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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
NAPOLEON III. IN AMERICA
Real Louis Was Nc as DiIapidsted as
He Has Beer Pictured BY
Mark vain.

Probably. no written portrait of the
third Napoleon is better known to
Americans than that embodied in the
rhetorical apostrorhe Of Mark Twain
In THE Innocents Abroad" where he
contrasts the emperor of the French
and the sultan of Turkey at their
meeting In Paris in 1867. II was
thought very nne and stirring at the
time, but 1t IL picture to provoke
curiosity and amusement today. Mark
Twain described how the future en-
peror carried his dreams with him
into exile, how he associated with the
common herd in America, and ran foot
races for a wager, how he walked his
weary beat. a common policeman Of
London. That he carried his dreams
into exile. that his belief in his star
never wavered. is unquestfonably true.
Put 1t is not quite 80 romantic
figure. not such a dilapidated Louis
Napoleon. that we see In the accounts
Of more careful historians than Mark
Twain. For example. there 10 Init
mate Memoirs OF Nanaleon III" BY tho
ate Baron dAmbes. D'Ambes was not
18th Louis Napoleon in America. but
it was from the princes own lips that
he claimed he received the impress
sions OF that visit. Louis Napoleon
c1me to Norfolk, Va. from Rio de
Iansiro on the frg1te Andromede.
Ths comunndee. MsnGk - Vilioae0ve,
was very kind 10 the exile. and the
prince thanked him With the words
You are obliging . man who will one
day be emperor Of the French, un-
fortunate a. he may appear at pres
ent shall not forget you" The
Andromede arrived at Norfolk March
30, 1887. Tho prince proceeded
straight to New York and dinsd At
Gen. Watson Webb's, where he found
General Scott his two brothers-in-law,
the Stewarts. and . number Of sens
toru and statesmen.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05

General Frank l.. Hall, the min
ing editor OF the Denver Post and
one of the best posted men i'll Colo
RADIO on mining, came up from
Denver on Thursday night and is
sperding several days in the city,
He belongs to the genuine and
substantial boosting class and is
firm believer in reliable mining
news and foe to wild catting.'
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
PRIMROSE LONG A FAyORlTE
Many Poets Have Written Of the Flow
er, But Only Shakespeare Really
Their Subject.

The poets quoted in the Once Win.
dow writes a correspondent, should
not mean tina. the primrose is deli
cate, but merely that its time of flow
ering is cold time, and that 1t can
never possess the fullness Of the later
suns hine. But unlike these easily sen
timental poets Milton. forgive mel
Shakespeare alone is quite explicit.
Shakespeare alone has the natural
fact at heart and Identifies natural
tact with divine poetry. Spencer S
'untimely tempest" and Hilton's for
saken" are both false, for tempest Is
not untimely but timely during the
orimroses life: and the primrose is
not forsaken' any more than a young
virgin is forsaken. Shakespeare ev-
cry time. Shakespeare forever.
The primrose OF old was credited
with a medicinal as well as super
stitious value. Even now in some
country parts a decoction OF primrosc
leaves is supposed to restore fail
ing memory. and in 1854, when Cul
peper wrote his London Dispense
tory" the primrose was regarded a.
an almost universal panacea, curing
'convulsions. falling sickness. palsies
etc" and Strengthening the brain
senses and memory exceedingly" And
even the healthy did not dfsdain to
eat it. for primrose pasty was once a
popular Lancashire delicacy. Ate.
this one wonders IL it is not q waste
to wear it in ones buttonhole.-Lon-
don Chronicle
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
Baseball


Tomorrow after.
noon there will be
q dame OF ball be
tween the O'FaIlons
Team Of Denver and
the home team
Don't forget il ~
there will be some.
thing doin6 that will
interest you
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
Too Deem.

Two ;oiored men were on an e1pe,
tihon- - the co'oners hen roost one
ark ME ht. Nose had planted the lad
.er, clin bing up to where the thick
rs wer" roosting. and was passins
hen down to Ephriam, who put than
q bag. Suddenly Nose stopt.
What's lie mattah, Brudder Nose?
inquired Ephraim anxiously.
rs just been thinkin', Bruddef
1phraim, how me and you 10 mem
oahs ub de church, an wedder it's
light to take de cunners chickiugs!"
"Brudder Mose," said Ephraim.
dat am q great moral question which
fou an me amt At ter wrastle wid
Pass down snudder Clicking"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
DIRECTORY

Notice to Lodges, Churches ano Clubs.
Wishing to keep the directory &C.
curAte we ask you to report to US any
promptly as possible: also to give US a
complete report of the election of Off
GERS for publication in our local column
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
Htstrionic Success.

How about your son. who started
odt to be an actor? Has he been sue
cessful on the stage?"
Well. | should say he has Why.
man, he's turning the camera crank
for one OF the biggest moving picture
outfits in the country"
"Fine!"--Puck
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05

Ms. Charles Fuller will leav e
this afternoon or tomorrow morn
ing for Denver to spend couple
O, weeks III hopes that her health
will be benefited in a lower alti-
tude. If she does not improv
there she will then go to W'inside,
Nebraska, to spend the remainder
of the summer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
Mr. S. T.. Roberts of Denver is

Mr. S. T.. Roberts of Denver is
speuding a few days in the city
He has not been here for ten
years. He first came to this camp
some forty years ago and is Ell
joying swapping yarns with his
old-time friends. Tt was for
merly associated with Ed. Mos
cript in business.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-07-05
Iron Clothes With Their Feet.

A writer in the Wide World Maya
zine says that the most curious sigh
he saw at Cairo was men ironin,
clothes with their feet! The meI
were employed in the native tailoring
establishments. Except for a Ions
handle, the irons were shaped like the
ordinary fiat-iron, only larger. A soliC
block OF wood rested on the. top O.
the iron. and on this the men placed
one foot. guiding the iron in the de
sired direction by means OF thu
handle. For the sake of convenience
ironing boards were raised only a few
inches from the ground and however
strange the method may seem to US
the work was done very we'll and very
expeditiously.
Germany Makes Msanes,a Eioor:.
They are making the floors Of r.:
office buildings in Germany Of a NIX
ture Of magnesium chloride. pulv-r
ICED magnesia and sawdust. laid from
wo to four inches thick. Censul Gen.
aral Robert p Skinner reports from,
that such floors are water
,roof. almost fireproof, crack,free,
rarm under foot. elastic, sound-proof
md cheaper han pine flooring. tiiing
r stone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
NkpssNSS> @sfer-A Hsn9o

America. At this market extreme pre-
cautions are taken to prevent the entry
Of cattle disease that might spread infec-
ton to British flocks and herds. All ami
mails landed there must be slaughtered
within ten days and submitted to rigid
inspection. All hides and offal are imme-
diately disinfected. Five hundred cattle
can be unloaded from vessels at Deptford
i'm twenty minutes. Last year 10i.35l ami
mails were killed. the meat being sent for
sale to Smithfield and Whiteehapel.
Billingsgate. the famous fish market Of
London, is also administered by the cor
poration Its records cover over six hun
dred years. 1t is hampered by narrow
street approaches but a very expeditions
system Of direct delivery of fish from the
Thames side OF the market building ena-
bles the licensed auctioneers to dispose Of
supplies very quickly. Steam carriers COL
lect the fish from the fleets around the
coast and deliver them packed In ice at
Billngsgate every night. Billingsgate
Market has cost the city N.600,000. Stand
prices are high, but there is keen COM
petition whenever a vacancy occurs. Last
year the receipts amounted to SlS2455
The auctioneers dealt with 194.W tons OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

TSHE country is beginning TO sit up ana
take notice of its market problem
l. The Housewives League, from a
small beginning, has attained TO the dig
nifty Of a national movement in almost no
time, proving that people are realizing
that something must be done. Market
commissions and market leagues DOT the
land. The latest market league in New
York state was formed a few weeks ago
with the backing of Seth Low and Will
lam Church Osborn. They are planning
10 introduce bills into the Legislature
providing for a Department Of Markets to
take care of the whole question Of market
ing food produce.
II is an open secret, for instance. that
New York City loses $4,000 each year
because of it's markets, while European
cities which consider markets, as well as
subways and water supplies, worthy OF
their interest and modern treatment make
money on them.
Some description Of their way of doing
business was given to the Tribune re-
porter by Mrs. Elmer Black, well known
here and abroad through her efforts as d.
rector Of the educational and propaganda
work of the American Peace and Arbi-
tration League. and who is becoming
known as an authority on municipal mar
kets. She is now a member Of the adj
yisory board Of the Terminal Market Com
mission.
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NEW YORK MAY LEARN.

And although our conditions in Amer
lea, and New York in particular. may be
different from those of other countries
and cities in many respects. we will not.
II we are wise, scorn TO learn from them
such methods as will result in our bet
tern ent.
Some enthusiasts may say that Amer
lea has nothing TO learn from Europe.
concede that the bracing atmosphere OF
cur great country has enabled us TO forge
ahead Of the older nations in numerous
directions But / have endeavored TO
look about me without prejudice or chau-
vinism in my tours abroad, and | have
come to the conclusion that the cities OF
Europe can teach us much about market
ing foods and municipal control OF mar
kets. They all make money at it, wheie
New York loses. and / think IT is be-
cause they are far more modern in that
one respect They have great sanitary
buildings and facilities. while we use our
ramshacke buildings and methods of dis
tribution that were outgrown nifty years
ago.
Since / have been back and talking
with my friends about municipal terminal
markets | find that many Of them haven
the slightest idea Of what terminal mar
ket means; and some Of them THINK II
. means that the city goes into the selling
business in competition with private con-
Germs. But that isn't ii at all. As they
are run abroad. and as ! can see no CD
lection TO having them run in America
municipal terminal market means a
in
cessibIe location in the city. with small
retail section attached. along with rail-
road side tracks and cold storage accom-
mediation The middlemen Will be aoie
TO rent stands at reasonable rates. the
growers will be provided with an efficient
adequate and clearly clearing house Tor
the display and sale OF their produce ana
the purchasers will have depot whefe
they can come into closer contact WIN
The growers. The city Will own the puiiu-
ing and act as landlord. Such an ar
,angement would also greatly facilitate
the inspection Of food.
'I spent a whole day In the laDorato-
ries Of the Munich market, Where iorce
Of 600 Investigators is at work Keepihs
out all impure or damaged food. Ihey
examine all parts Of carcass lot iocaI
cattle diseases, and they have dlscoVereu
all kinds of things that make meat uh-
eatable Of which we have no conception
over here They are very thorough-the
Germans.
.The more / consider this question
concluded Mrs. Black the more remark
able il seems to me that the great pubic
of the city has been so slow to grasp the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

destructor to be reduced by steam press
ure and rolled to a powder which Is dis
posed of as an agricultural fertilizer.
On these central meat markets there is
a profit of about 10000.
The corporation also controls great
live cattle market at Islington. covering
seyenty-lve acres. over 2.O0COO has
been spent on this market and the mod
ern slaughter houses attached thereto.
These slaughter houses are not regarded
az a remunerative concern. but are pro-
yided because they AFFORD hysienic meth
DDS. and private slaughter houses In Lon
don are decreasing rapidly. Last year
a. $40 cattle, l01 ,646 sheep. II, 722 calves and
"a. ss1 swine were slaughtered there the
charges being 36 cents head for cattle,
cents for sheep, cents for calves and Il
cents for hogs Mainly on account OF the
extensions and improvements. this mar
ket Ia not being run at a profit at present,
but its public utility is held to justify the
outlay Nor does the Deptford cattle mar
ket. OF thirty acres, maintained on the
banks of the Thames to deal with live cattle
imported from abroad. pay its way. Bu'
there has been a serious decline in i'm
ported stock in late years, especially IRON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

importance of the food markets TO the
wellbeing of the community"
From Mrs. Blacks pamphlet on mar
kets, published last week. the following
statistics may prove interesting:
London's markets do not afford the un-
broken example OF municipal control that
they would if new system were TO be
created at the present day. Precedent
looms large in British administration.
and even now there are only two ways or
establishing a markedly Parliamentary
authority and royal charter. King Henry
II covenanted by charter with the city
of London not to grant permission 10
any one else TO set up market within
a radius Of seven miles Of the GuildhaIl
and this privilege was subsequently CON
firmed by a charter granted by EDWARD
III In 1896 But Of late years the city
corporation has waived its rights and al
lowed markets to be established In va
rious districts wherever real necessity
has been shown to exist. In fact the
markets OF London have grown with the
city, keeping pace with its requirements
There remains, however, the fact that
certain corporation markets and Covent
Garden market serve as great wholesale
terminals. connected more or less unofi-
cially with the numerous local markets
in the outlying districts.
Chief among the corporation markets is
Smthheld, covering about eight acres
and costing altogether sl,9i0,Oo. There are
TO be found wholesale meat, poultry and
provision markets. with sections for the
sale. wholesale and retail, OF vegetables
and fish. In the last twenty years the
development of cold storage processes has
lowered the quantity OF home killed meat
and remarkably increased the importation
Of refrigerated supplies. Last year the
wholesale market disposed Of 1878 tons
of meat, of which ~ per cent came from
overseas.
Ten years ago the United States sup
piled 81 per cent of the Smithheld meat
but now these supplies have fallen of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
NEcLEcTlNG FOOD PROBLEM.

we spend millions Of dollars for our
subways, our libraries and our art
museums in New York" said Mrs. Black,
"but the city hasn't spent a cent in years
10 helm solve its tremendous problem OF
food distribution. And what is or more
elementary importance than fresh, nour-
ishing food at readable prices"'
Last fall Mrs. Black spent many strenu-
Gus weeks visiting the big municipal mar
kets Of Europe and gathering informa-
lion about their internal workings from
the MAYORS Of the various cities. Much
Of this information she published last
week in a thirty-two-page illustrated
pamphlet.
1T was from the humanitarian point
Of view that | began 10 study the mat
ter seriously" she said, for ! foresa"
grave danger to our national welfare I'M
less we set ourselves 10 discover a solu-
ton Of the housewives problem OF balanc-
ing income with expenditure.
Il had 10 go abroad last fall to attend
peace conference in Geneva, and
seized the opportunity Of making a real
ly scientific acquaintance with European
Nets Sttultu on ih'S'HfNN~
spoke five languages. and we went 1or''i
TO learn how practically every city on the
Continent makes money from its markets
and TO get points that might show Ne"
York how TO do the same thing
1T meant a long succession OF carry
morning risings. for the markets are most
active at and o'clock, and sometimes
it meant a small army of guides ana
guards. for the marketmen aren the
most civil people in the world ana III
Paris the favorite haunts Of the Apaches
are near the Halles Centrales.
The nearest approach to an adventure
that Mrs Black had. in spite OF the
thousands Of possibilities of them was
when the tail of a shark that was eeihs
carried into Bilingsgate fish market
nearly knocked off her hat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
GENERATING ENTHUSIASM.

II found myself getting more enthusl-
astic with every market / visited she
said New points of view kept appear
ing from the purely humanitarian l
was led 10 the economic, and so on. All
the market authorities and the mayors Oh
the cities were as courteous as possible
When they were quite sure l wasn't
spy aud was simply looking for heIpi1i
suggestions they furnished me win
guides and conveyanees, and made the
gathering OF information just as pleas
ant and as easy as possible for me.
The only mistake / made-and that
Was at the very beginning-was TO send
my photographer TO one of the markets
10 get pictures without first asking ire
Permission OF the authorities. lie hal
Just set up the tripod and was FOCUSING
the camera when they arrested him. But
got him freed, and always remembered
70 ask for permission after that.
The difference between some of 'hcse
superb buildings and our ramshackie'
naphazard market facilities In New YORK
- overwhelming and appalling. Before j
left to study the markets 1 made tour
OF the New York markets. and saw the
produce come in TO the piers at nigh'
ana the frightful congestion on Wes'
street ] also saw the pier where the
Iruit auctions are conducted, and i can
mink OF no greater contrast between tha'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

I fish. OF which l.oN5 were water horne
and 1852 land borne. The city profited TO
the extent OF over $40. 900 on this fish trade.
On the wholesale and retail meat, fruit.
vegetable and fish market at Leadenhall
there is also a profit Of over 5000.
| On the entire municipal market enter
prises of the city there is profit OF
/ $4,000 The markets are regarded with
especial interest by the corporation, and
the committee which regulates them is
considered one of the most important in
the whole administration of the city. In
order TO keep abreast OF the times most
of the profit is expended on improvements
and extensions.
Covent Garden. London's great fruit.
flower and vegetable market, is owned by
the Duke of Bedford. whose family has
held it for hundreds Of years. In the last
century it has spent $4,000 on extensions
and improvements. OF the present mod
| ern buildings, the fruit nall cost $4,000
and the flower building $4,000
Paris has one of the most sklfully or
ganized municipal market systems In
Europe. The chief food distribution CEN
tire for the three million Partisan is cs-
tablished at the Halles Centrales, a series
! Of ten paviions. covering twenty-five
acres of ground and intervening streets.
! Altogether. this great terminal market
has cost the city more than 100000.
| Most of the pavilons are entirely for
| the wholesale trade. but some are used
as retail markets to a limited extent Re-
| tail traders are being decreased gradu-
| ally, so that whereas in 1894 there were
| LIZA retail stands. there are now only So
The total receipts OF the Halles Gen.
trales and thirty local markets amount to
s. 100 OOO of which about 100000 is profit
There is general advance in the whole
| sale trade but the local covered markets.
| or merches de quarter, are not progress
| ing In the same way, SO the city does
not quite maintain steady level Of
market profit.
| Vienna, with 10000 people to supply,
| has magniicently managed system OF
forty-five markets, seven of which are 10
Gated In large. well ventilated halls. all
kept spotlessly clean.
| Market commissioners appointed by the
municipality conduct the business Of the
markets according to strict regulations.
enforcing rigid inspection Of all prod
ucts as we'll as weights and measures.
Violations Of these rules are punishable
| by fines of about 81. Imprisonment for
twenty-four hours or exclusion from the
markets. Such penalties are enforced
when buyers are defrauded or dealers OPP
pose the market authority or exceed the
charges that are posted in the market
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Mr. Elmer BIock,

enormously. and the last report Of thee
markets committee says: THE United
States. In particular for domestic needs
is within measurable distance OF becom-
Ing a competitor with England for the
output OF South America" South America
and Australasia are indeed the chief pro-
ducers to-day for the British market.
This has developed a great cold storage
business in London. All told London can
accommodate 3.032 eO carcasses OF mutton
reckoning each carcass at thirty-sN
pounds. over Il per cent OF England
imported meat passes through Smithheld'
and railroad access is arranged TO the
heart OF the market. The Great North
ern Railway Company has lease from
the corporation on 10000 feet OF basement
works under the meat market, with ny
draulic lifts to the level Of the market
hall and inclined rosdways FOR vehicular
traffic.
Most Of the tenants at Smlthhcld are
commission statesmen, who pay weekly
rents for their shops and stall at space
rates. all the fittings being supplied Last
wear these rents brought IN S2l92O There
is "A toll Of "A farthing on every twenty-one
pounds OF meat sold which together with
cold storage. weighing and other charges
amounted in the same period To S4!,651
The meat sales are entirely wholesale
except on Saturday afternoons. when
there is a retail peoples market" where
thousands OF tho very poor buy cheap
joints.
The inspection is very strict every pre-
caution is taken To insure cleanliness and
breaches Of the regulations are punished
by fines or imprisonment. All condemned
carcasscs are sent To patent POdewiU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

, and the great marble coiumned hall they
ushered me into at Hamburg. Why
said. this looks more like a New York
bank than any produce auction hall ever
saw But, sure enough. in came the auc-
tioneer and proceeded to sell the fruit.
"One OF the most interesting markets
was the beautiful new one at Munich.
where they have bathrooms for the butch
ers-who are required to use them, too.
And the huge market in Paris. the Halles
Centrales. is wonderfully managed. II
clears the city $4,000 a year. while
the New York market shows an annual
deficit Of $50 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

Mrs. Elmer Black Studied the Food Distribution Centres Of
Old World Cities in the Wee Sma' Hours Of Many
Morning and Found Efficiency, Facilities and Mu-
nciipal Supervision in Some Places from
Which, She Thinks, Lesson Might
Be Drawn in the Interest Of
Consumers Over Here.