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* TODAY'S WAR PRIMER *
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Hamadan, Treasure City.
"Hamadan, the treasure city of the
great Achaemenian kings, identified
with the resplendent Echatana of the
Greek waiters which has come under
control of Russians advancing from
Teheran, lies well on the way toward
that part of the Tigris basin where
the English and Turks are struggling
amid scenes of the earliest human bat
tlefields," begins a war primer issued
by the National Geographic Society.
"The ancient city lies l&T miles west
southwest of the Persian capital, Te
heran, while the ground maintained by
the British expeditionaries lies about
250 miles away to the southwestward.
"All vestiges of the bygone glory of
the place have been destroyed, save
alone a famous but battered stone
lion, which lies in sombre, mutilated
desolation flat upon the plain near
the road leading to Isfahan. The old
lion has lasted through all the ages
of Hamadan, a guardian genius of
the town; for it was set us as a tails
man to protect the walls of the city.
The lion's fate and the city's fate are
connected with a prophecy that the
city and its people would be safe as
long as the lion was not thrown
down or broken. The talisman today
enjoys a superstititous veneration;
mothers bring their babies to kiss the
huge carven face and pilgrims place
offerings of stone before it. Accord
ing to one tradition, the lion was set
up to frighten away the severe winters
of Mamadan.
"The name of the city can be trac
ed back to earliest times, and it means
literally 'a place of meeting of many
ways.' In the days of the city's splen
dor, the most prominent highways of
the civilized world crossed here. It is
still a meeting place of many high
ways from many parts of the Persian
kingdom, and the chief station on the
road from Persia to Bagdad and to the
Persian Gulf. It has, thus, been able
to maintain a scrap of its old prels
tige as a place of wealth, and as a city
important in Persian commerce and
industry.
"The leather made in Mamadan Is
in demand throughout the East, and
great quantities of it are exported,
unworked and in the forms of saddles,
harnesses, trunks and other leather
articles. Felt goods and copper uten
sils are made, and a flourishing tran
sit trade brings its tolls to the city's
40,000 people. There are extensive
and well-stocked bazaars, and more
than 40 caravansaries. Among the
few concessions that the hoary 'treas
ure city of the king of the kings of
kings' has grudgingly made to the
nervous, restless civilization of the
West are a post and a telegraph
office.
"Hamadan is situated at the north
eastern foot of Mount Alvand, whose
granits walls rise to a height of 11,
900 feet. The city itself has an ele
vation of 5,930 feet, and a level plain,
fifteen miles in length and ten miles
in breadth, spreads before it like a
garden. Barley, wheat, fruits, vege
tables, and the scarlet poppy plant
are grown in profusjpn here. The
mountains frame the tplain, like a
part-enclosed appanage of the city.
"Crooked alleys, dirty walks and
street-ways, squalid houses, and din
gy-brown neglect effectually suppress
memories of the city's former great
ness, when it was the home of kings,
the seat of fabulous riches; a fore
most display-city o fthe world, whose
buildings were fretted with gold ana
silver; and the home of such riotous
luxury as the world has never seen
again, and as modern civilization has
forgotten how to provide All luxury
has departed from Hamadan; but,
then, the city is supposed to have
passed its 3000th anniversary, an age
at (vhich the giddy pleasures of youth
are no longer tempting.
"Rantman-nirari, whose greatest
claim to fame is that he was the hus
band of Queen Semiramis, began the
long centuries of royal patronage that
built up Hamadan, and his renowned
queen, Semiramis, launched the place
upon its brilliant career. Hamadan
steadily grew in wealth and favor,
added ever new splendors to its pub
lic works, State buildings and private
palaces, erected columns and arcades
overlaid with plates of gold and sil
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corn, callus, wart or bunion, and you'll
be glad yon reud this.
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25c a bottle, or sent direct by E.
Lawrenoe <fc Co.. Chicago.
Sold in Caldwell and recommended
as the world's best corn remedy by
Greenlund's Drug Store.
HAVE YOU BEEN SICK?
Then you realize the utter weakness
that robs ambition, destroys appetite,
and makes work a burden.
Torestorethat strength and stamina that
s so essential, nothing has ever equaled
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. Its . strength - sustaining nourish
ment Invigorates the blood to distribute
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value sharpens the appetite and restores
health in a natural, permanent way.
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overwo rked or lack strength, get Scott 'a
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ver, constructed a costly royal home
of cedar and cypress woods, and
planted famous gardens. Most of this
wealth was looted by Alexander the
Jjreat. whose men carried away a
treasure vast even for the present age
of wealth Following Alexander, An
tigonus, beleucus Nicator, and Antlo
chus the Great plundered here, and
according to Polybius, the Greek his
torian there remained in Hamadan a
wealth equal to 4,000 talents ($4,730,
000.00) to the last plunderer." ^
NEWLY DISCOVERED STORY
OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN
(Scientific American.)
Some years ago among the ruins or
Nineveth there was found a cylindric
al stone seal engraved with the figures
ot a man, a woman and a serpent ga
thered about a tree. At once it was
suggested that the ancient Babylon
ians were familiar with the old Semitic
Story Of Adam and Eve in the Garden
°| Eden, or the story of the Fall of
Man. Also among the ruins of Nine
veh was discovered a large collection
ot clay tablets, a hundred thousand in
number, inscribed with the literature
°>u e Babylonians and Assyrians.
When the tablets were read, the world
was surprised to find among them
&e story of the Creation of the
World, and also a story of the Deluge
so similar to the biblical story that it
was evident the Hebrew and Assyrian
stones were the same.
For several years an expedition from
. e University of Pennslyvania car
ried on excavations in the Babylonian
?n nnn • Ni PP ur . where something like
70,000 inscribed objects were brought
innPhiladelphia. In the autumn of
1912 Professor Stephen Langdon, an
American of Oxford, England, while
visiting the museum of the University
of Pennsylvania, noticed a fragment
of a tablet bearing an inscription
which suggested the story of the Gar
den of Eden. The fragment was car
ried to Oxford and carefuly examined,
and at last a few lines of a Babylonian
story resembling the biblical story
were discovered. Upon Prof. Lang
don's next visit to Philadelphia search
was made for other fragments of the
tablet. Two were found and fitted to
gether, and the tablet became nearly
complete. The tablet is of baked clay
of a light brownish color, measuring
7% inches in length and 5 in width.
One side is flat; the other is slightly
convex. Upon each side are three
columns of cuneiform writing, con
taining about 273 lines; originally it
contained about 300 lines. Scholars
are agreed that it comes from about
1,000 years before the bibilical story
was written in its present shape.
The story is written In the Sumerian
language. The Sumerians were the
first cultured people to live in the
lower Mesopotamian valley to the
north of the Persian Gulf. To just
what race they belonged, or where
they originally lived, no man knows.
We are only sure that at a very early
time, probably about 4500 B. C., they
came to Babylonia bringing a high
civilization with them. They wrote
their language in cuneiform characters
upon tablets of clay and stone. They
had a highly developed religion, liter
ature and art. Poems and legends and
historical inscriptions have come from
them. They were the world's cultur
ed people of 6,000 years ago, just as
were the Greeks of a later period.
After the Sumerians had occupied
Babylonia for several centuries, the
Semitic Babylonians, from whom tlie
Jews descended, entered the valley.
They conquered the older civilized
Sumerians, possessed their cities, and
adopted their culture. The Semites
had no written language, but soon
they began to write their spoken lan
guage in the Sumerian characters.
They adopted many of the Sumerian
religious customs, and made that
earlier civilization their own. It was
these cultured Sumerians who wrote
the story upon the tablet in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
A brief outline of the story is as fol
lows:
Enki, the god of the sea, and his
wife or daughter Ninella, ruled over
Mankind in Paradise. Paradise was
the land of Dijtmin, or the modern
island of Bahrein. In Paradise sick
ness was unknown. Sin had not en
tered. Though the years passed, It
was a land of perpetual youth. No
wild animals destroyed the flocks, and
no storms raged. Enki, the god, de
cided to destroy mankind with a flood,
and he revealed his purpose to Nintud,
the goddess who had created man
kind. For nine months and nine days
the flood raged, and men were dissolv
ed in the water "like tallow and fat."
But Nintud, the mother-goddess, de
termined to save the king, Tagtug,
and him she called to the shore and
embarked on a boat. Tagtug, who was
thus saved, correspends to the bibli
cal Noah. It was the custom of the
Babylonians to deify their kings after
death. The goddess Nintud explained
to the god Enki how Tagtug has es
caped the universal destruction, and
had become a god. He then became
a gardener. Enki revealed to him the
secrets of trees and plants. Tagtuc
was permitted to eat of the fruit of all
the trees, excepting that of the Cassia.
But he ate of the fruit of the Cassia
tree, and at once the goddess Nintud
took from him immortality. He was
comoelled to labor and suffer until
the gods took pity on him and taught
him various arts to comfort him.
A Sad Taol.
An Englishman who was in gaol
Emitted a very loud waol.
"I'm locked up," said he,
"Where they never serve tea,
And I don't know where I can raise
boa!."
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF
INJURES FARMERS
Washington, D. C., Jan. 9. (Special
correspondence)—So far as Argentina
is concerned the Underwood tariff law
has had a fair trial, the results of
which have been decidedly unfair to
the American farmer, and to the rev
enues of the United States treasury.
Our principal importations from Ar
gentina are wool, grains, and meats
all on the free list in the Democratic
law. Had not a large portion of Ar
gentina's production of these articles
been diverted to Europe by the re
quirements of the countries at war.
their invasion of the American mar
ket would have been even more mark
ed, and every farmer knows that the
war has kept up the price on these
staples.
Secretary Redfield is exercising
every art to draw our attention from
unfavorable irade relations with the
peace zone countries by pointing to
our vast exports to the countries in
the zone of war. Ignoring his efforts
for a moment, let us turn our atten
tion to our trade with Argentina,
with which, next to Canada, we have
the largest dealings in the western
hemisphere.
The Underwood free trade law went
into effect October 4, 1913. The En
ropean war commenced August I
1914. Hence, in order to fairly con
sider the effects of the Underwood
law on our trade, and to rid ourselves
so far as possible of the complications
due to the demoralizations of war,
three periods have been adopted as
the standard of comparison. They are,
first, the ten motiths, October 1912 to
July 1913, under the Republican tar
riff law, a Republican Peace Period;
second, October 1913 to July 1914, un
der a Democratic law, a Democratic
Peace Period; third, from October
1914 to July 1915, under the Demo
cratic law, a Democratic War Period.
The figures are taken from the offic
ial reports of the Department of Com
merce and are given in round number.
Comparing the Republican Peace
Period with the two following we
find that from October 1912 to Juî>
1913 our imports from Argentina to
talled $20,400,000, while our exports
to Argentina amounted to $43,500,000;
or a favorable balance of trade in our
relations with that country of $23,
100,000. During the Democratic
Peace Period our imports from Ar
gentina amounted to $45,600,000, an
increase of 124 per cent over the pre
vious period, while our exports to
Argentina fell to $32,700,000, a de
crease of 25 per cent compared with
the previous period. The balance of
trade turned against us during this
ten months in the sum of $12,900,000;
the loss of trade by displacement o>
American products and decreased
sales to Argentina amounted to $36,
000,000. Not only did Argentina con
tribute her share toward supplying
the European belligerents, but sht
strengthened her hold on the Ameri
can market during the Democratic
War Period, October 1914 to Jul"
1915. Our imports from Argentina
during this period totalled $67,100,000
an increase of 229 per cent; our ex
ports to her dropped to $31,000,000, a
decrease of 29 per cent; her trade bal
ance against us rose to $36,100,000,
and our loss of trade amounted to
$59,200,000,—all compared with the
Republican Peace Period.
What is said of Argentina applies
equally to Uruguay, as to products,
trade, and conditions governing the
same. Uruguay borders Argentina on
the east. During the Republican
Peace Period, October 1912 to July
1913, imports from Uruguay amounted
to $1,660,000; exports to Urugauy to
talled $6,280,000. During the Demo
cratic Peace Period, October 1913 to
July 1914, our trade with Uruguay was
imports from, $8,370,000; exports to,
$4,000,000. During the Democratic
War Period, our trade with her was,
imports $9,350,000; exports $4,900,000.
Thus the showing under the Demo
cratic tariff law, both as to imports
from and exports to these two coun
tries is unfavorable. The Underwood
tariff law has had a fair trial and the
jury in 1916 will render a verdict of
"guilty."
REAL VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
Boise (Idaho) Statesman—Our mis
takes in dealing with Mexico will rise
to haunt us for many years.
Hillsboro (111.) Journal—The Eu
ropean war has been responsible for
the prosperity of Hillisboro for the
past year. It has been the only cause
of the activities of our two smelters
and it has caused both of them to in
crease their capacities within the last
year.
Oconto (Wis.) Reporter—As there
has never been any protection on
beet seed, that industry has never
been developed in this country and
we are entirely dependent upon Ger
many, Austria and Russia.
Harriman (Tenn.) Record—Be
cause of the weak and vacillating for
eign policy of the United States,
Germany and Austria came to believe
that they could put anything over on
the United States and get away with
it.
Wadena (Minn.) Pioneer—If the
government invests millions in thv
ship purchase plan advocated by the
president, it simply means that the
taxpayers in all sections of the Unit
ed States will be compelled to pay
what amounts to a ship subsidy, tl
would be cheaper, and better, to vote
a straight subsidy.
Augusta (Me.) Journal—We do not
look for an early invasion of armed
forces, but for the product of ten
cents-a-day laborers to turn our wage
earners out of employment and flood
our markets with inferior goods
"made to sell." The preparedness we
EXCURSIONS
TO SALT LAKE CITY
ilanuary 10-13
nclusive via
OREGON SHORT LINE—
Union Pacific System
Limit, January 20th.
17
NATIONAL WOOL
GROWERS'
CONVENTION.
UTAH WOOL
GROWERS'
CONVENTION.
See agents for rates.
need and must have to prevent hunger
and suffering, rioting and panic in our
land, is tariff mines, tariff forts, and
tariff guns.
Parkersburg, (W. Va.) News—If
Mr. Wilson believes in the campaign
document upon which he was elected,
he would follow the examples of Jus
tice Charles E. Hughes and Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt and request that
his name be not placed upon the
(Nebraska) primary ballot.
Santa Ana (Cal.) Evening Blade—
Dispatches read that "the state de
partment is taking a firm stand and
demanding an early settlement." Yes;
they still talk that way in regard to
the Lusitania crime, and that was
seven months ago.
Trenton, (N. J.) State Republican
News—Prominent Democrats are be
ginning to urge that the tariff be taken
out of politics. The tariff is going to
be taken out of their kind of politics
very soon now.
Newport (Ind.) —Hoosier State—Or
course imports have falletv-'off some
but with 70 per cent of what does
come in on the free list there is no
wonder the Democrats have to levy a
special tax burden on the people to
pay the salaries of the thousands of
new offices they have created.
Franklin (Pa.) News—Summed up,
the policy of the Democrats in Con
gress is to continue to add new taxes
in order to continue to allow New
Zealand butter, eggs from China,
meats from South America and a
thousand products from other lands
to come in, at a low rate or free, to
compete with the products of the toil
of American farmers and wage-earn
ers. If you like that policy you ougm
to be pleased.
Newark (O.) American Tribune—
Probably Wilson decided that it would
be better to be married at the open
ing of Congress in order to give him a
sympathizer when matters go wroii"
and the Congressmen buck.
Pendleton (Ore.) Evening Tribune
—If the Republicans were in power,
they would be paying for defense as
they paid for the Panama Canal—out
of ordinary revenues.
Explained.
'I don't understand this picture, Mr.
Dauber," said Mr. Hibrow. "There is
nothing to it but a man wearing n
blue suit and a cap, and you have
named the picture 'Friendless.' Who
is this man, and why is the picture
named 'Friendless?"'
"That," replied the artist, "repre
sents an umpire after the home team
has lost a close game."
I WILL GIVE SM
If I FAIL to CURE m CANCER «TUMOR i trut
More It POISONS tap (lute or attukis to BONE
Without Knife or Pain
No PAY Uitil CURED!
WRITTEN QUARANTEE
No X Ray or other
■windle. An Island
plant makes thecure '
Any TUMOR. LUMP or(
SORE on the Up, face
or body lone Is
CANCER; It never
pains until last stage
120-PAQE BOOK sent
FREE, 10,000 testi
monials. Vitts is taai
Any LUMPia WOMAN'S BREAST
iePAIif*CD and always poisons deep arm
UHnUCn pit elands and KILLS QUICKLY
One woman In every 7 dies of cancer—U.S. report
We refuse many who wait too long <fc must die
Poor cured at half price if cancer is yet small
Dr. & Mrs. Dr. CHAMLEY & CO. SiSftMa
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KINDLY MAIL THIS U Mum «M CANCER
NOTICE.
It is requested that all diseases of
an infectious or contagious nature ex
isting amongst domestic animals will
be immediately reported to Dr. J. D.
Irwin, Asst. State Veterinarian In
spector, under the predatory animal
act. Reliable hog cholera serum al
ways on hand.
DR. J. D. IRWIN.
Address 616 Arthur St. Phone 69,
Caldwell. 1022-tf
Dr.Gigray
DENTIST
Will prepare cavities
Remove live pulps and
Extract teeth without pain.
If I cannot do as I say, my services
will cost you nothing.
I CURE PYORRHEA
Clay Cox
Sam Judd
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Sewing Machines For Sale or Rent
Prices to fit any pocketbook. Machines
from $4.00 up, serviceable and guaranteed to be
so. Machines to rent, week or month. Re
pairs and repairing for all makes of machines at
reasonable prices. Drop in and see the 1915
model of Sit-Straight Rotary White, recom
mended by physicians and domestic science
teachers.
PECKHAM-CASE : Phone 105
The Expense of Operating An Automobile.
"The popularity of the Auto is largely due to the fact
that so little is known at present about the actual cost of run
ning a machine."
"Just as soon as the actual cost of owning and operating
an Auto is fully understood more and more people will come
to the conclusion that they cannot afford such a luxury."
The U. S. Reclamation Service Cost of Running:
1 5-passenger Buick 26,661 miles 20.5c per mile.
1 4-passenger Ford 15,205 miles 10.7c per mile.
3 2-passenger Fords 36,308 miles 09.2c per mile.
(Including interest and depreciation).
Idaho Traction Company's Passenger Rates:
One way rates 3c per mile
Round Trip Rates, approximately 2Vàc per mile
Family Coupon Books 2%c per mile
Sunday Excursion "Loop-the-Loop" Rates.. 1 3-5c per mile
Monthly Commutation Tickets l^c per mile
Monthly School Tickets lc per mile
IDAHO TRACTION COMPANY.
•Jones Furniture Company
The House of Quality
Furniture and Undertaking
Undertaking a Specialty. Calls Answered Promptly
Day or Night.
The Jones Furniture Co.
Phone 24 606 Main St.
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SOMETHING NEW
IN CALDWELL
Botkin-Harmon Drug Co. recently
purchased a supply of the best Eczema
remedy in the world. Ask them to
tell you about Dry Zensal for the
crusty, scaly skin and Moist Zensal
for all watery eruptions.
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# WARNING!
Are you always trying to see through a blurring mistî
If you are take warning—you need good «lasses. We
correctly fit glasses for all errors of refraction. We make
a specialty of Health Ray and Radex lenses.
STANDARD OPTICAL CO.
1007 Main St., Boise.
DR. R. R. TOWLE.