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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
GIVING her A REST
BY JULIE HOPPE.

Nov, Laura" said Randfeld, who
was carefully tying his cravat, but
who glanced away from the mirror
and looked at his wife with almost
impatient so%licitude, do try to be
fresh for tonight. There's no sense
in the way you keep going all day
every day and firing yourself out.
Last night" he went on, you
could scarcely keep awake at the
'theater and yet l don't suppose you
did a thing yesterday that couldn't
have been put off till some other time,
or not done at all for that matter.
"Confound that tiel 1t hasn't been
laundered ~decently. I'm short on
wash ties, too. l wish when you're
out today you'd step in at the laundry
and tell the manager that the work
hasn't been at all satisfactory lately.
There's no use of your speaking to
the wagon mar again. After all
you've said to him, my shirts and col
lars are as bad as ever :
you might get me a half-dozen OF
these ties today. Of course, it's a
little late for wash ties, but I like
them, and you know just what suits
me, so you can select them as well
as 1.
while you're downtown please run
into Payson's and ask about my golf
bag. They promised to have it mend
ed the first of the week, and, al
though I've telephoned twice, it hasn't
been sent out yet. Tell them l must
have it before Saturday.
"Now, look at that!" Randfeld sur
veyed himself in the long mirror.
i"There isn't a decent crease in these
trousers. I'll have to change into my
light gray ones. I wish you'd wrap
up this suit and get out my last win
,ter's tweed and send them both over
to the tailor's this morning to be
pressed and put in order. You can
telephone Binks to call for them. Tell
him l want him to get all the spots
out. I don't like his careless work.
BY the way, there's a spot in my
dinner jacket-on the sleeve. / won
der if you couldn't take it out for me?
Binks won't get it back in time for
tonight if it goes to his place along
with the other clothes.
"By George, Laura, 1 neglected to
write to mother yesterday, and to-
morrow is the day of the week she
always expects to hear from me.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
Lest They foruet.


Hunt out the little lame girl,
The poor boy who is blind;
Hunt out the weary widow
Who thinks the world dnkind;
Search down among the novels
Where gladness seldom strays,
And teach the doubling people
There still are Christmas days.
You have been busy planning
To spread you gifts afar.
To add your fair love-tokens
Where joys and comforts are,
But have o in your gladness
Bestowed one kindly thought
On those who sit In darkness,
Whose crlsts are dearly bought?
Your heart is full OF kindness,
You near the anthems sung
And gaze up at the windows
Where ribboped wreaths are hung;
You've heard the sweet old story
With reverence retold-
But there are hungry children
Where all is dark and cold.
Hunt out the little lame girl,
The poor boy who is blind:
Hunt out the weary widow
Who thinks the world unkind;
Go down among the victims
or chance and greed and crime
And cause them to remember
That this is Christmas time.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
Has Hfahest Death Rate.

The unenviabe record of possess
ing what is probably the highest
death rate Of any city in the world
is stated in the annual report of the
British vice consul for Bolivia, Mr..
G. T. Maclean, to belong to Cochar
banda, where there was a mortality
of rs per 1000 last year. This ez-
treme mortality is said to be due not
80 much to climatic or other natural
causes as to the lack of knowledge
among the lower classes Of the most
elementary rules of hygiene, a fact
which is corroborated by the percent
age Of infant mortality, about 40 per
cent. of the deaths being children un-
der nve years. OF age.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
Altogether Too Modest.

1.-THE great trouble with him is that
he lacks confidence in himself"
How so?"
why he doesn't seem to think he
could manage this business better
than it is being managed by the head
of the firm. In fact, l doubt whether
he ever even gets the idea that he
could, if he were in Wilson's place,
do better than Wilson is doing"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
One Of the Picturesque Highways Of
Colorado, Between Colorado Springs
and Canon City.

the very time when the farmer is bust.
est; that is, during the planting eason
In the spring, which is the only time
to build roads, for then the road has
the entire summer to compact and
solidify and get ready for the trying
time OF the winter. If a road Is graded
IN the early spring, properly crowned
and good drainage provided, the en-
tire embankment will be dried out be-
fore fall and the summer rains falling
on 1t will wet only the top inch or so
and be quickly carried off, and when
the frost comes there will be very lit
tie moisture to freeze, for let us re-
member hat the ground does not
freeze, but the moisture in the ground.
II the moisture there is at a minimum
the road will pass through the winter
and open up in the spring without be-
ing cut up very deeply, particularly if
it Is dragged frequently after a rain,
so as to keep out the little ruts that
will hold the water and permit it to
soak down and loosen up the ground
Immediately beneath. Keep water off
the road and the trouble will be re-
duced to a minimum.
Hence it would seem like a sensible
business proposition, and one that
would make for efficiency, to have
some one In charge of the roads of the
county who has nothing else to do
and who knows what to do and when
1t ought to be done.
Legislation is pending in several
states to simplify and cheaper road
administration and put 1t in skilled
hands. This seems to be the first step
In the direction Of improvement. 1t
goes without saying that the old plan
of working out the road tax, in which
annual p~icnics, with horse racing. box
ing. wrestling, jumping, story telling
and other stunts are the principal
features, should be abolished, and that
all road taxes should be pand in cash
and expended under skilled supervi-
sion. That is the only way we can
get one dollars worth of road for the
dollar expended. We are now getting
less than fifty cents worth of road for
the dollar collected.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
WAS SERVED BY ROYALTY
English Prince, Now King, Not Above
Doing an obIiginG Thing for the
Professor.

When Professor vambery, the IA
nous O%rientalist. whose death es7
CURED recently. arrived at Sandrins-
ham on a visit he received a MESSAGE
that Queen Alexandra wanted to see
him. !
He decided to wash his hands first.
so he vent to his room and rang the
bell to ask for hot water. No one
came, though he rang the bell repeat
eddy. AH
Then there came a knock at the
door aud a youth entered. do YOU
want anything. professor7" he asked.
eyes," replied the professor. Il have
been ringing for some hot water"
wait a moment and I'll get You
some" was the obliging reply. The
boy disappeared, returning IN . few
minutes with a large jug Of hot water
which he placed on the washstand-
The professor thanked him and he
withdrew.
After he had washed the professor
descended to pay his respects to his
royal hostess, but after a few minutes
conversation he was surprised to see
his hot water" boy come up to the
group. ~
"Ah, professor" Queen Alexandra
remarked, introducing. the boy, this
is my son!"
After that the professor nicknamed
the boy, who is now King George W.
The Royal Jug Bearer.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18

A few women have been happy be-
cause they have inspired men to do
great things; many women have been
glad because they induced men to
make fools Of themselves.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
The Better Way.

1T Is better to trust and be de-
ceived, than to be suspicious of
everybody"
Yes, but it is just as well, as a
rule, to keep your bank account In
YOU wife's name If you are going to
do any widespread trusting"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
Her Castle.

When a girl builds an air castle she
always has 1t well supplied with clos
cts and never neglects to put at least
a dozen suits of armor in the hall.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18


who was advising
his son.
"All right, dad"
the boy replied,
but l noticed that
when they tele-
phoned you yester-
day t b a Mr.
Scaddsfn Gobbs
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
GETTING the Particulars.

"Oh, have you seer your Christmas
present to me, dear?"
NO" he answered, what did give
your
This beautiful cabinet for the din
lng-room."
IT'S beautiful, isn't it? How much
did I pay for it?'
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
Not to Be Blamed.

THAT man seems to be a regular
~tconoclast. Nothing is sacred to him"
We'll, you can hardly blame him.
When he was a boy, be was badly
gored by a sacred COW in a circus"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
Skepticai.

THE first time l yer met you," he
said, Il was intoxicated by your
smile"
Really" she replied. But l no
ticed that you had been chewing a
Glove
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18

was threatened with appendicitis you
told mother to go ahead and get the
electric runabout she had been look
ing at"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18

After a man loses confidence in him.
self it is not likely that anybody else
is going to exhibit much enthusiasm
pver. his abilities. I
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
Undoubtedly.

II optimism we're taxable many peo-
pie who spurn it nov would be striv-
ing to possess as much of it as posi-
BILE.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
PREACHING AND PRACTICE.

Never count your chickens before
they are hatched," said the surgeon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-03-26
FoR 81 q rRApE

ore OF the most desirable locations
in the city FOR 2 home Tea minutes
walk from postoffico Two lots and
. half ln the $40 block on East C.evc-
land avenue. Address Geo NcGrceor
all East Cleveland avenue OF phone
1858.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
HAS WHOOPING
COUGH CURE
I2s Children Suffering From the Disease
Given Injections of Paris
Doctors.

| Paris, June ls.-The possibility of tn
discovery in the near future of eur,
for whooping cough was held out yester
day at the academy of sciences by DIR
Emile Roux, director of the Pasteur in
stitute and member of the academy
of medicine.
DR.. Roux was merely transmitting the
report of Dr. Alfred Conor, bacteriolog.
list of the Belvedere Military hospital
Tunis, where, with the collaboration OF
DR.. Nicolle, he had prepared solution
containing living whooping cough bacil-
Ii. This they injected into l22 children
suffering from the disease, repeating it
every two days.
Thirty-seven per cent. Of the children
recovered in less than three weeks,
whereas under ordinary treatment the
mildest attacks lasted two and some
times five or six months. OF the rest
40 per cent. improved greatly, while
the remaining 90 per cent. were not af-
fected either for good or bad.
DR.. Roux, while declaring the ex
periments thus far were on too small
scale to make definite procurement,
said he believed an effective cure for
whooping cough was in sight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
TO "D|E FOR
THE CAUSE"
One Militant's Impassioned
Speech in English
Court
SUFFRAGETTE ON
TRIAL FOR DAMAGE
1t Was No Worse, She Says,
Than the Ulster
Action

London, June lS.--"lf | have got Il
die that women may get the vote,
shall die, whatever the verdict OF tn,
jury may be to-day declared Miss An
ME kenney in closing an impassioned
speech at her trial yesterday before
the central criminal court here for hei
alleged connection with outrages com.
mitted by militant suffragettes.
Miss kennedy's words, the peroration
of vivid defense of miitaney, created
a great impression,
Greater interest was taken in yester
days proceedings than in any previous
stage of the trial.
The entrance of the accused Miss
Harriet Kerr, Miss Agnes Lake, Miss
Rachel Barrett, Mrs Beatrice Saunders,
Miss Annie Kenney, Miss Laura Lennox
and EDWIN Clayton, the analytical
chemist alleged to have acted as ad-
visor to the suffragettcs in their cam
paign, found the court crowded
Women formed the majority OF the
audience and among them were Mrs.
Winston Spencer Churchill, wife of the
first lord of the admiralty and Miss
Violet Asquith, daughter of the pre-
mer.
Miss kenney devoted much of her
speech for the defense to attempts to
prove that the action of the government
and the action of the cabinet ministers,
who she averred, had asserted that the
were justified in rebelling
n order to get their grievances remedied
ample warrant for the course
pursued by the militant suffragettes. If
urther justification were necessary. she
said. 'the trickery and treachery OF
'abinet ministers who had hunted and
founded women from pillar to post sup
,lied it.
The present government, she contend
d, had blacker record in the question
# woman suffrage than any other. 1t
ad treated the aspirations OF the wom-
n more abominably than any British |
government had done since 1867. As for |
erself, she belonged to the working /
lasses. At the age of ten she said she |
as a half-timer i'm factory. and she |
ad joined the suffrage movement be-
iuse Of the terribly cruel conditions I'M
er which women worked in the British
,les. She added:
Il am rebel, and a rebel | shall re-
lain until women receive the vote. If,
Ike Miss Emily Wilding Dawson, it
lould be necessary for me to sacrifice
" life, then | shall die
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
BABY KILLED BY NICOTINE IN PIpE
Mother Gives Old Meerchaum to Lit
tie Boy With Fatal Result.

South Norwalk, Ct, June 1S.A dis.
taeded pipe was given as a plaything to
child here and an hour later he was
dead Of nicotine poisoning.
The victim was Harold, ., son of Mr.
ami Mrs. Nathan Thornfield of New
York, who had been spending few
days with Mrs. Thorntield's brother,
Harry A. November OF Is Grove street,
this city. While Mrs. Thornfeld and
Mrs. November were rummaging among
keepsakes in the attic an old meer-
sehaum pipe was found. Little Harold
erifd for it and the mother, having no
suspicion OF danger, gave it.
Sitting on the floor and clapping his
hands the child initiated his father, in
sorting the pipe in his mouth and puff
ing out imaginary smoke Within ten
minutes he foppled over in commissions,
which shortly gave way to coma,
Several physicians were summoned,
but they We're helpless to stay the raw
ages OF the nicotine. After the baby
died Coroner John J. Phelan investi-
gated but found no official action nee
essary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
MARRIED AT 13,
SHE GETS DIVORCE
Eva Rush, Boston Girl, Tells Court
That Her Husband Was Cruel
To Her.

Templeton, June ls.-Married as a
girl l3 wears old, nine years ago, Mrs.
Eva Rush, Boston girl. has been grant
ed divorce decree in the superior court
by Judge D. Ratigan on grounds Of
cruel and abusive treatment. The case
has attracted wide attention in Worces-
ter county.
Mrs. Rush's story was that the early
marriage had resulted in nothing but
trouble, her husband Eli Rush of Tenn
pleton, inhicting continuous abuse on
her.
Mrs. Rush has been given custody of
her year-old boy Her statement
was that she was married Nov. ,, 1904,
in Baldwinsville, where she lived at that
time Rush, she said, went alone to get
the license and she did not know how
it was secured. He was several years
her senior.
Asked by her counsel Harrison Dun
ham of Boston, about some trouble they
had MAY 20, 1912. she said he struck
her and bad abused her in other ways
before that time.
Mrs. Rush now lives in Boston.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
P|MPLES WOULD
ITCH AND BURN
On Hands and Arms. Then Came in
BIisters. Broke and Sometimes
BIed. Nothing Cured Until Used
Cuticura Soap and Ointment.

Rushford, N. Y.--"My trouble began
about twenty years ago. by breaking out
In little red pimples and running together
Just on my hands and arms. 1t would itch
and burn and was very disagreeable. About
one year ago 1t took different form. coming
on my face and hands in blisters. The
blisters were on my upper lip and chin and
were filled with water, would break and then
sometimes would bleed. They were rather
unsightly. They raised in blisters on nv
fingers also They itched and smarted and
burned until | nearly went wild. | used
----- salve which seemed to cure for a
time. and then 1t would return. | tried
several remedies but nothing seemed 10 cure
until l used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. | used them according to direc-
tlons. have not had any sign OF the trouble
since using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. |
can surely give them a great recommended
ton" (Signed) Mrs. o. NJ. Persons, Dec.
2s. 1911.
The regular use of Cuticura Soap for toilet
and bath not only tends to preserve purify
and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and hands,
but assists In preventing Inflammation. irri-
tation and clogging of the pores. the common
cause of plmples, blackhcads, redness and
roughness, yellow. oily, notify and other I'M
wholesome conditions of the skin. Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers throughout the
world. Liberal sample of each mailed free,
with 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard
"Cuticura, Dept. 7. Boston"
aS-Tender-faced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick. 25c. Sample free.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
The Maxims of Methuselah.

I Gelett Burgess writes AZ "Maxims OF
Methuselah" in the June American Mag
azine Following are a few OF them;
Boiled milk is an abomination, and
the stink of peas cooking is disgusting
to me; but she who putteth scent into
her husbands tobacco jar, she shall sure
~ cause his friends TO say harsh things.
AS the bald-headed barber who urg-
ctn a hairtonic upon three, so is an
ill-iavored damsel who reciteth the COM
I,liments she hath received.
"A singing gas-iet can | bear. yea. a
faucet which squeaketh is not intolera-
bic to me; but she who hummeth mer-
lily out of tune causeth me great an
guish.
My son. enter not into Irritation with
the next-door damsel, nor with her in
the same apartment house shalt thou
have dallianee; lest, when the time
cometh. thou canst not fee from her
For as the taste of water after grape
fruit. 50 Is the sight of her with whom
thou hast ended a romance.
Women Of understanding have I
krown upwards OF thousands: but Of
them who would leave a theatre before
the end Of a dull play. nay. not one"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
A PROBLEM IN FINANCE.
The Question That Lincoln Fired at
Secretary Chase.


| n'he mysteries OF finance were not
Always clear to Mr.. Lincoln, whose
craftsmanship was CT another sort.
But his keen senae of humor would rot
permit him to regard the difficult sub
ject as too profound tn an occasional
joke.
One day Secretary Chase OF the
treasury department found on a desk
in his office what at first appeared to
be a picture of an internal machine"
It looked like a goose. but on further
examination 1t proved to be drawing
OF an ingenious invention for turning
gold eagles into greenbacks. with the
secretary himself working it and slow
ly feeding it with yellow boys" at one
end, while the government currency
came out at the other end, whiring
about like the leaves of autumn.
While he was examining 1t the pres
Ident came in. as he daily did. for con-
sultation. Mr.. Chase handed him the
drawing. and his eyes twinkled as he
recognized the likeness of the secre-
tary.
Capital joke. isn't 1t. Mr.. Chaser"
he exclaimed.
"A joker repeated the irate secre-
tary. I'D give thousand dollars to
know who left it here"
"Oh. no." said M. Lincoln temper
ateIy. you would hardly do that"
Yes. would!' stoutly asserted the
secretary.
Would you. thought" inquired the
president. with that deliberate manner
which characterized him when he was
really in earnest. "Well. which end
would you pay rom?"-Youth's Com
ma MON
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
Washing Hints.

Put the clothes to soak in lukewarm
water. Wiring them out of this water
rub the dirty places well with soap
and drop them in the boiler of cold
water. Add one half cup OF kerosene
ard half bar OF soap cut fine.
Let the clothes boil, punching them
/ down every few minutes. Put them in
The tub and let the kerosene water drain
of then put in fresh water and rub
slightly. Rinse in two waters before
the blueing water.
The clothes will be nice and white
ard all traces of kerosene will disap-
pear.
When you have white muslin, etc,
that are more mussed than dirty, put
them to soak, but instead of using kero-
seize put tablespoonful of borax in
The boiler, and they will not have to
go through SO many rinse waters.
Ii the clothes are yellow from age
On being put away, add little blueing
when boiling them. Blueing whitens,
therefore bright colors, especially pink,
should never be put in blue water.
If the house aprons are made of
white drilling, or unbleached cotton,
they can be boiled in the kerosene mix
ture with no fear of injuring the col
ors
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
Honest Advice TO
COnSumptiveS

Somehow there exists vast amount OF
scepticism as 10 the possibility Of curing
Consumption We state none but facts,
and are sincere In what we assert.
III We were afflicted with Tuberculosis,
ve should do precisely what We ask
others to do-take EckmanS Alternative
promptly and faithfully. The reason we
should do this and warrant We have
for asking all Consumptives to take
it. Is that We have the reports Of many
recoveries. one Of which follows -
1919 Susquehanna Ave. lhila., Ia.
Gentlemen; For two years was af-
ficted with hemorrhages Of the lungs,
the number tota'ed nearly one hundred.
our family physician advised another
climate. 70 remain would probably lie
fatal However ] remained. and in Feb
ruary Of 1907. ] WAS taken with a severe
attack ~ pneumonia. when I recovered
sufficiently tn walk about the house ! was
left with a frightful hacking cough.
which no medicine ! had taken could ale
waite. II was % this time. March iaG2.
that ! learned % and started taking
NV cough vas gone and was pronounced
well. Since fhaf time I have had two
slight attacks Of pneumonia and I have
resorted TO no other medicine 10 effect a
cure.
4 am a. present in excellent health and
feel that a. long - ! can obtain Eck-
mans Alterafive 7 have no fear Of Con
sumption. cannot sneak too highly for
fSirnedi HOWARD L. KLoTz
Fckman's Alternative Is effective IN Bron-
rhifis Asthma Hay Fever. Throaf aud
1ung Troubles and IN uphuiidinE the
system Dos not contain poisons opiates
or habit forming drugs Ask for booklet
telling - rernrrrirs nnf write q r~k-sn
Il horaterF. Philadelphia IA for more evt-
ce1cs. Fer sale ~ aii heading druggists
Red Gross Pharmacy. Barre, VI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-18
BABY CHAFED, SORE
HEALED IN THREE DAYS
WITH COMFORT POWDER

Mrs. 2. c. Hudson Of Riverhead. y. Y,
SAYS; = find Comfort Powder far SUI
perior to any talcum powder ever used.
II entirely healed my baby's chafed and
irritated kin in three days. The supe-
rior medication Of Comfort Powder
makes il uncqualled for ehaing and all
skin soreness OF irritation Of infants
and adults alike
Be sure YOU get the genuine with the
signature Of 4. 5. sykes on box--Advt-