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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-14
WHY TAFT IS WANTED.

That Theodore Roosevelt would GER
tainly be the nominee of the republican
party for another presidential term if
he were willing to accept the .nomina-
tion and that he would just as surely be
elected, is firmly established in the
public mind. That Secretary Taft is
the popular choice for president if
Roosevelt maintains his determination
not again to be candidate is almost
equally certain.
The people want Secretary Taft for
president because of his own quail
fications and because they know that
he will pursue a safe policy. He has
been long enough in public life to
permit of fair estimate being made
as to his probable policy if he were
chief magistrate. He is a man of
known high personal honor ard great
capacity for work. His out spoken
antagonism to corrupt political rings
and his independence of unworthy
influences have long been established.
That he is in entire sympathy with
the general scope and purpose of the
Roosevelt policy in regard to all
economic questions is unquestionable.
Belief in his adherence to that policy
gives great strength to his candidacy,
but it is not the only ground upon
which his popularity rests. The known
Endorsement of his candidacy byRoose-
velt is a point in his favor, but not
one on which most reliance is to be
placed. If Secretary Taft is nomi-
mated, as it is hoped he will be, it will
be because he is-Taft. ft.-Exchange.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-14

eating governor at the Jackson railroad
station by negro band.
Politics being about the same all
over the country, and similar CAM
paign methods prevailing, it is not
difficult to understand that whenGover=
nor Vardaman proposed to close his
speechmaking tour at Jackson the
night before the primaries he should
desire to be met by a brass band,
hired by his own benchmen and paid
out of his own pocket, the idea being
that the band showed the hearty vel
come and the great affection the city
had for him. AS bad luck would have
it, however, the Williams cohorts
had stolen match on the governor and
had hired the only two available bands
for the rival meeting.
When the news was broken to the
long-haired, but short-sighted, COVER
nor he fumed and fused and i'm
mediately ordered that band of musi-
clans should he gathered together,
regardless of expense. As theVardaman
train pulled into the station they were
to play "Hail to theChief" and "The
Conquering Hero Comes" while as
the Williams meeting was passed
"Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground"
and "Throw Him Down, McCloskey"
were doubtless to sound forth.
Content that his orders would be
fulfilled the governor leaned back in
his comfortable Pullman chair, took
deep draws at his dark Havana and
damned the negro in few new epithets
specially thought up for the fin-de-
campaign speech. The train drew
near the Jakson station, the blare of
the bugle and the squeak of the bas-
soon came to the straining ears of
the governor. He was happy, it was
costing a lot, but jackson was glad to
see him. He stepped out on the plat
form; uncovered his raventressed
head and bowed 70 the band hired at
so much per. Then he took a look
just wee, tiny one, and darted back
into the car leaving blue, sulphurous
haze hoverng around the platform.
The band was composed entirely of
negroes. If this We're fiction few
stars would be interpolated. But this
is fact, hence it is necessary to set
down in cold type that Governor Var
daman told the band what he thought
of it and of the color of the musicians
skin. He went to his meeting tunless.
The next day he went down in defeat
by about as many votes as the Jackson
band and it's immediate family and
friends could muster. - Spokesman
Review.
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j. M. Kaufman
i. HOUSE MOVING
Is My Business.

Safety guaranteed. l have all neces
sary apparatus and machinery for
transporting large structures on short
notice. Excavating . speciality.
CHARGES REASONABLE
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-14
the Tune THAT FAILED.

One of the most interesting Incl
dents of the strenuous campaign waged
in Mississippi between John Sharp
Williams and Governor Vardaman, was
the reception Of the negro hating, fire.
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A schooiboY was recently D,

A schoolboy was recently present.
ed with a pocketknife, with which,
boyike, he cut and marked every
thing that came in his way, from
the dining room table to the cats
tail. A few days after he had be-
come the happy possessor of the
knife his father was startled by see
ing two men bringing home the
young hopeful in very dilapidated
condition. The father, of course,
was very much alarmed and IN
quired of the boy who had hit him.
'Nobody hit me-" the boy an
swered between his sobs. "a DON
key kicked me in the eye"
HEh" echoed the father.
Haven't 1 told you thousands of
times that donkeys and powder are
not fit things for boys to play with
What were you doing to the dom
key?"
sT wasn't playing with him at
all" said the boy. q was only try
ing to cut my name on his back." y
London EXPRESS.
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MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG
AND SICK WOMEN WELL.


Forty years ago, DIR. Pierce searched
Natures laboratory for remedy with
which TO supplant the ignorant and VI
cious. methods Of treatment, with aleo-
hole stimulants, then In vogue, and still
too commonly prescribed and advised for
woman's peculiBr ailments.
Nature aboundswith most efficient rem-
edies, and In Lady's Slipper root, Black
Cehoeh root, Unicorn root, Blue Cohosh
root and Golden Seal root, DR.. Pierce
found medicinal properties, which when
chemically pure glycerine, have proven
most potent in making weak women
strong and sick women well. 1t contains
no alcohol; Is not Upatent medicine, "
nor secret one either.
VI was suffering with nervous headache.
pains In the back and dizziness, 30 that at
times had to lie down for hours before |
Thomas, Of s37 winston Street, Los Angeles.
Cal rAfter taking the first bottle OF Fd.
uoTfte Prescription" however. was so pleased
with the results that Kept on taxing II until
shall never be without this great medicine.
and shall take few doses when do not
feel strong"
One of the principal uses Of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is the preparation
Of prospective mothers for the time of
IS born. The Prescription is strength
ening and invigorating and lessons pain
and danger. 1t insures the perfect we'll
being and the perfect health Of both
mother and child. Every woman should
know these things before she really needs
to know them. There are many things in
Dr. Plerce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, that every woman ought TO know.
This celebrated work reached sale Of
ESQ, 900 copies at s1.50 each. The expense
of production having thus been covered,
It is now being given away. A copy will
be sent 10 any address on receipt Of 81
one-cent stamps to cover cost Of mailing
onlu, or, in cloth binding for 81 stamps
Address DR.. r. V. Pierce. Buffalo, NY.
Don't Be Hoodwinked, bTSSSf}sda h09SoGsd;
orover-persuaded into accepting a substitute
for the Original Little Liver Pills, first put
I'D by old Dr.. R. V. Pierce, over 40 years ago,
and called Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
They've been much initiated but never
equaied. One or two are laxative, three or
four cathartic-
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uneonasioua Humor.

1t is curious fact that the Scrip
ture lesson is invariably the occa-
sion for the greatest display of juve-
nile wit. Here, for instance, is a
delightful example of infantile in
genuity:
Down in Hampshire a curate was
giving Scripture lesson on Joseph
and his brethren. He asked the
boys why Joseph said, "see that ye
fall not out by the way" A boy
from a neighboring village, used to
riding about the farm, replied,
"'Cause they had no tailboard to
the cart"
No less amusing is the following:
When asked for the reply of Naa-
man, the lepeY, to the command to
wash seVenSSmes in the Jordan, a
boy gave thE Ee4SIer as, '1s thy serv-
ant q dog s1A4 he should do this
thing2"-Lonaon Tribune.
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Beauty Evsrxwhars

The remotest corner of the globe
is full of wonder and beauty. The
LATEST bank in the world, away from
towns, where no artists do congre-
gate, upon which no farm laps,
where no vines hang their cooling
clusters, nor flowers spring, nor
grass invites the browsing herd, is
yet spotted and patched with moss
of such exquisite beauty that the
painter, who in all his life should
produce one such thing, would be
a master in art, an immortal in
fame, and it has the hair Of 10000
reeds combed over its brow, and its
shining sand and insect tribes might
win the students lifetime. Gods
least thought is more prolific than
mans greatest abundance.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
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TheophiIe eautisr.

In spite of his exceptional
strength and the magnitude of his
desires, Gautier was a dreamer,
strayed into the midst of restless,
implacable civilization which rush
ed past him and over him and trod
him under foot, while he, uncon-
scious of the fact, made no COM
plant. "Poor Theo!" he sometimes
exclaimed, and we, his friends, knew
what depths of unspoken suffering
were compressed into that cry. he
lived in a world of dreams far away,
so far away indeed that he was
aware the fantastic existence he had
imagined was not to be realized
upon our earth and therefore made
the best of the Indifferent circum-
stances in which he was forced to
live. = Literary Recollections, ]"
Maxine du Camp.
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A GAME OF pENucHLE.
How One Husband Acts When He
Plays With His Wife.

'Penuchle is a peculiar game" !"
observed the married woman.
"When a woman wins, it's because
she is lucky, but when a man wins
It's due to his good Judgment and
nerve in holding his cards for big
melds. / play the game two or
three nights every week with my
husband fer an opponent, and the
way he frowns when things are not
coming his way is enough to make
one smile. But l do not dare smile.
l do not even dare resent it when
he says things about dumb luck
when / lay down kings for an eighty
meld or when he sneeringly suggests
that / should be speculator if l
quietly spread out four aces on the
table. If / win the first game, he
demands that I shuttle the cards de-
Gently during the next game, or if
he does tka.1 lf1ing he takes two
minutes ,tss 81 and declares that
the cards ~ ing to be mixed up,
all right, sEit came. If on his own
deal he gets q hand that doesn't look
good he murznurs something about
the luck being all on one side and
looks at me as if / were a criminal
if l meld the first dix and pick up
the king OF ace of trumps.
Suddenly his demeanor changes,
and l know he is getting some good
cards. Then he lays down the $50
meld and tells me what nerve he
had in holding for it, as he had no
trumps in the deal and was halfway
through the hand before he had
anything. l smile and make the
same meld ON the next play. Then
he becomes angry again and is vi
cious in his denunciation of my
luck.
'gThere is limit to my endur-
ance, SO l remark that he should
have known by his own hand that
the other cards were very likely out
against him and suggest that had
he led trumps it would have been all
off with me. He has no answer to
that, but he frowns dismally and
picks up his next card with the air
of martyr. And SO it goes. If he
loses three games in succession, he
gets up from the table without a
word, puts on his coat and goes out
without saying where he is going or
when he will return. From the way
he slams the door after him l gath
er the impression that he is angry
and is going to the corner to see if
Corrigan is still doing business.
Then l wonder if it would not be
the wise course for me to deliberate
ly lose the games and keep him good
natured. But somehow I can't do
it. l love to beat him." New
York Press.
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whnt pur.Iod HIm.

It is said of the Marquis of
Townsend. that when q young man
and engaged in battle he saw a
drummer at his side killed by can
non ball, which scattered his brains
in every direction His eyes were
at once fixed on the ghastlJ object,
which seemed to engross his
thoughts. Asuperior officer observ-
ing him, supposed he was inttmidat-
ed by the sight and addressed him
In manner to cheer his spirits.
"0h," said the young marquis, with
calmness, but severity, II am not
frightened. I am only puzzled to
make out how any man with such q
quantity of brains ever came to be
here"
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Hsr Guardian Cat.

A good dog enjoys a reputation
as a guardian of the house, but q
certain old woman puts her faith in
cats. Her house was entered some
time ago, and her belief in her pet
was justified. The midnight hour
had not long struck when she heard
unusual sounds in the hall below.
She slipped out of bed, took her
faithful feline, which always spent
the night in her room, in her arms
and walked quietly on the landing.
She leaned over. A burglar was on
the stairs. Suddenly in an unlucky
moment he struck match. The
lady then dropped puss upon the
burglars head. The cat uttered an
unearthly screech and began to use
its claws for all it was worth. The
next instant the man was outside in
the street.
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NV Hest Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives on
Rural Route l. Fort Edwards, N.
Y faye: "Dr Kings New Discoy-
cry is my best earthly friend. Ii
CURED me of my asthma six years
ago 1t bas also performed won
derful cure of inoipitent oonsum-
ption for my sons wife. The first
bottle ended the terrible congh,
and this accomplished, the other
symptoms left one by one. until
che has perfectly vel DR. Kings
Few Disoovery's power over coughs
and colds is simply marvellous
No other remedy has ever squaled
it. Fully guaranteed by All
druggists. 500, and 81 90. Trial
bottle free
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MEDICAL SUPERSTITION.
butlepdish Practices sdn Prevail .n
Parts Of Germany.

All sorts of outlandish medical
IDEAS and practices are to be found
n active prevalence in the marsh
lands Of the Weser, north of Bre-
merbayen, and in the Luneburg
heat a barren region between the
Elbe and Aller, in Germany.
In both of these districts the
touch Of corpse's hand is still re-
garded as curative of many local
Ills. In the Wesermarsch the prac-
tice is to steal secretly into the room
where the dead person is laid out
and with the dead hand stroke the
afflicted part. In the Luneburg
heath the application is especially
used as a cure for warts and for
cramps in the stomach.
Less grewsome is the remedy for
hernia still applied in the marsh
country. On the night of st. John
the Baptisps day. June "a, the pa
tient must be dragged through the
split 81 a cleft ash tree. Three men
bearing the first name of John
must perform the operation, and it
must be conducted in dead silence.
Some of the cures depend, on the
contrary, upon verbal formulas. For
hiccough the sufferer must cross
a little wooden footbridge over a
stream-an easy matter in the
marsh lands with their many drain
age bitches. AS he crosses he must
repeat the nursery rhyme:
snip-op un TX gungen ober dat ateg
Snik-op fult herin un TX gung veg.
This bit of dialectic German may
be translated:
Hiccough and went over the bridge;
went on, Hiccough fell IN the ditch.
For erysipelas fire is lighted
and pinch of ashes from it is rub
bed on the skin to the accompani-
ment of a saying to the effect that
the ashes and the sore went over the
Red sea together, the ash came
back, but the sore never again. Nu-
merous other sayings supposed to
have the force of charms, usually
when uttered simultaneously with
some action, are quoted. The Lune-
burger, for instance, who has warts
makes the sign of the cross on the
warts while gazing at the crescent
moon, saying, "What 1 see, that l
win; what 1 wash, that disappears. y
1t rhymes in the German dialect.
Sometimes the formula is not
spoken. The Wesermarsch folk
have saying which they write on
a slip of paper when any one has
fever. Then they burn the paper.
The Luneburgers have no formula,
but they write the name, year of
birth and birthplace of the sick per-
son in a lonely place three nights
running. Other remedies for fever
consist in swallowing spiders or dust
fled from church bell.
When tooth comes out the loser
must throw it backward over his
head. Hair combings must not be
thrown out of the window, because
the birds might get them and fly
away with them. In that case the
person who was separated from
them would speedily become bald
Allgemeine Zeitung.
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FoIIoued HI. Pine.

An old Hungarian countryman had
smoked the same pipe for more than
hfty years and as a natural conse-
quence had grown to love 1t as a
companion. One day. however, bis in
fant grandson smashed the pipe be-
yond all hope Of repair. The old man
was 50 broken hearted at his loss that
be hanged himself on a peg. In his
pocket was found a scrap of paper on
which was scrfbbled, MY pipe is done
for, and / must go too"
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Wonderful Eczema Cure.

sour little boy had eczema fol
FIVE years." writes N. A. Adams,
Henrietta, Pa. 1.-TWO of our home
doctors said the case was hopeless
bis lungs being affected. We EN-.
ployed other doctors, but no bene.
fit resulted By chance we read
about Electric Bitters; bought q
bottle and soon noticed improve
ment. We continued this medicine
until several bottles were used
when our boy was completely cur
ed" Best of all blood medicines
and body building health tonics
Guaranteed by all druggists. 500
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CHARLES LEE sLEIGHT
EnrIiah Rornl atnhlau.

All the horses In the royal stable at
Windsor are specially trained before
they are considered safe>for riding or
driving. After they have been broken
In they are driven past military bands
and are made to stand by railway
trains and to hear them rattle. The
horses are also accustomed to firing
by taking them down on q feld day to
AIdershot.
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Don't Pay Alimony

tc be divorced from your sppendix
There will be no occasion for it il
you keep your bowels regnlsr with
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Their
action is 30 gentle that the appin.
dix never has cause to make the
least, complaint. Guaranteed by
all druggists. 25o, try them.
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Farm for Sale.

The W. C. Miller farm opposite
Gallipolis, Ohio, fronting on the Ohio
river and B. & o. R. r., containing
about 400 acres. About 80 acres bot.
tom land. the remainder in mixed
timber. Will sell at great bargain.
Small cash payment and balance on
long time to suit purchaser. Address
w. c. Miller, 4244 Floral Avenue, Nor
wood, Ohio. march 81.
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A chineso trick.

A curious artifce was once adopted
by a Chinese slave nip when attacked
by 4 man-of-war. The crew threw
cocoanuts overheard into the sea and
then Jumped In among them. Nearly
all escaped, 'nr 1t was impossible to
tell wtick We4S heads and which were
nuts,
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position.

Rev. Vim e. Herbert, we'll
znown minister of the NJ. E. church
died suddenly in Baltimora last
week from ptom4ine poiso aing,
caused by esting oysters. Several
other members of the family we're
m ada verv i'll
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REMEMBER

You can make your own
selection direct from stock
at Tippett's--no delays--no
disappointments = no high
prices--no express charges
mo extra charge for bord-
ers--no sample book busi-
ness. Every pattern in our
immense stoc bought di-
rect from the factorys. We
will hang all papers bought
from us at 8 and l0c per
roll. Bring your Sears
Roebuck or anybody's sam
pies along with your fo
comparison. We will give
you better bargains. A
Square Deal at
TEPPETT'S
Point Pleasant, w. Va.
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lisa pity that Captain John
Smith and Pooahontas are una.
yoidstly prevented from attending
the opening of the jamestown Ex.
position.
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A Narrow Escape.

g W CIoyd, merchant, OF
PUNK, Mo-, had a narrow escape
four years ago, when he ran jim.
son bur into his thumb He says:
The doctor wanted to amputate it
but l could not consent. | bought
box of Buoklen's Arnioa Salve
and that cured the dangerous
wound" 25o at all druggist
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"ANTED:-For U. s. Army; able bodied
w unmarried men between ages of 81 and
IS; citizens of United States of good char
acter and temperate habits, who can speak,
read and write English. Men now wanted
tor Philippine service. For information ap-
ply in person or by mail to Recruiting Off
Ger, 3lO Main st Point Pleasant, W. Va.
mar q II
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Notice of Dissolution.

The partnership existing between
the undersigned as attorneys in the
practice of the law has this day been
mutually dissolved. All business now
on hands will be finished same as if nc
dissolution had taken place.
Witness our hands this March 9th
1907. JOHN e. BELLER,
apr 3tf b. HI. BLAGG.
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Every woman knows what a chip hat
Is, but probably few know why Il Il
called by that name. Tue reason g
simply because 1t iS made not exaetty
Of chips, but Of wood hhavings, which
are dyed In dainty colors, curled aS0
crtmped almost beyond recognition.
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Alresdy six Carnegie hero
medals have been found in the
pawn shops. Whioh merely goes
to show that even heroes at times
suffer from thirst and hunger.
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Many Cntldren are stckly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for Children, used by Mother Gray,
4 nurse in Children's home, New
York, break up colds in "a hours,
cure feverishness, headache, stom.
ach troubles, teething disorders
and distroy worms. At all drug.
gists, Zoo. Sample mailed free
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy,
N Y. may Sat
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A wit says Cigar in the breast
pocket is worth two in the show
case, Not after woman has given
you big hug, mister.
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Society women in Cleveland will
establish manicure parlor for the
purpose of keeping the claws of
their pet cats in order. An enter
prise like this is sure to come up
to the scratch.
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A Lamar. Missouri, merchant
offered a $25 suit of clothes
to the farmer who should bring to
his store the greatest number Of
people on one wagon. A young
farmer named Geo Sohreinel
brought in fair sized load and
won. BY actual count he had 81
men and boys on his wagon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-08

One-half of the people 90 not
know how the other half live, and
as rule it isn't much of their bust.
ness, eitter.