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postage stamps, and cash, instead OF
the seeds he has been sending out
since he came to Congress-. The read
ing Of these letters again plunged the
House in disorder and confusion.
PITY THE POOR FARMER.
Mr. Gaines, OF Tennessee, endeav-
orad to he heard above the noise and
confusion. Az he sat down. by COM
mand Of the Chair, he managed to say
that the bill was loaded with all kinds
OF appropriations to take care OF and
suppress the mouth and foot disease,
hollow horn, and hollow tail,' but took
AWAY from the farmer the few seeds
that he every year looked forward
to receiving.
This new outburst OF elo1uence on
the part Of Mr.. Gaines threw the
House into convulsive laughter.
When the members had partially re-
covered their composure Mr. Gainae
rushed down the aisle, carrying mass
of manuscript In both hands. holding II
laloft, shoating that be had hundre y
tof letters from farmers favoring free
seeds.
! AZ chairman Wadsw0rth reached out
his hand for them. Mr.. Gaines laid
them on desk and began pulling from
the bunch various documents. 1t
developed that among these hun
idreds'' Of letters there were an unusu-
ially large portion Of bills Of various
sorts and other "pub. docs" that had
tno relevancy to the seed question.
Again the members shrleked and
gathered in the aisle. forcing the
chairman to resort t" every pariia-
mentary expedient to secure order.
When the bill came up for vote
the free seeds were continued by a
vote of 153 to 80. A fight for the abol.
ishment of the free seed practice will
continue, for 1t ID believed that the
lsending out Of the packages are OF ne
Ipractical benefit to the farming classef
of the country, and 1t is safe to say
that next years bill will find the ap
lpropriation for these seeds omitted
when 1t comes from the COMMITTEES
and the probabilities are that by tha'
time a majority Of the members OF tht
House will support the committee.
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rnm's hcnd. the lighted end Of the wick
projecting from Its mouth. After the
discovery OF the hole for the wick. It
was an easy step to cover the entire
lamp. with the exception OF an opening
In the center to receive the oil. Thus
the lamp OF classical times originated.
Another Interesting example from Bis
mya liz an extremely large marble
lamp. oval In shape and with vertical
walls. The snout for Its wick is a
deep groove extending out about 2
inches. and with its support from be-
meath II resembles the handle OF mod
ern dish This lamp held about two
quarts OF oil. and. ns 1t was found In
the ruins OF the temple. Its unusual
size suggests that In the Babyloninn
temple, M In the synagogues Of n later
err, and In some churches, even to the
present day. n light was kept pcrpct-
ually burning.
Previous to 1000 h. G. the tampa, ~
well as most dishes nnd household cf-
fects. were of stone: after that time
objects OF burned clay began to mp
pear. Before that date lamps were
found only In the ruins OF the temple:
later clay lamps were found In the
dwelling houses OF the people. Or tic
latter variety Of shapes have ap-
peared. Some nrc triangular. the shape
suggested by the conch; one Is min
iaturc boat; others Of n later period
are Identical In shape and size with
those of Rome and Grcccc. The lamp
OF these nations wns undoubtedly boz
rOwed from the older civilization Of
BabyIonln. The common clay lamp
Of Persia and Of the time Of Haroun
q Raschid assumed n round form
with . dent in lts rim for the wick,
resembling In every respect a mlnia-
ture frying pm. from which the handle
y missing. The lamp Of modern Bag
dad differs from II only In being ~
upon . pedestal and provided with
haA1le.
. ssnelssa IT u lanRaahse =
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FARMER KMIGRANTs.
some Of Our Citizens Make 0ood
Farmers-But Poor City Dweilers.

=
Many Of our Italian immigrants are
good farmers, after their fashion OF
laborious intensive cultivation. Tney
are wretchedly poor, but they are cnii-
dren Of the soil and where they occa-
sionAlly do get into the same con-
genial occupation In this country tney
make good farmers and eventually
good citizens.
The greater part OF the immigrants,
in fact, now pouring into the country
are better qualified for agricultural
and horticultural pursuits than for
any others. These pursuits were theirs
in their European homes, and but for
certain ditficulties they would natural-
ly resort to them here. The trouble 1s,
there is nobody ready, as generaA
thing. to offer them employment. In
groups, on the land; and transporta-
| tion TO the land is more or less expen-
siye, On the other hand, there are al
ways contractors ready to engage them
for railroad. mining and similar en-
ployments in the seaboard States, and
sometimes in other States; more often
\ they simply settle down in the big and
already congested cities. They take
| what they can get; and, more espe-
| cially. what will be most likely to en-
able them to enjoy the continued COM
panionship Of their fellow immigrants.
| The newcomer breads the isolation
which will usually be his lot II he ac-
cepts employment on a farm.
Under the far-sighted plan OF the
men who are colonizing some Western
areas, particularly in California and
New Mexico, all these difficulties are
avoided. Groups Of agriculturists OF
the same nationality are brought to-
4 gether, and invited to become owners
OF small tracts, sold to them on easy
terms. Ten acres of good land, SO OBJ
tainable-and the price Of which he
can usually pay in labor for others
is a very attractive proposition to the
average immigrant, especially when.
in his new home, he may be sur
rounded by others of his own race
The plan has been already demon
strated to be very profitable to the
promoters also.
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0sd Astlsods Succeed.

Il has besn claimed that old methods
Of doing business cannot succeed In
this twentieth century Of ours, but q
striking example Of where old manners
have been and are yet successful may
be found In the busiest city of the world
New York. Right In the heart OF
the Wholesale district may be found q
restaurant that is feeding more people
every day Of the year than any other
house In New York City. and doing 1t
along the line of .old Methods"
II is claimed for this famous eating
house that every pound Of food used
ID paid for in cash upon the day 1t ia
purchased and that the proprietorz
have never yet given a check In pay
ment for supplies, nor owed one dollar
at the close of the day. and they keep
no books.
Each morning the dealers supplying
this remarkable establishment delive,
the necessary goods at the receiving
department and then form in line
leading to the cashiers desk where
each one In turn receives his money IN
good hard coin.
When evening comes whatever II
left in the cash drawer is profit, lesl
charges such a. taxes. light, fuel &c.
A further boast OF the owner Of thii
restaurant IL that its doors have never
been locked since FIRST opened, way
back In wartime" and that no one
knows where the key now Is.
An idea of the number OF people fed
may be gained from the fact that table
salt. used exclusively by the patrons
at the tables and not including any
used for cooking, is purchased every
four months In ten barrel lots. each
barrel containing three hundred
pounds.
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FAMOUS VIRGINIA HONE.
Re00LARE MAAsg0A, RART or
wASHLHGT0N'S EszA1y, NOW
CHANCES HAxDa

a Gift trom tise Fjrs& Yfeaident 10
hts Adspted DAsghtes-t'1AyWrsGnt
Paul Ksster Diopoaso - h1anos 20
Princetor doman.
Another changs of owners has come
to Woodiawn Mansion, that historic
property having been bought BY Miss
Elizabeth N. Sharp. of Princeton, N. j.,
from Paul Kester. who dramAtixed
When Knighthood Was in Flower
and other plays.
Woodlawn Mansion was the home OF
Lawrence Lewis. son " Betty WASH
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1HR LAMPS EVOLUTION.
RxtAEAzYOHS or AHClEEf CIT.
res Snow lT OHEx Nkx
zH0UalND FEARS on.

oeeGioaxDY was i CoNcA 3heJt aaa =
Twist ~ cotton- Slfee&arn laGen-
ufty Dsvssed tlse Brass Burner
and Regulator.
~ EDGAR JAMES BANKS, RI. n. Z Y
The Oriental lamp II tho same now
al It always has been-a simple dish
with oil; Its wick IL a rag or twist Of
cotton, one end OF which ID immersed
in oil and the other rests over the edge
OF the dish to be lighted. This was
the lamp not only Of ancient Babyionia
and Egypt, but also OF the Hebrews,
Greeks, Romans. and all other early
peoples. Even to this day 1t b the com
mon lamp Of MesopotAmia. In Saint
Sophia, the great mosque Of CONSTANT
nopIe, there IL no other method OF II
Elimination.
The first artificial light with which
primitive man frightened the dark
ness OF night was the camp fire. the
same fire with which he slightly
roasted his meat and warmed his
naked body. At Just what age the
idea Of lighting by other means nrst
occurred to him IL no longer known.
but the excavations at the Babylonian
mound, Bismya, the ruin OF the Oldest
known city In the world. have shown
that 1t was In the very long ago. per-
haps Thousands of years before 1900
b. C.
During the excavations far beneath
temple which was constructed Mt
that remote date, among the ruins Of
earlier ages, there was found a large
conch shell about 8 inches in length.
Its exterior had been worn smooth by
constant handling, and section ut Its
opening and half o. its elongated
valve had been cut away 40 that 1t
formed deep dish terminating In a
long snout. In it's interior were slight
traces of thin. black deposit. At
first the use for which this dish was
Intended was puzzling; 1t was weeks
later when 1t suddenly occurred to me
that this sea-shell was the primitive
lamp, the ancestor Of the great family
Of lamps.
at a higher level In the temple refuse
heap, where the priests Of 4500 B. G..
threw the broken and discarded
utensils Of the temp service. there
appeared among the dozens of baskets
full Of polished and cut stone several
triangular objects which resembled
the conch shell In shape. One Of ala
baster was entire; others were frag
mentary, yet their original forms could
he restored. They were the lamps
which came Into vogue after the conch
had passed away, or when 1t became
40 scarce that 1t was no longer en-
ployed, and stone was substituted In
its place. Although the conch was dis
carded, it's triangular form remained,
even to the natural snout for the sup
port Of the wick. which was repro
duced in the stone.
To the early Babylonian. the pure,
almost transparent alabaster lamp was
perfect in shape; the next step In the
evolution was In its decoration. In
stead OF the plain exterior, 1t was
engraved with reticulated or curved
lines; but more Important step In It's
decoration was when the lamp-maker
conceived the Idea OF supporting the
wick In a hole at the sharp corner.
One such example from the Bismya
temple refuse heap terminated In a
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at home. mind our own business, let
other people alone. we shan't need a
battle ship any more than burglar
needs a jimmy and dark lantern"
shouted Mr.. Trlmble. This sentiment,
Notwithstanding the speaker was a
trife mixed in his metaphor, met with
prolonged applause from the gallant
band of free-seeders.
Mr.. Lilley, Of Connecticut, read let
ters from his constituents, some asking
for Shropshire sheep. Durham bulls,
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NOW THE WATCH TRUST.
Representative Hreeland the vletign
Of Joke During watch Monopoly
Controversy.


When Representative Rainey Of Illi-
nois. few days ago, made a speech In
Congress on the alleged watch trust.
he opened up . subject that has been
Of decided Interest In Congressional
circles evor since. He had collection
Of watches on his desk which he
showed AZ exhibits.
Representative Vreeland OF New
York found another phase Of the watch
question which he wanted to talk
about, and proceeded To stock up with
sample watches and watch cases. He
had tho assortment nicely displayed on
his dcsk. when. by . prcarrangement,
he was called out into the corridor.
As soon as he was gone joker In q
ncighboring seat produced three mem
orandum spindics. two short and one
tall. He set them In q row on Vrec-
lands desk. Then he produced three
oranges and carefully stuck ono on
tho point OF each spindle, producing
tho perfect effect OF tho three golden
balls OF tho pawn shop sign.
"Wcli, by gosh!" exclaimed vree-
land, when he came back. The laugh
scared his intended speech out Of him.
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DO you think = mans importance u
measured BY his pocketbookf"
Certainly not" answered Senator
Sorghum. "A pockctbo0k couldn't hold
enough 70 amount 70 anything. lt's
The bank book that counts. s."-Washlng-
The daily tribune., 1906-06-08

The number Of cameras made in the
United States last year was 100000.
worth about $20,000,OOO. A geneS-
alton ago camera was an unusual
object
The daily tribune., 1906-06-08

The highest mountain in Colorado
is Massive, 14,424, and the next is
Elbert, 14,421. Pixies Peak is IA, 1OS
feet high and there are twenty noun
tains In Colorado higher than this.
The daily tribune., 1906-06-08

The most expensive fish in the fis1
markets of the United States Is tho
English sole which retails for about
sixty cents per pound.
The daily tribune., 1906-06-08

Nrs. Ferguson. George. der, how
do you like my new hatf
Mr.. Ferguson.-Do you want my real
opinion OF II. lauraf
Ars. Ferguson.-No. doar you
mean thing!
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There are now one million pension
ev on the pension rolls Of the United
States.
The daily tribune., 1906-06-08

Since 1895 the worlds annual pro-
du. lion IT gold has doubled
The daily tribune., 1906-06-08

M.enifccn'ly finished and exquisi.ely. .eolored
A most pleasant and interesting way to spend
an hour, journeying around the globe, viewing
places of greatest interest, beautiful scenery
and incidents and sights Of travel Fun. interest
and instruction combined. Every view actual
photograph in natural colors an effect never be-
fore attained excepting at many times the cost.
These views illustrate Of the most noted
places in the world-mountain scenery, waterfalls
worlds most famous buildings, places OF historical
interest and places famous for beautiful arehrec.
senting as II does, realistic likenesscs OF scenes
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-17

The Marshali Lake placer mines win
this year produce hundreds Of thous-
ands OF dollars IN gold. due to the fact
that there - going to be long sea-
son with Z heavy water supply. The
snow II flve to eight feet deep. and rain
vet to come. This insures the miners
Of that district the most prosperous
season that has been given them in
three years. More than 1e hydraulic
giants win be HI the camp this SUM
mer. The Colt Mining company will
operate four and six giants. the Grouse
Creek will have four and possibly six
or more In operation. The Falls Greek
will work four. the Matt Gilbert prop-
erty will put two In operation a. soon
AZ the water starts, the Lake Creek
company will work two; besides there
will be many smaller companies who
will operate from one to four giants.
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crasssviIls selects Tsaohsrs.

0rangeville. Idaho. April 1.-THE
following teachers have been selected
1nr the ensuing year: Principal. Hart
sell Cobbs; Assistant principal. Charles
0reenough: Eighth grade, Mrs.. Sarah
spedden; Seventh grade. Miss Bloom
Taylor; Sixth grade. Miss Mac Nelll:
FIFTH grade. Miss Iva Miller: Fourth
grade. Miss jeanette Wood: Primary
and First grade. Mis- Alberta Hobsrt.
The selection Of teachers for the eec-
ond and Third grades was postponed
until the next meeting Of The board.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-17

Nesperce. Idaho. April 17-Professor
G. A. Lewis class IN Bookkeeping viii
start this evening IN the High school
room with flfteen students.
y. e. Miller left today for Spokane
to buy goods for his arm, Mockler,
MINER 4 MockleF.
@ w. Williams. proprietor Of the
KAmiah- Nesperce stage line. came up
from Kamtah yesterday. Mr.. Williams
ststes that II II doubtful that he viii
offer any more bids on the Kamiah-
Ne1perce route, but expects to take
charge Of another stage line.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-17

on the wheels, kicked on the tongue
and splintersd the sides Of It Then 10
gathered mp the pieces and threw them
into bush. That settled II" said The
circus man, conclusively. 1t never
came back again.
The large man callsd the walter 70
him and ordered three more long
ones" ana at the same Tins rsachsd
into N inner pocket Tor something. He
produced : time-stained. ragged sn-
velope,
mo" ne said, sthat chariot never
came back TO ~, but when We reached
Flora rot this letter that had been
following up along the road from
Iulra. I'll read Il:
~'1Tanaeer 9loan's Circus' he read.
Dear CIR: The day after your circus
showed IN our town. IulEA, the under-
signed found = small chariot, like the
ono used IN the monkey race. layin' IN
the vacant lot, where the circus tent
was. It was pretty badly smashed up.
and. talkln' Il home. my son, who i =
carpenter. fixed It up Il u - good -
new, and. believin' that you lost It by
mistake, and that It was highly valued
BY you. wish to state II You send s.
to cover the expenses Of shippin' and
the material used IN f1xin' 1t. will send
It back Respectfully your.
HENRY 0REENFIELD."
The large mans face grew fiorid. Al
- Ar-aA - Ra- n~a,<t>
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Owl Drug GO. First ii
Quality, Accuracy
and Price

The prescription department IN any
stOre IL - important a. the druggist
makes It IN our store it Is the most
Important department. Everything
else IN the store comes secondary to
the attention which We rive to pre-
scriptlons. Every DOCTORS rrescrip-
tion has the right OF way a. soon =
It enters our store.
This 10 necessary IN any store which
does the highest quality prescription
work. for prescription compoundins il
T. science: II b an art only attained BY
the most assidious application. with
every facility and the pursst highest
|ouailty druRs and cheunicals Is vork
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BIG Things Doing at Elk City.
Elk CITY Mining News.

The outlook for the Elk City basin
was never 20 bright As ut present. Ere
this issue Of the Mining News reaches
our out Of state readers ut least three
important deals will have been con-
cluded with two more pending. The
only cloud on our horizon being the
mix up between c. r. NJ. factions
which will shortly be adjusted by the
elimination Of the disturbing element.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-17

Wesson cooking oil. A superior
cooking substitute for lard or butter,
being twice AZ economical in frying or
shortening: tasteless. oderless, con-
venient ana digestible. For sale u
Russelrs Grocery.
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4 PACE DEVOTED 70 THE NEW.
AND 'NTEaEsrs or the M
LAND FARMING COUNTRY
iTs TR.suTARy MINING a.
souAcGs.
WeMan's Adxantan.

see Stella has her new spring b.. !,
xes she took an old palm lea, -.
.n0 trimmed It up. and it look, ,,... ~.
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel JUST
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-17

oeod coons. good waltefs and ~
~ ~ markst aAorda me Grand
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AZ S. 81 a.
.. M.
~ - .SSN
~
81
ID
Chicago Record Herald.
The younger Of the three men, IN
sistinr that they must have something
81 him before they left. called the
waiter ana slipping 80 cent pieces
into MI hand. told him 10 draw three
slone ones. ana keep the change.
The three Of them laughed ana 5oIked
q thought they had known each other
for years. although II was the flrst
cine they had met. They called each
other .brother,s and pointing "a the
MITE pins that each wore. declared chat
hey had something TO IS proud Of.
The young fellow who had ordered
vas covertly watching the waiter, and.
,eeinr him coming back without the
~long ones ana With I most serious
face. turned to the others ana laughed.
X knew he would come back with
that money. he said. II have been
trying TO ret rid Of II FOR the past
three months" The waiter explained
that the half dollar was I counterfeit
ana suggested politely that the young
man might have another piece of
money about him.
.Counterfeit. chr the young fellow
laughed. innocently. - that soy
well here's : dollar that il Iii rirht. x
srsm mot In that Kind OF business
you needn't fear..' he said, soberiy.
after the waiter had LETT. .sbut hate 10
throw II away. Funny how some things
atick ia YOU. isn.t it?.'
The larre man with the fiorid fea-
fnrea ana the florfd necktie Iauxhed at
4Reminds me-" he said. reminiscent-
". .of something frsed to get shed
81 once when was III the circus bust
ness. The thing was ! good for
nothin. little red ana gilded chariot
mat we used In our pony chariot race"
~Ny names aloen.' he went on.
| Tm IL the vaudeville business with
sloan.s celebrated trick DOGS. well. IN
the summer tirne' rm on the road an
manager az sloan.s Mammoth Circus
ana Hippodrome. ma in the winter /
make I Twin. with ~ dogs,
envy Headquarters are in ST. Louis,
ana IN Mav We Crossed the river, our
route talin. u On bee line west a.
Tar - Flora. where it turned south and
worked down to Cairo.
sour star feature was our monkeys
monkeys drivin' ponies to chariots.
one 81 our chariots began to look q
little rusty, and a. We was DOM a
pretty fair business I had another one
made, intendin' to throw away the old
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splendid things to buy at the r.
change today. e Hx-
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Kathleen
May0urncen"

8 n Y0ur Acts.
friday. Richard Nansnsld's
B ottat succses. ~DR JEKYLL
AND MR. HYDE"
rricss 1oc. ~. $50.
esats On sale It Owl Drug
tsors.
Depular priced matinee every
Iaturday = $50.
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Get n line--so 70 the Binnard TO-
night.
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- oM fAvosits. ''lEAshleea l1oveur-
49, tonight S So
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sss kathleen Mavourneen 4 a.
Btnnard.
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b Kathleen aI1vcornsen II wizard 9
:tenieht.
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You WIN iaue When -lIapsy week
comes Il
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Happy week. y comll
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-Happy wsek~ 4 coming.

Dsassaous th,nss 4 81 = he NJ
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OWL oRuo CO..
.heIesalo and Retail.

Agents for Eastman Kodaka ana
xcwney's Candies. We deliver soods.
phons AL,