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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

on the trail a few miles back; that
man. After camping with him a day
or so he had gone off, pack on back,
along the Sturgeon Lake trail. After
comparing his story with what was
already known, it seemed wholly I'M
satisfactory, and the following day
Anderson arrested him.
A pocketbook which was found on
the prisoner contained checks, letters
and other documents indicating that
it belonged to Edward Hayward of
North Mundham, Sussex, England
Inquiries developed the fact that the
murdered man had followed a seafar-
ing life for a number of years and
latterly had adopted the still more
adventurous career of a gold hunter.
After visit to his home, in England,
two years ago, he determined to try
his fortune prospecting for gold in
the northwest Before he left home
his brother George presented him
with the nugget which was found in
the toe of his boot. The two men
were traced from Nelson, B. c., to
Calgary, and later to Edmonton,
whence the start into the wilds was
made. The evidence against King was
strengthened by the testimony of
examined the tissue and bones found
in the campfire and pronounced them
the remains of a human being.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
WANTED: MORE VANITY AMONG WOMEN

into the careless wife whose don't
care couture and get-dressed-quick
wrappers drive her husband to the
club or to drink
If every woman would aim to make
the most of her looks for the sheer
Joy of self-improvement, if every
woman made it part of her religion
to be as comely and wholesome and
attractive as her resources would per-
mit-how much happier and sweeter
this world would be!
How grateful men would be-and
who shall say they would not be bet
ter for it?
The woman who presents q trim,
clean, dainty and thoroughly pleasing
appearance at all times, whether in
the kitchen, on the street, in church
or at afternoon tea, is just rs posi-
lively civilizing agency as are good
books, good music and good paintings.
A woman ought to be beautiful for
her own sake if not for the sake of
others. She ought to be just as un-
willing to face an untidy or unpleas-
ant reflection in the glass when there
are no others present as she would
if the room held a party of critical
guests.
Let every woman cultivate the van
ity that is a virtue. Let every wom-
an aim to be comedy simply because
it would offend her own eye and her
own taste to be anything else.
And let us devoutly hope that the
day will come when there will be alb
solutely no sale for Mother Hubbards
or for kimonos of painful design.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
BY JANE ALLEN.

If women were vainer, homes
would be happier and men better.
Few women have the sort of vanity
that counts-the vital sort that i'm
pels one to keep sweet. fresh and at
tractive for principles sake-for
beauty's sake.
There are millions of women en-
dowed with the other sort of vanity
the vanity that urges personal
adornment for the specific purpose of
attracting the opposite sex.
When the average daughter of Eve
arrays herself in bewitching attire,
she has in mind the catching of
husband. Whether she admits 1t or
not, that is her underlying motive.
She may not even be aware of such
intention, but it lies in her subcon-
scious mind--a heritage of the CEN
turtles.
This sort of vanity may be well
enough as far as it goes, but the
trouble is, it does not go far enough
Just so soon as the incentive is re
moved what happens to that instinct
which passed muster as genuine
desire to be personally pleasing? 1t
collapses.
This counterfeit quality, this in
stinct masquerading as genuine van
ity, is responsible ultimately for the
curl-papered wife in hapless Mother
Hubbard, at sight of whose unloVeh-
ness an adoring husband is Jolted
rudely from his dream of bliss.
The girl whose prime motive in
keeping pretty is to win a life part
ner will almost invariably degenerate
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

| chasing away to foreign parts. I
don't know where he got those ideas
in his head. We didn't teach them
to him. Teds was fine boy-once."
Instead of being the proudest
mother in the land at the honor that
has beeE conferred upon her son, the
good old woman at the announcement
wept bitter tears. Her once fine boy
to come down to this--to be food for
mosquitoes and prey to yellow fever!
She tells how her Theds went to
teaching school at 16, how he got
along fine, as he always did with
anything he undertook, how they sac
rified to send him to college, where
he was the only one in all his class
that didn't drink or smoke, and how
proud they were Of him when he
came home and read his Hebrew tes-
lament to them She signs at the
thought that with all that work to
do in Panama he will have no time
to read his testament any more.
And she remembers well that as
boy he was a beautiful penman and
would spend hours practicing his DIS
and rs. He wrote with a great -four
ish. / wish that he could write that
we'll now"
And so, while Theodore p. Shonts
is rising rapidly in the regard of thu
big world, which sees only the surface
of things, his honors and fame do not
appeal to the deeper mind of the low
| ing old mother who looks into the
| heart of things.
| We are apt to think that the
mother, living a humble, closely cir
! cumscribed life, naturally takes a
narrow view. Boys are born to be
more than their mothers idols, per-
haps.
But Is hers the narrow view?
High salary and glory come to
Shonts with his new position-tinsels
that glisten in the worlds eyes.
But, after all, his true greatness
lies in the true gold of the qualities
that the old mother prizes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
REFORMATION OF THE R0WDY CORN

Many interesting features have been
an ear from a short stalk, If planted,
will be likely to produce short stalked
plants. An ear located high on a
stalk will produce like results. Ears
from stalks producing two or more
ears, if planted. will probably produce
two-eared stalks, and so on.
This makes it necessary to take
into account all the characteristics
of every stalk from which seed ears
are chosen, just as the animal breeder
considers carefully every part of his
breeding stock.
In fact, it is found that the same
general principles that control animal
breeding hold in work with corn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

ducing more grains per ear Two
ears were chosen from the same lot
of corn, one of which was straight
rowed and closely packed with corn
from butt to tip. The other had the
grains irregularly placed, and con-
sequently much waste space. The
corn from these two ears was planted
in adjoining rows, and the resulting
corn was divided at husking time in
to regular and irregular ears
The illustrations tell the story.
Only a small per cent of the ears
from the seed Of the Straightforward
ear was irregular, while from the
irregular ear practically half of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
BY A. S. Nea1e.

The addition of one kernel of corn
on every ear grown would in single
wear add millions of bushels to the
total crop. And If this grain were
added by breeding a better variety the
gain would be a permanent beneht.
c. p. Hartley, in his experiments,
is producing strains of corn that will
add, not one, but many kernels TO
each ear.
Mr.. Hartley is doing this by pro-
ducing larger ears, more grains per
ear. and in some varieties more ears
per stalk
One very interesting experiment
shows what can be done toward pro"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

In one experiment made in Ohio so
ears of the same stock were carefully
rows, under similar conditions. The
yields per row varied from SO to 20
pounds, showing that the yielding
power of one ear was more than
double that of the other.
A plat of uniform ground is chosen
of such size that two rows may be
planted from each ear, thus allowing
duplicate rows, making the test more
accurate. The corn from each row
is carefully weighed, and seed ears
for the next years planting are Sc
lected from the row making the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
A MOTHERS PRIDE IN
Her BOY
BY CHAs. GRANT MILLER.

Theodore Perry Shonts, the new
head of the Panama commission, who
will have immediate direction of the
greatest engineering enterprise the
world has ever known, has a good old
mother who takes less pride in his
present success than in the fine quail
tiles that marked him when he was
all her own boy.
"Theds was a good boy-when he
was young" said Mrs. Simons with
a deprecatory shake of her head. He
never went out nights then or went
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

same lot of corn, equal to each other
in all external characters, often pro-
duce very different amounts of corn.
Such variation is startling, and it's
discovery has led to pedigreed corn
breeding on new line. The best
ears are chosen Each one is weighed,
measured, photographed and after
Smelling the percentage of shelled
corn to cob is calculated
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
YALE-HARVARD
DEBATE TONIGHT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 5.-The
annual forensic tilt between the crack
debaters Of Yale and Harvard takes
place here this evening and the usual
keen interest is manifested. Thesde-
STABILITY of a commission with power
to fix railroad rates will form the
subject of debate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
LOST BLANKETS

G. w. Barker reports to the police
that someone relieved him of his roll
of blankets at the b. c. saloon yes
terday. He left them in tine Office
and when he returned for them they
were gone.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

ears were like the seed ear planted.
In other words, by selecting an ideal
" shaped ear the undesirable type
was almost entirely bred out the first
year.
Mr.. Hartley is of the opinion that
In few years Objectionable types
could be eliminated entirely by a
rigid selection.
Another important discovery has
been made in regard to the value of
ears for seed. Ears chosen from the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

The duke of Manchester has replied
to Andrew Carnegie's remark that he
preferred an honest, poor man to a
worthless duke for his nieces hus-
band. No doubt the duke was just
the man to make the reply.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

highest yield.
Thus the work goes on from year
to year gradually eliminating the
low yielding strains and retaining
only the best.
An accurate record is kept of the
yield of each ear, character of stalk
and any other data of interest. This
is the pedigree. and enables the
breeder to know exactly what the
strain of corn has done and what it
may be expected to do.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

HE'S HAD CROOKED AND CHECKERED CAREER
AND MUST NOW BRACE UP AND PRODUCE A
PEDIGREE-MAKNG 10 KERNELS GROW IN
THE PLACE WHERE NINE GREW BEFORE
WILL ADD HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF BUSH
ELS TO THE COUNTRY'S YIELD.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05

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THE IDEA BEHIND THE EXPERIMENT.


each the United
100000 bushels he total the
c. P. United
this consideration believes
to
pedigree
With this point he has rigidly forced
with law survival
by applying
quality a yield.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
The Building of the New
Church.
excursion
Mrs. George Pratt.

1t is difficult to say just when the
movement began which resulted in
the erection of the present building.
The destruction of the incomplete
structure which was begun on this
same site, while it had discouraged,
had not destroyed the desire and
the intention to have a suitable
home for the congregation. Stirred
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
NO. AZ.

gave of their time and their labor
in the attempt to erect an edifice
worthy of our church, it is difficult
to place the credit for the success
of the enterprise on any person or
persons. All worked in their vari-
Gus ways as best they might and to
all belongs the credit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23

scriptions. His answer to the So
licitor was, you have my note
for $500" YES" was the reply,
"but it has outlawed." MY notes
NEVER outlaw" was Mr.. Thayer's
answer.
Where SO many were concerned
in the work and where so MANY
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23

A set of beautiful dishes is within the reach
of every one of my customers. | am offering
something which am sure every one will ap-
preciate and feel that all will avail themselves
of the opportunity and get beautiful set free.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

"Ughr' said John Hare as the sound
OF his own voice wakened him and he
sat up in bed. What an ugly night
mare" Then. with a look at his watch,
SIT is high time was up anyway.
I must make sure that not single
family has a cheerless Christmas to-
morrow"
His. eye caught the picture of Il girls
face. gentle eyed, yet CHEEKY. hanging
in a frame on his wall. And IL there's
any persuasion in John Hare's poor
eloquence he won't have cheerless
nor lonely Christmas the next 2oth
of December
This young rector had come to
Spottsfeld. rising manufacturing
city, three years before, after serving
as curate in large city parish. He
had transformed his new congregation
from a disgruntled. quarreling com
munity composed OF few rich and
many poor TO a great family interested
in each other and respecting his Christ
like principles. And incidentally his
strict resolution for a busy bachelor
hood had been somewhat disturbed by
pair Of interested. laughing eyes
which belonged TO the daughter of a
factory owner.
This energetic. but rather shy. young
woman was famed and loved among
the poor and sick of Spottsfield for her
gentle and unpretentious way of help
ing when and where she was needed.
Though Of different faiths. she and
John Hare met often while Oh excur-
sions Of mercy. He had seen her, too.
at her fathers home. where he was
popular as a dinner guest because Of
his appreciation of a good cigar and
his broad, forceful views OH Christian
ity.
As he dressed that morning i0fore
the festive holiday he realized that the
human heart cannot be denied It's slIs-
tenance one beating in touch and
sympathy with ii - and that one fair
girl had woven her charms about him
SO completely that he could no longer
refrain from telling her of It. even
though OF late she had rather seemed
to avoid him when he crossed her path
and was even chary Of her conversa-
ton when he diHed at her house.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14
4 Dreams
n Fulfillnlent
The Rector's Christmas Charf.
ty and What Came
- ANG. Bang! Bang!

~ ANG! Bang! Bang!
TX John Hare jumped from his
warm he'd into his dressing
gown and slippers, switched on
the electric light and was on the lower
floor swinging wide the heavy. massive
door before his eyes were fairly open.
Through the blackness of the outer
night peered the hard and forbidding
faces of two roughly clad men Tire
taller ruun stated in gruff tones that
his baby was dying and his wife want
ed the child baptized
In less than five minutes the young
rector was dressed and back to tie
men, whom he had left sitting in the
hall. and the three started out Tile
trip to the outskirts of the city
through dark and strange streets WIS
anything but pleasant Finally reach
ing Il little low cottage. set quite apart
from any other dwellings and lighted
by one small lamp which sent its ra., 8
through the narrow window, lie fol-
lowed the men through the door into
a barely furnished room. on cot
In the corner lay II child. small and
wasted. marked with deaths STAMP,
and beside her sat the weeping mot l.
er. Some strange mystery haunted
the room. What were these poverty
stricken people trying to conceal: Tie
Clergyman shook Off the feeling and
opened his prayer book at the bap-
tismal service.
Having performed his mission, ac-
companied by the two men. he wns
passing "A clump of trees on his way
home when one of them stopped sud
denly and, pulling long bladed knife
from his pocket. flashed it before the
young rector's face and instantly point
ed it toward his heart He uttered a
piercing shrek.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14
ELKS' CHARITY BALL
A BIG SUCCESS

The Annual Charity ball Of Canon
City Lodge. No. $40. b. p. o. E., which
took place last Monday night, was one
OF the most successful ever held under
its auspices, and realized between five
and six hundred dollars, which will be
devoted to relieving the distresses Of
the poor and the unfortunate during
the Christmas season. Never have the
decorations OF Elks'. hall been more
elaborate and beautiful than they were
on Monday night, and never has = jol-
lier assemblage Of ladies and gentle.
men danced within its walls for Sweet
charity's sake" than on that occasion.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

Again pushing aside the warning of
his apparltfon. the rector incased him
self in warm overcoat and arctics and.
locking the door behind him, bade the
men lead the way. For several blocks
an occasional house showed lights from
top to bottom or a stray light In the
seco nd story gave evidence that an ca
ger youngster was awake examining
Santa Claus gifts. Then the houses
became dark. and the three men trudg-
ed on through the gently falling snow.
Hare's questions received but curt,
abrupt answers, while the memory Of
his grewsome dream grew clearer with
each step of the long dark walk till he
reached the identical cottage Of his
nightmare. with one light shining
through the window. A suggestion Of
cold perspiration stood on his forehead
and shiver ran down his spine as he
thought of the sinister group and the
suspicious and foreboding glunces Of
the men In that dim scene which he
had passed through before 80 realis-
tically.
Entering the house behind the larger
man. he looked instantly toward the
tOiiiti iOi TUT tol tbu bit lucy
were there. The thin face of the child
showed the same pallor OF death. but
the mother was not In the chair beside
the bed. In her place sat girlish fig
ure. holding vial in her delicate fin-
gers.
THANK you so much for coming"
said soft voice, and the Ruth of his
day dreams lifted her eyes to his with
n wistfni. shy glance OF comfort and
relief. The mother never would have
been consOied for her neglect in not
having had her child baptized, and
felt so sure you would come, even
though 1t was ut this late hour"
SO the dying baby received the bless
ing Of the church, and ns the sun rose
between two distant hills the child
passed into its Saviours arms. Two
hearts were peaceful from a sense Of
finished duty Unconsciously radiant
with JOY at being together. the man
and the girl passed from the low rooted
cottage into the clear frosty air of the
blue canopied earth with It's fresh car
peting of pure white snow. A Christ
mas happiness such as they had never
known before illuminated the world
for these two alone in the snow clad
woods.
1t was some time before the young
rector felt inclined to speak, and then
It was to recount his nightmare with
its realistic reproduction up to the
point where he had found her beside
the dying child.
"And the knife aimed at your heart
that must have been dreadful
dreamw
John Hare paused, holding her with
his strong magnetic gaze.
'The knife Is in your hand. II you
cannot love me, your NO will be the
deathblow to my hopes and ambi-
lions"
ehs smiled up into his ayss md hsId
out both hands.
~Dss-thers Il NO knife"
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

stayc-l and nursed the baby back to
life. In the poorer homes he heard Of
the baskets of Christmas goodies she
had brought, with toys and warm nit
tens for the children.
1t was 10 o'clock before the rector
had finished the days task, and when
he reached home he threw himself,
quite worn out, on the couch In the IL
brary. Not ten minutes seemed to
have elapsed when the sound "Br-r-r-rw
through his sleep wakened him sud-
denly to he realization that some one
was ringing the bell with the evident
intention of rousing the entire house
hold, and as he stepped into the hall to
open the door he was amazed to see
the hands on the old fashioned clock
pointing to 1.
"Sir, we've come to get Mr.. Hare.
The baby's dying and my wife wants
q minister" announced one Of the two
men who stood on the step facing the
tired rector.
Tho memory Of his vivid nightmare
had not required to him since the morn
ing, but at the words ''baby's dying It
It all flashed before his mind, and he
hesitated an instant with some misgiv-
ings. Quickly pulling himself together
and throwing on the vision, be ex.
claimed:
'T'm Mr.. Hare. Where Is your ba-
byr In harsh voice the larger Of the
two men mentioned the outskirts Of the
city. where the houses were small ard
low and widely gcattar0d.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

During the long busy day she was
constantly brought to his mind in the
homes he visited. A forlorn old wom-
an told Of the coming of Miss Ruth
with yarn for the next years knitting
and a boa of sweets. A grateful moth
er told of the nights Miss Ruth had
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

The music was gay and inspiriting
and furnished by the Elks' orchestra.
The refreshments were served under
the direction OF COMMITTEES Of which
VIII Ragsdsle was chairman, and were
unusually delicious and appetising.
There were . number Of out-of town
people present to enjoy the festivities.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14
Ofdes Early

CANDIES in large amounts. We have
boxes representing bricks, chimneys,
churches, air ships and automobiles for
the little FOLKS "Millers." Fresh ev-
cry hour.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

BEN HuR," Pueblo. one fare round
trip January 8, good to return on or
before Jsnuary4.
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

lERE splendid suggestion for sensible gift With
every musical instrument sell we give free scho
arshp music This is something new: teaching
music by mail, but it is We have a. fine neyof
Guitars, Mandons, vioins small musical merchandise
But one church will give Christmas this year and it
is therefore incumbent Santa have at home We
have tinsel and all kinds Of ornaments
We showing superb array toilet SETS manicure SETS
hand mirrors triple mirrors, brushes military SETS combs
fancy toilet in elegant attractive boxes baby toilet
baskets work baskets
box of Lowney's candies makes dainty Christmas re-
membrane
For room decorations we have magnificent display of
candeeba shades coored candles statuary and Lowelsa
Weller work. and hand painted from the Japanese Roya
Factories.
Our assortment of cigars and pipes is very complete
Christmas boxes of best brands of that
make valuable souvenirs after the have been en-
joyed In pipes think the most fastdious
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

MHAT more pleasing present than box of handsome
AAA stationery We sell the best cutlery had Our
showing of pocket knives will delight any one.
Fountain Pen makes delightful gif---The Standard
Self-Filing Pen is fully guaranteed
Every lover of booklover should visit our store before
buying We have large and complete stock popular
copyright books we'll books of history biography fiction
standard gift books poetry religious and reference
elegant Bibles and prayer books.
very large stock of juvenile books.
Mrs McCandless' wild flowers of the Rocky Mountains
make handsome souvenir They price, &C to 81
1UR STOCK of Drugs and Druggist Jundries is one
| Of the best In Southern Colorado. Our Pre-.
scription aOork is perfect skilled pharmacists only
are aHoWed to touch prescription in this store
and the care exercised in its filling most pune.
iHous. Fresh drugs and of the pursst quality only
are used. For the eUery day drug necessities
you are cordially in0ited to trade sDifh u.s. Your
| patronage is appreciated
Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

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