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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14
MISTAKE THAT IS GENERAL
ing Difficulties Instead Of Per
forming Allotted Task.

When a hard thing Is to be done me
natural inclination OF most OF us ls 70
allow ourselves TO think on the effort
necessary to do Il. instead OF going
ahead. and doing H.
And here we make one Of the most
common mistakes IN our lives.
When one is confronted by severe
task OF duty which seems almost be
yond ones powers, II is fatal TO pause
20 consider its difficulties
Never mind how hard II may seem.
nothing can be tolerated Ia the mind
except the consideration OF ways OF
accomplishing Il
The secret OF accomplishment lies
IN the answer OF the urcbin who was
asked II be thought he would get the
woodchuck for which he was ener-
setically digging Get him. Why
man, I've got to get him; the minis
ter's coming 10 dinner and there amt
no meat in the house,"
II IL q wise economy In daily life
10 train the mind 10 take the attitude
or determination Ia the beginning; 70
DO deaf 10 the self which Insists upon
dwelling upon difficulties. and at once
70 bring into action the self that IL
determined 10 succeed
Most persons have had the expert
ence OF looking back over an accom-
piished task with amused surprise at
the exaggerated Idea they entertained
OF Il beforehand DO the thing first
and consider It's difficulty afterward.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14
NEW USE FOR SAND GLASS
aermsn Surgeons, Before Operation,
Must Wash Their Hands Until the
Grains Have All Fallen.

The whistling egg boiler and Other
patent inventions have threatened the
existence of the old-fashioned sand
glass as part of the kitchen parapher.
MALTA, and it seemed likely that the
| children OF later generation would
be quite lgnorant Of the use Of what,
with the scythe. 30 often stands as the
symbol OF time.
A German surgeon. like many Ger
mana a strong disciplinarian, has,
however, found d new use for the sand
glass. and under his directions one OF
the larger Berlin hospitals has just
placed an order for score of sand
glasses, which. however. are not timed
for the boiling of an egg, but for
rather longer-for FIVE minutes
It was discovered that some of the
younger surg-,sAg we're rather easy
going in the u %tter OF cleansing their
hands before operations The regula-
lions prescribe four processes OF five
minutes each, but rarely were the
times kept with any approach to ac-
curacy
The excuse was that IL was difficult
TO estimate the time without clock
Others pleaded the difficulty of keep
ing count OF when they began and
then reckoning minute by minute
with only a small watch 10 SO by. The
sand glasses, however, are to put an
end 20 this. Each washstand basin is
to have its sand glass.
For FIVE minutes the surgeon Washes
bis hands with soap and warm water
and then cleans his finger nails. An
other turn of the sand glass. and five
minutes more Of hand washing with
soap and warm water is to follow.
The third turn keeps time for a third
wash, this time in alcohol, and the
fourth is for the process Of sterilization
with wash of corrosive subllmate.
Over all these operations the sand
glass stands as arbiter to decide when
each has been thoroughly carried out
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14
PECULIAR CHARM OF FRANCE
More Restful Than Other Countries,
ls the Reason Given by Dis
tinquished Writers.

1t Is impossible for anyone who
knows France. and has felt the charm
OF the country and its people-and
who has MOTTO approach French
problems In a severely critical spirit.
The beautiful cities. the broad
stretches OF wonderful Corot land
scape threaded by marvellous roads.
form the playground Of travellers from
other lands. No matter what Is
sought. there 1t can be found The
gay life OF the streets, the opportunity
for The spending of money for beauti-
full things. the charm OF art and mu-
sic. are offered to the guest of Paris.
Those who seek the quiet and freedom
OF plain or forest have not far to go,
and thousand places. each seeming
more attractive than the other. make
their appeal for longer stay than
the visitor can afford.
The greatness OF France is OF so re-
cent date that one forgets it is not
more distant The whole country
gives the impression of quiet back
water where one can put In for rest
and enjoyment. and without discom-
fort watch the turgid stream of life In
other lands as it rushes by. No other
country suggests this feeling In such
compelling way; yet In these push
ing times of modern material prog
gress II is all counted as against her
success in the international struggle
for the trade OF the world that prize
which costs annually more blood and
money than did the final political dis
memberment of Europe. Dav.
export Whelpley In the Century.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14
QentIeman Farmer.

The farmer who once welcomed the
lightning rod operator as a friend Of
mankind Is moving to town now, and
languidly supervising the filling Of his
acres from an automobile One OF
these yicarlous husbandmen. estab-
lished in an Indiana county seat.
found II difficult to employ his newly
acquired leisure The automobile
had not proved itself toy OF unal
Logged delight and the feet that had
followed unwearied the hayrake and
pillow faltered upon the treads OF the
mechanical plano He began to alter
nate motor flights with more dellber
ate drives behind a handsome team OF
blacks. The eyes OF the town under
tsker fell In mortal envy upon that
team and he sought TO buy It. The
tired husbandman felt that here, in
deed. was an opportunity to find light
gentlemanly occupation. while at the
same time enjoying the felicities of
urban life. so he consented TO the use
OF his horses. but with the distinct
understanding that he should be per
mitted to drive the hearse.- Meredith
Nicholson In the Atlantic
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14
LADY WANTED

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laces and petticosts. All up to date n.
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market Dealing direct with the mills
you viii find our prices low. Profits $40.
80 20 5000 weekly. Samples and full
Instructions packed in neat sample
case shipped express prepaid. No money
required Exclusive territory. Write FOR
particulars. Be first to apply.
Standard Dress Goods Co., Desk $40.
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14

Round Trip tobacco is the smok-
ers best. A whole window full of il
at the Smokehouse.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14

FOR RENT-160 acres irrigated land
near Dietrich on crop or share of the
land basis. 100 arces cleared and
ploughed. 40 acres fenced and in cul-
tivatlon. Give references
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14
Romeo

We guarantee our Rose Cold
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Soc Starrh Drug Store.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14

Century Edition Sheet Music. Pei
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14

MANIFESTATIONS fer hog feed are
wanted at the Gem Meat Market-Adv.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-14

ID. f. hurley
Cen. Pass. Ast.
Salt Lake City
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
CAPITOL Contract slaned.

Jefferson City.-K. F. Gill, repre-
senting the Gill & Sons Construction
company of Cleveland, arrived here
After a brief conference with the cap
itol building commission, the contract
for the erection of the new statehouse
was signed. All of the provisions of
the instrument had previously been
approved by Attorney General Barker
Mr.. Gill will leave here in a day or
two on a trip of inspection of the big
limestone quarrics operating in the
state. He first will visit the quarries
at Carthage and those in Greene coun-
ty. From these he will go to Barry
county and to other points where lime
stone is produced in quantities suffi-
cient for his purpose.
Whatever contracts he may make
for the stone will have to meet the
approval of the commission.
A swarm of representatives of the
various branches of the building
trades awaited Mr.. ellis arrival. Sub
contracts were sought by the appli-
cants. The subcontractors selected by
him will have to be approved by the
commission.
Mr.. Gill will be prepared to submit
q list of subcontractors this week.
Mr.. Gill entertains no doubt of the
ability of his company to put the con-
struction of the capitol through with
in the time limit fixed by the commits
sion. This is July /, 1916. It will be
ready for occupancy on that date, he
said, and Gov. Majors desire to ter
inmate his administration in the new
capitol will be gratified.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
WOMEN STORM CONGRESS
1000 SUFFAGIsTS MAKE CALL
AT THE CAPITOL.
Led by Or. Anna II. Shaw They De.
mand House Standing Committee
by Personal Petition.

Washington. d. C.-The suffrage
convention was suspended while dele
gates moved on the capitol to urge
favorable report by the house rules
committee on a resolution to create a
standing committee on woman suf-
frage in the house.
The scene resembled a charge on a
CITADEL when more than 1000 women
advanced in reglmental formation in
quick-step order and crowded the
hearing room long before the commit.
tee arrived.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president
OF the National American Woman Suf
frage association, led in the presenta'
ton of arguments for a committee
She told the members it was not the
purpose of the speakers to convert
the congressman to suffrage, but to
convince them that the suffrage move
ment was entitled to a house commit
tee, equivalent to a similar one in the
senate.
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper, Helen
Gardner. Miss Jane Adams, Mrs
Desha Breckenridge, Mrs. Mary Beard
| and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait also
pleaded for the committee
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
SUPERINTENDENT EVANS RE.
LEASES FUNDS FOR DISTRICT.
TioN UNDER RECENT LAW.
TEXAS COUNTY LEADS LIST
This Legislation Is Called Missourfs
Greatest Forward Step In the
Last Twenty-Five Years In
the Cause Of Education.

jefferson City.--State Superintend-
ent of Schools w. p. Evans author
lied the release OF funds, under toe
act of the last general assembly pro
viding for state aid for high schools,
amounting TO SS,690.52. Superintend-
ent Evans says his high school in
spectors have visited the schools to
which this money will go and have
certified that they have met the con-
ditions prescribed by the law and are
entitled to the money.
The money released by Superin-
tendent Evans goes to the following
schools.
Bates county-Hume high school,
$3.50.
Benton county-High school of Lin
coin, 5000; high school of Warsaw,
| $500. Total, SLIGO.
Carroll county-Hlgh school Of De
Witt, $34727.
Cass county-High school of Drex'
ell, $500.
Daviess county-High school OF COT
! fey. S340: high school of Pattonsburg,
5000. Total, s940.
Franklin county-High school OF
New Haven. s742.50.
Gentry county-High school OF Nc
Fall, $3.50.
Harrison county-High school OF
Blythedale, $500: high school OF
Eagleville, $500. Total, 5000.
Holt county-High school Of Craig
$3.50
Lafayette county-High school OF
Higginsvi!le, 5000.
Linn county-High school OF Brown
ing, $3.50.
Pettis county-High school OF
Green Ridge, $40.
Sullivan county-High school OF
Green City, $500.
Texas county-High school of coun
ty, s1,25O.75.
Superintendent Evans also certified
to State Auditor John p. Gordon that
he is authorized to disburse at once
$3.50 from the fund for state aid fol
consolidated rural high schools, the
high school inspectors having found
|
go have complied with the conditions
prescribed. The schools that will re
ceive this money are Linn county
Boomer Consolidated District No. 1
$3.50; Usage county. Linn Consoli
dated District No. 1.
State aid for high schools and con
solidated rural high schools was g
part of the school legislation enacted
by the forty-seventh general assem-
bly,.
Superintendent Evans and his as
sistants declare this legislation the
greatest step in progress made by Tho
educational system of Missouri during
the past quarter of century, and say
its effects are already being shown II
marked advancement in school worl
and conditions.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
CULEBRA CUT GENIUS DEAD
ovERWoRK CAUSED DEATH OF
COL. GAILLARD.
His Panama Canal Work Declared to
Be Greatest Engineering Tri-
umph of All Ages.

Baltimore, Md.-Col. David DUB.
Gaillard. one of the chief engineers
of the Panama canal. died at Johns
Hopkins University hospital. Col,
Gaillard had been in a semiconscious
condition for weeks. He suffered from
hardening of the arteries Of the brain,
brought on, it is said, by his work
on the Culebra cut, the digging Of
which was under his direction.
Col Gaillard was born at Wins
boro, s. c., Dec. 4. 1850. He had been
assigned to Panama since November
1906.
Engineers declare that the digging
of the Culebra cut will go into his
tory as one of the greatest engineer
ing triumphs of all ages. When hi
took charge at the beginning of the
work Col Gaillard knew he would
meet many discouragements from
earth slides from the mountain, ant
he met them as they arose. With hi
work virtually completed, after her
| culean labors, he suffered a break
| down and was compelled to return t
| the United States.
/ Col. Gaillard had been slated to b.
continued as a member of the 18th
milan commission in recognition of hi
services, and suffered the keenest dis
appointment when he was unable T.
be present at the opening of tn
Gatun locks, which allowed the water
| from Gatun lake to flow into the Gu
| Zebra cut.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
WOMEN ARE CAUGHT IN RAID
Fashionable Chicago Suburb Residents
Become Hysteriael When Pa
troll Wagons Arrive.

Chicago.-The police raided a pool
room which they alleged is run for
women customers only. Two ar.
rests were made, one woman being
booked as keeper"
The report received at police head
quarters was that the apartment was
crowded with fashionable women Of
Kenwood, Hyde Park and Woodlawn
when the police appeared, and many
of them, after identifying themselves,
were allowed to go.
When patrol wagons appeared the
women became hysterical and begged
that they be allowed to go to their
homes. Some Of them are said to have
tainted when the detectives rushed
into the apartment where the alleged
kets were being taken.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
JURY CONVICTS FIVE WOMEN
Penalty May Be 5000 Fine and
Six Months in Jail.

Waukegan, nl.-Five gray-haired
women OF the village Of Volo, who
rode Mrs. John Richardson on a
rail one night last July because her
name was linked by gossip with that
of her brother.in-law, were found
guilty by a jury.
Each may be fined $500 and sen.
fenced to six months in jail.
The band of militant housewives
was composed Of Mrs Emma Stadheld
who weighs $50 pounds; Mrs. Levina
Raymond, Mrs. Alma Watlan, Mrs
Mary Sabel and Mrs. John Stadfeld
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
GIVES $4,000 TO ROAD FUND
Aged Illinois Millionaire Asks Strip
He Built Be Marked as a
Memorial to Him.

Aurora, nl.-John Stewart, So
years old, multimillionaire of FL.
burn, who desires to have every one
of his grandchildren a millionaire be.
fore he dies and himself to die poor,
has donated $4,000 to the Lincoln
Highway association.
He is now touring Europe and made
the gift known through a letter. He
asks that a marker be placed at each
end of the strip his money will build
as a memorial to him.
The Lincoln highway is a memorial
to the martyred president. 1t is to
reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and will be built of cement.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
TO CURB MISSISSIPPI FLOODS
Delegates From Valley States Appeal
to Congress for Appropriation Set
Out in RansdelI Bill.

Washington, d. C.-The need of a
broad policy and of cooperation be-
tween the federal government and the
states to obtain improved waterways
was the keynote of all the speeches
before the National Rivers and Har.
bors congress. assembled in its tenth
annual session. Representatives from
nearly all parts of the country took
part In the days program. All agreed
that better waterways were needed
to meet and to help increase the grow.
ing commerce of the nation.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
FIFTY PERSONS, MOSTLY NE.
GROES, DIE AT VILLAGE
OF SuNNYSiDE.
100 NARROWED IN DANGER
Moro Than 10000 Homeless Face Cold
Wave and Food Shortase-Eiehty
Refugees Under One Roof;
Fifty in Gin House.

Houston, Tex.-Fifty persons, most
ly negroes, are reported to have been
drowned at Sunnyside, a small town
on the lower Brazos river, according
to long distance telephone message
received here. The message said be-
tween 400 and 500 persons are ma.
rooned on small mound at San
Felipe, and are in great danger. A
special train loaded with motor boats
was dispatched from Houston to res
cue him.
The entire Brazos bottom in Waller
county is flooded number of houses
have floated away and refugees are
clinging to trees and house tops.
Food Shortage Serious.
The task of rescuing inhabitants
along the 40 miles of flooded Brazos
valley was succeeded by the problem
of providing for 1000 or more refu.
gees. Reports from the flooded ter
ritory show that between 700 and 1000
persons are marooned in gin houses
and plantation residences safe from
the flood but in urgent need of food
and clothing,
At Horseshoe Bend, above the roar
ing of the river, could be heard the
singing and praying of more than 80
negroes who were facing peril of
death in rocking gin house on an
island mile and half out.
Fifty in One Residence.
Fifty more refugees were in a gin
house over Koppes bridge. In the
Parker residence were so other flood
victims and similar numbers in vari-
GUS plantation houses along the 40
miles of the valley up to Mumford.
A rapid fall in temperature and a
cutting wind increased the suffering,
especially in the tent colonies along
the river banks. Almost all those
affected were negroes. Three hun.
bred rescued negroes were gathered
at Koppes bridg.
How many negro tenants in the
flooded section were drowned is still
unknown, and until the water recedes
the death roll cannot be estimated
with any degree Of accuracy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
MRS, PANKHURST COLLAPSED
Hunger and Thirst Strike in Exeter
Jail Causes English sufrasette
to Break Down.

Exeter, England.-Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst collapsed in jail here
after "a hours of hunger and
thirst striking. Her condition was
said to be serious. and it was believed
no attempt would be made to remove
her from the prison until she is re-
leased on license.
Relays of militant suffragettes pick
eted Holloway jail continuously, ex.
pecting Mrs. Pankhurst TO be trans.
ferred there secretly, because the Jail
at Exeter is small one and not
equipped for dealing with hunger
strikes and sick prisoners.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
JURY coNVicTs FIVE WOMEN
THAT DROVE PRETTY WIFE
OUT OF VoLo, Ill.
VERDICT DAZED DEFENDANTS
Penalty May Be 5000 Fine and Six
Months in Jail-Plea Of Matron,
10 Years old, That She only
Beat Pan, Wins AcquittaI.

waukegan, Ill.--F'ive gray.haired
women OF the village Of Volo VINO
rode Mrs. John Richardson on a rail
one night last July because her name
was linked by gossip with that OF her
brother-in-law, were found guilty by
. jury.
Each may be fined 5000 and sen
fenced TO six months in jail.
The band of militant housewives
was composed of Mrs. Emma Stad-
field, who weighs $50 pounds; Mrs.
Levina Raymond, Mrs. Alma Watlan,
Mrs. Mary Sabel and Mrs. John Stad-
field.
Mrs. Kate Wagner, ~ years old, the
sixth woman, who started to assist in
carrying Mrs. Richardson outside the
village limits. was freed by the jury
because she returned home before the
victim was given her ride on a rail.
Defendants Dazed at Verdict.
Mrs. Sabel's Go years makes her
the oldest of the convicted five.
The women sat huddled and dazed
In the court room as the verdict was
read. They bore no resemblance to
the angry women, outraged because
they believed a neighbor preferred the
company of another to her crippled
husband, who drew Mrs. Richardson
from her home by a subterfuge, smear
ed her with mud, placed her astride
a weather-beaten scantling, bore her
screaming and fighting to the edge OF
town and dumped her to the road with
a warning never to return.
The jury deliberated an hour, large
ly on the question of freeing Mrs.
Wagner.
Civil Suit for 100000 Pending.
Mrs. Richardson is not vindictive
against her former friends. She is
satisfied with a conviction. and is
agreeable to letting the women of
with a fine. She has a civil suit for
100000 pending against them.
Edward Krepel was also indicted
with the six women. 1t was charged
that, dressed in the garb of woman
he assisted in riding Mrs. Richardson
on a rail. He has disappeared.
After the rail ride Mrs. Richardson
fed 10 the home of relatives in Chi
cago, but returned to Nolo and is liy
ing with her husband, who maintain
she is innocent of wrongdoing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
Kaiser Transfers Garrison.

Donaueschingen, Germany.-Emper-
OF William ordered the transfer Of the
entire garrison at Zabern, Alsace, ow-
ing TO the trouble between the SOL
diers and the residents there. He
also directed that the cOurt-martial
proceedings in connection with the re-
cent Tioting be accelerated.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
Censor Loses Job.

jefferson City-Because Mike Kin
cannon of Joplin. patrolman on the
police force, told the wife of a prom-
nent railroad man to 'go homo and
get some clothes on" when he saw
her on the street wearing a slit skir''
his resignation was demanded by
Chief OF Police ]. H. Myers. COM
plant CT the patrolman's orders to the
woman were filed with the police by
the woman's husband.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
Packer elames Retailer.

Omaha, Neb.-If the consumer who
buys beef ribs and lons is paying as
much as he did this time last year his
retailer is absorbing a reduction of
about % per cent in the price for
which he pays for the meat from the
wholesaler, according to General Man
ager Howe of Armour & Co.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11

Denver. Colo.--Denyer was snow.
bound for day. street car traffic was
blocked and thousands were maroon
Cd m the downtown district all night
or were forced to pillow their way
through TWO feet Of snow
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
Ne. Pankhurst Arrested

Plymouth, Eng Mrs Emmeline
Pankhurst, who was a passenger on
transatlantic liner due here. was
arrested Two miles out at sea, and
win be kept in custody TO finish an
gneXplred Jail sentence.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
Swallows False Teeth.

Wichita, Kan.-E. ]. Sheriff, 4
plumber Of this city, is in a hospital
IN critical condition as a result OF
having swallowed his false teeth
while eating. A surgical operation is
the only course that will save Sheriff.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
Pankhurst Free for ? DAYS.

London-Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst, the militant suffragist leader,
who was arrested at Plymouth, Dec.
4, on her arrival from the United
States aboard the steamer Majestic,
was released from the Exeter Jail on
seven days license.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-11
Christmas Tree for Capitol Plaza.

Washington.-There will be a COM
munity Christmas tree on the broad
plaza at the east front of the capitol
Christmas eve. Vice President Mar
shall and Speaker Clark have signed
permits suspending capitol rules to
allow the erection of the tree.