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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
A Leqcnd of Mount Omi.

Mount Om. on the border between western China and Tibet. has the long est staircase in the world. On top of the mountain there stands a Buddhist temple, around which ga.her some of the holiest traditions of that religion and which is made Mecca to the Chinese To facilitate the ascent of It's slippery sides some 2OC0o steps nave been cut in the mountain. form ing a sin2rp flight mp which the pil- grim tolls. Because of its illarcesSi- hility few Europeans have eyer visited ebA spct. but a number of trave.ers nave ascended the stairway and are 'ositive that k Is no legendaly myth. There is a legend that in earlier tines ;he pilgrim was forced to ascend the mountain without artificial aids untit thc monks conceived the plan of re- '.uii'ing every pilgrim who would gaia special benefit of his journey to cut sl.&lc step.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
Scott Relies a, Abbotsford.

The present estate of .AbbolSford was formed during the years JSl1 to 1S1i from various small farms. the Erst one purchased bearing the "inharm" nioIs designation" Clarty Hole After Sir N alter Scott'S death in 1881 com nittee Of friends collected tS.OO0 to eard rhe redemption of the estate. and Mir Iatlell. the publisher. contributed ;hc rest Oil receiving the rights over >cott's works. The library and lnu scum had been given some years be fore by the creditors As his so.. Lieutenant Colenel w. Scott, dieG oi, his way home from India, the prop. ertv descended to J. k. Lockhart, his son -in-law, and thence to his daEGh ter's husband, J. R. Hope Scott, whose daughter held 1he estate for some years. Many Scott relics are preserv cd In the house, notably his chair and writing table in the study and his ha and gloves in tbe hall.-London Stand ard.
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Some Consolation.

He was :. frugal Scot and when t'l 'i'iiection plate cane round dropped til q horin ill mistake for the nnmbll
 opper. Speedily discovering his mlS fake. however. he stepped softly down t'ie .aisie and requested the oof gath -rer to give him back the coin. whici request was politely but firmly re fused. 4 shade of disappointment fiji cN over the northeruer's face as be waticd slow U back to his pew.
 "A Aweel." he said. its d loss, bul there's some sma consolatioo in re aectin' it's bad one: It might have got me into trouble anywhere else. '- London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
Dickens and His Wife.

Commenting on the unhappy rela ionS between Dickens and his wife Goldwin Smith wrote in one of his las' papers: Tt was common case. Dick ems had married at a low level, and his wife had not risen with him; otherwise there was no fault on her side. The matrimonial history of writers of works of imagination has often been unhappy. Their imagination turns the woman into an angel and then they find that she Is d woman"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
A STUDY IN FIGURES.

Calculations Necessary to Produce tho
 Nautical Almanac.
 IL may safely be said that no one >utside the publishing office mas read lie entire Nautical Almanac from be- .nning to end. but each figure of the r''iated almanac is in the office ex- mined twice and read three times.
 Tie total number of figures exceeds million; but great as that number 19. | is trifing compared with the mum. ,,ar of figures employed in the calcula- tious, as the almanac figures repre- sent "barn', results only. The moor for instance. requires for It's calcu' ;it;en more than q million and a half f figures, and similarly with other hranches of the work. such as the -ua. the planets. etc Contrary to the general opiuin9 practically every fig lrn in the bool, is fresh from year to vrar.
 The tables from which nearly all the work is calculated havc been original ly constructed from the laborS of the astronomical observer and to a large extent from the observations of the sun. moon and planets made at the Royai observatory. Greenwich, Tele- scopes and other aStrononncal applt- ances are cons7icuously absent. as the work of the staff is purely mathemati- ,.al and not observationai.--Lond Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
lMi5iIatoc a Menace.

Few people who know mistletoc orI as q desirabl" feature of Christmas decorations understand that the plan. is a parasite dangerous to the life oi trees in the regions in which 1t grows It is only question of time aftt, mistletoe once begins to grow nnon 2 tree before the tree itself will be killed The parasite saps the life 0. the infected branches. Fortunately il velop to large proportions. but when neglected 1t invariably ruins all trees 1t reaches. The only method of extcr imitation is the cutting down of di;; eased trees.-EXchange
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
THE MICROSCOPE.
a-serument by Which the Presence o4
 Electricity Is Detected.

Electricity Is Detected.
 The electroseope is an Instrument for ne detection of electricity. It depends <nr its action on the principle that '"adies charged with like electricity re- 4,l while those charged with unlike 7s"ctricity attract each other The ordi. aaTy pith ball suspended on 3 silk thread Is the simplest form o{ the in. ztrument.
 Tue most common type of electro nope Is that devised by Bennett in l187 and known as the gold leaf cleo -.oscope. It consists of two strips of gold leaf or thin aluminium foil sus- cended from the lower extremity of a conductor within glass bottle or jar The upper end of the conductor ter ninates in ball or plate in case the Instrument is to be used as condens ing electroscope. If 6 body charged with positive electricity Is brought near the knob of the eIectroscope the mega ave electricity will be attracted to the knob and the positive repelled to the leaves, which dlverge. If now the fin ger is touched to the knob the positive ,lectr'city Is drawn off and the leaves collapse. while the negative electricity ss held bound Removing the charged eody. the leaves will diverge again, charged with negative electricity. In sais case the instrument can be used ,o determine the nature of charge of r(1t q ave charge the leaves will collapse and g1jth negative charge spread farther apsrt--EXchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
PILES! PILES! PlLESl

Williams Indian Pile Ointment -" .n-~ Blind. Bleeding and lrsis, Giles. It abaorbe the tumors. Alass 'tch,nG .. once, acts n . pnylsfas ,ives instant relief. Willianc I. tiap Pile Ointment ia prepared e~ Piles and itching of the private rsr's Sold hy druggista nail soc aat |, ' Williams' Mfg. Co.,, props.. Clsv~laAs O. Sold by McCammon [ Ser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
Two of a Kind

II told dat feller l was so flat broke 1 had to sleep outdoors" said Plod ding Pete.
 Did it touch his heart?" asked Me andering Mike.
 No He said he was doing the samt thing an had to pay de doctor for tellin' him what a blessin' it was."- Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
Two Is Company.

Have you ever lc.ed beforeE' asked the coy maid
 "Yes," yawned the worldly young man. "but-never before a chaperon two small brothers and pet bulldog.
 And then she suggested a trip down the old road to see the stars.-Chicaae News.
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His Kind.

'I heard of a man once who wa> going to make money hand over f1sI when he was carried off"
 By death:"
 "No: by the police. He was porch climbing Baltimore American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
He Was Slow.

'I had not talked 10 him more than fifteen minutes when he called ne an idiot"
 Gee! He didn't violate any speed limit in getting next. did he?'-Roston Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
Oryinq Her Tears,

What do you do when your wife cries?' asked the younger man. Do yon have to give in 10 her?''
 "No." said the older man Give h~' sons money. v."-Ru1alo Express.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
A Suqar Coated Pii,.

How did you persuade your daugh ter to learn kitchen workw
 By calling 1. domestic sc4ence."- Plttsburg Poet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
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NGEN-WE HAVE GOOD POSITIONS waiting for you if you will learn the barber trade now. Hundreds of graduates inning shops calling on IS flor nelp. Few weeks con- pletes Card mailed will explain
 how to better your circumstances.
 Moler Barber College, Memphis, Tenn 10 6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13

For a limited time I will sell Sin gle Comb White Leghorn Eggs from the largest and best flock in the state at s100 per 15 or $500 per 100. Will replace all clear eggs tested out on the 10th day. Leave orders at Ky land Queensware Co or call old phone 74S. Eggs delivered anywhere in the city. A P. Ryland. Pine Hil' Farm, New Sulphur Springs road.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13

The way of the world is to make laws. but follow custnus.-NontAtgpe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
FOR RENT

2005 w. 9th. ave-, rooms. 1914 w. 3rd. ave-, rooms.
 HOS Mulb. St., 5 rooms and hall 1913 w. 3rd. rooms.
 1709 w. 7th. 3 rooms.
 S19 w. 18th. rooms
 SIS Hickory, 3 rooms
 615 Hickory, 3 rooms.
 1121 w. End ave-, on a beautifals corner lot, 2nd and Linden, 10 rooms and hall, modern in every respect. electric and gas fixtures, roomy stable and servant houses. fine loea- tion.
 story store building at No. e17 E. 9th. ave-, excellent location.
 DWELLINGS (Colored) 1924 Poplar, 4 rooms and hall. 1922 Fir, room, A
 ,s1s Fir, roons. [
 1006 E. 10th, 3 rooms
 701 Mulb., 3 rooms.
 l represe 'ld line companies- both fire and h. Also boiler and automobile insurance. If you care to Ouy or sell real estate, it would be to your interest to see me-have something especially good at pres ent time.
 CEiAS. HANCOCK Room 204-Citizens Bank Building PHONE 296.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25

Had there ben any doubt in oul
mind as to whether Representative
Walker had been unavoidably detain
ed from the House at the time the con
Stitutdonal amendment was disposed of
this doubt was dispelled when we
noted by this mornings papers from
Boise that he has voted against the
legislative enactment which was un
mercifully butchered In the House.
Walker was elected on his pledge to
the voters of Gilmore Co., that he would
vote for a constitutional AMENDING
submitting the question of statewide
prohibition to the voters of the state
two years hence. Walker admitted
that he had pledgde his support to
both factions, which fact will be re-
memberd by the voters In the future.
They will know that he can never be
depended upon to keep his word and
even though he may not have sold
himself outright, he is weaklng and
unworthy Of any confidence.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25
THE WAY IT GOES.

l.. T. Alexander arrived i'm Gooding
last Saturday with a carload OF hors.
es, farm implements and a printing
outfit, which he will install at Jerome
establishing paper at that point
which he will call the Lincoln Coun.
ty Times. Mr.. Alexander Is an old
time printer and says that he has
been guaranteed a thousand dollars
by the farmers of that section to es-
tablish this paper, the money to be
paid when the first edition is publish
ed. The city of Jerome has no more
need of two newspapers than q cat
has for two tails, the present paper
at that place being one Of the best
edited and best printed country pap
ers in Southern Idaho. The new
paper will appeal to q faction that
has been dissatisfied ON account Of
the fact that it has had a real news
paper and real newspaper man
whom 1T could not induce to say thin
gs which he himself regarded an
wrong--this faction may be strong
the new paper may have a good patron
age-this is free country-but when
a paper as good as the North Side
News, published In a town for over
two years is not appreciated by the
people of that town 1t makes some
of us, who have spent over fifteen
years In the newspaper business won
der if dit really is worth while. The
Jerome fight is not our affair except
in desire to see good paper MAIN
tain its business and patronage In
which lit is justly entitled.
Herald, Gooding.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25


Senator Worth s. Lee was remind.
edd yesterday that the women of his
county are taking an interest in polit
ical matters. He received and filed
with the secretary of the senate a
petition signed by about $50 of the
leading women OF Emore county urg-
ing the passage of senate bill No. rs.
This lis the bill that makes necessary
the signature of the wife on all pa
Iers transferring or emclmbering real
estate held JOINTLY by the husband
and wife. Statesman.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25
THUR MAN.

A. A. Mann who has been ON the
sick list lis improving.
Miss Ethel Emmons has been SUIT
fering from an attack of grippe.
Trappers have been busy recently
and a few coyotes have been caught.
Chas. Bartlett and family who have
been spending the winter In Boise
return tRis week. The new little
Miss Bartlett accompanies them.
T. j. Latimore who recently had a
severe attack of appendicitis, is SLOWLY
improving and contemplates going to
Boise for an operation as soon as
able.
Mrs. G. P. Mann is expecting her
mother from Kansas, the first Of
March. She will remain indefinitely.
Albert Averill has ordered a three
horse power gasoline negine which
he intends to use in irMgating, this
summer.
George Walker transacted business
in Boise this week.
A large number of young people
enjoyed party given last Friday
night at the home of J. H. Tull.
Games and merry making were i'm
dulged i'm till the wee small hours.
Excellent refreshments were served.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25
Now and again some one In a skep-

Now and again some one ian a skep.
tical tone asks ii the world is getting
better. OF course DIT is every day in
spite of the political corruption, bust.
ness dishonesty and other evils that
flaunt themselves. One has but to
contrast present conditions with those
that EXISTED years ago to be conVin-
ced Of this truth, and the best of 1t
all ID that this betterment is effecting
classes To be sure there DIS much,
very much yet to be done to get the
world where it should be, and that fact
shows that everyone can lend hand
II he will.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25

When you hear a man sneerine
at the local paper because 1T is not Bis
cheap and newsy as the city papers
you can safely bet he does not squan
der any OF his wealth i'm assisting tc
make Vt better and that generally the
paper has done more for him than
he has for it. The man who cannot
see the benefits arising from a local
newspaper Is about as much value tc
a town as delinquent tax List Elk
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25
Wife Got Tip Top Advice.

my wife wanted me to take
our boy to the doctor to cure an
ugly boil" writes D. Frankel, of
Stroud, Okla. II said put Buck
lens Arnica Salve on it. She
did so, and it cured the boil in
a short time" Quickest healer
of Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns,
Bruises, Sprains, Swellings. Best
Pile cure on earth. Try it. Only
25c at r. w. Smiths.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Notice is hereby given that Spe
cdal Election of the qualified electors
who are taxpayers in the Village OF
Mountain Home, County Of Elmore
State OF Idaho, will be held on the
Goth day Of March, 1911, for the pur
pose OF submitting to the said elect
ors the question of the issuance and
sale Of municipal coupon bonds in thu
denominations of five hundred and
one Thousand dollars each, payable i1
twenty years from date of issuance
redeemable at the pleasure of the
said Village at any time after ter
years, bearing interest at a rate moi
to exceed six per centum per annum
payable semiannually. Said bonds tt
be issued in an amount in the aggre
gate not to exceed thirty-five thous
and ($35, 000) dollars providing fol
the collection OF an annual tax upon
the property OF the said Village OF
Mountain Home, sufficient to pay the
interest ON the said bonds as it falls
due, and to create and establish a
sinking fund for the payment of the
principals of the said bonds as they
respectively become due, said bonds
to be Issued, and sold to create a
fund for the following purposes, to-wt
Thaty-five thousand ($35 ,0OO) dol.
lars for the purpose Of constructing
and maintaining a complete water
system for the Village of Mountain
Home, for purchasing a site for a
pumping plant and for the purchase
Of the necessary machinery for the
equipment OF the same, for the pur-
chase OF water rights for power pur-
poses or such other power as may be
necessary, and to provide for the COL
lection OF an annual tax upon the
property of the said Village of Mount.
ain Home, sufficient to pay the inter-
est on the said bonds as 1t falls due,
and to create sinking fund for the
payment Of the principals of the said
bonds as they respectively become
due.
Miss Sara Keener is hereby appoint.
ed Registrar for said election. Regis.
tration can be made during every Sat.
urday, between the hours of nine o.
clock A. M. and five o'clock P. M,
between the first day following THE
Of this notice to and in.
Guiding the last Saturday next pre-
ceding said election, and at other
time said Registrar may be found
1t her place Of registration.
The voting place, which will open
ut 8 O'Clock A. M, and remain open
until Z o'clock P. M, will be at
the vacant store room In the Bailey.
Shfert and Garrett Block, formerly &C
,uped by Ben Ross and Company, on
'ots 10, II and IL of Block s in the
Village OF Mountain Home.
Witness my hand and the seal of
he said Village of Mountain Home
his sixteenth day Of February, 1911.
c. e. Corker, Chairman OF the VII
age Board OF Trustees.
o. e. Norell, Village Clerk.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25
IDAHO LEGISLATION IN FAVOR
OF WOMEN.

A bill introduced in the senate las
week upon request OF the cMbwomea
of the state, requiring the wife's sig
nature to community real estate be
fore 1t can be sold, encountered or con
veyed, has met with unexpected oppo
sition in that body.
Uder the present Idaho law the
husband may mortgage or seN any
community real estate, even the
homestead, which the wife may have
lived ON in the desert for years, d
she has happened to leave 1t, without
her knowledge or signature. It was
with the idea that the wife should BIZ
made more conversant with her huB
bad's affairs, that she might be pro
tected In case OF his death, and to
prevent some husbands from selling
property which from family reasons
should not be sold or mortgaged, and
to further protect titles, that the bill
was drawn
The senators opposing the bill take
the stand that the proposed law would
work great hardship ON the h,ls.
band, who in many cases desraee to
keep his business affairs from his wife
and who might on many occasions de.
sire to dispose Of real estate before he
would have time to reach his wife.
One senator even had the temerty to
say that some women would be too
mean to sign deed just because
their husbands wanted it, but he
thought that ain husbands would be
noble enough to protect their wives
and families, even II they did mort.
gage or sen community property with
out their knowledge.
Now, the Idaho women do not Of.
ten take trips to Europe or even to
the east, and 1t would seem that any
OF them might be reached in time to
place their signature to a deed with.
out causing too much delay In the
transaction. The bill refers only to
real estate and does mot include mi
ming stock, an objection made by one
senator. Important business deals in
which the sale or mortgage OF real es
tate or mining claims are concerned
are hardly contaminated In a night,
and there Is usually time to reach the
wife for her signature before any Be-
rious damage is done TO tho deal.
The claim made by some at the
senators that dt would seriously tie
up business does not seem to have
materiahzed dn the eastern states,
the majority of which require the
wife's signature to all such deeds. It is
said, on the contrary, that the very
laxity Of the Idaho law In not re-
Curling the wsse's signature has sen-
odsly embarrassed citizens who have
sold real estate to eastern men, who
are so accustomed to having the wtfes
signature that they refuse to accept a
title until the wife's SIGNATURE has beea
added, and In q number Of instances
expense has been en-
allied by tracing title.
The idea embodied In the hdll seems
fair one. Community property Is
'resupposed to be property accumuh.
ed by the Joint effort OF husband and
wife. and 1t would seem only fair that
'he should have a voice In its ddspo-
'al.--Staesman-
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25

One of the monthly magazine recent
ly showed the picture of q $4,000
bed in which some wealthy man night
y rested his weary limbs. Probably
he gets no more satisfaction out of
Vt, or as sweet as sleep, as a poor man
gets out Of his $40 bed.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25
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Miss Eta Hitson who is attending
school in this place, spent the week
end with her parents at the Minerva
w. r. Butler, Ed. Gaetz and H. B.
Butler were the committee In charge
of the annual X. P. mask bali held
on Tuesday evening. To say the af-
fair was success is indeed putting
1T mildly. There were about sixty i'm
attendance and practically all were
masked Excellent music was fur
nished by the Breyer Orchestra.
Mrs. Chas. e. Higgins went down
the river last week to Boise where
she will spend the remaining months
of the winter During her absence,
Ed Coburn win keep house for Mr..
Higgins.
w. j. Keough came over from the
Minerva to spend Saturday and Sum-
day with his family in this place.
On Wednesday evening, the 22nd,
the Knights of Pythias entertained
in honor OF the 48th anniversary of
their order. A general invitation was
extended and an excellent time was
enjoyed by ALL Cards, dancing, and
a 'talk-fest" furnished the enter;
tainment for the evening after which
the guests We're served with dill
cious lunch. At late hour the party
broke UP and all declared that the
knights had confirmed their reputa-
ton for enjoyable entertaining
Claude Cox, who has been working
at the Minerva mine, left for Rupert
Tuesday. Mr. Cox Will spend a year
ON his homestead near that place.