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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
Interest in the Big Sale
Remains at Fever Heat

Ever since the opening of the big
sale of late U. S. Army Goods
which is being conducted by w. S.
Kirk at 100 Front av., the store has
been crowded with eager buyers
and yesterday was no exception
A rushing business was transacted
all day.
The stock consists of khaki
suits, blankets, hats, caps. fine
cloths by the yard, belts. epau-
lettes, guns, sabers, cutlasses
knives, revolvers, pistols and
curios of all sorts. The sale will
be continued for a limited
time. IS"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
The Daily Short Story

as a compact between two reason
able beings for their mutual bene
fit and convenience.
Having come to the conclusion
that she should marry the million
aire she was greatly disappointed
one afternoon to receive wedding
cards from Gordon and his West
ern sweetheart. "All men are
heartless, faithless creatures" was
Hates decision as she tore thu
card in bits.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
KATE FALCONER'S
EXPERIENCE.

Kate Falconer tried to realize
that she was in love, but the result
was a dismal failure. eff l have a
heart" she said to herself, 'it is
certainly at Lawrence GordCn's dis
posal. But, after all, is the game
worth the candle?"
She was a good example Of the
we'll bred, fashionable woman of
the world. In her secret heart she
was as romantic as a girl of 16,
but this romantic side was never
allowed to get the upper hand. At
the same time Kate had numerous
admirers.
This summer she was spending
a couple Of months with a cousin
who lived in the country. Rates
last victim had been a young
| English attache whom she had sub
jugated during a season in Wash
ington. In every way he was desir
able, save that he was poor. And
poverty, especially elegant poverty
| was Kate Falconer's adherence
She had declared openly that she
| would never marry a man who was
poor. With her tastes poverty
| would be uncomfortable.
Of course these sentiments could
e. 10 I Cnt.
don's ears, communicated by some
good natured friend who wanted to
open his eyes. Knowing what was
good for him the young man sud
denly found himself called away
from the sphere of her dangerous
influence. He slipped away with
out further protestations Of love,
without a farewell. Soon after his
departure Kate ceased to talk
about the impossibility of marrying
poor man.
She finally decided that if she
were in love with anyone it must
be Gordon. But she was not sure
enough to admit it even to herself.
To solace herself for his loss,
which she feared permanent, Kate
promptly made the brother of her
cousins husband fall in love with
her
Robert Harris was some years
her junior and she at first ocnsid-
cred him a clever and interesting
boy whose dawning admiration for
her was a sort Of homage due.
Robert, however, d!d not consider
the matter so lightly, and when she
laughed at his proposal of marriage
he was so heartsick that he left her
in a rage.
Then Kate received a letter that
REQUIRED her presence at the sea-
side where her fashionabl friends
were gathered. Gordon was there
Society received her and she gave
herself up to the task OF winning
Gordon from the tolls of a charm
ing creature from the West. The
surprise Of meeting him again had
been q distinct pleasure to the
heartless fiirt.
That result was no sooner ac-
complished than the enchantress
bebgan to find her former admirer
strangely uninteresting. She would
really like to have handed MIN
hack to the Western girl, whose
heart had been sadly bruised by
her lovers faithlessness. The MOI
rors Of grinding poverty once more
became apparent to Rates mental
vision. and Lawrence Gordon was
until he reached the zero point OF
absolute indifference in her estlma'
ton.
At this opportune moment an
elderly millionaire made his ap-
pearance among Hates adorers and
she began to be cynical and bitter.
she spoke of love as the bread and
sugar Of childhood and of marriage
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

Two hemispheres are engaged in
a controversy over one pretty lit
tie girl of 10 years. 4
Shall Daphne Hilmers, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs, H. Hilmers, of Chi
cago, North America. remain$a Giti-
zen of the United States, the land
Of her birth. or shall she becEme a
naturalized German and everlast-
ingly please the sister-in-law of
Emperor William, Princess Fred
erick Leopold CT Europe. ~
For the past three years Daphne
has been a protege Of Princes
Leopold. who is anxious that tbs
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

little girl, who Is of German-Ameri-
can parentage, shall become natu-
rallied subject, so Germany Shall
have credit for the talent which the
princess glories in having dis
covered But Mrs. Hilmers de-
clares Daphne must return ALI
American, and has announced her
intention Of returning to the United
States with her daughter.
The little girl scored a triumph
in a recital at which were present
Princess Leopold. Countess Won
Bue!ow, Princess Victoria Mar
ganta and many distinguished
Americans
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
YOUNG BOUND OVER

Justice Hinkle yesterday after
noon bound w. H. Young, book
keeper in the county auditors
Office, over to the superior court
under bond of $1,000 to face the
charge of wronging Queenie Smith,
age IS. The only witnesses heard
were Miss Smith and her mother,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
TWO IlNEMEN KILLED.

ABERDEEN, Wash, Dec. 12.--J.
M. Dean and Oscar Hansberry,
linemen employed by the Sunset
Telephone Co., were killed here
last night. Dean was caught by a
live wire and Hansberry fell from
a pole near the scene of the first
accident.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

A unique method of spreading his
doctrine is his habit of spending
hundreds of thousands Of dollars
annually in having his sermons
printed in the daily newspapers.
Recently, he secured a divorce
from his wife, after a sensational
trial, during which he said his love
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
MEET AT LIDGERWOOD.

A meeting of the Lidgerwooo
Congregational Ladies' Aid society
will be held in the church tomor-
row afternoon at 1:30.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

Mrs. Ida Benedict. In court the
Smith girl accused Young of re-
sponsibility for her condition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
CORPORATION SUPPLIES

We outfit corporations complete.
Seals, stamps, stockbooks, etc.
Spokane Stamp Works, 518 First
av., opposite Hotel Spokane. ***
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

"The doctor is a specialist, you
say"
yes"
''In what?"
Charging"
She-Can't you join us in a
Summing party tomorrow night?
Other She-Awfully sorry. I'd
like to go. but | can't.
First She-Why not?
Other She-I haven't a thing to
wear.
"Ah, SIR" said the old beggar,
with tears in his voice, eff you only
knew my sad story! l have q
Wife"
"Poor fellow! Poor fellow" in
terrupted the prosperous looking
man. yours is indeed a sad story,
and you have my sympathy. Here's
a dime. Go and get a divorce"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

Secretary w. L. Porter. of the
Western Retail Lumbermen's asso-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

citation. leaves today for Chicago
to attend the annual meeting or
lumbermen held in that city Dec.
T-1S.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

The Spokane Press delivered rs
cents per month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12

was like that of jelly fish in that
it went out to any spirit that re-
sponded to him.
Pastor Russell and his sect are
fast outgrowing their quarters in
Allegheny, and he believes that
Dowie's Zion City would offer an
admirable environment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-12
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.

"The doctor is a specialist, you
say"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
Signals for Engineers.

The Raymond-Phillips system Of au-
tomato signaling between the signal
box and cab Of a locomotive has been
tried with success on the lines of the
North Stafordshire Railway company,
England. The system is arranged to
give a visual and audible signal in the
cab of the engine or any other portion
of the train and simultaneously to re-
peat such signal in the signal box.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
eots,oERATs OF r,+x ooox.
Mural ouest sutS <isss Astsa otssk ~
his IhevahtfafReea. .

Mural ouest Esd sSasss hstsa otsTk "
His Thevehtfafnsss.. :.
'':Tyhis story may SQUAD . BIT asAN
but It II true nevertheless" ssid.o
clerk at the National hotsl. "a isv:
days ago q young man came IN aAa
%rek1stered, and l Immediately ASeA
him up as a resident OF the rural d.
tricts. He was very vsrdant, and that
wa demonstrated beyond doubt later
when he asked me what tine dinner
would be ready. I told him :ae hours
for meals, and he left the desk.
Shortly afterward he came back. !
saw there was something on his mind
and thought I'd help him out.
cts there anything I car do for
you, sir?' I inquired.
"'Well, I Dunno he replied, bat
! was just thinking I'd tell you I
won't be here at dinner time. so you
needn't bother about waiting for me
I've got to meet a Teller about the
time you SAID was meal time, and I
don't know Wicker I'll be able to get
back. l don't want to put folks to
any trouble, so you had better tell
the cook about it. I guess I can get
along without dinner for one day any
how
I'VE don't often have guests who
are so considerable of the cook" unused
the hotel man.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
For For Clean Oaths.

At the commencement of the bust
ness at Highgate police court Sir
Francis Cory-Wright called attention
to the fact that The Book upon
which witnesses were to be sworn in
future had celluloid washable covers
He thought every one would agree
that a desirable improvement had
been effected. On the cover are the
arms Of the county Of Middlesex. 1t
will be the duty of the usher Of the
court to keep the cover clean.-Lon.
don Tribune.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
GIRL HAS HER OWN IDEAS.

Not to Be Persuaded That Soda Foun-
tain Customer Knows His Mind.
The German girl who presided over
the soda fountain in Heckelmeyer's
drug store was accustomed to patrons
who did not know their own minds
and her habit of thought was difficult
to change. I'D like a glass of plain
soda," said a stout man, entering one
day in evident haste as we'll as thirst.
You have vanilla or you have lem.
on?" TRANQUILITY inquired the young
woman.
Il wish plain soda-without strip.
Didn't you understand me?' asked
the stout man testify.
Vas" and the placid German face
did not change in expression or color.
But wat kind Of sirup you want him
mitout? Mitont vanilla or mitout
lemon?"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
Cat Wanted to Fjuht Snake.

Adam Abney's wife, on the head of
Hardwick's creek, says the Clay City
Times, a short time ago was out on the
road with a pair of twin babies and a
large Maltese cat came across a large
rattlesnake, which the cat was want
ing to attack.
Mrs. Abney set the babies down in
the road and killed the snake, but all
the while had to hold fast to the cat
to keep 1t from the snake. The snake
had ten rattles and a button.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
NOTHING TO SMOKE.

Have you made Jack give up smok-
ing?"
1T isn't necessary. After calling on
me in the evening, he always leaves
with the cigars in his vest pocket
broken and crushed"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
John Wamberg O. Gold Meda Pharmacy
Rev. Irl r. Hicks 1907 Almanac.

The Rev. Irl II. Hicks has been COM
peeled by popular demand to resun e
the publication Of his well known and
popular Almanac for 1907. This splen-
did Almanac is now ready. for sale
by newsdealers. or sent postpaid for
Is cents, by Word and Works Pub
fishing Company, 220l Locust ST., st.
Louis, Mo-. publishers of Word and
Works, one of the best dollar'month y
magazines in America. One Almanac
goes with every subscription.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
1t Mas Wronu.

Sunday School Teacl er-"Some
naughty boys cut off a cats tail. Can
any of you tell me why it is wrong to
do such a thing?"
Willie-""Cause the Bible says,
What God has joined together let no
man put asunder.'"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
Furnishing a Convict.

One of the best attractions in the
penitentiary during fair week at Co.
lumbus, Ohio, was Charles Holland,
colored convict, who cut off his finger
to get out of work several weeks ago,
and was compelled to stand on a box
in the blacksmith shop, where hun
dreds of visitors pass each day, and
there display himself. A sign on his
back and also in front, read:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
Il CUT OFF MY FINGER
TO GET OUT OF ORK

-.
Holland stands on the box all day
long. He has already spent nearly
twenty-five days on the box and has a
prospect of standing that much longer.
He will be released when his finger
gets well.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
FARM LOANS

have money to loan OF inn
proved Farms, at low Rates and
liberal Terms. Write me for
particulars.
J. B. FOLSOM,
OH front 5t. Fargo, N. d.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06

First Little Chicken-Broken egg
shells are nasty things to squeeze
through.
The Old Hen-Why so, my dear?
First Little Chicken-Just look how
I've torn my coming.out gown.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06

The best silverspo]ish on earth
at Fu]mer's Jewelry store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03

state dispensary in the Congarec and
let her float on towards Charleston
The Brice bill was well for the state
The people of the counties should be
allowed to settle the question under
the Brice bill. The Brice bill gave
pure democracy. He was opposed to
the state dispensary, and in favor of
the citizenship deciding the county
question for themselves.
lie favored compulsory education,
and he had made speech in the house
in favor Of it.
Inc negroes were now getting an
education while the children of poor
men like himself, whose children were
IN the factories and on the farms,
were not going to school.
1t was the duty Of the people to CO.
operate in the enforcement of law.
We should act manly and be men
and assert ourselves upon the grave
issues before the people.
lie had endcavorcd to carry out
every pledge he had made two wears
ago, and if reelected he should stand
where he stood two years ago, and
that was for the right.
lie had urged the supervisor to be
rs economical as possible Hc held
the purse strings Of the people and
If the people elected competent sup
ervlS"r the expenses of the county
would soon be materially v decreased.
He discussed farm labor contracts,
having advocated increasing the pen
atty for their violation.
He advised the people to be men
and vote for those they believed
would best represent them in the leg
islaturc.
DR.. 9. T. Wyche
who has signed the pledge, and who is
III the race, was not present
A shower of rain after Mr.. Taylor's
speech scattered the crowd.
Jnn. Il. Aull.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
THE HERALD AND NEWS.

which he is possessed. He tells the
people, that it is theirs to give, and
he asks them to look at him and see
if he is not the proper man to give
it to. Here he always injects "though
[ am not running on my good looks" "
but some of the campaign party are
not inclined to take this disclaimer
too literally. AS Col. Sloan would
say that is only one of Ansel 's "met-
aphors." He declares with emphasis
that he "started life with jack
plane and hand saw" and that he
is "not ashamed Of it," He then ex-
PLANES that he would. like to talk
Of drainage, of river navigation, of
immigration, and Of good roads, but
that he must hasten on to the all i'm
portant subject of "licker." He is
opposed to the system of a State dis
pensary and wants the people of each
county to have the privilege of de-
ciding by popular election whether
they shall have county dispensary
or prohibition. He says nothing what
rAt''merk feae-u,-Gseh eta lupupu
ever about high license. He cites the
county diSpensaries in North Carolina
and Georgia as examples of success,
and tells how regular reports could
he made to the county grand jury. to
the judge and so forth. He argues
with the people that if they are
capable of managing their own af-
fairs in respect to other matters, they
ought to be able to do it with re-
speet to this. "Greenville county
should not say what Lancaster county
shall do about its own affairs" Then
all of sudden, at certain place in
his speech after expounding his Pc
expression, and no mon can PREJUDICE
up little nearer, leans over the stand,
raises his right hand and declaims in
thundcrous tones, "But, fellow citiz
ems, [ stand for something higher and
nobler than liquor.' And he takes
up the balance of his time in a rath
er platitudinouS ono-committal advo-
cacy of education, in more or less
general sort of way. Ansel does not
tell his Farewell. Brother Crawford
story. Four years ago he came very
near bcin" elected governor on that
story. But this year time is too-short.
1t would take fully half of it to tell it.
Cole L. Blease.
There are two ways for speaker
to hold the attention of an audience
and make the audience remember him
after it is over. One is to praise the
audience to the skies, and the other is
to pitch into them like the dickens.
Blease, more than any of the other
candidates studies his crowd and
though he does not always give them
what they want, they always listen to
him. The other day at Lancaster,
strong prohibition county, where they
had voted out the dispensary and
where the crowd that came out to the
meeting evidently felt proud of it and
OF mind 10 do it again if occasion
should arise, Blease made a vigorous
attack on prohibition; not prohibition
IN general either, but prohibition in
Lancaster, which he declared was
hnmbug and a farce. "You got bar
room down here in the express office,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
DR.. G. T. Wyche

joined the campaign party at Mt.
Pleasant on Wednesday. lie said he
had been urged to make the race by
many persons from all parts Of the
county and had ut last consented to
offer for the legislature. He favored
sure food bill and stood for the
state disrcnSary as the best solution
OF the liquor question that had vet
been evolved.
The mcctin" of MI. Pleasant was
very pleasant one and was largely
attended. The barbecue was first
class and good cheer prevailed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
THE CANDIDATES
AND THEIR VIEWS
HOW THEY TALK TO THE PEG.
PIE,
Impressions Of Those Who Would Be
dovernor-How They Appear
Before The People.

Zack McGhee in State.
1t is scarcely correct to say there
are no clearly defined issues in the
race for governor, and yet there is
SO much confusion that each candi-
date, after all his claims of having
n distinctive platform. is in fix
somewhat similar to that of certain
cndidate for alderman in Spartan
burg a few years ago. Asked what
ms platform was, he replied: "I
hanvent got any platform. I'm
Just running on my man.' These can
dldates to a very great extent are
running on their "man.' and that
is why little chat about them NAV
be valuable as we'll as interesting.
Martin F. Ansel.
Nearly every candidate for govern
or has fling at AnScl Anscl smiles,
and no matter what they say, he does
no more than smile. He never re-
plies. None of them acusc him Of dis
honor nor of anything mcaner than
what they call "straddling" the issue.
Col Sloan in his unique style the other
day pictured him at the battle of
Kings Mountain, with his forces part
OF them on one side of the mountain
and part of them on the other, by
which tactics the eloquent colonel de-
clarcd Anscl would have "playcd
thunder' On another occasion the
colonel spoke Of Anscl's two horses,
cone called Prohibition and the
other Whiskey JackS.' McMahan
refers disparagingly to Anscl as the
" AS you like it candidatc.' Manning
declares that if Ansel is willing that
the people shall "have what they
plcasc' in the matter Of "lickcrN
which is the only subject of differ
encr' debate. on diSputc-then he
fears that should Anscl become GOV
ern"r he would be willing to let the
people cd" aS they plcasc' Some
OF them refer to Il standing offer 4.
Is. Williams once had in Grcenvillc
OF prize for the man who would tell
INN where Anscl stands or ever stood
on anything. All the time Anscl sits
on the stand and smiles genially, the
corners of his sandy moustache cur
ling up around his nose and his blue
eyes bcaming goodnaturedly. When
he gets up to speak, he makes the
same speech, with the variation of
scarcely a syllable, gesture or an
infection, that he made the day be-
fore and has made in 90 counties of
the State. Some one has said that
Anscl, if he is elected, will have lit
orally smiled himself into office. He
starts ont with an expression of belief
that it is "high and honorable Of
fice' he is seeking and that he con-
sidcrs it Il "noblc ambition' with
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER BOOK,
Some Churches Refuse to Recognize
Innovation Recently Author
lied.

When woman is seen on her way
to or from church on Sunday bearing
prayer book it is no longer safe to
infer that she attends a Catholic or
an Episcopal church, She may be Il
Presbyterian carrying the New Book
OF Common Worship, which has lust
been published with authority of the
Presbyterian General Assembly.
For three years n special committee
on forms and services of the general
assembly, headed by the Rev. DR..
Henry Van Dyke, has been working
on this now prayer book The first
copies Of the completed hook we're
received from the Presbyterian Off
cial Board Of Publications on Satur-
day.
The approval Of the general assem-
bly, to the innovation of prayer book
for use in Presbyterian churches was
not obtained without a struggle, nor
will il be possible to introduce the
books into individual churches with
ont some opposition. Many loyal
Presbytcrinns, especially those of
Scotch descent, look upon the innova-
tion in the church as savoring of Ro-
manism or Episcopalianism. The best
that could be done in the general as
sembly was to secure its permissive
approval, and the title page Of the
book bears the announcement, "For
voluntary use in the churches.'
Now that the Presbyterian prayer
book is published, however, all that
remains FOR those who oppose it is to
refrain from its use, and it is predict
ed by Presbyterian leaders that many
churches will so refrain. In tho east,
however, and in tho large cities Of the
country, the now book is expected to
be largely used.
Women will be interested to know
that in the marrige service the word
'obey" is omitted.-New York Times.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03

$50 you are still unmarried" said
the girl friend. eyes" answered Miss
Cayenne. "And when I sec the disap-
pointments Of the girls who are mar
5ried begin to believe there is, after
gall, something in this doctrin Of the
survival Of the fittest. "--Washington
Star. --.E- ~.