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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-05
BY J. w. T. MASON,
Special Commissioner to Russia of
the Newspaper Enterprise
Association

the Newspaper Enterprise
Association.
PETERHOF, Russia, Sept. s.
They call the czar in st. Peters burg
1.-The Prisoner of Peterhof. That
he is for all practical purposes a
prisoner, closely guarded by the
grand dukes, there is no doubt. He
lives not in the great Peterhof pa
lace. but in a smaller building, the
Emitage. much better situated in
the Peterhof woods for military
purposes.
Peterhof is in reality an armed
camp. Soldiers, police and detec-
tives swarm over the little village.
The railway station is closely
guarded. and everyone that arrives
by train is scrutinized as he leaves
the platform and if at all a sus
picious looking person is Swallowed
until he leaves.
There are 1400 Cossacks at
Feterhof who do nothing but guard
the cars residence, Mounted on
their superb horses, and armed
with rife, revolver, sword and ma
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-05
POLICE COURT A
COLLECTION
AGENCY

F. S. Skidmore in police court
this morning asked for a postpone
ment Of his case that he might set
tie his board bill with A. Ander-
son OF the Central cafe. Anderson
had Shdmore arrested for an at
tempt beat him out of about
$40. Justice Hinkle allowed Skid
more's request and he rs to appear
tomorrow and show II he settled
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-05
R|NGLEADER
CONFESSES

FAIRBANKS Alaska, Sept. 81
Robert Miller, ringleader in the big
gold robbery has confessed and
officers recovered $4,000. There
is $4,000 still missing.
In full.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
SKILL IN TYPEWRITINo.
Speed That Exceeds That Of Many OF
the Most Expert stenog-
rapherS.

The astonishing dexterity which the
modern virtuosi of the typewriter pos
soss was shown In the Chicago con-
test in which the winner wrote 1881
words in 80 minutes, an average speed
Of 154 words q minute, says the Spring
field Republican. This Is a brisk pace
even for shorthand work, and many
professional stenographers have
worked years without attaining a $50
word speed. But the character of the
test makes great difference, for II Is
one thing to rattle OF a repeated SEN
tence on a memorized passage and
quite another to deal with new mat
ter, especially IL the vocabulary is not
very simple.
. There are many kinds Of type writ.
ing where the fastest expert would have
to feel his way along at a paltry 40
words a minute or so. II must be re-
membered, too, that the second half
hour must be slower than the first,
and the second hour slower still. Rae
ing speeds must not be taken as a basis
for steady work.
Moreover, the matter Of accuracy is
even more important than that of
speed. There should have been a spe-
cial medal for the young woman who.
though she finished but fourth, made
only 50 errors in 4,0S5 words.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
ROMANS AS SHOW coERs.
Something Of Interest for Modern
Lovers Of the Drama 10
Ponder.

Just how the ancient Romans went
to the theater and what kind Of shows
were billed In the days Of Augustus
and Nero was explained BY Prof. Wal
ton B. Mcdaniel In free public lee
ture at the University Museum Of Sci
ence and Art yesterday afternoon.
The audience heard with some sur
prise that the political lights of Rome,
the senators, got the choice seats, the
aristocrats sat next, then came the
husbands and wives and last OF all,
way up in the peanut" gallery, sat
the women who came without escorts.
The lecturer also told that married
men got better seats than single men
and that boys were seated under the
view of their pedagogues.
In describing the big theater built by
Pompey the Great he startled his hear
ers by declaring that in the fine art of
handling the masses Dick" Croker
was a child compared to the late
Pompey. The lecture was illustrated
with numerous lantern slides.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
sAxoNY TRAINS OFFICIALS.
Practical Methods Employed in Ger
many to Give Leaders Ed
ucational Training.

Consul Harris, Of Chemnitz, deyel-
ops another of the great practical
methods Germany is using to give her
future helmsmen the most thorough
educational training. He writes:
"A number of young assessors, who
have practically completed their law
studies, have been delegated to spend
from six months to a year In some of
the large business and manufacturing
establishments In Chemnitz, Leipzig
and Plauen. The manufacturers are
satisfied at the step and gladly well
come the young men, for the reason
that they are interested directly and
indirectly in improving the state SER
vice, 30 that affairs pertaining to trade
and industries VIII receive more ap-
preciative attention in the future. NY
informant has one Of these young men
In his once now. His duties are to
learn the routine Of trade work. The
methods Of manufacture will be taken
up later on, and thereafter the man
ner In which goods are exported to
foreign countries"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
CATHEDRAL IN ICE At SEA
Marvellous Spectacle Witnessed by
Sailors OF the Bank Of New
foundland.

An iceberg that resembled huge
cathedral dazzled the passengers OF
the Scandinavian-American steamship
Hellig OIav when that vessel was pass
ing the Bank of Newfoundland re-
Gently, reports the New York Ameri-
can.
The Hellig Olav az the time was cut
ting her way through a calm sea I'M
der a cloudless sky. The sun shining
on the domes, spires and pinnacles Of
the iceberg rendered it a marvellous
spectacle. It appeared on the star
board bow, not more than a mile
away. It was fully 200 feet long, but
the main body Of the great mass OF
crystal was not more than 80 feet high.
Above this rose what resembled a
dome of ice, what might be termed
the roof of the berg. There were
scores Of spires and needle-like points
pointing upward.
So greatly did the form Of the berg
resemble a cathedral that one passen-
ger remarked that he almost expected
to hear the chimes sound.
The berg rejecting the rays Of the
setting sun in a thousand glittering
points remained In sight until night
fall, fading astern to a small dot that
was brought into relief through marine
glasses.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
OLDEST BODY OF HUMAN.
RAmains of a Man Who Is Thought
to Have Lived at Least
5000 B. C.

The oldest body Of any human being
now reposes in the Egyptian gallery Of
the British museum. says the Ameri-
can Antiquarian. II is the body Of a
man who was buried In a shallow
grave followed out of the sandstone
on the west bank Of the Nile In Upper
Egypt. This man must have hunted
along the banks Of the Nile before the
time Of the earliest mummied king
which the museum possesses-before
the time of Menes. who was supposed
to have ruled Egypt at least 5000 B.
c. There were previous to that time
two prehistoric races, one the con-
querors. and the other the conquered.
from which sprang the Egyptian race
Of the earliest dynasties. It is with
these remote stocks that this man has
to do.
Considering the condition In which
he was found, 1t is evident that he was
associated with tina late period Of the
new stone age Of Egypt. He was
buried in a Characteristic neolithic
grave. with his neolithic pots and in
struments Of dInt about him. There
Is, Of course, no inscription of any
kind on the pots, knives or grave, all
having been made long before the In
vsntion Of any written language.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
FRENCH INDUSTRIAL ARTS.
The Application Of Higher Training
TO Trade Is Everywhere
Apparent.

Consul Goldschmidt, Of Nantes, con-
tributes an extended article on indus
trial art education In France and us
influence upon French industries. He
says In part:
There are at present In France
aside from the national art Schools
800 provincial and municipal schools
of fine arts. which are free to young
men and women. While leaving 10
each school the development Of the
line of art suiaed to local needs, the
state gives direction by annual visits
of inspectors of drawing. The applica-
ton to trade is practical and complete.
The administration Of fine arts Sc
Iects and sends the greater part OF the
models useful to instruction, gives
prizes, scholarships, purses and en-
couragement to pupils who have dis
tinguished themselves during their
course of studies. The influence OF ar
tistic training upon the industries OF
France is paramount, and the ordinary
observer Is struck at once when ex-
amining an article IN the French shops
Of home manufacture of its superiority
over similar goods made in other coun-
tries. II one visits an art gallery or
museum in France on Sunday. the
great interest of the working people
NAV be witnessed in the arts and
sciences. A conversation with these
workers reveals a general interest OF
the masses in matters of art and Its
p,eneral annlication."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Valuable Glass

When is glass worth more than
gold? When it is the 'ense of a micro
scope. The record increase in value of
the manufactured article over the raw
material is probably made by this va
riety Of glass, which multiplies itself
100000 times. The front lens OF a
micro-objective costing about IS
weighs no more than about .O017 of a
gramme, hence the value Of such lenses
to the height Of a kilogramme would
be abos-1 $4,000. 900. The cost of max
Ing this weight Of glass is three to six
cents. and thus when worked up into
the shape of q lens the glass has in
creased In value about 10000, 900 times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Ms Greet Ambition.

This ambition not to be satisfied win
little things IL Characteristic OF men
Of great hber, and II had o great deal
% do In shaping Beecher's career. II
Re had had an ordinary ambition, ne
never would have been the power In
the world that he Was-he never would
have become one of the first preach
ers in the world. A steady stream
cannot rise higher than its fountain
hsad.-Success Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Statues with Top-Hats.

Some Of the London newspapers are
arguing over the number Of statues
with top hats" there are in existence.
One is a statue of the late President
Kruger that never reached Pretoria
and lies in a yard at Durham. Mrs.
Kruger stipulated that the top Of the
hat should be left open 30 as to hold
rainwater for the birds.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
WOMEN WHO LIKE TO STAND
Street Car Conductor Says They Do
It to Keep Their Clothes
Unwrinkled.

By the time the car, reached For
tIeth street there were no fewer than
a dozen vacant seats, but the girl In
the new tailor-made gown refused to
avail. herself Of their hospitality, re-
lates the New York Press. The mes
senger boy pointed them out to her.
So did the woman in blue and the man
with the red beard, but to all invita-
lions to make herself comfortable the
tailored girl said: mo, l thank you.
l get on soon," and continued to lurch
backward and forward in the middle
Of the car.
The conductor watched her grimly.
81 could have told those folks it was
no use to try to make that girl sit
down." he said to a passenger ON the
platform. "She never does. / used to
try to get her to rest herself for
minute or two, Just for q change, but
never could do it. She has been rid
ing In my car pretty regularly for
about q year. and no matter whether
the passengers are many or few sell
dom have seen her sit down. I used
to wonder why she chose to stand up
and flop around that way, but have
come to the conclusion that she does
It because her clothes At so we'll.
81 have seen lots Of other people
with the same trick. When find q
woman who insists upon standing in
a car where there are vacant seats, /
look at her clothes, and 1t turns out,
nine times in ten that she has a good
figure and a dress that wouldn't show
. 1yrfplyIa undar O u1fcroscona
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Effective Remedy.

II Is said that a candidate for parlia-
ment at the recent English elections
while tustifying fogging in the army
remarked: There is no necessary dis
grace in being fogged. / was once
6ogged myself, and it was for telling the
truth, too" 'Tt seems to have cured ye,
said a voice from the back Of the hail.
This story was also first told about Prof.
Nahafry, Of Dublin, Father Hsaly, OF
Bray, making the retort-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
How About Defeatf

Art has its charms for the nliterata.
A COPY Of THE Winged Victory" was
placed last summer in the library OF
the University Of Rochester. A work
man assisting in the operation sur
viewed the headless and armless STATUE
With interest. An what may ye call
that fellow" he asked. That's the
statue Of Victory" said the librarian.
Victory Is it," said the man; begorra,
I'd like to see the other fellow, thin"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Need No Rocking,

In, Alaska the pspoose Is placed In
Q kind Of waving cradle, into which
It Is securely tied, the whole being
fastened to q young sapling Or planted
In the ground in q slanting direction;
It moves up and down at the slightest
proVocation. In summer the baby b
left for hours together outside.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Inst as We Think.

OF course there is no future for stale
brains, or for a man who stands stir
and ceases to grow. He is old who
thinks he is old, and useless who
thinks he Is useless. When a man has
ceased to grow he begins to die, and
many people are half dead at so, not
because of their age, but because Of
their mental attitude, because OF the
way they face life.-Success Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Needed Revision.

A bill is before parliament for the
revision Of certain ancient Scottish
laws. Among them are: That ma
SCOTSMAN bring in the realme ony
Inglismen." THAT all PERSONS sail
cum to Courts in sobyr and quiet man
sr." THAT ma Inglisman have benehcs
within Scotlande." Also the statute Of
responsibilities ridaris and gan
garis throu the center"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Got His Dates Mixed.

At q christening in the wilds Of Mis-
souri,, while the minister was recording
the event, he happened to say:
LET me see-isn't this the 27th?'
81 should say moi" retorted the indig-
nant mother, 'it's only the ninth
Chicago Daily News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Sidewalks of France.

Huge stone slabs suitable for side-
walk construction are seldom encoun-
tered In France, and asphalt walks are
equally rars. The popular material 10
. cement block, which IL cheap, dur
able ana satisfactory. These blocks
are made in q variety Of shapes, sni
eoiors. and IN their more expensive
forms are much used In interior WORK
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
His Periodical

They stood on the old porch watch
ing the red full moon climbing over
the water.
Dear mel" said the girl. 'T won
der why the moon is always redcs-
when IL a full"
SAL" whispered the tall young
chap at her side. That is just the
man In the moons nose that we see. |"
Columbus Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Speaking Of Women.

"One popularity about the feminine
sex seems to be the impossibility of
discussing 1t with moderation; critics
are either violently antagonistic or
fSlsely complimentary" says Lady
Violet Greville, In the London Graphic
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
MeKinley's Optimism.

President Mckinley once said:
always peril, and always after them
safety always darkness and clouds,
but always shining through them the
Hight and the sunshine; always cost
and sacrifice, but always after them
the fruition Of liberty, education and
civilization"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Sailors Wish.

An English sailor on the battleship
Albion expressed, when dying in port,
q wish to be buried at sea. The Albion
vent to sea expressly to carry out the
wish.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Lengthy Painting

When the effects OF the Olympia,
London, we're sold by auction the 9TH
Or day, the auctioneer could get for a
panorama Of the Mediterranean, q mfe
long. which had cost more than s2s.-
90. an offer Of only S10s.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Prefer the Money.

"Richley's children are all quarreling
over his estate"
why? To see who'll get his valu-
able art collection?"
''No; to see who won't get it"-Ds-
troit Free Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Ambulance for Dogs.

The Bristol (Eng.) home for lost and
starving dogs has provided an ambu.
lance on cycle wheels for the convey
ance of injured dogs to the institu-
ton.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Tbs Orange Crop.

Last years production Of oranges In
this country was 10000. 900 boxes, o.
probably 1.soo. 900 oranges. That
is an allowance Of 20 to each Inhab-
liant.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Silent and Noisy Lettsr.-

Reform our spelling. Cut out the
silent letters. Then cut out the ones
that make q noise. After that va can
have some peace.-N. Y. Mail.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
when Ambition Wanea-

II Is the perpetual effort to attain
the ideal that enlarges the whole life.
The moment the ambition begins to
wane or tends to become sordid or sell
fsh the individual begins to shrivel.-
Success Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Iruu Ore In SIGHT.

The world has only 1o, O0o, 90. 900 tons
Of iron ore available, and the supply %
liksly to run short inside Of q cen
try.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Mistakes Of Matrimonv-

Many a man who thinks he Is marry
Ing an angel may find that she a
equipped with a pair Of asbestos vinev
few months later.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Keeping Young.

Az long as the heart is young ana
the thought IL youthful old age cannot
touch you.-Success Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19

Mr.. WIZ Crooks, Il p, speaking q,
East Ham, said the labor party ana No,
spell Empire" with a big @H."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19

You can generally come TO q square
understanding with an honorable man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19

Siam was q cotton producing OOaa-
ny 2.5Oo years ago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19
Britannia camaln

fhs British government owns mon.
than e6.Noo eansls.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-05-19

Il takes $4,000 tons Of copper Q montA
y eAtisl5 home and foreign dsmAndA
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
HA Nd : ! / BAG ! ] !
BAR GAINS.

From now until Feb. first we will
sell all our handbags at off the
regular price. McCoy's leather
goods are always the SWEETEST and
they are GOOD values at the req ular
prices, 50 70 be able g bue them At
Of the regular price makes them
4 fine bargain, indeed.
We have them ranging in price
from 500 6 5000.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
Mccoy GOES
TO CHICAGO
FEB. lst.

About Feb. lst our buyer, Mr.. =.
v. Mccoy, will 60 to Chicago to buy
our spring stock Of Jewelry and
Drug Sundries. When he comes
back you can look for new goods
and big bargains il every line.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
ALARM G. OCkS
75c.

After Feb. first they will cost you
$l.oo each. We are selling every
thing except diamonds at 25% dis
count until Feb. LIST. This sale in
cludes all our watches, clocks, jew
eIry, cut glass, china, etc. The
clocks that we are selling at 75c
are fairly welI-made and should run
for years if given just ordinary care.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
YOUR BROKEN JEWELLERY.

Our expert jeWelry repairing makes it possible
to have broken jewelry made practically good
Watches clocks clean thoroy and put best Of
ming order II you have any "crppIes" in small jewcry,
watches clocks around home bring them in and
how we'll fix them up Our charges most
reasonable. Try
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
SICk-RooM GOODS.

There few families that escape the need Of
room supplies. Although they fortunately may not be
CURED now It's well to know where you find such
ed in hurry We large stock Of sickroom goods
IS we are ny the patronage OF physicians from all
vared-so much that it's impossible to enumerate the
articles here but when occasion arises for the any
thing Of this nature depend finding it here
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
ROUND SHOULDERS

Are often and those having them generally have weak
lungs your shoulders thereby expanding
chest and allowing the lungs full play II already
wear SHOULDER BRACES: We have them for non
holding the shoulders back most comfortable They
sell for $l0o to $l5o pair Let Show them you
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
TOOTH BRUSH VALUE.

We out to corner the sale 25c tooth brushes
Mnot and this is the way decided to it, We pay
the wholesaler 2oc each for 25c brush and 500
time in order to fine value money we
sci! that brush for 25c That's small profit 70 make
Csc SALE but expect to make them often that
do we'll in the end tho the profit is have
these brushes SALE They fine ones
price, You'd pay twice price in lots places
Of these brushes has stamped the back Of
gladly replace Of them should they do other
Now, don't forget the place to toothbrush
for quarter is at McCoys
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
He QUALITY
Of DRUGS

Is Of far greater import
ance than the price.
Drug economy is getting
drug quality at reason
able cost. We consider
that the fairest way we
Can treat our customers
is to give them the pur-
est goods that we can
obtain. It's a matter Of
principle with US to sell
pure drugs and we feel
that we are responsible
for the health Of the peo-
pie who favor Us with
their trade. When you
want medicines in which
you can place depend-
ence remember you can
get them here. You'll
find our prices are no
higher than you'll pay
for ordinary quality.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-18
EVERYTHING
CUARANT

We want our custom
ers to have a feeling Of
security every time they
trade here. AS we guar
antee everything, there
is no reason why they
should feel otherwise.
P erhaps you don't
quite understand what
I'VE guarantee" means.
With US it means that
the purchaser is to be
satisfied. If you pur-
chase drugs, medicines
or other articles 80 no
matter what - at our
store and find they do
not meet your require
ments, even though they
are as represented, bring
them back and we will
cheerfulIy refund your
money. Can anything
be fairer :?