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The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

In the northern hemisphere the
greatest cold seems to have been OBJ.
served at Werchojansk, in Siberia
where it is stated that the thermome
ter goes down as low as SO degrees
below zero.
However, according to the informa.
ton which has been brought by the
Russian artist Borrissoff, certain parts
of Nova Zembla seem to show at least
as low a temperature as the above.
The bulletin of the Societe Astronom.
ioue states that in an excursion which
M. Borrissoff made lately in the strait
of Matotchkin he discovered a box
containing two thermometers, one a
maximum and the other a minimum
recording thermometer. 1t is sup.
posed that these instruments belonged
to Hofer. an Austrian geologist, who
made an expedition to this spot in
1872.
One of the thermometers was found
to have registered the temperature as
+59 degrees as a maximum, while the
second instrument showed that the
greatest cold had been "a degrees be.
low.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
'Hfr STORY OF IMAGINATION
1sen by Ennana OF Thebes for
~s1ypt's Grown Prince in 1900 3. C..

Isen by Ennana OF Thebes for
ppts Crewn Prince in 1900 q. c.
Tale OF Two Brothers." writ
- $500 years ago by the Theban
Pc, Ennana, librarian of the pal
o. 10 King Merenptsh. the supposed
aoh OF the Exodus, rs the Oldest
VIZ of fiction extant.
pe tale was written apparently for
Entertainment of the crown prince,
VA, subsequently reigned as Seti II.
n name appears in two places on
-, nanuscript-probably the only SUE
rIg autograph signatures of an
heS Ptian king
is piece OF antique fiction, written
- "a neteen sheets of papyrus in bold
tic hand, was purchased in Itaiy
,or Mime. d'Orbiney, who sold 1t IN
to the authorities of the British
eum, where it is now known as
me f'orbiney papyrus.
o1her specimens of ancient Egyp-
'ian fiction have since come to light,
1h appear to prove that the Nile
Yy was not only the birthplace OF
n prts and sciences, but was also the
1e OF romance.-Stray Stories
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
Ro9T OF ALL HUMAN SUCCESS
Tggle Of the Race to Get Away
from Poverty

1he struggle to get away from pow
10y has been a great man-developer.
lad every human being been born
Cth silver spoon in his mouth-had
tere been no necessity put upon him
work-the race would still be in
Us infancy. Civilization owes more
y the perpetual struggle of man to
~ away from poverty than to any
ping else. 1t is not poverty itself,
.Di1t the effort to get away from 1t,
lat makes the man. We are SO con-
9dituted that we make our greatest
5torts and do our best work while
s1ruggling to attain that which the
Part longs for. Power is the result
force overcome. The giant is made
9arong in wrestling with difficulties.
- is impossible for one who does not
i've to struggle and to fight obstacles
y develop fiber or stamina. ITO live
"ithout trial is to die but half a man"
success.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

An old old letter of days gone by.
with words of love on each faded mage.
and sigh;
Words which have served sinner. saint
and sage.
Words over which bright eyes have went
or flashed in scorn, as the case might
be;
A treasured letter carefully kept
In sacred corner where none might
see.
But why, does her face shown signs OF
Is the writer false? Is the writer cold
Not So He calmly sits by the fire.
And she holds him as dear as in days
of old.
But she can't quite forgive that lucxless
note,
Though, years have vanished since first
read.
He had to go out of town, he wrote,
And he went to a gay stag racket in
stead.
He returned to his home in the rosy
morn
He doesn't know yet what became of his
And though grandchildren have since been
born
He hasn't yet heard the last of that.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
WOLVES ARE HARD TO SHOOT
Seen for Only an instant, They Seer
to Melt Into the landscane.

seen for Only an instant, They Seer
to Melt Into the Landscape.
The wolves now found In Jackson
county are in size between the coyote
OF the western plains and the big
wolves found in the Ozark region. In
general appearance they bear re
'semblance to the Scotch collie dog.
, They live in unfrequented places,
generally in the timber or along the
streams. and a favorite abode is in
caves or under overhanging lodges
Of stone.
Scratching out shallow hole in the
ground they line it with small sticks
and dry leaves. Here the mother wolf
takes care of her young. while the
father is securing the country for
miles around in search of food.
He is rarely seen by day, and then
only for an instant, for he seems to
melt away like a mist into the weeds
or brush, his tawny hide making II
easy for him to disappear from sight
His skill in eluding his enemies, es.
pecially human, is remarkable. and
~ oHN VI inc HiOSb HSsldNdtiHs
things about him. II hunter sue.
ceeds in getting within gunshot of
him the chances are 10 to that no
damage will be inflicted.
His hide is so thick and tough and
is covered with such a heavy coat of
fur that an ordinary discharge from
shotgun has little or no effect. With
an ease that is exasperating he sim
ply lopes out of danger and is soon
lost In the brush.-Kansas City Star.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
Jimmy Wanted to Know.

Jimmy was riding in an elevator for
the first time. He wasn't more than
four, and be was bright youngster
The trip to the fourteenth floor was
made in safety and excited no COM
ment. Jimmy and his mother caught
an express elevator on the downward
journey. They had slipped past four
or five floors when Jimmy caught his
mothers hand.
Mamma" said Jimmy in an excit.
ed tone.
yes, Jimmy" answered the mother.
What makes the pavements go up
never saw pavements go up like
that. Where do you suppose they're
going, mother?"
And of course she couldn't tell.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
Much More Serinils-

He-What? You can't go TO the
opera with me tonight? You prom
Used to.
She-I knog. but it is impossible.
"Ha! l see it all You love an,
other"
20, mono, indeed"
Then you have determined to tram.
pie on your own heart and marry
some man for his money. Aha, You
shrink! You expect him to call this
evening. Perfidious--'
please. please, don't. 1t is not so. .
"Then why won't you go?"
IL can't get my coat on over the
sleeves Of my new dress. STRAY Sto-
ries.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
Real Cause for Worry.

Yes, l am concerned about myself.
You see, of late have got into the
habit. If one may term it, of talking
in my Sleep" said the man who had
been waiting to see the doctor.
"Ah,. yes!" said the doctor. And
you want, to stop it in some vay4
Really, 1t is not a cause for worry.
l should give it no attention if | were
you"
"But 1t bothers me a great deal"
tut, tut. You needn't feel any
alarm over talking in your sleep"
"But | am afraid my wife listens in
her sleep. STRAY Stories.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

hams Vegetable Compound, When ICON.
menced taking the Compound / suffered
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female troubles. am completely cured and
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When women are troubled with irreg-
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that bearing-down feeling, infiamma-
ton of the female organs, backache.
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ton, or are beset with such symptoms
as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excit-
ability, irritability, nervousness, Sleep
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and hopelessness, they should remem-
Der there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
l9ound at once removes such troubles,
No other medicine has such a record
of cures of female troubles. No other
medicine in the world has received this
widespread and unqualified endorse
ment. Refuse to buy any substitute.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

Steps are being taken to utilize the
100000 horsepower of the Victoria
falls for industrial purposes. care be-
ing taken mot tc mar the scenery.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31

How often do we hear women say: "It
seems as though my back would break. =
or Don't speak to me, / am all out OF
sorts These significant remarks prove
that the system requires attention.
Backache and " the blues" are direct
symptoms of an inward trouble which
will sooner or later declare itsalf. 1t
may be caused by diseased kidneys or
some arrangement of the organs.
Nature requires assistance and at once.
and Lydia +. Pinkham' Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments OF
women. 1t has been the standby OF
Intelligent American women for twenty
years, and the best judges agree that
1T Is the most universally success
ful remedy for wonan's ills known to
medicine.
Read the convincing testimonials of
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cotrely.
Mrs. j. C. Holmes, of Larimore, North
Dakota, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham.---
:" have suffered everything with backache
and female trouble--I let the trouble run on
until my system was in such a condition that
was unable to be about, and then it was
commenced to use Lydia Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound IL | had only known how
much suffering l would have saved | should
have taken it months sooner-for a few
weeks treatment made me well and strong.
My backaches and headaches are all gone and
1 suffer no pain at my monthly periods,
whereas before took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound | suffered intense pain u
Mrs. Emma Cotrely. 100 East 18th
street, New York City, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
/" feel Tiny duty to tell all suffering women
of the relief / have found in Lydia e. Pink
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.

Remember, every woman is cordially
invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham if
there is anything about her symptoms
she does not understand. Mrs. Pink
ham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia e.
Pinkham, her assistant before her de-
cease, and for twenty-five years since
her advice has been freely and cheer
fully given to every ailing woman who
asks for it. Her advice and medicine
have restored to health innumerable
women. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-05-31
Promotes Personal Liberty

Promotes Personal Liberty.
A British Constitutional Associa-
u pm has been formed for the purpose
II promoting personal liberty and
itniting the functions of governing
bodies accordingly"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
FITZHUGH LEES VIEWS.
Once Told General Howard Southern
Defeat Would Work for Good.

In March, 1896, | had the pleasure
recently remarked an official of the In.
dian Department, of travelling in com
pany with the Indian party from
Washington City on its way to Car
Isle, Pa, to attend the annual COM
mencement exercises of the Indian
school there.
With the party, which included
some members of both houses of Con-
gress and few officials of the Indian
service, were the fearless, forcible
Fitzhugh Lee, and that knightly
Christian soldier, Major-General o. o.
Howard.
Naturally the two old veterans,
serving on opposite sides of our coun-
trys most desperate war, found much
in common to talk over and discuss;
and were together during the entire
trip.
| had the good luck to be included
in their conversation from time to
time, and heard much that was in
structive and entertaining.
From present events their converse
ton drifted back to the heroic days of
the civil war, and they fought over
again many of it's battles. Then they
recalled old days at West Point, when
Howard was an instructor and had
"Fitz" as his pupil.
do you remember" said General
Howard, the time at the Point that |
induced you to attend chapel serv-
ices?"
YES answered General Lee, "but
didn't go for the services, went for
you"
Again their conversation was about |
the war, and its decisive battles, and |
to the wonderful changes since those |
tragic days of '61-5.
They had discussed the Industrial |
conditions of the country, and General
Lee seemed unusually well informed
as to the needs and opportunities of |
the South.
do you know" he said. "the next
decade will witness an Industrial re.
naissance for us. We are Just begin
ming to get an influx of Northern capt.
al and push; and we are learning that
we can get along without the niggers."
YES" assented Howard, whose
thoughts seemed still to cling round
past events, "it's all the result of that
light at Gettysburg"
Il don't know as to that" responded
General Lee, "but l wish you would
ell me how 'you'ens came to win that
,attle."
Well" said the gentle Howard, 81
lidn't win it, F'itz, God did,
YES, General" Lee answered, T
Inow you went up into the steeple of
hat old church at Gettysburg for some
but didn't know it was for
hat"
Lee gazed for some time out of the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
THE YOUNGEST SENATOR.
Burkett, of Nebraska, Who Defeated
Mm. J. Bryan for the ToRa.

~ hs - OF yam lot the lORa.
From the farm furrow to the Sen.
ate is the somewhat remarkable
record of the youngest member of that
body, Elmer ] Burkett, of Nebraska.
To be elected Senator is considered
distinction worthy the ambition of
any American youth; to be the baby"
member of the greatest of legislative
bodies is higher distinction, and es-
pecially as in the case of Mr. Burkett,
where the race was a hot one, and his
opponent an able and renowned an
tagonist, no other man than William
]. Bryan.
Out in Nebraska, says Edgar G.
Snyder, of the Omaha Bee, who is ia
miliar with state politics, there has
been in the past a number of long
drawn out senatorial deadlocks. The
people were not only dissatisfied with
conditions, but they were determined
to stop it. They concluded to direct
the action of the legislature.
Nomination by the People.
The newspapers took up the matter
of popular nomination very ener-
getically, and the plan was suggested
of having state convention nominate
a candidate for United States Senator,
and instruct their legislative nominees
to vote for him when the legislature
met. OF course, there was opposition
to the plan in certain quarters, for it |
materially interfered with the desires |
of the "bosses" who had controlled |
Nebraska politics for many years, and
Burkett was not exactly to their liking.
The opposition, however, did not de-
velop any great amount of strength,
and Mr. Burkett was unanimously de-
clared the choice of the Republicans of
the state for Senator, to succeed Sena-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
SENATOR ELMER J. BURKETT.
of Nebraska.

tor Dietrich, and, of course, Republi
can nominees for the legislature wer
pledged to carry out the action of tn
state convention.
Hot Contest With Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan was the uni
versally accepted candidate agains
Burkett, supported by the Democrats
Populists and Free-Silver Republicans
The fight was thus narrowed down to
one between Mr.. Burkett and Mr.
Bryan for control of the legislature.
Which one would be senator was de
pendent upon the political complexion
of that body. The campaign, extend
ing over a period of about five months,
was exceedingly viriIe, and there was
plenty of uncertainty to make it inter
esting, and at times almost bitter.
Mr.. Burkett, like his distinguished
opponent, Is of even temperament,
slow to anger and plenteous in that
brand of good nature that never wears
off; and so whatever may have dis
turbed others, 1t can be said that moth
ing harsh or bitter ever passed be-
tween them personally.
Roosevelt's great popularity made
the state surely Republican, so far as
the electoral ticket was concerned, but
Mr.. Bryan's popularity and his force
as campaigner made the outcome as
to the complexion of the legislature
one OF doubt and uncertainty. Then
too, there were local conditions that
were not advantageous to the Republi-
cans.
These were the conditions confront
ing Mr.. Burkett when the campaign
of 1904 opened. Mr.. Bryan, brilliant,
shrewd and resourceful as he Is, took
advantage Of every mistake of the Re-
publicans, and he went into the cam
paign determined to elect Demo
cratic legislature. He strove nightly;
he held meetings in almost every dis.
trict; he completely covered the state
with a special train, and made from
five to eight rear-platform speeches
day, arousing as he always does, great
enthusiasm. But Mr.. Burkett was also
over the state. He made as many
speeches as did his opponent, and he Is
a convincer, and he visited every por-
ton of the Commonwealth.
Genius for Organization.
Probably one of Burkett's chief at
tributes in his genius for organization.
As result of the marshaling of his
forces, a legislature was elected with
every one of the thirty-three members
in the Senate a Republican and only
nine Fusionists out of one hundred
members of the House. The legis-
lature met and In just six minutes
elected Mr.. Burkett a Senator.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
In Sunless Dungeons.

A victim of Russian severity who
was at one time immured in the grim
fortress of Peter and Paul, in st. Pc
tersburg, describes it as resembling a
house of the dead.
cts dungeons, utterly sunless, are
abodes of gloom and silence. Not a
word is spoken among the hapless pris-
oners, intercourse being carried on
mainly by gestures. Prisoners COM
municate with each other by knocking
on the walls of their cells. so many
times for each letter. But even this
is sternly repressed by the authorities,
and captives detected in the practice
are liable to severe punishment.
I'm short. the prison reproduces all
the horrors of the dungeons of ro-
nance, with widowed walls, cold ST.
lence and despair. The fortress, in
deed. Is never spoken of in Russia
without a shudder, for imprisonment
there Ia little better than being buried
alive"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

gatta season at Cowes, it meant one
more distinguished American woman
to be admitted to the Kings circle.
Mrs. Potter Palmer never does
things by halves, and this was never
more thoroughly demonstrated than
when she arranged the marriage be-
tween her niece. Miss Julia Dent
Grant, and the Russian Prince Can
tacnzene. II was one of the most brill
liant matrimonial achievements the
social world has ever known, and, I'M
like so many similar affairs, the union
has turned out to be supremely
happy one.
When Mrs. Potter Palmer deter
mined to join the social colony at
Cowes last. year she leased the his
toric Egypt House in England's IA
nous beauty spot, the Isle of Wight.
Everybody who is anybody in English
society goes down for the regatta sea-
son, for the King Is sure to be there,
and society flocks at the royal heels.
This recalls that the interior of
Egypt House Is a splendid example of
the simple luxury which prevails in so
many old English houses. Several
years ago it was leased by Consuelo,
Duchess is one of the oldest friends of
King Edward, and during the season
that she was mistress of Egypt House
she was the Kings hostess on more
than one occasion.
The Duchess had the old place done
over In anticipation of the Kings COM
ing and all the floors were highly pol
ished and covered with expensive rugs.
His Majesty was escorting the Ouch.
ess into dinner one evening when he
slipped on the polished floor and mar
rowly escaped getting bad fall. For
the instant the King was angry and
reminded the Duchess that he detested
polished floors and would never again
enter house where they prevailed.
Merchants Of London received or
ders the following day to take meas
urements of all the floors In Egypt
House, and when the King again Wis
tied the Duchess there he found every
room and corridor carpeted In fine
Persian effects. The King laughed !
and partly apologized for his bad tenn
per on the previous occasion by say |
ing. you are very good, Duchess. You
see, l am not as young as | used to |
be-" Since that time polished floors
have been tabooed by the English
smart set.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
In TROPICAL ARIZONA.
DESERT SANDS BEING TRANS.
FORMED MTG YERDAN-
FIELDS AND ORCHARDS.

Country Was Once Inhabited by an
Ancient PeopIe-OnIy Ruins Left to
Indicate Teeming and Prosperous
! Population.
! Swinging gently in ones hammock
beneath wide spreading fig trees load
ed with luscious fruit, and breathing
into the nostrils the fragrance OF a
! field of Peruvian clover mingling with
the almost tropical bloom about me, it
is indeed hard TO believe that this very
spot, only a few years ago, boasted
naught save the horned toad, the
ella monster and the rattlesnake. A
suspicion Of a scent OF desert sage
waited on summer mornings zephyr
awakes in one realization that, Just
beyond this fair oasis, gaunt desola-
ton, weird and mysterious, stalks
wide under relentless skies of brass
All these thoughts and others are
yours when you drop into Phoenix
or Mesa, or any of the little cases in
the Salt River Valley, after the long
hot ride across the burning sands
which intervene between it and Eel
Paso, Texas. You are glad to feast
your eyes on the green verdure which
seems to spring suddenly from out
the sere desert.
An Almost Tropical Climate.
Phoenix, beautiful in a garb of
tropical luxuriance, with wide ayen-
ues shaded by magnificent palms or
shapely umbrella trees, with pleasant
homes almost hidden by vines and
flowers, bids you welcome.
Many of her pioneers and her best
citizens came here to fight a last bat
tie with that dreaded scourge, the |
White ue-tuberculosis- and the
they received from the des-
ert brought the bloom of health to
heir checks and new hope to their
hearts, and is reflected in the welcome
which greets the stranger at their
rates to-day.
Ours is usually termed a new coun-
ry, yet in Arizona one views the re-
mains of a civilization that f1ourished
IS long ago as the eighth or ninth cen
ury, and mayhaps as ancient as that
# the first. There is an irrigation ca
lal, deep and wide, cut from the solid
ock by a race which lived in the
'alt River valley ere man had
earned the use of metals. On the
,ank one finds a broken stone axe,
nute evidence of the wonderful pa
fence of a people of whom history
ecords nothing save this sign of skill
4 engineering and irrigation. Van
shed are they into the misty
'ast so long ago that the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
Where Ace brought Wealth.

A proud father in a western town,
who has number Of daughters of a
maTriageable age, in speaking of the
qualities OF the girls, said to an ac-
quaintance that while he loved each
of them very much, he would like to
see them comfortably married. II have
little money" he said, land they
will not go penniless to their hus-
bands
There is Mary, twenty-five years
old, shall give her $1,000 when she
narries. Then comes Bet, she is more
than thirty-five. and she will get So, 600,
while the man who takes Eliza, who is
more than forty, will receive $4,000
with her."
The acquaintance after some few mo-
ments of serious thought, wanted to
know If he had any daughters fifty or
sixty years old.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
SCENE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA.


Oldest legends of the oldest Indian
tribes convey to us no word of an in
dustrious race of husbandmen who
carried the waters of the Salt River
out upon the desert and made 1t to
blossom. What dreadful catastro-
phe overwhelmed them? What cruel
fate overlook them and swept them
from the face of the earth? Ask of
the desert which quickly returned
to claim its own and obliterated under
its drifting sands the long lines of
canals and bitches and the wide
spaces of green. 1t answers not.
Centuries passed, and then the Anglo
Saxon came to battle with the des-
ert. AS his great steam shovels swept
aside theasands, behold he found his
canal line crossed and recrossed by
the ancient bitches or following them.
SO great were the returns from IT.
rigatlon in the valley, it was but nat
ural that the old canals should be
widened and heightened and new