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, 1911-12-07
SHE WAS LOYAL.
Likewise Honest Enough to Tell Lin.
coin tho Truth.

Likewise Honest Enough to Tell Lin
coin tho Truth.
During the war between the states
Miss N. a high spirited Virginia young
lady. whose father. a Confederate sol
der. had been taken prisoner by the
Union forces, was DESTROYS of obtain
ing a pass which would enable her to
visit him. Francis P. Blair agreed to
obtain an audience with the president.
but warned his young and rather i'm
pulsive friend to be prudent and not
betray her sympathy for the south
They were ushered into the presence
of Mr.. Lincoln, and the object for
which they had come was stated. The
tall. grave man bent down to the little
maiden and. looking s~earchingly into
her face, said:
You are loyal. of course?'
Her bright eyes flashed. She hest
rated a moment. and then, with a face
eloquent with emotion and honest as
his own. she replied:
Yes. loyal to he hearts ore-to
Virginia~
Mr.. Lincoln kept his intent gaze
then went to his desk. wrote a line or
two and handed her the paper. With
a bow the interview terminated. When
they had left the room Mr.. Blair be
gan to upbraid his young friend for
her i~mpetuosity.
Now yor ave done it," he said
Didn't | warn you to be very care
full You have only yourself to blame.
Miss N. made no reply. bur opened
the paper. 1t contained these words:
Pass Miss N She is an honest girl and
can be trusted. A LINCOLN
, 1911-12-07
A FOREST RANGER HERO.
Tragic Incident Of the Forest Fire, ~
1910 In Idaho.

1872" '"e'oeht OF the Forest Fires Of
1910 In Idaho.
overton W. Price. vice president of
the National Conservation association
In his book The Land We Live In,
'eiis this story of a heroic forest
ranger.
tine summe Of 1910 by reason M
great drought and unusually high
WINDS was the worst for forest fires
that the west has ever known. In
Montana. Idaho and Oregon the dan.
ger was greatest.
On the Occur d'Alene national for
est, In northern Idaho. Ranger Pulaski
under him forty men. who after
many hours of hard work had got a
big. fire practically under control. Sud
denly the wind strengthened until it
blew n gale. 1t Immediately became a
question of saving the lives Of the
men. The fire fighters were in a deep
forest many miles from a railroad and
Tar from any clearing.
Pulaski remembered that within n
mile OF where they were working there
was an abandoned mine shaft running
back about forty feet into the hillside.
He rushed his men to the shaft as
quickly as possible and told them as
they passed through their camp to
catch up their blankets as they ran.
The shaft reached. Pulaski hurried his
men into 1t and. packed like sardines,
they filed it up. Pulaski placed him.
self at he opening, across which he
stretched a blanket.
within a few minutes after the
men were In the shaft the fire came.
The blanket at the opening caught,
and Pulaski jerked 1t away and hung
up another, which caught in its turn.
The blanket caught again and again.
and each time Pulaski replaced it I'M
til toward the last he held the blanket
across the opening with his bare
hands.
"The shat grew hotter and hotter.
and the smoke and fumes grew thick
er and thicker until the mems suffer-
ings were almost beyond human en-
durance. They began to break for the
opening. Pulaski. whose strength was
great. like his courage. for awhile
IOrceu them BACK. seeing that ne
would soo be overpowered and that
his men would rush to their certain
death. he drew his revolver and said
that he would kill the first man who
broke away.
I'm perhaps twenty minute the
worst of the fire passed by. Five Of
the men in the shaft were dead from
suffocation: the thirty-fve others were
alive. Pulaski was blinded and seri-
ously burned upon the face and arms,
1t was three months before his sight
was partly restored. Had not his hero
ism and presence of mind been what
they were he would have lost all of
his men instead of I've That is the
kind of men there are in the forest
service"
, 1911-12-07
HUNTING TRUFFLEs.
In France They Train Dogs to Find the
Priced Plants.

Priced Plants.
Truf1es. like mushrooms, belong to
the family of the fungi. but are a dis
dnct and very peculiar genus. They
are cryptogamic plants and subtcr
ranean. their position underneath the
soil varying from two to three inches
to two feet in depth.
They have no root. stem or leaf and
vary In color from light brown to
black. They are sometimes globular
In form and vary in size from that of
q pecan nut to that of a ducks egg
Their surface is watery and covered
with q skin. Their exact method OF
growth Is not precisely known. They
are, Of course, regarded as a great
luxury by the epicure.
Truffies are mentioned by Juvenal.
Pliny. Plutarch and Martial. The
Athenian epicures were acquainted
with them, and a story is told of a bon
vivant who freed a whole family of
slaves who had invented a delicious
method of preparing them.
France has the credit of producing
the finest trufies. Dogs are commonly
bred to search for them,
The method of "breaking'' these
dogs is to give them for a time pieces
Of truffles every morning before they
are allowed to partake of any other
food After a certain period. when
their appetite for trufles increases.
pieces are hidden in the ground. and
they are made to find them. Thus
they are gradually taught their bust
ness. though 1t often takes as long as
eighteen months before a dog becomes
skilled in the art.
In some parts of France-Poitou and
Perigord. for in~stance-pigs are train
ed for trufae hunting, and by some
they are deemed to be better fitted
for this work than dogs. Harper's
Weekly.
, 1911-12-07
"Unexpeetedr Company.

How one husband and wife managed
the unexpected company" annoyance
that is. the unexpected company that
the husband wanted to bring home to
dinner-is told in the woman's Home
Companion. They agreed on Wednes-
day evening as unexpected company"
hight. On that evening the wife regu-
larry prepared for two extra at dinner
in the little fat where they lived,
should they appear. The husband then
picked up a couple of extra people on
Wednesdays and took them along
home. If he wanted to.
81 always chuckled inwardly as my
placid smile and well set table met the
approving gaz of some Wednesday
guest whom Tom had perhaps invited
at the door of the Office less than TWEEN
ty minutes before"
, 1911-12-07
SAVAGE FISH.
psrs' Havs Been Known to Tear an
Alligator to Pieces.

SOOU NH0Wn 10 Gar an
Alligator to Pisces.
The most savage and bloodthirsty
nsh In all b waters Of the earth are
the perai, declares Charles Livingston
u In Under the Roof of the Jun
GLE They are from twelve to four
seen inches in length and look not IN
like the northern bass. although more
powerfully built. They have been
known to attack an alligator. discover
a rent in the skin Of the great reptile
and tear and devour him until moth
ing but his bones and rough skin was
left.
The perai are silvery green in color.
Their thick. muscular jaws are armed
with rows Of teeth like those of a
crosscut saw. sharp and triangular
and fitting exactly together. These
jaws and teeth are most formidable,
being able to cut to pieces anything
less hard than the shell Of a tortoise.
The lower lobe OF the tail ia longer
b h upper one and all the fins
short. giving the impression, as do the
thick. rounded body and head. Of
great strength.
1t is fortunate that In all the length
and breadth of northern South Amer
lea these rapacious little murderers
are found only in widely scattered 10
c~alities Thus n pool will harbor a
great school of them. while for miles
in either direction up or down the
same stream there may not be another
Individual.
We're it not for this peculiar local.
cation the jungies would be nearly
stripped of animal life. for beasts and
birds and reptiles must drink. and.
while those of a few species can get
all the water they need from the dew
on the leayes in the morning, by far
the greater lumber must come to the
streams and pools. Even creatures
like that master fisherman. the otter.
must give the perai a wide berth. and
no other fish al inhabit the same
waters.
They have been known to leap a
foot out Of water and bite a piece u
Of a mans hand as he was STOPPING
to dip up a drink.
, 1911-12-07

A large sign on the Second Avenue
Baptist church in New York city bears
notices Of services in seven languages.
Six foreign congregations-Slovak. Chi
nese. Magyar. Italian, Polish and
Greek-attend services at this church.
and each nationality has its own pas
tor. Besides these. Eve services are
held for English speaking people. On
the sign. which Is said to be about the
largest church sign in the city. the
time Of each service is denoted by a
clock at the left of the notice. while to
the right of the notice Is the flag Of
the country in whose language the no.
tee is printed.
, 1911-12-07
About Your Initials.

What do your initials spell? Some
people have had queer experiences.
Names like Arthur 8. Sullivan are I'M
Sala preferred to make himself. like
George Adam Smith. into GAS. Gil
bert A'Becket. of course. was Just
CAB. Whistler for awhile dropped
his Mcneil. fearing the possible ridi-
Guile Of JAM Whistler. Henry Rider
Haggard becomes very digniied as
81. r. H: Henry Austin Dobson re-
fuses to be HAD, removing his first
name. and Nine. de Novikof. though
no longer Olga Kiren. has become
20. X" forever.-London Chronicle.
, 1911-12-07
The Eyes of the Japanese.

A Japanese friend of mine once saw
among my papers a picture of an Eng
lishwoman dressed in Japanese cloth
ing.
she is no Japanese" he said "She
is European"
"How do you know that?" | asked
him. Her costume is correct: her hair
Is straight: she has no ornaments
YES" he replied. but look at her
eyes Her eyes look out on the world
as though she understood it The Jap
anese woman never looks like that
From England Through Yellow Spec.
tacles."
, 1911-12-07

In north Japan is an enormous hea-
then temple. the timbers of which were
hauled from the mountains and put in
place with ropes made from the hair
II the women Of the province. From
these tresses. which were brought
forth by an edict. two ropes were
made. one seventeen inches in ctrrum-
ference and l.4OO feet in length. while
the other was eleven inches in circum-
ference and 1900 feet long.
, 1911-12-07

Professor Mcintosh says that a tenn
perature approaching 1000 degrees f..
would be necessary to make a light
equivalent to that emitted by III ordi
nary freely. The enormous waste of
energy in all industrial methods OF
producing light. Is a matter OF com
mon knowledge, and the example OF
the FREELY remains unimitated by man
-Argonaut
, 1911-12-07
EARL LYTToN's BAD TASTE.
A Dinner Speech That Called Forth
Howls Of Oerision.


once sat at a banquet given in
London by Wilson Barrett to Law
enc Barrett. says a writer in an
English magazine. Earl Lytton pre-
sided. a curled. oiled. effeminate. su-
percilious fop He had a Roman
tragedy to sell to Wilson Barrett. That
was why he came.
He eulogiZed Wilson Barrett in a
speech. 81 believe" he said. that
Mr. Barrett won some success with n
piece called consulting his notes. The
Lights of London suppose it was
the work of some dramatic hack"
George Sims sat facing him and never
said n word.
Then his lordship went drawing on:
II mex find On the list of Mr.. Bar
rett's successes something called The
Silver King Here again l know
nothing of the authorship. The names
Of those dramatic carpenters do not
interest me-" At which Henry Arthur
Jones glared and a flush came into
the ACE OF poor blind Henry Herman
Finally" said Lord Lytton. mfr.
Wilson Barrett has placed on his
boards what he humorously calls a
Roman tragedy. I refer to 'Claudian.'
attributed to n W. G. Wills. of whom
l have never heard" This was too
much for the banqueters. All Of them
were personally acquainted with Irv-
ing's pet poet. the modest Wills. So
they howled derisively.
And Earl Lytton's tragedy, produced
a month later, was a dismal failure.
, 1911-12-07
What She Wanted.

They had pee married but two
months. and they loved each other de
votedly He was in the back yard
backing his shoes. Jack" she call
ed at the top of her voice. Jack
come here. quick!"
He knew at once that she was in
imminent danger. He grasped a stick
and rushed up two flights of stairs to
the rescue. he entered the room
breathlessly and found her looking out
Of the window.
Look" said she-'that's the kind OF
gown l want you to get me."-Har
per's Magazine.
, 1911-12-07
Different Sort of Mystery.

81 wish | knew where my husband
was" remarked a lady whose spouse
was irregular in his hOmecomings.
"You mean, | presume" responded
,er precise friend. that you wish you
knew where your husband isT"
mo. l don't" was the retort. i
know where he is. He's up In his
room sleeping off a headache. l want
to know where he was."-London
Stray Stories.
, 1911-12-07
Dinner Was Costly.

Hewitt-When | tool her out to din
ner she said that she hadn't any more
appetite than a canary bird. Jewett-
! Didn't cost you much, then? Hewitt
You haven't any idea what a diner
ence there Is in birds.-New fork
Press.
, 1911-12-07

N e " Fl a n.
Conn.,. Nov. 26th.
Pastor Russell
of the London and
Brooklyn Taber
nacles preached
twice here today.
We give a synop-
sis of his discourse
on Thanksgiving
fro IN I b G t ex I
above quoted.
With o cause
/ h a ever for
h n n k uIness
, 1911-12-07
Tn. Old Man Was winine.

He-I told your father l could not
live without you. .She-And what did
he say? He-Oh. he offered to pay my
funeral expenses.-Boston Transcript
, 1911-12-07

johanna. please go to the pawnbro-
ker's and pawn my gold watch. The
poor man. ! understand. Is not getting
! much business. and | think we should
help him along. Fliegende Batter
, 1911-12-07

The A~rtist-Just a little daub of
mine, you see, dear madam. Miss
Gush ,gushingly,-Oh, no! You are
entirely too modest should call 1t
quite u big daub-Puck.
, 1911-12-07

Hewitt When I was on the boat the
other night | had a lower berth. but
dreamed | was sleeping In the upper
berth. Jewett-Sort of oversight your
self, eh?-Exchange.
, 1911-12-07
His Job.

"Signed up as yetT' inquired Actor
Yorick Hamm.
mot yet" responded Actor Hamlet
Fatt.
Then how dc you eatr"
"T'm a professional bohemian at a
bohemian restaurant."-Pittsbur Post
, 1911-12-07
The Voice Of Experiences.

Singleton-The woman marry must
be an ideal h~ousekeeper. Wederiy
with a sighA-Take my dip. old man.
and freeze on to a practical onsA-Cht
eaeo NoWA
, 1911-12-07

Beware Of the man who offers you
advice at the expense OF a mutual
friend.
, 1911-12-07

MRS. Fastleigh has given up ciga-
rettes."
Ibid the smoke make her ilf"
"No The smoke made her dog i'll"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
, 1911-12-07
THANKSGIVING DAY;
ITS APPROPRIATIONS,
Unthankfu'ness Is Dangerous.
The Thankful Arc Blessed.

Pastor Russell Says That All Should
Join With the Psalmist David. "oh,
Give Thanks Unto the Lord. For He
Is Good; His Mercy Endureth For
ever."-Psaim exxxvi, I.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-08

Bill Burns, the former Washington
twtrler, who was recently purchased
from Cincinnati by the Philadelphia
Nationals, after Detroit failed to land
him, is probably the sleepiest athlete
who ever held down berth in the big
leagues Bill has all others backed off
the boards when it comes to taking
maps, and he is not in the least par
ticular about the time he picks out for
a snooze.
1t was because of this that Burns
was put under suspension by Clarke
Griffith and later sold to the Phillies
During recent game at Boston the
Cincinnati twirler in the box was not
going good and Burns was sent for to
warm up. He pitched three or four
balls to catcher and then went to
the clubhouse and fell asleep. At
Brooklyn he was sent out to warm up
for Gaspar, and repeated the perform
ance, falling asleep on the clubhouse
steps.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-08
Amusing Pastime.

At an evening party where the
guests were not well acquainted. the
hostess did not have any especial
feature, SO she passed to each guest
cards bearing these various verselets.
being careful to give to those she
knew could do the stunts well. The
first guest had this on hers:
Though riddles do our minds distress.
Wed like two good ones now to guess.
And there were two good conun-
drums Immediately forthcoming.
Each guest read her card aloud be-
fore complying with its request. The
following are good suggestions:
We'd like to hear you tell today,
Some funny things that children say.
Describe some woman in the town.
Her nose and hair. her dress and gown:
But do not give us her address.
Nor tell her name. and we Will guess.
We'd like a story full of fun;
You're gifted. Lyman. tell us one.
Misery likes company. they say:
Wed like to hear you tell today
Don't hesitate, but now begin)
OF the worst scrape you eer were in.
Your talent gives as much delight;
We wish that you would please recite.
Your part In this program to help us
along
Will give US much pleasure; please sing
US a song.
II music hath charms, we wish that today
You'd prove It. and something quite
charming would play.
Tell some joke on yourself. your wife. or
your friend,
But we hope that youll have 1t pleasantly
end
Describe some trip you've taken far.
To Mexico. Europe. or ZANZIBAR.
Give a tale of old time when settlers were
few,
OF what they had then and what they
did do.
Describe some famous picture.
Whether dark or fair.
Please tell all about 1t.
And the artist rare.
Without bit of gossip sweet.
This program would not be complete.
Be sure that while the seasons roll
This crowd will never tell a soul.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-08
|y0tf9riD@|
Notes %R|
|Di0nlondr /

1t looks as II Tenney has a pitcher
in McTigue.
Can Mike Donlin come back?" is a
baseball bromide
Ty Cobb believes that his brother
Paul will make good
Mike Mowrey is developing into a
murderer at the bat
Old Cy Young takes 1t as Joke that
they have asked waivers on him.
Walter Johnson is beginning to
get back to his last years speed.
Bill Dahlen manages to draw fines.
although he does not play any more.
'Ebbets after players" reads a
newspaper headline. Brooklyn needs
them.
Young Is playing better third base
for the Boston team than many old
timers
Stuffy Mc1nnes OF the Athletics has
brother pitching in the New Eng
land league.
Ty Cobb seems to be going after
whatever the manufacturers have to
offer this year.
President Charles Somers OF the
maps uculeS lie Is lulSTeStSu III lu6
New Orleans club.
Hal Chase expects Jim Vaughn to
be as effective as ever. now that he
is in condition again
Jerry Downs has been regarded as a
failure on first base for Columbus and
is shifted back to second.
Jocko Halligan, the former Eastern
league star, has ben appointed scout
for the Buffalo team.
Hugh Nicol director OF athletics at
Purdue university, has been engaged
to scout for the Cincinnati Reds
Christy Mathewson appears to be
making pretty good. although he is
said to have cut down his speed
Davy Jones OF the Detroit Tigers
has been beaned once and sent to first
base three other times by being hit
Most baseball trades remind one of
the magnate who traded his star for
a yellow dog and then shot the dog.
The campaign for earlier finishes
brought 5O-minute advance in start
ing time for the st. Louis fans at
Cardinals park
Gus Dundon, now utility man and
pinch hitter for the Lincoln club Of
the Western league. but formerly Of
the Sox infield, 10 hitting around the
400 mark
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-08
BENDER'S PLAN WAS UPSET
Crack Athletic Pitcher Tells How
Worst Ball He Pitched Won for
New York Hghanders.

THAT only goes to show how a little
thing will knock the starch out of
baseball plans" sagely commented
Chief Bender. talking about game
which he lost against Russell Ford in
New York.
You know. Johnson had a three
bagger, and it looked as If we would
be able to get him there. l figured on
mailing Sweeney and Ford on strikes.
then passing Wolter and getting Dan
iels. That would have left the Swede
sticking on third.
II got the two strikes, all right, on
Eddie. Then l gave him ball that
dropped down and out. 1t was as rot
ten ball as you could find. almost
hitting the ground as 1t broke. l
thought he might swing at 1t and
miss 1t, or else pass 1t along, and then
! would stick fast one across and
get him.
Instead of that. Sweeney uppercut
the ball and smashed it on the fly to
Danny Murphy. 1t was a sacrifice.
all right, and johnson came over. 1t
was a cinch to get the next men. That
is what l mean. l don't say that we
would have won the game, as we
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-08

widest places with all the iuxuries of
home. During the week those who
entertain are planning to use as
favors the many novelties shown by
the shops in honor OF the nations s
birthday. Children are delighted with
the many conceits in red, white and
blue. Some of the boxes are in the
shape of dolls and the cannon. guns
drums and flags are exact reproduc
tious.
Let me tell you Of history" party
a mother has planned for the two
children of the household, aged ten
and twelve. The guests are asked tc
come in costumes representing 3
famous war hero; on the lawn a beau.
titul cedar tree Is to bear fruit in the
guise of favors Of patriotic charac.
ter as we'll as flags of all nations
The children are to be blind-folded
led to the tree. handed a pair OF
scissors and guided to an object:
when the order snip" is given a par.
Gel or flag will be shipped off,
The flag. If guessed to what country
1t belongs, Is retained as a souvenir i;
II not guessed correctly 1t is laid in a
basket to be auctioned of later to a
correct guesser If a favor is shipped
off 1t is kept Each child is to have
two snips. getting a flag and favor,
This is going to be great fun.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-08
New Mexico.

Three shifts were recently started
on the lower tunnel in Gold Dust
mines, at Mogollon, which will inter
sect the vein 45O feet below the first
tunnel.
Good progress is being made in al
terations in mill at Enterprise mines
at Mogollon and some additional,
special machinery Will soon be
shipped.
1t is reported that an order is about
to be placed by the Socorro mines at
Mogolion for De La Verne high COM
preston oil engines to supplant the
wood burning engines ON Whitewater
creek, which will later be followed by
a hydraulic installation. The reduo-
ton plant continues its large ship.
ments Of bullion and concentrates.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-08
HEART RIGHT.
When He Quit Coffee.

Life Insurance Companies will not
trouble.
The reason is obvious.
This is a serious matter to the hus-
band or father who is solicitous for
the future of his dear ones. Often
the heart trouble is caused by an un-
expected thing and can be corrected II
taken in time and properly treated. A
man in Colorado writes:
Il was a great coffee drinker for
many years, and was not aware of the
Injurious effects of the habit till
from heart trouble, indigestion and
nervousness to an extent that made
me wretchedly miserable myself and
4 nuisance to those who witnessed my
sufferings.
Il continued to drink coffee, how
ever, not suspecting that it was the
cause of my ill-health, till on applying
for life insurance I was rejected on ac-
count of the trouble with my heart.
Then l became alarmed. l found that
leaving off coffee helped me quickly, SO
attracted by the advertisements Of
Postum l began its use.
THE change in my condition was re-
markable. All my ailments vanished.
My digestion was completely restored.
my nervousness disappeared, and,
most important of all, my heart stead
led down and became normal, and on q
second examination l was accepted by
the Life Insurance Co. Quitting coffee
and using Postum worked the change"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
| Creek, Mich.
There's a reason" and 1t is ex-
planned in the little book, 1.-THE Road
to Wellville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above lettert new
| enc appears from time t. time. They
are geauine. true, anA fall sf hunAA
| Interest.