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The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05
One Too MANY.

The bus was rolling up Fifth avenue
In a, heavy groundswell, on murky
night. Perhaps it was only that the
chauffeur and conductor were both
sleepy, or maybe it was only the mug
giness that deceived them.
On the corner at Thirty-ffth street
stood, waiting to cross, a belated de-
livery boy, holding erect by the waist
a dressmaker's dress form. The chauf-
feur thought he detected a fare, and
slowed his craft in to the curb The
conductor looked out through the fog,
shook his head, and rang the bell to
go ahead
Room for one only" he said, and
the bus rolled on.-New York Evening
Post
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05
Forqetful Vacationist.

The family had gone off for their
holiday in taxi. Twenty minutes
later the taxi snorted back up the road.
Forgotten t he tickets?" cried a
neighbor.
NO." said the irate householder,
but my wife's just remembered that
she's left a kettle boiling on the gas
stove"
He dived into the house, and came
back the next moment with a CHASTITY
calm on his face.
"All right now?" said the neighbor
cheerily
Right! I'd forgotten that I'd
turned the gas off at the meter-and
now we've two hours and half to
wait for the next train"
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05

It's when it is too hotheaded that
love is apt to grow cold.
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05

cording to directions on the bottle and
she is cured of this trouble. She was
all run down when she started taking
the Compound and her periods did not
come right She was so poorly and
weak that I often had to help her dress
herself, but now she is regular and is
growing strong and healthy. - Mrs.
MARTIN HELWG, Plover, Iowa
Hundreds Of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has accom-
plished are constantly being received,
proving the reliability of this grand old
remedy.
If you are i'll do not drag along and
continue to suffer day in and day out but
at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, woman's remedy for
woman's ills.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05

Life is a grindstone that sharpens
either our wits or our noses.
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05

at the left side. It has a considerable
split at the bottom. This is Provided
with fat buttons and buttonh6les on
the inside Of the skirt by which the
slit may be closed when the yearer is
not playing.
The blouse is cut with kimono
sleeve and a little flllness over the
shoulders. Inc sleeves are length
ened by wide strip of the material,
with stripes running up and down, set
on In the manner of a cuff. The
blouse Is nnlshed with sailor collar
of red satin. The sleeyes are bordered
with the same material, and it Is also
used TO 1urn1sh the narrow belt. A
silk scarf, In red, is placed under the
collar and tied In Simple bow at the
front as tlnlshlng touch.
White canvas slipbers. fastened with
narrow straps, and a white felt hat
complete the pretty toilette. The mod
eI can be recommended as to design,
but for real practical use wash fab
RIGS of cotton or li1eA are better than
flannel, and white is q hetter choice
than any color.
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05
Age of Progress.

The age is progressive. Fifty or
sixty years ago this country began to
build railroads, and now we have more
than nearly all the rest of the world
together. In place of crude industrial
facilities, we have the very best on
earth; yet we are behind other civil
lied nations in the improvement Of our
roads. We are beginning now to do
with our highways what should have
been done long ago.
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05

The spirit of good roads is hered-
ftary.
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05
HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT
DEMAND FOR BETTER ROADS
No Reason Why Portion of Tax Should
Not Be Used In Putting Highways
In Better Condition.

There is a growing demand for
more and better road making during
the autumn months. In many locali-
ties the roads become filled with deep
ruts and the wheel tracks so de-
pressed during the summer that they
collect rains which soon wash them
into cutters which soon ruin the roads
for heavy loads and comfortable travel.
There is no reason why a portion of
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05
MOTHER OF
SCHOOL GIRL
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Daueh-
ter's Health.
Plover, Iowa. From a small child
my 13 year old daughter had female

weakness. 1 spoke
to three doctors
about it and they did
not h elp her any.
Lydia E. Pinkham's 8
V e G e table Com
pound had been Of
great benefit to me,
so ] decided to have
her give it a trial.
She has taken five
bottles of the Vege-
table COmDOund ac-
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-05
The Usual Process.

They are going to put your reso-
luton on the table"
I'm not surprised. l expected it to
be dished"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

miral. and each one cleared his decks
and prepared TO fight for the honor. 1t
looked as if the pirates would start a
bloody family quarrel when Mistress
Ching-yih, with the political expert
ence of the Ladies auxiliary behind
her. calmly took command. She ap-
pointed one Paou, an orphan boy her
husband had reared, as chief lieuten-
ant and prime minister. Then she
summoned all the captains and called
upon them for loyal support. Like the
Hungarian mobiles did when Marie
Theresa appealed to them, the Chi
nese piratical mobiles yanked out their
swords and swore to murder for her,
and her only, as long as she lived.
Thus was the first feminist move
ment-of a militant character-in Chi
ma launched.
Mistress Ching (she dropped the
viii part) had wonderful success her
force rapidly grew to 10000. the Pr
rates Own Book" says, and there
wasn't a sea coast city in China but
what could boast of visit or two
from her. AS one Chinese writer par
adoxicaIly put it: The blackened
ruins OF burned cities sprang up IKE
loathsome flowers in her wake.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
MOTHER A BETTER SURGEON
Saved Daughter From Beng Sr'PP'o
by Refusing TO Let Physicians
Ampatate Her Leg.

New York; would rather see my
daughter dead than a cripple SAID
Mrs Thomas Reilly OF 1SS Mulberry
street Newark. when the physicians
OF the Newark City hospital advised
her that the only possible chance OF
recovery for her eleyen-year-old daugh-
ter. Elizabeth. lay in amputating her
leg. which had been crushed by
trolley car. That was ten months ago.
Elizabeth viii soon leave the hospi'ai
in perfect condition.
The girl lay in great pain for weeks-
Blood poisoning set in, but still me
mother refused to see her child Grip
Die Many times she lay at the point
If death. and then would rally. Grad
ually she grew better. The doctors
told Elizabeth that within short time
She win be able to SO home and skip
rope if she wants To-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
GOOD
ROADS
PAVED STREETS IN 1000 B. C.
BABYLON, Carthage and other Ancient
Cities Took Much Interest IN
Building Good Roads.

When or where the first road was
built is not known. Herodotus speaks
of a great Egyptian road on which
King Cheops employed 100000 men
for ten years. According to the lbs
toriap. this road was built Of mass
i've stone blocks ten feet deep. and
lined on both sides with temples, maui
soIeums, porticos and statues. The
streets of Babylon are said to have
been paved as early as 1000 B. e.,
and several well surfaced roads radi-
ated to neighboring cities. Carthage.
b,sore it's fall, was the center OF a
iighly developed road system The
ancient Peruvians had a wonderful
system Of national roads connecting
all the principal parts OF their en-
pire.
Bridges were also built by the an
clients at a very early date. The Eu-
pirates, at Bebylon. was crossed by a
stone bridge prior to 1000 B. C., and
It is known that the Chinese built
bridges as public works as early as
$500 b. C. says the Good Roads Year
Book.
The first definite and fully authen'
tic information concerning the system
attic construction and maintenance
of permanent roads comes to US
from the Romans. 1t is generally
understood that the Romans learned
the art OF road building from the
Carthagenians. However, the con-
struction of their great road was as
perfect as that OF any of their later
ones.
The first of the great Roman roads
was from Rome to Capua, 3 distance
of l42 Italian miles, and was begun by
ApDius Claudius. about 312 B. c.
1t was known as the Appian Way
or Queen OF Roads" This road was
later extended to Brundisium, total
OF $50 miles, and was probably com
pleted by julius Caesar. About 20
B. c. the Flaminian Way was built
1t crossed the Mar river on stone
bridge which had a central span OF
$50 feet with a rise of 100 feet. When
Rome reached the height or her glory,
under the reign Of Augustus, no less
than 20 great military roads radiated
from the city. These roads extended
TO every part OF the vast empire. and
are estimated to have a total length
Of 10000 miles.
The Roman construction was in
general extremely massive The AD-
plan Way is said to have been in good
repair 500 years after it was built.
On a carefully prepared subgrade
were placed four successive courses
of layers, the rodus or second course,
the nucleus or third course and the
payimentum or wearing surface. The
top and bottom courses consisted il
general of large fat stones, while the
two intervening course were built OF
smaller stones or other suitable ma
terial laid in lime mortar.
With the fall of the Roman empire
3he roads were neglected and gradual
ly fell into decay. so that today but
little more than a trace remains OF
these splendid achievements.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
The REAS0H FEVER
PEOPLE TAKE hSALTS"

We md sEe use q salts ard otl-e- hl-sz
pi-ys.cs IS becoming less every year bas,a-sss
more ard more peopie are using Real Or
cse-i.ss. which We and ley firmly believe =
be the best bowel remedy ever rl--1e- I-sy
taste 50 much Ike candy tlzt even the
Children Ike than At the sane tine they
act 50 easily and naturally thar there Is 70
purging, griptng or pan. They promptly
remove tie constipation ard. by soothing
ard STRENGTHENING the bowels, make It less
liable % occur again We have the Utmost
faith IN them. We know what Trey are
made Of and the pleasant, beneficial results
that always follow their use --~--s1z--,-
You needn't take our Nord for i. Il
Rexall OrfeClies dent help you-H TREY
don't entirely reiis7e al your bowel
trouhles-cone back and tel rs and We I
give hack your money. II vest POCKET II
boxes; IOc. 25c. SOC. --sss--.~-----s--'--
You can buy Rexall O-ierliss onlyat The
Rexar Stores, and 4 lis town o-ly q rs
" H Baugh. N. D. Shoshone. Idaho
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
FuH Exclamation.

The Germans have q way Of making
compound nouns and sentences with
the verb TWO CT three pages further
On, which TO the student Of Teutonie
languages is somewhat perplexing.
The six-year-old daughter Of & friend
Of mine. however. can go the Germans
one better. While walking with her
mother the other day. she bowed TO &
young woman
Who IS that?" asked her mother
Why. don't you know" explained
the small daughter. she is the little
Observation-Disclosures 10 me
at-school's-mamma Exchange
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
LIMIT FOR TIRES AND LOADS
Chairman Diehl of National Roads
Board, Favors Highway Conven-
ton of State Commissioners.

A meeting of leading state highway
commissioners and the manufacturers
of horse-drawn wagons and motor
driven trucks, is the suggestion OF
Chairman George c. Diehl of the A
A. A. National Good Roads board. to
consider legislation governing the
width of tires and the weight Of
loads.
Many states have enacted laws to
regulate the width of tires. but there
has not been strict enforcement OF
these regulations" says Chairman
Diehl Marrow tires, especially dur
ing the wet season, form ruts in i'm
proved roads, and il many instances
where the roads are weak, break
through the surface. causing rapid de-
struction of the highway.
"One great difficulty in enforcing
wide-tire ordinances with horse-drawn
vehicles has been that while less trac-
ton is required with wide tires, on
slippery clay or hilly roads, it is very
-dificult in wet weather TO manage
horse-drawn vehicle with wide tires.
owing to its tendency to skid and
slide into the bitches.
Equal. If not greater damage. can
be done to the highway with tires Of
insufficient width on motor trucks.
There is no ctate where wide-tire ordi-
nanees are drawn which relate 10 both
horsedrawn and motordriven We
hicles, or whera scientific attempt
has been made 20 prepare such erdi-
nances or where q strict enforcement
is had
1T is also entirely practicable and
reasonable that the weight Of loads
should be limited. as the bridges.
which form an integral part of the
highway, are not, in great major
ity of cases. sufficiently strong TO
carry weights which are becoming
more and more excessive.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
CHINESE MILTANCY
Movement Started Away Back in
Year 1906.
Mistress Ching, a Woman of the Peri
od, Following Death Of Pirate Hug
band, Took Command and Evil
denced Great Abilities.

Writers have made quite a TODD re-
Gently about the feminist movement in
the republic Of China. Chinese women.
in the last few years, it is inferred,
have "emanclpated" themselves. They
wear No. 5 shoes, tight skirts instead
Of pajamas, attend teas, have culture
clubs, want the vote and every now
and then smash a window Just like
their sisters in more civilized. if not
SO polite, nations; and all this quite
recently.
But that is all wrong-that Is the
recently" part. The militant feminist
movement in China began when Mrs.
Pankhursts great grandmother was a
baby and DR.. Mary Walker still be-
lieved in Santa Claus. To be exact,
the first Chinese campaign to verify
Mr.. Kipling's much quoted philosophy
became noticeable in 1906 and one
Mistress Ching, q piratess Of gentle
mein and some repute, was it's most
active champion.
In the beginning Mistress Ching was
an uncommonly good-loOking daugh
ter Of a man in Hupeh province. who
operated something akin 10 the mod
ern spindle game. She attracted the
fancy one day OF q business friend OF
her fathers, one Ching-yeh, a promis-
ing and ambitious pirate Of the south
coast. Ching-yeh paid the father the
equivalent Of $40, the value Of Chinese
girls in those days, and the daughter.
already in love with the handsome
young pirate, went gladly to his pratt
cal ship.
And they lived long and prosDered,
and were happy and two little pirates.
came to bless them. Ching-yeh even
declared himself emperor Of the south.
And his chief wife no doubt added en-
press to her title Of presidentess Of
the Ladies' Piratical auxiliary.
But, alas, for the best laid plots OF
men and mice, as Bobbie Burns has it,
Ching-yeh fell, was showed overheard
one night and some 10000 pirates
awoke the next morning chieftain-
less.
Each captain Immediately offered
himself as a successor for the high ad-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
For Left.Handed Perzons.

Entsrprising manufacturers make
various articles for the special benefit
Of left-handed people. Besides scis-
sors adjusted for their use. you esa
buy left-handed screws. gimlers and
other tools And. most thoughtful OF
all contrivances TO minister 70 their
physical peculiarly. eorksorews twist
ed the wrong way. rs 3 right-handed
person would think, for lsft-handed
buffers and waiters.-London Chrou-
icle.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

To ST Etheidreda We owe the word
tawdry The saint knew no such
word, but the origin Of il Is clear
enough For st. Etheldreda wss rop-
liarly known IS St. Au5rv. and e1 s..
Audry's fair were sold St Audrey
lacss, which in process Of time became
clipped into ~sawdry laees." Finally
The new adjective vas applied TO lEy
dnsry Of similar grade The part
played by the - in saint" IS exactly
shat which has given US TooieT street
from st. Oiaf-LOndoa Chronicle.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

Potato Flour Gaining RzvoT.
Hollands production Of potato sour
IS Increasing rapidly from yesr L
Taar
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
No one Tsla tlim.

A man was oaughr il the yards OF
the Premier Motor Manufacturing
company the other day while helping
himself to a liberal supply Of coal
His Saptor. grabbing him by the col
lar. asked; ~Who told you 20 pick up
that coal2" 'Noho6y ted me sir, :
replied the man. 4 Just needed it.
Indianapolis News.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

He asked her in yearning. pleading
tones if he could not give her 81 en-
gagemsnt ring as Christmas present
But she comes OF a thirty and Tar
seeing family. which never loses its
presence Of mind. NE. darling. she
softly whispered 4 win take the ring
now. Let Christmas bring It's happy
surprises, just as usual. inrincott's
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
COW Parsieuiar as i IL ripais.

A Traiea England farmer has 3
COW which rorusss to drink water sup
Piled il The ordinary way. Then she
IS thirsty she leaves the field goes tc
2 lane whsca there Is water tap
turns this on and taxes = drink. The
story is supported by photographs.
and the SOW is credited with turning
the tap OF after drinking
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
Oh So 80 8 - Us.

va SNfSd3tA FAe &c itl--.a 49,
The stream which has hssR SIMPLY
ins the sncient city Of Damascus with
vater Tor nearly 40 centuries has
been harnesssd ard VIII provide elsc-
Sricit' 10 lsht the city and opsrate
lo0 niles Of railway.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

The total mileage made by automo
biles on New York state roads IN
year is estimated at 4o0.oO0,000 miles.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

Use the King road drag after every
hard rain. Persistence In the use OF
this device means better highways
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
Real Hard Luck.

Our notion Of hard luck is 10 be
o7arwor1ed On a government job
Atchisol Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

and they treated him kindly, and you
would see them carrying him about In
the open air.
But there were different prospects
for the men prisoners. They were held
as hostages of war, ard it was UNDER
stood that that meant they would be
put TO death if the American army
committed any abuses against MeXi-
cans.
81 was not allowed TO see my people
the first night | arrived at Cordoba,
but I saw them the next day and they
told me their story. They, with others
gathered up by Beltran that night he
came to our plantation, were taken
TO the railroad and given the choice by
him of going TO Tejeria, where General
Mas had his headquarters, or TO Cor
doba.
They chose Cordoba, and then Bel
tran said they would have to pay 81
600 apiece for the special train. There
we're ten in the party then, and they
paid Bel,ran 10000 He lied about the
special train charge. IL was simply
graft. And when they got to Cordoba,
on that $4,000 train de luxe, they were
stoned by the mobs.
Like a black thunder cloud that
gathers in a clear sky. the mobs had
gathered in the streets. and from them
l. al 80
running into a chant: Give us the
forty and one; give US the Americans
and we will tear them limb from limb.
Give US the forty and one'
THE Jefe Politico. that is, the mayor,
Quoted them then; but later in the
night they gathered once more, mad
dened by drink this time. They broke
into every hardware store in the city
and armed themselves with machetes,
guns and axes. All the while they were
crying: Give us the forty and one-we
will kill every American In the city
give us the forty and one!'
The next day the situation grew
worse. Invent to the prison. saw fear
there on the faces of men where fear
had never been before. The mobs were
bowling in the streets. but, worse than
that, the soldiers were in revolt. They
gave their routine calls, but with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

"All night the doctor was kept busy
dressing wounds they inflicted on each
other with their machetes. once
woman came with her arms all gashed
and bleeding.
II spent the night hiding in the serv-
ants room of the doctors house, or
with his children. The mob had no
idea ! was there.
But knew the time had come for
me to get away somehow. The five
mon who until now had been faithful to
me were also going. | asked them 10
let me go with them, but they refused.
To do so would put them all, in peril.
would cndanger the lives of their own
wives and children. 1t was a case OF
expediency, and | was left to shift for
myself.
Then was afraid for the first time.
I was absolutely alone. But | got
ready-I put on pair of high boots, a
divided skirt and sweater. Finally the
Cuban cowboy-he was twenty-five,
splendid, daring chap, the most daring
boy we had-agreed to stay by me. He
found two mules, and the frames OF
two saddles-bone saddles, we called
them. There was not bit OF leather
on them. We rode nine miles through
the woods TO the railroad station.
when got TO Cordoba did not md
nv people in the hotel. They were in
prison at the National Palace, they and
others from plantations near ours, for
ty-one in all. They were held as hos
tages OF war-that is. the men were.
They did not want the women: they
could not be made 10 understand that
the United States would pay just as
much for a woman as for a man.
But there was one woman in the
prison. She was the wife OF the man.
ager OF our plantation. she and her
baby. She had been checked in by mis-
take-she wanted TO stay with her hus-
band. Her baby's treatment by the
Mexicans was the one bright spot of
human sympathy in II all. He became
known everywhere as The Prison
Baby lie was so bright and cunning
only eleven months old. but ne be-
came a favorite with the Mexicans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

horrible voices, and between times they
were heard to say: What dogs are we
to guard the Americans? Give them to
the mobs'
THE next day came rumors that the
American forces were close to the city.
rumors that Infatuated the mobs. That
was Saturday, April %. Word came
from certain Mexican officials 10 us 10
get the prisoners out at any price
to try bribery. If necessary With the
soldiers i'm mutiny, IL did not seem pos
sible 10 hold the smouldering mobs in
check much longer. A massacre seemed
inevitable.
Monday night at II o'clock they
were taken under guard OF the soldiers
TO the railroad station, on the street
cars There was no further demonstra-
ton against us then. and no insults.
Shortly before midnight we took the
train. two hundred and fifty American
refugees. under the British flag, to Dos
Machos.
There we suffered the last mlstreat-
ment While the guards sent with us
were at luncheon a mob stoned the
train, smashing the windows and strik-
ing some OF us with the stones. We
had TO get under the seats for protec-
ton. The guards returned and dis
persed them finally"
The party reached Vera Cruz without
special hardship or incident: their next
period Of hardship was 10 begin on thu
refugee ship which brought them IS
New Orleans.
so that gets me back 70 the United
States once more. Had we been able
to stay two weeks longer and finish
our crop would have had enough
money to leave me comfortable for the
rest Of my life. AS II is. | come back
home possessed OF one raincoat,
/ Panama hat. a pair OF engineers boots.
one divided riding skirt. which won me
the nickname OF 'Pantaones' among
the Mexicans; one poor suit not III to
be seen I'm public. which bought in
/ Vera Cruz. and pair OF Ill fitting
shoes.
"An own is down there-and | am
going back 20 It as soon as I can"