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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
Investigate This,

Money to loan. We make immedi-
ate loans on improved real estate or
for building purposes; any amount;
lowest rates; payments to suit bor-
rowers. We approve loans from
plans and advance money as building
progresses when desired. option in
repayment after one year. No interest
charged for holding loan approved
until you desire the money. Mechan-
les Loan & Trust company. w. II.
Winfree, manager 500 Rookery
building.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
Take Up Cause
Of Union Label.

The cigarmakers' union has taken
up the cause of the blue label" in
earnest. At the meeting held last
Monday night motion was carried to
place fine Of SIS on any member
buying an article not bearing the
union label. The iron holders union
also resolved to place fine of IS
on any member smoking a non-union
made cigar.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
Local Markets.
Prices Paid to Procucers,

Wheat. per bushel. club and red,
CSC; bluestem, zoe; barley. per ton.
$2l: oats. per ton. s24; timothy hay
per ton. s13: potatoes, per cwt., 35c;
onions. per cwt., 50ds soc; ranch but
ter, per pound. 10000; eggs. fresh.
per case. $7@s7.5O; dry picked tur-
keys. per lb.. 1Sc: alive. per ID. 14c:
scalded geese, per h.. lac: alive, per
alive. per h., lie; scalded hens and
large yellow chickens. per h.. lac:
alive. per lb.. 13c.
Livestock-Cows. on foot. 3M q &c:
dressed, TIC; steers. on foot. Az @
4%c; dressed, Sc; sheep. on foot.
444hc; dressed. &c: hogs, on foot.
606hc; dressed. Sh @sc; calves. Ice
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
THE TRIAL TRIP OF
new TORPEDO BOAT
WhippIe Is Sent Over Course in Chesapeake Bay
and Sister Ship Will Be Tried
- Tomorrow.

two boats are of the same general
type as the dozen or so others that
have been commissioned during the
last few years. of 433 tons displace-
ment and designed to have speed Of
from % to 80 knots an hour.
Experience has brought the con-
struction of these smaller craft down
to q fine point and 1t is seldom that
any of those turned out nowadays
fails to come up to all the require
ments of the contract, and often
times in the matter of speed the re-
quirements are exceeded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06

WASHINGTON. March 8. = The
rapidity with which the smaller type
of craft are being added to the United
States navy Is evidenced by tho fact
that scarcely a week passes that
does not see torpedo boat, de-
stroyer, monitor or other craft on
Its trial trip or put into commission.
Today it is the torpedo boat de-
stroyer whipple that has It's trial
trip on Chesapeake bay and tomorrow
sister boat the Worden, will be
tested over the same course. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
Claims He Was Idle.

Margaret E. Teater was granted a
divorce this morning from John f.
Teater. The burden of his complaint
was ,iat Teater utterly failed by rea-
son of idleness. laxiness and profit
gacy to lend proper support to his
wife. They were married in Spokane,
September 81. 1900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
Would Not
Support Wife.

Mrs. Ronda Barrett was given 4
divorce from Timothy Barrett this
morning. The allegations by the wife
are many, the principal cause Of COM
plant being the non-provision by
Timothy for his wife's support. Bar
rett must pay his former wife $25 a
month alimony.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06

The Washington Water Power com
pany this morning entered a motion
to quash an attempted service of
summons because the summons and
were not served upon either
the president or any other officer
of the company according to law. Mr.
and Mrs. Gunerious Peterson are the
plaintiffs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
To Lease Store Room.

Joseph r. Robertson administrator
of the estate of Alpha NJ Cheney. has
room and basement at 0606 Monroe
street to the Steiner Drug company
and Christ Drummer for a period Of
two years.
They offered to pay $50 a month.
and. as the property now rents for
but $40. 1t was thought advantageous
to the heirs to make the change.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
Say Sankey
Is Not Blind A..

NEW YORK. March Ga report
published in the morning papers that
Ira ID. Sankey has been stricken with
blindness was denied ut his home this
morning.
He has been i'll for two months but
receives visitors, clad in his dress
ing gown. He shows no signs of
blindness
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
FOR SALE,

Special bargain If taken at once.
My residence property at 1903 Fifth
Phone Red 444l.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
FINE COUNTRY KUnE.

$50 acres level prairie land, near
Spokane. fenced and crossfenced. 10
room frame house. large barn. 20
cows. 10 horses, hogs. farm machin-
cry and household goods. 40 acres
fall wheat. will sell very cheap.
BOYD, MCKAY CO.,
Mohawk Block.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
Will Give a Dance.

The express, truck drivers and
swampers union, No. 800, will give
a dance at Swedish Brothers hall on
March rs. Miss Kellar's orchestra
will furnish the music.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
BUSY PEOPLE,

Instructiu<i at the Walton School of
Expression will reward you with
strong eyes. full. melodious voices.
clear. active brains and a magnetic
personality. The catalogue Will tell
you about it. Leo walton. director,
Auditorium block. Spokane. Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06

Mrs. Carrie Moller was appointed
guardian of her 11year-old child.
Lilly today. The father left the girl
an interest in property in Spokane
valued at about $1,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
GOOD INVESTMENT.

An excellent loo acres OF good,
black. rich. productive land. 100 acres
in cultivation. house. barn. two
springs. running water some timber.
all fenced. price. $4,000.
y. w. wooiverton, Owner.
ia washington ~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
will Join Squadron.

NORFOLK. Va, March 6.-The
battleship Maine sailed today to join
the North Atlantic squadron.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
8o1T Riverside Ave.

1t has everything heart can
wish. Level rich timothy land
and prairie. 20 acres timber.
springs. well, windmill. bearing
orchard, large eight-room 1ath and
plastered house. large two-story
barn with fun basement. close to
Spokane. one mile to railroad
town and State Normal school
Improvements cost over $4,000.
Timothy land will pay interest on
$4,000. Price. $1,000. Inquire
room 8 Galena block.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06

Beautiful building site on Fourth
avenue near Division street on easy
terms.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06

$450-Good lot. 50x142. inside mile
circle. water in front. very
easy terms. near car line and
school; cheapest buy We have
to build home upon.
$050-Full size lot near Washington
mill; very easy terms.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-03-06
$500

$1,000 cash. buys 40 acres of land.
joining Garden Springs. is acres in
cultivation. elegant garden soil,
small house. barn. chicken house and
small fruit. This is snap.
f. S. BARRETT & CO.. 5 Post ST
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Eastern Markets.
CHICAGO.

AS reported by the Coo Commissic
company:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
COMPANI0NSHIP FOR
CHILDREN

Many mothers, says the New York
Tribune, who are jealous about the
well-being of their children, and who
attend to their daily needs in the
way of education, clothing and food,
with conscientious care, often neglect
in the stress of their strenuous living
what is most essential of all, 1. e.
companionship with their boys and
girls, which lays the foundation for
the friendship later on between parent
and child which is so beautiful and
so rare-rare because. although the
latter may love his father and mother
devotedly, he seldom feels the sense
of pleasure in their society that he
experiences with companions of his
own age. This feeling of comradeship
and intimacy which most parents would
give worlds to have exist between their
children and themselves when the lat
ter attain maturity, and yet take so
little trouble to foster when they are
young, can only be acquired in early
childhood. 1t is in the nursery that
the mother must become a playfellow
and companion in order to become a
friend in after years; otherwise all
she has done for her childen-the self
sacrifice, the struggles, the anxietIes-
all go for naught in forming a friend
ship, however much they may excite
gratitude and affection.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

fraZzles. Mrs. 'Shaughnessy was a
decent woman, with no mind to get in
to a neighborhood row. But after the
door closed on her tormenter she could
not refrain from saying things. Aft
er a bit Patsy began to say these
things after her. This gave Mrs.
Shaughnessy an idea, and she began
to teach Patsy a list of choice express
sions suitable for the occasions when
Mrs. Gilhooly called. While Mrs.
@ Shaughnessy was about her work
she would hear Patsy practicing APP
probrious epithets about people who
borrowed things. This impish clever
less made it all the more trying that
Patsy absolutely refused to make any
pertinent remarks when Mrs. Gilhooly
was in the room. He would say things
about her fast enough after she got
out after "borrying" the oil can or the
slumber robe, but never a peep while
she was within hearing.
Now, this irritated Mrs. Onslaught
messy extremely, and she turned the
walls of her wrath upon Patsy. At
first he took her scolding with an airy
lghtness. She scolded more and
harder. and ceased to hold any pleas
ant intercourse with Patsy, who
stopped talking at all and began to
snap viciously at his mistress. Even
tually he fell off his feed and sat in
a corner, brooding moodily over his
wrongs. Then Mrs OShaughnessy
went to Miss Pope.
Sure the divil's dyin' on me just to
spite me-" she said. tearfully.
Miss Pope advised a cayenne pepper
tonic and the immediate suspension of
hostilities. You must barney Pat
sy, Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, she said;
you're Irish, and it's you that have
the right kind of tongue. Praise and
pet him till he can't rest.
Two weeks later, Mrs. Onslaught
messy met her with rejoicing. She re-
lated the success of the experiment;
how Patsy had begun to thaw; how
his frosty reserve had melted away.
And, last of all, one glorious
day he had opened up on Mrs. Gill
hooly as she was going out with the
flat-irons.
Glory be, miss" said Mrs.
O'Shaugnessy, with an expression of
awe upon her face. II wish We cud
have heard him. He didn't leave a
whole rag on her. He whit out av him
self, he did that. She whit out that
mad that she's niver showed her face
inside my door since, praise be; and
now all the neighbors is wantin' to
borry Patsy and pay rint for him, to do
the same fer thim."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
MRS. FRANCES STAFFORD.

beautiful white satin gown at every
step-a fact which she happily was
unaware of until after the ceremony.
1t is unfortunate if an absentminded
person happens to be sensitive as WELL
for he is very apt to find himself
sometimes in an embarrassing sit
uation. A shy youth who was some
what of dude, and considered every
detail of his attire of great impor-
lance, attended Il smart little evening
function recently and beamed on his
friends in the happy consciousness of
general well-being-a state of mind
which received a rude shock when the
evening was wellnigh over by one of
his near acquaintance coming up to
him, saying loosely: Il say, old fell
low, we have all been wondering if
those pumps of yours are the latest
thing in London" Whereupon, glanc-
ing down at his feet, he saw, to his
modification, that he had absentmind-
edly worn a pair of old dressing slip
pers to the most exclusive affair OF
the season.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

her gowns, what right have you to
complaint
II always bring out the you with
such whitening emphasis that the most
contentious brawler is squelched, and
before she goes away she assures me
that my gowns are perfect; that she
always did admire wrinkles, anyhow,
and that just as soon as she gets
money enough she will give rne another
order.
but, really" continued the dress
maker in spirit of true
humanitarianism, 81 cannot blame
women for looking with sus-
picion upon the majority of
dressmakers. There are so many
fakirs in the business, who ruin every
thing they lay their hands on, that
it rs only a matter of simple justice
for the really competent person to
give her customers some guarantee
that she will be fitted properly, Mem
bers of other trades and professions
are required to get a diploma before
beginning operations against the pub
lie, and I don't see why dressmakers
and tailors should not be required to
present the same credentials"
The accommodating woman was
overcome by that sentiment. She had
suffered long and bitterly at the hands
of incompetents of both sexes, and
she responded with a fervent amen"
and wrote her 81 do hereby certify
with heavy strokes, indicative of deep
emotion.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
AN INTERESTING PARROT.

Miss Virginia Pope, the bird spe-
cialist, finds a fund of interest in the
study of parrot nature. Among the
human traits which make these wise
birds interesting she finds a sense of
humor, an intense love of approba-
ton, and an obstinacy which at times
surpasses the achievements of the
most stubborn child.
All these traits were displayed by
Patsy O'Shaughnessy, a parrot, as
Irish as his color.
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, worthy, hard
working woman, who owned the bird,
visited Miss Pope one day in great dis
trees. He seemed to be pining away and
going into a decline. Neither from an
examination of Patsy nor of Mrs.
OShaughnessy could the specialist find
anything wrong With the bird physi-
cally. and she suspected that his gen.
orally detected condition was due TO
harshness, which parrots sometimes
resent so bitterly as to become i'll.
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy," said Miss
Pope, in quite a Sherlock Holmes way,
you have been scolding Patsy"
Mrs. OShaughnessy looked con-
science smitten. II cudn't help it,
sure" she said; "he was that contrary
1t was enough to anger a saint"
1t seemed that she had a neighbor
who was painfully addicted to the
habit of borrowing. She pursued her
reprehensible custom till Mrs
o'shaughnessy's patience was worn to
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
The Electric Dinner Table.

Electric footlights are the novelty
of the smart dinner tables of the sea-
son-not glaring light running round
a table, but fascinating little globes
tucked in among the flowers, the bon
bon dishes, and beside the dinner
plates. They illumine in an artist way
and admit of endless possibilities in
decoration. To make them effective
the general lighting of the dining room
is subdued.
A woman, SAYS the New York Com
mercial with a mania for the curious,
is planning a reptile" dinner with
which to dazzel her guests. 1t isn't
the menu which is to be of crawling
things. but the footlight decorations.
Her scheme is original, to say the
least. In the center of the table she
planned to have miniature lake on
which will float water lilies and their
pretty green pads. About the lake and
scattered all over the table will be a
profusion Of sinuous reptiles, with an
occasional frog and brilliant beetle to
enhance the effect. These odd creatures
will be gorgeous in hue and big as 10
eye. for it is the grotesque bullying
eyes that the electric lights will be
placed to glisten upon all beholders. In
the bodies of the snakes other lights
will be concealed to illumine their
whole scaly lengths.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
WOES OF THE DRESSMAKER.

Her gown fitted we'll; there was no
doubt about that. When the dress
maker finally got the customer to adj
init it, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
she brought out book whose heavily
ornamented back suggested an auto
graph album, and asked her to take
oath to that effect. The customer was
of an accommodating Sort but she
showed a disposition to shy at that re-
quest.
what is your object in asking me
to so commit myself?' she asked.
Then the dressmaker piped out
tale of woe which showed that even
such autocratic personages in the COM
munity as she have troubles that keep
them awake nights.
There are people," said the dress
maker, "who question my ability to
turn out a stylish gown. Why, / have
even met people who had the auda-
city to bring a gown back after ! had
pronounced it finished and tell me to
my face that it was too tight or too
loose or too something else, and insist
that / take up the seams or let them
out or make some other alteration. OF
course. the criticisms of such insolent
people merit nothing but contempt, but
the exigencies of business are such
that l am compelled to take notice of
them. If / had nothing on hand with
which to disprove those calumnies my
trade might suffer in the end. Hence
this book of certificates. Here l have
testimonials from hundreds of women
of reputation for whom L have made
gowns stunning enough to break your
heart. With that volume of affidavits
to back me up l can stand on my dig
nifty when faultfinders begin to cavil.
l can saw:
90 You are mistaken. Just see what
Mrs. So-and-So says about my work.
/ made her look like an animated
classic, and if a woman of her social
standing and her taste is pleased with
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
ABSENTMINDED FOLK.

There is no cure for being absent
minded, says the New York Tribune.
Those who are afflicted with this Gu
rious forgetfulness, which induces
them to do the things which they
should not do and leave undone that
which they ought to have done, might
as we'll cease striving against the in
evitable, for they may be sure that
however much they try to overcome
it, they will continue to be absent
minded to the end of the chapter They
can take this assurance to their conf
fort, however, that nothing they will
do will be treasured up against them,
and can know that their friends rather
like them the better for a weakness
which provokes laughter, but never
unkind criticism.
A person who is absentminded is al
ways judged leniently, and whatever
blunder he commits is straightway
forgiven. 80 and So is so absent
minded being a sufficient excuse for
any social lapse or misdemeanor. AS
a proof that Observation-Disclosures is a
natural defect, and not habit, as so
many parents and teachers suppose, it
will cause a vain and pretty woman
quite 20 forget her appearance, which
would be impossible in any ordinary
condition of mind.
what a queer arrangement Mrs.
A has on her head tonight" said
a woman in a box across the "horse-
shoe at the opera, focusing her pow
erful opera glasses upon an acquain-
tance who had just arrived. 1T must
be new fashion, as she is always so
up to date"
Mrs. A. sat in her box through
the first act, surrounded by several
men, and thought complacently, as she
saw a number of glasses levelled at
her: ''I must be looking in very good
form tonight" and in the entr'acte
could not resist the temptation to give
a look at her own charms (Which she
admired as much as any one else) in
the mirror in the back of the box
Whereupon she discovered, to her con-
sternation, the cause of the attention
she had excited. Milady was very abb
sentminded, and had left an intricate
ARRANGEMENT of hairpins, like quilts
of the fretful porcupine, sticking out
in every direction. having wound
them in and out of her hair for a last
crimp, and having forgotten to take
them out.
That a bride should be somewhat
absentminded is hardly to be Won
dered at but her friends were
amused to see Mrs. X Chat was)
walk up the aisle on her fathers arm
at her wedding in big, furtopped vel
vet overshoes, that protruded from her
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
Miss Mary Owens and Lincoln.

In October of 1888 Lincoln met Miss
Mary Owens, says the Woman's Home
Companion, and admired her, though
not eXtravagantly From all accounts
she was an unusual woman. She was
tall, full in figure, had blue eyes, dark
hair and was well educated. She re-
turned to New Salem in 1886, and Lin
coin at once began to call upon her,
enjoying her wit and beauty. At that
time she was about 2S years old.
One day Miss Owens and another
woman were ascending a steep hill, on
the way to a friends house, when Lin
coin Joined them. He walked behind
with Miss Owens, and talked with her,
quite oblivious of the fact that her
friend was carrying a very cross and
heavy baby. When they reached the
summit Miss Owens said, laughing,
You would not make a good hus-
band, Abe"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

A Pittsburg teacher has a seven
year-old pupil whose mind is very
fertile in invention, says the Woman's
Home Companion.
Seeing an expression of pain on his
face as he raised his hand, she asked,
What is it. Iamie?"
Il have such a bad headache 1 think
1 must go home" was the reply.
Putting her hand on his head, and
finding it quite cool, she said, II think
1t can't ache much, Jamie. You would
better not go now"
Jamie went back to his work, but
soon his hand was raised again, and
inquiry developed the fact that his
tooth ached so severely that he felt he
could not remain moment longer.
The teacher looked at his teeth, and
finding them i'm remarkably fine condi-
ton, once more assured him that the
pain was only imaginary, and returned
TO her class
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
THE BUTLER INSPIRES AWE.

''We are in the habit Of considering
our domestics as our interiors, but it
is nevertheless true that the moral
power which they exercise over their
so-called superiors is much greater
than that which the latter is able to
bring to bear upon their servants"
said a matron, to the New York Tri-
bune. THAT many women are afraid
of their cooks is a we'll known fact,
and even the housemaid has the power,
by silent disapprobation, of making her
mistress quite uncomfortable. My
maid scares me to DEATH exclaimed
a fashionable woman to me recently.
I feel quite uneasy when / give her
any new order as to how she will take
it, and am ridiculously grateful TO her
If she is willing and good-natured about
1t. Why do / keep her? Well, in the
first place, she is perfect maid; keeps
my clothes in beautiful order and
dresses hair beautifully and then a
new one would be just as bad All
the best ones look down upon us, you
know, and let one feel their superiori-
ty, although their manners are so re-
spectful.' Although L know that 1 am
a gentleman and that butler of the
BIS only a servant, he always makes
me feel at a social disadvantage said
one of my visitors. He is perfectly
respectful, and there is nothing to COM
plain Of but that he is thinking his
COMPOUNDED supercilious thoughts about
me l always feel quite sure"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12
DOMESTIC FELICITY.

I have severe cold,' said the man
70 representative of the Philadelphia
Ledger, who sat opposite, "It is one
OF those permeating colds that begin
at your bald spot and work downward
until they capture your ankle joints;
one of the colds that make you feel
You are moral outcast. with no hope
Of salvation. But 1 am glad 1 am it's
victim, just the same"
'Why?"
Because it serves again to remind
me of gentle woman's love and devo-
llon. Sir. 1 contend that in that love
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

She had just become absorbed in the
lesson when a wall from Jamie's seat
caused her to go to him again, and
with some impatience she said, We'll,
Jamie, what can it be this time?"
With tears in his eyes, and raining
down his cheeks, Jamie answered, Its
stomach-ache, and that's so far down
you can't see it,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

Little Girl: Yes, ma lam; it's my
baby brother that the angels brought
from heaven.
Lady: How nice of them?
Little Girl: Oh, l don't know. l
think they might have kept him there
till he was through teething.-Judge