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The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26
Reform in Spelling.

Five out of nine members Of the New
York board Of school superintendent
have declared in favor of reformed
spelling. The Cleveland Plain Deale
thinks they may use this for them
selves If they like, but that they should
not attempt to introduce it in the
EcnoQls. 1t continues: Language can
not be changed by rules or legislation.
II is natural growth, and when there
is natural demand for change that
change is gradually Accomplished, no
enc knows how The efforts OF a few
pedagogues. not one of whom is an au-
thority, for an instantaneous trans
formation will necessarily be futile, re-
CARELESS Of the merits of the changes
proposed. 1t would be indefensible to
teach children to misspen words mere
~ because a handful of more or less
learned gentlemen have decreed that
the words shall be misspelled. The
English language has been made and
will be modified Dy the usage OF its
best writers ami speakers, and the
latest little group OF spelling reform
advocates is by no means a galaxy OF
such"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26
CHAPTER xxlv-continued.

CHAPTER xXlv-Continued
NED" said the tall Irishman, rising
and laying a hand upon his shoulder,
don't We behave I'll be LAWN We. I've
seen the world, an / must see It
again, but vance in a while I'll be
comm around here to see the best
mans country on the globe, an to
meet agin the best nan liver knew.
IA not till why behave II, for that /
ean not do, but shure | do behave it,
this is the land for you. Don't be rest
less, but abide, an take we root here.
For Batty, it's no odds. He's seen the
world"
Battersleigh's words caused Frank
Inns face to grow still more grave, and
his friend saw and suspected the real
cause. tut, tut! me boy" he said,
Il well know how your wishes lie. It's
noble gyurl we've chosen, as a noble
man should do. She may change her
thought tomorrow. It's change is the
wan thing shure about woman"
Franklin shook his head mutely. but
Battersleigh showed only Impotence
with him. Go on with your plans,
man." said he, "an' pay no attintion to
the gyurll Make ready the house and
prepare the bridal garments. Talk
with her reasonable, an thin try I'M
reasonable, and IL she'll folly We thin,
to the ind of the earth, an love We like
lamb. It's Batty has studied the
sex. Now vance there was a gyurl--
but no; I'll not yet thrust mesilf to
spake O. that. God rist her asy iver-
morei'
YES" said Franklin sadly, that is
1t. That is what my own answer has
been. She tells me that there was
once another, who no longer lives
that no one else"
Battersleigh's face grew grave In
turn. There's no style of assault
more difficult than that same" said
he. "Yet she's young; she must have
been very young. With all respect,
It's the nature o. the race o. women to
yield to the Twin. breathin' man above
the dead an honored."
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26
SENT WORKING MODEL.
Seven-Ton Pump Forwarded to Patent
Office in Washington by the
Inventor.

Sometimes the rigors of patent Of
flee procedure are not without their
humorous side. A New York attorney
filed an application for improvements
in centrifugal pump. The patent Of
fee examiner declared the invention
imperative, and demanded a working
model. The patent office was request
cd to send an examiner to Trenton to
inspect the machine in actual opera
ton, but this the Office refused to do.
The attorney, therefore, politely sent
q seven-ton pump to the patent office
from Trenton to satisfy skeptical ex
aminer, according to the Scientific
American. Twenty-one men were re-
quired to get it into the examiners
office.-Railway Age.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26

surcly set or. 30 that or one thus d.
mented to his inner self IL may ~
mere accident which shall determfns
whether II is to be great artist or great
artisan thai is TO be born again.
To Franklin. dreaming AS he woke
or slept there sometimes waved .
hand. there sometimes sounded a
Voice, az that which of old summoned
the prophet in the watches of the
night. Neither in his waking nor his
sleeping hours could he call this spirit
into naturalization. however much he
longed to wrestle with 1t finally. II
remained only to haunt him vaguely,
to join with the shade OF Mary Ellen
the Cruel to set misery on life which
he had thought happily assured.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26

Battersleigh's hand was on the door
knob. The consate o. you'll" he said.
'Thrue, ye're a fine boy, Ned. an I
know of no conversayshun more en-
tertainin' than yer own, but | fale that
If | didn't get dhrunk like a gintle-
man this avenin', I'd be violatin' me
july to me own conscience, as well as
settin' at naught the TRADITIONS O. the
Rile Irish. An so, IL yen just excuse
me, I'll say goodbye till, say. to-mor-
row noon"
And now there still Jared on the
swift, sane empire of the West. The
rapid changes, the strivings. the ac-
complishments, the pretensions and
the failures OF the new town blended
in the product of human progress.
Each man fell into his place in the
community as though appointed there
to, and the eyes of all were set for
ward. To Franklin the DAYS and
months and years went by unpunctu-
ated, his life settling gradually into
the routine of an unhappy calm. He
neglected too much the social side OF
life. and rather held to his old friends
than busted himself with the search
for new. Battersleigh was gone,
swiftly and mysteriously gone, though
with the promise to return and with
the reiteration OF his advice and his
well wishes. Curly was gone-gone
up the Trail into a far and mysterious
country, though he, too, promised to
remember Ellisville, and had given
hostage for his promise. His friends
of the Hallway House were gone, for
though he heard of them and knew
them to be prosperous, he felt him
self, by reason of Mary Ellens deci-
sion, in propriety practically with
drawn from their personal acquain-
lance.
Because of his level common sense,
which is the main ingredient in the
success-portion he went easily into
the first councils of the community.
He made more and more money, since
at that time one OF his position and
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26
Took Examination for Fun

Chief Engineer Crouzbauer a,
Brooklyn, was looking for a chauffen,
and from list of civil service eliei.
pies picked the man at the top. Pat
rick Maher. He sent for Maher and Of
Tered him the job. What's the sal.
ary?' asked Maher. Three dollars
day" was the reply. 81 don't tbInL
/ can take that" said Maher. "Havs
you got a better job?" asked Coler 81
think So replied Maher, solemnlv
What is it?" oh" explained Maber
m battalion chief in the fire depart.
ment. and get $4,000 a year" Maize,
said he was in the habit of taking
civil service examination occasIonslIS
to keep his mental machinery from,
getting rusty.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26
An Earnest Seeker.

'Scuse me, boss, said the colorec
individual, as he entered the mer.
chants private Office. but Abs lookin
fob work"
"oh, you are, chr" rejoined the aer.
chant. What do you do?"
'Scuse me ergin, boss" SAID the
man of color. "but it amt fob nah,
self Abs lookin' for work-its roh
nah wife. sab. "--Chicago Daily News
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26

A Kansas City judge was presiding
at the trial Of a case in which a piano
player sued a railroad company for
$4,000 damages. Plaintiff had the
fingers of his right hand cut on. The
injured mans hand was being exam
iRed by the jury when he began to cry.
Ills honor, fearing that this display OF
emotion might prejudice some Of the
Jurors in plaintiffs favor discharged
the jury, aud now the piano player will
have TO file suit again. The judge
did not appreciate the emotions a
true genius as he might have done.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26

Come in, Waldonia, said her moth
err you have been in thai SWIM - IN
enough" ione
presently, mamma. answered the
little Boston girl. Il am permitt,na
the carniyorous quadruped of IRE
genus Felis to slacken its physical ao
tivities ana pass by imperoent,h,s
gradations into condition Of total AZ
tlhct vitality. Chicago Tribune.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26

HE says be is in business for him
self now manufacturing automobiles.-
Eyes"
"And he claims not one of his ma
chimes has ever been known to break
down on the road"
That's right; he hasn't sold any
yet"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26
Season fer Beooars.

Even beggars have their Season
IL Constantinople. During the winter
months the city harbors much
larger number OF them than in the
summer. when many migrate tn the
country.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26
SMALL HOUSE is FREAK.
Built in Conway, Eng, Where ReaA
Estate Is Not Excessively
High In Price.

Examples OF very narrow houses arr
not confined necessarily to great citiea
where real estate is high. The pic
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-26

20 Battersleigh, do be sensible,
sad Franklin, "snd do give up this
talk Of getting drunk. Come over here
this evening and talk with me. It's
much better than getting dTgs~s<."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Church of Redeemer Congregation Bid.
Rev. M. D. Shutter Farewell.

The annual meeting Of the parish Of
the Church Of the Redeemer was held in
the church parlors last evening. Former
Senator W. D. Washburn, Fthe father
of the parish,' presided. In spite of
the stormy weather, a large number
braved the elements to attend the last
assembly of the parish before its pastor
Rev. M. D. Shutter, leaves with his
wife for visit of several months in
the holy land. . r.
Reports of officers were presented in
detail. That of the treasurer, F. r.
Chase, showed the income of the church
for the year had been $4,000, and the
disbursements close to this figure. DR.
Shutter s report was in the nature of a
farewell before his departure. He an
nounced that Joseph K. Mason viii fill
the pulpit in his absence.
/ Miss Caroline NJ. Crosby gave a re-
port of the operation of Unity house. Re-
ports were also received of the Young
Peoples Christian union, the Sunday
school, the Ladies' Social circle, the Wo-
men s association, the Mems club. the
Flower mission, and the Boys printing
club.
Upon suggestion of W. P. Roberts,
the action of the board of trustees in
giving DIR. Shutter leave of absence
for few months was warmly approved.
The election of officers resulted in the
reelection of the following to a fur
ther tenure of office: President. W. d.
Washburn; clerk, Jay w. Crane; treas
| urer, F. r. Chase; members of the board
| of trustees, E. w. Herrick and Thomas
| Lowry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
JAPANESE PACKERS
SON LEAVES SCHOOL

Yoshitaro Nahamura, son of one of
Toxic foremost meat packers, the
Armour of Japan,' who was sent to
the Minnesota Agricultural college to
obtain improved ideas of the killing
and care of meat, has completed his
course and departed for his home.
~ want to say goodby and thank
you for the many knoWledges received
while here" said the bright little Jap
anese as he left. -a
Young Nahamura has been one Of
the most progressive students ever en-
rolled in the state college. He learned
readily from the start, and departed
equipped with ideas that will be Of
great value to his father. He has
studied the meat business from start
to finish, having worked as a common
laborer in the Swift plant at Omaha
before entering the school. Before sail
ing he will visit other big packing
houses. -
The authorities of the college felt
greatly compimented when the young
Japanese entered, not having realized
before the wide extent of the fame OF
the institution. They gave Nahamura
| the best advantages, and he was quick
to accept them. During his stay at
school he sent three reports home
weekly. One went to the japanese
| government, one to his father and the
third to a Toxic paper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
{ BY w. p. kirkwood.

WHERE OUR DREAMS DON'T COME
TRUE, AND WHERE THEY Do.-Bar-
bara, who because of her moral heroism
may justly be called the heroine" of
Paradise, by Alice Brown, does not find
her Paradise on earth and so projects
her dreams into future state. where,
she hopes, they will be realized. Willing
to do that, she goes on in a very sensible
and practical way about the common
place duties Of everyday.
Paradise" is story of self-sacrifice,
but it is also a romance of much llumor
and wholesome philosophy. Barbara, a
youthful fortune-teller, is rescued by
chance or Providence, whichever one
chooses to call it, and becomes the UNI
trained nurse of sick woman in rural
New England home The sick woman
dies, and Barbara is left alone in the
home Of the sick woman's brother, whom
she has learned to love-. He, however, is
still under the spell of an infatuation for
a woman who has gone astray, and he
seeks to save her by making her his
| wife. Barbara is loved by another
There is the basis for the train Of self
sacrifice which makes the center of in
terest in the story. AS Barbara's unac-
cepted lover puts it in homely phrase:
! So, Mallory IL do for Indy. an you'll do 70,
Mallory. an I'll do for you, an if I'm luck!
eliousn ~ Hahe some Blfl don care for TAKE
shine to me, she'll do for me. an we cal
| have kind of grand chain Of it, except no
body IL ever get any nearer anybody else Bah
| Give me the garden of Eden, an one ma,
an one woman in it. an good wholesome ways
! To offset the gloom of these denied
dreams, however, there is the humor O
| Uncle Jimmie, who is impatient to die
out of pure curiosity to discover what lie:
beyond, and lothian Nash, who ism
happy unless he is finding some new i'll t.
I complain Of. liz. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03

b CHARLES MAJORS NEW NOVEL,
The old days Of ehivalry will always ap-
pealste the. hearts. Of me1l-at least OF
men with good red blood in their veins.
That is why Yolanda, Maid Of Burgundy,
by Charles. Major, Will charm most peo-
Pile who: read it. :sE +
| The times sof Charles the Bold We're
stirring indeed. and a story which brings
III Charles, Louis XII, the youth who later
became Emperor Maxin1ilian,< and Mary
of. Burgundy, can hardly fail to be inter-
esting..s Mr. Major undertook heavy
task when he wrote this book, for nc
reader can forget that sthe great master
1.-THE Wizard Of the North has written
Of the same times and in some part OF
the same rnen-Charles and Louis. Mr.
Major has not spent his strength or
these but he has given us two other de.
lightful characters, Mary Of Burgundy
and Macmillan of Syria The story is
Of these. It is well told, and will min.
lister pleasure to a large circle Of readers
the class Of readers who enjoy the
clean, the manly and womanly vir.
tues that make the JOY and glory Of life
| +.s. zSs So. w. R. K.
The Macmillan company, New York.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
; A. Case in Point.

A striking instance of how the insur-
ance companies have contributed, as
Mr., Gage E. Tarbell SAYS, to make New
York the money center Of the world, is
revealed in the recent. street railway
consolidation. ~@ sl< -
NV Mr.. Ryan owned the ma ority of the
surface railway stock; Br. Belmont
owned tie Interborough. &ors. subway
stock. They decided to consolidate.
But there was nothing in consolidation
unless they could issue and dispose of
a lot more stock. They have issued
more. stock by making the capital of
the holding company millions more
than they ever invested, Jointly or ;sey-
orally, or were ever invested by any
body in both the systems now consoi-
dated. 49,. = .>...... .....
But how will they dispose of the pa
per values they have created2 = The
New York Press explains that it will be
as easy as t|.:stealing pennies from a
blind beggar, or taking candy from 9
baby They will farm out the new
stock to three big banking firms and
the three big banking firms will = sci
it to the three big insurance companies
The people Of Texas, Idaho, Minnesota
and Alaska are providing the funds
whereby the Messrs. Ryan and Bel
mont arrange to sell their transporta
ton systems and still continue to OWL
them. " Re +. s. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
City News
CALLS FOR PURE PAINT
NORTH DAKoTA's NEW. Law
LEAVES THREE COURSES OF AC-
TON OPEN TO MANUFACTURE
ERs.

Paint and white lead manufacturers
and jobbers turnout the northwest are
deeply interested in the new North Da-
kota pure-paint law that went into ef-
feet the first of the year. The purpose
of the law is to protect paint-buyers
and users from adulterated and impure
paints that have been sold in the state
as pure and are SO labeled on the pack
ages. There has been vigorous obJee-
tion to the law, however, and attempts
have been made to head off its enforce
ment. Paint interests which felt that
they would suffer if held to the close
restrictions Of the law have worked
ened. to test it's constitutionality. On
the other hand, the manufacturers and
distributors of pure standard paints
that fill the requirements of the law
are not worrying.
The law prescribes that any. paint
containing only pure linseed oil, pure
carbonate of lead, oxide of zinc, tur-
can be marked pure. If it contains
ingredients other than these, the adul-
terants must be marked on the pack
age in clear and distinct open gothic
| letters upon a white background, with
the percentage of each contained in the
able by fine of from $25 to $1OO and
4 costs.
| The manufacturers and distributors
| of adulterated paints have three pos
sible courses of action. They may make
pure goods conforming to the require
! ments Of the law, in which case the
packages may be labeled pure. Or they
can continue to sell mixtures that will
not comply with the legal standard by
printing in plain letters the formula
of the compound giving the adulterants
and the percentage of each. The name
and residence of the manufacturer or
person for whom it is manufactured
must also be plainly printed on each
package Of adulterated goods. If I'M
ing to publish their formulas. they will
have to retire from the North Dakota
market. AS the market is a profitable
and growing one, the latter alterna,
tive will be as distasteful to the max
ers of impure paint as the second alter
native. which requires them to admit
their formula.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
A Boomerang Attack.

The enemies of pure food legislation
are busy, and are especially active now;
In discrediting pure food laws and Of
fcials, because of the fight that is on
at Washington for national pure food
legislation. A sample Of the literature
being scattered abroad is the pamphlet
headed can Example of the Despotism
Of Pure Food Laws,' reprinted from
the National Druggist. It attacks the
Minnesota dairy and food commissioner
vieiously for enforcing the law against
a largely used proprietary food prod
uct, found to contain salicylic acid. =
AS Mr.. Slater's interview in T h e
Jour a today shows, the whole Incl:
dent is misstated in the pamphlet. The
product was not barred from Mime
sofa, and no man was injured in his
business. The manufacturers were
merely informed that their article was
illegal in this state, and must not be
sold after Jan. unless it could be made
without salicylic acid as preservative.
The manufacturers complied at once.
They found that the product could be
made to keep without any preservative,
and they are now making it in strict
conformity with the law.
If the enemies of pure food regula-
4 ton cannot find better cases than the
Minnesota one, they would help their
cause by keeping still. The law barring
salicylic acid from food products is
based on the fact that it's continued use
is injurious to health. Without con.
fiscating any goods or injuring any
one, Mr.. Slater has caused the manu-.
y faetnrers to reform their practice, and
4 the consumers are no longer compelled
I to. take doses Of salicylic acid with this
particular preparation.
The poor, injured manufacturer is
given altogether too much sympathy by
these defenders of personal liberty
The public health is bigger thing
than d maker s profits. The law against
preservatives is plain and there is ne
excuse for breaking it. As the case il
point shows, there is a good deal Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
The Late Mr. Y erkes.

Several newspapers have recently
spoken Of the late Mr.. Yerkess as a
type. But was he a types He seemed
rather to have been a freak. There arc
very few examples of men who have
survived conviction, term of impris-
onment, and risen to such financial
height as he afterward achieved. So
far as his making money IN America
is concerned, that is easily accounted
for. He had brains. brains that would
not be denied. His conquest OF the
English, however, is exceptional. He
went to London with the antiprestige
of having been practically driven out
Of Chicago. where lie had organized and
MIXED the traction interests Of the
city. In spite of the handicap Of a
bad name and the lack Of social intro
duction, he conquered commercial Lon.
don and became to the metropolis Of
the world what he had been to Chi
cago-the streetcar king.
The rare selfshness Of the man is ex.
hibited in his treatment of his first
wife. He married her in Philadelphia
when he was a mere boy. When his
trouble came and he was sentenced t.
prison, she took a room near the jail
and with his children visited him fire.
quent1y. She probably importuned tho
authorities for his release, and if the
truth were told. he owed his pardon, at
least partly, to her exertions. When he
emerged from Jail he disappeared, and
the young wife never saw him until
years after, when he reappeared and
gave her a large sum of money from
his winnings in Chicago. But he had
seen a woman he liked better, and he
| divorced the wife of his youth without
a qualm of conscience. For his sec:
ond wife he built $3,OO0,000 mansion
on Fifth avenue, New York, but he
was not thru yet. He had his eye or
a third mate and it was said his latest
trip to America was for the purpose Of
instituting divorce proceedings against
wife No. 2. Nature stepped in and
stopped his activities.
In death he retrieved some of the
reputation which he had lost by his
coarse manner Of living. He made prop
er provision for his family and gave
large requests to the maintenance Of :
free art gallery and hospital in uppe!
New York. ..~... ~.
Why such a man as Yerkes SHOULD
have bothered himself about art will
remain one of the mysteries. 1.....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
REWARD FOR MURDERERs
Mayor Jones Urged to Furnish Incen
: tive to Holders Of C1ues

Mayor D. P. Jones has come to the
conclusion the more rewards should be
offered for the arrest of dangerous
criminals, especially murderers. and a
considerable part Of his contingent
fund will probably be available for that
purpose this year
Several prominent Hebrews have
called on him recently, reminding him
OF the murder Of Meyer Grodnick, a
night watchman, over a year ago. No
reward was ever offered, altho the
police were sure at the time that there
were many persons who would have
talked for money. This is one of many
cases that have been pointed out to the
mayor recently and a reward will prob.
ably be offered for every murdere,
hereafter. \ - =.