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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
In Chicago.

Mrs. Dearborn-Is she lucky in
love?
Mrs. Wabash-Oh my no! Why,
she's been married twice and only di-
vorced once!-Yonkers Statesman.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Can You Blame Hjm7

ut is said," he remarked. that
the proportion of unmarried women in
this country grows larger every year
WELL" she replied, its only nat
ural that it should be SO. seeing that
the proportion of real men grows
smaller in this country every year"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
His Share,

81 wish you would tear little piece
off the corner of one of those bills in
your pay envelope" she said, as her
husband passed over his wages to her.
why, dear?" he asked with some
surprise.
because | don't want you to be able
to say that | get all your money!
Yonkers Statesman.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Generous,

Mrs. Pall-Have you given anything
to charity this year?
Mrs. Mall-Yes; l have just sold all
my old clothes to my washerwoman
for almost nothing.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
An Unnecessary System.

"You ought TO have a burglar alarm
system in your house." said the cleo
trical supply agent, 80 that you will
be awakened if q burglar raises one
of the windows or opens door at
night"
''No burglar can get in here while
we are peacefully sleeping" replied
Mr. Newpop. I'VE are weaving our
baby
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
VII, she Ask Him Aoaln7

She (for the fortieth time)-Will you
love me when I'm old. George!
He (goaded to extreme measures)-
Do you expect to be a. fat a. your
mother
She (frightened)-Howc can I tell?
He (flercely)-Then see that you
don't!
Bangs hat on head and exits, slam
ming the door.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Woman,a NAY.

MANY a married man who might
make a fortune is handicapped be-
cause his wife demands too much OF
his attention"
That's right. Just as soon as For
tune begins to flirt with him his wife
gets jealous. Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
IncorrigibIe.

Lawyer-Now. what did you and the
defendant talk about?
Witness-Oi t'ink about Is minutes.
Lawyer-No. no! | mean what did
you talk over?
Witness-We talked over the till
phone.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Letter to
Or. kilrner = Co.
BinshAmton, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Send to DR.. Kimer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

How a married man doesn't enjoy
listening to one side Of spoony tele-
phone conversation
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

Garfield Tea is Natures laxative and
blood purifier; it overcomes constipation
and its many attendant ailments.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Couldn't Talk Riqht.

Jinkins-I don't see what he sees
in the girl he is to marry.
Winkins-Love is blind.
Jinkins-Love must also be deaf
and dumb if he can get along with
her.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

You will sneeze; perhaps feel chilly.
You think you are catching cold. Don't
wait until you know it. Take a dose of
Hamlins Wizard Oil and you just can't
catch cold.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

It's an easy matter for a married
man to keep posted on what's going
on in his home neighborhood.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets The favor
ite family laxative.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethng. softens tue gums, reduces inhamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c a bottle
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
You Know Them.

"Is that new hobby he is riding?"
No; same old frayed hoss. It's
the new bit and bride that attract at
tention."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
All Over.

The Tiger-What's the matter with
the giraffe? He doesn't look we'll.
The Lion-No, he says he feels sick
all over
The Tiger-Eas a sore throat, l sup
pose.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

Every penny saved means one less
pang OF foreboding.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

The chap who gets a free ride in a
patrol wagon isn't carried away with
enthusiasm.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
All Depends,

Want a good anecdote about a
statesman"
Was he re-elected?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
w E S TIE n N
MINING
THE TRENn uE MErAL pRICEs.
IN q r IEF

Silver sO527s
Copper .................Sl Sl2. 90 a / :. %
Leau $i.40 q 4. 50
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
DENVER DIRECTORY

BON LOOK pGps M,SpisE Il En- tnds Of Mhn
log mailed free Cor. 18th 4 Blake. Denver.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
STRIKING PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.

Servant-Heavens | have knocked
the big flower pot off the window
ledge and it struck a man on the
head.
Mistress-What! My beautiful ma
iolicao
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That s LAXATIVE BROMO QClSINE. Look soY
the signature of Il. W GROVE. Used the World
over To Cure Cold in One Day L5c.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

abroad. There every fire is regarded
as a crime, instead of a misfortune.
The city of Berlin, with 100000 in
habitants, has an annual fire waste of
about $4,000. There has been more
fire loss in one day in New York city
than Berlin has had in ten years. In
Berlin the criminally careless person
goes to Jail or is subjected to heavy
fines and made to pay even the ex-
pense Of turning out the fire depart
ment. In New York he collects his
insurance and proceeds to have more
fires. Chicago and Berlin have about
the same population, but Chicago
burns up $5,0)O,0OO annually and Ber-
lin less than per cent of that sum.
Remove the premium on arson by
making it impossible to profit by fires
through overinsurance and loose adj
justments, and give the limit of the
law to the individual who starts fire
or permits fire to start on his prem
Uses through lack of precautions. Make
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
THE COMPLETELY
OF THE BALLOT

When we entered upon our ma
tional career the total population OF
the country was less than 4,001,O0D
people, and it was practically homo-
geneous in it's character. At tina.
time there were restrictions upon
manhood suffrage in each of the thlr-
teen original states. Woodrow Will
son in his History of the American
People" states that probably not
more than 100000 people out of the
100000 inhabitants, according TO
the census Of 1899, had the right If
suffrage. Gradually those restric-
tons were one by one removed, until,
about the time of Andrew Jackson s
administration, universal free man
hood suffrage prevailed in all the
states. At the close of the Civil War
the right of suffrage was granted to
the former slaves. Since then five
states of the Union-Wyoming Colo
RADIO, Utah, Idaho and Washington
have given to women the right 20
vote.
While these changes have been
taking place the population of the
country has increased to more than
90,000,000, and every race and ma
tionality on the face of the globe has
contributed it's quota of the heterogen-
eous total. Moreover, the duties
imposed upon voters have been enor-
mOusly increased. Instead of choos-
ing a few of the principal officers at
popular elections, as was formerly
the rule, in most of the states the
voters are now called upon to select
at elections practically all important
public officers. With the growth of
population, and with the necessary
increase in all governmental func-
tons, the number of officers has, as
a consequence, multiplied manifold
1t Is not unusual now for an official
ballot in some states to have as
many as 100 or more names of can
didates for different offices printed
on it.
1t is manifestly impossible for or
binary intelligent and busy citizens
to know personally anything what
ever about the qualifications of so
many candidates. The result is that
owing to the hopeless confusion in
which many voters find themselves,
there has been a growing tendency
on the part of a large number OF
busy and intelligent citizens to re,
frain from voting at all. Another
considerable percentage of the PEG,
pie either voted at Presidential cleo
lions only or vote for some candi
date for the leading Office to be filled
at the election, and do not vote al
all for the candidates for the minor
: oftices.-Robert w. Bonynge, in the
! Forum.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
A PRAYER,

Not for the blazoned sorrows, Lord.
That fiaunt their purple in the mar
ket place,
But for griefs fearful secret sword.
That hides its piercing from the
daylights face
Pity, l say.
Not to those ills the world may, know,
world may hear.
But to the lonely midnights woe,
That turks meath laughter, in the
nOOntide clear
Give ease today.
Not for those weeping ones, who share
Their tears with others I'm a min
gled rain
But for the silent brave who bear
With smiles their burden Of an I'M
guessed pain,
For these, I pray.
Lillian White Spencer
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
HOW TO REDUCE FIRE LOSSES.

HOW q REDUCE FIkE LOSSES.
One hundred and forty-two human.
lives and possibly 100000 in property
loss seem a fearful price to pay for
the privilege of smoking a cigarette.
1t is a statutory crime to spit in n
street car, but a careless smoker can
send hundreds of human beings to a
dreadful death without violation Of
law, by simply flinging a burning
cigarette on a dangerous pile of ac-
cumulated waste or disposing care
lessly of a lighted match. Fireproof
buildings are good, as far as they go,
and automatic sprinklers are a Won
derful protection after a fire starts.
Staircases and fire escapes should be
built broad and wide-but the time to
stop a fire is before it starts.
If the person who starts a fire in a
civilized community were treated with
the same drastic measures as the man
who throws a bomb, there would be
few fires. They do things differently
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

By a large majority the Cuban
House of Representatives passed a bill
abolishing the instruction in English
in the public schools.
Protesting against the occupation Of
Fee by Spanish troops, the Sultan has
appealed to the powers for the en-
forcement of the Algericas contract.
The government has prohibited
poker in the canal zone, on account of
the many losses sustained lately by
employees, with the ensuing discon-
tent
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
Exploits of Detective Burns

"Never-Fail Burns" is the nickname
generally accorded the detective VINO
made the arrests in the Los Angeles
dynamiting cases-and for good
reason. In more than twenty-five
years he has hardly suffered a fail
ure, and, says the New York Evening
Post, he attracted attention by his
methods and successes from the very
first" But, for that matter, he came
naturally by his talent, his father hav-
ing been a detective and chief of po-
lice before him, and William ]. Burns,
Jr., early displayed evidences of that
talent which had lifted his parent to
the public eye"
One of the first cases in which this
young man starred" was the Brock
way-Bradford-C Courtney case, in New
York.
Brockway was a celebrated counter
feiter, and in his early days he had
forged Erie Railroad bonds. His spe'
cialty was a counterfeit note of a
large denomination, one favorite be,
ing a $1,000 compound interest note.
He got hold of girl in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing at Washing
ton and had her run sheet of tinfoil
through the press and get an impress
sion of the genuine plates Then he
had an electrotype made from the tin
foil impression, printed the notes, and
circulated them with such success that
the government actually accepted $780,
600 worth of them before it suspected
that anything was wrong. Later on,
they had to send for Charles Ulrich,
an old-time counterfeiter, to pick the
good from the bad.
Ulrich agreed to work with Burns
and the latter sent him to join the
gang, and through his assistance they
arrested them all in a building at No
542 Ann street, West Hoboken. There
the secret service men found more
than 100000 in gold certificates, ant
a lot of Canadian 500 notes. This
was the first time that the authori
ties had been able to convict Brock
way. He went to Trenton Jail for {
ten-year sentence, with DR.. Bradford
who died in prison, and Courtney. TIT
last was a celebrated forger, who hat
been in counterfeiting schemes TO
thirty years.
A second affair that brought Burn
into prominence as a shining light
was that of Taylor and Bredell, il
1899, and was considered at that tim
one of the most extraordinary in tn
annals of counterfeiting. "A grea
pile of money had been easily passed,
and the fact that thA counterfeit not
was absolutely perfect indicated tina
a camera had been used. Then it wa
found that their process was to trans
fer photograph to a steel plate, etc
the latter enough to bite the lines
and then engrave by hand-a feat tina
had hitherto been considered impos
sible. They were arrested, but Will
they were in prison Taylors mothe
smuggled in the necessary tools an
materials, and the two men engrave
the plates in their cell under a blar
ket, with the aid of an alcohol LAM
1t took them two months to complet
the work, but they actually printe
the money, sent it out, and had
passed. When some of the none
was shown Burns he at once said tha
only Taylor and Bredell could hav
made it. He went to the prison an
charged them with it, and they a
length confessed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

shortly atterWard he was called
into case in st. Louis, in which city
the notorious Jim French" and
gang of firebugs had been extracting
hundreds of thousands of dollars from
the big insurance companies.
French was a furniture dealer He
and his confederates would fit up
dwelling houses with expensive furni-
ture, insure them to their full value,
remove the furniture and substitute
junk, and then set the houses on fire.
All the big detective agencies had
been working on the case, but had
failed to get convictions. Burns
worked two months and got enough
evidence to convict, and French was
sentenced to the penitentiary for five
years.
A few years ago Abe Ruef's candi-
date was elected mayor of San Fran
cisco. Francis ]. Heney, govern
ment attorney, declared that if called
upon by the people he would himself
prosecute "this fellow Schmitz," and
all the other grafters in "Abe's graft
ridden town" Burns was then in the
employ of Chief Wilkie, "and very bus
lily employed at that" But to pro-
coed:
Fremont Older, editor of a paper
that had fought Ruef and the boodlers,
came on to Washington representing
committee of citizens, headed by Ru-
dolph Spreckels and James d. Phelan,
and asked Heney if he would come
back to San Francisco and carry out
his promise. He said he would, on
condition that Burns could be got to
investigate and procure evidence.
Burns was allowed to go by Presi-
dent Roosevelts own order, and he
dug about in San Francisco for three
years. Schmitz was convicted and
sent to prison for five years.
And while instrumental in the con-
viction of United States Senator
Mitchell of Oregon, and others, Burns
was busy all the time"
Nor should his work in the Henry
Orchard case be allowed to pass with
out comment. 1t was Burns who was
responsible for that horribly frank
confession of murder and outrage
much like the latest tale of unioT
atrocities he has succeeded in draw
ing from the Los Angeles Times dy
namiters.
One of the interesting sidelights OF
Burns is his aversion to the use of {
revolver.
He has never shot a man himself
and in none of his arrests, some o
them involving the subduing of mel
desperate and daring beyond the ordi
nary, has there been a bullet fired
) According to Burns, the detective whit
carries a gun is a poor detective, anC
confesses the fact by his act. 1t il
; moral suasion, the brain drop" of tn,
prize fighter, that Burns relies on. H,
figures that once he lets man know
that "he has it on him." and that h,
isn't afraid of him, the rest is com
paratively easy. Threats Of assassi
nation, which have been frequent il
e his career, he simply treats as a mat
. ter of course, always seeing to II
however, that the threateners get
few extra years tagged on to thei
t sentences when they are caught, as
, warning against the foolishness o
too much talking.
-%-.S
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

every fire subject to rigid investiga-
ton by the authorities, fully equipped
for the purpose, with laws so strong
and sweeping that no guilty individual
can escape. We will save thousands
of lives annually, including whole
platoons of brave firemen, and enough
money to pay the national debt.-Louis
S. Amonson in New York Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

A French senatorial committee has
approved a bill prohibiting the sale of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11

pothetical one, as in the case Of ALL
Americas.
The writer considers shevlin and
RAFFERTY, the best pair Of ends the
game has known in the period of time
covered by the 10 teams. Maybe
Hinkey or Campbell or Fitzpatrick was
a better end than Shevlin, though that
is doubtful, but Shevlin and Rafferty,
as gifted pair lead all the rest.
Davis and Henry of Princeton are
ranked next. and the others as follows.
Three, Campbell and Bowditch; 4,
Honkey and Greenway; 5, Dickson and
Gilbert; 6, Fitzpatrick and Logan; z,
Hallowell and Cochran; 8. Cochran and
Brokaw;s Coy and Gould; 10, Crow
ley and Brown.
Harvard Tackles Best.
The tackles are ranked in this or
der: FIRST, Cults and Blagden; 2,
Wallis and Winter; 8, Mckay and
Fish; 4, Bloomer and Stillman; 5,
Church and Hillebrand; 6. Hogan and
Kinney; Z, Lilley and Hobbs: 8, Donald
and Haughton; 9. Wagonhurst and
Ranking the guards is a puzzler
sure enough. There are such couples
as Heffelfnger and Morrison, Andrus
and Goebel, Brown and Sheldon Glass
and Goss and Wharton and woodruff
to consider. Andrus and Goebel were
both first class guards and there never
was as nicely balanced a pair in one
l'ne. Therefore they have been rank
ed first despite the fact that as single
guards Heffelf1nger, Brown and Glass
were shade better than either.
Following in the ranking of the
guards: First, Andrus and Goebel; q
Heffelfinger and Morrison; 3, Brown
ruff; S. Glass and Goss; 6, Lee and
Barnard; Z, De Witt and Dillon: 8,
Hoar and Dunlap; g. Boa1 and Bur-
den; 10, Crowds and Armstrong.
The ranking Of the other positions:
Centers-First, Bull: 2, Sanford; 3,
Holt; 4. Nourse; s. Galley; 9, Olcott;
Z, Greene: 8, Cooney; 9, Short; 10, Jaf-
Quarterbaeks-First, DAILY; 2. Rock
we'll; g. Williams; 4, Howe: 5, Smith;
6, Cutler; z, Fincke 8, Barbour; 9,
Marshall: 10, Vetterle.n.
Halfbacks - First, McClung and
Bliss; 2, Kelley and Barnard: 8, Cor
calf; S. Herman and Ristine; s, Sharpe
and Chadwick; Z, Dibblee and War
rem; 8, Philbin and Murphy: 8, Minds
and Blair: 10, Kafer and Hart.
Fullbacks-First. Coy; 2, Butter
worth; 3. Brooke: 4, Baird; $. Gray
don; 6, Yer Wiebe: Z. Bowman; 8,
Reid; 9. Hale 10, Miller.
i
and the ranking Of the teams with
their total points is as follows:
First, Yale, 1891, 20 points; 2. Yale,
1902, "a points; 3, Pennsylvania, 1896,
and Yale, 1903, IS points each; s. Har-
ward 1861. SO points; s, Princeton, 1896
80 points,; 2, Harvard, 1908, 40 points
s. Yale, 1900, As points; 9. Harvard,
1898, 50 points; 10, Princeton, 1903, SO
points.
That is what the point plan Of rank
ing produces. Yet it would be hard
to convince a good many persons that
the Yale team Of 1900, the Harvard
team Of 1901, the Princeton team of
1895. or the Penn team Of 1895 couldn't
have swatted pretty nearly any eleven
that ever played. They looked it when
in action. albeit individual analysis
shows differently. The elements of
team play and even balance might
have offset higher ranking due to
having more ind vidua1 point winners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11
FIRST GUN OF
BASEBALL WAR
FIRED TODAY
Four Giants Sta t Water Trip
From Big Cily-Lush a Free
Agent -Tommy Downey to
Meet Squad in Cres cent City

New York, Feb. 11.-Three Giants,
one free agent, one umpire and one
scribe were passengers on the steam
ship Proteus, which left at noon to-
day for New Orleans. The party of
six were First Baseman Harry Gowdy,
Pitcher Dick Rudolph and Third
Baseman Clyde Fullerton, who are
members of the New York National
League club; Ernest Lush, who was
with the squad on the spring training
trip last season, and who is now fancy
free to sign with any team; c. l.
Hanscli. who is to umpire the prac-
ttce and exhibition games in which
the Giants will participate while they
are on the Lone Star State, and one
baseball writer. The Proteus is due
in New Orleans at IL am. next Thurs
day, and that night. at o'clock, the
sextet will head for Marlin, which
place they will reach at 4:20 p. m.
on Friday.
When the four FASTENERS. one UNI
pire and one scribe detrafn they will
be greeted by Cy Forsythe, a young
Giant; Tom Downey. shortstop of the
Cincinnati Reds. and John Murphy,
the New York National League clubs
groundkeeper. The baseball colony
In Marlin will be further swelled soon
afterwerd by the arrival from St
Louis of Pitchers Hendricks, Tesreau
Hartley, Jenkins, Rustenhaven and
Raymond, Catcher Hartley, Coach
Wilbert Robinson and two war cor
RESPONDENTS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11
WRONG GOLF DATA
TO TROUBLE Committee
Thirty.Five Organizations Heard
From, Brooklawn Among
the Number

New York. Feb. lion Monday the
handicap committee Of the Metropoli-
tan Golf Association will issue a list
Of clubs delinquent in returns. Up to
last night, thirty-five out of sixty
one clubs had been heard FROM and
the backward squad will be cut slight
ly more before Monday. Those re-
porting thus far are Apawamis. Ards
ley. Ra1tusrol Brook1awn. Brooklyn
Forest Park. Canoe Brook. Crawford,
Dunwoodie. Dyker Meadow. Engle-
wood. Essex County. Glen Ridge.
Greenwich. Haekensack. Inwood.
Knollwood. Manhattan. Midland, Mont
clair. Morris County. New York. North
Jersey. Oakland. Plainfield. Richmond
County. Salgkill. Scottish-American,
Shinnecock Hills. Siwanoy. ST An
drews, Tuxedo. Upper Montclair. Wee
Burn. Westbrook and Wykagyl.
The committee will have its first
meeting this afternoon and is sure to
have it's hands full. for some of the
data is sadly mixed, the clubs evil
denly being all at sea as to the
basis of compute ton. One based ev-
erything on DOGGY instead of par,
leaving the committee to make allow
ance for the difference. Another club,
having a course with par of 81, re-
turned two men at scratch. but by
the system the three best scores Of a
man over links with that par should
average 81. The amateur record of
that club. however. is 20.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

If few beans. either lima or string.
have been left over. make them in o
a salad add a few chopped olives a
few capers and some Spanish red pep
per. French dressing is preferable to
mayonnaise
In ironing the plat Of the back of
a shfrtwaist on which tiny buttons are
sewed try laying 1t on a flannel or
heavy Turkish towel as you do your
embroidery. The buttons sink in as
the material Is ironed.
When beating white of egg for
sponge cake. when 1t becomes dry and
light. test it's stiffness by turning the
dish containing it upside down. If 1t
is beaten to the proper point not q
particle will become detached.
A delicious little appetizer for the
supper table consists of large queen
olives. cut in half and with the stones
replaced with cavaire paste. One Is
served to each person. on a lettuce
leaf. garnished with narrow sections
of lemon.
For whitening boards or cleaning
marble. take half a pound each of
soda. powdered chalk and powdered
punlice stone. stir together in a small
quantity of water and then add half
a pound of soft soap. Mix it as a
paste and apply with a scrubbing
brush.