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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

as the game OF billiards is different
from croquet. The only likeness TO
the time honored and antiquated game
is that mallets and wickets are used.
The mallets have short handles and
the wickets and balls are small. Think
about having 10 shoot a bali through
a wicket with only a space or about
three inches between the wires, You
could not drive one of the old time
croquet balls through such a wicket
with a sIedge hammer. because the
old balls We're large and the wickets
were wide between the wires.
The dimensions of the grounds
used. says the Kansas City Star. are
p feet in length; SO feet wide; corner
pieces feet long. These are inside
measurements with line denoting
the boundary OF the field 30 inches
from the inside OF the border. The
stakes are inch in diameter and y
inches high. situated outside OF the
denoting line at the center OF the
width OF the field The first wicket is
Z feet from the stake; the second Z
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
THE CHILD AND THE BUTTERFLY

20. Butterfly. how do you. pray,
Your wings so prettily array?
Where do you find the paints from wbfc
To mix your colors warm aud rich?"
The butterfly. IN answer. said:
The roses lend me pink and red,
The violets their deepest blue.
And every flower its chosen hue.
MY palette IS a rose-leaf fair.
Ny brush is formed of maiden-hair.
And dew-drops shining in the grass
Serve nicely for my looking glass"
Nixon Waterman. In Rala's Horn.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

do you notice what lot OF wo
men are going in for science?"
Yes. my wife's got the fever, too. >
What's her line?"
Mechanics. She's an inventor"
lind eed, What has she invented? p
why, she's just perfected a stair
step that makes me register the time
1 get home in the morning as soon as
put my foot on it,"
Cant You beat 1t some way?"
Its no use. She's alw@ss awake
anyway, and waiting for Ia2 on the up
per landing Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
Eortlfcatlors-

Fortifications" is a game that or.
iginated in France. The ground is
marked TO represent a fort, and the
aim OF the players is to knock the
marbles entirely outside the lines.
The shooters may start from any out
side line. and take their first shot
at the marbles In the fort to deter
mine the order OF their turns. The
general rules are like those OF the
ring games
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
He Was 4 Relieuer

DO you believe in hypnotsm? ?"
asked the funy-haired boarder who
writes type between meals.
Sure l do. answered the old bach.
elor at the foot OF the mahogany.
Otherwise l couldn't explain to nv
own satisfaction why mfn get mar.
ried. Chicago News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
BY THE BARDs
The Old Sheen Wanon-

me Olo sheep Wagon.
nave heard men long for a palace. but
want no such abode.
weaith - sourcsftf trouble. and a
Jeweled crown is 4 load:
LII take my home in the omen with n -oix
ture OF sun and rain
Just give me my old sheep wagon, on tho
ooundless Wyoming plain
WIN the calling sheep around me. and
my dog with his head on my knees.
hoat my cigarette smoke on the sage
scented prairie breeze.
An" Ak night, when the band is bedded I
creep like a tired child
10 my tarp in the friendly wagon. alone
on the sheep range Wild.
nave mad my MI or mankind, and my
coihe's my only friend.
anu ! m waiting. here i'm the saEebrush.
Tor the Judgment the Lord may send;
Ahey IL md me dead ia my wagon out
here on the hilltops brown.
but 1 reckon IN die as easy as 1 would
in bed in town.
denver Republican.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
overcomlnn piffcultles.

Mark Guy Pearse points out the
good to be derived from overcoming
difficulties, when he says Brave
men OF old believed that the strength
OF the vanquished became the added
strength of the victor. and thus he
went from conquering to conquer. II
Is true TO the full of every conflict of
the soul BY conflicts our God de-
velops us; teaching US thus of our.
selves. of our needs and our weak
ness; teaching us, too, Of himself. OF
his watchfulness and might. And
thus he fits Us for victories. as these
are the material of which heavens
songs are made"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
Early Exnloratinn.-

Johnny. you have been very quiet
for the last half hour" observed Mrs.
Towne. who had been busy welcoming
her brother just arrived on a visit
What have YOU been doing. dear?"
Me-" said Johnny. why I've been
going through Uncle Charles dress
suit case. Detroit Free Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
At GtenviIle.

That trainer is a wonder He can
break horse by driving him once
around the track"
That's nothing. Many a horse has
broken me the same wayi"-Cleve.
land Leader
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
Unbusjness-Iike

lsaacs recovering from operation)
Yes. he vas a greadt surgeon all
righdt; bet IL seems TO me he takes
desberate chances.
Cohen-In vat way?
Isaacs-Vhy, he vent righdt to work
on me vidout efen taking time TO look
up my standing in Pradstreets,--
Puck
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
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RESTORER
TRADE MARK REGISTERED

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

My" exclaimed the giraffe in the
menagerie tent. is this horseless bus.
mess going TO strike us neXt?"
What's the matter?" inquired the
neighborly lion.
That matinee girl just passed by
with that bum actor. and I'm sure ]
heard her say she wished he'd give
her his autogirane '-Philadeiphia
Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

To make this very amusing puzzle.
cut the big heart out OF heavy pliable
paper and use stiff cardboard for the
smaller ones. Cut two strips and a
circle into the big heart. as shown in
the picture. pass a string through, as
shown also, and tie the ends OF the
string TO the smaller hearts.
Nov. explains the Boston Globe.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
SelfDenlaI-

Young man. why do you lead such
an idle life? Don't you know thai
only work brings happinessg"
Yes. sir. But I'm not SO selfish as
to think only OF my own happiness
I'm leading a life of self-sacrifice.
Cleveland Leader.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

feet from the first. on a line exten0.
ing through the middle OF the field.
The side wickets are feet and 3
inches from the border on line with
the second wicket from each stake.
There is a cage or double wicket in
the center is inches long and 3ss
inches between the wires. set at right
angles with a line drawn from stake
10 stake. The other eight arches
are TO be 3la inches between the
wires. The wickets should be set in
blocks of wood buried In the ground
The borders should be OF hard
wood. that viii not warp. laid fiat to
serve as cushion for carom shots.
This timber or border should be bev-
eled half an inch. making il measure
6 inches wide on top, 51a inches wide
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
THIS DOG is A
CIGAR SALESMAN
REX ACTS AS GUIDE FOR HIS
BLIND MASTER.
KNOWS AL THE TRADE
Set OF Signals Enables Canine and
Master to Understand One An
other - Animal Rides on
Trims Like Passengers.

indianapolis. lnd.-Dogs have been
taught TO perform many kinds of labor.
but so far as is known there is only
one dog that acts in the capacity of
a travelling salesman
Yet this is exactly what Rex does
nearly every working day OF his life.
and he does It we'll He knows every
town where there are customers. and
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
a Double Meaninn

Here. here. cried the policeman
grabbing the thief. why are you chas
ing that MANI"
Oh replied the burglar. facetious
~. Il was JUST civ NJ him a run fo,
his money. Detroit Free Press
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

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The Face Beautifier makes the of powder en-
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Address all communications to
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blind.

Il didn't know ne was such a mean
man"
You didn't! Gee. You couldn't
see bunch Of pink ribbon through
a peek-a-boo waist Houston Post
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

tell your friends that the puzzle is Il
release the string with the two small
er hearts on it from the larger one
without force or undoing knots.
The solution is as follows:
Double TIE strip in the center OF
the large heart and fold Il so that II
will pass through the circle. This will
make plenty Of room TO pass one of
the small hearts through.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13
COAST LINE
EFFECTIVE MAY gTTH.

EFFECTIVE MAY eth.
Trains leavs Richmond daily;
For Florida and south, 8 s05 A. NJ, 725 and
For Norfolk, 900 A. NJ. 500 r. NJ and
10 p. NJ.
For N. a W. Ry. West. 2lO snd so
p. NJ.
Tor Petersburg, 800 A. NJ. 1910. 800. $40.
For Goldsboro and Fayetteville, ass p. If
Trains arrive Richmond daily $40 - "a
..lo IS ard n-s0 A. NJ, 100. z 0S. 6so, 400 and
s50 p. N. -
Except Sunday. .. sunday only.
c. ). CAMPER a y. p
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

Apples should be picked when they
are ialiy matured. but before the,
have begun 10 get mellow.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-10-13

among the many bearing witness OF its genuine Qualities
ration natural and pure compound the ingredients
States Government placed preparation T
meth d sandsou edeaUnP
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-11
Too Pointed.

When somebody asked Graham
Saunders why he did not go to VISIT
the squire's family any more he hest
tated for moment before he ventured
to put his reason into words.
I'm not one that's looking FOR
sights" he drawled at last, land
never paid much attention when they
spoke about folks that generally came
at mealtimes nor any Of their remarks
about large appetites. Nor l never up
piled any O. their statements In regard
to not waiting for invitations or out
staying your welcome to myself.
considered such talk wasn't worth no
ticing.
But when squire come out to me at
about four thutty one afternoon when
I could smell baked beans cooking as
easy as I'm sitting here and said he'd
count it favor II I'd note down
where the glass stood on our NORTH
porch at 6 o'clock that night and at
in the morning. twelve thutty at noon
and p. m. for the next three days and
then let him know at the postoffice SOS
he could compare 1t with theirs. called
1t pretty considerable like a hint for a
man that claims to have good man.
ners, given to one that's got a senSs.
tive streak. same as have, though
try to keep 1t out o sight"
Companion.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-11
Trapped Elephants.

In jungle Trails and Jungle Peo-
pie" Caspar Whitney tells of trapping
q herd Of elephants and driving them
into the grail. Curiously enough. the
animals are quite docile until they once
discover they are confined, whereupon
they throw OF their good manners and
become rampant. Mr.. Whitney contin-
ues:
Some fight the posts, some fight one
another. in groups they surge against
the stout sides of the Enclosure. grunt.
ing prodigiously. and wherever a ven.
turesOme spectator shows a head be.
tween the posts he is charged. Not all
the herd are so violent Some show
their perturbation by thrusting dow
into their stomach reservoir and draH
Eg forth water which they SOUR,
over their backs: others express con
tempt for things generally by making
little dust piles. which they blow eve,
everything in sight. including their ow,
legs. Some utter the mounting Low
note; some rap the ground with thel,
trunks. TINS knocking ont several ~
culiar rafting. cracking high notes
The calves squeak through their littll
trunks shrilly and frequently.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-11
Get Anti.toxine at the
Owl Drug Store.
Large Supply just Reeeived-Only
Known Cure Diphtheria.

Thes Owl Drug Store has just re-
ceived a large shipment of antitoxine.
Anti toXine, or as it Is often expressed,
dyptheric serum. is purchased by drug
gists throughout the country at this
season of the year. as 1t is time when
dyptheria often appears.
If used right, antitoxine is preven-
tative of dyptheria. People generally
believe that an ounce Of preventative
is worth pound Of cure, and at this
time there are many callers for anti
toxine.
The Owl Drug company has just re-
ceived Its shipment. and can guarantee
that it is fresh. They also have 1t in
such quantities that they can supply
it to doctors and to all neighboring
drug stores. Buying it in the quantity
they do the company can furnish this
valuable preventative at as small a
cost as it can be purchased direct from
the large wholesale houses in the cities
In this as in all classes of drugs and
druggists sundries. the Owl Drug COM
PAW is attempting to handle the
wholesale trade and from reports re-
ceived the result is very gratifying
Druggists throughout the country are
coming to realize that they can do as
well in Lewiston as anywhere. and the
trade Is increasing daily in the whole
sale line.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-11
Their Belated
Wedding
BY RITA KELLEY
Copyright, 1904 BY E. c. Parcells

0seessssssesssssesesssssee
Samantha Sanders had always want.
Cd q cuckoo clock.
The sandwich man half q block
ahead announced them for sale for
$1.9S-'ine cuckoo clocks. best made"
She was racing after him as fast as
her prim New England dignity would
allow. She upset child with an all
day sucker In its mouth and left 1t
screaming on the walk. 1t hurt her
conscience terribly. but II for one mo-
ment she lost sight of the sign he
might turn into a side street. and she
wouldn't know where to get the clock.
Samantha Sanders was the thrifty.
unromantic janitress of a bachelor
apartment building. Her father and
mother had died when she was fifteen
and left her without a penny and with
an overweening desire to possess a
clock with a little bird that popped
out of little door every hour, along
with more domestic ambition.
Samantha Sanders never had cared
for any one person SO much as she had
for making home. Hiram Shell had
asked her to marry him, but her thrifty
soul told her she would be happier
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-11
A CONSTRUCTIVE STATESMAN.

Governor Cummins Of Iowa in his
discussion of the insurance subject
presents marked contrast to other
governors who have felt called upon
To treat the subject They have pointed
out the evils and made a general com :
ment, while he has given a specific
remedy.
The tenor of the other gubernatorial
comment has been that somethiny
should be done. that the eyes of the
country We're conferred on the insurance
evils and the demand of the times was
Tor some measure of reform and this
was followed by a caution to be care.
1ni and go slow. But governor Cum.
minis goes to the meat of the matte,
with a specific remedy.
This recommendation of the lows
governor may not be the proper specifi,
for the evils Of insurance. but 1t Is 6
germ idea and gives his legislature
practical working basis from which
they can approach the question an,
work out the details. Governor Cum
minis is not afraid to take the initiative
He is constructive statesman an,
having diagnosed the insurance cas-
he Is ready to prescribe a remedy.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-11
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. II. 1906
LESSON FOR IDAHO FRUIT MEN

In a paper read before the Northwest
Fruit Growers association. at La
Grande. Oregon, by Maxwell Smith do
rninion fruit inspector for British Co.
lurnbia and Alberta. the total export OF
apples for the year 1904 to Great Bril-
tain is placed at 100000 barrels. an
increase since 1875 of 400 900 barrels
"A matter which is worthy of note"
says Mr. Smith, lis the fact that dur
ing the five years ending 1895 the aver
age lowest price paid for apples on the
Montreal market was $3.50 per barrel
and the average highest price was only
S2.2o: and during five years ending
1905 the average lowest price was s2.15
and the average highest price 1896 per
barrel
This" says Mr.. Smith. goes to
show that the increase In production
with improved methods of handling
has been more than rewarded by like
increase in the demand and advanced
prices. So that the more perfect the
article placed on the market by the
and convenient the package. the great
or will be the consumption of fruit
Here is a lesson that might be
studied by the fruit growers of Idaho
with profit TO themselves and to the
commonwealth at large The state has
upon its statues horticultural laws,
which if enforced, should give us as
perfect and clean a fruits-free from
the disgusting apple worm, scab aand
scale diseases. as is produced in Can
ada.
The fruit inspectors of Canada in
spect all fruits offered for sale. either
for domestic or foreign trade. No i'm
perfect fruit Is allowed to be sold In
:spection as TO proper grading. packing
and marking is made. The aim of the
Canadian law is to encourage the grow.
ing of perfect fruit and the honest
packing of the same, and this is &C.
complished by strict enforcement o.
the law.
The present total acreage of fruit :.
Idaho is about $4,000 acres This tota
large planting, going on in all parts o
the state. 1t is safe to predict that b,
the close of the present decade that tn
total acreage will have reached 100,
900 acres. The average value per acr
OF fruit is about $500, this would plac
the present crop value of $4,000 at
grand total of $13500,0 900. splendi
showing. indeed. for an infant industr,
Ordinary Judgment would deman
that every precaution possible be ia
ken to protect the fruit interests of tn
state-to see that this. Idaho's mos
promising industry. be kept movin
forward. To do this. all that is neces
sary Is to create a healthy respect fc
the present fruit laws, through the
proper enforcement.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-11

had ordered recklessly at the green
grocer's on her way home, and the t.
BILE was beginning to look like feast
Of plenty.
Poor old Hiram! She could not gel
the image Of his pitiable figure out OF
her mind. Even the prospect Of the
new clock could not dispel the feeling
Of utter heartsickness. Hiram Shell,
whose father had been justice Of the
peace. tramping the streets as a sand
witch man!
There was q dull aching at her heart
that was incomprehensible to her until
Just as she showed the brown bread
into the oven to warm. She stihened
up with something like a groan and
clapped her hands to her head.
I'D ought to "a married Hiram
She'll" she cried, with the bitterness Of
delayed realization. I'D ought to "a
married him! No one ever believed In
him. Just because he didn't get out
and work like the others they said he
was crazy! Geniuses amt like any
body else, and il anybody had ever en-
couraged him and helped him along he
might have struck somethin' that peo-
pie wanted. And here I've been COM
Portable and him trampin' the Streets
Hiram was late in arriving. She
wondered indulgently whether he had
gone of to buy wire with that money
instead Of getting the clock. Strange
ly enough. she did not care much. Tie
thought was tormenting her that she
who always had put duty foremost had
after all failed in the greatest crisis Ut
her life. Women We're intended to
make men stronger, to bring out the
best in the men they loved. and She
He came, more haggard and all R.t
lettering. with two packages under his
arm She took them from him. tuM-
bled them heller SHELTER on the STA
and drew up an armchair for him close
to the table laden with good things.
Now. Hiram she said, eat
/ He looked at her wildly for mo-
ment, trying TO get his breath. The
package" he said. is it all rightT
The clock: OF course. Go on an
/ eat now" She passed him the bowl
/ of savory pork and beans.
| He pushed back from the table, peer.
! ing about.
Hiram She'll If you don't stop act.
in the fool and set to eatin' I'll throw
out the cuckoo clock and be done with
it,
! NO, Samanthy, faint the clock: US
that new patent clothes wringer l been
making. Thought YOU might like it to
wash your clothes"
( Samantha collapsed into chair.
/ Hiram Shell, l haven't done my
wash for five years. 1t goes to TIE
laundry"
"Well, now. amt that nice" re
pushed back the apple butter she hand.
ed him. He had not touched a bite
though his plate was piled high with
good things Samantha saw his face
had gone white.
Il guess I'd better be moving On
The doctor at the dispensary he said
I'm ailin' some." He clutched at BIZ
heart. Its queer, right in here"
Samantha pushed him back into thu
chair and ran for the brandy.
"Did-you call the ambulance?" e
asked when he opened his eyes again.
NO, didn't, Hiram Shell. You dom
need no ambulance. All you need Is
good square meal and the parsoL
We're going to get married, Hiram"
He looked at her, with tears stream
ing down his cheeks.
well. now" he said, "Samanthy
amt that nice"'