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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
Fire Insurance.

We wish to inform the people of
the peninsula that we have added an
insurance department to the PENN
sula Bank. We have placed the
same in competent hands, and soil
cit the patronage of all who desire
safe and reliable fire insurance. This
will be guaranteed to all Our pat
rons. Among the companies we
represent are the Springfield Fire
and Marine, St. Paul Fire and Ma
rine, Queen Insurance Co., Royal
Insurance Co., Phoenix Insurance
Co.. and several others. II your
present policy is about to expire or
you wish to insure your property call
at the Peninsula Bank, or drop us a
postal and Our representative will
call
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27

Car los reaching here at 6:so
TUESDAY evening brought in ISs
pasSengers-while the trailer ranS
up 10y fares The heavy load re-,
suited from ear off at Russell
s'res'-so that this run had to picL
up the extras. r>~
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
IT SEEMS SO.

UNDER the lates, reports from
the Pullman car company wouldn' t
the porters be more justified in
stealing from the company than
they would in holding up the
paSSengers' There is seldom a
passenger on those palace cars who
does no, feel upon arriving at his
destination that he has been done"
IN very clever way ITO the limit. 4"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
Likes Here.

Noah Hutford of Thayer, Kansas,
became SO much interested in 81.
Johns, while the guest of his brother
Is. Hutiord, that he is now reader
OF Ths REVIEW, He would like to
locate here-but is too much inter
ested in his Kansas investments to
make hurried change.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
Call For Bi Is

All bills for labor OF materials
used in or upon the house built by
X. Currier for Mrs. Carrie Stratton,
NJ. Johns, should be at once pres
ented to the undersigned for i'm
mediate payment. These bills may
for convenience be lett at THR
REVIEW office.
Mrs, CARRIE STRArroN.
81, Johns, October 10, 1905.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
Collection Notice.

All accounts with the Geo. w.
Cone Lumber Company are now
due, aud are now payable at the
Peninsula Bank, St. Johns. These
accounts must be settled within 80
days.
Gro. w. Cone LUMBER Co.
October Ia, 1905.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
Supper.

The Aid Society of the Methodist
church will give an oyster supper
in Woodman hall on the evening of
Friday, November ;, Everyone is
cordially invited. Oyster supper
for ISc; cake and coffee Toe; only
a quarter for all OF IL
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
ROBBERS REST

Citizens of our city should aid in
this work because we may enter
tain angels unawares. II is
lottery-but we may draw for a
queen and get a handful Of nice
coarse sawdust Let us do our
bcst-the others will see to doing
,,a
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
GET IT.

If 81. Johns is to sell her birth
right for a mess of po,tage. lett
be sure we get the pottage all right,
all right, before We let 20 the
string.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27

Better get that wood split and
put under cover. The weather
prophet intimates that We may get
some rain.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27

Try the Par Excellence" the
champion SC cigar; made in ST.
Johns.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27

Guard your property against fire.
Insure with the Peninsula Bank.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27

Take Your extra meals at the
Central Hotel The best the mar.
ket affords.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-10-27
had HEAVY Load.

in ST. Iohns Review o,,ohsr
a. November ) and 10, 1905.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
By
Alberta
P1aH

ages. We may know also for a dead
sure thing that if we stone birds or
stray cats and dogs that cruelty will
come back upon ourselves. Children
are learning this is true, and a new
spirit of kindness and helpfulness to
animals is forming itself among Ameri-
can school boys and girls.
For one thing, a fine society has been
formed among children for the purpose
of making stray and injured animals
comfortable. The society is called the
Young Defenders league. If you would
like to join it send to the society's
headquarters for an application card.
Write your name and address plainly
and inclose 4 cents in postage stamps
In return you will get a card of appli-
cation for membership in the Young
Defenders league. Send this card,
properly filled out. and you will be en-
rolled as a member of the league and
get pretty pin badge, showing you to
be one of the brave young people who
will protect dumb creatures. When you
send for an application card address
your letter to headquarters of the
Young Defenders league, care Ameri-
can Society For the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, Madison avenue
and Twenty-sixth street, New York
city,
Wherever you are you can be a mem
Der of the Young Defenders league, and
your parents and teachers will be glad
to aid you in your work of helping
creatures that cannot help themselves.
That inct11des no biac oS x.-al1 - a-
and cats, horses and birds, doesn't it?
Maybe you will be surprised to know
that the governor of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Pennypacker, is SO anxious the boys
and girls of his state shall be kind to
animals that he has recommended in
struction in the schools on this sub
ject- In Philadelphia the teachers OF
the public schools are showing BOYS
and girls how to care for stray, sick OF
injured animals, and even for their
own home pets. Philadelphia boys, in
stead of stoning a stray cat or dog
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
THE DOGS AMBULANCE.

die. If you find any of these forlorn
lost creatures give them food and drink
and notify the Society For the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Animals to send for
them. The society will do this at once
and either find homes for them or put
them painlessly out of life
If dog or cat is run over in the
street or is otherwise injured the Phila-
delphia children make a stretcher out
of door mat or piece of sacking and
several boys carry it carefully to the
animals shelter house, holding it or
carefully fastening its legs so it can
not injure itself. You could easily make
a dogs ambulance out of one of the
long box carts which boys delight in
trundling along the sidewalks. But in
hot weather the first thing to do is to
put out the drinking pans or basins and
keep them full of clean, fresh water.
In connection with this matter of
kindness to dumb animals l have late
ly read something that was very pleas
ing. You have many a time noted the
noble and intelligent fire horses DASH
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

now are beginning to feel sorry for it
and help it.
The first step in being kind to help
less creatures is to provide drinking
basins for them in the hot summer
days. Suppose you could not get a drink
of water all day when the streets are
baked and all the world is sweltering?
You would suffer tortures from thirst.
Many poor dog has been whooped at
and stoned and driven through the
streets as mad dog when his poor. dry
tongue was actually hanging out with
thirst. So get a shallow tin pan and
put it upon the sidewalk near your
house and keep it filled with fresh
water. You will be surprised and won
derfully pleased to find how many dogs,
cats and even birds with parched
throats will slake their thirst at your
drinking fountain. If they could only
talk. they would thank and bless you.
Sometimes cruel. thoughtless persons
leave the town for the country during
the hot months and turn their pet dogs
and cats into the streets to starve and
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
shippinr wiId AnimnIs,

OF all the creatures to be seen at
geological gardens snakes are probably
the most easy to ship from one country
to another. Lions are not very trouble
some. Considering their size and
strength, the boxes in which they
travel look out of all proportion. but
there is method in placing these ami
mails in small cages or boxes, because
it deprives them of the chance to get a
good spring. Snakes take very little
room and throughout a long voyage
give not the least trouble. They do not
require to be fed, nor do they require
looking after in any other way. Pythons
starting on a long voyage are put into
a large cloth bag and tied up. The
bag is slipped into a box just big
enough to hold it and piece of cloth is
nailed over the hole cut in the top of
the box. Nobody pays any further at
tention to the reptile until it reaches
its destination.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
A Clever Chap.

Attracted by the notice, Smart boy
wanted at once a rosy checked urchin
with bright, eager eyes pushed open
the door of a well known city office
and made personal application.
Have you a character?' said the
city man.
"Oh, yes, SIR was the quick answer;
zone from the minister and one from
teacher. They're at home"
How far off do you hve?"
"Three miles. But 1 can be back in
an hour and half"
The boy returned in ten minutes.
"Come, my boy" said the busy man.
Back in ten minutes. You can't possj-
bly, have got your character"
mo, sir haven't, but I've got yours,
and l amt coming"
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
A scottish Ball Game.

Before baseball became popular there
was an old Scottish game called "cat
in the hole The boys of today are re-
viving it and finding it good sport. To
play the game six shallow holes are
dug rather nearer together than the
bases in baseball and arranged SO as
to form a diamond In the center
stands a boy with a ball in his hand.
At each hole is a boy with stick, one
of which he rests in the hole he is
guarding. When the boy with the ball
sings out "Cat in the hole" all the other
boys change holes. AS they do so the
boy with the ball tries to throw it into
one of the holes before any boy gets
his stick into it. If he succeeds the
boy who is slow in changing and finds
the ball in the hole before his stick must
take the ball himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07


there wasn't a guest in the house-no-
body but your father and young Mr..
Hollender."
Willie" said Miss Hollender sternly,
''the searchlight of suspicion is veer-
ing in your direction"
Willie opened his eyes wide with
sudden interest, and he seemed to ex-
perience a genuine disappointment
when Conroy said:
"As there's been only one touch made
while Willie was there and something
like a dozen when he wasn't I guess
Wen have to let him out of it. No.
miss; we've got sure thing on the
servants. SO far as I can see.'
But which one?'
Conroy spread his big hands broad.
BLESS your heart" said he. II don't
know yet. 1 haven't looked 'em over. -
You seem confident of success" re-
marked Clifford
"Oh, yes, indeed" responded the de-
tective. 1.-THE chances are that I'll spot
an old friend before I've been there
two hours
"An old friend?'' said Willie.
Somebody with record. 1 mean
responded Conroy. Somebody with g
mug in the gallery"
"a mug in the gallery?" echoed Cliff
ford.
'T beg the young lady's pardon" said
the detective, conscious of his rough
phrase. 81 mean a portrait at head
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

of retribution. Conroy understood all
this perfectly and was sorry, for he
was very fond of children.
They rode to the railroad station in
one of the Hollender automobiles, and
upon the way fortunate chance help
ed Conroy to gain the boys favor, for
they passed a slender. STOPPING old man
with a long white beard, and the de-
tective pointed him out as one of the
most celebrated forgers of modern
times, WHO had spent more than thirty
years of his life in prison.
''If he was a reformed man. said
Conroy, 81 wouldn't make a show of
him, but he amt, and, moreover, he's
vainer than an actor. If you should
meet him he'd talk you deaf, and al
ways about himself
I'D risk an ear or two just the same
said Willie Hollender. looking back at
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
By HOWARD
FIELDING
Copyright. 1905, by Charles
w. Hooke
The Man.
With a Record

the celebrated criminal. HE must
have lot of ripping good stories"
And thereafter the boy viewed Con-
roy with more esteem, as one who knew
important people.
On the platform beside the train the
two ladies' encountered a man of thirty
five or thereabout, English in dress and
manner, accompanied by a valet carry
ing suit case and a bag with golf
clubs. 1t appeared presently that the
Englishman was to be of the party;
that he had been invited to Sunnyside
for the week end and that he was upon
very good terms with Miss Hollender,
for she called him Tom and greeted
him with warmth. His patronymic
was Clifford.
1t is possible that some not unkindly
mockery might have been discerned in
Miss Hollender's introduction of Con-
roy to Mr.. Clifford, but it was far too
fine for the detectives perception. A
man of true humility and painfully con-
scious of his numerous deficiencies,
Conroy always accepted the notice of
his superiors with genuine gratitude.
He was no Jeffersonian Democrat; he
knew that no two human beings are
born equal, and that there is an in
finite variety in the rights with which
they are endowed by their creator. 1t
was not by his own right, but by the
1ady's amiable and gracious condescen-
sion, that he was advanced to the IA
vorable notice of her friends. He had
liked her from the first; he was now in
truth her very humble servant to COM
mand
When they entered Mr.. Hollender's
private car, which was attached to the
train, they found several other people
who were bound for Sunnyside, and in
the distribution of the party, after the
usual compliments had been exchang-
ed, it is probable that Mr.. Clifford
would have Inaneuvered Miss HolIender
into corner for tete-a-tete. But the
young lady was not to be cheated of
her pleasure in Conroy as a new type
of the species, nor could Willie Hol-
lender be parted from the detective,
and thus a group of four was formed.
1--WE have had a series of petty but
very annoying thefts at Sunnyside, -
said Miss Hollender to Mr.. Clifford.
'"There must be thief among the
servants, but he is too shrewd for
amateur methods of detection. So we
have begged Mr.. Conroy to detach him
self from more important affairs and
help US in our perplexity."
"And what does Mr. Conroy think of
the case?'' asked Clifford. and Miss
HolIender gracefully waved the ques-
ton across to the detective.
From what your father. told me-
said he, 81 guess there's no doubt that
you've got a crook on your payroll UP
there. 1t must be one of the servants
because things have been stolen when
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

end of the journey. AS they were near
ing Sunnyside, Willie stole up behind
the detective.
81 say" he whispered. you didn't do
thing to Tom Clifford! Give it to him
again. He's no good. He's been di-
vorced twice"
This coincidence gave Conroy a cold
chill. For moment the thought of his
own grotesque part in that unfortu-
nate incident overpowered his higher
judgments. He saw not Clifford as a
bad man, but himself as a stupid
clown.
Don't speak of it, he groaned. For
get it, Willie; forget it,
But after the boy had taken himself
away Conroy's natural instincts began
to assert themselves, and especially
that trained serviceable curiosity
which is the chief essential of success
in the detectives profession. Thus his
mind came to center with ever increas-
ing intensity upon the one unexplained
detail of this affair. What was it that
Cliffords hand had Unexpectedly en-
countered in his coat pocket?
Under the spur of this question the
detectives powers of observation. fol-
lowed diligently upon the trail, and the
pursuit was not long, for when the
party had arrived at the little railroad
station which is nearest to the estate
of Sunnyside Clifford took advantage
of moment when he thought that no
| eye was upon him and. drawing let
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

~
E#NNfEA of his experience, but
# he was a stranger in
E.SFtlz:: "a the upper walk of life.
TIsIrTifITTTsi1.Ill 1,si.Ill a Suddenly thrust into
high society, it was
natural that he should err
The delicate, almost instructive.
avoidance of such blunders as Du Mau-
rfer cartooned under the caption.
sgrhings which one would rather not
have said" was hardly to be expected
of Mr.. Conroy. He had not been bred
to it.
For reasons which will presently be
made clear, Mr. Conroy called at the
residence of Gilbert Hollender in the
early afternoon of a June day. The
Hollender mansion is one of the sights
of the city. and yet its ornate exterior
gives scarcely a hint of the luxury
within. The reception room oppressed
Mr.. Conroy with a sense of the gross
inequalities of life, subject upon
which he had often reflected seriously.
for he was a thoughtful and grave man
and one whose professional training
guarded him against mere outward
show and vain pretense.
He had barely begun to familiarize
himself with his surroundings and had
not yet dared to sit down when a very
beautiful young lady entered the room
She was dressed for out of doors and
wore a long and extremely light coat
of a grayish hue.
sYou are Mr.. Conroy?" she said.
eyes, ma'am,'' he replied.
She looked at him with a lively in
terest, as if he were a thing quite new
in her experience.
you are the detective" said she.
"You are going to sunnyside with u.s."
'Such is my Instructions answered
Conroy.
The careful precision of his utterance
gave his grammatical error the effect
of a deliberate jest, and Miss Hollender
could not conceal her amusement. In
stantly she took a great fancy to this
man, quite as she might have liked a
big dog for some unexpected and pom
derous caper.
my father has just telephoned that
he has been detained downtown" said
she, but we are not to wait for him.
So if you are ready
Conroy bowed low. with a solemn
sweep of the right hand, deliciously
awkward, and Miss Hollender was posi-
lively delighted. She would have liked
to give the man something.
There entered at this moment a wo-
man of middle age. comfortably plump
and the picture of gentle self satisfac-
tion. Her eyes We're habitually hall
shut, and she smiled in the way of one
who is agreeably doing. Accompanying
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

facts" rejoined the detective gravely.
They're all old and hard; as old and
hard as sin. Sin is in the heart. and
it comes out in conduct like sweat
through your skin. 1t comes out
early. I've been in this business a good
many years, and while I've seen first
Offenders. so called. I've never seen a
thief that hadn't been dishonest as far
back as you could look him up. You'll
find lot of things that have been
covered over. This world amt so hard
as you maybe think it is. Criminals
are excused; they're let off over and
over again when they're young but the
evil is in 'em, and by and by they come
to their natural windup. and that's in
JAIL
! Perhaps this may be true as to
thieves" began Clifford 81 mean the
petty. habitual 'sneaks'-I believe that's
your word for them in America, isn't
lit?-but'-
IT'S just as true of all wrongdoers,''
said Conroy sententiously 'sWhy,
what's all this we hear about these di-
vorces and the breaking up of homes?
Do you ever find one single case where
the guilty party didn't have record :?
Take cruelty and neglect and mean
ness and all kinds of disrespect and
dishonesty to women. 1 tell you that
it's in the man, from his youth up, or
he wouldn't do it. Every one of those
| divorced. and redivorced men is a bad
egg, and always has been, and you
may take my word for it. And as for
the women, may the Lord pity and
pardon 'em and lead 'em to a better
life. Amen.''
He spoke the closing words with a
somber and prayerful earnestness. and
a tense silence followed. Perceiving
that he had made an impression, and
being naturally proud of it, he con-
tinued:
"'If a lady was going to hire a butler
and I should tell her that the man had
been convicted twice of robbery she
wouldn't hire him. but if he's been
convicted twice of being a bad husband
she'll marry him.
During these remarks Willies pale
countenance had been growing red very
fast. At the last, his hands went sud-
denly to his mouth, and he exploded
| behind them, with one hystericaI out
burst of laughter. Then he rose hastily
and went to the other end of the car.
Conroy, surprised. looked hastily in
to Miss Hollender's face. The young
lady was beautifully serene, but, with
the corner of an eye, the detective saw
Clifford and perceived that his coun-
tenance was darkly clouded.
Immediately the Englshman straight
ened up in his chair and thrust his
hands into the side pockets of his coat
Conroy had often seen nervous mar
hide his hands. 1t is an impulse of pro-
lection, for the hands are betrayers ol
secrets. In this instance, however
there was new phase of the familiar
act, for Clifford became suddenly rigid
and the detective knew that his left
hand spasmodically closed upon some
thing in the pocket.
Speaking. of the robberies at Sunny
side" said Miss Hollender p.acidly, &c
hope your theory will prove true
: would rather we had hired thief thar
that we had developed one on the es.
; tate"
Conroy did not reply. He was saying
t to himself: 1--WE hit 'em both, but tn
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES %O~o~o%O~o~o~O~o%OAO I
Right Treatment Of
Suffering Animals

WF we do a kindness to any living
creature, human or animal, that
kindness will come back to us and
react on US for our own good. Wise
people have found this is as true as the
multiplication table,
Kindness to and good treatment of
animals is one of the sure traits that
distinguish civilized people from saw
ages. Barbaric tribes are cruel to
dumb brutes. Therefore if we hurt,
stone, starve or in any way mistreat
helpless creatures, then we are saw
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

man much the harcest And. besides.
the girls got the blood. She's the thor
oughbred'
Some unimportant things were said,
and Conroy presently excused himself
awkwardly enough, and went to the OBJ
servation window at the rear of the
car, but though he seemed absorbed in
the scenery he never quite lost sight of
Mr.. Clifford from that moment to the
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
AN ALPHABET RHYME.
here is a farmer who is Y Y

There is a farmer who is Y Y
Enough to take his E E
And study nature with his l I
And think of what he 9 c.
He hears the chatter of the J
As they each other T T
And sees that when a tree D K K
1t makes a home for B.
a yoke of oxen he will u u,
With many haws and G G,
And the mistakes he will x Q Q
When blowing for his p P.
He little buys, but much he sells
And therefore little o o,
And when he hoes his soil by spells
He also soils his hose.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

her was a lean, eager. pallid boy of
twelve. These were Miss Hollender's
aunt and brother. Obviously the boy
had known who was in the reception
room and had been impatient to see
him, and it was equally clear that Con-
roy fell far below Master Hollender's
ideal of detective. He did not at
tempt to conceal his disappointment,
but rather to show it plainly by way
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
and Sugar-Coated instruction For the Children

ing through the streets. gentleman
in one of the large cities had admired
them. too, when he was a boy. and he
never forgot them. So, in after years
when he became a rich man he just
bought all the old and disabled fire
horses in his city and gave them COM
Portable home as long as they lived.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
THE Rea.nn why.

Teacher-What bird was it that Noah
sent out of the Ark?
Small Lad-A dove.
Teacher-Pm surprised to find that
the smallest boy in the class is the only
one who could answer it,
Big Boy-His father keeps bird
Sh0n
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07

quarters. If I don't recognize an ac-
quaintance right away III have to look
'em up. And whenIve found record,
I've found my thief
THAT is always the theory of the
police" said Miss Hollender. Really,
Mr.. Conroy. expected to find you more
original"
There's nothing original about
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-07
Result of sugxestion.

Teacher-Now. boys. who was Co
lumbus?
No answer.
Teacher (promptingly) The man
that
Class creadily)-Broke the bank at
Monte Carlo.