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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
Thu Strange, Vagabond Early Life of This Great
Frenchman Makes All the More Remark
able the Later Evidences of Genius That
Made Him immortal as the Champion
of "Liberte, Egalite Fraternite."

radical ." g conservative. Both radicalism
and "stsndpatigm' are sclf-destructive'
Radicalism turns on itself-the French rev
clution proved that; stand patisn' dies OF
internal dr. rot. But The individual man
must b" either radical or conservative
he cannot pass through the world and have
no conscious attitude toward II.
Therefore. We shall jucge Rousseau 40
corGiu2 AZ We have leaninGs (secret or
avowcdJ toward socialism on III" one HAND,
toward liberty and tho equality Of man;
or toward n rigid conventionalism, class
superiority. and q SNUG conviction that
whatever is is right
And the sightioss eyes 81 the bron"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

the lack OF artistic skill on the part OF
my advertisement writer quite killed the
book "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
"A PROPER ROUSSEAU MEMORIAL


II there was TO De a monument winch
should symbolic in any least degree III
frebrarG Of the eighteenth century '"e 40
ture should have been that OF ch"i
.driyina. his pIun@ing steed with one NAM
land holding in the other tWo-edseu S"o'
with which TO smitc the world A"O
should have his eyes on 4 NesuNI"S, me-
i1f,r, plano Rut this would not typiiy '"e
So. ,itter Rousseau was not a man VI
.cticD: nor was he in any passionate
an agitator. He goadcd others 10 d'',''''
,lrt dld not act himself: he lea men '''
W.. NOT a leader This is the paIauoN '""
icorfrouts the bioCrapher or RousSed"' '''
makes even the most Conscientious
Of him only partly true. II ne 49,,
t,,o,..1 ,o,.,rd ,.rt he had the courage o. No
tcc,,.,ctfous II he was a religious turhco'''
.,s.,,ina an or taking of creeds at Will
ih,s teton was = dream Of liberty eq"d''-'
FRATERNITY, and Of a more humane
mon n he was n scrsuaiist. ne was ~'7'
faithful. generous and hnd' ,,. 5o,5
W.. NO know OF ROSscaus nc '"''''
-. p,ov, facts the like OF when 10 i'','
'bofo~o him ever revealed, and, happiH' ~"
since, ia contained for the most pa, -
that GRANGE and mawkish book o.
f.syiors.u In addition 10 this palaoI"e
HE hort upon his sleeve Tor ua"'
',eck at he wrote two or three seh'i'"e" ~
noveie tho hero Of which was ai"aSS 49,
sole tI,iply disguised. BE it rccorded W i''
cr,d,, Do, bis own command was lha' ~"
"C,orfessiou" should not be publlsheu W..
after the wear 1900, by which time w.
whose ren,,tatious It smirched Wouiu ia. .
al least the advantage Of being oedu'
oouree HE command was disObeyed a. "'N'
as his body had been laid In its grave
Tho rernicious influence Of the Coille'
atone" ON French literature has ehuui
until almost our own time, but Is aI 10"
ibeqinn,no 70 be less strongly felt EACep'
FOR Rvron's disclosures about himself Ene
llsh literature fortunately has been "ho'e
somoly free from precisely that SORT Va
thing The English reader. as RUE
fuses IN NAV the part OF anenist 10 ~
neurasthcnic, and for that reason
books have been Improbable Commerci"'
ism Is not an unmiXed evil ,s
BY descent the Rousseaus were fIe"'" -
tie family having emierGted from Paris ~
Geneva during the early part OF ine siN
teentb century. when religious difference
made lie unpleasant IN France
Az Jean Jacques came into me "oi'"'
his mother passcd out Of a. u cost ny
mother her life" he says, and my Dii'"
was the first OF nay woes Reversing u''
adage. he might well have said II was not
the last lie was superscnsiuVe 10 Al a.
credible degree; and he was hafasse' WI"
81 health ali his life. iiis faiher was q
nlsn Of INDECENT heDits matchmaker ~
trade. 81 little worldly wisdom an" '"
worlds goods.
The boz learned carly Z read' Du' w.
many years reading was has sole scFo''.
bAshment At the age Of eleven years ~
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Battling Boston.

After ten days we were able to find
our way around Boston. but not across
it. If you start to walk out in Boston
you always come back to the place
from which you started unless you try
to; then it is almost impossible
The transportation is fine. after you
have committed it to memory The
hospitality of Boston we shall always
remember, but not It's street car direc-
tons. A Boston street car acts like a
broncho. You never know whether it
Is going through the air like bird, un-
der the ground like mole or beneath
the bay like a fish. The motorman
seems to make up his mind as he goes
along.
The Boston language is sibilant and
stylish. The Boston people love the
soft boiled ''r." Out west folks pro-
nounce ''r'' a good deal like a dog
chewing a bone. In Boston they deal
as gently with it as they can, as If it
were not to blame for being in the
language, although it doesn't belong
there.-HOrseshoers' Journal
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Brief News of the Week.

The territory of Arizona became a
state on st. Valentines day, February
Il.
Canada is about to put up the bars
against potatoes from the United
States, fearing the dread black wart.
The British parliament reassembled
Wednesday to consider and take final
action on the measure granting home
rule to Ireland.
The resignation at Christiania, Nor
way, of the cabinet ministers was
due to their opposition to the move
ment to make the peasant dialect Nor
ways literary language.
A committee representing $4,000
Modern Woodmen of America in Kan
sas, has decided to call for delegates
from camps in that state to meet the
last week in February to form separ-
ate organization.
The Northwest Mining Congress
met in annual session in Spokane
Thursday with an attendance of re-
representatives. of the mining industry
in California, Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Idaho, Utah and British Co
lumbia.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
A Poor Robin Almanac.

One of the scarcest and most anus
ing of the early English almanacs Is
entitled poor Robin, an Almanack Of
the Old and New Fashion con-
tanning q twofold Kalendar-viz. the
Julian, English or Old Account, and
the Roundheads. Fanatics, paper-sculpd
or Maggotheaded New Account" etc.
1t is a pamphlet of sixteen pages and
is dated London, 1890.
The dedication is ito the world" and
In it Poor Robin says: with Pipers,
Ballad-singers and Fiddlers it is a mer
ry World; with Prisoners, Sick-people
and Money-less persons it is a sad
World; with a Soldier it is hard
World; with Divine wicked World;
with a Lawyer a contentious World;
with Courtier slippery World; with
most men a mad World. and with all
men a bad World" Some of the ear
Her of these Poor Robin Almanacks'
have been attributed to Robert Her
rick.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
The Old Oaken Buckets Gone.

One days excursion out of Boston Is
southwark through the birthplace and
ancestral home Of the brilliant essay
list Quincy to the boyhood haunts Of
Woodwork and the scenes which in
spired his sweetest lyric. In Scituate,
by the village of Greenbush,. we find
the we'll Of 1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket"
remaining at the site of the dwelling
where the poet was born and reared
Most Of the loved scenes Of his child
hood-the wide spreading pond, the
venerable orchard, the flower decked
meadow, the deep tangled Wildwood
may still be seen, little changed since
he knew them, but the rock Of the
cataract has been removed and the
cascade itself somewhat altered by the
widening of the highway; the loot Of
his fathers" has given place to a mod
ern farmhouse. and the moss COW
cred bucket that hung in the well' has
been supplanted by convenient but
unpoetical punp.-Theodore e. Wells,
Literary Shrines."
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASH
INGToN, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND
OREILLE.
In the Matter of the Estate of William C. Sling
Deceased-Order Setting Day tor HEARING
r Final Account and to Show Cause Whv De.
cree of Distribution Should Not Be Made
Ira lsham administrator of the estate of
William c. Sling, deceased, having filed his
hnal account, together with report and petit
ton tor the distribution of said estate, and his
petition asking that day be set for settling
said final account and hearing said petition for
distribution
Now, therefore. it is ordered that Monday
the 26th day of February, A. D. 1872. at $50
O'Clock a. NJ, in the court room of said court in
the town of Newport. county of Pend OreilIe
and state OF Washington be and the same is
hereby set for hearing and settling the said
final account and the hearing of said petition
for distribution, and that the clerk give notice
of said hearing by posting notices thereof as
required by law
It is further ordered that all persons inter-
ested IN said estate be and appear before said
superior Court at the hour and place above
designated, then and there to show cause Why
decree OF dlsJrlbutlOn shOnld not he made of
said estate to the person entitled thereto ac
cOTding to law.
1t is further ordered that copy of this order
De puollshed for four consecutive weeks before
said 26th day of February, A D. 1922 in the
Pend Oreille co may, Washington
1912 ''0 Jay u January
lSealJ EARL K. PARKS,
Court Commissioner Pend Oreille County.
a
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASH
INGToN, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND
OREILLE-IN PROBATE.
In the Matter of the Estate of William E.
Downs, Deceased-Notice of Settlement of
Final Account.
Notice is hereby given that J. H. Long, d.
mlnlstratOr OF the estate of William E, Downs
deceased, as II ndered and presented for final
settlement, and filed in said court his final ac-
count of his administration of said estate, to-
gether with his report and petition for final
distribution, and that Monday, the 26th day of
February, 1912, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
said day, at the court room of said court at the
courthouse at Newport, in said county, has
been fixed and appointed as the time and place
for the settlement of said account and the
hearing of SAID report and petition, at which
time and place any person interested in said
estate may appear and file his exceptions, in
writing, to the said account and contest the
same
Notice is further given that said account is
for final settlement, distri button and discharge
of said administrator,
Dated this Goth day of January 1912.
(SeaD EARL K. PARKS, Cl-rk.
37-4
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Political News Bits.

Governor Wilson has declined to
make any speeches in Ohio, believing
it would be a breach of professional
etiquette to enter Governor Harmon's
own state.
An adjustment of the differences of
Speaker Clark and Ex-Governor Folk,
by which Folk virtually eliminates
himself from the race for the Demo
cratic nomination for president, has
been reached.
The breakdown of Senator La Fol-
lette and his temporary retirement
from the campaign for the presiden-
tlal nomination leads political pro-
phets to predict that the Wisconsin
senator will ultimately withdraw.
Governor Hiram Johnson of Cali
fornia held an extended conference in
Washington with Senator Robert M.
La Toilette. He declined to say
whether he would remain III the La
Toilette camp or swing his support to
the former president.
Governor Aldrich of Nebraska.
formerly La Toilette supporter, in a.
synopsis OF the presidential situation.
believes that the severe illness and
worn energies of La Toilette have
eliminated him from the race and
comes out strongly for Roosevelt.
TART headquarters are to be opened
at washington Immediately and Re-
preventative Mckinley of Illinois.
chairman of the Republican congress
slonal committee, will have charge
OF the presidents political interests
from now until the Chicago conven-
ton.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
People in the ,stews.

II feel as young as when I was 25,"
was the comment of Thomas A. Edi-
son, who was IS years old Sunday.
Viscount Sotimi Chinda, the newly
appointed ambassador from Japan to
the United States, has arrived at San
Francisco.
Declared bankrupt by the London
courts the Marquis of Queensbury is
coming to America to make his per-
manent home.
Rex Beach, the novelist, is threat
ened with the loss of sight in at least
one eye, according to an announce
ment by his physician.
Reverend Frank Dewitt Talmage
died at his home in Philadelphia from
heart failure. He was A years old
His father was the famous Reverend
T. Dewitt Talmage.
Heinrich Crosse, a captain in the
German naval marine, who was arrest
ed at Winchester, England, on a
charge Of espionage, has been sentenc-
ed to three years penal servitude.
ut was all bluff" This was the
way John Redmond, Irish nationalist
leader, commented on the failure of
the Obstetrics to carry out the threats
to rough house" Winston ChurchilPs
home rule meeting in Belfast.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
She Learned the Lesson.

A Baltimore lawyer had an Office boy
who was given to telling in other Of
fees what happened In that Of his
chief. The lawyer found it necessary
to discharge him, but, thinking to
keep him from a similar fault in the
future, he counseled the boy wisely on
his departure.
willie, you must never hear any
thing that Is said In the Office" he
said. do what you are told to do,
but turn a deaf ear to conversation
that does not include you"
A happy inspiration! He would see
that the stenographer learned the same
lesson in passing. so, turning to her,
he said:
miss Brown, did you hear what
said to Willie?"
'No, SIR" she returned promptly
Lippincott's.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
INVASION FEARED BY
MEXICAN GOVERNOR
Fiery Message, Strongly Anti
American, is Issued to
People of Mexico.

Ell Paso, Tex-Mexico Is to be
crushed under the military force Of
the United States and is to lose it's
identity as a world power. This is
the message of Acting Governor Aur-
Glance Gonzales to the people of Mex
leo and his native state of Chihuahua.
The message was telegraphed to all
the jefe politicos of the state, and
created a sensation among the Mexi-
can and American population Of the
state.
The mobilization of the American
army means the invasion of Mexico,
Governor Gonzales says in his fire.
brand message.
1.-THE hand of the oppressor is press
ing hard upon your brow" he contin-
ues, land will brand ALL true Mexi-
cans as slaves unless they resist the
foreign power. The attitude of the
United States toward Mexico is one
of a lordly master toward an abject
slave"
The proclamation amounts to a call
to arms to resist an American inva-
sion of Mexico and has caused con-
sternation here as we'll as across the
border.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
REBELS ARE IMPATIENT
Hundred Thousand Men in Southern
China Plan to Take Pekin.

Hundred Thousand Men in Southern
China Plan to Take PekIn.
Nanking.-While Yuan Shi Kai, the
imperial premier at Pekin, is endeav-
oring to persuade the republicans to
concede the Manchu demands, the re-
publicans are preparing to advance
on Pekin. Impotence is rampant and
there is opposition from Canton over
the too liberal terms. There is de-
mand that the Manchus be stripped Of
all power.
The southern forces now exceed
100000 men and reinforcements are
arriving daily.
The revolutionary congress is still
busy with the details of the provision
al constitution. Close observers say
that Yuan Shi Kai, Sun Vat Sen and
other leaders virtually are agreed to
terms of a settlement, but are waiting
perfection of the plans before issuing
an edict.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
DEMOCRATS SPLIT
QuarreIs and Bolt Mark Territorial
Convention at Manila.

Quarfels and Bolt Mark Territorial
Convention at Manila.
Manila.-The Democratic territorial
convention for the election of dele
gates to the national convention at
Baltimore was held Saturday. It was
in continuous session II hours and
was marked by quarrels between two
factions which resulted in a divided
convention.
One of the factions attacked the ma
tional Republican policy, but made no
mention of President Taft or the Phil
ippine administration; the other fac
ton was more vehement in it's denun-
citation Of the national insular policy
and also went on record against Presi-
dent Taft and strongly condemned the
local administration.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
American Force Seizes Railroad.

Puerto Cortez, Honduras.-There
has been a clash between United
States and Honduran authorities over
enforcement of a government decree
directing representatives Of w. s.
Valentine, an American, to surrender
to government authorities the rail-
road, wharf and other properties held
under the lease by the Valentine syn-
dictate. Seventy-five marines from the
United States gunboat Petrol Tended
and seized the wharf and railroad.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASH
INGTON, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND
OREILLE-IN PROBATE,
In the Matter of the Estate of Ed Vawter, De
ceased-NOtice to Creditors to File Claims.
Notice is hereby given that letters OF admin
1stratlon on the estate of Ed VaWter, deceased,
were granted to the undersigned OH the 18th
day Of January, A. D. 1912 by the said Superior
Court.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to present them. with the neces-
sary vouchers, to me at my place of business in
Newport, Pend Oreille County, Washington
within one year after the date of this notice, or
they shall be forever barred.
Dated at Newport. WASH, this 25th day of
January, A D. 1872.
37-4 FRANK ". VAwTER, Admi nistrator.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Lonq Sessions In the Commons.

A recent nineteen hours sitting Of
the house of commons created a sensa-
ton. But it is almost a trifle COM
pared with what happened in the spa
cious days before the closure was in
troduced. There was the Irish might"
of July 81 and Aug. 1, 1877, when the
chaplain. arriving to read prayers at
noon for the Wednesday sitting, found
the Tuesday sitting still in progress.
"Ah," said Erskine May to him, 1--WE
are past praying for" But the record
was achieved by the forty-one hours
sitting of Jan. 81 to Feb. 2, 1881.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Produce Men Accused,

New York.-"Joe Doe" proceedings
that have been instituted by Assist
ant District Attorney Ford to ascer-
tain whether the New York Mercan-
tile Exchange, an organization of but.
ter and egg men, controls prices and
Is conspiracy in restraint of trade.
are expected by the public prosecutor
to show that two members of the ex-
change arbitrarily fixed prices for the
400 members OF the organization.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
invention Makes Waste saleable

Philadelphia.-An invention that
will turn the waste Of the world into
saleable commodities with illimitable
commercial possibilities has been
made by a Philadelphia, whose as
sertion that he can take any waste
flbrous substance and by his secret
process make of it a substitute for
hard rubber equal to and, in many
instances, superior to hard rubber it.
self, is backed by electrical and me-
ohanical engineers of international
note.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Wreck of Maine Begins To Float

Havana.-The wreck of the Maine
hoated free from the mud when the
water was turned into the dam sur
rounding the wreck here. The ship
will remain within the dam until
orders are received from Washington
to float her out, which can be done
within a fortnight
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
He Kent Quiet.

Householder - Here. drop that coat
and clear out! Burglar-You be quiet
or I'll wake your wife and give her
this letter Il found In your pocket
New York Mail
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Striving Vainly to Please.

81 suppose those garden seeds I sent
saved you quite little money" said
the affable statesman.
mo" replied Mr.. Growcher; II
hadn't the heart to waste 'em. and the
result is that I'm in debt for garden
implements. Washington Star.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Afraid.

yes, I proposed, but she said I'd
have to ask her mother first"
"And did your"
''No; | was afraid the mother might
accept me."-Judge.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
Uses of limo.

81 saved ten minutes a day at lunch
for twenty years."
What of it?'
"Oh, it was well that I saved all this
time, for now spend two hours daily
in the anteroom Of dyspepsia special
ist."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

He who brings ridicale to bear
against truth finds in his hand a blade
without hilt-Landor.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

Applications Nos. 1882, 1888. $685. S2O2 1921,
S4O9, Sl26.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-23
UTAH CONSERVATION
PLANS UNDER WAY
Preliminary Company Organ
lied for Furthering of Vast
Reclamation Scheme.
STEP TOWARD SUCCESS
Great Project When Com
plete viii Involve Expendi-
ture of Many Millions.
STEP TOWARD SUCCESS

temporary organization OF the Utah
Conservation company. which proposes
10 build tho largest irrigation project
ever undertaken in the state. with the
headwaters OF the Weber and Provo riv-
ers as a base, was completed yesterday
when articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary OF state.
Tho temporary company is capitalized
for 500, 900 and its purpose is to facilitate
the Hing OF water rights and the con-
summation OF contracts with farmers
According To promoters OF the project
the permanent company, with capitali-
"a tion OF millions. will not be formed fol
several months.
Lewis S. Hills is president OF the com
pary: John Dern IL first vice president
w. w. Armstrong. second Vice president
G. II. Carlauis,, secretary: o. &. Beebe
trea surer; Thomas r. Cutler, Charles w
N!bley, 4. W. Macarthur. W. Il. Wal
lace, Thomas l., Allen. George r. Gibbs
and r. Il. Bauer are additional directors
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-23
Saw Inflow on Car.

Ethel Pace. diminutivc girl OF II
years, sworc without qualification that
she saw Inlow on the Sandy car on State
street between Eighth and Ninth South
streets. shortly after midnight OF Friday,
October 4. The witness was bIe 10
definitely GN the time, She had been ~
a dance at Midvalc. had asked a Mrs.
Nielsen the time. was told II :35. had
then walked over To the junction and
boarded u Sandy car. The witness said:
Between Eighth and Ninth South
heard someone JnumblinG behind me- and
turned around and saw Mir Inflow
told my uncle. Ray Carney. about IL
al ter I read the papers"
There was a prolonged direct and cross
examination testing tho memory of the
witness. She testified that she had seen
inloW twice AT the Hartman school q.
West Jordan district six years r.efore
ana again three wears ago last Lhristnas s
when she wns visiting \ friend In Rinu-
nam. Mis- Pace. who then resided with
ler uncle. 1850 South Eleventh East
street, was not sure as TO The time src
reached home, but thought it WAS about
"a. Under cross examination. her mem
oiF became a blank as To al details %,
the circumstances under which she OBJ
served The accused -"