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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Excuse me. / thought that was
why you objected to telling her."
"If that's what you thought, I'll
show YOU" said Chamers.
you'll tell her yourself?"
yes"
Good boy! You know how to do 1t
better, and tell her the Old man appre-
ciates all she's done for the firm and
al that, BIT we really must econo-
mize."
"On everything but newspapers, ci-
gars and highballs?"
Don't be a fool, Robert; I'm inter
ested in your pocket-book as we'll as
my own"
It was three days after this conver.
sation before Bob Chamers mustered
up courage to deliver the decree of
banishment. The light-haired girl
looked up from her busy desk with a
pleasant smile as he entered her sane.
tum.
From the gravity of your face, Mr.
Chamers, | Judge the last, jury was
woefully Dense" she said, banteringly
For years they had been good
friends. and their close association
had made them feel free with each
other.
1T isn't the jury, Miss SUSIE" said
Chamers, slowly seating himself near
her. 81 wish it was"
A cloud swept over the pretty face
,hD ;,, aho; t. 4
him.
The old man-that is, we have
been thinking that maybe we could
| mean the business has been so aw
full bad that he-we thought we'd
have to let you go, Miss SUSIE" said
the junior partner, finishing desper
ately.
"You mean you are going to dis
charge me?" she asked, in a strangely
calm voice.
81 wouldn't put 1t that way" he
said, soothingly; 'you see, he-l mean
we, of course-think VIC can't afford
the expense of private secretary any
longer" he went on hurriedly, deter
mined to get over it as quick as pos
sible, and wondering why the matter
agitated him so. But don't you mind
now. I've been over to see Lawson
& Grubbs, the big law firm in the Con
tinental building, and it just happened
by rare good luck they were in need
Of somebody, and / spoke for the jot
for you. And think, Susie-Miss Su
sic, | mean--you'll get $l2 week!"
If the news caused any exultatior
the pale features did not show it. The
girl toyed with the papers on hel
desk and gazed vacantly at her inl
wells.
Twelve dollars week." she repeat
ed, mechanically Then, after dreary
pause, when do | quit here?"
"Oh, there's no hurry. You coult
stay till the first of the month, only
those people are waiting for you
You'll find them very pleasant"
There was another interval Of 81
lence. Chamers nervously picked NJ
! his hat and arose.
you've been a good girl, Miss
Susie" he said, "and we've appreci
ated you immensely. | know | have
and so has the old man, only he don
show it much. Pll-that is, we will
miss you like everything!"
81 thank you very much," was al
she said, still looking dumbly at tn
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Somebody has asked for receiver
for the Interstate Telephone company
OF New Jersey. Sometimes 1t must
be a good deal Of fun to be telephone
receiver.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

A Pittsburg doctor has tasted for
thirty-seven days. If the air of Pitts
burg were as full of nourishment as
it is of SCOT, he could live forever
without eating.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Pittsburg millionaires are now
charged with bribery and corruption.
Evidently the chorus girls haven't
kept them so busy as mas been sup
posed.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

miss her."
der if she is a bit attached to the old
place"
What Of 1t? She'll get over 1t In
two days and be glad of change"
when are you going to tell her?"
"Why-er-I thought I'd let you do
that" said the old man, trifle un-
easily.
mo, thank you; this is your scheme,
end you'd better engineer it."
81 say, Bob" remarked Hartung,
smiling maliciously, there isn't any
thing of a-er-a personal nature be-
tween you and"
mot at ALL Certainly not!" said
Chamers, flushing.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Gen. Ramon Caceres will now pro-
vide for Santo Domingo a permanent
and stable government, lasting for at
least several weeks.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

It is a mistake to give your wife
million dollars to be good to you.
When she has got the million she
doesn't have to be good to you.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

President Hadley Of Yale says that
there are too many teachers In this
country, and that they get too little
pay. It's the same with newspaper
men.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

1t is unnecessary to add that the
Chicago attorney who wants to regu-
late marriage has no intention Of get
ting married himself.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Chicago announces that she Is going
to have the biggest hotel in the world.
There are people who are compelled
to stay in Chicago over night.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

In London society they are discuss
ing the question: What is propriety
pink?" What does London society
know about propriety?
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

If the czar succeeds in raising that
$500, 900 his next great problem will
be to hide it where the grand dukes
cannot get at 1t.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Secretary Taft has succeeded in re-
ducing his weight twenty-nine pounds
by vigorous horseback riding. The
condition of the horse is not reported.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

There are people in Russia whose
sole object in life is to think up new
kinds of trouble for the czar.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

No sooner is one report denied that
King Leopold is losing his mind than
it is announced that he has got mar
ried. :.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

In France the assembly elects the
president. This saves the necessity
of candidates buying cigars for the
common, everyday voters.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

A California woman has adopted
district messenger boy, who will, no
doubt, remind her of tiIne-he's so
different.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

When two young people embark on
the sea of matrimony one of them is
pretty sure to rock the boat.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08
Life Lessons

Learning lessons every day
So the storys told.
Some are youthful lads and gay
Some are scholars old,
Though the locks o. them be gray,
Learning lessons every day!
Learning lessons sad and sweet
So the story's told;
Winnowing the chaff from wheat
Gathering the gold.
Lessons long. OF calm and strife
Lessons ended but with life!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

A sign a thin woman is popular:
If her friends call her fragile" in
stead of skinny"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

The name Of the new chief of the
Osages is Skink-kah-ha-he-he And
you can hardly say it for laughing.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

1t is only after millionaire dies
that one learns how many and what
relations he had.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Whenever we see man who says
he is henpecked, we rather suspect
that it's coming to him.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

They're talking now Of making
Maine a winter resort. For Esqui-
mauX?
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-08

Thursday, February 8, 1906.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21

The constant growth of business. re
curing larger Office accommodations,
and the increasing value OF the land
upon which big buildings must be
erected have led To a demand for the
utmost speed in building construction
so that time has become more import
ant than cost in new buildings. every
months delay meaning a loss Of thou
sands Of dollars in rentals or interest
Architects and builders have met
this demand for speed by adopting the
steel type Of construc ion which en-
ables them to run up buildings OF
great height with amazing rapidly.
But the steel has TO be protected from
rust ard cOrrOsiOn. Likewise the
walls, floors and partitions and other
parts Of the building have 70 be alb
solutely freproOf. To meet these CON
ditiOns builders gncase the steel in
hollow tile and build the fo D. and
partitions In the same material. no
time having been lost ia waiting for
the tile bricks tO scr OF harden The
adoption of he steel and hollow tile
type Of construction is on. of the
.reaaons why even the biggest sky
scrapers take less than a year 10 pat
up
Hollow tile Is found TO De much the
safest frepro0dng for quick construc-
lion. u sets very much more quickly
than concre- (which must be ieft
thirty days 90 be perfectly safe In
winter il is very difficult 10 deal with
concrete whereas hollow tile can be
installed without difficulty in almost
any kind Of YEA her It f. hollow tile
which has also made it possible &c
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21

put mp Senator Platts T. s. Express
company building with such great
rapidity.
Although buildings like the new
home for the Evening Post are run up
in a few months they are not in any
way jerry-built. They are put up to
last, The Baltimore conhagration
showed they could withstand fire;
the San Francisco disaster showed
they could withstand both earthquake
and fire In fact the big steel and tile
structures Of New York, Chicago, Bal
timore and Pittsburg and other large
cities are not only examples of rapid
construction, but they represent the
highest degree of perfection which
American architects and builders
have attained in the art of sky.
scraper building.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
NETWORK BUILDERS
BREAK ALL
RECORDS
REMARKABLE RAPlDlTY WITH
WHICH sKYScRAPERS ARE
BUILT DEMONSTRATED.

New York Oct. 20.-Three months
ago there was nothing but a big hole
in the ground where the new build
ing for the Evening Post was TO
stand. Today on that spot ands the
skeleton of a twelFe-story steel build
ing. The granite and cut stone work
OF one story is in place. the hollow
tile floors and partitions Of eight
stories are ready. the plumbing, cleo
fric installation and elevator construc-
ton are well under way. and carpen-
tiers are now putting in the temporary
stairways and frames. Although only
started on August 1st. il is already
possible TO get a definite impression
q what the new building win be Ike
wren completely finished
FL Is striking example Of thu
Tspidity with which skyscrapers are
nuE put up BY American builders.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
The Study of Poetry.

Never before was there so much
study Of poetry and the drama. This
is due to the modern extension of ed
ucation and to the spread Of reading
matter among the masses. Poetry is
not the fashion of an hour; 1t Is an
eternal need of the soul--a need that
increases with the increase Of intel
lectual light-Edwln Markham in
Success Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
cbsnnio, Absent-minded Man.

The champion sbsent-minded man
lives at BALKAN On one occasion be
called upon his old friend. the fam.
ily physician. After a chat % a
couple Of hours the doctor saw him 90
The door and babe him goodnight say
ing. Come again. Family all well ]
suppose7' My heavens" exclaimed
the absent-minded beggar. that re
minds me Of ny Grand Ny wife is In
a TT Pick Ne ID.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
NEW VERSION OF NATIONAL
ANTHEM.

A new version of he National al
them America has been published
In its original form the hymn wa
local In its allasion TO New Englant
The new form of the antehem make
II all American" being of and appl
cable to all sections of the Union.
Following are the new as well a
original stanzas of the anthem:
My country. It's of three,
Sweet land OF liberty.
OF thee / sing
Land where our fathers died;
Land of the Pilgrims pride.
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.
My native country thee
Land of the noble free,
Thy name love;
love thy rocks and hills;
Thy woods and tempted hills;
Ny heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
love thy inland seas.
Thy sweet magnolia trees.
Thy palms and pines:
Thycanyons Wild and deep.
Thy prairies' boundless sweep.
Thy rocky mountains steep.
Thy matchless mines.
love thy silvery strands.
Thy Golden Gate that stands
Afront the West:
Thy weet and srystal air.
Thy sunshine everywhere:
o land beyond compare.
I love thee best
Then. music swell The breeze.
And ring from an the trees.
Swec- freedoms song:
Let mortal tongues awake:
let an that breathe partake;
Let rocks their ience break.
The sound proiong
OOur fathers God. 10 Thee.
Author Of Liberty.
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be hroght
With freedoms holy light;
PROTECT Ms by Thy might.
Great God. our King.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21

1; is Prisc!ilas first visit 20 the
country; she has heard the csckling
Of the hens and connected 10 with
the LAYING Of the eggs. She hears The
COW moo. and calls 10 her mother.
Mamma. come quick. the COW has
LAID some more milk. -Harper's
Weekly
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
Diaqinc For Fish.

The natives OF certain parts Of India
are in the habit every year, in the
summer. Of digging the dry river banks
for fish, which they dig out by hun.
dreds. just as they would potatoes.
The mud Jumps are broken open, and
the fish, perhaps eight or tea inches
long will be found alive. and often
frisky, as if just removed from their
supposedly native element, the water.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
lake Your Chotee.

A traveller during his sumner in
Europe made a list Of the different
speilings Of the word -beefsteak' that
he found in France. Germany and Bel
gium. The speiiings ran from BIZ
tecE and beefstec TO beaufsteeake.
beavsteik. bumfstuc. bafesteck and
beeafesteeacke.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21

The streets Of Nottingham, England
are spliakiei with water in which
chloride ~ calcium has been dissolved
and are therefore dustless One dress
ing every three or four weeks IL
enough to keep them So. even in the
hottest weather. The cost is very
small.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21

The state Of California, which has
within its borders over 2S.000,000
acres Of forest is taking steps perma.
nentIy TO preserve practically the
whole amount California's forests
are looked upon not only as a great
wood supply they are far more val
mbie as a medium Of water conserva-
ion
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21

German women collect what are
supposed 10 be the smallest potted
plants 10 the world They are caci
growing IN pots about the size Of
thfmble
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
The Place TO SIeep.

Sleeping on the steps of the court.
house has been interdicted by police.
The somnolent ones will have to get
on the bench or in the jury box, IL
seems.-St. Louis Republic.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
Jess So.

There is nothin that is sweter, moth.
ing better meath the sky, than a thick
and luscious portion Of old fashioned
pumpkin pie!-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
lrishman's Definition Of Yankee.

"Begorrah! If he was wrecked on
a desolate oiland, he'd be up next
mornin before anybody, sellin' maps
to the inhabtants!'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
Literary Notes.

A bald story may be improved by
introducing few halr-raislng Incl.
dents -ROstan Transcript.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
womsn's Sorrow.

A u5mans idea Of being deceived Is
20 tell a secret and have II kept-Chi-
cage Tribune
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09

closed by this report Is that the character
Of the reading has improved steadily OF
late. Librarians throughout the country
deplore the excessive circulation of works
Of fiction, and rate the public appreciation
Of library's highest opportunities In In
verse ratio to this use. In past years the
figures OF fiction circulation have been
rather high in this city. In 1904 1871 Of the
books drawn were Of this class In 1908
only 718 per cent Of the books drawn were
of fiction. while last year the percentage
had dropped to IS, gain in the direction OF
broader and more helpful use OF the
library of 1871 per cent In two years. The
present percentage is normal. indicating
that the library Is now satisfactorily meet
ing the Intellectual needs of the community.
The childrens use OF the library has in
creased steadily from the beginning, until
last year that department Of the collection
was drawn upon by OIL 135 juveniles, whose
choice of books steadily improved.
The library stands today In need. accord
ing to the report of endowments or dona-
lions for the purchase of certain classes of
books. 1t offers a rare opportunity for
citizens to benefit the District by the es-
tablishment OF collections which serve
as memorials to the departed and as whole
some tokens of the public spirit of the fv-
ing.
With the growth of the library and the
wider range of its usefulness comes the
need of branches. Mr.. Carnegie has gen.
erousiy provided for this form of expan-
sion by offering to provide the funds for
such branches as rapidly as they are need
ed. One such branch is to be erected at
Takoma Park on a site generously donated
by public-spirited citizens, as soon as Con-
gress authorizes acceptance OF Mr.. Car
negies offer. 1t behooves all the people of
the District to work earnestly for the enact
ment OF the necessary legislation. which has
already passed the Senate in order that the
branch-library principle may be definitely
established and this highly useful institu-
ton may be put in way most surely and
fully to meet the requirements of the Dis
trict
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09
A Gloomy Outlook.

LIES a mighty risky thing these busy,
dizzy days.
You've got to keep a-watchin' in dozen
different ways;
Lookin' out fur autos that comes hustlin'
down the road,
An wonderin' If they're goin' to run you
down. or jes' explode;
Lookin' out fur engines when you drive
across the track
There doesn't seem minute when you
aren't on the rack:
Lookin' out fur sunstroke when the summer
days unfold,
An when the winter comes a-lookin' out
fur ketchin' cold.
Lookin' out fur prices when you've got
some crops to sell:
Lookin' out fur bunco men that knows yer
folks well;
through the air
An never leaves you any chance of restin'
anywhere!
Loolin' out fur burglars when you shut the
house at night;
1t rely seems existence isn't regulated
right.
I'd like to be more cheerful, but 1 can't
see what about.
1t seems like there Is nothin' to this life
but lookn' out!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09

disaster ensues. The chances Of wreck
multiply as tie speed Is increased. and
even with q clear course unhampered by
crowds. there Is a high percentage OF dam
ger to the participants.
So long as these races are conducted on
the basis Of danger only to the contestants
there will be no public demur. The men
who hire themselves to operate the ma
chimes do SO with full knowledge OF the
risk involved. The owners who drive their
own machines doubtless do so In large part
because Of the zest Of triffing with life.
II the automobile association wishes to
buy a tract OF land and fence It in and use
it for road races It is entitled to do 80. It
is indeed under a heavy moral If not a legal.
obligation to do this in view Of the demon
strated danger to the public involved In
holding the races in the open.
It may be doubted whether these races
do the automobile business as much good
as harm. The great majority Of machines
sold are to people who have no intention
to use them for racing purposes. They want
stanch. reliable cars, capable Of good
speed. but not necessarily rivaling the ex-
press locomotives. The so-called demon
STATIONS afforded by the road races are Of
no practical value to the average prospec-
tive purchaser. who Is concerned chiefly
ferent character. At the same time the
reckless PAGES of the road racers serve to
lessen the confidence Of many conserva-
tive people in the trustworthiness Of the
motor car as a means Of sane transport
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09
Motors and Road Racine.

The decision of the American Automobile
Association to provide a privately owned
course for future road races in this coun-
try is emnently WISE being calculated to
lessen the chance of legislative enact
ments absolutely prohibitive Of such con-
tests in the future. At last Saturdays
meet OF the big motor cars the crowd
was so dense that it became unmanageable
and several accidents occurred resulting
In one death and many serious injuries 1t
is the plainest of propositions that as long
as these terrific speed contests are held in
the open. without barriers absolutely under
the control of the managers of the meets.
the public will flock to witness them. The
very danger of attendance upon races which
involve imminent risks to life and limb at
tracts spectators. Circus features which
place human life in jeopardy are always
more certain to draw crowds than harm
less amusements. The public wants to he
thrilled. to be wrought up to a high nervous
tension, to be shocked, even by the close
approach of death.
On Long Island the other day the win
ming car made the course of 297 miles In
290 minutes. at a rate therefore of more
than mile a minute. This speed was
maintained over inequalities Of ground and
around sharp curves, in narrow course
and without rails. 1t Is a marvel that
more lives were not sacrificed. considering
the frau reliance Of the contestants for
safety. An exploding tire. q chance stone
In the road. q moment Of inattenti0n., q
trifiing failure Of the delicate and high
tensioned machine to do its full work and