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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
onlv One Remedy.

Edwin James was one of the most
brilliant English lawyers of his day
At one time he lived in some West
End chambers, the landlord of which
could never obtain rent. At last he
had recourse to an expedient which
he hoped would arouse his tenant to q
sense of his obligations. He asked
him if he would be kind enough to ad.
wise him on a little legal matter in
which he was concerned, and on
James acquiescing, drew up a state
ment specifying his own grievance
against the learned counsel and asked
him to state what he considered the
best course for landlord to take un
der such conditions.
The paper was returned to the land
lord the next morning with the fol
lowing sentence subjoined: "In m,
opinion, this is case which admits
of only one remedy-patience."-
Baltimore Daily Record.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

prisoner and the victim of this brutal
murder, and in your own words tell
if you saw the deed committed and
just how it happened"
Turning bewildered eyes on the
lawyer, the court and the jury the
woman gave her name and address.
Then gazing straight at her husband
through tear-filled eyes, she said, with
perfect elaboration and emphasis:
tom and Pete had some words
about some money and Pete got mad
and said: I'll kill you, you low.
good-for-nothin' blaggard; that's what
I'll do and he struck him with a
chair and drove him back into the cor
ner. Tom was tryin' to defend him.
self, and he saw he was goin' to get
his head broke. and there was muir
der in Pete's eyes, and Tom reached
out for the knife that was on the
table and struck at Pete. And it
killed him. And that was all there
was to it."
During this testimony the prisoner
| and his father. had leaped to their
feet, the former with amazement de.
picted on his face, the latter with
tears starting to his eyes. while the
prosecuting attorney sat back with
mouth wide open, so thoroughly par
alyzed that he never protested as the
old woman, at the end of her testi
mony. arose and stepped down from
the witness chair.
She never looked at the prisoner
but walked straight to her HUSBAND
and, hand in hand, they walked from
the court room.
81 will ask that the case be dis
missed" said the prosecuting attor
ney. "And l will recommend a stud.
of woman's nature to every law stu
dent"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Venice Still Has Charm
Time Unable to Rob Ancient City of Its Power to
Attract the Visitor to Europe
Especial Correspondence

No other city has been the subject
OF SO many glowing descriptions as
Venice. The terms of praise in all the
languages of the civilized world have
been well-nigh exhausted in describ-
ing her charms. She appears more Of
ten In the descriptive literature of the
nations than any other city. not ex-
cepting imperial Rome itself. Nor is
she famed in description alone, for
her history is writ large in the rec
ord of the centuries that have passed
since the Middle Ages, and her gifts
to mankind, in the advancement Of re-
ligion, the arts and learning have
been numerous, and amply recorded.
The traveller to-day is drawn to Ven
Ice by the image of its beauties, and
he fingers willing subject to its
charms, even after the first warm i'm
preston on the senses has been
dimmed, to feel the subtle stimulant
to dreams conveyed by the mellow
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to detain you but few moments. In
fact, l think one witness will deter
mine the entire matter. Let Mary
Harter be sworn"
AS the woman took her seat in the
witness box an almost imperceptible
but heart-breaking moan came from
the white lips of the old man, whose
side she left 1t caught her ear, and
she turned her eyes upon him. AS
she looked, his drawn face and terror
stricken eyes faded from her sight in
a sort of mist through which she saw
the face of her young lover Of forty
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Prison for Kissing a Man.

For kissing a stranger in momen
of exuberance, an 18-year-old waitress
at Tetschen, Prague, has been sen
fenced to fourteen days imprisor
ment. The offense took place at ths
railway station, and the injured
man complained at once to the policu
and the girl was arrested. So i'm
pressed was the magistrate with tke
Nervousness of the crime that hs
increased the severity of the sem
tence by ordering the girl four fast
days in the fortnight, and also direct
ed that after completing the sentence
she should be banished from Bohemia
and sent to her home in Dresden.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

familiar 10 most oil us.
4 City of Silence.
Yet one thing, and that it's chief
charm. can never be conveyed by pic
tune or description, and that is the
curious sense of silence that one feels
upon entering the city of the sea-
None of the street noises of other cit
les exist here. Its waterways are
thoroughfares that give no echo and
leave no track. No vehicles rafting
over stony pavements, no Shrek of
horn or clang of bell offend The ear in
Venice. All is serenely still, and so
beautiful is the calm that the native
and the stranger alike seem instinct
lively to speak softly and move quietly
for fear of dispelling the charm. The
conditions here favor rest, and as the
climate is soft and equable, Venice is
an ideal place for the mentally or ply
| sically tirel, and is much frequented
by persons wishing to escape from the
wear and worries of modern life.
| But while quiet and restful, Venice
is by no means an idle place. 1t has
large business interests, manufactur.
ing lace, mirrors, gilded frames and
many other things. Its fishing bust
ness is also considerable.
Although built on many small isl
ands-the number is said to be HI
and having canals for it's principal ar
teries of traffic, Venice is not without
streets. To be sure. there are nc
horses or carriages ever seen in these
streets, but they are lined with shops
and always we'll filed with pedes
TRANS. They are at the backs of the
houses. like alleys in a modern city
and are. connected where the canal.
intersect them with bridges, of which
there are 378, great and small, in tn.
city. All the houses ON the Grand Ca
nal have an exit on a street in tn,
rear; and though one goes to his hote
by gondola, and steps out of 1t direct
ly into the hotel Office, he may go on
for stroll at any time by the bacl
door, and walk dry-shod all over Ven
ice.
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BE We agoin' to swear away the
life Of your own son-our son, Mary?"
The old mans voice quavered and
sunk into a whine.
I'm goin' to tell the TRUTH" re-
smile. HE threw it away himself
and killed his brother-my baby.
saw him do 1t, and I'm goin' to tell
the, truth and let him be punished"
"But Toms your boy too, Mary
your Oldest" persisted the old man.
whats he ever done to show it?"
cried the woman fiercely. HE struck
me-yes, struck me with his own
hand; not once, but twenty times.
Aye, and he struck you too, Nat. l
seen him do 1t more'n once. What
comfort has he ever been to us?
What pride have we in him, what
hope for his future? No, no, Nat, we
might as well give up and call our
lives failure. He's been a bad boy,
and he's bad man. and he's killed
his own brother, and l won't do any
thin to save him.
But he was in Ticker when he did
It," pleaded the old man. you know
Tom was not very bad except when
he was in Ticker. And he wasn't him
self when he did it. And he feels as
sorry as anybody for it now. Not
the gallows! All! Mary, not the gal
lows!" and he slipped from his chair
onto his knees and sobbed before her.
where's Peter?" demanded the
woman, drawing back her skirts,
| xx,hi hA 20 -;
pathetically to. Where's my Pete
who never did a wrong to anybody
and who always was bullied and
licked by Tom? l won't save him,
tell you l won't
The day of the trial came, and the
prosecuting attorney arose calm ant
confident. Here was an easy case
and it promised to be brief. He
would get a quick conviction and the
accompanying glory and would hurr,
along other cases and show a dispatch
of business which would reflect grea
credit upon his office. The convic
ton was sure because the boys moth
er was to go on the stand to testif.
against him. 1t was lucky thing
because she had been the: only wit
ness of the murder, and without he
testimony only the weakest sort o
circumstantial evidence would hav
to be relied on. But he had it from
her own lips that she proposed to tel
the truth and bring the murderer t.
justice.
1t had been a brutal murder too
the killing of Peter Harter by hi
brother Tom. AS nearly as could b
! found out he had been stabbed with
, out warning simply because he expos
tulated with his brother for bruts
language used to the old mother.
1t would be good thing for tn
community, moreover, to get rid {
Tom Harter. He always had been
bad egg, and a menace to peaceabl
law-abiding citizens. Yes, 1t was
good thing all around, and the pros
cutting attorney was very complacer
! !, as he arose to outline the case to tt
fury
;. "This case. gentlemen. is fortunat
ly SO plain that 1t will be necessai
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

the development of painting and of
printing is too well known to need ex-
tended mention. The fame of it's great
artists is imperishable; and the books
it produced when the art of printing
was young are yet examples to the
ambitious who would be good print
ers. Its place in religion has been sec.
ond only to that of Rome, and it's
chief church, st. Marks, is the richest
specimen of Byzantine architecture in
Europe, and the finest example of
architectural coloring in the world. Its
walls are encrusted with gold mosaics
and it's art treasures are beyond price.
So adaptable arc the beauties of
Venice to pictorial representation,
that no city has been rendered more
familiar than "the jewel of the Adriat.
ic." Its canals, of which 1t has more
than $50. its tall, beautifully colored
houses, its many churches. its world.
famed palace of the Doges. its lagoon
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
GOOD AND BAD LOCOMOTIVES;
OF Same Type, One viii BEEHIVE WeiLr
and Anokha. Ahnrnin hlu :.

Ut same type, One VIII 6Gn@vS Wethf
and Another Abominabiy.
You never see ship launched on g.
Friday, and similarly a new locomo-
tive hardly ever makes a trial trip on
that day or on the thirteenth of the
month. Even though the superintend-
ent may jeer at this superstition. yet
he knows too well to set it at naught,.
for just as sailors consider that some
ships are unlucky. so do train hands
credit certain locomotives with sort
of demoniacal possession.
1t Is certainly very strange the diff
ference that may be observed between
two locomotives built from the same
plans, at the same time, of similar
material. One goes on her way quiet
ly and smoothly, never breaks down,
costs little or nothing for repairs; the
other causes trouble from the very
first, runs off the line, kills the driv-
ers, gets into accidents of all kinds
and generally acts as though pos
sessed by some evil spirit.
There was famous instance some
years ago on the South Florida rail-
way A locomotive killed SO many
people that she gained the. name of
THE Hearse," and no fewer than
three engine drivers actually left the
employ Of the company rather than
continue driving her The odd thing
was that she never seemed to injure
herself. Eventually her owners were
forced to break her up. although she
was by no means worn out.
OF actual ghosts in trains or rail
way engines one very seldom hears.
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years ago. And in her old ears there
rang again the passionate words he
had whispered there in the days long
forgotten. She saw him beside her
at the altar on that day Of days when
all the future was bright and all the
sky rose-colored.
And out of the mist came the out
lines of the cradle in which she had
rocked her first-born-the cradle Nat
had built with lis own hands.
Then she heard as in a dream the
SNUG voice of the prosecuting attor-
ney:
Now. Mrs. Harter. tell the jury
your name and relationship to the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Priceless Old Violin Found.

In the illustration Is shown a price
less old violin recently discovered in
a Ba- arian village. The instrument
was made by Jacobus Steiner, pupil
of the renowned Amati. Miss Mary
Wood Chase of Chicago, recently re-
ceived pictures of the instrument from
DR.. Hugo Bach of Bad Elster, Saxony
DR.. Bach is descendant of the cele-
brated Johann Sebastian Bach, and he
is satisfied with the genuineness of
the violin, which is proved by the re-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

She who was the heroine of the ro-
nance that ended so happily last fal.
is now confronted by another prob
lem that was not mentioned In the
book. She cannot make up her mind
whether to have her hat trimmed
with roses or ribbon in bowknots.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
finder Box.

One of the earliest forms Of finder
box is shown in the accompanying
illustration. The box consisted OF a
rough wheel against which the fiiut
was pressed so that the twirling Of
the wheel would send a shower of
sparks into the finder laid In the
trough of the box. In this way some
OF the sparks were sure to ignite.
The box was an English inv ention Of
the seventeenth century
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Were Traders and Fighters.

great in the brave and glorious past
Were Traders and Fighters.
Here again we feel the spirit that
led the Venetian traders and fighting
men to the seas of the East where
they conquered islands and cities, lev
led on Dalmatian, Greek and Turk,
and brought back the gold, the pearls,
the silks and spices that came by car
avian from the fabulous eastern land
of Cathay, to which no white man
penetrated until young Marco Polo, a
Venetian, traversed the vast, mystic
| deserts of Asia and visited the realm
| of the great and hitherto unknown
Khan of all the Tartars.
| No way was too long for the Vene.
| tian of old to travel, If it brought good
| to his beloved city; no wealth too
| hard to obtain. Through Venetian
hands passed all the goods of the
Orient used in Europe. The men OF
Venice were fighters, because the
| path of trade must be blazed with the
sword. They cleared the Adriatic sea
of pirates; they subdued coasts and
islands as far as Constantinople and
| levied tribute. They were rich anC
powerful for more than six centuries
from about 900 to about 1900. The
splendor and power of their govern
ment, under an elected ruler called the
Doge, and in latter times under a die
tatorial council, dazzled and awed tn,
weaker peoples about them.
Waning of Venetian Glory.
From refugees, driven before thu
rude rulers north of the Alps to seel
shelter on the marshy islands in tn,
Adriatic lagoon, to the richest ant
most accomplished people in Europe
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NoveIist's Home in Demand.

1t is reported that the Samoan resi-.
dence of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Vailima, will become tourist hotel,
or it may be that 1t will be made the
official residence of the German rep
resentative. syndicate of Philadcl.
phians is negotiating with the present
owner of the villa with the tourist
MOTEL plan In view, while the German
government is DESTROYS of acquiring
the property and contemplates making
an offer.
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Seeking Repose.

Il want diphtheria placard."
The health officer looked up in sur
prise. mo diphtheria reported here"
he replied. who's your doctnr?"
There Is no diphtheria that know
Of" replied the visitor. That's all
the more reason you ought to be able
to spare a placard. The truth is,
want to scare collector away from
the house."-Philadelph Ledger.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

It is said that Mary. queen of Scots,
lis the most written about person in
the last 500 years. Let this be les
son to young ladies to be good. Good
Young ladies are not talked about
while they are living nor written
about after they are dead.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

was a transformation the venetians
were slow In affecting; and their glory
began to wane only when internal
strife weakened them SO much that
they could not resist the onslaughts of
their foes by sea and land, including
their most powerful rivals, the Geno-
csc. Little by little the great repub-
lie o. Venice lost is power until 1t
fell under the sway of first one for
eign dictator after another. Austria
coveted 1t, and in the eighteenth cen
fury held it in subsection; and Napol-
con made 1t a stepping stone to his
goal of ambition, when. In 1897, he en-
tered 1t, and stabbed his horses in the
courtyard of the Doge's palace.
The place yenise has occupied In
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Fashion indications now are tSas
the men next summer win be seen in
shirt sleeves and the girls in short
sleeves
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Two men are going to hunt for the
north pole in an automobile. Just
turn an automobile loose in the arctic
regions and If there is any pole to run
against 1t surely will hit it.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Olga Nethersole, referring 70 the
stage, says: ut does not save lives;
at least not directly" Miss Neither
sole's statement can hardly be regard.
ed as hysterical or lacking in con-
serVatism.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

A Youngstown, Ohio, woman left
her husband because he talked in his
sleep. He must have been a man Of
irreproachable conduct, or else his
wife has no curiosity.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Countess Anna wants to be known
after her divorce as Mime. Could
American heiresses who think pos
session of title means lasting happi-
ness should make a note of this.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Count Boni should not be so des-
lpondent. Even if the worst comes to
worst there are other ways of making
a living than by working
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Every silver lining has its cloud.
A man says he would be glad to see
summer, but for two things-the fat
woman in white and the thin woman
in elbow sleeves.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Bibles are to be put In all the
rooms Of the Savannah. Ca, hotels.
lOf course, they will be attached to
good, strong chains
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Worry blots out all the sweetness of
Yesterday, darkens your hopes, OF to-
morrow and makes to-day a beautiful
fzzle. Don't you do it.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

William Waldorf Astor in his news
paper calls the duke of Marlborough
"the Blenheim pup" And yet Aston
left this country because there was
too much license in American jour-
nalism.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

A New York man is building spite
wall thirty-six feet high because an
apartment house was erected on a
lot adjoining his residence. He must
he one of those perverse people who
hate to move.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

A Kansas City cat "came back"
after being thrown from car window
20 miles from home. No special i'm
portance attaches to the fact that 1t
was Kansas City cat, however.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

According to John Farson. a man
owned by his millions is worse than q
slave. We are no slave.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

The Japanese drank 100000 gal
Ions of beer last year. Yet Germany
is supposed to have sympathized with
Russia nearly all through the war.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

A good many of the girls who are
planning to wear elbow sleeves next
summer ought to begin daily practice
with the dumbbells right away.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Duquesne, Pa, has boy who can
walk one way and face the other.
Slate that boy for the diplomatic ser
vice at once.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

knocked out for criticising the Span
ish army. This intimation that Spain
has an army comes as pleasant sur
prise.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

The Dope Fiend" is the title of g
play that recently made hit in New
York. Yes, the stage In slowly but
surely being elevated.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

A New York millionaire has an en-
ploye whose duty it Is to cut the
leaves of the books in his new Ii
brary. Lucky employe! Poor mil
lionaire!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

eff I were a GIRL" said Rev. Canon
Hawkins, IT would not walk out with
any man who was audacious." Per
haps he wouldn't be invited.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Reading that light gray is to be the
fashionable color for mems wear this
spring, aren't you glad that you got
that gray suit instead of navy blue.
last summer?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Having lost suit for $4,000 Rus
sell Sage may begin to economic
somewhere.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

The announcement in a Chicago
paper that Packers Pound Hogs"
looked like a S. p. G. A. proposition,
but turned out to be market report
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

.Can It be possible?" asks the Chi,
cago Inter Ocean. If 1t is possible. It
can.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

The New York Sun says in head
line CLOSE Shave for Nordics. /"
How'd you like to be the barber?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Softly the shadows falling
Over the disc of the
Trembles the K feeling
Remorse for the deed 1t has done kANMMM
Slowly the wind is abating -----~1
Here In the and the II 49, II
Fondly you're watching waiting
wanderer viii home
Follow the guls
Crossing. recrossng their track
Never of &
Brings of the good ship back. a
the kisses a parting, SS
Mourlful the things that said,
Unless the that starting
Your prayer prayer for the dead.
Memory. seeking forever
Comes to the edge of the deep.
Weeps for its dead. but will
Discover the place of their sleep -
-Luc #. Vernon, in Seattle Pcst-Intel-
lieencer.