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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-01
PIANO CONTEST

Beginning Monday, November The Press will conduct ubsci;
contest to all which securing the most votes Will
TITLED to the 800 Bailey Piano display Occur en Furniture r.
window 40 Sherman Street This piano furnished by the Filler
~ recommendation enough and music knows what
inc Dy tlano IS The contest everybody Someone will m
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cry issue OF the Press and yearly contestant credited With
~ votes on SIX months 100 votes Subscription per year for ~
payable in advance 1O payable weekly Contracts must he a
into the Press office the they signed We deliver 70 all
contest closes Dec "A o. Now Piano get to &
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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-01

Mr. Clarke nor the producers have aim.
% % aive more instruction through the
medium Of The Prince Of India" than
3 good for the ordinary mortal win
ne playhouse habit.
Henry y. Irving. elder con Of tbs
late Sir Henry Irving. supported BY
bis wife. Dorothea BAIRD. aud hts Lon
uon company. made his first appear.
naee IN America recently IN New
York uader the direction OF Klaw
& Eriangar In repertory OF plays.
ogscniig IN stephen Phillips romantic
sransa. "Paola aud Franeesea.s
Contrary 70 general belief. this Is
AR lrylng's first visit 70 America. IL
WIS Lawrence. the younger son, and
not II D. Irving who supported Sir
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-01

Prof. Rothen wishes to meet all old
members and many new ones at his
dancing academy in Sander hall, Fri
day evening at 7 80 O'Clock when be
will hold his usual class.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-01

Full line OF rubbers for ladies.
gents and children. Idaho Mercan.
lie company.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-01
White Star Navigation Como

STEAMER BoNEIA-Leaves Occur
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day at 8 a; M; returning leaves Terrell
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. $40
a. m. Freight and passengers for lake
and river points Purchase your ticket
for Occur d'Alene ~.lly and get your
passage on the DC eta at the dock
Round trip ITO head of navigation, St.
Joe, $2.50.
EXCURSION TO BEAUTY BAY
Steamer Boneta. every Sunday. Leaves
at 9:15 a. m; leaves again at 2:15 o. m.
4 most delightful place to spend a sun
day outing. SOC round trip.
I. D. MCDONALD. Mgr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
ALCOHOL AS A MEDICINE.
It's Value in Combating Disease Cues
 toned by Medical Men.

Correspondence New York Tribune.
 It is not more than a generation ago that man took his daily allowance of bran- dy or whisky, not for the pleasure of the beverage alone, but for the welfare of his inner man. Every enterprising employer dispensed q modicum of grog to his men, not for their health, but to increase their efficiency. But today a man who desires a highball would hardly have the temerity to test anyone's credulity by offering as an excuse that he indulged for his health or to promote his efficiency. Certain nota- ble literary productions have been created under the stimulating influence of John Barleycorn, but these were the works of genius, which must be left out of general consideration. For the enforcement of the idea that alcoholic beverages do not pro- mote health, but rather tend to injure it, we are to some extent indebted to temper ance societies, but not so much to them as we are to life insurance companies, which place a monetary premium on ab- stinence, and second. the teaching of med ical men and physologists.
 But while there is no longer any ques- ton that alcohol is purely a poison when used as a beverage by healthy persons, many physicians considered it drug of wide usefulness in disease until a decade ago. Perhaps no statement of facts could be more forceful in showing the change in medical opinion than a comparison of the sums of money expended by the Lon don hospital for alcohol and milk. Forty years ago, according to Sir Victor Hors- ley, M. D., the expenditure for alcohol in that hospital was about $40,O00 year, and the expenditure for milk in the same pe- riod was about s15.O0O. At the present ba aynandif11rp 1 11OOhOI is $5,0OO, and the milk account exceeds S40,- 000 These figures represent very nearly the change in medical opinion regarding the relative value of milk and alcohol. It was only few years ago that physicians advised moderate quantities of whisky for those suffering from tuberculosis, but more careful study has produced a change of sentiment that was voiced by one Of the speakers at the American 1nternation- al congress on tuberculosis, whose latest session was held in this city during the current week, when he said he considered alcohol a poison particularly virulent to sufferers from this disease.
 Psychologists are finding by numerous experiments that. while alcohol has cer- tain food value. this is more than counter balanced by its effect as a poison. The researches on this subject go more and more to show that there is not an organ in the human body that escapes this sub- tie poison, nor a function that is not inl- paired by its use The octogenarian who boasts that he has had his daily toddy has reached his fullness of days not be- cause of his habits, but in spite of them.
 Whether alcohol as q drug has any val ue in disease is seriously questioned by many competent medical men. It's decreas- ing use in hospitals and as drug in the hands of physicians generally will doubt less have a certain influence on the minds of people and upon their habits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
Stocks and Bonds Citizens Savings Bank Stock and Bond Department
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Moral Effects of Boxing.

W. R. c. Latson, M D., in "The Moral
 Effects of Athletics" in The. Outing
 Magazine for December.
 Boxing is an exercise which is not only of the most marked benefit in a purely physical way but it is of the utmost value as a means of training the mental and moral faculties One of the most unfortunate whmsicalities of our very whimsical day, is the prejudice against boxi, : as a sport and exercise There is no sport in which there is provided such splendid exercise for body and mind and spirit as in boxing.
 The physical influence of boxing is su- into active use So far as mentality is concerned the perception, imagination, Judgment. discretion, self-confidence ag- gressiveness and will, are all brought into active and rapid use. The boxer who fails in perceiving his opponents inten- tion; who misses in judging the power or reach of his blow; who is lacking in self defence, will power or aggressveness who fails for one moment to remember whom he is working-that boxer is likely to fail. to lose what we all value, that is reputation, public confidence and income Among the many sports and games which are of value in training the mind I place boxing as by all means the most valuable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
He Called Her Dearest"

l From Success Magazine Shortly after Mrs. Frances Hodgson | Burnett's book, Little Lord Fauntleroy,' | appeared she went with her two little l boys to a seaside hotel. The story had made a great sensation, and there had ensued regular epidemic of Fauntleroy I curls, Fauntleroy suits, and Fauntleroy l youngsters. In the room next to that occupied by Mrs. Burnett was a dashmg, l rather overdressed widow, with a red | haired, bullet-headed son. of about seven, who was the terror of the hotel. Antici- l pating the arrival of the famous author, 1 his mother had purchased a complete and elaborate Fauntleroy outfit, with which | she proceeded to deck out her unappte- | ciative and rebellious offspring. l Not content with this outward seeming. l the woman desired to complete the cari- l cature by compelling her precious child 1 to address her as dearest" after the l manner of the hero of the book instead l of "mommer," or more rrequentIy. | merely, say" as had been his previous | custom.
 ! Mrs. Burnett arrived no sooner than she had been expected, but apparently | before little Johnny had entirely com | pleted hls course of instruction in filial courtesy, IS was evident by the sounds | which penetrated the thin lath and plaster l partition between the rooms. This is what I Mrs. Burnett heard: "Johnny!' l Silence. Johnny" do you hear me?' i Silence. "Call me Dearestn Silence.
 "Will you call me Dearest or shall I make your" "Yer can't make me-" "Yes I can. Call me 'Dearest! "Go ter blaZesi" That's no way to speak to me-" Its a good sight better'n you want me l to say"
 | 'It is mt. Cali me 'Dearestn " Silence. DO you want me to use the trunk strap? Call me Dearest! !! Silence. "Call me 'Dearestn" i" l Silence. Biff-biff- Diff Diff Gall me- Dearestv" !" q won't" Bihl q wont!' Biff-biff Ouch, you hurt! Then call me Dearest " "Oh. all right, then, Dearest" Now, see here. If you don't remem- | Der to call me Dearest at dinner tonight, | I'll wallop you within an inch of your fife, you ungrateful thng!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
VIEW TIRE ES.

By William Wordsworth. There is a yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single. in the
 midst
 Of it's own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not 10th to furnish weapons for the
 bands
 Of Umfraville or Percy, ere they marched To Scotlands heaths; or those that
 crossed the sea
 And drew their sounding bows to Azin-
 court,
 Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or at Poictiers. Of vast circumference and gloom profound This solitary tree-a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed But worthier still of
 note
 Are those fraternal four of Borrowdale, Joined in one solemn and capacious grove; Huge trunksl-and each particular trunk
 a growth
 Of intertiwsted flores serpentine Up-coiling and inveterately convolved,- Nor uniformed with phantasy. and looks That threaten the profane; pillared
 shade,
 Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown
 hue,
 By sheddlngs from the pinlng umbrage
 tinged
 Perennially-beneath whose sable roof Of boughs as if for festal purpose, decked With unrejoicing berries ghostly shapes May meet at ontide--Fear and trenlb-
 ling Hope
 Silence and Foreseht-Death the skeleton And Time the shadow there to celebrate As in a natural temple scattered OCT With altars undsturbed by messy stone. United worship; or in mute repose To lie. and listen to the mountain flood Murmuring from G1amara's inmost caves. Bogus Portrait of Charlotte Bronte. From Harper's Weekly.
 A portrait in water colors, which pur- ports to be new likeness of Charlotte Bronte has just been added to the Nation- al Portrait Gallery in London, and now comes the amazing statement, augmented by written proof, that the portrait IS bogus The picture is signed in the right corner with the name of Paul Heger, with the date 1850 On the back of the picture is written This drawing is by P. Heger, done from life in fS50." In another hand writing on the picture is, 'The Wearin' of the Green first since Emilys death" This is done in what is known as print hand, and is apparently in the same let terins as the word Shirley" the book, which the young woman in the picture, supposedly Miss Bronte, holds in her hand. The dress Miss Bronte' wears is green. The facts which would seem conclusive ly to disprove the authenticity of the DOT trait have been collected by Mr. Clement K Shorter the noted English critic and editor He states that the picture is m obvious forgery. and says: The negative evidence for this portrait being forgery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10

associated Among a people rude and uneducated he was received with open arms. Nothing could be more piquant, more affecting, or in a subtitle way more dramatic than this. If we smile at the notion of a bishops holding services in a saloon, the walls of which have been draped with curtains by the proprietor to conceal the real character of the place, We also can be little touched by the spirit in which all this was done.
 It was Bishop Talbot's habit to meet every man on a common footing of hu- manity. and he never disdained the serv- Ices of any one who showed a proper spirit On one occasion he was rather too enthusiastically seconded by a man who explained his evident subjection to liquor on the ground that when the Bishop comes a feller just has to cele- brate.' At the services which were held that evening the inebriated enthusiast had front seat. While the preacher discoursed on the evils of drink, he seemed overcome with shame, but as soon as the topic, changed to the sin of gambling. the man frightened up im- mensely. AS I proceeded" writes the author, "his head nodded in evident ap- proval, and at last I could hear him say: That's right Bishop, go for 'em. Hit 'em again He became more and more noisy and excited. Finally he clapped his hands, and unable to restrain himself, he shouted: Good, good. Give 'em hell, Bishop. Give em he'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10

is only less marked than the positive evi- denee which I an able to produce" Paul Heger was Miss Bronte's professor in Brussels, the hero of two of her novels, "Villette" and "The Professor" and in way the counterpart of Rochester in 'Jane Eyre and of Louis Moore in Shirley" Whoever signed Hegers name to the por- trait did it incorrectly. Furthermore, it was impossible for NJ. Heger to have painted the portrait from life in 1850, as he never saw Miss Bronte after her depar- ture from Brussels in 1S44
 In the year 1850 Charlotte Bronte was in mourning for her two sisters, Emily and Anne, the latter having died eighteen months after Emily, and only six months before the beginning of the year 1850: so she would not have been wearing a green dress at this time. Again. it is stated that M. Heger certainly did not know in 1850 that Charlotte Bronte and Currer 4,ell were identical.
 In Brussels resides the son of the late M. Paul Heger, and to him MT. Shorter re- ferred the question of the authenticity of the portrait. Tn reply to MT. Shorter's let ter. Dr. Heger wrote that to attribute the portrait to his father to him, CT to any member of the family was erroneous He stated positively that his father the sup posed author of the portrait. had not seen Miss Bronte after 1S44, and that his father never painted in water colors.
 Further to substantiate his charge that the portrait is false, Nr Shorter says that Miss Laetitia Wheelwright, who was with Miss Bronte during the entire period of her residence in Brussels, and was her favorite among all the girls in the school has written to him stating positively that the portrait is not in the least like Char lotte Bronte
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
from the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
 Woe prevails among the theatrical managers of London. Throughout all England there is chorus girl famine. The first thought aroused by the announcement is that this is no new thing on either side of the ocean. But this particular famine has nothing to do with the generous appe- tite peculiar to that class of histrions. The dearth is not of broiled Holsters and hot birds, with appropriate liquid accom- paniment. but of the girls themselves.
 The British complaint is that, among the hundreds of stage-struck shopgirls and domestic servants who apply daily for places among the merry, merry vil- lagers" of musical comedy. mot more than 5 per cent have any singing voice, while smartness in dress and bearing is rarer even than good looks"
 With the constantly increasing number Of musical comedies and the continual de- pleton of the front row by the deserters who change from choristers to countesses, the plight of the British manager is de- piorable. Yet the remedy is within his reach. All he need do is to establish a recruiting agency in any large American city. For American monopolies include the chorus girl who has beauty of face and voice and at the same time sufficient amount of intelligence to appear like a human being and not an automaton on the stage.
 Lovers of light entertainment as the busy people of America are, they fail to appreciate one of the blessings peculiar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
From the chleago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Unless you know where you're at and just what stuff you're going to get and have it all doped out in advance as to how you're going to get into the place, the game is no good any more" explained a professional house burglar in Wabash avenue saloon the other night.
 "Why Ned. what's the trouble?" he was asked
 Well. the women have got so suspicious of us fellows" he replied. that they have made it almost impossible for us to go into house unawares. The women are the greatest inventors that know It is marvellous to me that there has not been an Edison among them"
 Ned's last name is Cady, and his pie ture is in the rogues' gallery because he has served one term in the penitentiary for burglary and he is not man who is ashamed of his vocation He was talk ing about home made burglar alarms when he praised women as being great inventors.
 You sec, said cady, when a man wants to go into a house in the night time he don't want to tumble over a carpet or hear a tin pan fall As soon as anything like that happens he is going to run. for he knows mighty well that there is a woman in the house laying for him."
 How about the husband?" he was asked.
 "Shucks with the men. I am not afraid of any of em, but l could never tackle a woman. They are timid lot but let me tell you they have more courage than all tho men put together. Every burglar knows that to be a fact.
 "The women are afraid of us and they have invented more things to warn them selves when we arrive than any man could eFer think of,' continued the ex-convict
 ''l have not been active lately, but my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
Beqinninu to Ride.
F. M. Ware in Learning to Ride, ir The Outing Magazine for December.

F. M. Ware in Learning to Ride in
 The Outing Magazine for December.
 Taking up the male equestrian first, he should not begin too young-not before his little legs rave some length and strength to th.m. or before the vicissi- tudes of childhoods days have taught him to regard bumps and bruises with equanimity, and his intelligence is suffi- ciently developed his interest steady enough to enable him to grasp the req sons for instructions, to apply them, and to learn by observing others Some chil- dren begin, at four years or so, to plod about on a safe pony or donkey, and they acquire a seat (of a sort) by sheer avoid ance of tumbles. Such have usually much to unlearn when placed under an instructor, and youthful arrogance is prone to make them resent correction. No finished rider was ever taught in this way, and however well he may in after life hang on,' he would have been a far better horseman had he never been allowed this haphazard apprenticeship For the average lad, seven or eight is quite early enough-and the invariable rule should be made that he is never to ride horse that is thick through the shoulders. so that he may always be able to take the grasp with thigh and knee hold the attitude, and feel the security that such precautions alone can give and if he feels safe he is half-taught, so far as the rudiments go.
 Nothing is gained by using military ''hooded' stirrups, or a soft pad for a saddle, or anything but the regulation English article, and an open stirrup. This Is what the pupil must use all his life, and learning with anything else puts him under disadvantages and destroys his confidence when the change has to be made.
 Lessons should be given of about thirty minutes duration, and never exceed the hour; for, if the proper attitude and seat be maintained for that length of time any pupil, of any age, will have done quite enough and when fatigue supervenes faults are very quickly acquired and douby difficult to eradicate.
 Stiffness and soreness will follow for a few days but soon wear away. If the pupil has any organic trouble the teacher should be told of it that he may make due allowances. Never ride until dges- ton has well proceeded, or at least an hour after eating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
Trying the Simple Life.
From the Denver Post

From the Denver Post
 Roswell, N. MAS the result of trying simple life' in the wild sheep country north of Roswell, Misses Lydia Johnson and Virginia Fort, society belles of Ros- well, and Miss Adele Vincent, a charming and beautiful young authoress of New Orleans, almost froze to death in an iso. lated shanty near Elkns Station during the recent blizzard.
 The young women were held prisoners in the shanty for g hours by the storm and realized that unless they escaped quickly they would succumb to the cold After a terrible battle with the clements, the young women reached Elkins Station more dead than a live. Fortunately u freight train. bringing to Roswell Antonio .Cordova, frozen sheepherder. stopped 1t EllSins. and the seekers of simple life were allowed to board it and ride to Ros- well in box car.
 Miss Vincent, who Is a guest of Miss Fort, wanted to rough it in the sheep country to gather material for a magazine article, and she induced Miss Fort and Miss Johnson to accompany her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
WHY BURGLARS FEARWOMEN

pals have told me. The other night one of them got into house and fell down a half dozen times because the rugs were all crumpled up. When he left he heard the woman who had set the trap scream ing, and if there is anything that will frighten a burglar it is woman's scream.
 Another one of my pals went to the trouble of opening door with a jimmy auered that the back of a chair was placed under the door knob. It is an easy matter always to get rid of that chair, but he knew that woman was waiting for him and he fled.
 "I tell you every burglar is afraid of a woman.
 Now, if l must confess it. I was at a back window where I was not acquaint- ed few nights ago and after I had swelled the catch, as we call it, and lifted the window, I heard a crash of tin pans inside and it didn't take much time for me to be a few blocks away"
 Then you say the women are the ter TOT of burglars?'
 Absolutely" said Cady. No burglar is afraid of a man. He expects to be shot at and that does not frighten him, but woman's scream is so narrowing 10 him that he will run at once. And l want to tell you that women have things now so that their husbands latchkeys are useless. They hear him coming and so what chance has burglarY'
 
 talkative burglar that women are the real protectors of the home. They have in- vented burglar alarms that have made the patent devices useless. Some crumple the rugs to trip any intruder that comes to prowl in the darkness, while others make use of the kitchen ware to alarm them when a door or window is opened.