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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-07-19
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what has become of the Shaw lres-
dental boom?
foIl'lcians are of few days and
full Of trouble.
secretary Taft's North Carolina
'pSsen was fzzle Nothing in it.
'O'i'lcians sometimes forget that
~s public is Gods agent and is en-.
a'sd to some consideration even at
their hands. -
- nili' Hartman and Rockefeller
''"'S In Nebraska are all Oh.
r. rSsa to the denomination of George
w. Berge for governor. l
,,.. I' suggestion Of the possible nom.
Aallon of Senator Dollivor 80 To,,,o
S9''eAcy sounds ridiculous.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-07-19

Time, the stern winnowoner, does
its work with no less severity than
accuracy. There are many reputa-
lions that were considered great a
few years ago that are'now deadly
incumbrance to their owners, from
which there is no escape but death.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-07-19

Standard Oil is the controlling in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08

IRON AND WIRE WORKS
ACME Iron and Wire Works 35 Boardman plaes-
near Bryan st. bet. 9Th and It'll
INVALID CHAIRS
SOLD. rented. exchanged: manufactures Eames
tricycle. chair 21OS Market st. Tel. Fell 9o11
FURNITURE POLISHERs
INTERIOR wood staining ANTIQUE and modern
Z. A. MorelI Co.. 1441 Ellis: phone West 95a5
GLASS AND GLAZING
]. LEWIS 4 CO.. window glass and glaztnr,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
INVESTMENTS

DON'T speculate Tnva.4,
The Dixon Graphite and Milling Companv
controls large deposit of graphite locafsi IN
the TuJunga mountains. this State. only
miles from railroad and close to water trans
portation-
surned in q. s. IN 1909 less than one-fn1Irfh
produced In this country
Note that no graphite mills in operation
on Pacific Coast
Note. too. the enormous local demand for
graphite paint in the rebuilding OF San Fran
cisco
The cost OF mining and milling the graphite
viii not exceed $40 per ton. and as IL sells
readily at 500 and upward. It follows that
a graphite deposit must be a source OF great
wealth This company is Incorporated under
the laws Of the State OF California with a
capital OF si50.Oo0. divided into $4,000 shares
Of SO each
We now offer the first allotment Of 1000
shares at IS each.
CHAPMAN & CO.
Fiscal Agents.
900 Golden Gate ave-.
San Francfsco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
DENTIsTS-Continued.

PAINLESS Dentistry-Od established. honest.
reliable; reasonable prices; perfect work. free
consultation. VAN vROoM. 1901 Fillmore st..
corner O'Farrell
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08

THE regular annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers OF the Wells Fargo Nevada National
Bank OF San Francisco viii be held at Its
banking rooms. 4 Montgomery ST., San Fran
cisco. California. on TUESDAY. the sth day
of January. 1907. at the hour Of BIB O'Clock
b. NJ OF said day for the purpose Of electing
board Of directors 10 serve for the ensuing
wear. and for the transaction Of such other
business as may come before the meeting.
Transfer books viii be closed from Decem-
Der DC 1906 to January 2. 1907, inclusive.
FRANK B. KING, Secretary.
San Francisco. Dec Z, 1906.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08

SHAREHOLDERS MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of the shareholders
Of The First National Bank Of San Francisco,
California. viii be held at the banking house,
on the northwest corner Of Bush and SsnSome
streets. on TUESDAY. the Sth day Of January,
1907, at the hour OF O'Clock p m. Tor the
serve for the ensuing year, and for the trans
action OF such other business as may properly
come before the meeting
San Francisco. December 9, 1906
X MOEFITT. Cashier.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
To a Star.

To Star.
Eight minutes from their start the sun
beams reach us,
Yet years must pass for light to come
from thee;
The tardy messages of vision teach us
That all is past which now we seem
Yea, ali is past that we may see from
earth;
We view no scene nor action at it's birth.
And light is ever bearing on its pinions
A record of our doings; evermore
Still carrying through heavens wide do
minions
A pictured record from this earthly
For Ii ght flies on while men and worlds
grow old;
IT'S distance that determines what is
told.
To some far station Troy but now is
Or Rome with Carthage struggling,
fierce in hate,
Or Norman William to the nocthward
Or Colon guiding on his ship of fate.
Or Washington has fought his conflict
Or Bonaparte is lost at Waterloo!
The true recording angel, the vibration.
Writes on forever with his pen of rays,
Of every act of man or act of nation,
Unchangeably through all creations
Oh, where, in all the universe, or when.
Is found oblivion for the crimes of men?
Hubert III. Skinner In Technical World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06

pendous ruins brings to the explorer
With more force the marvel that :her1e
%cOhfrOnts him ~ r.
These mighty temples tower into
the blue sky. Upon their pyramids,
with their endless terraces Of solid
masonry, their wonderfully carved
facades, rich in all forms of symbolism
and. ornament-facades which success
sive dynasties superimposed, one out
side che other, as may be seen at
any transverse break in the massive
walls-the splendid burial monuments
rear themselves amid masses of vines
and orchids and tropical trees, the in
sects and burrowing animals turn up
bits of ancient pottery, the same ter
ra Gotta that the taciturn natives
carry to and fro to-day, and with the
self-same ornamental designs. But
when one has clambered over it all
and pored over the unintelligible in
scriptions and shuddered amid the
rubble under the crumbling walls and
stood upon the pinnacles where of old
the astrO1ogers of this lost race stud
led the mysteries of the stars-when
it is all done you go back down into
those silent chambers, where in the
dawn of things women learned mys-
teries which propriety holds up its
hands at in our day, and look in the
fading light at: the prlmeval record
of the hands upon the wall.
The Aztec civilization which Cortez
found in Mexico was amazing, but it
was savage. 1t was, with some i'm
provement, the civilization of the
northern Indian races, who in recent
times, in an archaeological sense, had
come southwark and driven out the
Toltecs. Underneath the City of
Mexico itself, only lately, buried city
has been found The Aztecs knew
their, forbears came from the north
and had been dominant in Mexico for
5000 years. The present Indians of
southern. Mexico are Toltec race.
Their only traditions regarding the
ruins is that when their ancestors, the
predecessors Of the Toltecs, being
driven from their homes in the north,
had come into the .isthmian >country
they found the ruins very much in: the
same condition they are now in and
took them for dwellings. The ancient
civilization of Peru, on the other hand,
correlates with that. Of the Quiches,
admittedly the most ancient people
of the isthmus. The belief Of the best
authorities. is that the, :Peruvians,
whose engineering works and tenn
pies and wealth were the wonder, of
the Spanish ! invaders, and. who as
their records: show, had been driven
southwark by more Swarlike races,
were really the builders Of these tenn
%ples Of Yucatan. E .:5 *:ifiiz *:fifiizz.:.s;.
! Of the sixty:two ruined! cities OF
>Yucatan proper. the most important,
sor, at least, the best known and most
fully described, are those Of Izamal,
Mayapan, AXE, caneeh, Uxmal,. Tikul
and Kabah;; all centered il the north:
west corner 81 the peninsula round
about Merida, /, the capital, which: it,
|.self sstands s. upon til ruins of Tibu; !;
sChich chen-Itza bout mid dway between
|STikulS and the east coast, and *zLabna,
INohbecan and Potonch chan. n the
lICappe distric
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06

pyramids have surrendered their royal
dead: The strangessMritingss, gs,e,eoots ct ssNsa
ana fersepo11s as pfain5 zto* the
scholars of to-day as a dry goods
store "ad." But before the ruins Of
ancient Mexico hidden as many of
| them are in the depths of almost i'm
penetrable forests, the lone white man
has stood dumb and helpless.
Ruins Older Than Egypt's.
They are older than Egypt. They
/ go back to the period of primitive
| men, for thus far all the excavation
into their miles of masonry has never
revealed the existence Of an iron or
steel implement. Their innumerab1e
workmen carved those towering ia
cades and squared the millions upon
| millions of wall and stair and founda-
tion stones with chisels of obsidian.
But how they built!
In the mythology of Yucatan, Hon
| duras, Chiapas, and Tehuantepec there
stands forth clearly the legend Of
Cain and Abel. The whole story of
Genesis is here written, the entire
symbol system of the isthmus coin
cides in. perfect detail with that shown
in the later relics of Asia. The rela-
tionship of this ancient, vast, but as
yet unplaced life of the isthmus with
that of Asia and northern Africa is
plain. Its greater antiquity is also
plain. That it was coeval with the
great submerged Island of Atlantis,
which furnished the story of Noah and
of which the West Indies and Azores
| once mountain tops, alone remain to
speak, is practically proven by intert
nal evidences, but how this civiliza-
ton, of which not even a dim tradi-
: ton remains among the present in
habitants of the land, made it's way
| into the eastern world, this is a Dues
tion for which the scholars, who ever
| since the Spanish conquest have been
| delving into the mystery, have had
as yet no answer.
LIE Plongeon traced Freemasonry
| through the Egyptian mysteries and
! the ceremOnials of the Brahmin back
straight to Yucatan. Even the %caba-
| listic phrases used by the priests. Of
Egypt and in the most profound rites
of every mystic cult in Asia he found
| in the Maya, inscriptions Of Uxmal
: and Chic9en-Itza, ruined cities of the
isthmus. .--> -.'..:.Ill#: ! vi
Ruined Cities Give Upr Secrets. s.
r.. In the temple ruins of SUxmal LIE
Plongeon found part. of :, what had
! once been the, statue of priest Over
the dress was an apron. and carved
in relief upon it. was the symbol Of
! the extended hand, SO well recognized
! among Masons of the day. h WIZ Il 1>: y -. \
T This symbol of the open hand is d
prevalent one throughout all Il the
. T Maya ruins In the Casa de las i Mu-
| jeres (tcHouse5 Of the Women,'') in
Uxmal, and in other places, there
are sdadoesz all around the ;stuccolwalls
formed @bya. the i. impress Of women,s
hands dsSWhich j had been dipped III the
brilliant as & Of the sacred colors,; blue
green and red The lines 1of these. lit
tie long dead hands are still: asz clear
they: had been Il ressed dzs there
!yesterdag and no ! H|tlhese stu:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
HELD IN LIGHT BOND
MANY NATIONALlTIES COMPRISE
AUSTRlA-HUNGARY
forcib!e Grouping Of the Races the
Result of Necessary Combination for
Self-Protection-Sla Form Major
ity Of the People.

In the. monumental work Of EliSee
Reclus, the great geographer, who died
only the other day, appear the follow
ing paragraphs: "Austria-Hu
ranks third among the European states
in area and population, but no common
bond of nationality embraces its in
habitants. If the fetters were to burst
which now hold the diverse provinces
of the empire together the name of
Austria-Hungary would be no longer
heard, not even as geographical ex-
preston, as were those of Greece and
Italy during centuries of servitude.
The various provinces composing the
Austrian empire belong to distinct nat
ural regions. The Tyrol, Styria and
Carinthia are Alpine provinces, like
Switzerland. Hungary is vast plain
surrounded by mountains. Bohemia,
on the other hand, penetrates far into
the interior of Germany, while Galicia
| slopes down toward the plains of Rus
sia, and the Dalmatian coast region
belongs to the Balkan peninsula. The
! diversity of race adds to the confusion
resulting from the forcible grouping
together of countries geographically
| distinct. !:
"Austria-Hungary consists OF no
fewer than fifty-six kingdoms, duchies,
counties, principalities, towns and
lordships The chaotic conglomerat1on,
however, is not the result OF pure
chance The necessity in which the
| Christians found themselves to COM
bine against their common enemy, the
Turk, has had much to do with it. The
great natural highway Of the Danube
has played prominent part in the
history of commerce and industry. At
time when there existed hardly any
natural roads a great portion OF south
ern Germany became dependent upon
that river. Towns multiplied in Its
valley and it became a center OF po
litical power Germans and Magyars
laid the foundations Of powerful
states. Ill., =.:
ssFormerly the Germans were sup
posed to- be the majority pf the 1nnaD l'lat1o
t,4iI ts,s slnd slice TIE ms :tkef
the title of Austria-Hungary theresare
some who believe that Germans and
Magyars combined constitute a dec1d.
ed majority. They are the dominant
races, it is true, but among every four
Austro-Hungarians there is but one
German and among seven only one
Magyar. The slavs virtually form. a
majority. Nearly one-half the popula-
ton is Slav by race and Slav by Ian
guage. But the Slavs are split up into
two distinct nations. The northern
and southern zones are inhabited al
most exclusively by Slavs, while the
central zone is divided among Ger
mans, Magyars and Roumanians.
vienna, which occupies the center
Of this incoherent empire, has certain
ly exerted a, considerable leveling in
f1uence upon the various races. These
latter, however, resent the pressure,
and the time is not perhaps very re-
mote when the existing institutions
will be replaced by federation volun-
tarily organized by the nationalities
inhabiting the empire"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Colonies in Commercial War.

A commercial war IS raging between
Canada and Australia. The common
wealth, in the interests Of Australian
manufac cturers, is striving with might
and main to keep OUT Canadian har-
vesting machinery and the. dominion
is retaliating by giving preference
to the wines of the Cape Colony that
will practically boycott the wines OF,
Australia, ,:s ri /! !; 4. #A>&
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Not Definite Enouuh.

Not Definite Enough.
doctor, want my husband to take
me either to Florida or to Los An geles
this winter
Il hope you can decide g little more
closely, madam. It will take me some
little time to arrange the symptoms
for either place."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Still Something Worse.

Mrs. Observation-Disclosures, I should
think you'd try to do something about
the house without being told: You
never do anything unless l tell you.
You couldn't possibly be worse. !; ~:
Bridget-Oh! I dunno, ma,am. 4, I
might ayen refuse to do what ye tell
me- f@ + {: s. :1.5s Sz E
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
q, jigZ9s-. .77'i =. : = : - = =
/ Street Curb Meat: Market.

>* The street curb meat market To-
Gated in a wagon, seems so tenacious
of existence in; some sections Of the
country that the theory of disease
germs has no effect whatever. This IS
particularly true Of the South, but II
applies sas well: to other parts OF the
count New Yorks National Proyis-
5foner. Az Il !.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06

SociabIe Jim-Jams.
Bell Boy-Four more highballs for
the gent in room >231.
Barkeep-Why, he's up there all by
himself.
Bell Boy-Nope. He says he's got
some snakes an he wants to treat
EN-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
A Great Deficiency.

a Great Def1CJenCy.
what makes you so skeptical about
the airship?"
because there's nothing that can
be devised in the way of an aerial am
bulance and repair wagon that is any
more reliable than the original We
hicle''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
His Idea of Education.

His Idea OF Education.
"Wonderful thing-this eddication, -
said the old man.
*'In what way?"
I'm this way: John knows jest
enough Latin, an Greek, an French,
to know nothin' at all about maxim a
livin'!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
A Bargain.

Spokesman (making presentation
OF behalf of the banks employees to
their chief on his Goth birthday
and We all hope the Lord will spare
YOU till YOU reach 100.
The Chief ynically)-There's not
much .:ore that he'll let me go to par,
vh Y: u can get me now at 90.-
II
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Suburban Luxuries.

Susurbar Luxuries.
Nj. Cltiman-Why IN creation do
you pucker your face over those sour,
green grapes, when you can git
beauties at the fruitman's for mere
song?
MIR. Suburb-They wouldn't taste
as good as these.
Why not?'
Il raised these myself."-New York
Weekly!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
When They Got Horn'

When They Got Home.
She-You know we'll that I had lit
tie to say.
He-Yes, know you had little to
say. The trouble is it took you so
long to say it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
His Happiest Hour.
Three Feet.

Subbubs-Not much grounds about
your house in town, eh? Is the yard
wide?
Townley-Just about.
Suhhubs-Eh? Just about what?
Townley-A yard wide.-Philadel"
phia Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Briuht Child.

Angel Child-Aunt Daisy, what is
meant by fictitious character?
Aunt Daisy-That means one that
is made up, dear.
Angel Child-Oh, yes! Then you're
a fictitious character, aren't you,
auntie?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
One Deqree Less Discord,

HAS that girl next door to you
still got her parlor melodeon?"
mo, she exchanged it for cornet
I'm glad to say
But, gracious, if she plays the cor
ret that's worse, isn't it?'
mot at all. It's only half as bad.
She can't sing while she's playing the
cornet."
Lives There Man With Soul So Dead?
:. Tess-Mr. Dumley's just the mean
est man. He told me last night he'd
teach me how to whistle if I'd pucker
up my lips
Jess-O! that old scheme! Then
he kissed you, eh?
Tess-No, the stupid thing! He did
MT kiss me at all.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Remuneration,

Remuneration.
Bessie-"1 simply refused to give
MIN up, so papa stepped in and
dragged me off to Europe
Tessie-"So you had to give him up
after all?''
Bessie-"Mercy, yes! On the third
day out I gave up everything"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Threat.

Threat.
Morning for us to-day?" asks the
LADY as the postman passes the gate.
NO, ma'am,' replies the postman.
Well, I'm going to tell Mr.. Jibsum
thar we'll have to change postmen.
The postman we used to have brought
Us something almost every day, while
YOU go by often. I don't see why
Mr.. Jibsum couldn't let we'll enough
a.ona"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06

We Have Often Suspected This.
Women and men are very much
alike in one respect said the home
grown philosopher.
whats the answer?" queried the
Inexperienced youth.
Men, explained the philosophy dis
renser, ''lie about the fish they did
NJ catch, and women lie about the
men they could have married had they
wanted TO-"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
Shot Out.

Look at Bottle-Nose Ben, for in
stance" said an earnest exhorter. "It
was the Demon Rum that made him
the one-eyed, loW-browed sot that he
is today
"Not altogether, parson," said
Alkali Ike. 1T mebbe made him a
low-browed sot, but it was my good
old gun that made him one-eyed''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
A. Gentle Hint.

And that said Mr.. Staylate, con.
Guiding his tiresome story, was how
my mother became interested in the
Home for Aged Widows"
speaking of homes remarked Miss
Patience, yawning ostentatiouslv.
doesn't that word home appeal to
you and make you feel there is no
place like it?''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
According to Agreement.

According to Agreement.
Hicks-You don't mean to say
that you got the better of Gabble in
an argument?
Wicks-Yes; I told him if he'd give
me two minutes to present my side,
without interruption, I'd. let him talk
for an hour"
HickS-Well?
Wicks-Well, when / had talked
through my two minutes jumped on
a passing trolley car.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
The Minister'S Texts,

Little Willie had gone to church on
7 certain Sunday morning. The min
!5:-- announced that in the evening
HI text would be, can angel came
C.;'vr from heaven and took a live
CA, from the altar
After the service was over Willie's
mother asked him what the text was
= ba in the evening and he promptly
replied An Injun came down from
NV Haven and took a live colt by
tie halter. gazine of Fun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06
1t Reminded Him,

1t Reminded Him.
"How do you like the chicken salad,
Mr.. Kidder?" asked Mrs. Starvem.
"Oh, that reminds mel" exclaimed
Kidder, 81 bought book that was to
be sent home to-day. Did it Gomez"
eyes, the book came, but how did
the chicken salad remind you of it?"
"Well, the book is half calf
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-06

Good Cause for the assault.
"But," said the judge, '*you provoked
the fight"
mo, Oi didn't" replied the prisoner
But you struck the first blow. Why
did you do that"
''Bekase he sed to me, If Oi'm wan,
ye're another and so I soaked him."
She Doesn't Help Him.
II don't see how. Henpeck can put
up with his wife"
"Oh, she doesn't help him."
Help him? How do you mean?"
why, during the preserving sea-
son. She makes him do the putting
up by himself
His Happiest Hour.
I He-Do you remember the night |
asked you to marry me?"
She-Yes, dear.
! *For a whole hour we sat there.
and not word did you speak. All,
that was the happiest hour Of my
| ei"-Tales.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-28
ADA COUNTY DEMOCRATS
Hold Lively Convention and
Put Up Ticket.

Boise, Idaho, Sept, %. One Of
the warmost democratic conventions
ever known here was still In session
at O'Clock this morning. II has
resulted Ia giving the county high
class legislative ticket John Me.
MILAN was nominated for senator,
and Frank I. wyman, C. c. Cavan.
augh, Arch Cunningham, willard
White and D. d. Shaw for the house
Other nominees are sheriff, s, l.,
Hodgin, clerk and recorder, W. l..
Cuddy; assessor, Charles Shepherd ;
treasurer. d. II. McGrew; counts.
aioaors, Charles Himo, William f..
Clark and r. r. Crawford. There
we're no fnotional disturbances. but
4 sharp rivalry all through for the
places.