he fired in,
dlscriminately on all occasions.
one day his mother found the fol.
lowing terse record In his diory.
Mondy cold and sloppy, Toosdy cold
ana sloppy. Wensdy cold and sloppy
shot Granma." O'p'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23
Castle Garden.

Only old New Workers. know Tho,
.nere used to be an island 200 feet off
the Battery and that it was fortified
ana known as Fort Clinton. The ,s.
land was connected with the mainland
Dy drawbridge. When the waterway
was filled In the island became a mart
Oh tne battery and was known as Cas-
Tie Garden. AS everybody knows. n
Is now the aquarium. =
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23

A really ingenious waiter is a ra,.
oelng. A reporter of the New York
Sun says that he found one not Ions
ago. genial Irishman, frankly in
clined to converse. The guest ga,
down and frowned over the bir q,
fare in great perplexity.
what's good to-day?" he inquired
of the waiter.
CLANS, sir" answered the other
promptly, and then. leaning over the
eaDie' he added, confidentially, "they'r.
very good indeed, sir. The walters are
eating 'em themselves"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23
Hood
Sars apariIIa

Will purify your blood, clear
your complexion, restore your
appetite, relieve your tired feel.
ing, build you up. Be sure to
take it this spring.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
tablets called Sarsatabs. 100 Doses 81
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23
Carriers Want Sunday Rest.

Several hundred clergymen in Chi
cage recently started a movement, fur
thered by the Chicago Christian En-
deaver union, to relieve mail clerks and
carriers of Sunday work.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23

Il wonder what the teacher meant
about the singing of my two daugh-
ters."
what did he say?"
HE said that Mamies vofce was
good, but Maud's was better STILL
Cleveland Leader
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23
MONTANA GIRL is SUICIDE
Adeline Christensen's Body Found in
Paradise Hotel.

Miss Adeline Christensen, Il wears
old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Christensen, old-time citizens, was found
dead at Paradise, recently, in her room
at the Derocher home, where she was
guest She had retired after attend
ing a skating party. Death was caused
from gunshot wound inflicted by her
self. She was buried Monday at
Plains.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23

fhat pretty girl when she cries 4.
a very affecting sight. She is rsgu.
lar picture"
Yes. what one might call a moyin,
picture. "--Baltimore American.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23

rake warning from the peachbud:
.nat which grows venturesome and
taxes on Its union suit too soop uevsr
lives to be a peach
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23

Go to your meals prepared to be
cheerful. People who carry their wor-
ries and burdens and their surly moods
to the dinner table poison everything
they eat.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-23

The total frontage of Greater New
York upon the water is ALSO miles.
OF this 1870 miles is available to
shipping.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
AFTER The FISHERS OF
SUMTER In EARNEST
Game Warden is Camping on
Their Trail

Game Warden L. D. Lockhart, Of
Sumter, is getting ready to camp up
on the trail of the many fragrant vio-
lators of the fish and game laws here,
and more particularly the fishermen,
as it is at this season that the laws
are openly violated. Warden Lock
harris complaint is that many parties
here are SEEMING the ponds and creeks
in clear violation of the law, while
fish traps abound in all the small
streams here. Under the law one can
not obstruct a stream entirely with d
trap, but must leave one-third OF tho
width of the stream open in order that
fish may have a slim chance to get by
the trap. Already he is notifying many
here of their violation of the law, and
those who persist in doing so, will
have a chance to explain their disobe-
dience when the grand jury meets in
May.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
SWEETWATER PARK HOTEL.
Lithia Springs, Ga.
Opens Nav LIST. Write for Rates and H.
Illustrated Booklet.

For health and pleasure alike this
charming resort offers a great many
attractions. Here the springs of the
celebrated Bowden Lithia Waters are
located. This is the only health re-
sort where you will find the system Of
vapor Lithia baths with Natural Ii
thia Water.
Our resident physician is in charge
of all details of the medicinal depart
ment.
Sweet Water Park Hotel is only 50
minutes from Atlanta. All trains Of
the Southern railroad with few eE-
ceptions, stop there,
The magnificent hotel accommo-
dates so guests, and affords all the
convenfences of a modern hosiery, has
individual bath rooms, a spacious ball
room, and maintains splendid orches-
ira.
The cuisine is par excellence and
enjoys a great reputation.
The wide hotel porches are zoe
feet long. The large grounds and
park, surrounding the hotel are beau
tifully laid out, with charming walks,
flowers in profusion and broad drive
ways.
The climate is preferable to that
if high mountainous regions where the
changes of temperature are sudden,
especially in the evening. Another
desirable feature of Bowden Lithia
Springs lie the absence of mosquitoes,
gnats and flies.
Bowden Lithia Water, the greatest
of all natural mineral waters, is pre-
scribed by leading physicians every
where and, in addition to its great
medicinal virtues, is also a delightful
Table Water.
1t is bottled at the springs. Sold
by all druggists at 25c Per bottle, or
delivered at your home at $50 for
six bottles
If your druggist cannot supply you,
order direct from the Springs Ship
ped to YOU in y large bottles at $3.50
f O. b. Lithia Springs, Ga. Remit by
money order.
BOwden Lithia Springs Water Co..
Lithia Springs, Ga.
General Offices: Atlanta.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
THE MENU FOR FRIDAY.

This morning from $50 to 10 O'Clock
Professor Becker will demonstrate at
the Sheffield-Huntington Company a
number of practical suggestions to
the colored cooks Of the city, DEALING
especially with general cooking and
the economical use of fuel The ladies
of the city are especially requested to
permit their cooks TO visit the IShef-
Huntington Company this morn
ing during the hours named.
Professor Becker pleasantly re-
membered the employees at The
Times-Recorder yesterday with a
waiter of delicious cake, which was a
typical sample of his productions for
that day.
The following good things will make
up the menu for to-day:
Menu Friday.
Pie Crusts.
Lemon Meringue Pie. Lemon Fillel
Cream Puffs. ChocolateEclairC
Spanish Puffs.
Neckties.
Filling For Cream Puffs.
English Puff Paste.
Oyster Patties. Cheese StraWs
Afternoon Tea Bars.
24-Lb. Black Fruit Cake Baked While
You Are Sleeping.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28

THE PEANUT AT HOME
Observation-Disclosures
(FrOm The Literary D.gest.)

The hcne Of ne peanut is not reai-
ly in the so-calIed ''peanut-gallery,
or on the bIeachers at a ball game; it
is beneath the soil of its native states,
Virginia. the Carolinas and Georgia.
The peanut. We are told by William A.
Taylor. of the United States Bureau OF
Plant Industry, in Farmers Bulletin
No. 431, Washington, 191D, is rapidly
becoming an important farm crop IN
the Southern states. Its vines are
valuable as forage and the peas that
are not marketable can be used for
feeding. Throughout the boil weevil
district of the cotton belt the peanut
promises to become important as
money crop, and special oil-producing
varieties will doubtless assist in keep
ing the oil mills of the Southern states
supplied with raw materials. Botan-
ically, the peanut is rather a pea than
a nut, the latter word being added to
its name ON account of the nutty fla
vor. Its shell is analogous to the pod
of pea, but unlike the latter the
fruit ripens underground. The crop IS
harvested with a pillow, the vines being
afterwards separated from the soil
by hand.
Says Mr. Taylor:
Special machines are now being
offered which are intended to dig,
clean and bunch the peanuts. By set
ting any of these machines to the
proper depth it is possible to sever the
main root of the peanut just below
where the pods are formed and thus
leave considerable of the accumulated
nitrogen in the soil. 1t is estimated
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
SPECIAL Line OF
CUTS FOR ADVERTISERS
TimGS,RGCOrdGr Has AFFang-
ed for Proofs Weekly

The Times-Recorder, in the interest
of the advertising public, has ar
ranged for a special illustrated cut
service. Large proofs are received
each week, giving an excellent array
of cuts suitable for various classy
styles of advertising. These sheets
are on display al the business
Office and can be seen by any one
contemplating advertising If bust
ness man is unable to visit the Times
Recorder Office to inspect the proofs Of
these advertising cuts, the advertising
manager will be pleased to call with
them on application. This service is
intended for the benefit of the adver-
Using public and The Times-Recorder
will heartily cooperate with them in
getting the very latest designs of the
New York engravers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
The BEST tonic
IS ROOT juice

IT TONES, SOOTHES and HEALS
the Mucous Innings of the Stomach,
Bowels and Bladder. INVIGORATES
the Liver and Kidneys. UNSUR-
PASSED for General Debility, Ner-
yous Weakness, Stomach Troubles,
Kidney Affections, Rheumatism ana
General Breakdown. The quick ben
eicial results obtained from the use Of
ROOT JUICE is surprising thousands
Of people throughout the country. The
Compound is certainly a remarkable
TONIC 'STOMACHIC and seems 20
benefit, from the very start, all who
take it. Sold exclusively, at this point,
by Howells Pharmacy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
s:G9t9&H9e9A9s94&19! * Xxx,

that the nitrogen left in the soil by
this system has fertilizing value Of
from SO to IS an acre.
Several local devices have been
constructed, usually upon the plan Of
an ordinary pillow, but having a u
shaped blade or cutter with one edge
sharpened and SO mounted that it may
run underneath the peanut plants. 1t
is desirable to use a double team,
straddling the row, so that the digger
VIII run at uniform depth. Almost any
blacksmith can construct such tool,
and it should not cost more than 50
or Sc. Any device that will sever the
roots of the peanut just below where
the peas are formed will answer the
purpose and prove better adapted to
the work than the pillow, Past meth
DDS are practiced in Virginia, where
the peanuts are removed by means OF
an ordinary pillow, taking most of the
nitrogen from the soil, are largely re-
sponsible for the rapid depletion OF
soil fertility in those lands
I The vines are then stacked, and when
we'll cured the pods are picked off, US
ually by hand, though for this pur-
pose also machinery may now be EN-
ployed
/ Most people know the peanut only
as it appears on the corner stand. but
| its uses are now manifold and eX-
tending. Demand for it is in the man.
ufacture Of all kinds of food products
is increasing, and by-products are us
ed in making feeds for farm and dairy
as a forage product and as a fertilizer
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28

For Richland, Columbus, Dawson Al
bany and immediate points.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
Conditions of Contest:

the tnumher O esrecve
in tn
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28

For Cordele, Abbevllle, Helena and IA
termediate points.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28

For Richland, Columbus, Atlanta, B'r-
mingham, Hurtsboro, Montgomery ana
points West and Northwest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28
How 10 Secure Votes:

every secured for the Daily the Weekly TmesI2eode
tain number of Vote w be
For Renewal of o a
Htam erof W be
Foe Overdue the
c be given
o2a in in
and devceN will from time mea the Cuesp
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28

Close connections at Cordele for
;umous for all points East. and at
and all Texas points and the Southwest
Tor further information apply to
Ga; c. w Small, T. P. A, Savannah
Agent. Savannah. Ca: G. B. RYAN. G.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-28

all points North and South. At CO.
Montgomery for New Orleans, Mobile
and Northwest.
H. P. Everett, Local Agent, Americus'
R. II. Stansell, Asst. Gen. Pass
P. A.. Portsmouth, Va.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-12-28
Gen. Miles on the Maine

In his recently published book
of memoirs. Serving the Republic
General A. Miles expresses tn e
opinion that he Maine was de-
stroyed by an internal explosion.
To the controversy which has been
going on ever since the disaster are
now added the latest photographs
of the wreck taken in Havana har-
Dor and General Miles opinions.
In Serving the Republic" General
Miles describes the part he played
during the Spanish American War.
eliminating in the occupation Of
Porto Rico.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-12-28
CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT
BY Napoleon Jr.

.Iaper Read Before the Chautauqua Circle:
What is Capital Punishment? 1t
IS the extreme penalty of the law
inflicted upon persons convicted Of
sso-called capital crimes. Its stated
purpose is three-fold: First to
protect society; second-to satisfy
justice and third to visit retribu-
ton upon the great offender.
But the question arises, does it
protect society? Time. and expe-
.rience both prove the contrary.
. Does it satisfy justice? No, it cam
not be, for the killing of human
being, whether il be criminally or
legally done is alike repugnant
to the great blind goddess who
stands for the preservation, and not
the destruction of life. Therefore it
seems to me that after all its sole
purpose is and can not be else than
that of retribution, and the old, old
theory of retribution has been prov
en- false and is fast losing ground
before tie onslaughts of new
thought, new theories and better
understanding of the things which
seemed to make it's infiction SO
necessary in the past centuries.
Since the dawn Of history enough
of the human race have suffered the
death penalty in one form or an
other to people great nation
Think of it. Millions of men, wom-
EN- and children done to death and
in the name of justice, and wha
good has ever come of it? None
whatever. The lesson it teaches il
one of violence and british inhu
manity. and as such has but served
to destroy and not preserve the sa
credness of human life.
Capital punishment has long beel
looked upon as necessary evil, bu
society of today is coming more AM
more to realize the fact that it j
an evil which is not necessary an,
determined efforts are being mad
to eliminate it in view of the fac
that adequate punishment for al
crimes may be obtained without th
taking of life.
This fact was recently brough
home to the people of Minnesot
and it had the effect Of stirring ther
into action with the result that th
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-12-28
500 a Year
ERMS' 6 Months Fifty Cts.
le Christian an d mont Christian

the Christian and non-C Christian
world.
Another sign Of the dawn of new
and better day, is in the demand f,r
better trained teachers, in all classes
of schools, better grading, better
methods and better organization, a
better wage scale for the worker, a
shorter work day, and Sunday rest
for all classes of workers. The Boy
and Girl Scouts; together with the
movement of the Federation Of
Church Clubs in large cities, in con-
sisfing Of providing wholesome
amusement for children, assisting in
the protection of young men and
women by keeping as far as possible
Objectionable characters off the
streets and out of the parks; secur-
ing legislation for the benefit of the
down trodden, and improving social
and civic conditions, in the name of
humanity.
And again, I see the dawning of
a new and better day in the growing
friendliness of the secular press to-
ward religious and humanitarian
movements especially in its helpful
attitude toward the cause of virtue
and purity; the growing sentiment
against prize fighting, gambling,
Sunday desecration, and all that de-
grades and brutallzes mankind; the
elevation OF our standards of justice;
the steady improvement in social
conditions; the multiplying move
me1lts among women for the better
ment of the world.
Now in conclusion, LET me ask:
are you doing your share toward the
new and better day? If not. don't
fail to start at once; for the dawn
is breaking in the eastern horizon.
! I look upon these outward signs of
progress toward the worlds better
day. and consider that these are but
few of the many that might be
enumerated. Sure our hearts must
rejoice in the dawning Of a new and
better day, and our minds instinc-
! lively turn to the words of the poet:
Behold the dawn light up the East
The morning Stars with gladness g1isten.
Gods better day sweeps through the gray,
Lean out your Souls and isten.''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-12-28
The Story Of a DisIocated
Shoulder.

Private John Allen, of Missis-
sippi. was in his Office one day when
a very seedY, and exceedingly un-
washed tramp came in and told
him a tale of woe.
i need little money! said the
hobo, for I am in a bad fix. Not
only am I hungry. but ] am all brok-
en- up physically. I have dislocated
my left shoulder
In that event. . said Allen dryly
you must have tried to put on /
clean shirt The Tzuies- a-nz0nkl
P1pulgy MagaSius.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-12-28
Vol. XXV.-No. 81.
x New Years Prayer.
Cecile Joyce.

I dare not ask that pain be spared.
Nor yet too much of JOY be mine,
Nor high estate upon me wait.
Nor that my lot with splendors shine.
There are SO many men to pray
So many loads for men to bear.
Idare not send my load away
Lest he my brother find my cross
And be compelled to lift its pain.
.{For ev'ry cross that God sends out
Is carried back to Him AGAIN..
But, with the New Year at my door.
Dear God, ask, in merey's name.
No greater grief than that bore
Shall come to scar my heart with fame.
No greater woe. no deeper pain.
Than that which yesterday did greet
No greater lenghth, to test my strength.
OnCalv'rys road with bleeding feet.
;or if some newer, redder wound
Waits gaping. like the scar of sin.
oh, with the New Year at my door,
Dear Lord. beg Thee enter in,,
!. .OI1. let me feel some stroke of love
!. Within the Hand that wieids the rod.
Some CLEAN of light across the night
To show me it has come from God.
And when within that mountains shade
1 blindly grope: yet find Thee not
oh. send some whisper thro' the dark
To tell me am not forgot!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-12-28


The common mind is the wisdom
of all books; the common mind is
kinder than any heart however ten
der, for therein is the charity of all
hearts. The common mind holds a
courage frmer than any mans cour-
age, for therein is the courage of
Comrades the deepest courage men
know. And when this common
mind Of our people has found itself,
has clarified its vision. has come in.
to its sure voice, then it will build
its vision into life.
William Allen White.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-12-28
SALTWATER. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY DECEMBER g. 1917

upon the minds of most people.
They promote morbid curiosity and
create greedy desire to deyour the
exaggerated accounts of the grue-
some preparations for and the final
execution of condemned human
being, and executions have been of
such frequent occurrence in receot
years and the newspaper accounts
of such a brutal, one-sided and
prejndiced nature, that the humane
side of the question, the right or
wrong of it has, TO a large extent,
been lost sight of and the people are
no longer Mortified or moved to pity
by them but sare merely interested
in whether the victim died game or
whether he lost his nerve at the last
moment.
Again / say that Capital Punish
ment tends to weaken the sacred
ness of human life, for in its prac-
tice, the law, though endeayoring
to maintain that sacredness, never
theless sets all example, by destroy
ing the life of an individual, which
teaches directly The opposite. And
so long as the law holds and wields
the power to destroy human life
surely the people who make the
laws cannot be expected to hold life
sacred.
Capital punishment is unjust fol
it's mistakes cannot be remedied. i
takes that which it cannot restore
History is full of instances of where
it was inflicted upon innocent per
sons; where it was used by unscru
pulous scoundrels as means of rid
ding themselves of enemies; o
where the strands Of false circum
stances were woven into a hang
mans rope, and its injustice is fur
ther proven by the fact that in SOM
states men are executed, in other
imprisoned for the same crime.
is rarely inflicted upon the rich an,
influential; we have b d severa
startling proofs to that statement il
recent years. 1t is the poor friend
less outcast, in many cases the vic
tim of circumstances and environ
ment upon whom this extreme pen
atty is inflicted.
Outside of our own state ther
are several others which have abol
ished Capital Punishment, also sey
eral European nations, and in a
these where sufficient time has bee
allowed the. results have been. i
: the m ain, entirely satisfactory
Therefore. now that We have thi
law, let's give 1T a fair trial. 1t
now nearly strained to the breakin
point, but Judgment upon its merit
= or demerits should be withheld fo
the present. The passing of a fe'
e years will suffice to show whethe
; the last Legislature committed mul
Q der or whether it enacted one of th
a wisest and most humane laws eve
It passed.