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people living there are beginning to
leave for higher attitudes.
80 Though there Is much misery, up to
the present time there have been no
fatalities, except at Portici, where an
4 old woman died, supposedly from
fright.
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GOLF TOURNEY AT WASHINGTON.
Prea

Washington, D. c., April 10.-The
annual open tournament of the Colum-
bia Golf club opened auspiciously to-
day, to continue until Thursday. There
is a large attendance of players, both
amateur and professional.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-10
THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER.
AS reported by the
Associated Press
from Washington, D.
c.. for the coming SO
hours:
North and South
Dakota Fair to-
night and wednes-
day: slightly cooler
In west portion to-
night.
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About New Books and Authors


sional singers as wen as amateurs Mr..
Henderson IS at present the musical
critic Of the New York Sun. He is a
graduate Of Princeton IN the class OF
'T6 and was for nearly twenty years on
the star o. the New York Times. His
experience as a critic and his intimate
acquaintance with the greatest singers
OF orr day gives to his ideas and sug-
gestions extra ordinary weight and value.
A new and original work IS ssThe
Cynic's Dictionary by Harry Thomp-
son, just published by the Henry
Altenus Company.
-Repartee," says MI Harry Thomp-
son is the retort you think OF on the
way home BY the same token, cpl
gram Is the bright thing which you
recognize as your own just as soon as
anybody else says il first The cynic
turns naturally to epigarm- that
is why he IS popular Other phLOso-
pliers expound their theories in a
dozen solemn volumes, and are forgot
tens but the cynic packs his thought
into debonaIr sentences, and IS quoted
and remembered Thus Bishop Berke-
ley consumed four long chapters to
make plain his idea OF conscience,
whereas Mr. Thompson merely de-
claresz Conscience is the internal
whisper that says. Don't do It; you
Nj Thompson's book, 1.-THE Cynic's
Dictionary is one long rapid fire of
sparkling epigrams, quick as Calling
guns in action, and as sure of hitting
the mark 1t is a hundred pages of
those bright definitions that you want
to remember in general conversatio
and that you need every time you have
to make q speech or drink a health
Every phase of life comes in for a
shot from M Thompson's eating. He
has a sure eye for the weaknesses in
society's armor, and he never misses
fire There's friendship, for instance.
IAN acquaintance" says Mr.. Thomp-
son. "is the friend who borrowed
money from you" And Love is the
banked fires of passion"
Cupid gets blamed for many err
rOrs Of Judgment
"A woman is as old as her lover
thinks she is"
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SANDY BEND JUSTICE.
His Honor Has to Do some Craw-
fishing.

This court being now open in due
and regular form, said His Honor at
Sandy Bend, as hats came off and dogs
were kicked under benches, the un-
dersigned will proceed to say that there
are times in his history as a justice Of
the peace in and for the four counties
Of Wild Bill, Big Wolf, Blue Hen and
p-and-Roars when he imagines that
he's all the law for ten thousand miles
around. He swells up over it. He gets
chesty. He puts on frills and scollops
and steps high, and there's no knowing
where he would bring up if sudden
tbud didn't happen.
Several thuds have happened in the
last two years, and two more dropped
in last night. Two of the cases I de-
cided last month, and thought I was
doing a smart thing, have been re-
vsrsed on me, and have got to craw-
fish. Out in this country we know
how crawfishing hurts, we know how
1t fills the eyes with tears and the heart
with humiliation. It takes the conceit
out of the best of us-and brings US into
a humble state of mind for a, few days.
when crawflshing has to be done,
hoWeVer-when there hain't any way
to dodge it or walk over 1t or twist
around it-when we find our gun emp
ty and the other Teller holding a pat
hand and ready to back 1t for all he's
Worth-then the crawfishing should be
done like a man and not like a cur.
I'm going to reverse myself. I'm going
to crawl up hill backward, but I'm go
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hopping around a room and everybody
yelling!''
1T was awful, Mr.. Bowser. What
happened next p
''They said I must make a speech.
told 'em I wanted to come home to
my dear wife, but they only roared
and squirted water on meme, Mr..
Bowsher."
"And then what?s'
''They said I was no patriot, but that
my grandfather sold embalmed beef to
the American army I denied it, and
called EN- liars. and then they threw
-four in my face and made me jump
over chairs and swear to eat the Con-
stitution of er United States"
At this recollection Mr.. Bowser had
another crying spell. during which the
cat niauled in sympathy and the night
breezes moaned -dismally When he
had recovered. Mrs. Bowser suggested
bed, and he rose up to try It. His legs
doubled under him. however, and he
sank down on therf1oor and minute
later was asleep She brought a pill
low and quilt to make him comforts
able for the night andsthea turned the
gas low and left the Lively Old Cocka-
doodledoo Patriot to his sleep and his
dreams - Copyright, 1906 by P. q.
Eastment.)
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B0WsER ATTENDS.
The L. o. C. P--a Hold a
CeptiOE-

'Our church Is giving an entertain
ment this evening said Mrs. Bow
ser as Mr. Bowser reached home from
the Office the other evening. "and I
have promised thar we VIII both at
tend There VIII be moving pictures
a lecture, ice cream cake and 50 on
sorry my dear but you viii have
to 60 alone. was the reply
"But you haven't got an appoint
nent I hope
THAT'S just what I have got The
l. O. c. P-'s give q reception this
evening in honor Of three of the
ca hfret officers and ] wouldn't miss
# for a fortune In fact. I am on
t7V1 OF the committees
re- soOdnezs sake. what club IS
thats I nEEEr heard you mention it
before
II may have neglected to mention.
st. but I have belonged to the Lively
Old CUcka duod1edoo Patriots for a
year past 1t ranks as the leading
social club in America No one with
out a strain Of Revolutionary blood
in his veins can belong
But you haven't got any
What shouted M BoWser, as his
face turned red in "a instant I
haven't gone around Dragging about
my blood as Some folks do. Mrs
B0wssr. but I'd have you to under
stand that had no less than three
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well. This is the case with "Blindfold-
ed, by Earle Ashley Walcott, from the
press OF the Bobbs- Merrill company. Its
striking incidents of san Francisco ad-
venture bringing in the life of the Chi
nese quarter, and including a night ex-
cursiOn into the opium-dens of that dis
trict, / cssess now degree of appeal
even G-reater than would have been the
case q year ago. .Blindfolded" is Mr..
Walcott S first long story, but the gau-
cherries Of the beginner do not seem
ingly, mar its effectiveness. AS a tale
of unusual and unbroken adventure 1t
is unique in the seasons output
CUTLER Couch, whose new novel, ssSir
John Constantine" has just been pub
lished is apparently an author who Is
quite contented with his lot My call
ing" he says, tiles me to no Office stool
makes me no mans slave, cOmpels me
to no action that my soul condemns
1t sets me free from town life which
loathe, and allows me to breathe fresh
air, to exercise limbs as well as brain.
to tread good turf, and wake up every
morning to the sound and smell of the
! sea and that wide prospect which to
my eyes is the dearest on earth. All
happiness must be purchased with a
price, though people seldom recognize
this; and part Of the price, is that, thus
/ living, q man can never amass a for
tune. But as it is extremely unlikely
I could have done this in any pursuit,
I may claim to have the better of the
bargain SO %" lives at Fowey, a
charming little SPOT on the Cornish
coast, the Troy Town" of his first
stories, published nearly 20 years ago.
and Of his latest story published The
other day. He was born As years ago
at Polperro, not far from the Troy
Town" he has made famous.
Wilbur Nesbit, author Of The Trail
to Boyland, and a writer who has done
much the past few years to brighten
the pages of the newspapers Of Chi
cago and elsewhere with his delightful
verses, has now completed a humor-
Gus novel which the Harpers will pub
fish at once under the title of The GEN
tleman Ragman. This is Mr.. Nesbit' $
first venture into fiction. The story,
| which is told from a boys standpoint,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22


Mrs. Bowser was disappointed at not
attending the church entertainment
and spoke with feeling For mo-
ment Mr.. BoWser was stunned Her
words were more than sacrileglous.
He gasped for breath as his knees
trembled under him, and then Wh1S-
pered:
Woman, if a man on the street
had insuited the Bowsers in that
fashion I would have stretched him
dead at my feeti History would have
that no family in America sacrificed
more for independence than the
Bowsers. Who led at Lundy's Lane,
CoWpens and Kings Mountain? Who
guided Washington across the Dela-
Ware2 Who led the charge at Sara
toga2 z on can fling your sarcasm at
me, Mrs BoWser, but by the thirty
thousand thunders of thirty thousand
earthquakes, don't you attempt to be-
little my ancestors!"
We'll, I'll stay home and you can
go to your club, and I hope you will
have a pleasant time answered Mrs.
Bowser as she turned away.
Mr. Bowser did not pursue the sub
ject further He wanted to, but the
though flashed across his mind that it
would be just her style to get down
the history of America after he had
left the house and try and md where
the Bowsers came in. She wouldn't be
able to even find their names men
toned. and might reopen the subject
again When the time came she Of
fered to help him get ready, but he
waved her aside He got q. bad part
Of his hair, a bad knot in his tie and
his vest was buttoned up without re-
gard to programme, but she let him go
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Everybody reads the State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

without remark. She didn't think that
the CockaGoodiedoo Old Patriots, after
their hardships and sufferings on many
fields would be very particular about
how their shoestrings were tied.
1T may be two o'clock in the morn
ing when I get in he said.
VERY well. If you can't find the
house, some policeman will probably
know you. Give my love to the Cabi-
net officers"
woman"
But he could say no more. He had
sat down on her hard, and yet he had
the feeling that she had the best of
him. He went off with his cane and
silk hat and patent leather shoes and
she sat down to read. He departed at
eight. and it was half-past eleven when
the door bell rang. She opened it to
find a boy on the step. He pointed to
Mr.. Bowser sitting on the lowest step
and whispered:
Il found him hugging a shade tree
and telling how the Bowsers licked the
British I knew him and so I brought
him home. III help you up the steps
with him"
Mr.. Bowser's legs wobbled and his
head kept bobbing, but he was got into
the house and deposited in a chair.
Mrs. Bowser wanted to give the boy
a quarter, but he backed off and said:
''I couldn't think of it. madam. We
all know what a hard time you have
with him and are sorry for you"
When he had departed she got out
the camphor and smelling salts and let
Mr.. Bowser sniff and battle his face.
In a few minutes he rallied sufficiently
to ask:
Eyes, dear"
''Ish This my home-my dear old
h0 Mes Z"
srWelI, I wanter tell yo' all aboush it.
Shay, they made a fool O me. Yesh,
shir, they made fool O. me-
you can tell me all about it in the
morning. We will be going up to bed
NO. we won't. I won't go to bed till
I tell you about it. If I do I'll bust.
! You know went to recepshun given
| by the J. 0. BIS"
! You said It was the L. o. c. PSI
did I? Whash zhat?"
THE Lively Old Cockadoodledoo. Pa
/ trdots."
ooh. yesh. What did I go for?"
THE club was to entertain three
members of the presidents cabinet
and I suppose it did So"
mo, it didn't Mrsh. Bowsher-no, II
/ didn't. That was all lie. It just en-
4 tertained me, and I'll live ten thou
sand years to get revenge Think OF
the way they used your poor husband
Mrs. Bowsher-think Of it"
Mr.. Bowser bgan to weep. and II
was five minutes before he could be
I quoted. The camphor rubbed on the
back of his neck finally aided him to
control his emotions, and he went on:
There wasn't any cabinet officers
there. Wasn't nobody there 'cept a LOT
Of fellers who wanted shome fun
They made me drink seven cocktails. "
Not seven, Mr. Bowser."
s'Sheven great big cocktails. my dear
and when my head began t swim
they made me try to turn handsprings
Think of Mr.. Bowser turning hand
springsi'
And what else?" asked Mrs. Bow
ser, as she and the cat smiled at each
/ other.
Made me hop around on one foot
Shaid I was hopping after the British
at Trenton. Think of your husband
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

OHN GILBERT taa nero of
Tha Balance Of Power Arthur
Goodr5ch's successful American
novel. recently published BY the
Outing company. has already
been called the Jerome OF fiction
BIS simple philosophy may be
suggested ~ the following renarlzs.
WhiGsa he makes In this vigorous sEory-
isz the thing tha1 counts not me nor
them nur arycosy else.
-nss 4 pretty good work. There
arsn'1 hair as many people who want
to shuu@ yDu and sa1d5ag yen as the
nEuzyaTa1s ~ to max y7ou think t2s1s
arE
II 5Cs1 rzy FRY a Yznksa 10 say that
a thfnE cznH1 be done The n1s1 thing
he lraJNa 11unE ccussa some other 1901
Yankee and does It
Harry looks at Life as a long bridge
ovBT cha9n- IA thinks there's rnozn
for unfg 0na ON d3aat br11ssa- ena to get
aeruzs has got 10 krGcE avszyc7cy else
or
7Ba1ag p1ur IS aI r5sn4 II you can
fwgef IL
-.Tnene Is una Jog greater than being
Win p8opla WHEN one wishes to Be with
peuTsie, and thar Is To Be alone Then ona
wishes to be alDnR-
Every t1mA we hear q band play
wz'd Iiza 10 think RS for rs
rev edIfinn OF SvEznburna-s Poems
that will commend itself IN students and
careful readers VIII SOON be issued By
Thomas Y CTUweu & ca IN their
Handy Vo11 he ClasslcE- 1t is a careful
selection Of shmter POEMS covering the
authors earlier as WEu as later output
edited By Professor Arthur Beatty Of
the University OF Wisconsin who has
appended full nu1HE. photography, in
dices, and other aids to the reader
a book OF the greatest value and I'M
portanne to- an singers ana lovers Of
singing IS 'tThe Art Of the Singer" by
William J. Henderson just published by
the Scribners- In his subtitle he calls
Technics and Style" and it is intended
for the aid and instruction OF profess
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"A breach of promise suit is adver-
Using a lost opportunity"
-.Benedfcks are penitent bachelors. -
FAfinity Is the man a woman travels
all the way to South Dakota to get q
divorce from"
And 'tAlimony IS the grass widows
pension"
But ''Bigamy is its own punish
ment'
Yet, you win observe, Mr.. Thomp-
sons cynicism is of a mellow, helpful
and kindly sort; knocking he says.
lis doing unto others as others are do
ing unto you" But he is severest
with the things that most deserve Sc
verify. We are a people who ike our
ethics with pinch of humor, and the
moralist who says, Dare to do right, =
viii not do as much real good as Mr..
Thompson, who really means the same
thing when he actually says:
Dare to do-anybody.H
DR.. Charles E. JEFFERSON. we'll known
as pastor Of the Broadway tabernacle,
completed little holiday book under the
title, The Worlds Christmas Tree" It
is to be published with appropriate type
designs by Thomas 7. Croweu & Co.
Ainslee's for October contains the
concluding chapters of May Sinclair S
story, Audrey Craven" The author
of 1.-THE Divine Fire" has done moth
ing better than this serial. Audrey is
a unique character, and as portrayed
by Miss Sinclair is consistent and con-
vincing. The plot is also a fine one,
and the climax In these last chapters
dramatic and unexpected.
Stories of our most picturesque state
-California-have always possessed 6
peculiar fascination. The very names.-
California and San Frsncisco,-have
come to spell for US vividness of color
and strange touch of the oriental, and
every one feels the living charm of tht
| phrase THE Golden Gate" Since the
awful disaster that befeu San Fran
cisco. any story depicting life as it ex-
listed before the great earthquake, takes
on an added quality of interest, becom-
ing not only a story but a record as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
KoRAK OIL

Over SIS, 900 worth of these rem
edies have been sold in Topeka.
FOR sALE AT DRUGGISTS.
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tests he hits her a bat on the ear Ihe
toil-hardened cuss pursues, only TO ger
A bullet in the leg, and Humble won
even stop to ask him if 1t hurts mucn.
This court felt its gorge rise as de-
tail after detail was brought out, and
when the testimony was all in such
sentence was imposed as seemed In ac-
cord with the crime. And what has Lol-
lowed? Humble Hiram has appealed
the case and the higher court has re-
verged my decision and ordered a re-
trial. Think of that. and this the TWEEN
tieth century,
.I shall crawfish, but only quite
some. The reversal will be entered on
NV docket but when it comes to re-
trial there won't be any. With run
ming my Red Dog saloon, taking
hand at poker and acting as justice OF
thu. peace for four counties this court
has no time to fool away splitting legal
hairs Humble Hiram will be returned
to the lookup for a couple OF hours.
Then he will be brought out and head
ed M the trail As he is passing the
first cedar thicket an individual will
stem out and accost him and begin to
daily with him When the perform
ance is finished justice will have been
done. and Humble will never again
come within a hundred miles Of Sandy
Bend
eI am not saying that this ERE court
sticks rigidly to the statutes made and
provided in handling a case. He may
wabble to the right, and he may wab-
bic to the left. His idea is that justice
NAV be done If there hainst any jus
tice in the statutes then It seems to be
the duty Of the court to step in and fill
the gap. He can crawfish with all pro-
per grace and humility. but he can also
rise like the Phoenix bird from the
ashes and bluff four-hush through
to the end We will not adjourn the
court and begin the other perform
ances ''-( Copyright 1906. by E. c.
Parcells.)
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relatives in the war for independence.
You may have incidentally heard Of
General Putnam, Paul Jones and John
Hancock %
"It's very funny that if those men
were any relation to the Bowsers you
haven't let it out long ago. I don't
believe they were. don't believe
there was a Bowser in the war. If
there were any Bowsers ever here
then they were buying furs or keep
ing groceries,.
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has to do with exciting and amusing
local affairs in a typical inland village,
which Mr. Nesbit portrays to the dot.
Though with an undercurrent Of hui
man feeling. the narrative is funny all
the way through The chapter that
tells how the barefoot cure was tried
IN Platnyille IS piece of pure, un-
adulterated humor; while that which
relates how the boys mother and faith
er bought clothes for the male MEM
bers of the family is a delicious satire
on country methods of trade. Mr..
Nesbit has an unequalled appreciation
OF a boys point of view, and the book
will be immensely enjoyed by all who
have not forgotten their own boyhood.
It will interest many readers to
know that the author of Broke Of
Covenden announces another novel
through the house of Herbert B. Turn
er & CO., for early fall publication, en-
titled Henry Northcote. 1t is said to
be very original, very interesting, and
very powerful; in fact, Mr. Snaith has
told his story with all the cunning Of
his art. which he so well axemplified
IN Broke of Covenden. On reading the
advance sheets the London Times said.
TT IS the most interesting story that
we have read for months and months. ="
Four more volumes of the pocket
edition of the works of George
Meredith have just been published by
the Scribners. making twelve in all
that have appeared in the set. The
new a, volumes are Evan Harrington, -
THE Tragic Comedians 1.-THE Shaw
ing OF Shagpat~ and 1.-The Adventures
Of Harry Richmond" It is interesting
to note that THE Shaving of Shagpat''
was first published in 1885, the year
after Thackeray brought out 1.-THE
Newcomers. and the year in which
Dickens published Little Dorritt." It
was the first novel by Mr.. Meredith
but he had already published a volume
of poems in 1851. OF the new books
Evan Harrington" was published in
1861. THE Tragic Comedians in 1880
and 1.-The Adventures of Harry Rich
mond'' in 1871.
r.......t. l. - =. 60. r--.--r
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1906-10-08
NAMED ENTIRE
COUNTY TICKET

New Castle county Prohibitionists at
an adjourned meeting Of their county
convention 81 the Board OF Trade
rooms on Saturday afternoon completed
their county ticket with the exception
Of the Ninth. Eleventh, Twelfth and
Thirteenth districts. committee was
appointed to complete the ticket In
those districts and to file the same
within the proper time. The Rev. Joel
S. Gilhllan, Of Newark, presided In the
absence Of Chairman Richard w.
Brown
The nominations made are as fol-
lows:
For Senators.
First Senatorial District, Benjamin
K. Smedley; Third. George w. We'll
din; Fifth. Edwin p. Deakyne; Sew
enth, Daniel 3. Maloney.
For Representatives.
First Representative District, Lem
uel NJ. Hall: Second. Ruel S. LOOMS;
Third. Ashton r. Tatnaii; Fourth. AL
len Lewis; Fifth william d. Shell
lady; Sixth, George w. Simon; Sew
enth. William A. Weldin; Eighth. Will
liam S. Little; Ninth, not filled; Tenth,
( William Deakyne; Eleventh. Twelfth
and Thirteenth, not filled; Fourteenth,
John w. Atwell; Fifteenth. not filed.
For Assessors.
Assessors in Wilmington. First dis
trict, John X. Powell; Second, Elwood
Orr; Third. Angus M. Reed; Fourth, j.
Richard Bicklng; Fifth, Ferdinand B.
Fevree.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1906-10-08
CANVASSED THE
REPUBLICAN VOTE
Betty Wins From Leach For
Road Commissioner By
One Vote

Chairman. L. Heisler Ball presided
at the meeting Of the Republican Coun-
ty Committee on Saturday afternoon,
which met 90 canvass the vote cast at
the Republican primaries on the pre-
vious Saturday.
The committee had one contested
election to decide. that OF Road Com
missioner in BBrandywine hundred. A
re-canvass Of the returns showed that
Alexander Betty won the nomination
over S. d. Leeoh by one vote. there
being no change in the total formerly
announced, the vote standing 1873 to
.lSz
No contests or questions arose on
the other returns and after a careful
comparison with the talley sheets and
official returns the figures already given
were verified and declared the official
vote for the primary election.
The following is the onicial result:
ONCE City County Total