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In the course of long and eventful life Martin Boggs had never been known to admit that any of the fail ures which had besprinkled his career had resulted from a mistake on his part.
 If his potatoes did not turn out well ir the new place he had chosen for them in the face of advice, it was be- cause he had planted them there as a warning to his son, who had mo- tion to try experiments" If his chill dren had scarlet fever because he had failed to take his wifes wishes into consideration in regard to visit to an infected house, "he wished them to have it, and get over with 1t, although he hadn't thought best to say so."
 If an investment turned out badly he had just put the money in to en- courage the company, although he knew it was no use," and if barrel of eating apples turned out sour he had bought them to make into cider"
 w uel He Opeueu luc CciluT uOOT Ol neighbours house one night under the impression that it was the one which led to another room, and then stepped off into space and landed on the cellar bottom, it really seemed as if, for once, he would have to own to mistake.
 When 1t was ascertained that be- yond some bad bruises and one or two easily remedied dislocations Mar tin was safe and sound, one of his old friends ventured little mild banter.
 Seems as if, for once in your life, you did make mistake, Martin" said this courageous person; but MT. Boggs turned a bandaged and reproachful countenance toward him.
 Ut isn't what I'd expect of you, Tlzry," he said mildly, ito call little miscalc lation like that reglar mis- take" ."-Youth's Companion.
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Tale of 6 Cannibal.

"A pheasant, after being killed, should be kept for at least three weeks before it is cooked" said noted French epicure recently, and then finding that some of his companions were not disposed to agree with him, he told the following curious story:
 T was hunting one time in the United States of America, and the only person with me was a negro, who carried my ammunition. At first had good luck, but then game be- came scarce, and, as we were long distance from any farm or village, l began to fear that we would die Of hunger. Indeed, we were almost fam ished when one morning large bird rose in front of us. Weak as 1 was, I don't know how 1 managed to shoot him, but l did, and when I took him up found to my surprise and sorrow that he was pheasant. Sorry indeed l was, for had never eaten a pheas- ant that had not been hanging for at least three weeks, and in spite of my hunger I was not going to begin then"
 But how did you keep yourself alive?" asked one of his companions.
 q ate the negro while I was wait ing for the pheasant" was the calm reply.
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A Practical Joke,

Lemice TherieuX once worked off a little practical joke at the expense of play in which the Pelion of misery was heaped upon the Ossa of despair, says a writer in Chambers Journal He and twenty friends secured prom inent seats. When the pathetic mo- ment arrived TherieuX pulled out a handkerchief and burst into tears The effect was electrical. The man next to him also fell to weeping, and took hold of the handkerchief. The epi- demic of tears thereupon extended all along the line of the faithful twenty, and, as each man succumbed to his emotion, he took hold of the end of the handkerchief until at last all the con federates were weeping in it. The handkerchief was twenty yards long and had been specially prepared for the occasion. The low comedian struggled gamely with this exhibition of woes, but his witticisms were of no avail, for the funnier he became the more frequent were the sobs of the sorrowing twenty.
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Needed DOctOring.

The well-known blueberry story and the cow-catcher story of the country railways sink into insignificance be- fore an anecdote in Harper's Weekly. The tale is related by travelling man who recently returned from a trip through the West.
 I think l came across the seediest railroad line in the whole world We were crossing a stretch of prairie land when the train suddenly stopped for no apparent reason. After wait of almost an hour the conductor came through the train, glancing furtivey at the exasperated passengers as he passed. When he came to me he stopped and leaned down.
 Say" he said in whisper, have you got a piece of string? We want to fix the engine"
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Startling Area of Coal Fields.

It is estimated by experts that the area of American coal fields, at present open to mining, is more than five times as great as that of the coal fields of England, France, Germany and Bel gium; the great coal producing coun- tries of Europe. While practically all the available coal areas of those coun- tries have been opened to mining, ours have scarcely been estimated. When we take into consideration the fact that coal is one of the great motive powers in the manufacturing world, it Is evident that this immense wealth of coal will be of such an advantage to the United States as to be beyond auy mans alculation.-Success.
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SCRAPS.
be two railways to the top

There may be two railways to the top of Mt. Blanc.
 Powerful alcoholic beverages can be distilled from bananas, the milk of CO., coanut rice and peas. The latest and most fascinating meth od of teaching children to read is to put them at work on a typewriter.
 The banana produces to the acre forty Tour times more food than the potato and 130 times more than wheat. The Grand Duke Constantin is one of Russians favorite poets. He won roc ord as fine soldier before he began to write verse.
 Telegraphing in Abyssinia is done un. der difficulties. The monkeys swing on the wires and the elephants use the poles for scratching posts.
 Prof. Tito Carbone, a noted Italian bacteriologist, has died in Milan from fever accidentally caused by microbes with which he was experimenting.
 A Scottish minister states, what is quite likely to be true, that rats may be driven from any premises they may be infesting by the playing of bagpipes.
 Among the many anarchists arrested in connection with the bomb explosion in Barcelona, Sept. 13, is a 14-year-old boy named Neales, who is described by the police as "precocious propagandst."
 For stopping work at Murton collicry, Seaham Harbor, England, without notice on three dates in August, 14S miners have been fined $1.25 each day dan- ages and condemned to pay costs of court.
 When the present Car was Care witch he was attacked by fanatic in Otsu, Japan, and two jinrikisha men as- sisted in rescuing him from his assail- ant. They have received pension from Russia ever since. This year it was forwarded to them as usual, much to their surprise.
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Ruined.

Jason Epps, colored, came from an alley-way and sank upon the nearest doorstep, according to Lippincott's. His proud head dropped upon the broad bosom of his pink-striped shirt, and in this attitude of despair he was found by one of his friends.
 "What's the matter wifi you. Jase? You is lookin' beat out"
 'I is," replied Mir. Epps mournfully. "I'se down on nah luck"
 Been shootin' de bones?
 "Yes, sah."
 "Ain't dey comin' right?"
 "Ain't comin' at all.'
 "What did de gang do to you?" "Dey wiped me out"
 "Shoo, is dat so?" This in a tone of grieved surprise.
 "Yes sah, dey cleaned me clean" "How much did dey git?"
 "Forty cents."
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Unique Heredity of Talent.

The District of Columbia is an ex- ample, perhaps unique in the world, of the heredity of talent. Let it be borne in mind that, in this case as in that of every State, the elements of the calculation are not the men and women who reside in the district, but those who were born in it, and who are disseminated all over the United States. That such percentage of the people born in the District of COlum- bia should become famous is of course the result of the artificial selection which has gathered temporarily or per. manently into city, not among the largest in the country, so many emi. nent men.-Century.
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Chilian Miners Powerful.

Perhaps the greatest weights borne Tor any distance on mems backs are the loads of ore brought up from the mines of the Andes by the miners of Chili. Darwin visited copper mine fn ravine leading from the main range of the Cordilleras, where the work was carried on by such primitive means that, though the hines had been worked in the mountains for at least two centuries, the water was re- moved in some by carrying it up shafts in leather bags on mems backs.
 Sir Francis Head, when visiting a similar mine, found that all the ore was carried up to the surface, a ver- teal climb of 450 feet, by the miners, and that the average weight carried was 250 pounds. This load was not carried up winding stair, but up Eotched trunks of trees, set almost dp- right, one touching another.
 The food of the Gillian miner, ac- cording to Darwin, consisted of ra- S.cNs of sixteen figs and two small soaves of bread for breakfast; for din- ner boiled beans, for supper whe. t crushed and roasted They scarcely ever tasted meat.
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AN OLD.TIME ORDER.
Guides Excluded from Treasury Since
 Treasurer Spinner's Time.

Treasurer Spinner's Time.
 A recent dispatch stated that United States Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts had issued an order prohibiting the pro- fessional guides from plying their vo- cation in his portion of the treasury .'lilding. This dispatch also stated that 'the men who steer visitors about the capital are in a state of high dudgeon over the order, and assert that the colored messengers of the de- partment are to blame."
 One of the city guides is reported to have complained that the messengers "want to make the tips themselves" and to have added, "our business was just about ruined by all these big au- tomobiles before the order was issued. l guess, now, we'll all be driven out of the trade"
 As matter of fact, there has been such an order in force at the treas ury department for many years. long before MT. Roberts ever dreamed, per haps, of being made Treasurer. The order prohibited guides from showing visitors through any part of the treas ury building, with special reference to the section presided over by the Treas urer, in which is stored millions of money ana government securities. It is said this order was issued at the request of Treasurer Spinner and has been in effect ever since.
 The guides are allowed to escort their patrons into the treasury build ing as far as the office of the captain of the watch. There they are turned over to an employe of the department, who conducts them through the big building and into the money vaults, if the necessary permission is secured from the Treasurers office. The tour of the building having been completed, the visitors are returned to the wait ing guides, who proceed with them to
 The treasury is not the only govern ment department which prohibits pro- fessional guides from conducting visi- tors through the buildings. Similar or ders are in effect at the National Mu- scum and other places. At the museum the guides are required to wait at the main door until their patrons have found their way through the building as best they can.
 The guides have several times dis cussed the advisability of trying to have these prohibitive orders rescind- ed. They say with the "seeing Wash ington" cars and vehicles and certain tronage of strangers, the business of guiding has become "a precarious prop osition." Washington Star.
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COUNTRY STORE A sUccEss,
How the Williams Exchange Solved
 Problem of Small Town SlOrcs.

Problem of Small Town SlOrcs.
 Two years ago this November, John l.. Wilde, of Williams, devised d trade-getting and trade-keepng plan. He persuaded the merchants of the town to combine into a general com pany-the Williams Exchange. The exchange was to buy all produce for sale, paying for it either in cash, at the regular market value, or in cur rcncy good only in Williams stores, at an advance of 10 per cent over the regular market value. The exchange was to supply the merchants and ship the overstock to Eastern markets. After discussion, however, it was de- cided to restrict the operations of the exchange to butter and eggs, for the members believed that enough of those were bought to offset what the farm CTS needed to buy.
 The exchange began with the capi- tal stock of 5000, divided into shares of $50 each, with a paid-up capital of $1,000 With this money .it secured and equipped with the latest creamery machinery large warehouse and a wOrkroom, hired two competent cream cry men to attend to the business of the exchange and purchased specially coined aluminium currency of the face value of $2,00O This aluminium cur rency was made in the same denomi- nations as regular coin.
 One side read "Williams Exchange, Williams, Iowa." The reverse read Good for 50, or 25, or 100 or 5, or 10" -"cents' understood-"in Merchan- disc" Each incorporation signed an agreement to accept the aluminium currency in payment for any and all merchandise. The exchange began business in February, 1903, after notifi- cation to the farmers in the neighbor- hood that any one who brought his butter and eggs to Williams would be given 12 cents a dozen for eggs and 13 cents pound for butter, in cash, as had been done for years; or 13 cents a dozen for eggs and IA cents a pound for butter, in aluminium cur rency, good in all Williams stores. These stores had meanwhile laid in attractive stocks.
 To-day farmers drive twelve miles to bring their butter and eggs to the Williams Exchange, passing other towns on the way. In the first twelve months, $30,O00 worth of butter and eggs was bought by the exchange, of which 91 per cent was paid for in Will Hams aluminium currency, and but g per cent in actual cash. Almost one half of the cash was spent subse- Quently in Williams stores, so that actually but $1,500 in currency was paid out for the $30,OOO worth of prod uce bought. The remaining $2S,500 was spent in Williams stores within the year-the best year in the history of Williams stores. The trade of the stores is double what it was eighteen months ago.-World's Work.
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A Testimonial.

"You set good table, I suppose queried the prospective boarder.
 Sure" answered the landlady. "Why, only last week one of my boarders died of gout"
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This is a cold world-but what does the coal dealer care?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05

hira came into the harbor aboard the
L. S. S. Tacoma. The Russians came
on the cruiser Chattanooga.
About 1880 the president left the
shore on his launch and boarded the
Mayfower as she fired the presidents
salute and broke out the standard of
the chief executive. The Japanese en-
voys, accompanied by their suite,
boarded the Mayfower as a salute of
10 guns honored them. They met
the president in a specially furnished
cabin and chatted few minutes and
retired to make way for the Russians.
White and Rosen and suite went
aboard, following the same program
until they were greeted by the presi-
dent, when the representatives of the
belligerents We're brought together
and introduced and exchanged felici-
tations and made speeches. The en-
voys and the president were all clad
in frock coats and silk hats. The
question of uniforms was settled last
night and it was decided to wear ci-
william dress.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
TRAINS Nit
=. ON H|6H bQ|DQt
own TIL R|VtR

AS result of the telegraphers'
strike headon collision between a
passenger and a freight train on the
Great Northern bridge spanning the
Spokane river near Natatorium park
was narrowly averted shortly after
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Bystanders who witnessed the in
cident say the trains came to within
100 feet of each other before being
stopped. The passenger train was
then forced to back into the city in
order to let the freight train go by.
For a time those who saw the
trains coming toward each other
thought collision was imminent, but
the engineers caught sight of each
other in time to bring the trains to
standstill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05

In spite of the optimistic reports
sent out by the railroad magnates
that an early settlement of the strike
would occur. the telegraphers firmly
adhere to the assertion that they Will
eventually win.
Railroad officials place great stress
on the statement of Chairman Haley
OF the strikers who, this morning.
according to railway men, admitted
that the strikers could not win and
that he had had enough of the strike,
Haley is also said to have advised
the other striking operators To go
back to work. Another report from
President Perham at St. Paul. recctv-
ed at teleRraphers' headquarters here,
tells of Chairman Ogglesby of the Da-
kota division returning to the COM
pany. He Is also said to have add
yised tho men to return to work.
When asked about this phase OF
the situation the telegraphers replied
that they would get along without the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
UNCLE SAM IS NOW
FIGHTING EPIDEMIC

previously reported i'll with fever.
Surgeon White left this morning for
Fontainebleu, Miss, where he is at
tending the completion of the deten-
ton camp. 1t is expected the camp
will be ready for occupation tonight.
In the absence of DR.. White, DR..
Guiteras is In charge of the marine
hospital work. No new cases of fever
outside of New Orleans in Louisiana
for the last "a hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05

traitors and already had sent rust
lers out along the lines to keep the
men from turning away and going
back
Deputy President Tanquary of the
o. Il. Il. does not place much signih-
canoe on the fact that one or two
men have gotten cold feet and re-
turned There is nothing to the re-
ports of operators going back by the
dozens" he said today, "and what
is more, they are not going back
At the offices OF the Northern Pa
ciHc II was stated that hoodlums in
some of the towns along the route
were causing trouble by threatening
the strike breakers with bombs and
other implements. The report stated
that many of the men in the towns
of Cunningham, Council and Lind
had been frightened at times by mobs
gathering at the stations. The rail-
road officials do not attribute this to
the operators.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
KILLED FATHER
WHO WAS INSANE

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, Aug. g.
w. M. Moss has been indicted by the
grand jury of Calhoun county on the
charge of numbering his father The
latter was insane and lived with
Moss. 1t is charged that the son
gave his father a beating, which re-
suited in the old mans death.
The son does not deny the whip
ping, but says it was in self defense
when the aged man was in an insane
paroxysm and threatened to cut the
sons throat. Moss is in Jail at Grant
Vile,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
(Scripps News Association.)

NEW YORK, Aug 5.-The Japan
csc and Russian plenipotentiaries left
here this morning on two cruisers for
Oyster Bay, where they will meet the
president and be presented to each
other previous to their departure for
Portsmouth. where negotiations will
be &,ened Tuesday. The Japanese
delegation made the trip on the
cruiser Tacoma and the Russian en-
voys were conveyed to their destina
tion aboard the Chattanooga.
1t was with somewhat gloomy fore
bodings that nothing would be accom-
plished that the two delegations left
the city. Constantine Nakokoff of
the Russian forgein office, when ask
ed whether Russia would agree to a
cession of territory or payment of
indemnity. two points on which it is
believed Japan will insist. replied: Il
don't think so.'
Sato, the japanese spokesman.
when asked how the prospects looked,
said: Not very bright, but we are
hopeful"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
spaniel SAVES
CMLDREN'S LIVES

DULUTH, Mimi, Aug. 5.-"Mac''
a water spaniel, saved the lives or
Frank Bridgeman, aged years, and
oliver Pugh, aged IL, yesterday. The
children got over their depth in Ches-
ter cheek. Mrs. Frank Spurbek heard
their screams and ran TO their assist
ance She could not swim and mar
rowly escaped death.
Mrs. Spurbek's dog, Mac leapea
in and swan near the struggling chill
dren and then turned and swan
ashore. The boy chung to Mac
tail and the girl to one OF the dog
hind legs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
SENATOR WAS ONE
OF MANY ADMIRERS
OF MRS. TAGGART

would admit all relevant testimony,
believing that all light possible
should be thrown upon the case Cap
tain Taggart is so sure of gaining
the custody of the boys that he has
secured a transfer from the United
States transport Sherman to the
Eighth infantry, stationed at Column
bus barracks. where he has prepared
home for the children.
Court adjourned after reading tho
deposition of Major Charles G. Nor
ton Of the War college at Washing
ton. He was Captain Taggart's SUI
perior officer in the Sixth infantry, In
which Taggart was then captain. At
Fort Leavenworth in 1908, when tho
Taggarts separated, Morton says on
days that Mrs. Taggart accused her
husband of being drunk he was sober.
other dispositions of nurses at Gin
cinnati hospital, where Mrs. Taggart
was a patient, were read.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
PUBLISHER OF
FARM PAPER
UNDER ARREST

ST. PAUL. Aug. 5.-John c. Han
ley. publisher of the Alliance Advo-
cate and well known throughout the
west as a leader in the farmers alli-
ance and other movements, has been
arrested by United States Marshal
Grimshaw on charge OF using the
mails in connection with a scheme
To detraud.
The charge Is that in advertising
matter sent through the mails of the
postofflce selling stocks in the Con-
solidated Farm and Ranch company,
Hanley represented that this com
pany had acquired the property Of
the Montana Cooperative Ranch COM
pany. now in the hands of receiver,
which representation is claimed to be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05

false. His hearing is set for Aug. 16.
The company was organized few
months ago under the laws of South
Dakota with Hanley as president and
capitalized at $4,000 The govern
ment claims that the new company
has practically no assets and that In
order to induce investors to buy stock
in the new company the promoters
pretended to have acquired the prop
erty OF the old company.
The Mn naoacto cmfwyp pppmb
The Montana company Is now in
the hands of receiver and is claim
ed to have assets OF only $4,000,
with an incumbrance in the shape or
$4,000 mortgage. In some or the
literature sent out by Hanley II Is
represented that the receiver has
property worth sl07.t59.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05

WASHINGTON, Aug 5.-The gov
eminent has formally assumed
charge of the yellow fever situation
in the south. The expenses will be
horne by the government out of the
general epidemic fund.
At New Orleans IL new cases and
six deaths reported officially at the
office of the city board Of health up
to noon today. The deaths are all at
the Emergency hospital of persons
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-05
BLAME GEN0WAY FOR
UNION PARK STENCIL

Health Officer Genoway IS up
against it as the result of the arrest
of the II Northern Pacific laborers,
taken into custody last night charged
with violating the city ordinance pro-
viding for the preservation of the
public health.
The men were arrested on a war
rant sworn out by John Coffeen, who
is one of the complaining witnesses.
The trouble arose over the men haul
ing the refuse from the old slaughter
house of the E. NJ. Staunton company
at Yardley to point within the city
limits where a fill is being made.