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The broad ax., 1907-06-29
Went a-Whizn.

George held her hand and she held hisn;
Soon they Rugged and went to kim!
Ignorant. her pa had rim
Madder'n hops and simply sizZin-
- o. ??
Gee. but George went out whiZni
Princeton Tiger.
The broad ax., 1907-06-29
The Absentmindsd Masnats.

Gunbusta-Will you pass the butter,
please?
Railroad Magnate (absentmindedly1
No, sir; you'll get no pass oh, ex-
cuse me! Certainly!-Judge.
The broad ax., 1907-06-29
His Only Chance.

Dreamer-I wish l had an airship.
Breamer-What for?
Dreamer-I'd like to visit some Of my
sastles In the air.-Detroit Tribune.
The broad ax., 1907-06-29
DELAYS Are Dangerous.

Miss Gotrox - George, dear, I'm
afraid our wedding will have to be
postponed.
Mr.. Owings - Impossible, darling.
Nv creditors won't stand for it-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
The broad ax., 1907-06-29
III. r,ouhI, With Than.

Don't you know the reason some
men can't get along In this worldr
mo. You tell It"
"Well, they're afraid Of thunder. and
they can't dodge Neutrality-suspicious.
Constitution.
The broad ax., 1907-06-29
No Chance.

No Chance.
aDo you think his interest In art VIII
ever amount to anythingT'
NO." answered Miss Cayenne. he
10 too well OF to become an artist him
self and not rich enough to become
connoisseur. Star.
The broad ax., 1907-06-29
Bath AaooN.

Roun6ebout-By the way, old man,
how are you getting along with your
wife now?
The broad ax., 1907-06-29
ImnIaeahIa.

"Jimson's widow threatens TO break
his will"
The broad ax., 1907-06-29

yes, but she can't forgive him for
dying during housecleaning time
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax., 1907-06-29

Gayboy - Splendidly! We were d.
yorced last week.-New York Life.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-11-03

This is q story of that great
north country Of which it has
been said, There's never q lav
of God or man runs norH, of
fifty three :" q tale Of inzpetuous
emotion, of brute strength and
courage, Of swift and passionate
love and hate q tale vigorous,
forcefuI and absorbing, which
tells itself without fine words J;
: story Of the hunger for gold
and the hunger Of man for pom
an, brooki1g no interference or
rivalry, going straight for its o6-
ject as did the primitive mar,
before the time Of laws and con-
pentior1alfttes of civilized man
turned back TO sovagery ana los
ing no manhood in the turning
larry awhile, o reader, wifl,
these rugged men of Nome, and
you shall be refreshed and
strene theRed in their company.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-11-03

'i-ct Who jump it? Congress has
give us judges an courts an mar
shals' - | begins
That's just it. How you goin' to
buck that hand? Them's the best cards
in the deck There's man comm by
the name of Mcnamara. Watch him
clost. / can't tell you no more. But
don't never let 'em get a grip on your
ground That's all he'd say
BAH He's crazy, | wish some
body would try to jump the Midas.
We'd enjoy the exercise
The siren of the Santa Maria inter-
rupted, its hoarse warning throbbing
up the mountain.
Wen have to get aboard said Dex-
try.
"Sh-h, What's that?" the other whis-
percd
At first the only sound they heard
was stir from the deck of the steam
err Then from the water below them
came the rattle of rowiocks and a
voice cautiously mufiled.
stop Stop there
\ skif burst from the darkness,
grounding on the beach beneath. A
der leading to the wharf. Immediate
~ a second boat, plainly in pursuit of
the first one, struck on the beach be-
hind it.
AS the escaping figure mounted to
their level the watchers perceived with
amaZement that it was Il young wom-
an. Breath sobbed from her lungs,
and, stumbling, she would have fallen
but for Glenister, who ran forward
and helped her to her feet.
Don't let them get me-" she painted.
He turned to his partner in puzzled
inquiry, but found that the old man
had crossed to the head of the landing
climbing.
'',Iust minute. you there! Back up
or III kick your face in.' Dextry' S
voice was sharp and unexpected, and
in the darkness he doomed tall and
menacing to those below.
Get out of the way That woman
a runaway" came from the one highest
on the ladder.
$50 / jedge."
''She broke qu'-
"Shut up. broke in another "Do
you want to advertise it: Get out of
the way, there, We blame fool. Climb
up, Thorsen." He spoke like a bucko
mate, and his words stirred the bile of
Dextry.
Thorsen grasped the dock floor. try
ing to climb up. but the old miner
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-11-03

The old miner stamped on his fingers.
stamped on his fingers, and the sailor
loosened his hold with a yell, carrying
the under men. with him to the beach
in his fall.
This way, Follow me-" shouted the
mate making up the bank for the
shore LIEF the wharf.
You'd better pull your freigh'- miss,
Dextry remarked. They'll be here in
a minute
tYes. yes! Let us go: l must. get
aboard the Santa Maria. She's leaving
now. Come, Conner
Glenister laughed as though there
were Il humorous touch in her remark,
but did not stir. 4
I'm gettin' awful old an stiff to
run" said Dextry, removing his mack
NAV. .'but / allow amt too old for
4 little diversion in the way of a rough
house when it comes nosin' around
He moved lightly, though the girl could
see in the half darkness that his hair
was silvery.
what do you means' she questioned
sharply.
"You hurry along, miss. Wen toy
with 'em till you're aboard They
stepped across to the dock house, back
ing against 4. The girl followed
Again came the warning blast from
the steamer and the voice of an off,
Ger:
Clear away that stern line.''
'4Oh, Wen be left! she breathed, and
somehow it struck Glenister that she
feared this more than the men whose
approaching feet he heard.
"You can make it all right" he urged
her roughly. You'll get hurt If you
stay here. Run along and don't mind
u.s.. We've bsen. thirty days on ship
board and We're praying for something
to happen. His voice was boyishly
glad, as II he exulted in the fray that
was to come, and no sooner had he
spoken than the sailors me out Of
the darkness upon them
During the space Of q. few hearfbeats
ther~ was onsysa tAn9asa Of whirling
forms with the sound Of nst en- iesh,
then the blot sisiit up. ana forms
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-11-03
My Best Friend

Alexander Benton, who lives on
Rural Route No, Il, Fort Edward, ~
y, says. "Dr. Kings New Discov-
cry Is sity best earthly friend It
cured ma of asthma six years ago.
1t has also PERFORMED a wonderful
cure o}l inclpient consumption ior
my sons wife. The first bottle end
ed the terrible cough, and this ac-
compllshed, the other symptoms left
one by one, until she was perfectly
we'll DR.. Kings New Discovery 5
power over coughs and colds IS sim
ply marvellous No other remedy
has ever equaled it Fully guaranteed
by all druggists. soc and SI.oo Trial
bottle tree. nov.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The doctor can't always cure you,
sometimes it's yoLr mean disposition.
The trouble about good time is
that people seldom agree on what IL 10.
II a shlftiess man in a country town
doesn't keep greyhounds he usually
plays a fiddle. %
So many men fool away 80 much
valuable time doing things in which
there is neither point nor profit.
1t is not recorded that any financial
genius ever got his start by purchas-
Ing diamonds on the installment plan
When a man is telling Of n quarrel
he has had and says, II said to the
other fellow" he nearly always makes
what he says a good deal worse than
II was.
After a girl has married and left
home she sits up and takes notice ey.
cry time her parents buy an expensive
dress for the daughter still at homo.-
Atchison Globe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
AN OCEAN IN THE AIR.
The Queer Superstition That OnDs
Prevailed In England

The Queer Superstition That OnSS
Prevailed In England
The curious superstition that there IL
an ocean ayoNe the clouds is illus
trated by the following strange story
by an old English writer: One Sunday
the people of a certain village were
coming out Of church on q thick,
cloudy day when they saw the anchor
Of a ship hooked TO one Of the tomb
stones, the cable, which was tightly
stretched, hanging down from the air.
The people were astonlshed, and while
they were consulting about II suddenly
they saw the rope move ~ though
some one labored to pub up the an
Choir. The anchor. however, still held
fast by the stone. and a great noise
was heard In the air like the shouting
of sailors. Presently q sailor was seen
sliding down the cable for the purpose
Of unfixing the anchor. When he had
Just loOsened ii the villagers seizsd
hold of him. and while In their hands
he quickly died. Just as though be had
been drowned
About an hour later the sailors
above. hearing no more Of their com
rade. cut the cable and sailed away. In
memory Of this extraordinary event
the people Of the village made the
hinges Of the church doors out Of the
iron of the anchor" II ID further stat
ed that these hinges .are stil 70 be
seen there a bit Of evidence much
like Munchausen's rope wherewith he
once climbed to the moon II y0u
doubted the story you were confronted
with the rope
There 10 another queer tale about
this aerial ocean "A merchant Of BEls-
tol" II Is said. get RAI1 with his cargo
for Ireland. Some time nfEG, while hls
family were at suuDsE, knife sudden
ly fen In thrsagh Q WiAAuW - IT, -
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strument Of warfare which he called
a torpedo" and a submarine vessel.
His first experiments In steam naviga-
ton were made In Plombieres, g
French watering place, in 1902. In
1903 he submitted a working model Of
a steamboat to a commission Of French
scientists, and soon afterward he built
in France a vessel sixty-six feet long
to which an engine was adapted. Ex.
periments with this were SO successful
that he at once set about constructing
a larger vessel In the United States.
This, the Clermont, made the journey
up the Hudson from New York to Al
bany on Aug. II, taking thirty-two
hours for the trip. Thereafter the Cler-
mont made regular trips.
There are four grandchildren Of Rob
ert Fulton living-Robert Fulton Lud-
low of Claverack, N. T.; the Rev. Rob
ert Fulton Crary, rector Of the Church
of the Holy Comforter, POughkeepsle,
N. Y; Charles Franklin Crary Of Mer-
rick, N. Y, and Mrs. Ella Crary Cam
mann Of New York. At the recent
meeting Of the association Cornelius
Vanderbilt, its president, announced
that they had written a joint letter
expressing approval of the objects Of
the association and giving their con
sent to the removal Of F'ulton's bones
from the Livingston vault In Trinity
ehurchyard, New York, to the proposed
tomb and monument. At the same
meeting a suggestion was made, which
seemed to meet with much approval, Il
the effect that the memorial should b
erected on the banks Of the Hudson. a
one end Of the proposed bridge. In hon
or of Henry Hudson, who discovered
/ that noble stream. This bridge win ex
tend from the northern end of Manhat
tan Island to the heights Of Spuyte1
Duyvil.
1t is hoped to raise 100000 for tn
purposes of the Fulton monument, an
contributions large and small are re
duested. The headquarters Of the a.
ISOLATION are Park row. New Yorh
1t is the hope Of President Vanderbilt
that the cornerstone Of the monumen
may be laid during the month that ID
centenary Of the Clermont'S tlrSt vOJ
age viii occur.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
STOPPED THE OVATION.

Richard Wagnerss Peculiar Expog1-
ence In vienna.
When Wagner was at the height Of
his popularity he visited Vienna. Bar.
on Won Beust, then chancellor OF the
empire, was informed that the Prusr
sian party intended to give him an Inn
mense serenade-a serenRde which
would have the air Of German protest
against the tendency Of the ministry to
make the union Of Hungary and Aus
tria more intimate. The demonstration
promised to arouse strong feeling.
your excellency Ii warned" said
the chaneellnr's advisers. 1T 10 impos-
sible TO stop this manifestation unless
Wagner goes away, and he loves OEa-
lions too well Nothing viii induce him
to depart"
You think So" said Beust. with
smile.
An hour later Wagner was invited 10
dine with the chancellor. He was dat-
tered by the invitation and accepted II
After dinner, ut which Beust was do
liRhtfuIly affable and entertaining. the
chancellor remarked: Herr Wagner,
are you interested In autOgraphs1 !
have some very curious ones TO show
YOU And be opened q portfolio where
were letters Of Palmerston. Bismarck,
Napoleon Ill, Helne and others.
Suddenly turning TO q paper, dated
1s4s, he said: "Ah, look At this. II Il
very curious- What would your friend
his hlghness the king Of Bavaria say Il
this paper, which would be significant
In connection with the political sere
made which the Germans are going d
give you, should be published tOmM'
row In the Vienna papersr
The composer examined the papei
and recognized. with surprise, an old
proclamation OF one Richard Wagner
who, an ardent revolutiOnist In 1S4s
had proposed 60 the youth Of that tint
TO set Gre 20 the palace Of the king Of
saxOny. He saw his autograph and
that II might be the means Of gstttnl
him into serious trouble
VERY curious. q II not Herr WAC
PER- said the minister.
Very curious, your exceilency'" -
/ piled his guest
The next morning Richard Wagn@
left Vienna, recalled % Baireuth b
urgent buslne1s.-Srana NaEaEinA
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
The Oeocbsr
And E6e Ru,SfEers


toTiginall
We was very much pleased at the
settlement when q rattletrap buggy
drove mp with q man and a girl The
man said he was lookin' for con-
venient place for his daughter to open
q school aud wished to know II
Bcratchgravel wanted one. He added
that the settlement need not be at any
expense, since his daughter would ash
for tuition only what the parents felt
able TO give. We wanted a school
mighty bad. not that the children
needed Parnin', for there wasn't no
use for It at scratchgravel, but their
mothers liked to talk across lots with
one another, and the children bothered
'sm while they was doin' It So the
schoOImarm was engaged, her father
drove away, and the children was kept
eooped up for eve hours a day while
their mothers was a-gossIpin'.
II was about this time that the boss
stealth commenced. Not that we
hadn't had boss stealin'. We had.
But somehow the rascals had found Q
way o. gittin' inside our corrals and
stampedin' the stock. We organized
a watch, but as soon as we did the
hosB stealin' stopped. We dropped the
watch. ana II begun again. Then, ths
watch beln' too hard on the men o. tbs
settlement, we took In the wimmen
Nobody saw nothin' till 1t come tht
teachers turn, when the hull gang o
hoss thieves come down on rs to oncet
and she lit after 'em, iirin' at 'em
and saved q dozen bosses they haC
loOsed ready to run or.
This made the schoolteacher might.
popular, and, since she was a goo'
looking gal with pink checks, severa
o. the bachelors o. the settlement want
ed to marry her. But she wouldn'
have none Of 'em, sayln' her heart wa
with the dear little innocents she wa
teachin'. Another thing that lifted th
1 HchOolmarm In our affections was tha
she put us on to somep'n that W
didn't think of before. She said tina
some one was toosenin Ine nOsSes an
the thieves would swoop down an
drive 'em of This some one must b
one Of us. We all looked at each othe
suspIcious-like, every Teller wonderiI
II be wasn't susplcioned. II wouldn
do to put any Of US on watch for fea
o. putin on the man that was doll
the business. At last two or three {
us got together and after talkin' II
matter over allowed we'd ask Il
teacher to do a little detective woT
to and out who the traitor was. TIL
was natcheral, seeln' she'd got on
the fact that there was a traitor. 81
said she'd keep her eye skinned Il
him, but unless she could ketch him
] the act we wouldn't believe in
guilt We Wwors we would end wal
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02

"HE one hundred and forty first
anniversary of the birth of Rob
ert Fulton, inventor of the
steamboat, occurred on Nov. IA
nd was observed by the Robert Full
on Monument association at a largely
blended meeting Of the society in New
FORK, cities in all parts Of the United
states being represented by the menu
ers In attendance. The object of the
association is the erection of a monu-
ment In honor of Fulton, and 1t was
Incorporated about a year ago. The
plans have now developed to a point
where the success of the project Is as
sured, although much remains to be
done in the collection of funds for the
Expense of the proposed monument,
the selection of site, design, etc. It
viii be hundred years on the 18th Of
next August since Fulton's Clermont
steamed up the Hudson river for the
first time, and it is desired that the ar
Engagements for the monument should
be well forward by that time. The an
Iniversary will be observed at the
Jamestown exposition, which has set
apart Aug. IL as Fulton day.
France claims the right to honor the
father of steamboat navigation, too. for
t was in that country he conducted
many Of his experiments. His achieve
nents will be celebrated at the Inter
national Maritime exposition at Bor-
deaux next summer.
Fulton was born at Little Britain,
Pa, in 1765 and died in New York in
1915. He started out to be an artist
and, indeed, earned enough money to
buy farm from painting portraits and
landscapes. He was pupil of Benta
min West, and that artist in later years
Rinted a portrait of him which Is now
considered the best in existence. HC
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bic. When the merchant returned and
saw the knife he declared 1t to be his
own and said that on such a day, at
such an hour, while sailing In an un-
known part Of the sea, he dropped the
knife overheard, and the day and the
hour were found to be exactly the time
when II fell through the window" All
Of which was once implicitly believed
by many and regarded as incontroyert-
lble proof of the existence Of a sea
above the sky. One is at a loss to con-
lecture how that unknown part OF the
sea" connected with the rest Of 1t. A
physical geography showing this would
be no small curiosity.
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ed for her to work up the case.
While this was a-goin' on the rustieFs
had got away with most o. the bosses.
Fact IL there wasn't but half dozen
on 'em left In the hull settlement One
stormy night we heered a clatterin' o
hoofs and went out to try and save
the stock. The boss thieves had start
ed the hun lot OF 'em, but two had
got away and turned back. Ben Hath
away and me got saddles on TO 'em
and liz out to try and save the other
four. We chased 'em purity lively and
was a-ketchln' up with 'em when the
boss one OF 'em was ridin' struck .
deep mudhole ana fell. We was gcin
right on, but he stood In the middle o
the road ppmpin' lead at US, and we
drew up. II was 30 dark we couldn't
see him, and be couldn't SEE rs; there
fore he couldn't hit US nor we him.
Suddenly there was a big fiash o
llghtnin'. and there In the middle o.
| the road stood a woman. But, though
the dash was only Instantaneous. both
| of us saw for the milliOnth part Of q
second, plain as at monday, the school
marin.
Before we had chance 70 say any
thing to each other there come another
dash, and three shots rung out after
It and before the thunder. One o. 'em
was from the schoolteachef, ana tctheE
two was from me and Ben. We hser'
ed a yen, and |, dismountint, give my
boss to Ben and walked to the mud,
hole. held my shootin' iron cooked
before me. for there was plenty o.
llghtnin', and didn't want to 81
plunked while lighted up by a tiamh
But the first real bright one that coms
showed the woman Iayin' In . heat
across the mudhole.
MY conscience troubled me 10
; shootin' a woman, even II she was h
league with boss thieves. and wen
on, calm to Ben ut the same time b
come on, too, hopln' the gal might no
be dead and we could save her life
When we got to where she was sh
groaned, and we knowed she wal
alive We couldn't do nothin' for he
out there in the dark, no we put ha
on one o. the horses, holdin' her o.
and walked back 10 the settlement
? When we got there everybody va
outside, some o. 'em with lanterns
What do you suppose the gal had tn
gall to dor She pointed 30 Ben an
me and gasped:
these two done It. They lOOssns
. the stock for the rustlers."
= Well, there we was convicted o. hos
I stealin' and had shot the gal that ha
{ been watchin' u.s.
r The next mornin' airy we was bot
/ taken under big tree and q noon
4 throwed around our necks. They WI
q just about to swing US OF when
q sheriff come dashln' Into town lookil
K for Kid Regain. the boy boss thief. A
Is soon as he hearn o. the schoolteach'
% be asked to see her. and the minute
ie sot eyes on to her recognized her 4
" Regain. But the hid defeated justi'
n by dyin' the same day. That's no
Is Ben and me was saved from q hO'
& Stsalin' death.
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Honor Fulton

Recent Birthday of the Steamboats,
Inventor Remembered - Plans to
Erect a Monument to His Memory.
His First Experiments In Steam
Eavi Gation-CS6s ClermOnt's Success
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MINIATURE or TWO OF FULToS's chill
DRES AND PORTRAIT OF HIS GRANDSON.
ROBERT FULrUS LUDLOW.
also painted a portrait OF Mrs. Fulton
and a miniature Of two children Of the
inventor. Fulton abandoned the pro
ression Of painting for that Of civil
engineer. Besides being the father Of
Aeeamboat navigation he invented an In
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s o uR y ARsr&Ad nE i In - Nosn"
Il Mnnana
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-22
CONSCIENCE LOSES HIM JOB.
Express Wagon Driver Quits Rather
Than Handle Tobacco.

ELGIN, ILL.,. Jan. 22.-Loren w.
Baker, one of the employees of the Ell
gin branch of the American Express
company. has resigned his position as
driver because his conscience rebelled
when he was forced to deliver pack
ages containing tobacco. Baker has
always shown great devotion to reIl-
giOus work.
A few months ago he secured po-
sitiOn with the express company
Everything went along nicely until
Yesterday. when he made known to his
friends his intention to resign.
He says that he could not lead a
sanctified life and still deliver pack
ages containing articles which goOC
Christian would not approve of using
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-22
CAMPBELL TELLS Of MERGER
Great Northern Traffic Manager
Before Commission.
TESTlfIES As TO BIG COMBINE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MADE COM.
PETITrvE RATES UNTIL TAKEN
INTO FOLD.
TEsT|F|Es As TO BIG COMBINE

SEATTLE. Jan. 22.-BenJamln
Campbell of ST. Paul, the general
traffic manager of the Great Northern.
testified before the interstate COM
merce commission investigation yes
terday as to the effects of the Harri-
man merger of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific. The investigation
is being conducted by Commissioner
Lane
Campbell was general manager OF
the O. R. & N. when the Union Paci-
fic bought a controlling interest in
the Southern Pacific completing the
Hartman merge He was searchingly
questioned by G. A. Severance, attor-
ney for the commission, in an effort
to establish the contention that COM
petition on seaboard shipments ceased
when the merger was accomplished.
Campbell admitted that for some
time prior to the merger the South
ern Pacific was making competitive
rates into Portland and that after the
merger rates on the two lines were
the same.