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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

Praise OF the virtuous woman, as she
is described in the Proverbs.-
How the heart of her husband doth
safely trust in her always,
How all the days of her life she will
do him good, and not evil,
How she seeketh the wool and tho
max and worketh with gladness.
How she layeth her hand to the spin
die and holdeth the distaff,
How she Is not afraid of the snow for
herself or her household,
Knowing her household are clothed
with the scarlet cloth Of her
weavingl
So, as she sat at her wheel one aft
ernoon In the autumn,
Alden. who opposite sat, and was
watching her dexterous fingers.
AS II the thread she was spinning
were that Of his life and his for
tune,
After pause in their talk, thus spake
to the sound of the spindle.
Truly, Priscilla" he said, when
see you spinning and spinning,
Never idle moment. but thrifty ana
thoughtful of others,
Suddenly you are transformed. are
visibly changed in a moment;
You are no longer Priscilla. but
Bertha, the Beautiful Spinner"
Here the light foot on the treadle
grew swifter and swifter; the
spindle
Uttered an angry snarl, and the thread
snapped short in her fingers;
While the impetuous speaker, not
needing the mischief continued:
You are the beautiful Bertha. the
spinner. the queen of Helvetia;
She whose story | read at a stall in
the streets of Southampton.
Who, as she rode on her palfrey. DER
valley and meadow and noun
Ever was spinning her thread from
a distaff fixed to her saddle.
She was so thrifty and good. that her
named passed into a proverb.
So shall 1t be with your own, when
the spinning-wheel shall no longer
Hum in the house of the farmer, and
fill it's chambers with music.
Then shall the mothers, reproving, re-
late how 1t was in their child
hood,
Praising the good old times, and the
days of Priscilla, the spinner"
Straight uprose from her wheel the
beautiful Puritan maiden.
Pleased with the praise of her thrift
from him whose praise was the
sweetest.
Drew from the reel on the table q
snowy skein of her spinning,
Thus making answer, meanwhile, to
the flattering phrases of Alden:
Come, you must not be idle; If am
pattern for housewives.
Show yourself equally worthy OF be-
ing the model Of husbands
Hold this skein on your hands. while
l wind 1t, ready for knitting;
Then who knows but hereafter, when
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

rible news from the village.
Yes; Miles Standish was dead.-an
Indian had brought them the It'd
ings,-
Slain by a poisoned arrow, shot down
in the front of the battle,
Into an ambush beguiled, cut OF with
the whole of his forces;
All the town would be burned. and all
the people be murdered!
Such were the tidings Of evil that
burst on the hearts of the hear
ers.
Silent and statue-like stood Priscilla,
her face looking backward
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
DIR. Mayo Under Knife.

New York.-Dr. Charles II. Mayo of
Rochester, Mimi, regarded as one of
the best surgeons in the country, under
went, here, the second surgical opera
tion performed on him since he was
taken sick with acute appendicitis
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Eternal Feminine

Lady-Why are you all SO worried,
Captain-The fact is. madam, we have
broken our rudder. Lady-Is that all
Well. the rudder is under water and
it won't show. Let's go on.-Toledo
Blade.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

from the rocks, and pursuing
Each one its devious path, but draw
ing nearer and nearer,
Rush together at last. at their tryst-
ing-place In the forest;
So these lives that had run thus far
In separate channels.
Coming in sight of each other, then
swerving and flowing asunder,
Parted by barriers strong, but draw
ing nearer and nearer,
Rushed together at last, and one was
lost in the other.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Butter Men Fleet

nlgln' nl:-The struggle for SUI
p plemqcy IN the directorate of the Elgin
ous'er board between the CIRCULARS ,,
anu insurgents" ended in decisive vic
'1ry Tor the "insurgent'' faction which
elected all of its officers.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
He Had One Esse-tlaI

Mr.. Leo-"Why did you let your
daughter marry that little bandv.
legged sport?" Mr.. Monk-''Wbv ba,.
the best climber IN the jungle. and
that's quite important when food q.
so high"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

Deacon-"I fear it's the Sunday pa
per we must blame for our small
morning congregations. pastor" Pas.
tor-"Yes. many of our people are
like Zaccheus. prev ented from getting
near our Lord by the ess."-Boston
Transcript.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
wizard of Arithmetic Dead

Springfield, Mass.-Arthur p. Griffith
VI Milford, Ind, lightning calculator
"uo mas oewildered vaudeville attend
anus throughout the country for a num-
per OF years by his mathematical wiz
%;e was found dead of apoplexy in
MS bed at local hotel Christmas dav
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
SlurrInq 4 Over.

I'm poor conversationalist Mt
these highbrow dinner parties. I'm
always afraid of misprououncing soma
word" Take mouthful of spinach
before attempting a word that Won
are uncertain about"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Street Fighting in Tabriz

London.-Fifty persons were killed
during street fighting between Russian
troops and the Persians in Tabriz, ac-
cording to official communications from
Teheran
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Where David copperfieId Was Written

BLEAK House" at Broadstairs, Eng
land, which has failed to find a pur-
chaser, is of interest to the Dickens
lover because the greater part OF
David Copperfield" was written there.
But 1t is not the BLEAK House" OF
the novel, which is definitely located
In Hertfordshire. The novelist and
his family appear to have been some
what tightly packed in their Broad
stairs home. When Lord Carlisle con-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

What do we live for If not to maxi.
the world less difficult for each other :
George Eliot
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

II the clock ticks 60 times a minnie
now often does arithmeticf
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17

the consumer instead Of going down
has doubled Such an authority as
Chester S. Morey, president Of big
western beet sugar plant, said OF this
point here recently, Free sugar
would kill the beet industry in this
country. The refiners say, and be-
lieve they have induced many honest
members Of congress to believe, that
free sugar would mean cheaper sug-
ar to consumers. Nothing is further
from the truth. We put coffee on the
free list. What good did II do? The
importers absolutely control the cof-
fee situation and the price has stead
lily gone up. The same would be true
of sugar. On the other hand If the
beet sugar industry is permitted TO
grow up. competition win take care
of prices" Thus another kink is add
ed to the high cost Of living which al
ready is one of the knottiest in our
history.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
GAMBLING DAYS
ON RIVER ARE
PAST
THE SATURN LAST IN SIX YEAR
REIGN OF VICE ON THE
MISSOURI.

Kansas City. Mo-, July 1.-THE
vice boat Saturn has departed. Strip
ped Of its gambling, ban on its
lewd dance hall and its open sale of
liquor, this floating outcast will seek
another port unwanted in this day
when business and clean pleasure are
the watchwords of river traffic
It has been many years since gam
bling flourished on the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers, yet in the palmiest
days Of the gamesters who made
these streams famous, there were no
such vice steamers as have disgraced
the local port in the past six years.
From about 1910 until the Civil war,
gambling on the river steamers was
confined principally to passengers,
boat owners seldom being found en-
gagged in the games on board.
Phantom Tales of Poker pots.
Their main games were dice and
poker. Tales of poker pots that make
the present occasional stakes on oc-
can liners seem trivial. were heard
on nearly every trip of the most fam
GUS of river boats. After the war,
when poverty was prevalent, the pro-
fessionals disappeared to an extent.
Victims were fewer. river travel had
dwindled With the resumption of
trade on both rivers, commercialism
extended itself. PiloIs were less en-
thusiastic about their speed and more
sure of their ports and the general at
mosphere of gaming was gone
It was at this time that the pro-
fessional gambling boats began to
make their way into the various
ports.
Case of the City of Traverse.
One of the .SSost flagrant cases of
boat gambling on record In later
years was that of the famous City OF
Traverse. 1t did not make any trips,
but merely floated at anchor in Lake
Michigan just outside OF the Chicago
shore line. Here gambling of al
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
eotham,a eamhIlna Eever.

New York is apparently in the
midst of one of the most general and
wide spread gambling orgies that 1t
has known in recent years. For some
unexplained reason the gambling few
er seems to become especially violent
every ytwo or three years here. and
the present situation is particularly
notable illustration of this condition
of affairs. BY some the activity. Of
the followers of the tickle goddess of
chance is attributed to the calling in
to police headquarters from the va
rious precinct stations Of the charts
or maps indicating the location Of
suspected gambling houses, since
without these charts the police are
handicapped in their efforts to sup
press gambling In the district known
as the "Tenderloin" things are more
wide open than they have been for
years, and it is a matter Of general
knowledge that one house conducted
by notorious gang leader which was
raided recently opened for business
at the same place the following night.
Betting on baseball scores has be-
come an industry by itself in which
the men who conduct the pools are
said to be making big profits. Even
the venerable wire tapping" game
has been resurrected and made the
means of relieving the too credulous
of their money. Altogether at pres
ent the uninitiated wwho attempts to
flirt with the goddess of chance is
pretty certain of having to borrow
carfare home.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
Hoboes Want Convention.

In spite of the fact that the manag-
ers of the republican, democratic and
bull moose parties alike passed up
New York as a convention city, Faith
er Knickerbocker has not been en-
tirely sighted in this respect. One
convention at least has come his way
and while it may not have attracted
so much attention as the gatherings
at Chicago and Baltimore it is in its
way unique. This is the annual ION.
vention of the National Association.
Of Hoboes of America, sometimes
known as the wandering Willies
League" insession here this week. For
several days the delegates who have
been arriving on special freight
train bumpers have been discussing
important questions affecting the ma
tion and the tramp profession. They
include many distinguished hoboes
whose names and chalk marks are
famous along the water tanks of ey-
cry big railroad in the country, among
them being such we'll known rIein-
bers as .Dopeydlldock" Dangerfleid,
Much" Meyers, Half Soles" Henry.
Mike the Bite" and "Gulper" Kelly.
the latter of whom gained fame by
causing several Bowery thirst par
lors to reduce the price of red eye
to two drinks for five cents during
certain early morning hours. While
many of the sessions have been sec
ret it is understood that the associa-
ton favors platform promising less
law and more soup coupled with the
most stringent enforcement of the
laws against overworking human be
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
A TREAcHERous TROUBLE.
East Las Vegas People Point the Way

Kidney diseases are very dangerous.
They come on silently, gain ground
rapidly, and cause thousands of deaths
that could rave been prevented by
proper treatment in the beginning.
Nature gives early warnings Of kidney
disease -backache. twinges of pain
when STOPPING or lifting, headaches
and urinary disorders. If these symD-
toms are unheeded, there is grave
danger of dropsy or fatal Bright's dis
ease. Doan's Kidney Pills have earned
reputation for their effectiveness in
kidney troubles, and are known and
recommended the world over East
Las Vegas testimony proves the merits
of Doan's Kidney Pills to our readers.
Mrs. Andres Sena, 1015 Sixth St.,
East Las Vegas, N. Mex, says: THE
use of Doan's Kidney Pills in our
home had demonstrated their great
value in relieving backache and other
kidney disorders We procured this
remedy at the Center Block Pharmacy
and it brought such satisfactory re-
suits that I publicly testified in its
praise over two years ago. | have
personally recommended Doan's Kid
ney Pills to many of my friends since
then"
s For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the -Doan's-and
take no other.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
IRELANp no WELCOME AsouIrH

Dublin, July 17-All Dublin, and
in truth, all Ireland, is on the qui
vive in anticipation of the arrival to-
morrow of Prime Minister Asquith
Crowds are pouring in from al
points, and 1t is estimated that thou
sands will be added to the normal
population of Dublin by tomorrow
night.
The premier, accompanied by the
chief liberal whip, is due to arrive by
the mail boat tomorrow morning. Dur
ing his stay in the city he will be
the guest of Augustine Birrell, chief
secretary for Ireland. at the official
residence in Phoenix Park.
Every seat has reen allotted for
the great meeting which Mr.. Asquith
is to address in the Theater Royal on
Friday evening. John Redmond, the
leader of the Irish party in parlia-
ment, will preside at the meeting,
and will be supported by Mr.. Dillon,
Mr.. Devlin and other nationalist lead
ers. The attendance will include
members of parliament, the mayors
of the principal cities of Ireland, rep
resentatives of the irish universities
and the chairman of county councils.
On Saturday Mr.. Asquith will re-
turn to London, breaking his journey
at Liverpool, where he is to be pres
ent at the liberal garden party given
by Sir William Lever.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
WAR DECLARED in
THE FRUIT
TRADE
MILLIONS INVOLVED IN INDUS
TRY THAT RAISES KNOT
TY PRRo8LEMs.

New York. July las war cen
ter New York is fast setting new
record and to the many wars and ru-
mors of wars that nave been rife in
the industrial world here for the past
few months must now be added the
battle Of the bananas. Traffic in the
humble fruit of the tropics is the
mainstay of the pushcart merchant
has become so tremendous that its
handling has led to the creation of a
huge corporation sometimes referred
to as the banana trust" The fact
that this company. according to state
ments brought out by legal proceed
ings here this week, has expended
$25, 100000 in the past few months in
the effort to drive out an Independent
competition that has been attempting
to secure a share of the business
shows the tremendous size of the
stake involved. Another effect of the
struggle apparently has been to bring
increased prosperity to the South
American growers as it is stated that
the price paid them has been jumped
from thirty-one to sixty-six cents
bunch. The matter was brought intb
court here through the attempt of the
United Fruit company, which hereto
fore has dominated the business, to
secure an Injunction forbidding its
rival, the Atlantic Fruit company,
to purchase bananas from growers in
Colombia, who, the older concern
claimed were under exclusive con-
tract to it, The problem was knot
ty one, involving not only an interna-
tional matter but also question as
to the laws of foreign nation, and
the judge denied the application on
the grounds that there were decided
differences of opinion as to the laws
of Colombia and that the issuance
of the 4nunction would 1nflict serious
loss on the defendant. This he
said, SIS sufficient to induce denial
of the application without considera-
tion Of further argument of defend
ants, that complainant's methods of
business have been such that it
should not be afforded the assistance
of a court of equity" The war is still
on therefore. and the president of the
independent company declares that
while he is not seeking trouble he
will not be driven out of the field and
that the people of South and Central
America are with him for having
broken the oppressive monopoly of
the banana trust
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
FREIeHT CLASSIFICATION.

Detroit, Mich, July l7.-Changes in.
the western freight classification,
which created a stir among shippers
and receivers of freight throughout
the west few months ago, will be
exhaustively discussed at two days
meeting of the National Industrial
Traffic league, which began in this
city today. Z
When alterations in the classifica-
tion were announced a storm of pro-
test came from members of railroad
commissions in Oklahoma, Iowa and
other states and from representatives
of commercial organizations. 1t was
contended that by process of shift
ing various conditions from one class
to another the railroads were at
tempting to bring about a general
raise in freight rates.
An appeal was made to the inter-
state commerce commission, and
special examiner of that body was
sent to Chicago to hear evidence and
arguments After the examiner had
submitted his report the commission
suspended the operation of the new
classification for 12O days pending
further inquiry. Since then testimony
has been taken in Chicago and other
cities, and the commission now has
the case under advisement.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
First ,Piemy Hippo.

For the first time on record visit
ors to New York zoo will shortly have
an opportunity to inspect what is
probably the rarest animal tnat has
ever been made a part Of eny such
collection-that is the pigmy hippo
tamus. These pocket editions of the
blood sweating behemoth" were dis
covered in 1884 in Africa en1 it ha
taken nearly 70 years to secure these
first live specimens although few
mounted bodies have been shown,
since their habitat so far as known
is confined to remote territory peo-
pied by blood thirsty canniba;s. Inc
two specimens which have now be4l
acquired, a male and female, cost
the zoo $4,000. a figure which inGi-
Gates their rarity. According to de-
scriptions that have crossed the At
lantic ahead of the pair, the male IS
30 inches high at the shoulders. -
incl es long from the. end of his nose
> the base Of his tail, and his tail
IS l2 inches ,Cng. He weighs AIS
pounds. The female, believed to be
only two years old, is IS inches high
and weighs 176 pounds. In compari-
son, Caliph, the enormous male hip
potamus who now stands in a mount.
ed state in the American Museum OF
Natural History, stood four feet nine
and one-half inches at the shoulder,
was IL feet 4 inches in length from
end of nose TO root of tail, his circum-
ference was II feet and 8 inches, and
his weight has been given as close
to $500 pounds. Beside the enormous
bulk of full grown male hippo OF
the common speciss, the pigmy is
like a six months old human infant OF
13 pounds weight beside man OF
1870 pounds. In bulk one adult Nile
hippo weighing 5000 pounds is equal
to fourteen adult male pigmy hippos
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
MANUFACTURERS MEET

Louisville, KY, July 1.-THE Mid
die States Textile Manufacturers as
sociation held its third annual con
vention today at the Louisville Coun-
try club. Among the speakers and
their topics were the following: Lee
Rodman, on Freight Rates and Over
charges; Philip S. Tuley Of Louis
vile, on Cost Systems" and Captain
Paul J. Marrs of Henderson, KY on
Experiences in the Purchase of Cot
ton"
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
FoREsTERs TO MEET.

Concord, N. H, July 17.-The di-
rectors of the American Forestry as
sociation, representing nearly all Of
the states, arrived in Concord this
morning and we're received by Cover
nor Robert P. Bass of New Hamp-
shire. wwho is president of the asso-
citation. Tomorrow the directors win
proceed to Breton Woods, in the
White mountains, where they will
hold their annual midsummer meet
ing. The meeting win be held in con
junction with the fifth annual forest
ry conference under the auspices Of
the Society for the Protection Of New
Hampshire Forests The New Hamp-
shire State Forestry commission and
the Association of North Eastern
Foresters also viii participate in the.
conference.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
How to Reduce Cost.

With the cost of living steadily ad-
vancing many local Investigators are
worrying themselves gray valnly at
tempting to discover some effective
way of halting the upward trend of
prices of food stuffs. At present an
interesting angle of the problem is
found in the discussion of the part
played by the trusts ana the tariff
and of the relations of these two to
each other which in some cases at
least are not those ordinarily assum-
ed to exist. This seems to be plainly
indicated by the trust attitude on the
proposal to remove the tariff on our
largest food import, that is raw sugar.
The sugar trust is on record as being
in favor of this move because of its
restrictive effect on the cane and
augar beet Industries in this city
which now menace Ine refiners' mo-
nopoly. While the refiners are will
ing to promise cheaper sugar to the
public in the effort to accomplish
their aim, the best posted authorities
here believe that in this particular
case it would have exactly the oppo-
site effect They compare the situa-
tion with that which has grown up
in the case of coffee on which no duty
is levied and show that in the case
of this product the coffee trust has
grown all powerful and the price to
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
YOUNG PEOPLES CONVENTION

Pittsburgh, July 17.-Members Of
the Young Peoples >Christian union
are here from every section of the
country for their twenty-frst annual
convention, which assembled today
for a four days session. The union
is affiliated with the United Presby-
terian church in North America, and
some of the best known preachers
and missionaries of the denomination
are here to speak at the convention.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17

ings. Contrary 10 expectations It was
decided not to put presidential can.
didate in the field but to concentrate
in an effort to secure for the hobo
the respect due his profession.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17

Buy it now. Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is al
most certain to be needed before the
summer is over. Buy it now and be
prepared for such an emergency. For
sale by all dealers.
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17

Dysentery IS Always serious am Of
ten a dangerous disease, but it can be
cured Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy has cured it
even when malignant and epidemic.
Fer sale by ali dealers
Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-17
dom il Ever Seenl

most every conceivable sort thrived.
Like the case of the Saturn, effort
was made through the municipal
courts to stop the evil, but the ques-
ton of jurisdiction diverted the laws.
Finally series of raids by the police
put the boat out of business.
For the past six years, river gam
bling has existed in this port unpun-
ished and with a freedom that must
have CALLED the spirits of the depart
ed water gamesters. Excursionists
who looked upon moonlight and wat
er as a sufficient means of entertain
ment were unsolicited. Gamblers and
drinkers were welcomed. rhe first
of these boats recollected in this port
was the Grapevine. 1t and the Gun
ter, which followed it here, were tim
i'd offenders, but with the reign of the
Gleenmore, in 1908, vice of the most
deplorable kiknd flourished. 1t was
owned by the same trio that owned
the Saturn, but while repairs were be-
ing made on its hull it sank by acci-
cident. In a few weeks it was re-
placed by the Uncle Sam, upon which
vice got brilliant start on the first
tour,