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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

old Virginia Beauchamps-good Godi
1t breaks my hearth"
You have answered yourself, sir"
said Mary Ellen, her voice not steady
as she wished. 81 live out here OF,
the prairies, far from home, but am
a Beauchamp from old Virginia"
"And them"
And the Beauchamps kept their
promises, women and men-they al.
ways kept them. They always will"
i know" said Franklin gently. "r
would rely on your word forever. I
would risk my life and my honor in
your hands. I would believe in you
all my life. Can't you do as much for
me! There is no stain on my name.
l will love you till the end of the
world. Child-you don't know"
All, you have your answer! Now.
listen to me, Mr.. Franklin. I. shall
keep my promise as Beauchamp
should-as Beauchamp shall. I have
told you long ago what that promise
was. promised to love, to marry
him-Mr. Henry Fairfax-years ago.
promised never to love any one else
80 long as I lived. He-he's keeping
nAS p1oAuiSc nOW-DaCR Ln0ro-1n old
Virginia. now. How would l be keep
Ing m.ne-how ami keeping mine.
now, even listening to you so long?
Take me back; take me home. I'm
going to-going to keep my promise,
sir! I'm going to keep it,"
Franklin sat cold and dumb at this.
all the world seeming to him to have
gone quite blank. He could not at
first grasp this sentence in its full
erect, 1t meant so much to him. Yet
after his fashion, he fought mute,
struggling for some time before he
dared trust his voice or his emotions.
Very WE'LL" he said. "I1I not crawl
not for any woman on earthi It's
over. I'm sorry. Dear little woman.
l wanted to be your friend. / wanted
to take care Of you. wanted to love
you and to see If I couldn't make
future for us both''
MY future is done. Leave me.
Find some one else to love-"
You were the only one," said
Franklin slowly, "and you always viii
be the only one. Goodbye"
1t seemed to him he heard a breath.
a whisper, soft word that said good
bye" 1t had tenderness that set a
lump in his throat, but 1t was fol-
lowed almost at once with a calmer
commonplace. I'VE must go back"
said Mary Ellen. "It il growing
dark"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
WAY TO ACQUIRE ELooUENcE.
Former Governor Black Did It Try.
ing to Sell Sewing Machines.

ing TO Sell Sewing Machines.
Ex-Governor Frank S. Black became
governor of New York through his
eloquence. When he took the gayeI
as temporary chairman of the repuk
lican state convention of 1896 his
name had not even been suggested
for the nomination. After his open
ing speech, however, the whisper
went around among the delegates,
What's the matter with Black for
governor" The following day the
regular candidates were dropped and
Mr.. Black was nominated After the
convention Mr.. Black told some
friends how he acquired his elo-
quence.
When was young man." he sai1,
II went down from Troy to New Ene
land to make my fortune. / soon
found that fortune was not running
after me. and, when my funds ran
low, took the only job in sight
that OF agent for sewing machine.
I travelled through the country dts
tricts selling machines, and In thsG
way built up whatever eloquence I
possess. You have no idea how hard
it was to sell machine in the back
woods in those days. Some of the
farmers thought they were inven
lions Of the devil, while others re
garded them as swindling devices
Holding a convention spellbound II
cinch compared to the difficulty had
in convincing a farmer that a sewins
machine was q good thing."-Succesk
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Jupiter Noddinu.

Shakespeare is all wrong" NUT
tered the leading man to the soubrette
as the star walked out in front to take
the call meant for the chief actors.
"In what Particular" asked the
soubrette.
1.-THE fault is in ourselves that we
are underlings," angrily replied the
leading man as he watched the mo-
nopoly in front of the footlights.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
In Effect.

why, Slibbles." we say to our
friend, In surprise. when we see him
pulling at big, fat cigar, didn't Won
swear off smoking the first of the
year. Didn't you vow not to smoke
another cigar for five years?"
YES, ne replies, blowing out
huge cloud of smoke. Eyes. did
and say, 1t seems to me to be about
ten years since l swore off,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
A Joke on Him.

whats old man Groucher kicking
about?" asked the hardware dealer.
Wanted ten pounds o. nails" re.
piled the clerk, "an wouldn't trust US
to send 'em. Insisted on taking them
with him"
Huh! hope he'll sweat for It."
"I'll bet he will. sneaked five or
six extra pounds of 'em in the pack
age"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Almost.

Talk about dreams coming true-I
dreamed last night that burglar en-.
tered my room, took my watch from
the dresser and sneaked out before 7
could catch him. woke up, jumped
out OF bed and looked for the watch"
WAS 1t gomez"
mo, but it was going"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Not Evenly Matched.

"Have you anything to say why
sentence should not be pronounced
upon your" asked the judge.
Nothing, your honor, except that l
hope you will make allowance for the
fact that the lawyer who convicted me
had louder voice than the one who
defended me."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
A Domestic Note.

Tete de Veau took a newspaper
from his pocket. chuckling.
Look here" he said. Look at this
advertisement Smith has in the per-
sonal column. Come back and I'll be
kinder When did his wife leave, do
you know"
"It isn't his wife," L'Oignon an.
swered. Its his cook"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
QiIution.

Farmers" announced the fair visi-
tor from the city, ARE just as dis
honest as city milkmen."
"How dye make that out? asked
her host.
why, I saw your hired man this
morning water every one OF the cows
before he MIXED them"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Best He Could Do.

"You know" said the young man in
the case. "that I am poor, but don't
you think we might be able to live on
bread and cheese and kisses?"
YES" replied the fair maid, but"
Then" he interrupted, "see If you
can work your father for the bread and
cheese and I'll attend to the rest"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
One of Its Uses.

AFTER ALL" said the moralizer,
whats the good Of money. anyway? r.
"Well," replied the demoralizer, at
enables a man who has 1t to keep
away from the people from whom he
could not keep away If he didn't have
It."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Welded to His Art.

What has become of punkline, the
poet?"
"Oh, he's quit the poetry business
and gone into the artificial gas bust.
ness"
"Why did he do that?"
HE was just determined to make
his fortune scanning meters."-Kan-
sas City Times.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Keeping AHoat.


A month had passed since the count
ess had sued for divorce. A week had
gone by since the papers had men
toned the affair.
my dear" said the count, cant
you file amended papers or some
thing? We've got to keep in the
swim, you know"
Thereupon the lawyers were set to
work afresh.
A Bitter View.
Lovatt-"It's funny that love stories
should invariably end with the mar
riage of the hero and heroine"
Henpeck- so?"
Lovatt-"Because that's really only
the beginning of thei, lives"
Henpeck-"That may he. but it's
the end of the love story"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Overa and Over.

well" said Morrell, speaking of
the demise of mutual friend, "a
man can only die once, and"
IT don't know about that" inter-
rupted Wiseman. ~ see by the papers
that the youngest drummer boy to
enter the union service is dead again."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Distilled SPIRITS.

The spirits distilled in the United
States for the fiscal year amounted to
141 100000 gallons; an increase OF L..
100000 gallons over the previous year.
although the number Of distilleries d.
minished 497.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
observation-disclosures.

.'Ah, they seem to be two souls with
but single thought" remarked the
sad-faced man cycling the couple on
their honeymoon.
WELL" said the bachelor, 81 some
times think they have even less than
that"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Unexpected Endorsement.

Uncle Jerry PEBBLES was looking
over the list of amended spellings"
recommended by the reformers.
Good land!" he exclaimed II don't
see nothin' strange in them words.
That's the way I've allus spelled EN-"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Nothin' DOM.

Jack-r proposed to Miss Straight
lace the other evening and she In
sisted on my giving up drinking,
smoking and automobiling on Sun
days.
Tom-Well?
Jack-so l gave up the idea of mar
rying her.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Take a Bottle or Two.

Rimer-Have you read any of
those versified advertisements I'm
writing for "Phissick's Pink Pan
acea?"
Crittick-Yes. and they make me
sick.
Rimer-Good. That's the effect I
want them to have. 1t helps the sale
Of the "Panacea."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Wise Papa.
She-Papa believes in the pleasures

She-Papa believes in the pleasures
of anticipation.
He-Do you agree with him?
She-Oh, yes, indeed. In the sum-
mer he promises to buy me sealskin
coat the following winter If I'll give
up going to the seaside, and in the
winter he promises to send me to the
seaside the following summer If I'll
give up the sealskin coat. So, you see,
am always happy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Just a Crank.

What did that new arrival want?"
asked st. Peter.
He asked me If I knew where he
could get hold of four old halos," re-
piled the attendant angel. "He says
he wants to try and build an auto"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
One of the MANY.

Hicks-Does she take in boarders.
Wicks-Sh-h! Don't speak SO loud,
But between you and me take in" is
just the phrase.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Great Provocation.

you say, madam, that you were
under great excitement when you
struck this woman"
Eyes, she had just found the family
Bible with my age in it."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
A Pearl she.

Harry Tin department store)-How
would this book, Gems of Thought"
do for Bellies birthday?
Maude-Im afraid that Belle Is
mere given to thoughts of gems.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Johns Iinb-itafjone

k-TTITU-IIdITOnS,
DO you think John will grow any
taller?"
ST hope not"
"Why?"
Hes almost too tall now for bis
fathers old pants"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
The Truth at Last,

General" said the shade of Emer.
son. Il should like to know the true
story of that cherry tree episode"
well. 1t was this way" replied the
shade OF Gen. Washington. Papa
said to me: George, did you cut down
that prune seratina" NO, papa said
l. I cannot tell lie. did not And
there the incident closed. You see,
the tree was not a prune seratina at
all, but prune cerasus."
True to Nature.
Nervous Bridge Player (deprecat-
ingly playing cards)-I really don't
know what to play. I'm afraid Of max
ing fool of myself.
Lady Partner (reassuringly) -
That's all right. I don't see what else
you could have done.-Punch.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
Him Frinstance.

The Downy One-Bah Jove, y
know, they used to tax men who
raised mustaches in Queen Elizabeth's
time.
The Pretty One-Well, 1t appears to
tax some men I know to do 1t now.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
A Mistake in Lives.

Aren't you afraid. Mabel, to spend
your life with that sixty-year-old duff.
fer?"
Mabel Cooking over her trousseau)
His life, mother, not mine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20
So He Might.

90 ne Mtgnt.
i see that Edison Endorses this
new scheme of special foods to slim
ulate the brain to do certain lines of
work."
THAT so?"
Yes, but he'll have to make a dem
onstration of its efficacy before I In
vest"
But what sort of demonstration
could he make that would be con-
clusive?"
He might eat hunk OF angel food
and invent flying machine"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-20

Probably.
What are you crying for?" N
I fell down on the Ice and papa
laughed at me-"
But that's nothing to cry about"
i know 1t, and amt crying about
that; but papa fell down on the Ice
and laughed at him."
"Well. l wouldn't cry about that,
either"
"You would II you got the spanktn'
got.''-Houston Post,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
Duval Attempted M.raLlrI.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Rankin Du val. an actor. member of the Players club. tried to commit harakiri here stabbing himself in the stomach with a knife. The Japanese method of sui. eide was made familiar to Mir. Duval when he played Fonda Tanji in "The Darling of the Gods" In a thrilling scene Fonda Tanji ends his existence by disemboweling himself with his short sword.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
Ate Porous Plaster.

EXTINCTION, N. r., Dec. 14.-Anto- nio Cussiamano, an Italian laborer of this place. is in a critical condition as the result of eating part of porous plaster. Cusslamano complained of a pain in his chest and went to doctor, who prescribed porous plaster Anto- nio got plaster and ate part of 1t.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
Family Saw Him Killed.

FL PASO. Tex. Dec. 14.-NNilllam A. Fairclough of Ridgway. N. J.. was run over and instantly killed by passen- ger train on the Southern Pacific rail road near this city. He was standing on car platform in full view of his family in the conch when the coupling broke and he fell between two cars.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14

For problem novels. knotty trees are most appropriate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
Have Bomb For TilIm.p.

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 14.-Dallas Cooper startled the police here by tell ing them of plot to explode a bomb at the meeting Monday night at which Senator Tillman is to speak on the race problem.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
charged With Fraud ana Abauss ion

BLOOMFIELD, N. J., Dec. 14.-With the arrest here on charge of embez- blement of Thomas Lloyd Hollister.s q New York lawyer, there was brought to light search which is being made for his fifteen-month-o child, Thom- as. Mrs. Hollister alleges that her husband has kidnapped the child
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
Rights of the Church.

sy The whole question is one of the natural rights of the church. It is not, as the Hartford Times puts it, a question as to whether church or state will be supreme in France, but whether the church may have that supremacy which is rightfully hers in matters spiritual. Not religious de- nomination in the United States that would not claim that kind of su- premacy for itself and that would not bitterly resent any action of our government if 1t stepped in to in terfere. To those who may ask why the church in France could not ac- cept the separation bill, forcible and succinct reply is given by NJ. Brunetiere. In the Revue des Deux Mondes for December, 1905, he says: We complain because the concordat has been denounced without even an attempt to negotiate it's ameliora- tion, because by the mere fact and in consequence of this denunciation, France has severed all relations with a power which, though unrecognized, Is not suppressed, and, though de- spised, is not annihilated; because, resolutions of such a nature as to change the interior and exterior poli- tics of great country were made 'ab irato,' by one man only, and without any consultation of opinion: because in suppressing the forty mil lions of the budget of worship, pledge of honor publicly and solemn ly taken. has been violated; and, in- deed, because, had fair separation of church and state been desired only a single article, stipulating that from a certain day forward the churches would come under the common law of association, would have been re- quired." In other words. the bill is too full of vague distractions which furnish too many loopholes of es- cape from responsibility and give no guarantee of good faith. For these reasons has Plus X rejected the sep aration bill, and future events will. I think. justify his policy.
 At any rate acts of political bri- gandage will henceforth appear in their true guise. and not cloaked un- der the hypocritical pretense of con- serving condition of affairs that the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
Governor Elect Hush.. .t Roche.ter,

ROCHESTER,. N. Y.. Dec. 14-Gov- ernor Elect Hughes. speaking here last night. renewed his ante-election prom ises and said that with the support of his party, of those allied with him In the late campaign and of many then opposed i've cannot only endeavor, but achieve.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14

bill is but transitory measure, a step necessary to the spread of ir- religion. In their eyes religion is an error that must be cast out. Already numerous tentative projects give a hint of what these men intend to do. The trouble in France would come sooner or later, for the anti-clericals would force the issue.
 The present bill is too precarious in its nature, has too little certainty about 1t and is moreover an act of spoliation. that has no warrant in jus tice or right. Take for example the budget of worship, on what principle of justice was It's suppression made? The budget was a national debt con- tracted when the clergy placed their property at the disposal of the nation under the constituent assembly. Ecclesiastical salaries were not paid in virtue of the concordat but as q public debt payable in justice at all times under whatever regime. The salaries were a perpetual rent pro- cured to the church in exchange for goods, and, as a matter of fact, ante dated the concordat by twelve years. To suppress these salaries without at the same time restoring the property for which they were promised, looks very much like public robbery. There is here involved a question of equity. Whether the churches belong to the state or the commune; whether orig mating before or after the concordat, they are churches built for Catholic worship and for that alone. They were paid for by Catholics, Catholics own them by right that is unassail- able. With them are connected the fondest remembrances of their lives: around them cluster the most sacred associations of childhood, youth and old age. They were baptized in them, married in them, wept and prayed and hoped in them; these were the tombs that contained the ashes of their fathers and to their sacred walls chung all the tender "reminiscences of a lifetime. Is 1t not monstrous act of injustice that the Catholics of France should be de- spoiled of these churches which they erected at their own cost? And yet if the church desired peace it is to the iniquitous legislature that she would be obliged to accede, and that, too, without any reliable guarantee that restringent measures would cease
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14

Wood pulp is made into paper, and 80 trees become books.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
ruling spirits of the French govern ment earnestly desired to destroy.
 T. M. CROWLEY.

SUITABLE TIMBER. For soulful works-the pine. For seaside books-the beech. For country yarns-the hickory. For animal tales-the dogwood. For books on style-the spruce. For schoolboy stories-the birch. For sporting articles-the boxwood. For necrologies-the weeping will. low.
 For problem novels, knotty trees arc most appropriate.
 Wood pulp is made into paper, and 80 trees become books. For joke book-the chestnut.-Bos. ton Transcript
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-14
Ioubcs's Visit to Emmanuel.

The next difficulty between France and the vatican was the intended visit of President Loubet to Victor Elm manuel III at Rome. But as 1t Is politico-religious question we may pass it by as having no special rela- tion to this article. which Is intended to deal only with the surely spiritual rights of the church. Suffice it to say that it ended with the recall of the French ambassador. M. Nisard. and that after his recall came the cause of the final rupture in the contu- maeious conduct of two bishops. Mgr Geay. bishop of Leyzl. and Mgr NoIdez. bishop of Dion. Almost from the beginning serioas charges of an entirely ecclesiastical character were made against Mgr Geay. He vas ad- vised to resign his see. At first he accented. but later refused except that he be appointed to arofher see. The nature of the charges precIuded such action. and other charges being added he vas again requested to resign with the ad- morftion that refusal voEld bring further action This communication Mgr Gezy sent to the Grench g0vern- mept. whfch demanded it's recall. bat ou the false assumption that he. Mgr Cesy. would otherwise be deposed- Tbe pzpzI secretary of state explained that the expression used ''proxredi ad ultersorz-- did not mean depn<ition- bat a s1uuors to q canonfc1l trial where Mgr C<.y night have an op- portunIty to prove kis innoceoc.L Nu osny sofus>d cd vas pervno-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-19
GENERAL NEWS.
++++++++++~+++++ I

Giovanni Rossi, a famous zoologist
of Naples, was stabbed and killed by
a Paterson, n. j., anarchist named
Lagan.
In a disagree ment over 90 cents in
a dice game, Lyman Lawrence fatal
ly shot Frank Pryor at Chicago. Law
renee is under arrest.
Baron Henri de Rothschild, the
millionaire doctor of medicine of
Paris, has donated $4,000 toward the
establishment of cancer institute in
France.
Walking around the world for a
wager. the American athlete, Lorimer,
has arrived at Cownpore, India. He
has met with several accidents and
three times has narrowly escaped
death.
George r. Peck. the general coun-
sci of the st. Paul road, is one of
the few men in the United states who
refused to go TO the senate. He was
appointed once and would not take
the place.
Henry F. Mcfarland and Henry L.
West, two of the three commissioners
who are at the head of the municipal
government at Washington, were
both newspaper men when they were
appointed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-19
The Tbeuter
"The Man on the Box"

Genuine and wholesome comedy,
such as we have not had since the
days of the Augustin DAILY companies,
will be the vogue at the Frazer thea
ter saturday, November "a, when that
capital actor. Max Figman, will pre-
sent the most conspicuous comedy
success of the past season in New
York city, THE Man on the Box"
dramatized by Grace Livingston Fur
Mss from Harold McGrath's immense
ly successful book OF the same name.
THE Man on the Box" was happy
selection for Mr.. Figmans tour. in as
much as the title role fits him as
though it were written expressly for
him. He is the very personification
of the dashing army officer who fails
in love with pretty girl on steam
err later by mistake abducts her and
afterward when she seeks TO turn the
joke upon him and find out his iden-
tity, accepts her offer to be her
groom, in order that he may be near
her always. This material furnishes
abundant opportunity of comedy of
the finest caliber and at the same time
contains all the elements Of play of
deep heart interest. The dialogue is
crisp and witty and the dramatic sit
uations in many instances profoundly
impressive and interesting. a note
worthy feature in connection with
this engagement is that it is one of
the few opportunities where a syndi-
cate town can see what was originally
an anti-syndicate success.