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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
HAD REAL CAUSE FOR GRIEF
Happy Event, Under the Circum-
stances, Brought Reverse Of Joy
to the Small Boy.

"Boo-hoo!" yelled the small boy dis
consolately, as he wandered down tn
street, kneading his eyes with his
knuckles
"My dear little chap, what's the
trouble?' asked benevolent old gen
tleman. stopping moment for bet
ter view of the small, miserable one.
MY sisters getting married to-
day!" broke out the youngster wrath
fully, and then again made the street
resound with his lusty lament.
But. my dear little chap" exclaimed
the kindly old soul, bending down to
stroke the youngsters head consolins
ly, 'you ought to be very glad youl
sister is going to be happy. Anyway
its nothing to cry over"
The dear little chap" jerked his
head free and burst into more violent
and ear-piercing music as he splut
tered sarcastically:
ooh, aint it? If-If you'd been paid
a quarter a week to k-keep but of the
way when her young m-man came tc
the house, you wouldn't be sorry when
your sister had gone and g-got mar
ried, would y-you?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
How to Lessen Hardness.

In the Women Home Companion
number of contributors present va
riety Of good ideas for public schools.
A teacher in Los Angeles, Cal, tells
as follows how tardiness Is lessened
in the schools of that city:
"A winning method OF dealing with
tardiness is used in the grammar
schools of Los Angeles, Cal. Iron
sockets which securely hold Flagstaff
have been placed beside each school
room door, and every morning after
the tardy bell has rung every room
free from tardiness places its flag
outside the door. SO that all who run
may read Bereft indeed do the small
persons feel who can fly no flag.
For the best weekly average fur
ther prestige is acquired by being al
lowed the pleasure Of possessing a
beautiful piece Of statuary SO long a
time as the average can be main
tanned"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
All Women Nurses.

Every woman, o. at least almost
every woman, wrote Florence Nightin'
gale, has, at one time or another OF
her life, charge of the personal health
Of somebody, whether child or invalid
in other words, every woman Is a
nurse. Every day sanitary knowledge
or the knowledge Of nursing. or. IN
other words, of how to put the con
stitution in such state as that il
will have no disease or that It can
recover from disease, takes a higher
place. 1t is recognized as the knowl
edge which every one ought to have
distinct from medical knowledge
which only profession can have,
II, then, every woman must at some
time or other in her life become 3
nurse-namely, have charge Of some
body's health-how immense and how
valuable would be the product OF heI
united experience If every woman
would think how to nurse.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
QUEEREsT COIN ON EARTH
Horseshoe Shaped and Used by Ma
tives Of West Africa-valued
by Collectors.

Among the strangest coins In the
world are those used in certain out-of
the-way towns and villages in south
west Nigeria, on the west coast of
Africa, and called "manillas. IN
shape they resemble horseshoe with
the two extremities fattened out ike
a camel's foot Being made OF soiid
copper, three-eighths of an inch Hhick,
they weigh over eight ounces ach.
In "face value" seven of these fueer
coins are equivalent to rs cents, so
that one dollars worth would be an
uncom1ortably heavy load.
Not only are these "manillas" used
among the natives, but white traders
accept them as legal tender for goods
sold at the various stores. at me
time this strangely shaped money had
quite a large circulation in certain
parts of the coast, but its use 's nov
restricted to few bush towns anc
one or two of the smaller seaboard
places, including Bonny, Brass and
Akassa "Manillas" are very difficult
to obtain, and curio collectors vahe
them not solely by reason CT their
scarcity, but because Of the novel
serviette rings they make when silver
plated.-Wide World Magazine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
POSSESSED SENSE OF HuaoR
Proof That the Famous Duke at Wei
iinaton Could Unben! en-
Occasions.

Wellington is usually credited with
insensibility to fun but he seems to
have answered a foof according to his
folly IN this pleasant story:
The FIRST organ upon which | tried
to play stood under the north arch
OF the chancel OF st Stephens church.
and before it was purchased tor the
church had been the property of LORD
Mornington, the professor OF music in
Dublin university. and of the still more
famous Arthur Wellesley, afterwards
duke of Wellington. When subscrip-
ton was being raised III order to re-
move the organ to the east end, one
OF the church wardens. by name
stephen Seed an excellent man, glfteo
With a somewhat iudicrousiy ornate
style of epistolary correspondence. be-
thought him of addressing a. letter In
his best English to the duke, In the
hopes of getting substantiaf con-
tribution After reminding him that the
sorgan mad once belonged to his lament
ed father. he added that y our Grace's
own famous fingers may not lnfrequept-
ly have wandered over the keys me
duke was not to be drawn, but an
swered with his own hand, as he al
ways did. somewhat in these character
1stically laccnic terms: "F. M. The
duke of Wellington presents his COM
pliments to Mr. Seed, and begs to say
that If he ever played upon the organ
in question, it must have been when ne
was quite an infant"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
WAS FIRST MISSOURI TOWN.
French Settlers Founded 0es Peres
Thirty-Five Years Before
Ste. Genevieve.

Although Ste. Genevieve generally
is held as the first white settleme1 in
Missouri, it is probable that French
settlers lived within the present state
limits 35 years before Ste. Genevieve
was founded.
The very first settlement, it is sup
posed, was Des Peres, at the mouth OF
creek by that name about six miles
-outh OF st. Louis. 1t was founded by
Jesuits. Austin, in 1897 quizzed the
oldest inhabitants at Kaskaskia. They
had heard, from their parents, of Des
.'eres. Beck takes this view in his
gazetteer of Missouri.
The settlers found Des Peres un.
healthy and moved across the river
and 25 miles south. Later they went
20 kaskaskia. Credit is given to the
story by the fact that a Roman coin
found on Des Peres creek, was given
to Governor Clark in early territorial
days.
Penicaut, carpenter on LIE Sueur's
expedition in 100, notes Canadian
settlement at the mouth of Saline
creek in Missouri
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
QUALITIES OF TRUE COURAGE
Subject Worthy Of More Consideration
Than Is Generally Given It.
Think X Over.

Is the bison on the railroad track
waiting for the locomotive a coura-
seous bison? He thinks so Eut he
does not know what is going to hap
pen. and, therefore. he is more foolish
than coura gacus
What Is courage? asks the Los An
geles Herald.
To die N battle, with the band
playing. excitement high, and when
you probably could not run away if
you wanted to-is that courage?
II 1t Is couI gcous to save drown
ing child with q thousand looking on
to admire you, how much more cour-
ageous is il to do the same thing with
nobody looking on2
II a hundred men should show their
courage before crowd, what percent
age would show the same courage
with no crowd?
Which is the nisher courage, risk
ing your life to gain applause or do
ing what you betave to be right, al
though you know everybody will de
splse you for dol1s it?
Does it take ore courage 10 enlist
in the army ana be killed tor your
country than II does to work six days
every week fer small salary, bring
back all OF the money and give It to
your wife for the children on Satur.
day?
What is courage? Think it over,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
DELuGE BEFORE MANS FALL
. G-ncr:an Inscription Reverses the
Accepted Creer of Bible
Narrative.

According to translation of a re-
Gently deciThered inscription on one
OF the Sumerian tablets Professor
Langdcn of Jesus college. Oxford, says
the deluge prececd the fall of man
according to the Scientific American
the tablet, which has been aimos
completely restored contains six fine
!y written columns of about cwu nun
dred and forty lines. most OF whlat
are intact, 1t oeslns BY descrlanc
the land of primeval b:-s when Il
locates at Dilmun, an island iii tn
Persian gulf, In this paradise dive
mankind, whom Maud. the creatress
with the help of Erlil had created
After the deluge this king is catlee
Tagtug. the divine. And this ragtu
lives in garden is himself a garden
er, and the wise Er,I reveals unto him
wisdom. The Greek historians, too
preserve this legend in the story OF
Cannes, who rose from the Persial
gulf to teach men wisdom in primeva,
times. And so Tagtug, as in the He
brew history OF Noah, plants a garden,
names the trees and plants and is
permitted to eat of all but the cass;a
tree, an herb of healing par excellence
OF this plant Tagtug was not to eat,
for thereby he would obtain eternal
life. Mankind until this time possesse
extreme longevity, but not immor
tality. Tagtug on his own initiative
takes and eats of the forbidden tree
He is cursed by Nintud and becomes
a prey 10 disease and ordinary NOR
tality. Thus in the original Sumerian
story Noah, the survivor of the flood
is the one who eats from the tree oil
life. No woman is concerned in this
disobedienee which resulted in our
loss for perfect health peace ano
countless years.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Outdoor Odo1.

Lafcadio Hearn describes smelling
party In Japan, at which the guests
undertake to name a large number
OF scents by smelling the burning in
cense sticks. Here is an effort in the
land Of outdoor odors to develop the
sense Of smell along with the sensi-
tiveness Of the other faculties OF
sense. How important is the sense OF
smell when one walks amid the path
ways and avenues Of the wide open!
What an added delight II one is able
to detach the more pregnant from the
multifarious elements Of incense Of
the flowers and trees and vegetation
in general. This should be q power
commemorate with that Of the trained
musician to detect the quality Of in
strumentation Of every player in an
orchestra. 1t slaoa3A n tact, be q
mark Of culture. Bak 1t b not 20. Yet
the absence q txa6asA poweTs Of
smelling does nos prevent snioymsnt,
even II 1t dAni0 1lGarimination an the
enjoyment Of tne odorous out-of-
doors. The magnificent gardens Of
nature are regal n coaor. but they
are regal - wslf - psg9ums.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Cable Over Whirlpool.

An aerial passenger galloway is
soon to be built across the whirlpool
at Niagara falls to enable visitors to
get a close view of that marvel oil
nature and to experience the thrills
connected with such a view without
incurring any danger. The system
which Is described with illustrations
in the August Popular Mechanics
magazine, is similar to one recently
installed at San Sebastian, Spain, for
spanning chasm between two noun
tain resorts, and to the one that
climbs the first stage Of the Wetter-
horn in Switzerland The whirlpool
is situated in Canadian territory,
about six miles below Niagara falls.
The galloway is to be about 1770 feet
long, With the cables stretched at an
elevation OF about $50 feet above the
whirlpool. The car, which has al
ready been built In Spain, has a ca
pacity Of fifty passengers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Penalty Of PoIiteness.

The woman was aged. feeble and
leaned heavily on thick cane as she
Loved slowly along. She hesitated
as she approached the crossing al
Fourth and Jefferson streets. A young
man Of excellent appearance and
gentlemanly manner, assuming that
she feared to cross, touchsd her gently
on the arm, and. cap in hand, volun.
teered to conduct her over. The kind.
ness met with dire results.
The old woman Strengthened up
slightly and wagged the big stick
menacingly. &~ts
Get out Of here, ye bold scallywag,
she said. Sure lady can't walk the
street without you mashers 10 after
'em. Get along wit ye!"
The young man retreated in con.
fusion.-Louisville Times.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Children and Bronchitis.

The treatment of cold which runs
down into the bronchial tubes" re.
quires local as we'll as internal medi-
cation. "A warm bath at bedtime is
very necessary to relieve the nervous
ness and irritability; after the bath
the chest and back should be well
rubbed with mixture composed Of
one tablespoonful Of spirits OF turpen-
tine and three tablespoonfuls of sweet
oil. Let the child wear q cotton night
gown next to the skin and warm fan.
mel gown over the cnttun gown. Be
sure the feet ara kspt warm. The
hot water bottle wrapped IN towel
may beeplaced under tho test and legs
fOr warming purposes To relieve the
thirst and dryness In tAs meuth give
the child bits Of choDps4 ice to suck.
The ice. also reiievss tne TICKLING h
tina thzOst and lessena III, tendency to
cough
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Europe's Population.

People are in the habit OF thinking
Of China ~ the most densely popu-
lated land in an the world. The great
loss OF life which usually attends
floods in China helps to maintain this
idea. Few people realize that Eu-
ropes population y slightly denser
than that Of China
According to eeBsus, the inhabitants
ol China numhes $4,000, 900. As China
10 about. ons-tenth larger than Europe,
the density Of pOpalation Of the twe
slightly favoes Bnsppa.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23

Inc sins tallation of off GERS of Mizpah
Eve No. l3, L. o. [. MO-. 7. w.
bk place last night. The installati n
Vas done BY Lady Lyon as installing
bfficer and in very impressive man.
Ener. The new Commander made the
following appointments.
Official P ON ter. Lad Nello Boyd
Musician, Lady Lillian Bowden.
Musical Director Lao Nancy Warren
Captain of the Guard, Lady Louise
Walters
C. B. No. l, Lady Keast.
C. B. No. 2, Lady Olson.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
FROM THE GATES OF DEATH
Aoed coIlector Threw on lnsIrmitie,
at Sight Of object He Desired
to Possess,

What the passion for collecting is
NO one except perhaps the born col
lector can really know. Sir Martin
Conway. in '"Tha Sport Of Collecting" )"
writes:
4 once knew an aged collector who
Mas suffering all thu its that nature
q ccumulatea o. ths last years 0s some
pnagenariaus-
!. z"His sight vae feebles he was deaf:
was often r1eks1 with. pain It
med svtdsut thns hfss end wxs IT
bd. Hie dsyu sud nid1tS had - -
snt in, an armchair, ezd eAcfI goaD
e breath seemed likely to be his
.Ast.
z ITO him entered dealer Of his &C
Quaintancs With q splendid K'anE Hst
Fsmille verto vase. which the old man
had long wished 10 possesA. The sight
u It revived his forces; his breathing
cleared: be at erect In bis chair. and
presently. IN the excitement Of the
bargaining, was upon his feet str1dtns
about the room.
The struggle and he yictory 70
vived him. and hs lived on for several
years before dsath a4eIlx yap him
and the British mu0000 o0to5o6 upon
=. s-Ae,st.nr>" .s1srrAA sssss -
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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
psu,.sresf ssss.

4 young man noticed that tho case
of his watch seemed to be brass, and
he FASTENED to the jeweler from whom
new case, because he was protected
by . 3O-yesr guaranty.
The jeweler looked at the cooo,
brushed 1t . little, then replied:
Are you taking any medicine CON-
tanning iron? II you arc, the iron
probably has come out with p6fspira-
tion and has tarnished the case.
The young man remembered he was
taking medicine containing iron. With
q few minutes' work the watchcase
ms polished until Y hooked like nsv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Old Humans Would Send to the Ends
Of the Earth for Oeiicaeies That
Appealed to Them.

At the famous banquet of Trimal-
chic which. it should be remembered.
was not merely banquet, but bur
lesque, and was given by a multi-mil-
lionaire, as we should call him today,
the gustus would have served the most
of men for dinner. A donkey of
Corinthian bronze held two baskets of
other. Then there were dormice GOV.
cred with honey and poppy seed. hot
sausage on a silver grill and bepeath
them damsons and pomegranate seeds.
But Roman dined with Trimalchio
as rarely as with Lucullus, and the
freedman's fancy was separate and his
own.
After the gustus came the regular
courses uercula they are called
which might be three, or even seven.
in the houses of epicures. The satir-
lists and historians, as we know. con-
demn the extravaganza. which vastly
increased under the empire, and which
bade the wealthy Romans send for
their priceless delicacies to the ends
of the earth. Satire had no more effect
than sumptuary laws. and the ban
quets of TIL. rich patricians and
wealthy freedmen are legendary. First
came the fish, for poor as for rich a
necessity of the dinner. Sea barbel and
the turbot of Ravenna we're the favor
ties, and the haddock was not dis
dained.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
STATUE ~ Ureels.

Perhaps NO other nation In the
world. save the inventive Germans,
would, have thought Of building .
statue Of brick. In the little city Of
Vegesack. near Bremen and in the
district. Of the German clay fields, the
citizens have erected such . statue 70
one Of their number who won fame ~
an African explorer. The monument
II Of brick. 30 feet In height. including
the pedestal. The architect nodded
the figures Of man and camel out Of
. solid mass Of clay, which Wso
burned in . great kiln and then sawo
into bslck-sised blockA =
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Language Made In Germany

was once sitting on the veranda
Of hotel at Boppard. on the Rhine,
when the commanding officer OF the
garrison Of Ehrenbreitstein drove up
N q motorcar., He pointed to sign
bearing the word Garage and said
that II the word were mot changed
he would place that hotel cut Of
hounds for all his officers andyfor alt
the men Of his garrison Next day
there appeared on the sign the word
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." .tpoweT-
wason-standifs 4n-room). - Londoa
Outlook. a.. q
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23
Colorado ranked fifth in the pro-
duction OF silver in 1914.

Mr.. and MJs. D. J. Donnelly,
took advantage OF the low rates 10
Denver during the "big show''
and passed very pleasant time
in the attractive city.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-23

The liver loses its activity at tim e
and needs help. HERBINE is an eff
fective liver stimulant. Il also purifies
the bowels. strengthens digestion and
restores strength, vigor and cheerful
spirits. Price Soc. sold by H. A.
Elliot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-30
Other Instances

Oficials here have been deeply con-
cerned for some time at repeated in
stances of abuse of American pass
ports despite every effort to restrict
and safeguard issuance. 1t was point
ed out, however, that there was no
recourse against deliberate forgery of
a passport or any other document at
such a time.
Admitting that it is a delicate matter
to address a friendly government in such
a case, officials here feel the evidence
in these cases has been developed SO
publicly that no other course appeared
but to afford the German government an
opportunity to disavow responsibility for
the actions of alleged agents by entering
q complete denial of the charges.
Work Of investigation
Beginning with the Developments in
the case Of the German-American kuep-
ferle, who committed suicide after admit
ting that as a German spy he had been
supplied with a bogus American passport
by his superiors. the state department
has been tracing the history OF other
false passports. Developments in the
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Becker Resigned

Tonight Becker seemed coldly re-
signed to his fate. The prison oficials
reported that while he awaited the ar
rival Of his wife somewhat impatient
ly, his composure was remarkable.
He was seated in his cell smoking
cigar" said Leon c. Weinstock COM
missioner of prisoners, who saw the
prisoner in the death house at about
10 O'Clock. He was as cold as ice. When
l remarked that he seemed to be TAX
ing it easy, he said: What else can ]
do? I've got to face it, haven't I?'"
At $40 Becker was to be taken to
the execution chamber. He was to be
followed in the death chair by Samuel
Haynes, a Negro murderer.
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BECKER ATTACKS THE
ACTION AND MOTIVES
OF GOVERNOR WHITMAN

Ossining, n. Y, July 2s-The last
hope of Charles Becker died when he
was told early in the evening that his
wife had failed to move Governor
Whitman to commute his sentence to
life Imprisonment. This, Mrs. Becker
asked of the Governor at a conference
she had with him at Poughkeepsie.
Failing in her mission, she mo1ored
here to break the news to her husband.
but it had already reached him.
pected clemency. Almost at the mo-
ment the news was received the pris-
oner gave out a letter he had written
to Governor Whitman in which he at
tackled the executive for having. as he
indicated. given to the newspapers
statements which cast a foul asper-
sion on my character" and for which
he demanded a retraction.
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Becker's Last Words
to Gov. Whitman

In a letter to Governor
Whitman Thursday nj G h t
Becker continued to declare
his innocence and bitterly as
sailed the Governors stand.
ITO these charges and to all 9TH
ers ! answer" the letter read, "by
repeating solemnIy, on the brink Of
the world to which you are send
ing me before my time, what was
my constant answer while in the
world ! am innocent as you Of
having murdered Herman Rosen-
thai or of having counseiled, pro-
cured or aided his murder, or hav-
ing any knowledge Of that dreadful
crime"
MARK we'll, sir, these words Of
mine," the letter concluded, when
your power passes, then the truth
of Rosenthal's murder will become
known. But not while your nomi-
can hold the club over these per-
sons. With the aid of judges who
were nisIed into misconceiving the
testimony offered in my trial and
into misstating in it both to the
jury and on appeal, you have prov
ed yourself able to destroy my life.
But, believe me, ! will surrender it
without rancor. Not all the judges
in this state, nor in this country,
nor the governor Of this state, nor
the district attorney, nor all of
them combined, can destroy per-
msnentiy the character Of an in
nocent man."
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FORGED U. S.
PASSPORTS
FURNISHED
BY GERMANS
Statements Made Under Oath by
Men Arrested in England for
German Spies Are Called to
The Attention of the German
Government

Washington, July 29-Ambassador
Gerard was directed today to call to
the attention Of the German govern
ment statements made under oath in
England by persons arrested as Ger
man spies that they had been sup
piled with forged American passports
by German officials.
Action OF the American government
was based on sworn testimony Of sew
eral alleged German spies apprehended
by the British authorities and state
ments of Americans whose genuine
passports are alleged to have been
forged. Ambassador Gerard is directed
to seek an explanation Of that portion
Of testimony in several cases which
appears to make agents of the German
government responsible for the forg-
cries.
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Ossning N. Y July 30-Mrs. Charles Becker said fare
well 1890 A. NJ her hus band sentenced be electro
this morning the rider of Herman
did not leave the prison. howe until LIS A. M. John
Becker the condemned mans brother and John Lynch
Bcke brother accompanied her when she left the prison.
the taxcab about to lie Mrs Becker spoke briefly
Deputy Warden Johnson. Mrs Becker showed
the mental strain which she had been subjected She
walked from the prison with firm and refused take the
of her brother.
The late arrival of Mrs Becker caused dsarrangement
plans of the prison officials for Becker last night It had
been hoped that Becker might get before midnight
Deputy Warden Johnson announced after Mrs Beckers
departure that Becker had prepared
the execution Mr. John said the statement
He would not intimate what it contained