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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02

treated successfully as things in them
selves any more than typhoid. They
are mere phenomena, and the cure
must go back to the causes. If one
of the chief sources of these condi-
tons is Industrial accidents then build
ing orphan asylums and refOrmatories
cannot solve the problem. 1t can only
take care of the product. 1t is the
same sort of wisdom that would lead
physicians to spend their chief efforts
in laying out cemeteries instead of
treating diseases.
This method of the survey has gen
orally been recognized as necessary in
medicine and few other fields, but it
has not usually been thought Of as a
universal method, which should be the
first step or nearly the first step in ev-
cry social movement.
Yet If the question is the establish
ment Of Fairgrounds the city or town
needs to know what play spaces the
children have at present in the door
yards and courts, in streets and al
legs. in the parks and schoolyards:
also what physical and moral dangers
surround this play. what vicious
amusements are open to children and
what are the results in evil habits and
delinquency, in lack of resOurcefulness
and in physical weakness of this re-
strictiOn and perversion of the play
life
If the movement is one to reduce
mortality among infants. then the town
needs to know the infant death rate,
the diseases of which the children die
and the causes Of these diseases, where
the death rate is highest in the town
and the causes Of this variation.
II the movement is for the proven
ton Of juvenile delinquency. then the
town needs to know the prevalence of
delinquency, its relation to race and
poverty. to parks and Fairgrounds. to
saloons and alleys, and what sort of
offenses are committed in the different
sections
Every movement, Of course. makes
some Offhand diagnosis of it's case. but
1t is often like the diagnosis of the
country doctor a generation ago, who
looked at your tongue. felt of your
pulse and then prescribed something
''to make you feel better" There can
be no certain remedies until the causes
of the trouble are known, and, despite
recent progress, more thorough and
scientific investigation OF the condi.
tons is one Of the greatest needs still.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Gilbert Always Remembered.

This Gilbert story rea, hes me from
an old Harrovian, says a writer in the
Manchester Guardian In 1872 the PEG
pie of the town got up theatrIcals to
raise funds for hospital DR. Butler,
the head master. said he would not
allow the school to go unless the pieces
were first submitted to him. One was
Gilbert's palace of Truth" In it is a
passage in which the hero SAYS to the
heroine. Meet me at 9 O'Clock tonight
outside the garden gate" DR.. Butler
vetoed this and substituted, Meet me
at 3 O'Clock this afternoon This
seemed to him more decorous. Some
years after Gilbert was invited to the
Harrow speeches. In reply to the toast
of his health he said. II am very much
interested in visiting Harrow. for as
far as | know 1t is the only place in
the world where a line of mine has
ever been condemned as improper.
Great CONSERVATION prevailed-all the
greater because no one except thu
speaker and one other person. who was
just leaving Harrow in 1872. knew
what he meant. 1t WAS not t;i,I;ert,
way to forget these things.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
CUTTING Cost of Livino.

A big grocer in Los Angeles has de-
cided to reduce the cost of living 20
per cent without waiting for the gov
eminent to revise the tariff or bust
the trusts
This is how he does it:
Sells only OH cash basis, thus say
ing the annual expense CT $4,000 for
collecting and bookkeeping
Customers who want to maintain a
running account deposit cash and are
credited per cent interest on the un
used balances
He abolishes all free deliveries.
charging 5 per cent on all goods sent
to the customers house. AS he for
merly figured 20 per cent as cost of
delivery, the customer is ahead to the
tune of Is per cent.
He slashed 20 per cent from the
price Of all goods on the day that this
system was put into practice.
"A saving Of one-fifth of the grocery
bills of the nation would add very ma
terially to the comfort of life in mil
lions of homes.
If the plan works in Los Angeles
why isn't it workable anywhere else?
Anyhow, you don't have to wait for
congress to act before you can try
this way of reducing the .ccsk of liv-
ing.-Wichita Beacon.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Bonner School Lands Sold

State lands in Bonner county, put up
at sale Wednesday morning at the court
house, brought SIG, 10000. The sale
was held, according to advertisement,
by George A. Day, state land commits
sioner, assisted by w. A. Alexander, of
Boomers Ferry, land appraiser for the
state department. About Is people
were on hand for the sale, which took
place in the commissioners room of the
court house.
Most of the lands went at the price
appraised at and below which no bids
were accepted. The principal purchaser
was 1gnatz We'll, who bought in a total
of eleven descriptions, all land on Priest
Lake, total of $50 acres, embracing
an island and shore front near Granite
creek. The biggest run up" on any
piece of land sold was on the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter, Sec.
16, Twp. 81 NJ, R. w. B. NJ, which
the state had appraised at $50 and which
was bid in at SGT by Mrs. E. w. Sims,
Mrs. Sims and Mr.. We'll running the
description up from $50 an acre. Sand
point Review.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Black FRIDAYS.

In England the term Black Friday
was first applied to Dec. 6, 1745. the
day on which news reached London
that the pretender, Charles Edward.
had reached Derby. Again on May IL.
1866, when the failure of large Eng
lfsh, discounting institution brought on
most disastrous panic. the day was
called Black Friday. On the day Of
the suspension the Bank of England
raised the rate of discount 8 per cent.
Wild speculation in gold in New York
and other cities eliminated in a none
tary crash on Sept. 16, 1876. that swept
thousands of firms and individuals into
financial ruin and caused a commercial
depression that extended into the eight
les OF the last century; hence the origin
OF the term Black Friday in the United
States.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Rulers of England.

The first to rule over all England was
Eghert, king of Wessex, who united
all, the various petty Kingdoms and be-
came king Of England in 827. The
greater kingdom was disrupted from
S7S to 95S when the Danes ruled north
of the Thames. In the latter year King
Edgar reunited the kingdom, and since
that time it has never been partitioned.
Between Edmund Ironside Q016 and
Edward the COnfessor QO42) three
Danish kings ruled all England-Ca-
mute. Harold l. and Hardicanute. The
first king of Great Britain was James
|. Q603). The first king of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
was George III. From the conquest Of
Ireland in 1172 by Henry II. the kings
of England were styled Lord of Ireland
until the assumption of the title king
Of Ireland by Henry Will. and there
after this title was used until the act
of union in 1901. The imperial sover-
eighty of India was assumed by Queen
Victoria.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Like a Scene From the Middle Ages

like q 0CSnS FROM INC niOOiS fSS9s
The oldest and largest university in
the world is El-AZhar at Cairo. Found
ed in 975, it has been from the start q
national institution, the khedive being
the rector. The minimum age Of en-
trance is fifteen, and the applicant
must know half the Koran by heart, IL
blind the whole Koran. and be able to
read and write. The curriculum con-
sists Of virtually nothing but theology
and canon law, the final examina ton
fifteen years after matriculatiOn being
upon these, together with traditions Of
the prophet: Grammar, etymology.
rhetoric and logic. 1t is the same in
struction which has prevailed for Gen.
turtles. and one who goes into the great
court where the circles of students are
sitting at the feet Of their Gamaliels
looks upon a scene preserved from the
middle ages. "a perfect specimen, liv-
ing. breathing and entire. "-Argonaut.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
GUARDING Its Own Goods.

Honesty, in its purpose, looks but
little outside of itself; honor gener-
ously aims to deserve the good opinion
Of the best, finding keener anguish in
the moral stain or blemish than in
grievOus bodily wounds. Honesty
guards its own goods, and loves self
interest, while it CALAMITY protects the
weak, relieves the oppressed from the
grasp of cruel force, redresses the in
juries of others or defends it's own
pure dignity.-Albert Mathews.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Canada Thistle

One of the worst weeds in the state
of Washington is the Canada thistle.
This plant is distinguished from the
common bull thistle by it's small heads
andits long, running underground stems.
The bull thistle comes up from the seed,
lives over one winter, produces flowers
and seeds the second year and then dies
The Canada thistle lives on from year
to year, sending up new shoots from the
underground parts, storing up new food
below ground and thus establishing it
self very firmly. Fortunately very few
good seeds are produced and the weed
does not spread to any great extent
from place to place by seed. Only oc-
casionally is new start made. Itdoes,
however, spread from a center in every
direction in field, as the underground
stems grow, and a small piece of one of
these stems dragged by pillow or cult
vator will start piece in another part
of the field.
To eradicate this weed requires care
full effort. First of all, every sign of it
must be hoed out and all the under
ground stems removed that may be-
The plot must then be carefully watch
ed, and as fast as new stems come up
must be hoed off. The sending up of a
stem uses some of the food which is
stored below ground. If this stem is
removed before it can establish itself,
spread out its leaves to the sunlight and
manufacture new food, in time the I'M
foreground stems will be starved out.
but if the new shoots are neglected
more food will be manufactured and
stored, and the whole fight must be
begun again. If this work is carried
out with great care one should be able
to eradicate the thistle in a single grow
ing season.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
CIVIC ACTIVITY
in MANY FORMS
Child Labor, tuberculosis and
Fairgrounds Claim Attention.
-FOUR SUCCESSFUL METHODS,
The Survey, the City Plan, the Cam
paign and the Permanent Organi-
cation Fundamental Means of OBJ
tanning Municipal improvement.

tanning MunIcIpal Improvement.
We are living in a new era. Who
ever passes with open eye through
this country today will see the evil
dences of a new civic spirit on every
side, says Henry S. Curtis. Phi. D.
Everywhere new social organizations
are springing into being. City and
state organizations are uniting to form
national or international ones. and
civic activity is becoming the fashion
throughout the United States and even
in European countries. Germany is
especially active in this respect.
The rate of progress is accelerating
with each year, as any observation OF
the growth of the child labor move
ment, of the anti-tuberculosis move
ment, of the playground movement or
Of the boy scout movement will re-
veal. Probably less than 10 per cent
of those who are giving of their time
and money to civic causes today were
thus active fifteen years ago
An analysis of recent movements
seems to show at least four funda
mental methods more or less common
to and equally applicable to all on
which their success has largely de-
pended They are the survey. the
city plan, the campaign and the per
manent organization.
The best of these methods is the
survey, the study and analysis of So
cial conditions or the physicians dag
nosis of the case. The doctor Of old
diagnosed his case into measles or ty-
phoid and treated this. The modern
doctor has carried his analysis one
step farther back. Through research
he has discovered the bacillus that
produced the disease and the serum
that will destroy it. He is no longer
fighting an unknown enemy in the
dark, but applies his remedy with
much greater eXactness to the source
of the trouble
In the same way it is impossible to
deal scientifically with social ills I'M
til we have the same sort of diagnosis.
Dependence or delinquency cannot be
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Tho Silent Mnnn

Dead silence reigns on the moon. A
thousand cannons might be fired and
a thousand drums beaten upon that
airiess world. but no sound could come
from them. Lips might CULVER and
tongues essay to speak, but no action
of theirs could break the utter silence
of the lunar scene.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Estray Notice

=, Notice is hereby given that John Lithgow,
NewportlWash, on the LIST day of October, 1911,
LOOK LOOK up and now keeps at his residence on
wash. the following estray: steer. red and
white spotted,2 years old; said steer has no
nranos. ear marks or other marks of identified
Con. Said estrav will be sold to the highest
bidder for cash, at the place kept, as above
speclned. on Monday, the Goth day of Noyem-
pc, 1911. at the hour of 2:3O o'clock in
the afternoon of said day, unless the owner
thereof OF his legal representative shall appear
prior to that time and make out his title, and
pay all charges against said estray.
= Date of the first publication of this notice,
Nov. 2, 1911. H. Il. MURRAY.
26-2 Auditor of Pend Oreille County,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Eastino For Health.

Thousands of years before 1t was
practiced as a religious rite fasting
was practiced as a health measure In
Egypt, India and China. Contempt
rary to Cicero was Asclepiades, q
Greek physician, who strongly advo-
Gated this idea, and 1000 years after
his day Ibn Sina, philosopher and
medical sage. argued the virtues Of
temporary abstinence ON the ground
that it came easier than constant mod
Grafton.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Dissolution of Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the firm
OF Vawter & Graupner has been dis.
solved by mutual consent, Mr.. F. W
Vawter continuing the business. All
persons owing the firm are requested
to settle with Mr.. Vawter, who will paw
all bills against the firm.
Dated, Newport, Wash, Oct. II, 1911
F. w. VAwTER.
GEORGE GRAUPNER,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed, heretofore engaged IN the meat
and provision business at Newport,
Wash, under the firm name and style
of Wilcox & Paulsen, have this date dis
solved partnership. George G. Wilcox
will continue the business heretofore
conducted by the firm, paving and re-
ceiving all bills and accounts due from
or to the said firm.
Dated this 18th day of October, 1911.
GEORGE 6. Wilcox,
FAB T. L. PAULsEN.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02

| am pleased to recommend Chamber
lam s Cough Remedy as the best thing I
know OF and safest remedy for coughs.
colds and bronchial trouble writes
Mrs. l.. B. Arnold, of Denver, Col
we have used it repeatedly and it has
never failed to give relief" For sale
by all dealers.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02

In severe cases of sore lungs you need
an internal and external remedy. Buy
the dollar size BILLIARDS. HORE-
HOUND SYRUP; you get two RENE
dies for the price of one With every
dollar bottle there is a free HER
KICKS RED PEPPER POROUS
PLASTER for the chest. Solb by Geo.
W. Harris.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02

There is little danger from cold or
from an attack of the grip except when
followed by pneumonia, and this never
happens when Chamberlain's COUGH
Remedy is used. This remedy has won
its great reputation and extensive sale
by its remarkable cures of colds and
grip and can be relied upon with impli-
cit confidence. For sale by all dealers.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
To Make Red Ink.

Red ink is easily made by amateurs
who follow this recipe: Get a one
ounce bottle and see that it Is perfect
ly clean and dry. Place in it one tea
spoonful of aqua ammonia, gum arabic
the size of two peas and add six
grains of carmine. Fill up the bottle
with clear soft water. and after stand.
ing little while 1t will be fit for use.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
] Want a Farm
.GE GRAUPNER.

TT
Have 7-room modern house on the
South Side in Spokane: close in on cor.
ner lot; big barn on the rear; price
s4oOO; L want to trade this for land
Write Nellie Schlemlein, 3O6 sprapue
ayes SPOKANE. wash. 22-4
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Disappointed.

$50 you advise me not to sue" said
the client
II do" said the lawyer
"Well." returned the disappointed
client, sit seems strange that when a
man pays for advice he can't get the
kind he wants. "-Chicago Post
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Her Dear Friend.

Jack is blindly in love with you"
''How do you know"
He told me he didn't think you
looked day over twenty ."-Tole.
do Blade.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Willie's Question.

Pa
Eyes, Willie
"Pa how is it that my hair has grown
longer than yours when yours has
grown longer than mine?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

and on the turf, Lazy Lightning en- joyed fame of another kind. During near ly the whole of his life with MT. Wilt the fierce glare of the footlights shone upon him. Before he had carted coal long he was engaged to play a leading part at the Surrey theatre in Dick Turpn, lnder the management of MT. Frank Geralds.
 ''He took to it from the very first Mr. Wilt familiarly known as Trotters, owing to his successful dealings in pigs feeD, said. He never had to tbe shown anything. He used to get about behind the scenes, up and down winding stair cases and round dark corners, as if he had been born on the boards.
 He was in great demand at the music halls. at the Surrey theatre, where he also played in Dare Devil Dripping and at Sailors Wells. He knew all about it. never had to tell him anything. In Dick Turpin' he was fiery, thoroughbred steed, and after the first time he took his call (pushed on from behind) he made magnificent progress. Once or twice he came on out of his turn and put the prima donna off her note. He saw me standing in the wings and he felt lonely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
Hoe Is Key of Success

From the American Cultivator.
 How do I manage to make things grow just a little better than most people do? Well. If I do, it's because I keep everlast- ingly at it--wear out a hoe every year. and. besides''
 The old gardener stopped short in his sentence, stepped over two rows of po- tato plants and pulled up a tiny weed that had just begun to raise its offending head beside a plant in the row beyond.
 If there's any place where a stitch in time saves nine or more, it's in dealing with weeds in garden. Catch 'em when they're young and that's the end of them Wait until they get a start, and even if you pull them up they'll take root again as soon as your back is turned.
 But it's really the hoe that counts for most after the things have begun to grow. The hoe is moisture and fertilizer both to the growing plants, besides taking out the weeds In turning over the earth you stop the evaporation that begins as soon as the surface dirt dries. and you bring fresh earth around the plants
 q said while ago that I use up hoe every year, and that's true. though, of course, I don't do It simply by the wear and tear of using 1t in the ground usc up couple of files as well. l have found that it's just as important to have a sharp hoe as a sharp scythe. I keep good cutting edge. and see to it that the whole surface is bright and smooth. The earth doesn't stick to 1t then, and you are not lifting couple of pounds of dirt every time you raise the hoe.''
 In the $50 in cash prizes which Mir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
FAMOUS DONKEY
 DEAD IN LONDON

London. September 9.-(Special) al)-"I.azy Lightning is dead The donkey known to Tslington for the past nine years as ''Trotters' Luck succumbs to an internai complaint leaving his master MT. Will liam Wilt, coal dealer, disconsolate for his loss.
 Lazy Lightning's' career has been one of great fame. Bought nine years ago. this faithful donkey has, from the mo- ment when he came under MT. Wits .oof brought good luck to his proud owner Ever since the momentus purchase was Mir. Wits fortunes have risen, and the bereaved man looked upon him as the prince of mascots. He has won nu- merous prizes at shows and race meet ings, including first and second at the Olympia Horse Show. second at the Cos ter's Sports at Herne Hill, Kensal Rise; second at the Music Hall sports and the Irish Prize at the
 show at the Peoples Palace last May. He also appeared before King Edward VII and the King and Queen of Denmark at Olympia.
 In addition to his success in the ling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
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 For Weak Men.
Send Name and Address To- day-You Can Have It Free and Be Strong and
 Vigorous

have in possession prescription for nervous debility lack of vigor. weakened manhood. falling memoty and lame back. brought by excessos natural drains. the foes of youth that has cured so many and nervous men right in their own homes-without any additional help or medicine that I think every who wishes to regain his manly power and yirility quickly aud quietly. should nave a copy So have determined send a copy of the prescription free of charge. in pain ord mary sealed envelope to any man who will write ne it.
 This prescription comes from physician who has made a special study of and l convinced il ia the surest-actng combination for the cure of ,.ft- c,ent manhood and vigor failure put together
 think | it to my fellow to send them a CODY in confidence that any anywhere who i, weak and discouraged with repeated failures ,,.v step drugg6g himself with harmful patent m~d,- eines secure what believe is the quickest -ac.iny restorative. upbuilding, SPOT-ToUCHINd remedy e,- CT devised. and himself home quietly ana quickly. Just drop line like this Dr. A. K Robinson, 4S02 Luck Building. Detroit. Mich. and will send you q copy of ths splendid recipe in a plsIn ordinary envelope free of charge great many doctors would charge $500 s5 % for merely wrt- ing prescription like this-hut send 1t entire- U fres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

facts and their bearing on business af- fairs. The gold imitation is proceeding at the rate of approximately $50O OOO 900 a year and there is no immediate prospect of material let-up The increase In in terest rates is one way in which this imitation expresses itself. The decline Of 20 points in British Consols within the last six years is probably the best reg lster that we have of the decreasing pur- chasing power of the dollar. They talk about the necessity of liouidating labor before the unsettled situation as we now find it is ironed out. As a matter of fact, labor has been more nearly station cry than any other important commodity. Considering the reduced purchasing pow CT of the dollar labor is poorly paid A dollar buys 40 to 50 per cent less than it did 10 years ago.
 Wall street is advised by its crop ex- perts that S5 per cent of the corn crop is beyond danger of damage by frost. Ten days more will place the entire crop in position of safety.
 Thief oreign department of our great industrial organizations are working over time and showing our products upon the old worlds market through every pos- sble agency. But for our experts there would be sure enough hard times