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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

the other prisoners had told him soon
after he was brought to the jail.
Take my tip. lad. cracking cribs
the only thing worth while. Why. all
you've got to do Is to walk in after
the lights are out, take your pick. and
walk out again. But say, don't carry
a gun. for that don't pay. Just trust
to your legs II you have to get away
quick"
Graves felt in his pockets. At
the bottom of one, hitherto overlooked
by him, was q dime. Graves knew
where he could get all the whisky no
wanted for a dime-if he chose the
time when the bartender was not
looking his way. He went there.
Graves tossed OF the fiery liquid.
set down the glass. and went out.
New Years eve! He had not thought
of that. This was the evening for
making good resolutions. The record
ing angel-was writing the title at the
head of new page of life. What
record would his page show this time
next year?
He walked the streets until his head
swan from the liquor. 1t was very
dark and the rain fell steadily. Graves
was wet to the skin. He walked an
Unreasonable time. until at last. look
ing up, he saw house.
A flame of anger burned In his
heart, hotter than the fire in his brains.
Good resolutions! What were they
for such as he? They were for the
rich, for those who could AFFORD to
keep the laws! He was no fool to be
bound by such a code.
He crept up the garden, felt lower
window, and found that he could raise
it. A minute later he was cropping in
side dining room.
Cautiously he struck and lit a
match. Then he gasped in astonish-
ment. For on the buffet, carelessly
laid out, was a galaxy of silver plate.
That central piece-that fat tray,
which he could put under his coat
and walk away with. must be worth
a couple of hundred dollars alone!
He would take 1t on his way out. He
opened the door and~crept upstairs.
There were two rooms at the head
of the FIRST flight. The door of one
was closed; the second door was open.
and inside, by the light of the lowered
gas jet, Graves could see table
strewn with rings. He crept in and
stood staring at them. There were
nearly dozen of them-diamend.
pearl, sapphire. cats eye. flashing
emeralds and rubies. Itswas the dress
ing table of some wealthy woman
who.
There was somebody in the bed!
An old, white-haired woman who lay
there, hardly breathing. fiat, with
white hands picking at the bed covers!
Graves snatched up handful of the
baubles and turned. Suddenly two
powerful arms caught him as in a wise
and he looked up into the face of the
middle-aged man.
Come outside, you-you dog!"
whispered the other. Caught in the
act, you dirty sneak-thief! Let me
look at your face! So you would rob
dying woman, would your I'm 60
ing to strip the hide on you before
call the police"
II didn't know." Graves babbisd.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
Found q Flaw.

NLittle Pierre had been taken to the
seaside and expressed himself on his
return as disappointed with the ocean.
What's the matter with the sea-
asked his surprised father. Isn't 1t
big enough, my boy?"
"Yes-but it has only one shore"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
All Fish to the Net.

Catch anything while you were
away on your vacatiOn?"
Sure did. 1t weighed 2S pounds.
You catch mything?"
"Uh-huh. told you l would. She
weighs 100 and her dads worth half
OF a street railway company. an cleo
trio lighting plant and two brewer
ies."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
Two Men Killed In Train Crash.

Cheyenne.-Two men were killed
when Union Pacific train No. 8. the
eastbound Los Angeles Limited, was
struck by freight train No. 255, west
bound. at Black Buttes, 25S miles west
of Cheyenne. The accident delayed
traffic for twelve hours. The dead: F.
C. Cress. Omaha, electrician of the linn
tied; T. T. Moore, Rawlins. fireman
of the freight.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
Iowa Congressman Near Death.

Clinton, lathe condition of Rep
resentative irwin s. Pepper Of the Sec
ond Iowa district. who has been Ill.
here. became SO critical that an op-
Grafton was performed in the hope OF
saving his life. Little hope Is ex-
pressed for his recovery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
Five Hundred Perish In Lava.

Sydney, N 8. W.-Incoming steam
ers bring terrible details of the recent
volcanic eruptions on the island Of
Ambrim. In the New Hebrides group
in whieA 500 natives lost their Hives
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
sENAToR THOMAS WILL BRING
UP MEASURE IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
ALASKA RAILROAD BILL
HAS FIRST CALL IN SENATE AZ
TER CURRENCY MEASURE
is DISPOSED OF.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Dec. 22.-Early action
In the Senate on the proposed consti-
tutional amendment to enfranchise
women is expected by the senators
who favor the proposal. and woman
suffragist leaders at headquarters of
the Nationa. American Women's Suf-
frage Association.
Senator Thomas of Colorado, chair
nan of the committee in charge of
he proposed amendment, expects to
bring it up as soon as Congress set
ties down to work after the Christ
mas holidays. The senators who IA
vor it say its earlier consideration has
been prevented only by the pressure
for passage of the administration cur
rency bill.
One other legislative subject-the
Alaska railroad bill-has first demand
ON the Senates time when it gets
down TO business again and it is the
plan to have it share attention with
the woman's suffrage amendment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

A simple remedy against coughs and all
throat irritations are Deans Mentholated
Cough Drops-5c at all good Druggists.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

Ten smile. for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful clear white
clothes. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

Be happy. Ure Red Gross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All Rrocers. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

Good heavens! He's announcing
that he has on exhibition the only
three-legged chicken in existence"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
simnle Method.

"How do you tell mushrooms from
toad-stools?"
81 wait till next morning. II I'm
here they were mushoms. If Pm in
heaven they were -toad-stools."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

Lindsey Weds Miss Brevoort.
Chicago-Judge Ben B. Lindsey of
Denver and Miss Henrietta Brevoort
of Detroit. Mich, were married at the
Auditorium hotel.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

Suits Him, All Right.
Mrs Enright-She says small
checks will be in fashion for new fall
suits.
Mr.. Enright-Thank heaven!-Puck.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

Mrs. .winslow's Soothing Syrup for Childrea
teethng, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
tion. .allays pain, cures wind olfc sc bottleA1
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
its Kind.

its Kind.
'Here is brilliant essay on appen-
-dIcffja - -
81 suppose 1T is illustrated with
cuts.''-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
His Mesa oe.

That man has a look OF profound
wisdom. I'm anxious to hear what he
has to say"
..Well2"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
Currency M...ur. in Conference.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The task OF
settling the differences between the
House of Representatives and the
Senate in the administration currency
bill was taken up in earnest Saturday
by the Democrats of the conference
committee of the two houses, headed
by Senator Owen and Representative
Glass.
The Republicans Of the committee
did not attend.
No one would predict when an
agreement would be reached, and
Representative Glass flatly declared
that the differences were serious and
NO immediate agreement was looked
for.
The amendments indorsed by the
House were those providing that six
months commercial paper shall be
eligible for re-discount at the federal
banks instead of three months paper
only, as originally provided by the
House bill, and giving national banks
the right to make loans on five-year
farm mortgages up to one-third Of the
time deposits.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25
Not the Kline

Not the Kind.
"Mr. Jones put down his foot on his
daughter Mabel's engagement to Billy"
"But not with the stamp of ap-
prevail"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-12-25

A Good One.
IT just pulled pretty good onss
said the first cop.
What dye mean?"
"Oh, / arrested that minister"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

in untangllng herself from official red tape at the
Marseles station
Nine hours were lost over a baggage con-
troversy, during which time she was shunted
from one dignihed uniform and decorated func-
tionary to another until she had missed two
trains, not to mention luncheon, dinner and
several hours of sleep.
''Mademoiselle" said the first Official ap-
preached, with air of deeply offended dignity,
Il am Director of the Permanent Way. What
should do with peoples baggage?"
The Director of Baggage should be somewhere
about At last she thought she had him. The
functionary stared at her.
Baggage, Mademoiselle? l have the honor
to inform you that l am Director of Water
Tanks. About baggage, go over there"
Mile Yetta went over there" found another
decorated member of the French Government
and demanded surcease from baggage troubles.
"Mademoiselle," said he, twisting his nous
tache, 81 am Director of Semaprore Signals.
You should go to No la and ask for the Direc
tor of Baggage
She had already missed one train. Another
departed in an hour, She hurried to NO, la"
and accosted the Government official enthroned
within, who seemed annoyed:
''Mademoselle" he said, you are addressing
the Director OF Oil Cans and Cotton Waste. You
should see the Director of Baggage"
The dancer was now nearly hysterical She
replied: THE Director of Semaphores directed
me to the Director of Baggage in this office.
demand to see him ! have missed one train
already-it is an outraged"
"Ah," said the Director Of OIL Cans and Cotton
Waste, imperturably, but the Director of Bag
gage has gone to his dinner"
WELL then, his assistant
THE assistant of the Director OF Baggage has
no authority, Mademoiselle"
"Oh, oh! quel audace! Well when will the
Director of Baggage return from his dinner?"
The Director of Oil Cans and Cotton Waste
drew himself up proudly, "Mademoiselle the
Director of Baggage is an esteemed official of
the French Government. His right to his dinner
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

is not TO be questioned Doubtless he will return
when his appetite is satisfied"
Mile. Yetta missed the next train When the
Director Of Baggage had returned from his din.
ner he gave her his most courteous attention.
Having written and stamped several orders,
which he dispatched 20 several different offices
by dignified uniformed messengers the baggage
ENHANCEMENT was Strengthened out in time for
Mile. Yetta to take-the wrong train! one that
stopped at every way station between Marseilles
and Paris, and was several times sidetracked
while the dignified train crew ate its dinner
1t goes without saying that Mile. Yetta's
cartoon hitting off the Government railway
including a headon collision of toy trains, with
headless and legless passengers strewing the
landscape-made a sensation. But as she was
at that time supposed to be a native French
woman, neither the President, the Prime Minis
ter nor the Chamber of Deputies took any official
notice of it.
When Mile. Yetta's cartoon appeared apropos
of the theft of Mona Lisa" from the Louvre, the
authorities in charge of the great National Art
Gallery were already bringing beneath official
criticism This side-splitting cartoon was
masterpiece of ridicule. 1t pictured lady visitor
confronting a Louvre walLspace covered with
priceless masterpieces. She recognizes a cele-
brated painter and asks
Tell me, Master, where is your picture hung?"
Whereat the celebrated painter draws large
pistol which he fires point blank at an undraped
painted lady, remarking indifferently: Here,
Madame"
The inference was, of course that anybody
could do anything they pleased in the Louvre or
to its art treasures This caused the aggrieved
authorities to look up Mile Yettas antecedents
While they were going about this she perpe-
trated bit of caricature that was like trampling
on the very toes Of the republican La Belle
France. II was take-off on the restoration of
the venerated guillotine as a lesson to Apaches
convicted of murder. The Socialists and their
sympathizers had kept the guillotine out of
commission for long time, on the ground that
Its origin sayored too strongly of royalty to make
its use appropriate under a republic Now,
although the French among themselves refer to
the guillotine "The Joyful Widow" it is really
an object of generation, and no outsider may
laugh at it.
Mile. Yettas representation of the return of
''The Joyful Widow" with the word Welcome"
displayed beneath the smiling, fulLmoon face of
the widowed lady, with pennants and Chinese
lantern decorations, and a bottle of champagne
resting in the basket placed for the victims
head was unforgivable. At that moment proof
was furnished that she was not French, but an
Italian Bing!
And so Mile Yetta has to leave Paris, or con-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

TINE value of tobacco to man has recently been
under examination by DR.. A. Debove, of the
medical faculty of the University Of Paris. DR..
Debove has been carrying on an interesting series OF
experiments the poisonous effects of the overuse Of
various food stus His researches into the eects OF
tobacco upon its taken in CONJUNCTION with
this work.
DR. Debove says:
Almost all food contains poisonous principles All
food will poison if it is taken in Potatoes are
almost as rich in poison is tobacco so are beans
But eaten in proper quantities beans and potatoes
are not only harmful but useful The very pois-
ons that are in them assist certain bodily functions
Under certain conditions small quantities of active
nelson's will be of the greatest benefit to man. while
even normal quantities of food will be harmful.
with medicines there is medicinal dose and
toxic does likewise with foods, there is an aIment-
airy dose and a toxic dose.
"Poisons have their uses. The germs of certain
diseases are killed by the same poisons which kill
man. But if this poison can be attenuated to a de-
gree which while it will still be fatal to the germ,
will not be fatal to man, have curative agent
"The use of tobacco is harmful only under certain
conditions Just as food is. Under other conditions
it is certainly valuable tonic and antiseptic
Medicine employs it for various purposes; the
veterinarian considers decoctiOn of it as able to
cure several skin affections of animals; agriculture
uzes the juice destroy the parasites that ravage
@0ur researches and the independent researches
of Tassnarf and Moisch prove that its antisepc &C
vertebrates but also on the lower organisms. To-
bacco smoke will retard. and even sometimes stop,
the development of certain pathogenic bacteria In
all these cases tobacco smoke appears to act on
microorganisms in the manner of an anesthetic; it
behaves precisely like the vapor of ether or choro
form.
"The imperious necessity felt by smokers to sat
isfy their passion after eating may be physologicaY
explained by the exctation of the saivary glands,
whose secretions, useful in digestion the smoke
augments Cavalaro shows also that it sterizes the
saliva and this is important in view of possible In
lection from the foods themselves.
81 consider it extremely doubtful whether smoking
ever causes cancer of the mouth 1t merely, think.
determines the location of the disease which other"
wise would have broken out somewhere else.
ut is a curious conclusion from the experiments
that few women need tobacco While the proportion
of men whose salivary secretons stimulated and
sterilized by smoking large, the proportion or
women was very small. Even in women who have
been habitual smokers for years the action OF the
weed less marked. almost negligible. why tnlA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
Paris, March 4.


TTHE whiskers OF Monsieur lie President are
bristling with Indignation. Monsieur lie
Prime Minister goes about showing his
teeth, which radiate outraged patriotism back as
far as the bicuspeds Messieurs les Deputies
circulate everywhere, waving their arms and
king everybody:
g 1t that it has come to this, that that dear
ice no longer shall be respected
elias! It is that one cannot conceive all the
of such infamy La belle France has been
Hatured. That dear guillotine has been held
Eo ridicule IN published cartoons. The
FIRE. and the pictures on it's walls. and the
red veterans who would guard them with
/ II life's blood-r-if some one did not steal
frst-are pictured to the style ridiculous.
lGovernment railroad whose locomotives
Hears have naturally the same leisurely
lbs which distinguish the dignihed Govern
engineers. fremen. baggage director and
sommissioner who oils the wheels, is desc
lFi in those cartoons most horrible.
HI ha! but 1t is that dear France shall be
N ed
II. p making fun of uS-Or leave Pars!"
III ID patriei The honor Of France is once
eonvalescent The whiskers outraged of
President and the indignant teeth of NJ
me Minister have spoken. Mile. Yetta
!. !. !.
III. who dances in European theatres as
lite danced on Olympus at the wedding OF
H ID Psyche-though a trife more modestly
will have to abandon her sister art of
ring the French, or do her dancing and
baking in other climes.
IS Mile Yetta has done this enormity-
to ridicue the fair hand that fed her,
pair hand of that dear France. The enormity
of the deed lies in the fact that she is an Italian
by birth. If native Frenchmen wish to indulge
in merry conceits about each other, and their
country, that is all right-it is all in the family
and no harm done But for an outsider to go
cunning for the funny people and customs and
hings France is so full of, is not permitted
The laws governing that sort of game stare
him in the face-and it's "the closed season."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

twolve months in
the year
The first inspira.
tiol for Mile. Yet
ta's pencil arrived
win her attempt
20 travel expedite
ously from Marsell-
les to Paris over
the line owned and
operated by the
Fren C h Govern
ment. She was two
days and two nights
on the journey, In
Guiding time spent
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

fine her industry hereafter to dancing a la
Aphrodite on Olympus.
OF course. other caricatures are invoked
to her condemnation. She showed, for instance,
the absurdity of the French law which permits
a murderer to go free if it is proved that he
commits the crime while in a paroxysm of pas
sion. That is the crime passional'-f you
want to get rid of your wife, cut her all to pieces
while being sure that there witnesses to
testify to your roars of uncomfortable rage
But outsiders mustn't laugh about these funny
French customs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

woman, neither the
President, the Prime
Minister nor the Cham
Der of Deputies took
any official notice Of
it."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

Her Satirical Cartoon Criticizing
the Reckless Guardianship of Arr
Treasure in the Louvre After the
Theft of 'Mona Lisa"
"Where does one find
your chef d'Oeuvre, Dear
Master?" asks the lady.
THERE replies the
great painter, firing his
pistol at the painted sleep
ing beauty.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
Is Tobacco No More Dangerous
Than Beans and Potatoes!

THE value of tobacco to has recently been
under examination by DR.. A. Debove, of the
medical faculty of the University of Paris DR..
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-01-08
Sunday School Notes
Side Lights on Next Sundays Lesson
for Teachers and Pupils.
Edited by Charles K. Meyers

Man the Crown of Creation--Gen
1. 26, q; 2. 4-25.
Last week we considered the won.
derful power of God in creating heav.
en-, the earth, the solar system and
animal and vegetable life. With our
lesson this week we are told as to the
bringing into existence of man and
woman, which can be we'll said to be
the browning act of creation. This
would have been, indeed, lonesome
world without man and woman to
beautify and create all Of which we
now consider as a product Of our pres
ent civilization.
The bible record tells us that God
created man in his own image out OF
the dust of the ground, and then
breathed into his nOstrils the breath
of life, and he became living soul.
This Giving SOUP is the most import
ant thing of all. The possession of
this soul is that which makes different
man from other animals. 1t is this,
the mortal soul, that it is our business
to properly care for, so that it will be
entitled to everlasting life after the
body of dust has returned to the
source from which it sprang.
Many of us have heard heavy deser-
tatiOns on the evolution of man, and
the theory has been advanced that he
is a descendant of lower animals prev
iously in existence. While there can
be little doubt that lower forms of
life came first in the animal creation,
there is nothing to show that lower
form of animal life has ever pro-
crossed or evoluted to higher. That
the brain and general outline of the
body of certain apes are somewhat
similar to that of man does not by any
means prove that man, with his i'm
mortal soul is in any way connected
by descent from the apes to which he
has some bodily resemblance. 1t is
said that the brain of a certain ape
is so near like that of man that to
look upon them even the scientist can
not state positively which is which,
but the brain of the ape at no time
gave him the intelligence of man, and
there ever was that vital difference
between the brain which had the liv-
ing soul in it, and that which did not.
The bible record tells us that on the
creation OF man that he was placed
in garden wherein grew many trees
good for fruit and of decided beauty.
1t is also told of a certain tree which
was called "of knowledge OF good and
evil" and that of the fruit of this tree
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-01-08
JACKSON ITEMS.
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Frank Dozark bought several head
of cattle from VIM. Dettbarn Tues
day.
Friends and relatives gathered at
the M. Schupiter home Monday even
ing to spend few pleasant hours
with them. Mr.. and Mrs. Schupiter
will move to Vail in the near future,
retiring from the farm.
VIM. Kock and brothers spent New
Years with his brother, Henry, south
of West Side.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve JAMS spent New
Years at the Julius JAMS home.
Herman Book spent few days with
his friend, S. w. Calderwood.
Born, tc Mr. and Mrs. Hannes Thies
daughter, Monday, December Both.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Brock
sen, on New Years morning, a daugh-
ter
VIM. Dettbarn went to Lanesboro
Thursday to spend few days with MS
sister, Mrs. VIM. Kock.
VIM. Pacholke has moved to the
Fred Behneman farm east of West
Side. His sister, Ella, is keeping
house for him.
H. J. Buck, John Clausen and Geo
Brotharson shipped cattle to Chicago
Saturday.
At the spelling contest in Jackson
township the. following won First
Louie Rickers; second, Emil Dettbarr
and third Hilda Rickers.
John Anton was hauling several
hundred bushels of barley to Wes1
Side Saturday
john Kock and son, Rudolph, ant
Louie Rickers were Denison passen
gers Saturday morning.
Herman Herman was West Side
caller Saturday.
Born, 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie:
O'Donncll, Sunday morning, January
5th, daughter.
Hugo Dcttbarn attended the dance
at Herring Saturday evening.
Miss Mary Foley, of Vail, is staylns
with her sister. Mrs. Chas. ODonnell
VIM Kealy is still quite weak. III
is still at the hospital at Omaha
He has had more than his share o
sickness the past year. His man.
friends in Jackson hope to see hin
we'll again soon.