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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-05-18
Wanted.

am in the market for 10000 cedar
posts as follows; Round part to be not
less than six inches in diameter at small
end, and, seven feet long and peeled.
Split posts to hove timber in them equal
to round pasts, six inches in diameter.
All posts to be sound timber Please
quote me prices on these and how many
Won can supply. w. NJ. DUTHIE.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-05-18

DO you know that Tea, after a
short period, looses it's strength?
Well, it does. So if you are a
Tea drinker you are interested
in this ad. Why? Because, after
reading it, you will know why
GOLD LEAF TEAS are the best
on the Pacific coast. The reason
is plain-Gold Leaf Teas are
ALWAYS fresh, and sold under
a guarantee OF
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NOTICE..

If you don't get your paper call at the
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Tax sale certificates, redemptions, assignments
Licenses-4O per cent licenses sold outside incor
porated towns. ....... :,....: 80. $500
Costs of viewing and surveying rejected roads.
Road damages rendered non-consentlng lane
Expense-es establishment of road-City OF Pa
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awarded by Il committee appointed by
the Norwegian parliament. In addi-
ton to about $4,000 in money each
recipient Of Il prize receives a gold
medal valued at 5000. There is no dis
tinction Of nationality in the award Of
these prizes. The new ruler of Nor
way, King Haakon VII, and Queen
Maud were present at the ceremony
when the Baroness Won Suttner was
adjudged the winner Of the peace prize.
The baroness was engaged in her
youth 10 a young army officer, who died
Oh the battlefield. Her father was
Field Marshal Graf Klinsky, a gallant
Austrian soldier, and she was born at
Prague in 1S43. She saw much of mill
tary life and from witnessing the hor-
rors Of the battlefield came to long for
the abolition Of warfare. The death Of
her young lover, Prince Wittgenstein,
intensified this desire and resulted
some years later in the writing Of
Down With Arms" which moved the
car of Russia to call the first peace
conference at The Hague. 1t was not
until about a dozen years after the
death of the prince that she married
the Baron Gundaccar A. Won Suttner.
They labored together in the field of
literature, and when he died not long
since he requested his wife to keep on
with her work in the cause of frater.
nifty and peace.
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r PEACE PRIZE.
4 CnfQue Honor Won By the Baron.
ess Bertha Won Suttuer.

4 CniQue Honor Won By the Baron.
ess Bertha Won suttner.
The Nobel peace prize has a money
value of about $4,000, but its great.
est value consists in the high distinc.
ton which it confers upon its recipi.
ent. There was talk about the posi-.
bility Of its being awarded this year
to President Roosevelt because of his
efforts in behalf of international peace
In connection with the treaty of Ports
mouth, but the winner is the Baroness
Bertha @ Suttncr. author of Down
With Arms" and delegate from Aus
trla to the international peace congress,
which met in Boston last year. BY
the will Of the celebrated Swedish sci
enlist, Alfred bernhard Nobel. who
died in 1896. most Of his large fortune
was so ~bequeathed as to provide for
the maintenance Of several educational
institutions and of five annual prizes,
each Of the value Of about $4,000, to
he awarded for the most laudable work
In the field of literature, for the most
important discoveries In physics, chem.
istry and physiology and for the best
effort toward the fraternity of the ma
tons and the promotion of information.
al peace. The Nobel peace prize is
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Mr.BOWSer and
His Ambitions
He Plans to Form an Antitrust
Association and a Few
Other Clubs.
WIPES MOTHER ARRIVES
She Efec.ually Puts a Stop to Proposed
Meetings and Mr.. B. Suks In
Gloomy Silence.

copyright. 1906, by Mcclure. Phillips & Co..
ID like you to hurry up dinner a
little tonight" said Mr.. Bowser
as he reached home from the Of
flee the other evening and hastily
dotted his hat and Overcoat.
what is going to happen?" asked
Mrs. Bowser.
Several things. A number of us are
going to meet here tonight to form an
antitrust association, and l shall prob
ably be elected president of it."
YES"
"Then l expect a committee from the
Liberty club. 1t has been discovered
that there are thousands Of people in
America who don't know the American
lag when they see it, and we propose
to scatter the emblem of liberty all
owe the United States. The old presi-
dent has resigned. and l shall be elect
ed in his place"
II Soc"
Then VIC are going to organize what
will probably lie called the honest
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1t would be proper to call on him to
say grace. Looking toward him, the
host bowed and said, will you kindly
oblige us by saying grace:"
Mr.. Payne is reported as having re-
Piled. II presume you are addressing
me, sir. but | am so blanked hard Of
hearing l did not catch YOU words"
There was no grace said ut the dinner.
Senator John W. Daniel is one Of the
picturesque figures of the sennte, and
his crutch is a reminder that he ia a
survivor OF the great sectional struggle
OF forty years ago. 1t was while sery.
ing III the Confederate army on the
stair OF General Jubal A. Early and
during the second battle Of Bull Run
that Il shell shattered his right leg and
compelled him to wear Il cork one for
the rest OF his life. He was once In con
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members III an uproar Over some holly
debated proposition. Speaker Cannon
had been pounding for order, but no.
body paid any attention to him. Just
then Mr.. Barnes. who is a mild man
nered man. and Assistant Doorkeeper
Kennedy came in.
Uncle Joe was getting angry. He
pounded until it seemed he would split
the desk. At length the members sub
sided gradually and with many NUT
terings. Incle Joe was red in the face.
He had to say something or explode,
and his eye lighted on Barnes and Ken
nedy standing by the door.
"Ah." said The speaker. "Ah, ha! If
YOU people have q message to deliver,
why in thunder don't you deliver tt"
Congressman Serena Il. PAYNE, who
for years has been at the head Of the
ways and mems committee and by
virtue Of his position leader Of the Re-
publicans on the floor of the house, is
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ne conquest OF
Youth'-that wasn't fiction. and-and-
and the conquest Of Canaan" he finish
ed humorously.
"The conquest Of Canaany" repeated
Harrington slowly. whats that:"
His friend laughed. "Nhy, by
Joshua!" he said. Don't you know
your Bible, man?'
Its the very thing" said Mr.. Tark-
ington triumphantly. "We'l call the
town Canaan, and the book The Con-
quest of Canaan It's just what I
want. Besides, the part Of Indiana
where the story is laid Is full Of Bib
lical names-Zionsville, New Palestine,
Lebanon, and so on"
And THE Conquest Of Canaan" it
was.
There arc peculiar people who pose
as famous authors and get quite a lit
tie glory out Of the sham for a time.
Richard Harding Davis. novelist and
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mans party at the next general elec-
ton, and five or six gentlemen will call
here. l shall be made chairman"
Aren't you afraid that some of these
men may be playing you for a good
thing:" asked Mrs. Bowser, as they
sat down to the table.
What! Play me for a good thing?'
shouted Mr.. Bowser as he held the
carving knife in the air.
Eyes. You know you have often been
played"
"Woman, what do you mean? Am l
to be insulted in my own house and
to my teeth? Who has ever played
me? Who has yer looked upon me as
a mar who could be played? Don't
try t. sneak out of It, but answer me
s%quarely."
Haven't men come here and pre-
tended they wanted to make you alder
man or mayor or govern0rT"
YES; men have come here, but l
gave them the bounce! Played! Played!
Mrs. Bowser, get it into your head that
I'm no fool. When a set of men start
out to play me for n soft snap they've
got to get up early in the morning"
"But l don't see why you should med
die with those things you speak of.
Why do you do it,"
Il do it because I'm opposed to trusts;
because l am a liberty loving American
citizen: because l am an honest man
and want to see an honest government.
4 mar without ambitions is no man ut
all"
well, l hope they won't bamboozle
you." she said. with a sigh.
''There you go again." fairly howled
Mr.. Bowser as he knocked his plate of
the table with his elbow and caused
the cook to come running In. You
hope they won't bamboozle meme,
Mr.. Bowser-your husband! BY thun-
der. woman. I don't know what to
make of YOU"
"Why don't your asked d voice ut
the o o of the basement stairs, a voice
that almost made Mr.. Bowser jump out
Of his shoes.
The front door had accidentally been
unlocked. and the mother-in-law had ar
rived and walked in.
Mrs. Bowser rose up and welcomed
n kissed her. but Mr.. Bowser's face
turned red as he sat and glared at her.
Samuel" said the old lady as she
removed her hat and shawl and sat
down to the table. you we're doing a
heap Of loud talking when I arrived.
What is it all about?"
MIR. Bowser grudgingly named the
gentlemen whom he expected to call
and announced their objects. as he bad
given them to Mrs. Bowser, and added:
Mrs. Bowser was expressing her
fears that I'd be bamboozled. II l was
regularly nominated in convention for
the presidency. she'd think there was
some trick in it. What the devil does
a woman know about these things.
anyway"
Samuel Bowser. don't you use an.
other oath in my presence. You are al
ways getting into scrapes. and Sarah
knows it and l know 1t. II there's a
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NSSil, III Silt, III tN-
cry part of the world. Princes. dukes,
raJahs. sultaus and even kings were
numbered among this individuals
friends.
At the end OF the performance he
shook Mr.. Davis heartily by the hand.
II hope" he said. that We may
meet again. nm Richard Harding
Davis
".Are you:' said Mr.. Davis, laughing.
$50 am l."
One day in Egypt Mr.. Davis was
studying the pyramids when a guide
approached and said to him:
ut took hundreds Of years to build
them monuments. SIR"
"A government Job, ehT' said the
novelist.
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cuS %AA We
get out this way"' inquired one Of the
ladies.
Yes. madam answered the Wis
consin statesman, who had just come
on victorious in a hard fight for renom-
nation. you al get out most any
way Then he added refectiveiy, Its
a lot easier to get out Of congress than
It is to get in
"oh. we didn't have any trouble ut
all getting in" returned the woman.
who failed to see the point.
Il did. madam" said Babcock as he
solelnnly bowed his farewell.
Senator William a. Clark of Mon
tana, who presented Il million dollars
to a new grandchild the other day, is
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Sweetenel.

dearest" he said. do you know
that the average consumption Of sugar
in this country is seventy-five pounds
a year,"
She caraiueled ar inaudible reply.
well, it is" he went on, land l fig
ure on the basis Of the five pound
boxes l bought that last year you got
loo pounds ahead Of the average"
mo wonder you call me Sweet
heart,'" she marshmallowed gleefully
and ate on.--Philadelphia Ledger.
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ed the Yankee,
with the utmost nonchalance, II sun
pose got careless and looked back"
Senator Daniel tells Of an Old darl,v
who held to the theory that 1.-The Lord
helps them who help themselves" in
the matter of prayers. When asked his
experience. old Nose said: "Well, sab,
some pra'rs is ansud an some amt. It
depends on what yo' axes for. Just
arter, de wah, wen 1t was mighty hard
ecratchin' for de cullud hredef1n, I no.
decd dat wheneber I prayed de Lord
% SEN one O Marse JenkinS' fat chick.
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woman within a hundred miles Of this
house who doesn't know more about
politics than you do. I'd like to hear
her name"
what! What! Don't talk that way
to mel"
"La-la to you! Walk upstairs to the
sitting room and take a seat, and when
l have finished my dinner I'll have a
little talk with you. I just felt 1t in my
bones that I ought to be here tonight"
Mr.. Bowser went upstairs and walk
ed to and fro and ragged. The cat fol-
lowed him, and it was q good time to
give him a hoist. but he neglected it. He
was still walking when his wife and
mother-in-law came up and the latter
said:
"Now, don't sweat your collar. Sam
uel. Sit down and listen to me-"
mo n asked you to come on a
VISIT" he retorted.
Il asked myself, and don't you get
too sassy or III stay a whole year. To
begin with. tllere'll be no antitrust
meeting here tonight. The fellows are
COAiIllS SIMPLY W pay YOU.
II say there will be a meetingy'
"And | say there won't, and that set
ties it. The Liberty club may come
clubbing around. but oiey won't be in
vited to drink or smoke"
You talk as il this was your house
and l was only Il boy
"Never mind bow l talk. l know
what ci1S WIN 0p,1 <10 ,,ou,OI,, &c. -
There's room in this country for an
honest mans party. but it won't be or
ganized here. There's the bell, and I'll
answer it."
1t was a delegation of three men to
help organize the antitrusters, and the
mother-in-law bowed to them and said:
It's all off. gentlemen. Apply to the
nearest %saloon.."
they hadn't got out Of the gate when
the Liberty club delegation arrived.
Its. been cut out, gentlemen" said
the mother-in-law, with a smile. "Plen-
ty of claret in The house, but none for
you"
They were hesitating what to do
when the honest men arrived. els Mr..
Bowser in?" was asked.
"He is. but lie can't be played this
evening. Smother evening, perhaps"
"Are You his Wife,"
mo His motherin-law!'
"Then that settles it," said the hon
est men in chorus, as they almost fed
down The steps.
by the living lingo, madam" began
Mr.. Bowser, as she returned to the sit
ting room. hut she walked straight up
to him and said:
"Cuddle down, Samuel, cuddle down.
Sarah and l are going upstairs for a
little talk, and when l come down I
want to find you and tell you a few
things. If you leave the house I'll hunt
you down."
1t was two hours later when she
came down. Mr.. Bowser had taken a
seat on the floor to sulk and had fallen
asleep. His knees were drawn up, his
an orphan far from lemonade or soda
water. The cat lay on his back with
his legs up. and there was an atmos-
phere of inconsistencies in the room.
Poor Samuel!" sighed the mother-in-
law. II hate to do these things, but
how else can you get along with such a
man."
II tell you l run this house!' said
Mr.. Bowser, speaking in his sleep.
"He may, but l guess mott"
"And I'll have who l want here"
"You think you will. but, you see,
your mother-in-law is here"
"And If you don't like it you can 60
to grass"
"Sleep, Samuel; Sleep" said the
mother-in-law as she turned away. II
have come to stay a month or more,
and you'll need all your strength to
stand up under the strain"
NJ. QUAD.
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kind of Il He
has no use for
friil.s, and when
| the wife of n
rural constitu-
pnt presented
him with some
gray cloth she
had spun on her
own loom lost
no time in hav-
ing it made up
into Il suit. Nor
will he be
a ASHAMED to
wear it while
Occupying the
speakers chair.
Uncle Joe does
not 60 much on
appearances. He
agrees with Ben
jamin Franklin,
who while at the
French court
was willing. in
thn 1.,nr,,, ~, ~
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remembered he
Qad an appointment with Edward II.
tiarriman's attorneys ut his office.
"No-haven't time." he said.
And the boy grunted savagcly. Eyer
mean you mint got the price. don't
yer. mister:"
The senator told the story ON himself
When he signed the check for $4,000
wv about ten minutes later that paid
Tor 500 miles OF Oregon Short Lima
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Win Il
northerner who
had brought let
ters Of introduc-
ton fro IN a
friend. 1t hap.
pened that the
1%nOltherner was
a veteran of the
civil war.
Yes" said
the Yankee. II
was partiCi-
pant in the late
unp!casantness.
You see this 2"
he added. point
ing to Il G Il on
his face. II got
that ut the sec
ond battle of
Bull Rum"
How in the
world did YOU
get hit in the
face ut the bat
tleof Bull RUM"
mischievously
asked the south
crller.
''nh raSr,n,l
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though, that nov
and then an ilnpos.
sible servant turns
mp. An impossible
servant, a cook,
turned up at the
house of a friend OF
mine last week,
This cook was from
New ampshire.
She came to my
friend with a high
recon m endation
o an employ
ment agency, but as
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Snapebote
lit Washington
Celebrities

HE honor of de-
livering the an
nual message of
%thenatiOn's chief
executive is usu-
ally given to
Renja min F.
Barnes, assist
ant secretary to
the president.
He once fell un-
der the wrath of
the usually gen.
ial Uncle Joe
Ca n II o n. The
president on this
occasion h a d
c h a + Il Mr..
Barnes with the
delivery Of a
special message
to the legisla-
tors at the ma
tional capitol,
and on arrival
ut the chamber
of the house of
representatives
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war correspondent.
was in New Mexico
a year ago attend
Ing Il performance
Of his farce, 1.-The
Dictator" when Il
young man ncar by
entered into CONVEX
sation withhim. The
youn man proved
to be entertaining.
He was tall and
strong. and he had
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tatious man. He
has Il habit Of
going around the
streets without
much regard to
the niceties Of
his personal ap-
pearance. lie
was walking
down Exchange
place, New
~ IA, ONc Jay
with his hat in
his hand, Il very
Informal look
Ing ~''lnagnate."
At the corner Of
New street Pat
| Curran, ten
years old and
Irish, stopped
him.
"Shine, mis-
teri said Pat,
pointing sugges-
lively at the
senator's boots.
The latter
glanced down,
noted the shoes
| were dusty. but
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known. toe. as
m advocate of
tariff revision.
and some claim
that he rather
than Governor
Cunlmins is the
real father Of
what has been
called the Iowa
idea"
Congre ssman
Babcock is q
business m q n
who made a for
tune out of lum-
Der before he
entered politics
and was elected
to congress from
Wisconsin. He
Is noted for his
courtesy, Il d
~ day he en-
countered a par
ty of women IN
n corridor of the
~
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ne WINGS up Dy con-
quering the town."
His friend ponder.
ed a moment. "Why
not call it the con-
quest Of something
or other :" he sug-
gested %helpfully.
"What %conquests
have there been In
titles already?" ask
ed the author.
"Well," returned
the other, there's
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u Il OF grave
and reverend
denleanOr. This
fact. together
with the circuln-
stance that he Is
n trife deaf. led
to an elnbar-
RAISING incident
at a dinner he
once attended.
The guests
were not we'll
acquainted with
each other, and
the host was
practically un-
known to the
guests. Mr..
Payne sat In
solemn form
away down the
table, and his
sedate appear
ance suggested
to the host that
he might be a
clergyman and
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the language or slf.AhER CANNON I'm
his friend Paine, ROUTE TO CAPITOL.
to ''let those wear fine clothes who
need them"
The speaker is al optimist. In re-
ferring to some peoples gloomy fore
Lodings the other day he said:
C.! do not hesitate to assert that this
country is better today than it eve
was in its history: that the people are
better-moro honest, more moral and
less disposed to yield to temptations
that are put in front of honest men at
every turn. The people are just as
mighty now in the matter of elections
Us cv" before and just as discriminate
ing as to Whether Il man has done his
duty. Undoubtedly we are better Off
than Werc our forofatllcrs. The mil
lounium il not here. ii il true. and
things Will not he !; bit interesting
when everything becomes perfect. We
are doing better, though"
Representative Joseph W. Babcock
Of Wisconsin. chairman Of the house
committee on the District of Columbia.
has been chairman of the congressional
campaign committee of the Republican
party in several campaigns. He is an
Old party war horse. He has been
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D0 m

"Archie's new automobile blew up
WIN him on the first trip. and he sued
the firm that sold him the machine"
Did he ecove anything:"
Everything. l believe, but one finger
and a part Of an ear."-Chicago Trib-
une.
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Serious

"Your daughter is such Il frivolous
society butterfly" remarked the sedate
friend of the family. Don't you think
she would be happier if she had some
serious purpose in life!"
"Oh. she has," replied the mother;
'she's looking for a rich h%usband"'-
Detroit Free. Press.
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NEW BUST OF DUTCH QUEEN

Portra val In Marble Of the Gracious
Ruler Of Holland.
The bust of Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland by a Dutch sculptor, shown in
the accompanying picture. is consider
ell to be an excellent portrayal in
marble Of this gentle ruler. Queen
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ms TO- de old man dere was no notice
took Of dc !.et.sLu.. i,E when / r.. /:
lat he would sen de Old man TO ,le
y ic!len de matter WIS tended to befo'
s...lup de ext morEin'!!"
Speaker Joseph G.. Cannon of the
house of re. .reS%rntatives. who reio.,vs
In a new suit of ho1nespun clothes.
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Chief among the several factors that
make or mar the successful launching
Of a novel IS the question Of its title.
Not many months ago Booth Tarking-
ton was lamenting to a friend that his
new novel had not vet been christened.
"What is the main idea Of the novel?"
his companion asked.
"Well, the hero Is a really fine young
fellow who has grown up with a bad
name somehow-give a dog a bad
name, you know-and every mans
hand IS against him. and he has a pref
ty tough time Of it for years, but finally
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"coAA 40 CuC C1LCl Cu
the house she began to ask the most
impertinent questions.
my friend answered her questions
with civility, but in the end they reach
ed a point where civility would no Ion
ger serve.
~ sec YOU have a daughter. What
Is her name:' said the new cook.
"'Margaret,' my friend answered.
"'Margaret?' said the cook. Dear
me! l guess you'll have to call her
something else while I'm here, for my
names Margaret too.'"
Rev. Charles Wagner, who wrote
1.-THE Simple Life a book that was
highly praised by President Roosevelt,
spoke in a New York church one Sun
day when lie visited America some
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MARBLE BUST OF QUEEN W1LHELMINA.
Wilhelmina is twenty-five years old
and succeeded to the throne under the
regency Of her mother on the death Of
King William III. in 1890. She assum-
ell full regal responsibilities in 1903.
Though n gracious sovereign. she has a
strong will Of her own, as she showed
when she selected as her prince
consort Duke Henry Of Mecklenburg-
0chwerin. whom she married In 1900.
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gushing ove with enthusiasm.
ooh. Mr.. Wagner" she exclaimed, ~
am SO delighted to see you! I have en-
joyed your operas SO muchv!
Pastor Wagner fed.