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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-24
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Doyer went over the river bank,
down steep incline to the river.
The horses escaped injury, but
caved OF q considerable amount Of
mud. The body Of the wagon was
not broken, but loose boards were
left all the way down to the river.
The man was inquired about the
face and bruised all over, but NO
other injuries are thus far known.
BURTON ROBINSON,
1877 Euclid avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
Striking Tendency Toward the Use of Brief and Expressive Words.

Washington Evening Star.
 Some philologist or other has likened the American language. as distin guish ed from that spoken in the British Isles, to asponge, absorbing all that 1t needs and meets. It takes from all sources. It adopts and adapts. probably more readily than does any other tongue, the useful, odd and idiomatic words of all languages. It has borrowed "katzen- jammer" from the German. at first in q spirit of jocosity. until that formidable mouthful competes for daily use with the simply expressive jag" which has reached the dignity of dictionary def milton. It has accepted a veritable vo- cabulary of motoring from the French, and garage" signifying a motor shell ter, and "chauffeur." meaning the man at the levers. are now regarded as vir-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

rify myself from the contamination of that fearful hour I spent aboard the train. Will somebody please burn q stick of sulphur
 Gracefully and well poised the matchless champion who had sworn, Death to the free pass" moved for ward to the hotel. Surrounded by ard ent admirers he graciously permitted them to take his hand. He smiled be- highly as beftted one who was the onointed champion. selected to carry the lance and lead the charge in the great crusade. He looked not unkindly upon the common people as they crowd ed around their chosen champion, that Is, upon the three or four who did the Srowding.
 He retired to his room to commune with his own great thoughts and put on clean collar
 In moment he rushed out. the blue eye In fine frenzy rolling. He trans liked the clerk with an implacable and accusing index finger, as that official, Quaking in his fear sought safety un- der the counter.
 Sir, demand to know who is re- sponsible for this humiliating insult. I ask you, sir, did you have anything to do with this humiliationY Were you a party to this dastardly outrage. plan ned by spies and hirelings of the rail- roads? insist on knowing who left that railroad time table in the room you gave to me. Think of the shame of finding 1t on the mantelpiece in my room. Behev'vings, tell you that the memory of this insult will be wiped out in the blood of tho railroads"
 The offending time table was hur- riedly carried out and buried in the woods by the porter of the hotel. In time the matchless leader became pac- flied and agreed to eat dinner without showing why the rates of the hotel should be reduced 40 per cent although he could easily have done so.
 Out in the open and under the pines where the hot air could have free cir culation the champion with the blue leye and the alpaca coat tore the great Nrailroad trust fairly in two and spat in ithe middle of It. Rapt and reverential Attention was given him when he. with scorching, burning words painted the way the railroads were Cur -rinding down the common peepul."
 From rock to rock the reverberation of the applause leaped when he de- scrtbed> how. alone and sinRle-handed, he hadNnet forty of the widest and most ferAclous railroad men in combat at the Capitol and defeated them. What q shout of joy and e3ultation went up when he described the scene in which the most desperate of the man. eating tdiltodu dlNpIuSJS ndu Qudlleu anu cowed before the power of his eye and had eaten low rates from his naked hand
 "Oh. my friends" he continued fin i'm spired eloQuence. "the crisis is at hand, the issue Is upon us. And by the eter- nal God we will carry forward that is- sue. We will sound 1t from peak to peak and from valley to valley 1t will roll along. From Lauderdale to Bald win We will arouse the people with our great issue of Tommyrot Will they be content to remain slaves? No. my
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

friends, I tell you, nc. When We rise upon our hind legs and cry out Toni myrot." the poor, downtrodden and en- slaved people of bleeding and crushed Alabama will rise in their might and throw off the blight and curse of the free pass.
 When these political Hessians. when these pliant tools of the corporations, go into your State House to hold office they become your masters. not your servants. We shall check them, we shall make them quail and cover when we bring the glorious promise of the tommyrot campaign to the peepul Let them dare answer the truths in our tommyrot campaign if they can. Let them dare do It."
 "Ah, my friends, my heart and soul Is in this issue. And in the distance l see the Big Job at the Capitol loom ing up Through the sunshine of prom ise I see 1t beckoning me on. 1 will follow and I will say That job is my job I will look 1t square in the eye and will say in the words, those beau tiful words that Ruth said to Naomi, Entreat me not to leave thee or to re- turn from following after three, for whither thou goest, l will go; and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God"
 Then you mean to say you will be a candidate for Governor?" asked an interested nearer.
 But the matchless orator looking at him with a pleased and benign eye as if to say Say that sweet word over again." said gently: "Ah, my friend, do not jump at conclusions. l would not say that, no indeed. But I have in mind the proper leader, the only leader who could carry forward this great is- sue of tommyrot. I have in mind the man who knows more tommyrot and who has talked more tommyrot than any other man in Alabama. He Is tall man with a blue eye and an alpaca coat. His lips are thin and his nose masterful and tip-tilted. He is wholesale merchant, cotton mill man, a farmer, a Sunday school superintend- ent and the initials of his name are B. B. c. But you cannot make me tell you who is the proper man to lead tnls fight. No, you cannot make me tell you. no matter how hard you try"
 "But if this man should be President of the Railroad Commission. this man who knows more about railroad rates than all the railroad men in the State, couldn't he do more for a real reduc tion in rates if he was in the Commits sion where the fight is constantly on, than down in the Governors office. where rates are never mentionedY asked another member of the audience. who had wandered in and appeared out of place.
 sir, your question is an imperti- nent one. It Is an impertinent one," declared the speaker incisively and cut tingly. But will answer it in a way that cannot be mistaken. When you ask me that question sir. reply, Back to the Peepul! Back to the Peepul!"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
finally native words.

tually native words.
 In some respects this constant intake of novelties and the readiness with which Americans adopt and adapt any thing that comes readily to hand to meet a case bring a chain of Illogical, indefendable, anomalous results. For coupled with the catholicity of taste which permits us to take words out of the mouths of all peoples Is strong disposition toward abbreviation. We are notorious clippers of terminals and prefixes We are impatient with the rules of etymology. We scoff at the laws of word building. We use our fins" and "uns" regardlessly. We take no thought of the crimes we commit upon the canons of pathological con- struction so long as we get results. Take for an instance the language of quick commulic Itions. The invention of the device for sending electric sig nals over a wire evoked the strictly classic word telegraph" meaning to write at a distance. When later the apparatus for transmitting the human voice over q wire was perfected the class word telephone" was quickly evolved, by easy analogy, to signify the sending of sound over distance. Now tho vocabulary of the "tele" and the graph" and the phone" Is large one' and the elements are used and twisted into sources of forms. While the de-
 
 struggled to hold these roots to their proper developme It. the public has gone ahead to adjust them to its needs, to abandon them entirely when necessary for instant expression.
 It is now the rare person who uses the whole word telephone. Instead has come the abbreviation phone" as a verb and a noun even as an adjective. and today but seldom Is the eXtenuat- ing apostrophe used to hint at cur tailment. So now 1t Is plain phone, and phone" 1t will probably remain, to signify all that pertains to wFe talk ing. And the demand for brevity has attacked comparatively venerable tel egraph" and ''telegram"-thc latter re- garded by some as itself unwarranted and Americans are rapidly adopting wire" as both verb and noun: Here we have two striking instances of cur tailment and invention. the latter blithely borrowed fl om the English.
 What are we to do when the aerial telegraph system comes into more gen eral use? It Is already so common an institution that the word "wi~oless" Is universally recognized and few have tried to establish the name of the per fector of the system as a class word, to be extended into verb. noun and ad- tective at will. But wireless" has two syllables and "Marccnigram" has four, and both are objectionable to the dom inent American taste for short terms The casa Is open 10 an inventor of new words. Will 1t come to pass that in the coming years, not far distant we shall be talking of getting an air from Smith, of of airing" from Jones?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
CbG JOB On CBG BEE
Cbe "PeerIeSS Reader" Sees It Hfar from tbe Bills of BIOunt and Screams Bis War Cry of
 '"CmmOVrat, Back tO
 to tbe PeepuI.''
Pack to the Peepulr

Back to the Peepul"
 The clarion call as harmonious and as musical as the raucouS cry of wild crane, reVerberated among the rocks and pines of Blount County's hill. The forest birds on the mountain tops ceas- ed their singing and cooked their heads expectantly to one side. The married women on the hotel verandah for the one time stopped their gossip. The youth with the cigarette and cute open-work socks who had been punish- ing the mandolin was so startled that he actually played bar in correct time. The giggle of the summer girl was hushed into frightened silence and Recording Secretary Bill Conniff. at work at the Governors cottage, was so startled that his slender fingers for the moment lost their touch on the typewriter keys
 Back to the Peepul"
 A tall man wearing a black alpaca coat and with q steadfast blue eye, had stepped from a northbound Louisville and Nashville train His thin lips were set in a narrow line of determination His masterful nose was tip-tllted fin the atmosphere as if it was pointing to the high ideals for which he was aspir- ing. He carried in his right hand a small grip filled with papers which showed conclusively and beyond nll doubt that through the perHdy of the infamous railroad trust the people of Kamschatka were given a lower rate on classes x. Y, 2 of freight than were granted the merchants of Ishkooda and Birmingham. And side by side with this damning document were seventeen sheets of typewritten paper showing that on classes O, U, s, L, Y the peo- pie of Alabama were charged a 10 per cent higher rate than the people of Mil Novsorod had to pay on the same classes of goods.
 Well might the typranous railroads tremble. B. Bragg Gunner, the re- pository of the peoples hopes. the de- fender of the peoples rights, the avenger Of the peoples wrongs. was on the ground with q three hours speech that he expected to get out of his sys- tenn in spite of every railroad lawyer in christendom,
 He turned majestically and with an eye of scorn looked Ut the disappearing train.
 "Ah, that have to ride upon the ac- cursed thingn But 1t Is the only way No matter how horrible the experience is, no matter how repulsive the means are, I am committed to this campaign to the bitter end. The issue must be carried forward and tho job must be won and will not turn back until the job is mine and nobody else has job fin the State unless l certify that they have taken the third degree in railroad batting.
 gro have to ride upon one of the horrible things-it is terrible eXperi- encei And right across the aisle there was a man riding upon a free pass, shuddered as I saw the fearful badge of Alabama's degradation. Oh, the ter rible depths of depravity to which that man has been dragged by the free pass, Tit is I-who has been anointed and chosen to go forward and rescue Ala hama from the clutches of the free pass.
 .Rut. lead me to a hath ] naIlSt- nll-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Did This Cat Rensonf

Cats do not think-no animal does, says MT. Burroughs. But how about the Laconia cat that found 1t difficult to catch the abundant English spar rows in his New Hampshire village and evolved the scheme of planting himself with his back to the street where the sparrows congregate and watching them in the reflections of plate glass window? He has played this game for a long timc--not being deceived by the window, but when sparrow gets within Jumping distance, then the cat leaps and gets his victim And Is not this reasoning ?-London News
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
suulrreI Lives With Kittens.

One day. while Ralph Films of Dex- ter was in the woods after crows to hang in the corn field for scarecrows, he found in an old crows nest a very small, young red squirrel. which he took home alive After exhibiting 1t to the family, he gave it to the cat, which has three small kittens. supposing she would make dainty meal of 1t at once. Instead she very carefully carried it into the nest on the hay where the kit tens were. A few days later, on going back td- look at the kittens, what was and happy. the old cat having adopted 1t, seeming to think as much of 1t as uf her own offspring, while the squirrel takes kindly to its new mother, and Is sleek and fat as the kittens.-Eastern Maine Gazette
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
A Long List of Genuine Bargains For the Coming Week.

READY MADE SHEETS; of good b1eached muslin, size 72x90 at regular price they are 3Q~ worth soc this week .......~/ w CHHDREN'S SCHOOL HOSE; of very good quality cotton, medium weight, 1x1 ribbed; sizes 6 to 9t-2; perfectly fast black, worth 10c t5c a pair, at only >S~
 PILLOW TOPS; stamped on a tan linen crash in beautiful designs, worth fully 35c, the top in- 0Ec cluding back for ~
 BLEACFIED DOMESTIC; full yard wide; a quality that should sell now, according to market con- ditions not less than Sc yard, We offer it this week at ( 1.4e only ................ V 1C
 SATuNOLA; the only prepara- ton that will positively remove all facial blenishes, freckIes. tan, etc., worth 50 cents this week S7c at' ..............
 BAGDAD STRIPES; 50 inches wide, in pretty turkish patterns, for curtains, eouch covers, etc, S0c worth soc, a yard ........ "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Table Linen by the
 Yard.

At 70c yard worth fu1ly 85c all pure linen, heavy half b1eached Irish Damask, 72 inches wide.
 At $1 a yard, worth $I.25, a fine line of silver bleached Table Liaen, soft and heavy twilled win satin finish; one of the best weaves that come out of Germany, full two yards wide, good value at $t.25.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Ills ExperIence.

Chicago Record Herald.
 Tn Holland the cap a woman wears signifies whether she Is married or not"
 "Oh, we'll" replied the man who had just returned from the summer resort, whats the use of that? It's as easy to flirt with a married woman as any other kind"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
MANUAL TRAINING
 FOR SCHOOL GIRLS

skIIIful Hands One Sign of n Good Brain-The Art of Plain Sewing Embroidery Is the Poetry off the
 Needles-SchOOl-Gir Should
 Learn to Use Manner ~ and Saw Intelligently.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Worried About His Health.

fOnkers Statesman.
 Church-How's your friend Flathush? Gotham-Oh. the poor fellow is very much worried about his health.
 Why, is he sick?'
 Not yet; but the girl has just left him and his wife Is going to try cook i~aS"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
NEAT AND SERVICABLE
 GOWN OF BLUE LINEN.

The gown pictured is of, pale blue heavy linen. The three -quartered coat and this short skirt are laid in inverted box plaits The skirts foot line is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
l The Pattern NACHMAN & MEERTIEF ==$$;= :::=

of us is stronger if now and then she climbs up some hill of difficulty and seats herself comfortably on the top to view the landscape Der. Mathemat- los or needle work, either will do, if we conquer our laziness. - s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

WOMEN'S VESTS, pure white lisle, swiss ribbed, very elastic and linen taped, this IS a closing out lot, they are worth 2se at 15c only ....... .............
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
What we advertise we sell; what we sell advertises Us.
Only the Undoubted Makes of Linen

Here Table Linens, Napkins Towels and other things o linen that successfully challenge the critical examination We gave them just that with knowledge back So you may depend the serveaby and lasting beauty every piece of the linen you buy herein spite of these small prices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Napkins.

At g a dozen worth fully $3; 3-4 size bleached damask Napkins, all pure linen, the patterns of these are all snow drop with grecian border, this is a splendid bargain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Towels.

At 30c each or $3.25 dozen, all pure linen Huckaback Towels, large size, hemstitehed worth Soc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

WHITE FRENCH BATISTE; 40 inches wide, a beautiful, smooth ly woven material, worth every cent of 25e a yard, which is its regular price, for this week 1 r. at only ,............... w
 BED SPREADS; 100 firmly crocheted, LA size bed spreads, regular $'.2s kind o8c at. ..'.'.''' '."".'''.''' - -
 WOMEN'S BLACK HOSE; perfectly fast, ordinarily sell 10c at t5c, at a pair, only. ..... w
 GLORIA UMBRELLAS; for women, 26 inch frames on pretty, fancy handles, worth $I.5O. 02c at only. Y................
 wONFENl,c VESTS. ,,..e v,h;to
The Springfield herald., 1905-05-05

Z. Z. Alexander and Willie
Denncy left for Lamar Tuesday,
the latter going for chop and hay
fer ]. O. VanOrsdol.
Glen Woolley, Oscar Nance,
and others from Stonington were
in town Monday night and visit
ed the boys at band practice.
Jas. A. Tanner, the Corrizo
mail carrier, has turned his at
tention to farming this week and
his son Emmet is driving mail.
Mrs. S. A. Fairbank returned
from a visit in jacksonville, Hi
nois, Wednesday evening. MIR.
Fairbank was here to meet her.
A light hail with some sleet
fell early this morning. The
weather is cool for the time of
the year and grass and farming
is backward.
The Springfield herald., 1905-05-05
Villas Occurrences.

Mrs. S. A. Fairbank is expect
ed home this week.
C. F. Wheeler left Sunday for
the East to buy his summer goods,
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. A. North were
up from the Cimarron Saturday.
Born to j. c. Shields and wife
a ten pound girl Wednesday May
Sd.
Stafford and Jones are kept
quite busy during this week wait
ing on customers.
n. G. Jones is assisting C. D.
Stafford in the store, during G. F.
Wheeler's absence.
Fred Willis reports that his cat
tie are still dying. He has but
a few left, and thinks they will
die.
1t is reported that John Poyner
and Miss Mollie Villers both of
Boston vicinity were married last
last week.
The Springfield herald., 1905-05-05
Says l
To myself--says L
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Says |.
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The Springfield herald., 1905-05-05
An Open Letter.

From the Chapin, S. c., News:
Early in the spring my wife and
/ were taken with diarrhoea and
so severe were the pains that we
called in a physician who per-
scribed for us, but his medicines
failed to give any relief. A
friend who had a bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy on hand gave
each of us dose and we at once
and we at once felt the effects.
| procured a bottle and before
using the entire contents we were
entirely cured. It is a wonderful
remedy and should be found in
every household. Il. C. Bailey,
Editor. This remedy is for sale
by DR.. R. D. Homsher & Co.
The Springfield herald., 1905-05-05
County News
North Flats.

May I'd. 1905.
The Durum wheat in the neigh
borhood is looking fine.
Felix Cain brought his cattle
back to the ranch last week.
Lloyd Hughs and Dan Cain were
among the visitors at the schoo!
house on election day.
D. M. Chenoweth's $ family have
been for some time enjoying let
tuce of their own raising.
e. Hermon went to Blanchat's S
Wednesday, where he expects to
hold his horses for the summer.
r. Z. Hooker, Ralph Ranney
and V. NJ. Shannon returned from
Lamar, the firsL of the week,
with feed for their stock.
School election resulted in the
reelection of the out going
board Roy Regnier president,
ID. M. Cnenoweth treasurer and
V. M. Shannon secretary.
Our teacher, Miss Digger, very
kindly postponed her Arbor Day
exercises, until Monday, 50 that
The Springfield herald., 1905-05-05
Blaine Vicinity.

May Sd, 1906.
Raiu and wind last night.
Mrs. Pierce has radishes large
enough to use.
M. M. Myers traded in Villas
one day last week.
John Myers was hunting some
of his fathers cattle last week.
Clyde Hall visited several
miles down on Bear creek Sun
day.
E. P. Mcfarland was at the
24-circle ranch on business last
week.
Hezzie Barret was in this To-
cality looking after his cattle re-
Gently.
G. Grill and family have moved
from the Herbert ranch to w. M.
Stewards ranch.
Floyd Hall left for the Arkan-
sas river a few days ago where
he expects to get work.
w. M. Stewart returned te
Springfield Friday after spending
few days at his ranch.
We notice John Myers breaking
sod this week. He intends tc
have a large field this year.
Preaching at Blaine last Snn-
day by Rev. Morris. Every body
is so busy attending to their stock
that they do not get to meeting
very often.
Loss in cattle during the last
rains are reported to be heavier
than in the winter. Most every
one in this part of the county
had some loss.
]. w. Barry came in from Syra-
cuse the last of the week with
loads for C. F. Wheeler. He was
ten days making the trip and was
out in the rain of the % and Oath
inst.