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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-02

swssten the stomach, remove the seuf.
undigssted and fermenting food and
foul 0ases; take tine excess bile from
the liver ana carry off the consti-
pated waste matter and poison from
the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. 10.cent box
will keep your head cieAr. stomach
sweet, liver and bowels regular and
make you feel cheerful and bully for
months. Don't forget the children
their little insides need . good, gen.
tie cleansing. too.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-02
Many VARIETIES
IN MEAT SUPPLY
OF THE COUNTRY
High Cost of Staple Meats
Results in Looking
Elsewhere.
ELK RAISING NOW
A LIVE INDUSTRY

Western Ranehers Quick to See Ad.
vantage In Elk and Dssr-EIk Most
Considered Superior to venison in
Many Rsspsets-eelsian Hare Craze
Has Died Out-Use Of Goat Meat.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-02

Al our wateh work absolutely guar.
antssd.
CON W. Hgssg. Jews,sr.
Adv.
, 1912-01-11
Tn. Useful Verb ITO ee..-

There is no word. long OF short, In
the English language capable OF per-
forming so much labor In a clear, in
~telligible sense as the verb to get And
here is an old time specimen of its
capabilities:
81 got on horseback within ten min
utes after | got your letter. When !
tn Canterbury l got a chaise for
town, but | got wet through before |
got to Canterbury, and ! have got such
a cold as | shall not be able to get rid
of in a hurry. | got to the treasury
about noon: but. first Of all, l got shay
ed and dressed. l soon got into the Sc
cret of getting a memorial before the
board. but | could not get an answer
then. However. l got intelligence from
the messenger that I should most like
" get one the lei morning. As soon
as / got back to my inn l got my sup
per. When | got up in the morning |
got my breakfast and then got myself
dressed that | might get out in time
to get an answer to my memorial. AS
soon as | got 1t I got into the first
chaise and got to Canterbury by 3
o'clock, and about tea time ! got
home."-Ave Maria.
, 1912-01-11


The clerical STATS of many Of the
big insurance companies have OF late
years been considerably reduced by
the employment of mechanical calcu-
lators. One of these. the invention OF
a German. is a compact little affair re-
sembling a music box. It may be
made to perform almost instantaneous
" the most portentous sums In addi-
ton. subtraction. multiplication by
one or two factors. division, squarfng
and cubing. II is required. for In
stance, t o multiply 531. 1915 by 924. The
first factor is set by touching the little
knobs representing 531,975. To multi
ply by the other factor you turn a
handle four times. push along a slide
one place and turn the handle twice.
then push the slide another place IN
ward and push the handle nine times.
The long multiplication lis now done
without a possibility Of error 80 far
as the machine is concerned. and the
dial shows 491. $4,000. In the same
mechanical way may be done all the
other arithmetical processes.-London
Globe.
, 1912-01-11
Reasons For Pride,

There was present at a certain big
dinner in England many years ago an
American woman Of prominence who
was somewhat annoyed by a tactless
Englishwoman who undertook to ban
ter her and who said:
81 take 1t for granted that you have
no coats Of arms in your new coun.
try"
"Of course no American family could
have one unless 1t was borrowed from
English ancestry" replied the former
American.
"For instance. has your family any
especial cause for pride v your
grandfather" persisted this particu,
larly t~actless female cad.
Then the American woman opened
up and replied as calmly as possible
under the circumstances. mot much
perhaps, only that my grandfather on
my mothers side received Burgoyne's
sword when he surrendered at Sara.
toga and my grandfather on my IA
Tiers side received the sword Of Corn.
wallis at Yorktown"
, 1912-01-11
STRANGE Timekeepers,

To ascertain the time at night the
Apache Indians employed a gourd on
which the stars of the heavens were
marked. AS the consultations rose in
the sky the Indian referred to his
gourd and found out the hour. By
turning the g~ourdsaround he could tell
the order in which the consultations
might be expected to appear.
The hill people of Assam reckon
time and distance by the number Of
guilds of betel nuts chewed. 1t will be
remembered how. according to Wash
ington Irving. the Dutch colonial as
sembly was invariably dismissed at
the last puff of the third pipe Of to-
bacco Of Governor Wouter Van
Twiller.
A Montagnis Indian of Canada will
set up a tall stick in the snow when
travelling ahead of friends who are to
follow. He marks with his foot the
line of shadow cast. and by the change
in the angle of the shadow the m
coming party can tell on arriving at
the spot about how far ahead the
leader fs.
, 1912-01-11
Dodging Mother Meng.

Infant prodigies are not unknown in
China, and Chinese Buddhists find It
easy to account for them. says a cor
respondent of the London Chronicle.
According to the doctrine Of the trans
migration of souls. persons passing
through hades on their way to the
wheel of life (Which relaunches souls
into the bodies of babies or animals
just being BORN have to cross n bridge.
Before mounting the bridge they are
stopped by an old bag called Meng,
who. ladle in hand. compels each soul
to drink u mouthful of the waters Of
forgetfulness. for which the popular
lame is Mother Meng's soup. Those
who drink of this forget all that they
had passed through or had known in
their former life and thus on being
reborn into the world are entirely ig-
norant. Some. however. manage to
dodge Mother Meng and enter the
world full of knowledge. which they
display as soon as they a articulate.
, 1912-01-11
Wallinaton.a Subtle Rstort.

Wednesday. 10th October, 1s36-Lord
Fitzgerald made us laugh at dinner
today with a story about John Wilson
Croker. whose pertinacity of opinion
is well known. He was laying down
the law after dinner to the Duke OF
Wellington and. according to custom.
asserting the superiority of his w
Information on all subjects, having
even fatty contradicted the duke. who
had mentioned some incident that had
taken place at the battle of Waterloo
At last the conversation turned upon
the use of percussion caps for muskets
of the army when Croker again main
tanned a directly opposite opinion to
that which was urged by the duke,
who at last good humoredly said to
him. my dear Croker. | can yield to
your superior information on most
points. and you may know a great deal
more of what passed at Waterloo than
myself. but as a sportsman | will
maintain my point about percussion
caps."-Thomas Raikes' Journal
, 1912-01-11
Some Shakespeare Statistics.

A Shakespearean enthusiast with a
urn for statistics has discovered that
the plays contain IO6,OO7 lines and
sl4,7sO words. Hamlet" is the longest
play with 1880 lines, and the Come
oy or Errors the shortest. with I,71i
lines. Altogether the plays contain
i'2fI characters. of which l57 are fe
males. The longest part is that OF
who has 1850 words to de
liver The part with the longest word
In II Is that of Costard in Loves La
DORIS Lost. who tells Moth that he Is
not SO long by the head as honorih
cabflitudinitatibus."
, 1912-01-11
J..r Vatican oidn'. ri. In Gil no

The eloquent advocate. Miii'rr '
once went to China with ms "Ht.
Marcel Biug When they i"liiu
selves at S%inanfou. III the hri'' o.
Celestial empire. they nI'iIe II"
ouaintance of a certnin Ian III
project, who prided himself ~ ~,
erary attachments. He t"t"r 't'
TO dine with him II serve" 'n'"
urope repast. OF which lie Hf
dish was a preserve OF not COOS" P'
ries. In the curse Of the Feast II
apprised them that II hehutiiul freh'
novel had just been translated iht'
Chinese 1T is" Ian explained w
history of a very honest hrigind /!
succors a pool unfortunate girl. u
ia the defender of the weak. anu Il
has much trouble to escape II gendhfn''
who has sworn his destruction H.
YOU know this writer? He is ralle'
'IgtorioP"
Victor Hugo" corrected NJ. Cans
who with infinite perspicacity hH'
comprehended that the novel IL"
Miserables' was meant
Perhaps" said Ian. lit may be ina
I do not pronounce well. In Chtn'
we call him Igtorio. His romance ,
Interesting. but 1t is a little dis'"n
certing. There never was an homes
brigand in China."-Cri de Paris
, 1912-01-11
Turned II to His Advantage.

An Instance of the usefulness to
other people Of illegible handwriting
is included in the vast collection OF
anecdote and fable that deals with
h writing Of Horace Greeley One
compositor could never get used to
his appalling scrawl. and. In rage at
the continual typographical errors"
Greeley sent a note to the foreman or
dering him to discharge the mar at
once. as he was too inefficient a work
man to he any longer employed on thu
Tribune. The foreman did 1t. but the
compositor got hold Of the note and
took 1t to another office. where the
after much puzzling. finally
read 1t good and efficient workman
and long employed on the Tribune"
and promptly took him on.-London
Chronicle.
, 1912-01-11
c.ooraphio,I pux.I..

sThere are lots Of puzzles In eeoe.
raphy.' said the geographer.
"Why. for instance, has the northern
part of most countries got a reputa.
ton for being harder headed and more
bu~sinesslike than the south? The
Scotsman md the Yorkshireman we
know. Fran, e has their counterpart In
the Norman. who is distinguished for
his phlegm. his energy and his bust.
ness qualities. and rather pities the
Iazier and more hot headed south
Similarly the Prussian is the Scots
man Of Germany. Northern Italy is a
hive Of industry. and the man from
Milan regards his compatriot from
Naples as Il lazy and fractions child
And 1t always is really SO, but why?
and why. when a city stands on a
river. is the northern half always far
more important than the southern?
Look at London. Glasgow. Newcastle,
Bristol and Liverpool. The great
streets and business and fashion and
theater districts are always on the
north bank.
"why. too. have all the great migra-
lions in the worlds history gone west.
ward and none eastT"-London An.
swers.
, 1912-01-11
How Battles Are Won.

Napoleon had this to say of the way
in which battles are gained: In al
battles a momen occurs when th'
bravest troops after having made tn
greatest efforts feel inclined to run
That terror proceeds from II want ut
confidence in their WI courage ana
1t only requires a slight Opportunity. II
pretense. to restore confluence Ia
them. The art is to give rise To til,
opportunity and to invent the pre-
tense. At Arcola | won the hattie
with twenty-five horsemen seized
that moment OF lassitude. gave every
man n trumpet and gained the da'
with this handful. You see thai two
armies are two bodies. which meet
and endeavor to frighten each other
A moment of panic occurs. and that
must be turned To advantage
When Il man has been present ID
many actions he distinguishes That
moment without difficulty 1t Is as
easy as casting up an addition.
, 1912-01-11

The soil and atmosphere are SO cold
and dry in faraway Labrador that
scarcely any vegetation thrives at all.
The larch is a species of pine tree
which is found in all northern coun-
tries, but its growth is so stunted in
Labrador that a specimen found on
the most southern part OF that dreary
land was but nine inches in height and
the trunk was but three-eighths Of an
inch in diameter. A careful examina.
ton Of the miniature tree revealed its
age to be at least thirty-two years, for
there were that number of ring
growths shown in its small trunk The
very cold currents pouring down from
the north and the fact that Labrador
has less sunshine than Alaska, to.
gether with several inland climatic
conditions, make the summer seasons
shorter and colder than are those of
Alaska.-Exchange.
, 1912-01-11
Climate and Food.

In the arctic regions human food is
Utmost exclusively animal. because
that is the only sort which is available
in quantity In the tropics, where vege.
table food is abundant and animal
foods readily decay. plant products are
and always have been Of very great
importance In the diet. In temperate
regions all kinds of food may be Sc
cured. and ii seems reasonable TO sup.
pose that all kinds have always been
eaten as they are today.
, 1912-01-11
Brush Creek Items

w. Z. Tilton and son Royal Tiltor
and c. A. Cook, returned Saturday
from Omaha where they had been
with a shipment of cattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fuller, Of
Evanston, are guests at the home
of Mrs. Fuller's parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. G.. II. Barkhurst,
Louis Peters, who broke his arm
some time ago, has been spending a
few days with his brother James On
Brush creek. He returned to Sara
toga Monday accompanied by the
latter.
William Kennaday visited friends
ON Brush creek last week.
Miss Alice Cook aud Freeman
Cook are home from the Fl. Collins
Agricultural College for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Condit are
spending the holidays with relatives
on Beaver creek,
, 1912-01-11

1t seems strange that because a man
steals a kiss his girl should break the
engagement. but that is what a Ger
mantown clubman is telling his asso-
ciates.
"Oh. she objected seriously to my
stealing a kiss" Re said.
"Oh. nonsense," interrupted n OF
the group. "Nell Is TOO sensible to do a
thing like that"
But she did" the other protested
You see. she caught me stealing 1t
from another girl. and Immediately
she protested that stealing was a
crime of which she certainly did not
CONGRATULATIONS Times.
, 1912-01-11

Nearly all the dogs used in hunting
wild animals in Russia not only attack
but endeavor to devour their quarry
With the borzoi and gontscho it is en-
tirely different. At an early age they
are put into training with old aud ex
%perienced dogs. SO that they soon learn
how to properly attack their adver
sary. They are slipped three At a time
after a single wolf. When one of the
dogs gets nearly side by side with the
wolf he makes one bold squirt and
with the fore shoulder strikes the wolf
so hat he is knocked over or else
grips him by the neck. Each of the
other dogs. coming up. strikes the
quarry in the same manner as he tries
to rise. finally pinnine him to the
earth, so engaging him until the hum
er arrives. The sportsman then either
kills the animal or takes him alive
the latter being much more exciting
Wide World.
, 1912-01-11
Saratoga Chips I9 Years Ago

J.J. Gibbons has beeu quite ill with
III attack of grippe.
Chas. Harden and AL. Prosser lefs
for Hanna Tuesday,
G. F. Jones and wife, residents OF
Pass creek were in town Thursday.
The w. CT. U. will meet at Miss
N%orthup's at 2:30 p. m. Saturday.
Mrs. c. W. Max6eld is visiting the
family of John Booker, Rock Springs.
Rev. Hicks made a trip to Brush
creek Sunday, held services and re-
turned the same evening.
Mrs. w. l.. johnson gave a party
to her music class n day last week,
at which they had a royal good time.
F. Hess was up the first part of the
week, assisting in the invoice of the
goods in r. Pilson's store at this
place.
Jessie Fouts has moved from Spring
creek into one of Tom Auderson's
houses on the east side.
Fred Wolf went down to Cheyenne
Saturday. He is an aspirant for
sargeant-at-arms of the house and
uo.Il ...Ln mood oaa
Geo. P. Condict came down from
the Park this week. He is engaged in
carrying the mail this winter. Th,
Sun acknowledges a pleasant call.
James Nj. Sterrett, County Sur
veyor, and e. b. Marsh, of Bennett
were in town Saturday. Mr.. Sterretl
came in to make out his official bond
and take the oath of Office.
The beautiful warm weather Of the
past ten days has been of inestimable
value to range stock. The snow melted
away and gave cattle IA chance to get
filled up. If the serve weather had
held on for another week OF two the
loss would have been considerable.
Mrs. j. F. Crawford entertained a
party of friends last Saturday ven
ing in honor of Mrs. c. S. Miner.
Guest to the number of twenty-five
assembled and spent "a pleasant even-
ing, dispensing about midnight.
, 1912-01-11
Additional Chips

Robert Briner left Monday for Wal
colt.
H. L. Kuykendall left Monday for
Denver.
H. E. Dey came in from the ranch
yesterday.
Mrs. 7. M. Dukes, who has been
seriously ill, is much improved.
G. M. Brown. Jr., son of G. NJ,
Brown of Cambridge, Nebr., came in
a few days ago and expects to remain
this summer.
Mrs. A. j. Anderson, of Encamp-
ment, came down Saturday On IA visit
to Mrs. W T. Ryan, Mrs. NJ. Hutch
inson and. Mrs. Frank White. She
will not be able to return home until
tomorrow on account Of the snow
blockade on the S. g. E.
j. G. Brewer came in Saturday aft
or a load of supplies for the ranches
of Chef Cluff end Hugh g. Mowry.
He looks, acts and talks just the same
as he did before he became a bloody
Brittisher, and he says he feels just
the same as he did when he was a
full-blooded American.
D. s. Richmond is sure having
troubles of his own this week. He
shoveled most all day Tuesday to get
the snow away from i'll front of his
Livery stable so that he could get in
and out with teams. He struck once
but we noticed that he vent back to
work. Did you notice that Dave
had not made any noise like a gaso-
line buggy latelyi
, 1912-01-11
The Smoky CITY,

A Pittsburg man once submitted a
Pittsburg story to q New York maya
zine and got a wire from the editor:
will accept story If cut out libel"
So the Pittsburg man hurried over
to New York and asked the editor
whom he had libeled.
You have libeled your native city.
SIR" was the reply. why" said the
editor, turning over the manuscript.
don't you say here IN page % that
the heroine clutched the air desper
ately?"
Yes. Go On"
And hen two paragraphs further
down you say she washed her hands
Well. that
The editor frowned angrily at the
author.
THAT, SIR. is a foul and disgusting
libel on Pittsburg's air."-Detroit Free
Press.
, 1912-01-11

The tough little boy with the red
air and freckled face pushed up
against the neat little boy and said
impudently:
my sister al lick your sister"
The neat little boy did not argue the
matter.
And my big brother can lick your
big brother"
The good little lad WINGED.
And my ma can lick your ma"
The quiet lad shifted from n foot
TO the other.
And my pa a lick your pa"
There was a flash Of pink shirt
waist. the sound of some hard object
coming in contact with q spongy sub
stance, and the quiet little lad stood
triumphantly owe his adversary.
quietly waiting for him to push his
nose back into the center of his face
where IT belonged.
But just remember this he OBJ
served quietly. you can't lick me-
Youngstown Telegram.
, 1912-01-11
Told Him His Fate,

Family secrets will out. 1t has been
the ambition Of an Overlook mother
to marry her daughter to a young civil
engineer who is on the road to bril-
much In love with the daughter as he
Is. has not fully decided whether to
ask her to marry him.
Visiting at the home the other even,
ing, the young man encountered little
Bobbie. Are you going to marry
sisterf' asked the lad.
mered that he didn't know.
well. you are" returned Bobbie.
with emphasis Times.
, 1912-01-11
Both Died as They Wished To.

Tennyson, who was n shy. reserved
man. could never understand Robert
Browning's love of society. He had
been heard TO remark that Browning
would die in Il white choker Mt a din
ner party. The two poets died as
they would have wished to die-Rob-
ert Browning in the grand Palazzo
~Ressonicco. with his son by his bed
side and Lord Tennyson in his beloved
Surrey home, surrounded by his loved
ones.
, 1912-01-11

Magistrate Now can you descrih,
the morse In question: How big was
1t, for instance? Witness-It was six
teen feet. y'r honor Magistrate-Come
come! Remember you are on youI
oath' Don't you mean sixteen hands:
Indeed. thin, il was hands |
meant. And did | say feet. y'r honor
An well Pm on my oath. so we'll lei
II stand. Sure. thin. 1t was sixteen
Feet, " honor London Punch
, 1912-01-11
As We Speak Il,

A German who had come to Amer
lea to master our language was being
shown behind the scenes of a vaude
vile theater by n OF his American
friends
THAT man" said the American, in.
dicating an actor with a wave of his
hand. lis taking or his makeup to
make up for another take on"
The German departed sputtering.-
success Magazine.
, 1912-01-11

l.. A. Cunningham, the Brush creek
carpenter, has been busy the past two
weeks remodeling the interior of the
Barkhurst home.
Mrs. D. p. johnson and Miss NJ yrle
spent Christmas at the home of Mrs.
Priquit III Saratoga. Miss Myrle
will remein in Saratoga to attend
school until the opening of the Brush
creek school in April.
Miss Loudella Flood who has been
teaching the Brush creek school is
spending the holidays season with
relatives 10 Kansas and will go from
there to Fit. Collins where she will.
enter college.
Chas. Mckay, Mr.. and Mrs. Lor
Reynolds, Mr.. aud Mrs. Tilton, Miss
Hattie Tiltou and Royal Tilton, Fl. A
Hunter and Will Foster, were enter,
tanned at the home OF G. A. Cook OF
Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Walker apd lit
tie Miss Alice, spent Christmas in
Saratoga.
The family of w. H. Butler have
been quite ill with grippe tue past
two weeks.
, 1912-01-11

State of Wyoming

State of Wyoming 9,
County of Carbon
To Lee A. Clark; You are hereby
Notified that "A writ of attachment has
g issued against, aud your proper
y attached to secure the demand of
Hunter & Laughlin amounting to
s72 40.
Now unless you shall appear before
3. L. Blood "a Justice of the Peace, in
md for said County, at his office in
Saratoga, Wyo., on the 20 day OF
January A. d 1912, at 10 o'clock a
~, judgement will be rendered agai-
ust you, and property sold to satisfy
said debt.
Dated this 26 tn day Of December,
II 2S-l-ll Hunter Il Laughlin
Plaintiffs.
Sick headache is caused by a disordered
stomach. Take Chamberlain's Tablets and
correct that and the headaches will disap,
pear. Fol sale by Nil dealers.
, 1912-01-11

Yes" said the small bay boy to the
reporter. who was looking for some
news to put In his paper; mother fell
downstairs and broke three legs"
"Pshaw! What are you giving me.
youngsterg' cried the reporter Don't
be too funny Your mother hasn't got
three legs"
II didn't soy she had" retorted the
wicked boy 1.-The legs belonged to a
table which mother fell against She
wasn't hurt at ALL"
, 1912-01-11
Suspicious,

Small Nina was I'VE years older
than the baby and had come tc re
aiize that the little creeper' was likely
to be in some mischief when quiet
One day she called to her mother;
Mamma. you'd better see about ba-
by. I hear him keeping still!"-Chica-
go News.
, 1912-01-11

u you believe there il anything
prophetic in dreams?"
Believe IT. | know It. Only the
other night | dreamed that I was at a
church fair aud awoke to find that m,
wife had beer through my pockets and
taken my last Sou"-Exchange
, 1912-01-11
The Gasoline Grammar.

To what extent the automobile HI
invaded the preparatory school ma
be Judged from the following occul
renee
Teacher ito beginners class in Latin
Can any of you boys give the rule
for a~ccentuation of Latin words?
Only one hand was raised.
well, Tenney, what are the rulesT
words Of two cylinders accent tn.
first cylinder. and words of three cylir
ders accent the antepenult."-Life.
, 1912-01-11

When you have a bad cold you want the
ast medicine obtainable so as to cure il with
q little delay as possible. Here is d drug
lists opinion: ~ have sold Chamberlain
'ough Remedy for fifteen years. SAYS Enos
ollar of Saratoga, Ind. and consider it the
, 1912-01-11

Pilgrim-lf I come in will that doris
bite me? Mrs H%awkins-W We amt no
ways sure. mister But the Teller that
let us take him ON trial said he'd chaw
up a tramp in less'n two minutes: but
land sakes. we amt goin TO believe u
TIL we see it done. Chicago News.
, 1912-01-11
Spelling the Game.

BERTHE - don't want to go to bed
yet. sis. ! want to see you and MT
Shepherd play cards. Lucie-You wick
ed boy. to think we should do such Il
thing! We W. do 1t! Bertic-But
l heard mamma tell you to mind how
you played your cards when Mr.. Shen
herd came.
, 1912-01-11
SPECIAL RENEWAL OFFER

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TO the Sun we will send you the Far
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magazine, for the fiat price of 81. 90