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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-22
His Friends Were Few.

Nose" Porter was the name of n
witness appearing in the Wood con.
tested election case from st. Louis
according to the story told by Col
Bill Zevelly of the Indian terri.
tory.
What is your nationality" asked
Chairman Olmsted.
Half black and half white" an.
swered Porter.
What do you do for a living?"
j jes' jog around st. Louis"
Were any of your friends present
when you made this affidavit?" asked
Mr. Olmsted.
Deed, Mr.. Committee, l amt got
a single frien in st. Louis, and Ia
dead suah amt got none here"
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GRAND TO LIVE.
And the Last Laugh Is Always
Best.

Best.
six months ago would haHl
laughed at the idea that there coua
be anything better for a table beya
age than coffee" writes an Ohio WOE
an-"now | laugh to know there Is
Since childhood | drank coffee u
Freely as any other member OF tNI
FAMILY. The result was a puny, slcs
ly girl, and as grew into womanhoa
| did not gain in health, but was y
nlcted with heart trouble, weak an'
disordered stomach, wrecked nerve
and a general breaking down, till la''
winter, at the age of 3S | seemed v
be on the verge of consumption. NY
friends greeted me with How bad w.
look! What a terrible color! and 'i'
was not very comforting.
The doctors and patent medicine
did me absolutely no good. va
thoroughly discouraged.
"Then / gave up coffee and coz
menced Postum Food Coffee, AT nl,'
| didn't like it, but after few ulI n
and following the directions exacll n
was grand. 1t was refreshing AD
satisfying. In a couple OF weess
noticed great change. becaI,
stronger, my brain grew clearer, w.
not troubled with forgetfulness as
coffee times, my power Of endulap.,
was more than doubled. The nes
trouble and indigestion disappear
and my nerves became STEADY
strong.
II began to take an interest
things about me. HouseworK ~, ~
home-making became pleasure
friends have marveled at the cnsus,
and when they inquire what brousJ
1t about, | answer Postum FOOD =.
fee, and nothing else in the WORN
Name given by Postum Co., p''
Creek, Mich. ,...
There's a reason. Read the Nv 4,
book, The Road to Wellyile'
pkgs.
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Heroines, Old and New.

Most modern heroines are married
women, whereas the nice ones in
Shakespeare and in novels before
1890 were almost always unwedded
maids. You like Beatrice and Por.
tia and, above all things, Rosallnd.
You do not lose your heart to Lady
Macbeth Though a fine figure of
woman) and you do not desire to COM
pete with Othello in the affections
OF Desdemona, This may be a too
nice morality, but to Victorian tastes
even widows, in novels at least, come
under the ban OF the elder Mr.. We'll
ler Nobody but Col. Esmond ever
cared for Lady Castlewood and Dob
bin Is alone in his passion for Amelia.
London Post.
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never needed you so much as now
of the newspapers. When the law
sewers the old bonds, it will tie an.
other nuptial knot as soon as you wish
With you as my lord and master,
bondage would be sweet.
have been wife in no more than
name. Since Leonard found me cry
ing over your letter on our wedding
night, we have lived our separate lives,
meeting only at dinner and in society.
oh, Dick, why did Fate and Uncle
Sam fail to deliver my former mes
sage to you? Doubtless it Is now in
the Dead Letter office, that cemetery
OF buried hopes. have come to be
thankful that, like the writer, my let
ter went astray. | would not have you
say In the coming years, as did the
first occupant of Eden, "The woman
tempted me-" Your fall but arouses
the mother instinct: | long to kiss
away your hurt as did my own parent
in the days before you came to be the
embodiment of my ideal. My demi-
god, yet son of Adam, you shall no
longer sue at my feet. Let me look
levelly into your eyes; together we
VIII rise to sunlit heights and forget
the shadows lurking in the valleys of
our past
Edith tells me you will return home
Sunday | hunger for sight of you.
For two years you have kept away
your absence was hard to bear. but
perhaps it was as well: | could not
have remained true to the man the
world called my husband had you been
nearby, True? Have | been true to
him? Alas! my thoughts have been
traitor, for none belonged to him. /
wronged him in that had no love to
give him. In aught else, God is my
judge. Be you merciful and together
we will atone for the past, not in sor-
rowing penance, but in joyous living.
Dare come to see you at your home
and so defy conventions and your
mother? For you | dare all things,
even to laying my heart bare, even to
tearing away woman's most sacred
attribute, her modesty, and showing
myself to you with soul naked but I'M
ashamed. You need not forbid me.
shall come. Your sister loves me, as
you know. only less than she loves her
brother. Yet | do not need even bar
as an advocate. Let your own heart
plead for me and | do not fear its judg.
ment never needed you so much as
now. | am weary; fold me away from
the world in your arms. Let us for
get in the dawning of a better day,
the hideous dream of those missing
years.
am overweight, nervous; the sud
den drip of salty tears has blinded my
eyes and the page is blur before me.
| know not whether my pen is loyal
to my heart But you-you under
stand when | only hint at what dare
not give a voice, There are some
things so sacred that to reduce them
to words would be dissertation. Il
await you. Once before said come"
and you needed not. This time know
you will obey, for this message will
reach you. Heaven and all its angels
will see IL safely to its journeys end.
MY love from Your love,
LILA
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matter; nothing matters now so long
as we two love and may begin to live
! am dating this lette:-the first time
In three years, for since we parted
there have been no dates III my life;
nothing but blank. blank only you
can help the future to fill and make
pregnant with promise.
In a few days my bonds will be
broken. Leonard preferred a separa-
ton. but has consented not to oppose
my application for a divorce, which al.
ready has been made. There is to be
70 scandal; the utmost secrecy is to
be observed. The judge has even
rashly promised to keep the case out
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-22
Force of Habit

That new prison warden they an.
pointed was not a success, was he?"
"A dead failure. You see, his pre.
Vious business was against him"
How was that?"
He ran laundry, you know ord
when ne tried to run the prison he did
1t on his old familiar lines"
I'm what way?"
he began by mangling his accounts
ana then ironed all the convicts."
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Poorly Paid Men of Law.

There are 1882 advocates, solicitors
nd procurators in Italy, whose gross
Incomes, according to the income tax
eturns, amount TO S3,462,G15, which
ives an average income Of about
3l5. OF these legal men, five profess
> have an income of $4,000, eight
5000, sixteen Of $500, seventy OF
1000 and l'5'' IS as under
200.
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Male and Female Teachers.

me highest proportion of male
teachers in the United States is in
west Virginia, where they form so
per cent of the whole. The highest
proportion Of female teachers is in
vermont, 80 per cent of the whole. A
comparative examination of the edu-
cataional standards of West Virginia
and Vermont might furnish interest.
Ing results.
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HoW's This !?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by HalrB
Cstarrh Cure
T. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney
for the last 10 years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made by hs firm.
WALDISG, KiHNAN MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces tho
system Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
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Important to Mothers.
How PineappIes Grow

Most people," said the fruiterer
think pineapples grow on lofty palm
trees. They really grow, like pumn.
kins, on the ground, A pineannIe
crop looks rather like a thick field NJ
cactus The fruit lies on the earth
and above 1t rises tuft of short. stiff
leaves. Also from its base great
swordlike leaves shoot forth in every
direction. Some of these leaves are
six feet long, The pineapple, after
the date, is said to be the most profit.
able fruit to raise"
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Compliment from the Heart

II there is one place more than an
other where the term lady" carries
mighty little weight it is over on the
East Side of Manhattan. The qualities
that are naturally associated with this
designation in less congested sections
of the city are recognized readily
enough, but the term itself is held in
contempt This, at least, is the opin-
ION Oh a settlement worker who has
spent several years years on the East
Side. THE most sincere compliment
ever received" she says, was at
meeting of working girls where. when
one OF the audience referred to me as
lady, the chairman Indignantly re.
piled:
Mrs. L. is no lady. She ISIS Won
OF us New York Times.
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Do You Want to Know
What You g.,

There Is q growing sentima,.
country In favor of MEDIoINrs ~ u
COMPOSITION. 1t Is but natural !, tNt.
should have some interest in ~ snat
sition of that which he or sha ;ne cosal
TO swallow, whether 1t be food ssIIpe%
medicine. urhk
Recognizing this growing A..
on the part of the public. ana sposlt
that the fullest publicity car ~, sa'tt
the well-earned reputation M @t
cines, DIR. II. v. Pierce, of puYalls ns
has "taken time by the foreIocI q
were, and Is publishing broadna u
of all the ingredients enterins
leading medicines, the sGolden ne
Discovery the popular liver inr,lM Aai
stomach tonic, blood purifier anY.a1I
regulator; also Of his dFavorite" pa. hsti
ton" for weak, over-worked ihesef
down, nervous and invalid women o'ess'
This bold and out spoken movers,
the r..rt of DR.. Pierce, has. bv st i
exactly what his well-known m slUss:
are composed of, completely disarmale;a
harping critics who have heretofo,aa
justly attacked them. A little nam y!
has been compiled, from the staasl
medical authorities of all the sas
schools OF practice, showing the stro'
euuOT5tuleuIS ny ledulnB medical v,Is
of the several ingredients which emf, .nIe:
DR.. Pierce's medicines. A cow ~ Y
little book Is mailed free to any on M "
string to learn more concerning tbn ny
able, native, medicinal plants which "
into the composition of DR.. Pierceis :. y
icines. Address DIR. Pierce as aboya
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are t,nr
coated anti-bilious granules. They ,s sa'sI
and invigorate Stomach, Liver ana MY
Do not beget the pill habit" bnt
constipation. One or two each dav y
laxative and regulator, three or fony ~ ~
active cathartic. Once tried always In M
300, COO qSs sea AWAy vi, in copIs
Medical Adviser, a book that sold 10 n, 4
tent Of 100000 copies n few 'ue
years ago, at $3.50 per copy. nVuutA
Last year we gave away y1XyAt
$50 600 worth of these invaiua. YAM
BILE books. This year we shall w
give away $4,000 worth OF 49,. H.
d 4. + ]: ]: !. ! Il
them. VIII you share in this hen e.
benefit? IL so, send only 81 NIG
onc-cent stamps to cover cost wv
of mailing only for book in
stiff paper covers, or 81 stamps u n
for cloth-bound Address Dr. IM
K. V. Pierce Buffalo. N. Y. &X
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Shake Into Ynnr shn..

Aliens Foot-Easc, a powder. II cures mi
full, smarting, nervous feet and ingroviI|
nails. It's the greatest comfort dscOya
of the age. Makes new shoes easy. d
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold \
all Druggists, 2jc. Trial package FREE|
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. n
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"EspIanadep and "eouIevard."

Both "esplanade" and "bouleyaE
are military terms by origin, TIL
ORIGINAL boulevard was a bulwark 81
horizontal part of the rampant and y
"esplanade" was originally the gath
or slope of the counterscarp Of a 10
tilted place. A writer 200 years az
noted that the word boulevard Wi
now chiefly taken for the void spia|
between the glacis of citadel anil
the first houses of a town" HeraI
its extension to other void spaces
suitable for promenading. The oil
French "esplanade" was defined VI
Cotgrave as "a planning, leveling. eva|
ing Of ways" from Latin "explanafs
to smooth or flatten out. whence ti'|
English words explain" and "eIph
nation"
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FAITHFUL TO HIS OWN HERO
Small Boy Unwilling to concede Any
Man Greater

Small Boy Unwilling to coneede Any
Man Greater.
Now, Johnny" said the teacher as
she fastened her eyes on a redheaded
boy of 10, 81 told you the other day
TO find out all about George Washing.
ton you could. What can you tell me
today"
"Nuthin', ma'am," was the reply.
But you know that he was a great
MANI"
mo, ma'am."
Don't you know that he led our
armies to victory?"
No, ma'am"
"Or that he was our first Presi.
dent?"
mo, ma'am."
rs 1t possible! Why, Johnny, am
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Origin Of Letter 49,"

DO you know the history of the let
ter S? The ancient Egyptian word
FOR goose is Sc, and when these people
wished to describe goose in writ.
ng they drew rough picture of the
bird. 1t is not difficult when we see
this rough picture to guess the origin
u our kissing consonant.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-22

Sunday in Heligoland begins on
Saturday at p. M, when the church
bell is tolled, and continues till the
same hour on Sunday. Formerly no
vessel could leave port between these
hours.
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elapse before the law will confer upon
me the right to own you before the
world? "My dearest"-that first word
claims you mine, the second tells you
that you are still the dearest of all
men to me.
am hysterical, silly. delirious with
Joy to know that may soon give my.
self to you The fact that am mar
ried and its accompanying man had
quite forgotten. May God forgive me;
you already have, for If | err, it is be-
cause of you. Of my love for you
Whether eor7rl rc~plycs me does not
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The Oriqinal Match

Originally match" was any sub
stance which burned readily and slow
ly. The bit of slow-burning hempen
rope, STEPPED in solution of salt
peter, which the ancient gunner car
ried in order to discharge his argue
bus, was match" 1t burned at the
rate of about three feet in an hour.
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British Columbia Rivals or.,..

British Columbia promises h /,
come dangerous rival Of Oregon
an apple-growing region. During I,
season 100000 trees were planted
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Salt Lake Route. Low rates TO,
Conference. Utahs most popular
road.
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Closed Doors

The doors are. closed. the shutters bat
tened tight.
The curtain drawn; the lamps soft
flood of gold
Around me lies; there is no touch Of
cold
No hint OF the uproarious mood OF night
tempest may walk the earth and blind
the light
or winters frosty stars unaureoled
The moon may hide within the racks
dun fold
] am obliviOus all to me Is bright
For have chosen guests about my boa I'd
Cbaucer. who mined so deep In legends
hoard.
The greatest of the Ellzabethan throng
Keats and his comrades, from the lyric
host,
To Poesy!-this our silent toast
AS we together quar- the wine of song
Clinton Scollard, in Metropolitan
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Use the Salt Lake Route to Confer
ence this year, Best from Sanpete.
Juab, Utah counties, and the far
south.
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SdIu you'd Keep talking at me Til 7
owned up that Washington was a
bigger man than ST. Patrick"
ashamed of you! Didn't you try to
find out anything"
Il asked father"
And didn't he know?"
He knew lots, but he told me to
look out for you"
"How look out"
Look out that you didn't keep talk.
ing at me till owned up that Wash
ington was bigger man than st. Pat.
rick, and so I'm not saying a word"
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Everybody get ready for Spring
Conference
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-03-01

dipped bit deeper than usual into Cal
lahan's box Of crosscut and rammed
the splintered leaf Into his brier Bit
harder and said NO word.
But IL we lose just one more bridge
it's goodby and gone to the California
fast freight business" muttered Gala.
han It's taken two years to get II
back as it is. Did you tell the president
that?' he growled at Bucks. smoking
Bucks put out his little wave.
Il told him everything. l told him
we couldn't stand another tie-up.
showed them all the records. One
bridge at Peace river, three at the
Spider in ten years.
What did they sayr
Said they had entire confidence In
Agnew's judgment; very eminent au-
thority and that sort; new blood was
making itself felt In every department
that, of course, was fred at me, but
they heard all intended to say, just
the same. l asked the blooming board
whether they wanted my resignation,
and'-Bucks paused to laugh silently
1.-THE president invited me up to the
Millard to dine with him. Hello, Phil
Haileyw he exclaimed as the new
roadmaster walked In the door. Hap
py New Year. How's your culverts,
old boy? Ed Peeto said yesterday the
piles were going in down mt Peace
river
Just as good as concrete as long as
they stay in," smiled HALEY, '.and
they do cost a heap less. This Is great
t,pfxl ny,I tHuf ffnv
great track weather"
We had no winter that year till
spring and no spring till summer and
1t was spring of snow and summer
of water. Down below, the plains Were
lost in the snow after Easter even-the
snow that brought the Blackwood dis
aster with three engines and rotary
to the bad. not to speak of old man
Sankey. a host In himself. After that
the snow let up; 1t was then no longer
a matter of keeping the line clear: it
was matter of lashing the track to
the right of way to keep it from swim
ming clear. HALEY had his hands full;
he caught it all the while and worse
than anybody. but he worked like two
men. for In n pinch that was his way.
Bucks. irritable from repeated blows of
fortune, leaned on the wiry roadmaster
as he did on Callahan or Neighbor.
HALEY knew Bucks looked TO him for
the track, and he strained every nerve
making ready for the time the noun
tain SHOWS should go out.
There was nobody easy on the West
End, and least of all HALEY. for that
spring, ahead Of the suns. ahead Of the
thaws ahead of the waters. came
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and left"
"H. P. Agnew is appointed superin.
tendent of bridges Of the new division
with headquarters at Omaha. vice P. c.
Haley" Bucks read on, with some lit
tie surprise growing into shock. Then
he read fast, looking for some further
mention of Hailey-Hailey promoted.
transferred, assigned-but there was
no further mention of Haley In gen
eral order No. IA. Bucks threw down
the order in silence. Ed Peeto broke
cut first
who's b. P. Cancer
"Agnew."
When the deuce In hep roared Ed.
Nobody answered: nobody knew. Bucks
attempted to talk; Callahan lit his pipe.
but Ed Peeto stared at Hsiley like a
drunken man.
"Did you hear thatr' be snortsd at
his superior.
HALEY nodded.
You're out" stormed Peeto.
HALEY nodded. The bridge foreman
took his pipe from his mouth and dash
I'd It into the stove. He got up and
stamped across to the window and wal
like to have sworn the glass out before
HALEY spoke.
'T'm glad we're up to high water al
the Spider, Bucks" said he at last
"When they get in the Peace river
work the division will run itself for 8
year"
'Hailey," Bucks spoke slowly, 81
don't need to tell you what 1 think. dc
II It's a shame. But it's what I've
said for year-nobody ever knows
what Omaha will do next"
HALEY rose to his feet. Where you
going, Phil p asked Bucks.
"Going back to the Spider on No. q"
mot going back this morning! Why
don't you wait for No. tonightT' sug
gested Bucks.
Ed" HALEY raised his voice at the
foreman. will you get those stay
bolts and chuck them into the baggage
car for me on No. 2? I'm going
over to the house for a minute" He
forgot to answer Bucks- They knew
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-03-01

The StouI mutteyed Plenty snotp'
q goinR-out that unsettled the oldest
calculator In the Wickiup. Brodie's
old friends began coming out Of the
upper country, out of the Spider valley.
Over the Eagle pass and through the
Peace canyon the Sioux came In parties
and camps and tribes, out and down
and Into the open country. And Bucks
Talked the great white father and the
ghost dance and the bad agent But
the Sioux grunted and did not talk:
they travelled. Then Bucks spoke OF
good hunting far, far south. II they
were uneasy Bucks was willing they
should travel far. for 1t looked like a
rising. Some kind Of a rising II must
have been to take the Indians cut Of
winter quarters at such a time. After
Bucks. Haley tried. and the braves lis
tened. for they knew HALEY, and when
he accused them Of fixing for Eight they
shook their heads. deuicd and turned
their faces to the mountains. They
stretched their arms straight out under
their blankets. ike stringers, and put
out their palms, downward, and NUT
tered to HALEY:
"Plenty snow"
II reckon they're lyins." said Bucks.
listening. There's some dsviltry mp.
They're not the kind to clear ont for
Snow"
Now. the Spider wakes regularly
twice; at all other times irregularly.
Once in April-that u the, foothills wa
tsr; once in June-that y the mountain
water. And the June rise Il like this
-. But the April rise Il like this
Now came an April without any riss:
that April nothing rose except the
snow. "We shall get It all togsther."
suggested Bucks one night.
"Or will It get us altogetherr' asked
HALEY.
"nither way" said Callahan, ut will
~ mostly at once"
Il May opened blsAkss than April; even
~ trackmen walke1 WITH ~ faess;