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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
MEKRAN, LAND OF MYSTERY
10 0esieeated by Nature and Stunned
BY Man-Few Tribes
linQer There.

Mekran. mysterious Mekran, IL the
land stretching almost from the Indus
to the entrance to the Persian gulf
The greater part of Mekran is desolate
and forsaken. a land desiccated by ma
ture and summed by man. The few
tribes which linger there are the Jet
sam OF history. stray wreckage which
has drifted into this obscure corner OF
the world in the backwash of great
events. IL is even believed that the
Drayidians passed through Mekran on
their way to southern India and left
stragglers, whose descendants have
dwelt there ever since. There are
patches Of Songols from the aays Of
Genghiz Khan: colonies OF hait-bree-
Arabs from the time when al -.E-
dynasty held Sind: unmistakable Raj
puts, who were there before Ale1an-
der: African negroes. the offshoots Of
medieval slavery. and traces of still
older peoples. whose origins are lost
in the mists of time Yet Mekran can
not always have been either SO dry or
so deserted Then there are vast ma
Eonry dams. obviously built to catch
the water in the hills just as engineers
are making dams in the Indian ghauts
today. Sometimes the hills are ter
raced for cultivation, after the fashion
OF hills IL southern Japan and else
where; only in Mekran the terraces
are dry and bare and not even blade
of grass remains. The crumbling ruins
OF whole cities. the very names OF
lie Couroalad he
tween the serrated ridges.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
DIDN'T AGREE WITH HER
Woman Gets Worse as Soon as Hus-
bands Beef Tea Connection
Is Administered.

One day a doctor was summoned 20
a farmhouse, where he found wo-
man in g high fever and evidently ex-
ceedinglr i'll. He ssid 20 hel husband.
who was the only other person in the
house: Your wife is very i'll and
must have nothing to eat except milk
and beef-Iea, but | want you To give
her a cup OF one of the other every
two hours.'
Wien he came the next morning
and asked about his patient. her hus
band said: THAT beef-tea don't agre q
with her, doctor. 1t certainly don Z.
She began to feel bad as soon as she
took it,
That's odd said the doctor You
didn't give her any little bits of the
meat in it. did you?"
NO, sir. I strained it first on &C
count of the grounds
Grounds" roared the doctor.
What did you make that beef-tca
out OFF,
Corn beef and the best tea |
boiled EN- together all yesterday A.
ternoon to get the strength out. Bat
1t don't agree with her. doctor. 1t
certainly don't.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
Usinu Time.

II is always easier to wish that we
had more time than to use the time
that We have. So. by wasting time in
wishing, We still further reduce the
precious asset of the actual and only
time that is really ours. The person
'.h0 is not capitalizing all the time
T. II tAe rate of sixty seconds TO
ta5 LitGuta would not be much bet
ter off with forty-eight hours in his
day. Those who turn out what is, to
the rest of us. discouragirgly large
amcunt of work, have simply learned
the art OF using all their time-par-
ticularly the hooks and corners, the
odds and ends, OF their time. They
utilize a FIVE or ten-minute scrap of
time as eagerly as they do q half day.
And so things get done, and their
years output seems stupendous. With
the average man, unless he can see
several hours clear for piece of
work he viii atter.pt little out OF the
ordinary; and that is why he remains
an average man.-Suuday School
Times.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
Power From Tides and Winds.

At the recent meeting of the British
association the question of economical
production OF power from tides and
winds was again under discussion, and
it has been taken up widely by scien-
tific journals In Eufope. La Revue
Scientifique calls attention to a sys-
tenn of utilizing the power of sea
waves to actuate a dynamo which has
been employed during the last six
months at the mouth of the River
Giroude. An air chamber is connect
ed with well. which communicates
with the sea at a depth below the
level of the lowest tides. By the adj
vance and recession of the waves
changes OF pressure are produced in
the air chamber. and a system of
valves enables the resulting air cur
rents to Re applied to rotating a kind
turbine. II is said that the apparatus
works equally well in calm and in
stormy weather.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
THERE WAS ONE TOO MANY
Farmer Suspicious of Literary Mans
Methods of Rearing
Children.

The following is told at the expense
Jf a New York literary man. into
.shose family a fifth child came last
,ummer.
The family were at their country
Iouse in the north Of the state. and
or time much of the care of the
,ther four children devolved upon the
ather, who entertains some Spartan
lotions touching the rearing OF his
sons.
One morning he carried his three
year-old to the creek near his home, TO
give him cold plunge. The lad OBJ
iected vigorously to this proceeding,
out was firmly held and ducked, de-
spite his protests
Just as the father was sending in"
he youngster for the second time, a
powerful hand stayed him, and he
found himself in the grasp of big
farmer, neighbor of his, who began
% roar at him in this wise:
None O. that. None o. that, or I'll
hand you over to the law"
II consumed the better part Of half
an hour to convince the farmer that
no attempt was being made TO drown
the child. Even at the end. the
orawny tiller Of the sell was not en-
t!rely convinced, for he kept shaking
ais head doubtfully and murmuring:
Il dunno about that ! dunno. You
got four besides this. s.''-Lippincott's
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
The Scottish Thistle.

The origin of the thistle as the ma.
tional badge of Scotland is thus given
by tradition: When the Danes invaded
Scotland it was deemed unwarlike to
attack the enemy by night, instead of
in pitched battle by day; but on one
occasion the invaders tried a night
attack In order to prevent their
tramp being heard they marched bare
footed, and they had succeeded in
creeping close up 20 the Scottish
forces unobserved, when one of them
stepped on thistle and uttered cry
Of pain. The alarm was given, and
the attack was beaten nr Out nj
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
The SITTING Room.

An ideal sitting room may have a
wall paper entirely cream, with clus-
ters OF blue and white china arranged
on the chimney shelf and in one or
two other parts of the room. Ii the
ceiling be low it may have a frieze
shelf in white 'or dark oak, which
ever color is selected for the room,
with the collection of blue and white
china displayed thereon. A blue and
white Chinese carpet should cover the
floor, while the windows are yelled
with short frilled madras muslin cur
tains.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
Notice OF Adj~.em.n. D.y

Estate of Richard Richards, Deceased
The undersigned, having been ap-
pointed Administrative of the estate OF
Richard Richards. late Of the County
of Clear Creek. in the State of Colora-
do. deceased. h. reDy gives notice that
she will appear before the County Court
Of said Clear Creek County, at the
Court House in Georgetown, in SAID
County, on Tuesday the 17th day of
October. A. D.. 1911. at the hour of
O'Clock p NJ. of said day, at which time
| persons having claims against said
estate are notified ard requested to at
tend for the purpose If having the
same adjusted All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment to the undersigned
Dated at Georgetown, Colorado this
10th day of September, A. d. 1911.
EMILY MARY RICHARDS.
Administratrix of the estate Of Richard
Richards deceased. Sept. % At
ROYAL r GRAHAM Z. .ttorney.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

Presidential trips are anything
but a fiowery bed OF ease. The
whirlwind journey of President
Taft, covering 1900 miles and
taxing some forty days, illustrates
this fact. 1t is not simply the
travel by rail, but the numerous
people he meets, the mum Der OF
sreeches to be made, the many
receptions he has to attend and nu-
merous functiuns that await him
the seeing the various cities by
automobile and the elaorate din
ners that he is called upon to get
cn the outside of, all these must OF
necessity become very trying.
However, as president of the
greatest on nation earth. it is the
principal manner in which he can
see the conditions of the country,
look into the faces Of the people,
and learn what the necessities
and requirements of the different
$ sections are. Wherever he has
gone, chicken seems tobe the oh e
diet of the dinner table and is pre-
bable that he has been so surfelted
with this bird that be will shut his
eyes whenever he gets near a
flock
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

As usually treated a ,sprained ankle
weeks. but by applying Chamberlain
Liniment freely as soon as the injus
is received and observing the directions
with each bottle a cure can be effected
in. from two to three days. For sale
BY J. ] Sherwin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
A Hint Of Economy.

Il wish you would quit talking about
how well Gladys Ann paints and plays
the piano. said Mis-. Cumrox.
Why. l was kind of proud of her
accomplishments" replied her hus-
band
Il know that. But the first thing
you know people will think we are
depending on homemade art"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

Lame back is one of the most COM
mon forms of muscular rheumatism
A few applications of Chamberlain S
Liniment will give relief. For sale by
J. J. Sherwin
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
CHINESE SAILOR IS PEST
Is adaptable From Fireroom TO Gal
ley. Is industrious and Sticks
to Ship.

There is growing disposition on
the part of ship owners and officers
in various parts of the world to send
~ s. fur runrIefA ~=A-ts r',N-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

Il have a world of confidence in
Chamberl2,n's Cough Remedy for
have used it with perfect success,
writes Mrs. NJ l. Basford, Poolesville,
Md. For sale by J. J. Sherwin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

r. H. Pearce & Co., licensed en-
balmers and funeral directors. Mrs.
Ellen Terrill. lady assistant.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07
Red Spruce Lumber

Us OUper thousand feet.
Bridge and Mining timbers special
ty- For quick delivery Phone Black
553 C. L. Lamb.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

Biliousness is due 10 a disordered
condition of the the stomach. Cham
berlain's Tablets are essentially a
stomach medicine, intended especially
to act on that organ, to cleanse it
strengthen it, tone and iuvigorate it.
to regulate the liver and to Danish bill
iousness positively and effectually. For
sale BY j. ]. Sher win.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

The Loyal order OF the Moose
of the World have been asked bv
their Supreme Dictator for a vol
untarv contribution of five cents
per member for the sufferers
from the food at Austin, Pa,
This will amount to about $40. 600
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-07

Parlors-Idaho l4S A
Residence Idaho l4S B
613 Miner Street. Idaho Springs, Co
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07

LINCOLN, Neb, Nov. Three
supreme judges, one congressman,
regents of the state university and
county officers are being elected
in Nebraska today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07

CLEVELAND, o., Nov. THE
test of progressive strength comes
today in the election of non-par-
tisan delegates to the constitution
al convention to be held in Janu-
airy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
(By United Press Leased wir

(By United Press Leased Wire,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. T.
Secretary of the Treasury Frank
lin McVeagh announced today that
he is unalterably opposed to the
proposition of having national
banks control the stock of other
banks through a holding COM
pany. He declared that permit
ting such a system invited con-
centration of the country's bank
ing power in the hands of a few.
Secretary McVeagh stated fur
Their that the currency reform
plan adddvocated by Chairman
Nelson w. Aldrich of the national
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07

Ask your groceryman for UN.
J. l.. *"%
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
THE PEOPLE ASK
GOVERNOR HAY:

GOVERNOR
You unable find widespread and
legislature
presidential primary
You there widespread
making their choice of
presidential candidates.
Legislation
Washington Federation Labor the Farmers Union
circulating petitions for signatures.
a majority WASH
there
VIII
special session the people will infer and
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES and that WANT THE
MACHINE THE CHOOSING ON BEHALF OF STANDPAT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
Willie Hall
Finds Home

Willie Hall, the fifteen-year-old
orphan boy, who appealed for a
home through the Saturday Times,
has already found a home.
After careful consideration
of the many offers made by good
families in and out of town Willie
this morning made his choice and
went to live with Mr.. and Mrs. w
A. Toler of 1905 East Harrison
street.
The Tolers have a comfortable
six-room house and have no chill
dren.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
OUT AGAIN; IN AGAIN.

May Smith, :. well known police
character, couldn't keep away from
her happy home in city jail cell.
She was released Saturday morn
ing from the county Jail after
serving a 30-day sentence and by
10 o'clock that night was again
comfortably snoozing in the bas-
tile. May was yesterday given 10
days by Judge Artnson for being
drunk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
Has Broken Leg, But
Teaches School

PORT STEBENs, Ore. Nov. :.
Despite the fact that she is suf-
fering from fractured leg. sus-
tanned recently by fall, Miss Zoe
Essley, a teacher at the Hammond
public school, has refused to pay
the part of an invalid and teaches
her classes each day as though
she were well.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07

tN. X. l.. Guaranteed not t.
injure your best fabrics. ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
City Pays 1928 to
Compensation Fund

Green river water, ss6S.as; street
graders, $27,04; bridge tenders,
$3.50; plasterers, s1.s2: brick
layers. $4IG1; carpenters.
$52.22; painters. s745; sewers,
$S.5S. miscellaneous. S2S.07.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07

II will cost the city $1.2t3.3t
to pay the state on the industrial
insurance commission this month.
The tax is: Light department,
$211.53; water, $15t.9S; docks,
$1S; Nisqually power. S307.03;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
(By United Press Leased Wire

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. r
Three alleged bunco men giving
the names of ]. S. Burns, John
+. McGraw and VIM. c. Hart, we're
arrested today after they had al
lowed ]. c. LaFrance, an apple
grower, with $4,000 in cash, to
win several bets" on fixed horse
races,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Nov. Z.
division, United Con
federate Veterans, began its an
nual reunion here today ana the
soldiers were given a warm well
come by the people OF the one
time Confederate capital
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
Boys Shoot Quail
in City Limits

Game Warden w. w. Thompson
has received reports of boys
shooting quail in the brush in the
vicinity of North Mason street.
Residents have become alarmed
at the reports of the guns and
fear that a stray bullet may do
some injury. In several cases lead
has spattered against the side of
houses and mothers fear to allow
their children to play in their
yards.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
Mcveagh Oppose Plan
of Bank Control

commission must he
modified before he will approve 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-07
Sparkle Just
Off the Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
NEW YORK, Nov. Z. --= DR..
Charles w. Eliot, president emeri-
tus of Harvard, accompanied by
his wife, began today a tour of
the world in the interests of in
ternational peace.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13
CARNIVAL PARTIES
BEING FORMED
Are you going to the Elks Carni.

Are YOU going to the Elks Carni.
val?" It
"Smc!"
Such is the question and the answer
prorounded and thrown back every
time the clock ticks these days.
There are now unofTicially being or.
ganized parties to attend the Elks car
nival The carnival spirit is moving
like yeast IN a pancake and not only
is everybody making up his or her
mind to attend the mask ball, or the
many sideshows, or both, but each is
making sure that some friends are
going, on the principle of the more the
merrier Hence what may properly
be termed the carnival party"
Lets go in a bunch" is the sug-
gestion of many, and straightway
there is an enthusiasm among a half
dozen or so to descend upon the car
nival in solid formation and attack
each sideshow in turn, also masking
and enjoying the big ball to be even
tuated inithe hanging galleries of the
great Alakea shed.
Such community spirit is what will
place upon the ElRs carnival, February
q and %, the glory Of full enthused
success.
Confetti will be showered from the
galleries upon the heads of the
heads of the throngs attending the
sideshows below and long stringers of
colored paper will be passed from
! gallery to gallery, across the abyss OF
the central space, winding about the
heads of people on the other side.
1t is to be a spectacle as well as a
carnival, such a spectacle as will
never fade in memory.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13
r. HARApA breaches.

Yesterday morning, Rev. 7. Harada
delivered another interesting address
at the Central Union. He took as
his theme the principle of humanity.
Mich. he said, was the Japanese
equivalent of the phrase. He then
compared it with Tao, the Chinese
equivalent. Mich was frequently
met with in Japanese readings, and
it meant several things. all of which
stood for something good. 1t meant
belief in heaven, and was used IN
connection with higr and noble ideas
and sentiments. A man of Mich was
man Of principle, of justice and OF
righteousness. Mich had a great and
lasting influence upon moral character
of the Japanese.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13

Frank Thompson, acting president
of the bar association of the the Ha-
waian Islands, yesterday sent the
following cablegram TO President TAFT,
Acknowledgement Wickersham and De-
legate Kuhio Kalanianaole: Meeting
Bar Association re appointment fede-
raj Judge majority vote on motion to
make unanimous thirty-nine to one
endorsed Alexander Lindsay, Junior.
Argument was submitted Saturday
morning on the demurrers submitted
in the three cases of the United States
VS.. Yasutaro SogO, a Japanese edit
or, charged with having deposited
non-mailable matter in the post office.
The demurrers stated that the com
plant was not specific as to page,
column, date and other points had
been omitted The demurrers were
sustained, and the cases dismissed
Attorneys Biting and A. K. Ozana ap'
peared for the defendant, and Deputy
District Attorney Rawlins for the I'm
tied States
Harry Buck, a quartermaster on the
Nauna Kea, was arrested by POLES
Officer R. Hebron this morning on
warrant charging that Buck had mali
ciously smashed a door and window
in the Punchbowl district Buck was
jubiliating yesterday and while unde
the influence of drink did the damage
complained Of.
A Hawaiian named Kanaloa is bein'
detained at the police court charged
with stealing coal from the L, S. Goa
yard. Losses from the coal pile hav
been frequent and a special waite
was put on. The arrest of Kanaloa !
the result.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13
atw AovuRrIsEMENra,
THE WEATHER.
Local Office. y. s Weather Bureau.

Local Office, y. 6. Weather Bureau,
Honolulu n. H., February 131911
Temperature, 2 4 n, 6 Il. m; 10
a. m; and morning minimum:
G5, 60. 70, 70, g..
Barometer reaG.ng. Absolute hum
idity (grains per cubic foot; relative
humidity and dew point at a. m:
3O:i5; 5.9S5; 70; g.
Wind veiocrJy anu direction at q.
m: a. m; 10 a. m; and noon:
4SE; 3NE; 5NE; SSW.
Rainfall duI4ng n hours ending q,
m 0 rainfall
Total VINO movement during p
hour ended at noon 102 miles.
wM. 2. STOCKMAN.
Section Director.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13
RUSH ON FOR
CALVE CONCERT

Interest in Madame Calve has not
abated one whit Judging from the i'm.
mense crowd which besieged the box
office of the opera house which was
conducted at the Bergstrom Music
Company. AT ten O'Clock the queue of
ticket buyers extended to King street
and they waited for sometime as Man
ager Peters of the Territorial Mes
senger Service was ilrst in line with a
list of patrons about yard long. 1t
took twenty minutes to get rid of his
list and then sae line began to move
faster
The seats went with a rush. This
sale is for the concert Wednesday
night, both the Monday and Thursday
concerts being practically sold out.
There are a few gallery seats left for
these performances and the gallery
seats are equally as good as the or
chestra or box seats, for singing.
At II o'clock today Manager Adams
sold a few seats for tonight's concert
which had been laid aside for patrons
and not called for. This rule will hold
good for the Wednesday and Thurs
day night concerts, all seats uncalled
for on those days to be sold at twelve
noon.
The concert tonight begins at eight
thirty sharp, and later arrivals will not
be seated except between numbers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13

The Mauna Kea reports the follow
ing sugar awaiting shipment, undcc
date Hilo, February 10TH Olaa, $4,000
bags. Waiakea 5000 bags; Wainaku,
1900 bags; Onomea, 10000; Pepee-
keo $500 bags; Honomu 1900 bags;
Hakalau $4,000 bags; Hamakua 1890
bags; Paauhau 10000 bags; Honokaa
$4,000 bags; Punaluu 2,5OS bags; Ho-
nuapo 5,762 bags; a total of 1880
bags.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13

One hundred and thirteen lives
we're sacrificed during the hunting
season of 1910 through hunters mis-
taking companions or other hunters
for deer or other game.