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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
HOW 1T WORKED.

Wifey's Scheme to Cure Her Has
band of Excessive Smoking.
She read about it in the back of a
magazine. The advertisement said that
it was tasteless, that it could be adj
mnistered In the breakfast coffee, and
that it would cure the most confirmed
smoker Of the tobacco habit without
his knowledge.
To be sure, Elmer smoked only three
or four cigars d4.'. 81, why should
lie smoke at all? She didn't.
SO she wrote for the cure, and In due
time 1t arrived, IN plain, sealed pack
age, with full Instructions inside.
Unfortunately it arrived before she
was up. Elmer opened It, smiled to
himself, sealed it up again and said
ICthlng.
The next morning she gave him his
first dose.
This coffee has bitter taste, hasn't
it?' he asked.
your stomach must be out Of or
der" she answered. ut tastes all right
to me-"
Strange"
That night he brought home large
new box Of cigars. Usually after din
her he smoked once. But that night
he smoked all the evening. The at.
nosphere was thick.
The second morning he complained
again about the coffee's bitterness.
"Well, no wonder your taste Is cut
of order" she said reprOachfully, cen
sidering how you smoked last night"
give had the most remarkable craV'
ing for tobacco lately" he muttered.
And at dusk he brought home cost
" meerschaum pipe and a pound OF
Cavendlsh, and shutting himself up In
the library, smoked like forest are
until bed time"
Hadn't we better change the coffee
Surely you must have noticed its odd
tnste." he said on the third morning.
NO | haven't noticed It," she an
swered family.
He brought home from the city In
the evening a huge box of Egyptian
cigarettes, hookah, and a Jar Of TURK
| ish tobacco.
81 never enjoyed smoking as I've
done lately" he explained. 81 cant
keep a cigar out of my mouth"
And that night he smoked cigars
and cigarettes, meerschaum and hookah
Till he saw her rise and hurry, with a
yindictive look, to the kitchen.
Following on tlptOe, he saw her un'
lock a drawer take out bottle that he
knew. and pour it's contents into the
sink. He chuckled.
And thereafter he complained nc
more about the coffee and his tobacco
appetite shrunk back to Its normal pro
portions. Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22

under immense pressure and win pour
up INTO this den like water from a fire.
nose Run, man, run!"
staggered across the heavinE cabin
10 the door and dropped upon my knees
nammering with my irons and screaming
Tor aid. 1t seemed to me that the thun-
oers OF the storm redoubled In violence,
as II Nature was conspirinE to shout
me down. Once looked round and saw
mat the light about the trap had goAa
uraden had smotheFed tho spot with
blankets. Presently he came cropping to
me, raising his voice in hoarse below
ings.
And then 1t happened.
There came an acrid. piercing scent to
my nostrils. that grew and grew until
my lungs seemed to contract, so that
fought for very breath. Ny cries
ceased. struggled to my feet, with my
mead raised like n bird shot through the
lungs. Brilliant lights flashed in my
eyes; there were hollow drummlngs in
my ears. And then it seemed that the
air left me in a vacuum. fell, and
forgot 1t all
It was daylight when remember
facts again. The motion Of the ship had
ceased, and there was an English strang-
er by my side. My chest felt bruised
and battered and my eyes still watered
freely. Also l was very weak and i'll.
My cousinT' l faltered
I'VE have got your friend round" said
the doctor-for so l felt that he must be,
also the other man."
What man?'
THE man who pulled you out after
the cylinder exploded. A red-headed
fellow-Blake, think his name is You
owe your lives to him. You had both
tainted when he opened the door"
Then he heard us, after all! Tell me
what became Of Marnac2"
Il really don't know about him. l
don't think he was injured. Oh, perhaps
you mean the old gentlem"l who bolt
ed"
"BoltedY'
Yes, Of course there was great excit o.
ment over the accident. The capita n
WAS dreadfully cut up over NE death Of
his servant. He could not imagine how
1t came about When the ship arrived
here, Mr.. Marnac, O. whatever his name
was slipped away by a shore-boat, while
everyone was fussjng over you. Your
friend has gone to inquire about him, |
fancy. The old man hal something
against you both, had4't h? Or was 1t
you against h.m!'
Both, doctor both" l whispered,
shutting my eyes.
(TO be continued.)
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
Desperate Reds in eessa,abia.
SPORTING NOTES.

The batting averages of the Ameri-
can league, which were given out for
publication recently, show that the
team with the lowest batting average
carried off the championship. The
highest average for teams was made
by Cleveland, which scored .279. New
York was second with .265 and Chi
cago was last with .230. The individual
honors were carried off by Stone of st.
Louis and Clarke of Cleveland, both of
whom averaged 1858. Stone played in
1874 games, was at bat 581 times, made
20S hits and 81 runs. Clark was in 81
games, at bat 179 times, made 81 hits
and % runs. Lajoie was third with an
average of 1856. Chase of New York
was fourth with 1928 and Conglaton OF
Cleveland fifth with 800 Chicago's
best batter, Smi,n, was 10th. He made
.293
The champion rungetter was Flick
of Cleveland, who made 98. The record
for stolen bases, 20, was made by
Flick and Anderson of Washington,
jointly. The leading martyr of the
season was Jones of st. Louis, who
made 40 sacrifice hits, Flick of Cleye-
land and Anderson of Washington
making SO each.
James J. Drain, formerly adjutant
general of the Washington National
Guard, has been elected president OF
the National Rifle association.
Root and FogleT, first; Downing and
Hopper, second; Rutt and MacFarland,
third.
These teams were winners in the
New York six day race concluded Sat
urday night.
At a meeting recently between Tom
my Burns, philadelphia" Jack OBrien
and prize fight promoters from two or
three cities, Manager Tom McCarey or
the Pacific Athletic club, Los Angeles,
bid $4,000 for a fight between Burns
and O'Brien. to be held there some
time next May. This was $4,000 more
than offered by the Rhoylite Athletic
club of Rhoylite, New. Burns was will
ing to sign the agreement to fight for
TINS amount, Dul " DIIeu uiSSSulSu al"
the matter was deferred one week.
John L. Sullivan has completed ar
rangements for a grand finale to his
stage career by tour of Mexico and
the Central and South American re-
publics The trip will begin the middle
Of February and last six months. In
cidentally, Sullivan will keep his eyes
open for championship timber in the
heavyweight class. He has just COM
pleted long tour Of the United States
and says he has saved $4,000.
F. Nebrick OF the New York Athletic
club won the individual national cross
country championship at Travers isl
and Saturday over the Westchestef
course. The ride was under the aus
pices of the Amateur Athletic union
The senior team championship went
to the ish-American Athletic club OF
New York.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
No More Troops.

1t is stated at the war department
that no order has been issued for the
dispatch OF more troops to the Ha-
waiian islands. nor Is any such order
contemplated. The permanent garri-
son in Hawaii consists Of four com
panies of regular troops.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22

The Empress Eugene at one time
owned a wardrobe value at $1,000, 900.
Today she spends as little as possible
on herself and dresses invariably in
black.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
son.ye with the world.

THANK goodness said Bunkum, Il
o.n once more look the world in the
face"
Because whyr' queried Winkum.
Because the last of my debts was
outIawed yesterday" explained Bunk
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
woman perlshes in Vermont Fire.

Burlington, VT, Dec. 17.-Mrs Frank
Conrad Is believed to have been kiilea
and porperty valued at $4,000 De"
stroyed by fire which consumed the
American House block and
aged two adjoining blocks
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
NE wouId Do.

Have you had any experience az
chauffeur
"Well. I can show you the receipts
for the fines have probationary
Home Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
Have You Onef

Little Willle-Say, pa, what Is a mu-
tual friend?
PA mutual friend, my son, Is one
who makes 1t his business to keep you
informed of the mean things your other
friends say about you.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22

crew After a moments thought. he drew
his pocket a handful of rubbish from
winch he extracted large nail. Gradients
ooot served as hammer, and with this
he drove 1t into the keyhole.
Twill hould it foiner' cried he. re-
Sarding bis work with exultation.
And so, with fresh assurances Of
watehfulness, he left us.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
Japs In HIqh Schools.

San Francisco, Dec. 1S.-Japanese
children who have passed the gram
mar grades have not been and will not
be barred from the high schools.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
Slaughter of Terrorists.

NOpoit % ouhudy from CeZenStOc1-
owa, which is a typical Polish town.
show that seven socalled terrorists
have been tried by drumhead court
martial and executed in the last two
days
In the early part of the week five
terrorists were convicted and shot
here, also three at Sieradz, two at
Tomasseow, and one at Lomza. These
executions have been going on so con-
stantly throughout Poland generally
that it has become almost superfluous
to repeat the daily chronicle of mill
tary executions, Altogether, despite
the darkness of the present martial
conditions, the situation has been
somewhat relieved by new evidence of
the indomitable spirit of the Polish
people asserting itself.
Desperate Reds in Bessa >abia.
ST. Petersburg, Dec. IA dispatch
from Lipkany, Bessarabia says that
three revolutionists, upon being ar
rested, shot and killed an officer and
fed. Three peasants VINO joined in
their pusuit were also killed by the
revolutionists. Later two of the revo-
lutionists were shot and instantly kill
ed by officials and the third committed
suicide
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22

Northwest Fruitgrowers
ton, Seattle, Wash, Januar
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-12-22
REVOLUTION Dying
RUSSIAN POLAND IN CONTROL
OF GOVERNMENT.
Result Was Accomplished at Terrible
Cost to Polish People-Thousands
Lost Their Lives and Business Ia
stasnant-state of Poverty Exists
Everywhere.

warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec H.
Reports received from points through
out Russian Poland show that the gov
ernment's policy of firmness has been
successful in subduing the last of the
smoldering sparks of revolution. This
result was accomplished at terrible
cost to the Polish people, the number
OF victims being estimated at thou
sands. Business became stagnant,
the trades and industries are bank.
rupt, and the masses are disspirlted
and in state of poverty.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03
BOY Of FIFTEEN
HELD FOR MURDER
Charged With Having Slain
Father Nearly Year Ago
by Shooting.

BOYD, Mass, Oct. 2.-F1fteen-year
old Edgar W. Nickel. Is under arrest
here charged with the murder Of his
father. Charles s. Nickel. The elder
Nickel died on November g. 1905. His
body was found at his home with a
bullet wound in the head. and the
medical examiner returned a verdict
of suicide. This supposition was
strengthened by the fact that Nickel
had been IN ,,oor health and had been
heard to express a desire 10 end his
life.
The suspicious OF the police were first
aroused by the discovery that while
the bullet had entered the right side
OF the head, the dead man was left
handed and the haic was not singed.
They also found that the man and his
son had quaTreled on the afternoon be-
fore the formers death. Young Nickel
told the officers that when he went
home that day his father told him he
was tired Of life and was going 10
end H.
After an investigation lasting nearly
a year the grand jury returned a Sc
cret indictment against Edgar on which
he was arrested.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03
CANDY TALISHAN
TO POOR WIDOW
Box of SWeetmeatS Brings
Her a Husband and a
Half Million.

NEW YORK. Oct. S-A half pound
box OF candy brought Mrs. Emma
Burns. a widow of thirty, husband
and a fortune.
Mrs. Burns Is employed in the packing
Department OF a candy factory. and a
few months ago. In a spirit OF fun. she
put her name and address on a card
and dropped It into box OF sweet
meats.
4 few days later she received "a note
from Edward Charles Wilson, asking
Il he might call on her. She granted
the request and Wilson called 1t was
a case OF love at first sight. An en-
gagement quickly followed. and tomor-
row Mrs Burns is 10 become Mrs. VIII
SON
Wilson is a frcsco painter and heir
to "a pr0pertv valued at $500 600 left TO
him by an aunt who lived in Chicago.
The marriage ceremony viii be perform
ed by the Rev Charles II. Elder, the
marrying paTsOu of Trenton.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03
FFRRY FIPEMAN INIURED.

Nathaniel Chapman, colored. nifty
one years old, employed as "a fireman on
the Alexandria ferry boat Woodbury.,
was painfully injured last night by be
ing struck by the engine crank He
was taken to his home, 35si2 Van street
southwest, IN the ambulance from the
Fourth precinct station.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03
FELL FRoM BICYCLE.

While riding a bicycle on Maryland
avenbe northwest yesterday, Eli Jones,
Of % Indiana avenue northwest fell
from the wheel, receiving a cut above
the left eye and bruising his chin. lie
was removed TO the Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03

Delight Manifested on Ali Sides
when C. & S. Ice Cream is served. Drug
gisLs'
The Washington times., 1906-10-03

Shaffer, Florist, 18th and Eye"
makes a specially OF wedding decorations.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03
Withdrawal Of EIkton @.

The through parlor car service from
Washington 10 Elkton. Va, via Baltl-
more & Ohio has been Withdrawn for
the season.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03
Stnkingly Beautiful Floral Work.

GUIDES floral decorations for weddings
complete the picture Artistic. efrec-
tive. 1914 +.
The Washington times., 1906-10-03
Interest Is Paid on All Funds

Deposited in banking dept, Of Union
Trust Co, l4l4 F. 81. Deposits subject 20
check at will Savings accounts invited.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12
A**x++*++ ~
Has Studied Easter Customs
in All Parts of the World


ish Easter is the choirs of children in
the professions. In the procession of
Our Lady of the Angels a hundred
little girls in white, with white feath-
ers in their beautiful black hair, par
AIDED, singing They were the angels
although they looked for all the world
like our American Indian children.
1.-The next Easter l spent in Mexico
City-again among the Spanish-and
saw a repetition of most of the Sc
vile pageantry over again. The ped
dlers sold small efigies of Judas in
the streets, and they were hanged
everywhere. There was one Judas,
twenty feet tall. hanging from a rope
in the center of business street and
was afraid it was an advertisement.
''In Mexico the women do penance
and the men, too. They kneel for
hours in the streets or creep on their
knees for blocks, scourging them
selves. l saw one comely girl, dress
ed in coarse clothes, with a crown of
thorns pressed upon her brow, kneel-
ing in the street, surrounded by a
hands as she walked on her knees
strangers to her they were-and
learned later that her father was a
wealthy man.
1.-THE next Easter was in a glorious
land-Austrian Tyrol We were at
Swartzenberg. only few miles from
Lake Constance and above the valley
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12

during the stately mass, while the
immense choir filed the cathedral
with inspiring music. Later the pope
was borne in his chair of state to the
balcony, and, rising, blessed the i'm
mense crowds, gave benediction, and
indulgences.
"In 1891 / was in Germany, and
Joined in the quaint games at Ham
burg. The gifts of eggs, which the
white hare is supposed to have
brought during the night, begin early.
At dawn the bells, which have been
silent during passion week, break
forth and ring wildly all day. The
peasants say that the bells have gone
to Rome during passion week and re-
turned with a message from the pope
for Easter The gayly hued eggs are
given everywhere, and none is refus-
ed. Every one must wear something
new on Easter day for good luck. sig
nifying that the beginning of Easter
will mean many new things during
the year.
MY Easter in Russia was spent
away in the south, because father was
busy there with some Investigations
and there, as among the Hungarians,
l saw the queer custom of Easter used
for proposals of marriage. Over the
door OF every house in which an un-
married girl lived her admirer placed
a green twig. Then, approaching the
door he knocked. The father respond
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12

ed and found the admirer with a
pitcher of water
You have flower in your garden
that l crave permission to water said
the admirer.
4 have flower in my garden, but
it grows by itself, without being wa
tered responded the father. thank
you for the honor
Instead of going away, the swain
remained, watching until the daugh-
ter came forth Then he threw water
over her until she either agreed to
wed him or bought her ransom in col
ored eggs.
THE Russian custom of kissing is
general in the Black sea districts,
and on Easter was kissed and kissed
by Turks, Russians and Jews until I
filled my hand with money and bought
them off.
"One strange custom found DUR
ing my Easter in England, which
spent with papa's distant relatives in
Northumberland. We went into the
village to church early, both of us
being ignorant of the customs, and,
coming from church, man stepped
up and demanded an egg. l had none
and told him so. Thereupon he knelt
down and commenced to unlace my
shoes. Papa laughed-it was horrid
of him-and let that man take off my
shoes and march away with them.
Then papa hastily purchased eggs and
paid the ransom. The women who de-
mand eggs of men and are refused can
grab the mans cap and keep it until
he pays"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12
SAVED BABY LYONS LIFE.

Only millionaire can afford to wear
a misfit suit.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12

Miss Helen Mathews Laidlaw of ST.
Louis has seen Easter day celebrated
in more different countries, perhaps,
than any person on earth. In eighteen
countries she has spent Easter, nine
teen if England and Scotland be con-
sidered different countries.
To reassure those who may get an
incorrect idea in regard to Miss Laid
laws age it should be stated that she
is but 81 years old, for she began her
life of travel with her father, a writer
and student since he retired from the
ministry, before she was IL years of
age, ard since then has visited prac-
tically every country on the earth.
Her Easter experiences. written at
a church organization, furnish valu-
able addition to the history of that
strange, part pagan, part Christian,
part Jewish holiday.
What Easter means to Christians
everybody understands, but that the
tribes of the earth, many of whom
know little of Christianity, and more
that oppose Christian teachings, cele-
brate the day is not so we'll known.
The early Celts, the Egyptians, the
Persians, the Turks, the early Aryans,
celebrated the day, and it received its
name from Eostre, goddess of the
dawn, the celebration being in honor
of the dawning of spring.
The Aryan celebrated by singing,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12

dancing and feasting, while the Sc
mite observed the day with ritual,
prayer and fasting, and from these the
Jews drew their feast of unleavened
bread and the sacrifice of the Paschal
lamb, forgetting the origin of the Gus
tom in the story of the Passover. The
Christians saw new meaning in the
sacrifice when Christ was represented
as the Paschal lamb.
This synopsis of the origin of the
Faster celebration precedes Miss
ences.
"The Easter of 1886" says Miss
Laidlaw, was my first away from
home, and l was that year in Seville
Perhaps the Easter customs in the
world are so strange mixture of the
barbaric and the Christian as in
Spain, and the center of the celebra-
ton is Seville. The pomp and pa
geantry of the Roman Catholic. SER
vices and professions are strangely
mixed with other customs.
1.-THE great Easter week parade is
treated as a circus and the floats rep
resenting the epochs in the life of
Christ are surrounded by great
crowds, that come from all the coun-
try round to see the procession and
participate in the wine drinking and
feasting that follow. The float repre-
senting Christ, taken by the Centu-
rion, brings the crowds to their knees
all along the route, and there are
storms of jeers, Kisses and volleys of
stones for Judas.
zone beautiful feature of the Span
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12

of the Rhine The Easter ceremonies
are entirely religious, and every form
of worship known to the church is
observed. Later in the day, while
the bells rang wildly throughout the
beautiful valley the famous Tyrolese
singers came forth and wandered in
bands from hamlet to hamlet in the
valley, singing their famous carols
until the mountains and glaciers
echoed with the Easter hymns. At
each house the singers call the people
to the door, and eggs, colored and
marked with notices, are passed out
to them, and wine and cake. served,
while the people of the house carol
with the singers. Everywhere the
people wear flowers, covering them
selves with them.
Rome, of course, is the center of
the Easter celebration, and the cere-
monies are more gorgeous even than
at Jerusalem-wherei it was my luck to
be last year. 1 witnessed one celebra-
ton at Rome, when the blessed Pope
Leo led at mass in st. Peters. The
day opened with a salute of cannon
from st. Angelo at o'clock, and i'm
mediately the throng moved toward
ST. Peters.
at was the most impressive sight
in the Christian world. The pope,
seated in his sedia gestatoria, in vest
ments blazing with gold and the triple
crown upon his brow, was borne into
ST. Peters. Great fans of ostrich
feathers waved beside him and over
him a canopy, richly embroidered in
gold. The brilliant assemblage bowed
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12

Smithers of Nortonville is the paten-
tee of hedge moving machine that
is attracting considerable attention in
mechanical magazines. Mr.. Smithers
proposes manufacturing it and put
ting it on the market this season.
Addressed the Farmers. Prof. E.
A. Popenoe of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College, and Mr.. Young, ad-
dressed a large crowd of farmers at
Garnett in the opera house on the sub
jects of Seed Corn" and "Agricul,
ture." The speeches were well ia.
ken.
Oil Revival at PaoIa.-Interest IN
the Paola oil and gas field is not
dead. Although littlo development
has been made, the wells are
nearly all under pump every day,
the Standard and the Paola refinery
receiving the oil. The Paola refinery
is busy day and night and finds .
ready market for all it's products.
Pleaded Guilty to William
Arnold, a Harrington railroad man,
who cut hos wife's throat, pleaded
guilty to murder at Abilene and was
given first degree sentence: He had
attempted suicide but recovered.
Two General Prisoners Escape. =
Two general prisoners, in confinement
for long terms at Fort Riley, escaped
from sentry at the post They were
Privates Chaff and LII. The former
was one of sixteen general prisoners
that were to be taken to Fort Leaven.
worth to be placed in the prisoD
there
Clothing Firm Assigns.-Robers &
Ottawa, clothiers and dealers in shoes
at Clyde. made an assignment to H.
P. Campbell as trustee for the bene-
fit of their creditors.