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the end of the ten years he secured Job
as street-car conductor. Then, with the
money he had saved, he bought piece of
land on Blue Island Avenue and started
the erection of a two-story fiat building.
Toborg took what he calls vacation; /;
that is, he carried the hod and laid the
bricks himself, and also did some of the
carpentry work. He sold the property at
good profit, clearing about $500 on the
transaction. This money, he says, started
him on the road to comfortable income.
Not Afraid of Ghosts
HIS next opportunity came in pc
culiar way. A man in TOborg's
neighborhood had started to build
house which, lacking finances, he was un-
able to complete. The building soon
fell to pieces, and presently the report
got around that the place was haunted
by ghost. For this reason no one
wanted to buy the property, notwith-
standing that the owner gradually re-
duced his price. AT the psychological
moment Toborg-who wasn't afraid of
ghosts-stepped in and secured the land
and partly finished building at bargain.
He completed it himself, and few months
later sold out at net profit of $1,000.
With this money he bought number
of lots in the same neighborhood, and one
by one erected houses on them.
AT sixty-three Henry Toborg is splen-
did example of clean living, perseverance,
and thrift. He says he will never retire,
for when man stops work it is time for
him to die.
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All the Babies?

sending out special trainload every
spring. And of the 10000 none, so far as
is known, has fallen heir to great wealth.
Do orphanage babies ever make good?
In the fall of 1863, Johnny Carrolls
mother left him in the waiting-room of
the old Indiana House in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and never came back. They had
been on their way to see Johnny's father,
a soldier wounded in one of the Southern
battles, and not until years afterward did
Johnny learn that his mother had died of
sunstroke on her way to buy their tickets.
Johnny was taken to the Cincinnati Home
for Children. He had been in there about
two years when that society decided that
children would grow up better if parceled
out among farmers. Johnny lived on
farms near Martinsville, New Vienna, and
Highland, Ohio. He grew up to be Colonel
Carroll of st. Louis, chairman of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee of Missouri,
and attorney for the Hill railroads.
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts was
an orphan; so was Herbert Bigelow, Gin
cinnati's famous preacher; and so were
John G. Brady, for three terms Governor
of Alaska, and Andrew H. Burke, first
Governor of North Dakota.
Little David, in "The Awakening of
Helena Ritchie, voices the pathetic ap-
peal of the waif for home:
81 seem to visit quite lot" he says;
I'D like to belong to somebody"
1t used to be thought that the orphan
asylum was the best possible answer to
the abandoned baby problem: many poor
homes were broken up and the children
ordered to be placed in orphan asylums.
Few homes are broken up these days if
there is any possibility whatever of hold
ing them together. Even bad mother"
social workers say, "is better for baby
than no mother at all"
What becomes of all the babies? Sew
eral hundred thousand of them have been
parceled out into babyless homes in the
past forty years. But there are still
hundred thousand or more waiting for
some one to adopt them. Want baby?
You can have one-provided, of course,
that you don't insist on "blue-eyed girl"
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dividends. His bank
account testifies to the
wisdom of this policy.
Conductor Toborg
has been hustling for
himself since he was
fourteen, at which age
he left his home in
Indiana. When he
was seventeen he had
saved up $500. About
this time his father
died, and, as his
mother was left with
out resources, he i'm
medlately turned over
his savings to her,
then started out
to accumulate more.
The next ten years he
spent on the Gulf of
Mexico, dividing his
time between working
on the sugar planta-
tions and the steam
ship docks. When he
came to Chicago at
a result he owns a
hotel and other real
worth a for.
tune. Other street.
car conductors are
said to have gro,on
,oedlthy; but Henry
did it out ofhis salary.
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What Becomes of e.

outside of a great orphan asylum
in one of the largest cities in the
country there used to be an ugly
wooden cradle. 1t stood unguarded and
alone. To one side of it was push but
ton connected with an electric bell inside
the orphanage; behind it blank door
set into the orphanage wall. At twilight
every evening strange, silent procession
would creep along that unseeing wall--a
woman, or two women; sometimes three
or four. Each Sinking figure would hesi-
tate for moment at the yawning cradle,
drop tiny parcel, press the button, and
slip away. Smoothly, silently, the door
behind the cradle would open; an arm
clothed in nurses uniform would reach
out and swing the cradle inside the door
One who listened closely might hear the
echo of an infants wall Then the cradle
would reappear, empty again.
The nurse, stationed behind the wall to
tend the cradle, would yawn and return
to her reading, waiting the next summons
of the bell Somewhere in the big rooms
of the orphanage, another baby, freshly
bathed and newly numbered, would be
laid in crib beside a hundred others.
Somewhere beyond the WALL mother
wept for the thing she had done.
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car was tied up? Not
much. Instead of
loafing, he merely dis
carded his uniform
for a pair Of overalls
and proceeded to
repair the alley back
of his hotel at Blue
Island Avenue and
Leavitt Street. 1t is
quite a hotel, too,
and so well conducted
without meaning to
be facetious) that
there is seldom a
vacant room in the
building.
One of Toborg's
maxims is, never
pay for work you can
do yourself. He has
followed this rule all
his life, and it has
played an important
part in his success.
Another is, make your
vacations pile up your
Punch. brothers, punch
Uith care; punch in
the presence of the
passengaire." sang
Mark TiOdin. and for
hirfy-eighf years
Henry Toborg has fol.
lowed his advice. As
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100000 in Institutions


SOMETIMES those mothers came back
to the orphanage, and, crying their re-
morse, pleaded that their babies be given
back to them again. But the orphanage
never gave back. Above the ugly wooden
cradle might have been painted the warm
ing, "Abandon hope" Once dropped into
its waiting folds, the baby grew up un-
mothered and unloved.
That cradle has long since disappeared: !:
it is harder to get rid Of baby than it
used to be. But still thousands of babies
every year are deserted-in railway sta
tions, in the vestibules Of public buildings,
and in parks. There are to-day more
than 100000 babies in the various insti-
tutions of the United States. What be-
comes of them?
Formerly they were kept at the orphan
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How Do They Turn Out ?

ONCE in blue moon the fairy tale
comes true. Mr. and Mrs. Finley J.
Shepard drop in at an orphanage, pick
out a ragged little tow-head who doesn't
know whether he ever had mother and
father or not, and make him the heir to
millions and millions. That actually does
happen in life sometimes, as well as in
fictiOn-but not often. In nine hundred
and ninety-nine cases out of thousand
the life of the motherless little boy and
girl is a pretty drab one before adoption,
and afterward as well. One baby clear
ing-house in New York has shipped more
than 10000 boys and girls to find homes,
Evening star., 1916-01-09

want boy aged eight. We have about
300 chickens: we have lots of grape-vines
and cherry trees and eight plum trees; we
have big garden. There are six of us al
ready-all girls; but we want boy. Send
us an eight-year-old boy who will fit in be-
tween the second and third girl.
Nothing like having your family made
to order. Many letters come from less de-
sirable sources-from farmers who want to
adopt boys because it's cheaper to have a
son working around the place at no wages
than to hire outside labor; and from
women who must have some one to help
with the dishes and can t afford a hired girl
Evening star., 1916-01-09
The Richest Street-Car Conductor
By

HNHE richest street-car conductor in
the world is resident of Chicago.
His name is Henry Toborg, and he is
said to be quarter-of-a-millionai No
one left him money; he earned every cent
of it himself, and he's making more to-
day, while still working at the same old
job. What is more, he likes that job and
has no intention of giving it up.
1t sounds almost unbelievable-that
man should want to punch transfers when
he can Clip coupons. But evidently Henry
does. He has been ringing up fares for
the Chicago Street Railway Company for
thirty-eight years now, and he would be
lost, he says, if they took his job away
from him. That is why he is still found
punching transfers for the Chicago public
from A. NJ. to p. M. daily on shuttle
car at the end of the Blue Island line,
when he might be riding in an automobile.
Do Everything Yourself
TOBORG has done away with worry
about the hign cost of living by the
simple expedient of converting his salary
of from $38 to $72 month into real estate
worth a handsome fortune. His income
from rents alone nets him more than
$1,000 year.
How did he do it? Well, for one thing,
he has never ceased working. The man
who stops work, he says, is like an old
mill out of use-he falls to pieces. In the
thrty-eight years he has been conductor
TOborg has taken exactly two "lay-offs,
and both were due to strikes. Did Henry
lounge around and smoke cigars while his
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
EXPERIMENTS
Teach Things Of Value.

Where me has never made the ex-
pertinent OF leaving on coffee and
drinking Postum, II 10 still easy 70
learn something about IL by reading
the experiences OF others.
Drinking Postum 10 . pleasant way
out OF coffee troubles. A Penn. man
says:
My wife was o victim OF nervous
ness. weak stomach and loss OF ap-
petite for years, and although we re-
sorted to numerous methods for re-
LIEF. one OF which was a change from
coffee to tea. II was all 70 no purpose.
I'VE knew coffee was causing the
trouble but could not end anything 10
take its place until we tried Postum.
Within two weeks after sbe quit coffee
and began using PostUm almost all Of
her troubles had disappeared as II by
magic. II was truly wonderful Her
nervousness was gone. stomach trou
bic relieved. appetite improved and,
above all. q nights rest was complete
and refreshing.
This sounds like an eIaEgeration.
as It all happened 20 quickly. Each
day there was improvement for the
Postum Was undoubtedly strengthen
ing her. Every particle OF this good
work IL due to drinking Postum In
place Of coffee" Name given BY Pos
tum Co. Battle Greek, Mich.
Postum comes In two forms:
pn.t,,r, CereaI--the original form
must be well boiled. 1Sc and 25c pkgs
instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in q cup OF bot wa
ter. and, with cream and sugar. makes
q delicious beverage instantly. zoe
/ and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's q Reason" for Postum
sold by Grocerl
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
RURAL CREDITS BILL
PASSED By SENATE
TGAN BEING WORKED OUT TO
SECURE CREDIT FOR FARM.
ERs IN TIME or NEED.
T'oN'oes TOR System Of Twelve or
More Land Banks ard Farm Loan
associations Under Supervision
Of Non.Partisan Board,

Washington.-The Hollis farm loan
DILL embodying the administration
plan for establishing system OF rur.
al credits, passed the senate Thursday
night by vote of IS to 5.
The senate bill provides for a nom
partisan farm loan board TO consist of
the secretary of the treasury and
four others, having general control of
farm loan system of twelve or
more land banks. and of farm loan
associations through which loans &C.
tually would be made.
Each land bank would have a cap.
ital stock of at least 100000, to be
subscribed by the government if not
taken by the public. The farm loan
associations would be cooperative,
made up of ten or more farmers who
would obtain charter from their dis.
trict land bank.
A farmer desiring to become a Dor,
rover would be required to take stock
in the loan association equal TO per
cent of his loan; the association in
turn would take an equal amount of
stock in the land bank, which would
appraise the security offered and
make the loan through the association.
On mortgages amounting to 5000, a
bank might issue a like amount OF
farm loan bonds, which would be Sc
cured by all twelve land banks.
All profits would 30 TO the loan as
ISOLATION in dividends, and thus to the
borrowers who are shareholders In
them. Loans might be on as long
terms as thirty-six years on the amor
tization plan, so that with each in
terest payment the farmer could pay
a small amount OF his principal. Loans
would be limited To first mortgages
and could not exceed SO per cent o
the appraised value of the land.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
NOnsensicaI,

A naval officer said in a naval argu-
ment at Washington reception:
Some of these naval critics show
such appalling ignorance OF the sim
plest sea terms-their criticisms be-
come in consequence such arrant non.
sense-really, it reminds me of the
recipe for shirred eggs.
THE humorous recipe for shirred
eggs runs:
'Shirred eggs: Take six eggs, peel
CAREFUL, remove the yolks and haste
the whites with No. 40 cotton. Cut
yolks into quarter sections and sew
them to the white at regular inter
walls, fastening with knots Of orange
silk. Gather top edge with pink Irvine
and draw to a circle. Roast before
open gas jet"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
DAVIS SPELLED NAME WRONG
slunder Of Popular Author pispieas-
ing to Man Whom Ne Made Fa-
nous ne Hero Of Story.

They say II is a wise son who knows
his own father. and say now that he
is q wideawake hero who recognizes
his own creator.
When Richard Harding Davis was a
Philadelphia reporter one OF the once
boys ON the newspaper where he
worked was Gallagher. He was q
precocious lad. and some years after
Davis had become famous as a novel
list and Gallagher himself had gradu
ated into a brickyard, the latter re
visited the Press once,
Meeting J. o. G. Duffy, who had
been a reporter with Davis, Gallagher
asked him what had become of the
big guns" on the paper in the "Old
days"
He wanted to know about Bradford
Merrill and r. e. A. Dorr and And!
Watrous. Then there was a tai
guy" said Gallagher, who used Il
give me a nickel 10 dance on the Ia
Bile. He called himself Mr.. Richar'
Harding Davis, What's become o.
him."
What" exclaimed Duffy, don't yol
know that Dick Davis Is now famou
and that he made you famous In
story"
Gallagher wouldn't believe H. 3
Duffy went to the ONCE library an
got out a copy OF Gallagher" Tn
original looked only at the cover an
said:
Why, the derned fool spelled m
name wrong"
And II appears that he had --Phili
delphia Ledger
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carefuI Of hI, compIexlon.

With sobs In his voice. the applicant
for a meal and some old clothes had
told his story. and the kind.hearted
woman had helped him.
Now as he sat eating hunk OF bread
and cheese she thought II wise TO get
in a little good advice. So she began
Don't you think that-er--it would
be better for yourself II you used SOAP
and water occasionally"
The tramp sighed dolefully
Il would, maam-l would" he an
swered eagerly, but the truth 10 thai
there's so many different kinds Of
soap. and it's SO hard TO know which
is injurious to the skin that I'm afrait
to take any risks"
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BEGIN HOT WATER
DRlNEING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out peIsonG

IL you wake up with a bad taste had
breath and tongue is coated; if your
head Is dull or aching; If what YOU eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stom.
ach, or you are bilious, constipated.
nervous. sallow and can't get feelins
Just right, begin drinking phosphated
not water. Drink before breakfast a
glass OF real hot water with a tea.
spoonful Of limestone phosphate in II
This will flush the poisons and toxins
from stomach. liver, kidneys and bow.
els and cleanse, sweeten and purify
the entire alimentary tract Do your
inside bathing Immediately upon arts.
ing in the morning to wash out of the
system all the previous days l olson.
Gus waste, gases and sour bile before
putting more food into the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your druggist OF
storekeeper a quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate which is inexpensive
and almost tasteless, except for Z
sourish tinge which is not unpleasant
Just as soap and hot water act OF
the skin, cleansing, sweetening anC
freshening, 80 hot water and lime
stone phosphate act on the stomach
liver, kidneys and bowels. Men ant
women who are usually constipated
bilious, headachy or have any stomach
disorder should begin this inside bath
ing before breakfast They are al
sured they will become real cranks OF
the subject shortly.-Adv.
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|[IIQIQlIIIIIIlII

D would get so weak at times that
ver. 1 began to take Lydia E.
ms Vegetable Compound, and
rs later l could eat and it did not
BY stomach. l have taken the
he ever since and I feel like Q
oman. I now weigh 127 pounds
can see what it has done for me
y. My husband says he knows
medicine has saved my life. -
/ S. BARLOW, 1924 South 4th St.
bus, Ohio.
a E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
contains just the virtues Of roots
RIBS needed to restore health and
th to the weakened organs Of the
That is why Mrs. Barlow, q
invalid, recovered 80 completely
ys for women suffering from any
ailments to insist upon having
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
BAD COMPLEXION MADE GOOD
When All Else Fails, by Cutieura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

II you are troubled with pimples,
blackheads, redness, roughness, itching
and burning, which distigure your com
plexion and skin, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment will do much to help you.
The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
Martial Ia ~ Ends orssrGsr,

pi,tsburgh. pa.-Martial Law prac'i
ally prevailed in East Pittsburgh and
Braddock "Wednesday nleh'. 49,,
,,.rts of the Pennsylvania National
80 natroled the streets IN the
strike zone, hat nc dls''1e'
nor ed
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Van Smythe claims that his great.
grandfather was one OF the signers Of
the Declaration Of Independence"
Il don't doubt IT, Van smythe IL
something OF a signer himself I've
got his name on n whole bunch OF l. O.
Va"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
FARMER coNFEssEs MURDER.
Says Woman Threatened 5laekmaiI
and He Killed Her.

Frankfort, Ind.-Giles W. Trask.
wealthy farmer and elevator owner,
has confessed, the police say, that he
killed Mrs. Alice A. Evans, a fortune
teller known as Nine. Rand Accord.
ing to the alleged confession. Trask
said the woman had been blackmail-
ing him and he went to her home to
make a settlement. An alteration
followed. and he struck her with an
ak, according to the confession.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
German Socialist Leauer Arrested

Berloin.-Dr. Karl Liebknecht. the
socialist leader. was arrested on May
l in connection with May day dem.
onstration in Berlin. Eight other per.
sons were arrested at the time OF the
demonstration, which occurred IN
Potsdam square.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
conscriptlon Bill cheered.

London.-The governments military
bill for immediate general compulsion
passed its first reading in the house
of commons Wednesday. Its passage
was loudly cheered. The debate re-
vealed no very deadly opposition 10
compulsion.
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1emAl0 uouDleS ana
nervousness. ! had
a pain in my right
side and could not
eat anything with
out hur ting my
stomach. ] could
not drink cold water
at all nor eat any
kind of raw fruit,
nor fresh meat nor
| chicken. From 178
] hounds I went to
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
Happy Day.

Did you hear that Barclays wife
has gone away and left him."
No! Is that SO? | believe I'll go
around and borrow some money from
him while he's in a cheerful mood"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
o,.ia Sta r. Jordan Retired.

Stanford University, Cal - Da'Ia
Co. Jordan chancellor OF Stanford
university and OF world fame as
80 ssvocate. has been retired with
he title Of chancellor emeritus
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
In Doubt.

Gould you lend me a dollar I'LL
Tuesday,"
Il could, only there are no many
Tuesdays, and I'm afraid you may be
thinking OF one about ten years from
now"
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1nklnn No RIak.

Aren't you wearing your Easter
hat a trife early, Doris7"
Yes. | suppose am, but I'm afraid
II might be out OF fashion before
Easter Sunday"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12

OF course you are entitled to think
what you please. but Il isn't always
safe TO innict your thoughts on 9th
era
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12

Al the age OF II = man attributes al
his troubles 10 cruel fate" Al 10 he
blamos his cursed luck
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XIII the Files Now and Prevent
dlseass. A DAISY FLY KILLER vii do H.
Kills thousands. Lasts all season. All dealers
or slI sec, empress paid foe 81 T. soakAA'
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12

Time waits for no man, but he has
IN wait at least an hour when his wife
tells him to wait just second.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12

Kisses are the real think only when
backed up by the heart
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12

The very latest thing in dress goods
is a new baby.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12

Black eyes are most beautiful when
given by nature.
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FTTa KPIIEFsY. FALLING SICKNESS
st9pPsd Qaiekly. ms yssrs e ssisis9ra PEE
KIikE C0MfAkY, hsa haak. Il. Js-ASE.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
FER SIX YEARS
|OF SUFFERING
ban Made Well byLydia
|Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

mbus, Ohio. had almost given
had been sick for six years with
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-12
,l.An.ther n Success.


: the young medico sighed,
l.ling profession is full of diff
The other day, for instance,
natient who ought to have
warmer climate. Couldn't
7 decided to try hypnotism.
ID a large sun on the ceiling
suggestion induced him to
was the sun"
how did it work." inquired
sener.
D6octor passed a hand YEARLY
3 brow.
down with sunotroke," he
hdly.
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Enough.

Enough.
there any improvements on
konerty of yours out in Com
ille?"
hing but a mortgage"