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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14
SmuqqIers, Ruse.

An ingenious method of smuggling
sacchartn has been detected at Bre-
gem. Australia, where seven men
were arrested for importinglarge guam
titles OF contraband. When the Geneva
Munich express arrived at Bregenz the
station master had coach containing
seven travellers uncoupled from the
express and detained for examination.
He had been warned by telegraph
from Zurich that seven smugglers of
Geneva were in the train with a large
quantity of saccharin After an ex-
haustive search the officials failed to
find any contraband and were about
to apologize to the seven travellers for
their. detention when one customs In
spector accidentally kicked hot
water pipe In first class compart-
ment and the secret was revealed.
All the hot water pipes in the carriage
were In duplicate. differing in NO de-
tail a. to length, breadth and color.
but one set was Of metal and tho
other set. made Of papier mache con-
timing sacchart4, which IL about
nine times a. expensive In Austria a.
in Switzerland.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14

him right and left. got people to take
him up. Everybody laughs about it In
society. Underwood is known as Mrs
Howard Jeffries' pet. Such thing
soon gets talked about That is the
secret OF his successful career In New
York. AS far as ! know. she's as
much infatuated with him as ever"
A look of surprise came into An.
MES face. To this young woman,
whose one idea of matrimony was
steadfast loyalty to the man whose
life she shared and whose name she
bore, there was something repellent
and nauseating in a woman permit
ting herself to be talked about In that
way.
Doesn't your father ob1ect?" she
asked.
"Pshaw!" laughed Howard He
doesn't see what's going on under his
very nose. He's too proud man. too
sure of his own good judgment. to be-
lieve for a moment that the woman
to whom he gave his name would be
guilty of the slightest indiscretion of
that kind"
Annie was silent for minute. Then
she said:
What makes you think that I'm
derwood would let you have the
money!"
Because | think he's got 1t.
obliged him once in the same way
myself | would explain to him what
| want 1t for. He will see at once
that it is good thing I'll offer him
a good rate of interest, and he might
be very glad to let me have it. Any
how, there's 10 harm trying"
Annie said nothing She did not
entirely approve this idea of her hus-
band trying to borrow money of
man in whom his stepmother was so
much interested. On the other hand
starvation stared them in the face.
II Howard could get hold of this 81, 900
and start in the brokerage business
1t might be the beginning of a new
life for them.
We'll, do as you like, dear" she
said. When will you go to him?"
The best time to catch him would
be in the evening"" replied Howard.
We'll. then. go tonight" she sug-
gested.
Howard shook his head.
No, not tonight | don't think
should find him in. He's out every
night somewhere. Tonight there's an
other big reception at my fathers
house He'll probably be there. /
think I'll wait till tomorrow night.
I'm nearly sure to catch him at home
then"
Annie rose and began to remove the
dishes from the table Howard non
chalantly lighted another cigarette
and, leaving the table, took up the
evening newspaper. Sitting down
comfortably in rocker by the win
dow. he blew a cloud of blue smoke
up in the air and said:
Yes, that's It'll go tomorrow
night to the Astruria and strike Bob
Underwood for that 50 00O."
(TO BE CONTINUED
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14
Looking Backward.

On the night following the Yale
Princeton game last fall, a young
man who had slipped and fallen was
assisted to his feet by passer-by.
Just little shelebration of vic
try" the young man explained as he
waved bedraggled bit of orange and
black ribbon.
But Princeton lost" the other told
him.
The young man looked painfully sur
prised for an instant
How do you know" he asked.
why, 1t was on the bulletin board
an hour ago." the other said. yale
won to-day's game
Il wash referrin'," said the young
man with great dignity. ito tn game
of 1p03."-Lippincc
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14
HAS SPIRIT MESSAGE
IT MAY BE MEANS OF BREAKING
RICH PLANTERS WILL.
Body Of Testator viii Be Exhumed on
Strength Of Statement Made by
Spirit MedIum-InternstIons
investigation On.

Fort Worth, Tex.-A message de-
scribed as coming from the spirit of
oscar Olson, a rich Swedish planter
who died here. and said to have been
transmitted to John l. Hawkins.
Leading spfrlsualist of this city, has
led to an International investigation.
petition to break the dead mans
VIII necessitates the elimination Of
oleson's body. Assistant County At
'orney Baldwin filed an application to
cancel Blossoms Will on the grounds of
forgery and the grand jury commenced
Investigations to determine whether
or not Oleson was murdered, as many
now believe.
Inc application was made by A. B.
Adoue, Swedish vice Consul in Calves
ton, who alleges the instrument was
forged. His application followed the
statement of Hawkins and other spir-
1tualists. Oleson had been a spirit
ualist. The will was filed for pro
bate by Miss Lydia McMann. To her
was left all OF blossoms property. the
largest part of which consists of an
entire block of land close to the
city. The will sets forth that Oleson
and Miss McMann had made con-
tract by which the one to die first
would leave all of his or her property
to the other
Soon after the papers were filed by
the woman. spiritualists went to the
county attorneys office with their
messages" and while at first their
statements were ridiculed, later in
vestigation developed material evil
dence. Blossoms body was to be exam
ined to learn II his death was caused
by poisoning. He has no heirs In
America.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14
Growth In the Levant.

After centuries the near east IL in
the worlds race for growth and prog
ress. Port Said, 80 years ago a small
Arab camp, now has population OF
$4,000. From one hut in 1880 Piraeus
has grown to 10000 Mersine, not In
existence when Ibrahim Pasha an
chored his feet where 1t now stands,
has $4,000; Beirut has multiplied 5000
inhabitants into 10000, GAIA in.
creased from 1000 in 1910, with virtu-
ally no growth till 1887. to $4,000 in
1907. Americans living In Beirut can
remember when there was not a win
dow pane In the city. Twenty-Five
years ago there were no carriages
women making their social calls on
the backs Of donkeys. The city now
has 600 licensed victorias, besides the
private vehicles, with automobiles and
electric street cars. There are com.
plete postal and telegraphic services
newspapers. colleges and fine palaces
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14

bat. What right had man OF his
age to go and marry a woman 20
years his junior? OF course she only
married him for his money. Every
body knows that except he People
laugh at him behind his back. Instead
of enjoying quiet, peaceful home in
the declining years of his life, he is
compelled to keep open house and en-
terrain people who are personally OBJ
noxious to him, simply because that
sort of life pleases his young wife,
who was she, anyway, before their
marriage?' interrupted Annie.
"Oh, a nobody he replied "She
was very attractive looking, dressed
well and was clever enough to get in
Productions to good people. She man
aged to make herself popular in the
smart set and she needed money to
carry out her social ambitions. Dad
wealthy widower-came along and she
caught him in her net, that's ALL"
Annie listened with interest. She
was human enough to feel a certain
sense of satisfaction in hearing that
this woman who treated her with such
contempt was herself something of an
intriguer.
How did your stepmother come to
know Robert Underworld" she asked.
He was never In society"
NO" replied Howard with a grin.
1T was my stepmother who gave him
the entree. You know she was once
engaged to him, but broke 1t on SO
she could marry dad. He felt very
sore over 1t at the time, but after
her marriage he was seemingly as
friendly with her as ever-to serve
his own ends. of course. 1t II simply
wonderful what influence he has with
her. He exercises over her the same
fascination that he did over me, at
college. He has sort OF hypnotixed
her. l don't think it's a case of love
or anything like that, but he simply
holds her under his thumb and gets
her to do anything he wants. She
invites him to her house, introduces
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14
toopynrhi, 1909, BY @. W. Dillingham; Company
SYNOPSIS.

Howard Jeffries. bankers son. under
the evil influence OF Robert Underwood,
fellow-student at Yale. leads a life Of
dissipation. marries the daughter of a
gambler who died in prison, and Is dis
owned by his father. He tries to get
work and fails. A former college chum
makes business proposition to Howard
which requires 5000 cash. and Howard
IL broke.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14

In the far east Japan leads the way,
but the Levant Is following the lure
Of civilization.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-14

The public will soon decide whether
you are y head-liner or \ flllsr-in.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
A Man Without AmbitiOn---
Is a Watch.WithOut
a handspring
Continued from First Column.

Continued from oumn.
do least the best work possible during his little moment ON
the
There strange hours for each human being
The painful hour of his BIRTH when he comes into this
world all untitled for it.
The responsible hour of his DEATH when the man who
conscious looks back that which he has done
Be that the who has wasted his time thouoht
only of himself neglected his duty and pushed aside his amb
suffer enough sef-reproach that last hor t ak
up for days of eating and drinking of empty ~
diligence
The only worth while is the ambitious man The onv
child worth while is the ambitious child or woman
Ambition the world, the handspring moves fine
watch hands
And the human being without ambition is like the watch
without a handspring.
Such watch and such human being. looked at from fine
outside quite satsfactomOoth and pleasing BUT THERE
IS NO USE IN THEM.
The business of every human being to cherish the snrn Of
ambition within him. and do what little he move forward
the world gneraif he be big enoughor at least that little
corner Of 1t IN which his life is passed
The thing to do is to have THE RIGHT AMBITION Don't
mistake foolish egotism for ambition.
The frog in La Fonaines fable in the wrong
way lie wanted to be as BIC the sweed himself
up until he burst Vaniy-not ambition-was his nansnno
We should like to write to the friend letter we publish
few words the proper character direction of ambition
them That however be reserved for another
editorial. This is long enough.
There is hackneyed quotation which saws: charge thee
throw away ambition. The will do inst the reverse
tie will keep alive the spark as shpvrecked crew
would keep alive their smOIderng Once that shark oes
out man might well be dead-he only shell oano
drinking ana >hng. waiting die The sooner he dies and
makes room fo~ 'r~~her, the better
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
y Courtesy in Business

wv First we form our habits,
and then our habits form us
We are what we are on account
Of what we have thought, said or
done. After having done a thing
once, there is a tendency in the
brain to do it again. II continued,
we get the habit; that is we do the
thing without thinking. just as a
matter Of course. Thus does habit
become second nature.
What kind OF people will we be
in Elysium?' they asked Socrates
four hundred years before Christ.
And his answer was, You will be
the same kind of people YOU are to-
day. because this life is prepara-
tIon for the next Just as today is a
preparation for tomorrow"
Any man with the crouch habit.
the "piker" habit. the froWu habit.
the cigarette habit, the dope habit,
the booze habit. is on the creased
chute and he himself is swabbing
the slide. Also, there is sort Of
general disposition on the part of
everybody to give him a push down
the road to Davy Jones locker
All Good Things Are Catching.
In the heart Of all of US is the
tendency To pass back everything
that is handed to us
once there was man who said
IF | had been around that day
when the Creator was making the
world l would have made a few sug-
gestions."
And one of the auditors said
What would YOU have proposed ."
Il would have made good health
catching instead of bad
That is just where the critic
lapsed. The fact is. good health is
catching. All good things are catch
ing.
If man smiles. waves his hand
at YOU as you walk down the street
in the morning, you wave your hand
back and smile in return uncon-
sciously and often one little eNpe-
rience like this will key for you
the day joyouslY
Courtesy. kindness. good will.
generosity. uberahty are all catch
ing
Nothing Is SO contagious as
smile. Try it on the first man YOU
see
Cast thy bread upon the waters
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28

The banker puts 1t this way:
Judicious investment is the art Of
making the most of your money
WITHOUT EXPOSING 1T, TO
THE RISK OF LOSS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28

to enter which requires extraor-
binary talent and years of applica-
ton.
But it does not follow that some
answer can not be given The best
answer is twofold In the first
place, one great use of such a man
as Poincare is the stimulation
which he imparts to the average
human being. He awakes the am
bition of the race by showing of
what it is capable He is the man
on the top of the apparently mac
cessible mountain, who, by his
mere presence there. shows to
others the possibility of ascending
1t. He Is like the late Edward
Whymper, waving his cap from the
summit Of the terrible Matterhorn.
Anybody with good wind and
strong muscles can ascend the
Matterhorn now, because the way
is known.
But Poincare would never have
given an impetus to his fellow be-
ings if he had not, like Newton
before him. and like all great men,
disclaimed the possession of any
superhuman power Newton said
that all he had done seemed to him
but as the picking up of a pebble
on the shore of the boundless ocean
of knowledge, and Poincare de-
nj,
only flash of lightning, illuminat.
ing for a moment part Of tina
illimitable eXpanse around.
But these flashes succeed onG
another and the race, as q whole
retains a little of what each re.
Vcals and adds to it that which has
already been acquired, What was
revealed to the genius of the great
French mathematician was not al
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
- - A1'' 1 II 4 I'OAIND
Copyright, 1912, by International News Service

and ii shall return after many days
buttered and sometimes with lam
on it,
The advantage and benefit of tel
ophone courtesy is beyond compu-
tatiou.
But the use of the telephone re-
quircs certain amount of pa
thence. You must have faith that
the man at the other end of the
line has something to tell you that
is worth saying.
In the big central telephone Of
fees operators are selected With es-
pecial care as to their voices. \
girl may have brains all right. but
if she has voice that screams.
screeches or .purrs. to that degree
she is Incompetent either as a tele-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
Ballade of Bugs
BY JACOB j. LEIBSON.

w HEN seeking joys of solitude. .
w / stretch myself beneath a
A fussy insect rough and rude,
With buzzins wings, alights on me,
drive him off, and then a bee.
Upon my Adams apple sings:
A beetle bites where | can't see.
l hate these bees. and bugs and
things
l quickly change my attitude
And hide my face within the grass.
A joyous jigger. seeking food,
Across my nose attempts to pass
A most ingenious bug alas!
Now beats my eardrum with his
wings
l wonder where they get the brass.
These most obtrusive bugs and
things.
Then speedily my patient mood
And spirits gay depart from me.
i viii not be an insects food.
a cenupedes collation. free
A hornet spies me from tree
And all his fond relations brings.
can not bide their company.
They bore me SO, these bugs With
sungs
LEuvoi
Prince, peasant, clerk vhooer YOU he,
Though natures joys the poet sings.
Just take TINS humble tip from me
NouU hud no JOY i'm bugs and things.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
- The Use of Great Man =
One Has Recently Died France and People Iuqurug
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

a GRAND funeral was given in
~ Paris some weeks ago to
Henri Poincare. of whom.
probably, many readers Of these
lines have never heard. The pro
cession to the grave was imposing.
There marched bareheaded.
through the streets, between side
walks crowded with spectators,
most of whom also respectfully re-
moved their hats, long double line
OF the most distinguished living
Frenchmen. When the grave was
reached impressive discourses were
pronounced by Nj. Guist'hau who
spoke for the government and the
university: by M. Claretie, who rep
resented the famous Academic
Franchise: by NJ. Painleve, who was
the mouthpiece of the Academy of
Sciences, and by many others whose
names are better known 10 the
public than was that Of the subject
Of their discourses.
All the newspapers were filled
with praise Of the dead man. and
all the illustrated journals printed
portraits Of him. Everybody was
assured, and the assurance was re-
peated from mouth to mouth. that
France had lost one Of her great
est lights whose renown would il
lustrate the pages of her history.
ca
country had produced so mighty a
genius.
But singular fact soon became
evident. viz, that among the hum.
dreds Of thousands who repeated
the praise of this immense genius
hardly any one had a definite idea
of what he was or of what he had
done. They only knew that. some
how, he had been A GREAT MAN.
During his lifetime it was said
that there were only two or three
men in all Europe who could com
prehend him.
1t is almost certain that among
those who pronounced eulogiums at
his tomb there was none who could
follow his work with complete I'M
derstanding. Most of them did not
know even the BE Of it.
Who He Was.
For Henri Poincare was a very
great mathematician, perhaps the
greatest since Laplace and La
grange, whom Napoleon, with his
vast practical genius, could not un-
derstand. For most people mathe-
mates, in it's higher forms, is a
closed book
Naturally, then, after the first
sensation caused by the departure
Of this great genius had died away,
the question began to be asked:
What was he good for, after ALP"
The question has been asked, and
rather indefinitely answered. in
many newspapers. 1t can not be
answered by giving list of his
l,50O works, for even the most pop
ular Of them, like the book on Sci
enCe and Hypothesis are full of
things which only the expert can
read understandings while most
Of them are addre ssed to the ELITE
OF science, the narrow inner circle.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
Thomas Taper
Writes on
How To Build a For
No. 6.---Getting Rich in a
Hurry
By THOMAS TAPER.

When any one wants you to put
your money into a proposition that
will make you wealthy in few
weeks, refuse to have anything to
do with it. as a matter of princi-
pie. 1t can not be done. Rosy as
the dream is, it is still rosy dream
and nothing more.
One of the fundamental rules Of
investment is. the higher the inter-
est yield, the greater the risk.
Bonds of the most conservative
character, with the highest guaran-
tee as to safety Of principal, Yield
in the neighborhood of four per
cent; sometimes a fraction less or
more
When some one quietly slips Won
Information that YOU can come in.
on the inside. and get 80 per cent.
or thereabouts-don't go in. All
the doors are locked, and when
they throw the victims out of the
back window their pockets are
turned inside out.
III.
The banker puts 1t this wav.
Judlclous investment is the art Of
making the most of your MONEY
WITHOUT EXPOSING IT. TO
THE RISK OF Loss.
Be Patient the Great Rule.
That kind of safety has to he
paid for in small interest returns.
You may feel that at the rate
your surplus funds get into the
bank you will never get rich. Re
member the remark Of the humble
individual-you will never get poor,
either The great rule is be pa
tlent."
In an interview recently. Mr.. An
drew Carnegie is reported to have
said this:
The trouble with many mem Of
small means is that they will never
make a beginning, and keep putting
off the time when they have a nu-
cleus for investing. The goal of
the wage Garner in saving should
be to acquire $1,000. PRUDENT
INVESTING or SMALL SUMS
will help him to obtain this first
$1,000. Money grows surprisingly,
and if YOU have none now try the
experiment I suggest of getting
$1,000 and see if l am not right"
Notice, that Mr.. Carnegie speaks
Of PRUDENT investing-of what?
OF small sums.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
Additions to KNOWLEDGE,

In the second place, the useful
ness of such a man as Poincare
consists in the actual additions
that he made to knowledge. These
additions were purely mathemati-
cal and incapable of popular ex-
PLANTATION, but there are men who
can understand them. and who.
with THEIR successors, will. upon
the basis which he left, erect new
editice Of science which all can en-
ter and admire. There was a time
when NeWton's "Principia" was as
far beyond the intellectual reach of
the average man as Poincare's
most abstruse work is today, but
now thanks to the advance which
1t. itself, inspired any boy in col
lege. with mathematical gift and
proper application, can read the
whole "Principia" Understandings
In fact it has been displaced by
more recent work, just as Pom
cares achievements will be super
seeded in the future.
Great men of this stamp are the
pioneers of the human intellect. and
happy is the country that can pro-
duce one in century 1t is the
Napoleons, whose work is easily
understood, that get the great
monuments; it is these other gen
fuses, whose own times hardly
know them, that uplift the race.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28

phone operator or as a salesman.
To speak distinctly and pleasant
" Is fine art A good speaking
voice is. not so much a matter of
training as it is of right thinking. A
perSon<who thinks we'll of himself
and of other people has a voice that
assures, People who are anxious.
nervous. irritable, harassed tired,
reveal Impotence in their tones.
Any one who uses the telephone.
be he operator or patron. aristocrat
or plebeian. should practice tele-
phone courtesy He should sneak
neither too loud nor too low. but
should endeavor to put a smile into
his voice, and not tears, doubt or
accusation.
Many people, on taking down the
receiver will shout. who's this ."
Then. not getting an answer. will
say. WHO are you, anyWay?" This
Is followed up with What do YOU
Want?" All of which is quite dis
courteous. absurd and inoppor-
tune.
Any one taking down the re-
ceiver should announce who he Is
If YOU were a salesman. on enter
ing an office you would not shout
at the first man YOU met, who is
thts?' or who are you?"
When YOU call on a person YOU
nave never before met. YOU GER
tainly do not demand that he should
reveal his identity un,il you have
first revealed yours.
You moderate your voice. and Won
speak pleasantly.
On Good Terms With Public.
On taking down the receiver.
either to answer a call or to nut
one in. when YOU get your party.
say, This is Mr.. Brown who is
speaking Just assume a pleas
an. attitude of mind, and your voice
VIII follow.
l have noticed that trainmen on
certain railroads for the most part
have pleasant voices. They call
the stations in a way so they are
understood and they do not appear
to be bawIing bad names at their
enemies. They are the voices Of
men who are well nourished. who
set eight hours sleep. who think
well of themselves. who are proud
Of their jobs and proud OF the road
for which they work.