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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
allah Rookh" Centenary.

Is the war holding back any poem
comparable with 'Lallah Rookh," the
publication of which was delayed by
the Waterloo campaign, and took place
Just a century ago?
Perhaps few read the famous ORR
entail romance nowadays, but Moore's
reputation when he wrote 1t was such
that he was able to sell 1t when he
had scarce put pen to paper. Murray
offered 1000 guineas for 1t, but the
poets friends thought this too little,
and approached Longman, STIMULATING
that the price should be mot less than
the largest amount ever paid for a
poem" THAT" said Longman, "was
the $4,000 paid for 'Rokeby,'" and on
that basis a bargain was struck, the
publishers only stipulation being that
Moore's poem should be equal to
Scott's in length. Even so, Longman
had the best Of the bargain. Seven
large editions were sold within year,
and a quarter of century later Long
mans still regarded "Lallah Rookh" as
1.-THE cream of copyrights. "-Manches-
ter Guardian.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
ManlnuIatina a Blanket.

Learning how to manage a blanket
that is a little short at One end and
not quite long enough at the other
with similar deficiencies in width, Is
one of the first things the young sol
der should be taught. If he is not
taught it, he will probably have an ex-
perlence like that of a western recru.
who says that in his first week in camp
he lost great deal of sleep at night
When he lay on his back his stomacI
was cold; when he turned over h'i
back was cold; when he pulled thd
blanket up around his shoulders he gor
cold feet, and when his feet were UNI
der the blanket his neck was uncomi
Portable. A veterans recipe nav
however, be worth considering. III
says the only way to manipulate a1
army blanket, on a cold night, Is 4
pull your knees up TO your chin, ~
face downward, and hold the four CO
ners of the blanket in your teeth
Christian Science Monitor.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
PICKED MEN SENT TO FRANCE.
The First Organization Of New Nation.
Al Army will Consist o. 500 1000 Men.

Washington The FIRST organization
Of the new national army Will consist
of only 100000 men These viii be
picked mrn aud they Will be- moved 10
kranee quickly,
az The remainder Of the Bs7 900 men
sha will he eatled Ia the first draft
thousands viii he assigned 70 fili up
the ranks uf the national guard aud
regular army regiments 20 the new war
strength. The others, numbering be
tweeu 10000 ana 200,O00 men, VIII be
held ~ depot tronpN and used 60 fill
sncaWeien "a the first a2n0a0 us then
are rejected 0F az casualties occur,
This beenme known Friday when the
assignment - troo4sS 90 the canton
Reuta Rnd the designation of the regi.
nentai commanders was announced
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
COMMANDER COAL
THE LATEST PLAN
PRESIDENT MAY TAKE OVER THE
ENTIRE OUTPUT or MINES And
FIX MAXIMUM PRICES.
Commission Finds al Present Prices
Goal Operators. Jobhers and Retail.
ers Are aeaptng Esorhltant
Profits From the Pubic.

washington. The government may
enInmBndrsr the enal output IT the
United States. This situation 81 the.
coal problem seemed probable when
President Wilson on Friday turned his
personal attention to the snbject aud
heard the mine operators aud miners
presentation Of the situation The In.
tertsts ~ the public viii he presented
~ The federal trade commission.
which has just completed Us inyestl-
gafien ~ coal production costs.
The commissions report will say
thai nj present prices coal operators
tohhars and retailers are reapiug tx.
orbitnnt profits, aud that tncquitabic
distribution Il adding to rhe costs Ia
many parts ~ the country
Operators and mii,ers who oppose
government price fixing ia rhe fear
that prices will be pushed down To- too
low level put their case before the
president through Francis \. Pea.
botiy, chairman Ut the eoui production
committee 81 the council of national
defense. nnd John r. White president
~ the nlicd Mine Workers of Amer.
ien. They propose that voluntary AR
arrangement he made between operators,
miners aud the government and That
no move be made towards enforcement
Of the drastic provisions u the fo0d
dill
The aetl1n which the president -
expected 80 take IL % commanders
the output ~ All coal mines aud fix
rauitpblr prices everywhere.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
QUICK AID GIVEN WOUNDED
Rapid Treatment After Battle and
New Cleansing Methods Save
Lives Of Many SoldlerA

Lieut.. Col. Gilbert Darling, @. B., a
famous English surgeon who is con-
sulting surgeon to the great base hos
pitfalls at Rouen, which accommodate
1900 patients, says that since the war
began immense strides have been made
In the surgery of the battlefield. Two
improvements that may be noticed as
having taken place since the outbreak
of hostilities, writes correspondent Of
the New York Times, are In connection
with the rapid treatment Of the wound
ed after big battle and the cleansing
of wounds.
Five or ten miles behind the fighting
sufficient casualty clearing stations
each holding about 1000 men-have
been organized to deal with all the
casualties that may reasonably be ex-
pected, so that once man is picked up
by the stretcher bearers he receives
adequate treatment within a very short
time. Here also is a special hospital,
perhaps of 80 beds, for abdominal
cases, which are the most urgent.
In the old days such wounds, because
of the delay before they could be treat
ed and cleaned, were generally consid-
cred to be fatal; but under the new
conditions, by which man so hit is
placed in an ambulance and sent off
Immediately, If necessary, without
waiting for other wounded to be placed
in with him, the dangerous delay is
overcome, and the wound kept aseptic
| and more amenable to treatment.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
sENAroR JOHN ". KAN DAD.
Ma Majority Floor Leader and eandl-
date for Wee. President.

Asheyllle, n. Former senator
Inhn ". Kern of Indiana. aud Demo
rattle uamlnee for Slce-prcstdent In
lt0S. died herc August "a. OF uraenlc
poisoning
tlp 10 the time Of bis retirement
'rom the senate ia March last MIR,
Kern MRS majority floor leader aud
chairman of the Democratic eoufcr-
,0cc eomniittce Ito was native Of
indiana, having been born Ia Alto,
Howard connty urceuber ~ 1910,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
Antitrust Laws Of ola.

In one of the famous English case
referred to In Chitty's Criminal Law
II was decided that spreading rumo'
with intent to raise the price Of =
ticulaF species of product, erdeaYoT.i "
TO enhance its price by persuad.l
others from abstaining from brin-
II 10 market, and engrossins lara
quantities in order to resell them
the exorbitsnt prices Occasioned
their own articles, are offenses indie
able at common law, and subject u
party so acting to fine and impriso
ment at the discretion of the cou
In which he Is convicted"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
school Children Get late Star.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in this city. in
view Of war conditions which make
Il urgent that the young people be left
to help in their homes and on the
farms as long as possible, viii not
open this year until September II.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24

RoiSe.-NeiI TourteIIotte, son 81 Mr..
aud Mrs. John Tourtellotte, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the field artillery. according TO word
received by relatives from him at Bos-
Ton, Mass.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24

ulE sicprEar, Va. }. ". rhlpps
and ". v MeAvuy N,yEiUts mouatatR.
sers. were touud guilty by jury ia
fuF "rvsruitiug lnen Ia destroy arms
and ammunition ~ the tuiJri States
Eoyvrnmrnt~ Tho pvnnlJy MAS fNrd
a. hye ycars lea the fc,ieral peHiteu.
Diary al Atlantis.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
Get Used TO II

Mrs. Yearwedd - John, when
were first married you used aiwsl
to say grace before meals; you new
do Il now.
Yearwedd-I am not so much afrsi
OF your cooking now.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
lapan ausY naIlaIna shIpa.

rekio. before the year lntT Is over
ne slaipyArls of Japan expect To-
nuneh ninety seven steamships with
ga aggregate tonnage ~ AOoOoo tons.
Thirty one merchantmen, uggrcgatlng
tuS. 11a tuhs and each exceeding coo
sona. were completed nc various ship
building yards Ia japan during the
az unnths ending june 10 this year.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24

spokane Fire conditions Ia the ma
slaRni forests m eastern Oregon and
AeFtheFa Idaho are the worst they
save bc.n az any tiiuv since iott aud
silr iossvs arc RUNNING high and the
lost at uebtinE the flames i mount
ne rapidly u was said Friday al shv
sn1ee % D. r. inEaishy, federal for
at supervisor.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24

i@pRdon Two army uirplau.s. ny
tnE soW and at great spced, came iuta
collision Friday over tue Thames near
furrcsi Essex. Both machines Sell
and the plot uf one Of them was
aruwned
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24

Washington Pr Travelling satszguvu's
organizations comprising about tsnuN
aavnarrs have pledged themselves 10 a
slsatlsss Bad useailsSs myal every
day. the food administration au-
nouuevA FRIDAY
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24
Danger In slumber.

Are you getting insomniar
I'm cultIvating insomnia as a n
fesSional requisite" replied the q
eminent employee. Il know so mal
state secrets that don't dare take
chance on talking IN nv s'aen-"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-24

Cincinnati. ~ Disgillsrs throughout
the United States viii turn over their
plants 10 the government Tor war pur-
lpOses the moment they close. Septem-
Der 3. under the requirements Of the
GOod law.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21
Business Men Best Farmers.

sit may be disputed and appear I'M
probable, but it is nevertheless true
that the best farmers are not those
who are brought up on the farm ana
educated as farmers, but rather those
who 60 on to the farm from other oc-
cupatiOns," remarked James Hayden,
stockman of Montana, according TO the
Washington Post. Montana, you may
know, has become an agricultural state
in the last decade. Before that we
were a stock state, and there was very
little real farming done. We have mad
immigrants from all parts of the coun-
try who have gone on to farms. Many
have become rich, because Montana
land is rich agricultural land. lnvesu-
CATION has been made in all parts OF
the country to learn who make the
most successful farmers and why.
These inquiries have invariably shown
that the best farmers are progressive
men. By that I mean men who are
intelligent and aggressive. They are
doctors, merchants, lawyers, clerks and
others. The professional man usually
makes a successful farmer because, as
rule, he applies to farming that sys-
tematic, orderly intelligence which
made him a success in his profession"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

butted First said word the
from the street
clothes
took q conversational
"You dropped a package, didn't your
hope that had picked
nsulted him had chance
to over"
and elastic! didn't insult him; just
a that
Il don't the is but will hurry back to where you
grassif isn't gone
behind duckeged
pad butone must buy
gasoline.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

ence-his brothers brain and chair?
After all, was he not right? Has his
eternal form become so attenuated as
to be a hallucinatiOn? Are hallucina-
tons real entities? Why not? There
is food for thought here. Some day I
shall come to a conclusion upon it.
He was very much disturbed today.
He could not write, for had made the
servant carry the pen out of the room
in his pocket. But neither could
write.
The servant never sees him. This
is strange. Have developed keener
sight for the unseen? Or rather, does
it not prove the phantom to be what
it is-a product of my own morbid con-
sciousness?
He stole my pen again. Hallucina-
tons cannot steal pens. This is I'M
answerable. And yet 1 cannot keep
the pen always out of the room. l
WdAI W NIll6 sell.
have had three different servants
since my trouble came upon me, and
not one has seen him. Is the verdict
of their senses right? And is that of
mine wrong? Nevertheless, the ink
goes too rapidly. 1 fill my pen more
often than is necessary. And further
more. only today I found my pen out
of order. / did not break it.
/ have spoken to him many times,
but he never answers. l sat and watch
ed him all morning. Frequently he
looked at me, and it was patent that
he knew me.
BY striking the size of my head viO-
lently with the heel of my hand, can
shake the vision Of him out of my eyes.
Then can get into the chair; but L
have learned that / must move very
quickly in order to accomplish this. Of
ten he fools me and is back again be-
fore I can sit down.
1t is getting unbearable. He is a
jack-in-the-box, the way he pops into
the chair. He does not assume form
slowly. He pops. That is the only
way to describe it. 1 cannot stand
looking at him much more. That way
lies madness, for it cOmpels me almost
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21


world doing
capitals
which brought
Railroad officials
of their being hotel Washington finding
and there indication etup.
buildings Washington
prospective
procuring
they canh handle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

philosophy of those
calling fight Germany.
reached
rifle
q A.
Leroy to
training.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

old, old discussion-the eternity OF
forms. How many hours and how
many nights we had consumed over it !!
On this night he had been particu-
larly irritating, and all my nerves were
screaming. He had been maintaining
that the human soul was itself form,
an eternal form, and that the light
within his brain would go on forever
and always. / took up the poker.
Suppose" l said, II should strike
you dead with this?"
II would go on" he answered.
GAS a conscious entity?" I demand
ed.
"Yes, as conscious entity" was his
reply. 81 should go on, from plane to
plane of higher existence, remembering
my earth life, you, this very argument
-ay, and continuing the argument
with you"
It was the only argument. (Forc1-
BILE! Ha, ha comment of Rudolph
Heckler on margin). I swear it was
only argument. I never lifted hand.
How could I? He was my brother, my
elder brother, Jim.
I cannot remember. I was very ex-
asperated. He had always been so OBJ
stinate in this metaphysical belief OF
his. The next / knew he was lying
on the hearth. Blood was running. 1t
was terrible. He did not speak. He
did not move. He must have fallen
in a fit and struck his head. l no.
ticed there was blood on the poker.
In falling he must have struck upon it
with his head. And yet I fail to see
how this can be, for / held it in my
hand all the time. I was still holding
it in my hand as 1 looked at it.
1t is haIlucination. That is a con-
clusion of common sense. l have
watched the growth Of it. At first 1t
was only in the dimmest light that
could see him sitting in the chair. But
as the time passed and the hallucina-
ton, by repetition, strengthened, he
was able to appear in the chair under
the strongest lights. That is the ex-
PLANTATION. 1t is quite satisfactory.
I shall never forget the first time
saw it. / had dined alone downstairs.
1 never drink wine, so that what hap
pened was eminently normal. 1t was
in the summer twilight that / returned
to the study. 1 glanced at the desk.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

There he was, sitting. So ne ural was
it, that before knew l cried out,
"Jim!' Then I remembered all that
had happened. OF course, it was hal
| Iucination. I knew that. took the
poker and went over to it. He did not
move or vanish. The poker "leaved
through the nonresident substance of
the thing and struck the back of the
chair. Fabric of fancy, that is all it
was. The mark is there on the chair
now where the poker struck. / pause
from my writing and turn and look at
it-press the tips of my fingers into
the indentation.
He did continue the argument. 1
stole up today and looked over his
shoulder. He was writing the history
of our discussion. 1t was the same old
nonsense about the eternity of forms.
But as I continued to read, he wrote
down the practical test had made
with the poker. Now this is unfair
and untrue. I made no test. In fall
ing he struck his head on the poker.
Some day somebody will find and
read what he writes. This will be ter
rible. am suspicious of the servant,
who is always peeping and peering,
trying to see what write. / must do
something. Every servant have had
is curious about what write.
Fabric of fancy. That is all it is.
There is no Jim who sits in the chair.
1 know that. Last night, when the
house was asleep, / went down into
the cellar and looked carefully at the
soil around the chimney. 1t was I'M
tempered with. The dead do not rise
up.
Yesterday morning, when I entered
the study, there he was in the chair.
When I had dispelled him, sat in the
chair myself all day. / had my meals
brought to me. And thus l escaped
the sight of him for many hours, for
he appears only in the chair. l was
weary, but I sat late, until IL o'clock.
Yet, when 1 stood up to go to bed, 1
looked around, and there he was. He
had slipped into the chair on the in
slant. Being only fabric of fancy,
all day he had resided in my brain.
The moment it was unOccupied, he
took up his residence in the chair. Are
these his boosted higher planes of exist
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

The government of South Africa will
establish a college of agriculture at
Pretoria.
A patent has been granted to Chi
cago man for a tennis racket press
that also serves as a cover.
Electric bulbs lighted from a dry
battery form animals heads on a re-
Gently patented muff for women.
Spain is believed to have enough
coal in undeveloped mines to supply
the country for two centuries,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

unprepareu.s AZ IeaSC LHeTe arc GET
tain indications that precautions have
been taken against a surprise visit
Searchlights capable OF penetrating
high into the skies have recently been
installed on tall buildings here and
nightly they sweep the heavens as well
as illuminate at intervals certain
places that might be targets for at
tack. Whether anti-aircraft guns also
have been placed in position to drive
off possible raiders has not been re-
l.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

Shoulder braces are needed in Aus
Gralia.
Brazil has prohibited the use Of
preservatives in almost all kinds Of
foods and beverages.
A new spirit level for use in dark
places is equipped with dry battery
incandescent lamp.
Cabinets have been invented in
which all but the heads of living chick
ems can be inclosed for. fumigation.
Simple apparatus In which a spring
scale figures has been invented for test
ing the strength of screw drivers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21


British French
and
of British
that
raids either English
capitals
Apparently officials have little fear Of German
confident of ability
that attempted attack
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

Tor cOmmerclaI expansion than ever
before. Despite the preachings of the
pessimist that the entry of the United
States into the war would bring ruin
to business in general, and untold
hardships to the individual, all indica-
tons today are that such gloomy out
look is entirely unwarranted.
More money is being spent in
Washington today than ever before in
the history of the country; more
money is being paid out here in sala-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

in word, she shipped out that she
had nothing for him. And that was all
the thanks he got.
The man stood stock still. The
humiliation had stunned him.
No woman on earth-or man
should needlessly hurt another and get
away with it. Retribution, of course,
evens up sooner or later, but she APP
parently doesn't own an automobile, as
by the time she shows up it is general
ly too late to fit the punishment to
the crime. Which is why plain soul,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

1t is impossible. l cannot exercise.
Each time I return from my walk, he
is sitting in my chair at my desk. 1t
grows more difficult to drive him away.
1t is my chair. Upon this l insist. 1t
was his, but he is dead, and it is no
longer his. How can one be fooled by
the phantoms of his own imagining
There is nothing real in his apparition.
1 know it. am firmly grounded with
my fifty years of study. The dead are
dead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

I saw him today, seated at the desk,
writing. 1t gave me quite shock, be-
cause 1 had thought he was quite dis
PEELED Nevertheless, on looking stead
lily, found that he was not there-the
old familiar trick of the brain. 1 have
dwelt too long on what has happened.
1 am becoming morbid, and my old in
digestion is limiting and muttering. L
shall take exercise Each day I shall
walk for two hours.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21

There is one thing upon which Jim
and I were not quite agreed. He be-
lieved in the eternity of the forms of
things. Therefore, there entered in i'm
mediately the consequent belief in i'm
mortality and all the other notions of
the metaphysical philosophers. I had
| little patience with him in this. Pains
| takingly have traced to him the evo-
luton of his belief in the eternity
forms, showing him how it has arisen
out of his early infatuation with logic
and mathematics. OF course, from
that warped, squirting, abstract view
point, 1t is very easy to believe in the
| eternity of forms.
1 laughed at the unseen world. Only
| the real was real, / cOntended, and
what one could not perceive, was not,
could not be. / believed in mechan-
ical universe. Chemistry and physics
explained everything "Can no being
be?" he demanded in reply. I said
that his question was but the major
premise of q fallacious Christian Sci
ence syllogism. oh, believe me, l knew
my logic, too. But he was very stub
born. 1 never had any patience with
philosophic idealists.
| Once made to him my confession Of
faith. 1t was simple, brief, unanswer-
able. Even as 1 write it now, know
| it is unanswerable. Here it is. / told
him: II assert, with Hobbies. that 1t
| is impossible to separate thought from
matter that thinks. / assert, with Ba-
con, that all human understanding
arises from the world of sensations.
I assert, with Locke, that all human
| ideas are due to the functions of the
senses. I assert, with Kant, the me-
that creation is natural and histori-
cal process. 1 assert, with Laplace,
! that there is no need Of the hypothesis
of a creator. And, finally, assert, be-
cause of all the foregoing, that form
is ephemeral. Form passes. There
fore we pass"
I repeat, it was unanSwerable. Yet
did he answer with Paley's notorious
fallacy of the watch. Also, he talked
about radium, and all but asserted that
the very existence of matter had been
exploded by these later-day laboratory
researches. 1t was childish. / had
not dreamed he could be SO immature.
How could one argue with such a
man? / then asserted the reasonable
ness of all that is. To this he agreed,
reserving, however, one exception. He
looked at me, as he said it, in way
I could not mistake. The inference
was obvious. That he should be guilty
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-21
Just Retribution That Overlook Arrogant Female

lie ggedy shabby And he had stiff leg
with
overlook her Before he could