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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-06-22
Leishman Made Ambassador.

The president has signed the senate
appointment of John G. A. Leishman
to be ambassador to Turkey, Mr..
Leishman is now minister 20 Turkey.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-06-22

If the sewers of New York city
were placed end to end in a straight
line they would reach from there to
Pixies Peak, 171O miles, and the paved
streets of the city would make road
along one side of them all the way.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-06-22

When first taken from the mines
opals are so soft that pieces can be
picked of with the fingers.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-06-22
OREGON ITEMS.

Colbert P. Blair died at the home
of his granddaughter in Pendleton re-
Gently at the age of 100 years 5
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-06-22

It will take men and women Of iron
to bring in the golden age.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-06-22
CUPID CRIPPLED BUSINESS.

Thirty-Six Girl Clerks Resign in Day
to Wed.
Boggs & Bulbs department store a.
Pittsburg, Pa, is badly crippled De
cause SO young women employed !"
the various departments have selecteu
the month of June to marry.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
About Cloves

A tight glove IS an abomination. ]
makes the hand look larger instead o.
smaller
When putting gloves on always begir
by buttoning the second button; then
when Duttoned TO the top, you can
easily fis;en the first button without
teuring the kid
Never relrove the gloves by pulling
the fingers, but by drawing the pari
covering the wrist over the hand, anc
leave them thus wrong side out for
some time before turning them to their
prop1r shape
Always lay gloves lengthwise; mover
roll thcm.
Light-colored gloves should be placed
between two pieces Of white flannel.
There is nothing better to perfume
gloves than a tiny tablet Of concen-
trated scent or a small sachet within
the hand. A glove thus scented never
loses les nerfume.
IL you want TO make neat job OF
mending your glove fingers, turn them
inside out and putting the edges care
fully together. overcast them with cot
ton thread. fine, but firm. SILK thread
cuts the kid.
IL the glove shows an inclination ia
break in the palm or about the fingers
and you have no old gloves TO mend
them with. take a bit OF ribbons the
color Of the glove and put Il over the
break on the under side, and darn the
glove down on IT.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
FORGOTTEN Sweets

Where are the sweets Of yesterday?
asks a writer in an English paper
moodily Where" he says, licking his
lips reminiscently, "are the tofiies !
used to enjoy twenty years ago2 ]
looked into a shop window the other
day.
"But I saw no 'humbugs,' those
highly Favored succulences striped like
a football jersey ] missed the ami
seed balls, sober brown outside.
Then there used TO be curious lemon
Favored discs. Where is
the lemon kal2 3" But enough.
This is too painful. This review of
Dead Sweets is the most mournful
thing we have seen since the process
sion Of Dead Caesars IN Nero" Why
trouble the stlil pond Of memory in
this way? Why wake the old yearn-
ing for aniseed balls In those who had
almost forgotten their emphatic taste?
There Is no doubt, we fear that cer-
tain sweets have had their day.
The old rugged simplicity is seldom
seen nowadays The modern youth
prefers strange and expensive sweet
meats, and would scorn the bullseye
.of his great-uncle Gas Ollendorf might
have said.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Mans Years

But after all, human longevity is
something apparently beyond all the
theories Of man. II confutes all his
figures. 1t would seem that since the
flood the average span OF lie has not
changed. There were some extremely
old persons in the days OF Abraham.
and there have been some wonderfully
long-lived folk in modern times, but
the Scriptural hree-score-and-tcn
seems 20 he "A good general rule-with
the added years II they come by rea-
son Of much strength.
There IS an old Highland provorh
that runs.
~ >Thrice the life Of a dog is the life OF
a horse.
Thrice the life OF a horse is the life
Of a man.
Thrice the life Of a man is the life of
q stag.
Thrice the life of a stag is the life of
a crow.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Deciding On a Vacation

What a busy time 1t isl Everybody
an the house IS helping the one whe
Is going away. But where is she
going? She did not want an expensive
"trip. so after a great deal of thought,
she decided TO spend her vacation with
r dear friend in the country. She haC
1nvitatlons to go to the mountains.
end relatives wanted to take her TO the
scashore with them. but these did no.
suit her. II she,went to the mountains.
of coarse there would be many thing
20 see. and she did not like the
thoughts Of climbing the steps so much.
Then too. her clothes were not suited
for such an outing 1t would be cool
there and her dresses were an of very
thin fabric. Not wishing 20 incur extra
expense. she declined these Invitations.
The seashorc next attracted her atten-
ton The bathing was very tempting
hut that would necessitate a new bath
ing suit and then when not In the
water. it would he almost as hot there
as al home Just at this time, came
letter from a dear friend ON a farm
inviting her to make q visit. With
great interest she read how very pleas
ant ii was at this little farmhouse
and she at once put aside thoughts or
the seashore and mounfains snd be-
San TO prepare FOR her country visit
The FIRST thing was 20 provide SUM
bonnet In order 10 protect her fair skin
from sunbun She should have driving
gloves but she could eeononize by
using last winters heavy gloves or
course there were many little things
she would have TO get such as hand
kefchiefs collar-peces. toilet articles
and the like Al last came the time
to pack-tho day before she was TO
SO. Mother helped hor-how could any
rirl so away without a mothers help
ing hand h packing the trunlS-snd
what a tre She had, That nisht She
went 90 rlcep With "a joyful heart And
why shouldn't she2 She was going on
the train carly next morsiug, and
would be gone four weeks What a
happy time in prospect, with these
thoughts m mind she soon l0ated of
70 sunderland TO dream OF happy days
and the dear ones she would leave at
home.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Household Hints

Too few people know that peaches
and pears may be baked as well as
apples. .ft
Condensed milk can holders OF china
with metal tons are novelty i'm the
shops
Those who have not tried it do not
know the comfort of sheet Of sand
paper TO smooth the irons on ironing
day.
Rubber heels on the housekeeper's
shoes are resiful 10 the wearer. prac-
Ideally noisless and save the linoleum
or hardwood floors from heel marks
when a shoe-horn is needed and IS
not al hand. used The corner OF a
towel in the same way. The shoe will
slip on as easily as with The horn
For severe sunburn. which Is offer
very painful especially when blisters
form use raw potato. scrape and
plaster on soft linen and apply lik,
a poultice renewing when IL dries.
Brushes and combs can be perfect,
cioansed with clear water and am.
monia. Do not let the handles Of the
brushes get wet. After thoroughly
wetting the brstles place the brushes
back downward, la the sunshine. ant
let them remain there until dry.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Useless

She was having a lot Of trouble with
her long white gloves as she walked
down the avenue with a companion
yesterday afternoons. She wore one of
those lingerie frocks that have not de-
fed criticism, though they have scorn-
ed climate. The gloves wouldn't stay
up, and kept tumbllng down around
her wrists despite the fact she had
bangles around the upper part OF her
arm that We're supposed to hold the
gloves IA place. At last, IN despera-
ton she pulled off the gloves and,
turning TO her companion. said mourn
fully: "As garters. those bracelets
don't work for a cent?"
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Love Has No Foes

Love has no foes; whereer he goes
Conditions full OF mildness meet,
And amber honey-cells are filled,
And little birds begin to build,
And blossoms gather at his feet
Love is so sweet
Love has no foes; the folded rose
That answering his smiles caress
Blows into beauty-with its heart
All bruised to fragrance by his art
To every breeze doth still confess
His loveliness!
Love has no foes; who only knows
What Love hath been when Love i
fled,
Fen he. bercft, would follow him.
Though to the voiceless caverns dim
o fthe wan city of the Dead,
And share his bedl
Florence Earle Coates.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Feminine Hands

The women of North America are
claimed to have the smallest hands in
the world.
Next TO them comes the Austrian.
Spanish Italian and English ladies.
Those OF the fair Spaniard, however,
are often spoiled by coarse fingers
rounded at the tip.
Russians have long, but beautifully
formed hands.
The hands of Engllshwomen OF rank
are aristocratically shaped, but are
long, and sometimes too dry.
The French grande dame takes the
best care of her hands of all the world
over
Germans are generally endowed with
large and fiat ones. with enormous fin
gers.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08

practical and button sor pins on the
shoulder where the tender flesh Will
not encounter IL when the small wearer
is taking her nap. The kimono is as
indispensable as the dress for only one
who has had the care Of "a baby knows
how often this small garment Is dom
ned during the day. The cloak has a
deep cape to keep the small back
doubly warm while the hood should
be of silk or cashmere and has small
revers and round crown. Nainsook
or lawn may serve for the dress Of
which Ia yards 80 inches wide are
needed. The slip should be Of flannel
and calls for yards % inches wide.
The kmono Requires 2-3 yards of 20
inch fabric while the cloak needs 2 3-i
yards "A inches wide.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
IN OUTFIT FOR
MISS BAEY

There is not a member Of the family
who IS entitled to so dainty a ward
robe as Miss Baby for the very reason
that she IS the latest guest and there
fore deserves the best. Tiny clothes are
delight to fashion and how many
dream osf future greatness are sewed
in with every stitch Here are shown
the garments which the new baby
needs and nedes SO much that she
can not get on without them. The
dress has round yoke which may
be elaborated as muc has desired, Will d
the slip of princess mode Is especially
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Mind the Frock

DO not overatt your power Of mind
and underrato that of your pretty
frocks, says a modern philosopher; and
while ne may excite the scorn Of some
strong feminine minds there is not a
little evidence that many women OF
emancipated aspirations have already
taken unto themselves this gem Of
wisdom.
To be a rcformor I'm a pretty frock re-
Qures particular powers of mental de-
tachment. but let the pretty frock
work us. end while the pretty wit is
exercising It's utmost cunning. and
there IS no knowing what victories may
be gained for 'the cause"
Evening journal., 1906-08-08

and charged With bringing a contagious
disease into the state and were fined.
Next the West Virginia health Of
icials appeared on the scene and stat
ed that the problem was not theirs. bui
one belonging TO the county in which
Parkersburg is located. Parbersbdrg
decided it did not want the man and
shipped him on toward Elkins. When
the Randolph county medical officials
received him back they gave him some
food and q tent ana isolated him a
mile from the railroad station, at Pick
ems, in the mountain forest, where he
arrived Friday. Elkins has refused Il
permit the man to re-enter his nome
town.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
For Pie Eaters
PINEAPPLE PIE.

PINEAPPLE PIE.
Crate one pineapple. then add two
eggs, one and one-half cups sugar. one
cup cold water, one tablespoon -four.
this makes three pies. Bake between
two crusts
PEACH CUSTARD PIE.
Line plate with pie crust, cut
peaches I'm halves, lay over bottom,
sweeten yolks OF two eggs and white
Of one pinch of salt. one tablespoon
sugar; beat add milk enough to fiji the
pie and bake. Make a frosting of the
white Of one egg, add sugar and beat
stim. Then brown I'm the oven.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
To Fit the Place

OF course. all the girls in the mount
aims have their hunting sues. whether
they know a shotgun from a rifle or
not as every woman az the beach has
her bathing suit. even though she
never vets her feet except i'm the bath
tub.-New York sun.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08

The opening Of a bank with a capital
of $4,000 in Tioga, Pa, would not, un-
der ordinary circumstances. constitute a
notable event; but as the bank is Or
ganized under the auspices Of the state
grange, is owned and managed by gran
gers and is designed TO be the first OF a
series of grange banks. its opening is
very interesting.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Open Window Insurance

Clothes, and particularly bedding" /"
said a specialist in lung diseases the
other day, SHOULD he allowed TO
breathe. The ventilation Of unused
wearing apparel Is not only essential
for the health of It's wearer. but il pro-
longs the life Of the clothing so treated.
bedding sheets especially - should
have an the air possible. 1t is much
healthier to have your bed lying about
in disorder all day than to have 1t
neatly made half an hour after you
have left It, Always see that your
bed is thoroughly cold before it is
made.
TOO much cannot be said in favor OF
efficient ventilation. II I had my way
I would have every window made in
the French window style, and the
worse they fitted the frames the bet
ter. Those who lived behind them
would be an the healthier for it.
open windows night and day form
the finest insurance policy that any
man, woman, or child In a big city can
ever hold"
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Room ForH

Fisherman (beginner-"Don't you
think, Peter, I've improved a good deal
since l began?"
Peter (anXious TO pay a complimenO
You have, sorr. But sure. it was
aisy for you to improve sorr."
Evening journal., 1906-08-08

A treasured relic at Penshurst Place,
the seat of Lord de L'Isle and Dudley. is
a stool covered in faded blue velvet, cdged
with silver cord. on which Queen Victoria
kneh to receive the sacrament at her
coronation.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Gambling on the Green

'Tis sad to see young newlywed
Each evening as he labors
To try TO make his little lawn
Look better than his neighbor's.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08

'Every day win be independence
Day II YOU send your laundry TO the
Troy. + ighth and Tatnall. Both
phones.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08

Arthur Stringer. the author, is an
enthusiastic farmer. and has a fine
fruit farm at Cedar Springs. Ont.
where he spends his summers.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
THE
Equitable Guarantee
and Trust Co.
Northwest Corner
Ninth and Market Streets.
Wilmington, Del.
Capital $500, 900
Surplus and Profits $55O,OOO
Holders Of U. S. Government
4 Per Cent. Bonds
Dine Julv l 1907
Due July 1. 1907

Can dispose of their Bonds now to
a greater advantage than by hold
ing them until maturity.
This Company offers its services
in this connection, and its officers
will be pleased to communicate with
any one desiring to take advantage
of this opportunity.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08

Clayton D. Appleby, Bear; Robert Nc
Cullough, Guyencourt.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Her Queer Vision

The average woman sees only the
weak points in strong man. and the
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
One Dollar to Baltimore and Return,
Baltimore and Ohio r. r., Sunday,


Special train will leave Wilmington
delaware avenue station) at 91O a.
M; Newark at $50 a. m. Returning,
leave Baltimore Camden station) at
$50 p. M; CMt Royal station) at 6.S5
p. m.
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Office Hours-9 a. m. to 4 .. m.
Saturdays-9 a. m. TO - noon.
DIRECTORS.

Samuel X. Smith,
J. Wilkins CcCch,
Willard salisbury,
Rboert b. Wheeler,
John II. Dandy.
Thomas S. Bellah,
Victor B. Woolley,
Henry B. Thompson
Evening journal., 1906-08-08
Race a Feature

There win be racing every da
ing the fair, and while there 7
no professional racing for cash
there will be prizes offered
classes for horses driven by am
These prizes viii consist of silve
to winner and ribbons for secoi
third.
Records. whore. horses have
must be given; where there a
records. best time for half-mile
Howard T. Wallace is chairman
racing committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
Doctors Knew a Good Thing.

Congressman John Sharp Williams
tells of man in Mississippi who is a
hypochondriac of the first order. This
individuals failing is source of new
er-ending amusement to his fellow
townsmen. 1t was of this man that
some one humorously remarked, in an.
swer to a question as to how the sick
man was getting on, that "he com
planned that he was feeling somewhat
better"
Mr. Williams says that the hypo-
chondriac was one day telling friend
of his efforts to regain his old-time
health. He ran over the list of doc.
tors whom he had consulted. Where
upon the friend remarked:
well, old man, l must say that you
appear to have lots of faith in doc
tors"
Certainly I have" replied the sick
man. Don't you think the doctors
would be foolish to let a good Gus
toner like me die?" CoAsrado
Springs Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
THE FATAL REQUEST
Q X F @ u N % @ u T
BY A. L. Author Of mime Familiar Friend"
Copvrt0ht, 1871, ~ a Pub Ia co mp N.Y.
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the upper floor, and began to descend
the staircase.
1t was much in his favor, the stairs
being so well and so massively con-
structed, that there was no startling
and treacherous creak to betray the
feet which trod them secretly in the
dead Of night. And so he made his
way slowly and safely to the floor on
which the room was situated into
which he was minded to penetrate.
After careful and noiseless search,
he succeeded in laying his hand upon
candle and box Of matches, which,
earlier in the evening, he had secreted
in convenient, but out-of-the-way
corner.
He struck a match, and, lighting
the candle, advanced towards the door
of the apartment into the lock OF
which he inserted his duplicate key.
He entered and closed the door be.
hind him, without, however, COM
pletely shutting it.
He put his candle down on the writ
ing table while he considered what
was to be done next The waste
paper basket first attracted his atten-
ton as being at once the nearest and
the easiest object on which to exer-
else his powers of investigation
1t was about quarter full OF torn
fragments, which he promptly
emptied out before him. A rapid and
cursory examination was sufficient to
prove that these were of no import
ance. So he swept them back into
their original receptacle.
The next thing to be done must be
to tackle the writing table. How was
this to be accomplished? Shocking
to relate, he produced from his pocket
nothing less than-a bunch of skele-
ton keys!
To his great disappointment one
after another of the drawers upon the
right hand proved to be empty. He
turned his attention to those on his
left.
He put his hand to one and pulled
out the tightly wedged contents. He
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20

spread 1t open; yes, it was news
paper-some months old. What could
be the reason for preserving it? A
sudden thought-he looked at the date
and then-Yes, there it was on the in.
side sheet. Terrible Railway Acct.
dent! The 4:30 train from Dover
wrecked and partially consumed"
There was a full account of that
CHASTITY affair, with minute details
of all the horrors-a recollection of
which returned to him, most wildly
as he scanned the column. He. re.
placed the first, and took down an
other and another.
Further details-number Of bodies
found-distressing scenes-the in
quest-the neutrality-suspicious. dis
covery with regard to first class pas
senger-foul play suspected! Verdict
of Wilful Murder!" And so on and
so on he retraced his way through the
whole of that dark tragedy-wasting
what he felt to be precious time, but
unable to tear his attention away
from these records of the past.
At last he rammed the paper back
into its pigeon hole and turned his
attention again to the drawer be-
meath. When 1t at Hast yielded to
his efforts, he was rewarded by the
sight of a fatty folded packet of
parchment, tied with tape-the iden-
teal last will and testament which he
had heard spoken of so often by the
cook. But this, though of interest in
one way, was not that of which he
was in search, and he began to feel
a qualm of fear lest, after all, his
quest should prove useless.
His eye, roaming restlessly about,
was caught by the CLEAN of brass In a
dark corner. The candle, which was
sufficient to light him at his task, still
left the greater part of the room in
semi-darkness, and there was some
thing over there, in that corner, which
he had not taken into account.
1t was an old fashioned piece of fur
niture-the only shabby and evidently
second hand article in the room. 1t
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20

as soon as you can; or"-with a
slightly more lenient tone, as he re-
fiected that, after all, as the fellow
himself had said there might be rea-
sons, not necessarily bad, for the con-
cealment-"you can remain until to-
morrow, if you like"
Victory! Another night, which was
ell he required.
He could scarcely prevent himself
from showing some signs Of exulta-
ton. All! perhaps by this time to-
morrow the situation might be chang
cd. He might be the judge, and an
other
Stay one moment" Mr.. Ferrers
continued.
This time he addressed the woman
Perkins, who had reached the door.
"As | have also strong objection
to persons who pry into other peoples
concerns and interfere with their pri-
vate property, you may as well take
q months notice at the same time.
That will do; you can go"
The bitter was bit. She had not a
word to say for herself. She had
succeeded in wreaking her spite upon
him who had despised her attractions
and repulsed her overtures, but she
had done 1t at the expense of good
situation. Moreover, the man whose
disgrace she had labored to secure
laughed in her face as he passed her.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-02-20
zuLus A sUPERsTITIoUs RACE
Practice of Witchcraft Sometimes
Cloak for Abominabie Grimes.

Cloak TOT ApOHiiHdpic StHncS'
Mr. H. C. Macdonald in his report
shows how superstitious men OF Zulu
descent are.
about 5000 people were here last
Friday, and the indaba' (discussion)
lasting until after shutdown, most OF
them we're compelled to sleep here"
he says. Having no food for their
entertainment, | hurriedly purchased
two bulls, which | gave the chiefs.
Knowing their superstitions, | did not
kill the animals, but allowed them to
do so. With the exception of Mzu-
kuzuku. however, none of them would
touch the meat. They thought might
have bewitched the animals andithat
by partaking of the meat they would
lose all influence with their people
and themselves come under the in
fuence of the Bona
It is often discovered that witch
craft has been practiced as cloak to
cover and means to commit some
abominable crime. A case in point,
tried in the Lilongwe court, proved
that a native woman killed by lion
had been partly eaten by another ma
tive who was accused of impersonat-
ing the lion. The native in question
confessed freely that he had eaten of
the woman's dead body, the excuse
being that he had purchased from a
witch DOCTOR" the native local med
leo. a medicine which enabled him to
turn into a lion at within other
words, to indulge in cannibalism in
it's lowest form as the mood took him.
London Dailyl Telegraph.