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New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
The Worlds Smallest Arm1es

ryF\ Il the. dream of diSJrrntnE tAe -
T.. sE,,,lJ ever be realized. there are 60 n.
countries that would not have nula g .o7, N,
As. for instance. Monaco who's an -Ii's :, FIRE
si.ts Of : guards. : carabineerS, ana 80 II
men. The neNt smallest army = ,-T1,.r-
luxembourg. with IS5 gend1rmeS' ! 70 M. 4
tcgT' N[ina 3nn 81 thew l cnn put in the sI ts q
nine. companies, or o5O men and . IN m a
raInrnandeI .,Ir'1 by a marshal The army ." of
pe.Ct footing consists OF one COMP
90 men. . .. " how
IT. ~ Liberia. This country hSls
inc force IS composed of 100 men and S13 2,rv
hun the. latter are evidently deeIned D.
terrible by their own Government, - -, ,,ben
public issues procamatIons OF neutrI5i's p.,.rs
wars break out between any oil thS
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
ODDS A N D E N D S
Face the Nfusl-

TEIERE are several tle.~-.. a-1.cg the
i orig.1 of the slang r-. Face the
--,-,z-,. II - sand u r.s. .e from the
arruv- One Of the il--.- - training
horses for the military -e-- 5 that oi
getting them % face the r----. and with
out cutting up "a r-t-ar----
mother auth NV says Il IS II
military origin but that r. - -. led. o SCI
diers when they were G--- ..- o. the
tune of '' The Rogue Mar. --- ar. taer
version i~ that 1t u used by a- --ir- 'ae
scenes when preparing TO 60 .- sta5e u
face the Music literally.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
Grim Jess

DF nth leI ;,L,- are -..-.- .uthen-
- tIc- The celebrated J--el t.
Tn, Hi f.r l---.-... r.- tested
,.-.,-,-- ft.,,-.-., -r--- mr.. .-..-- blum
dcrc,I into coming ~. 't VS.
dead. JuI -lij that e an-F
I, urn a lively Hood. -eclH-
c,.Iv a7n,rvphal
Nevertheless. rcr.l--- u re
same sort. winch Is a-tri.u-. ester
fell rc his Last illness, Is ur. ,-t,,-
tn Chesterfield was very 81. -e-.,A
WAS ONLY q matter ot a few III MS
uav~ic,4u aiv,-rI that he .r IN
ra-v drive IN his carriage. -- .Gt
rs the cIurpJgc W--- '
lI ny It was met tv d w- -.-el
f's.l~.lrtIv . the great .-E..-.., -.-i'
am glad T. see vHu able q.
Il am not driving ."-- Nerel
Chesterfield. Il am ~,-- a5 my
funeral
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
Pertinent and Impertinent

Vn doubt You're about the most worthy Of
men.
AnI tender and loving b':t. saw
II v,lr wife. h.tt her h,c - 1--we over again
Would She make YOU her husband t"-..Ar>
-Nit.Jl u I:,yUt!U-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

That valiant soldier t.
Was >tcII.u- ~"--e Ms
Have ucr.E. ....
SII sHr.e~-r- ....-
"Or else st.... u-re ..e '-~~
r.-s .FiS-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
" Dear Me

TIL rrsc Pear , E. + es. s.. 3 I5'5 Il s alsp'el
=, t,,lI,r.I about the time ct JI're@ J.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-12-19
10 AoAoao&oMoaoaoAoAoMo3
SPONSOR CONTEST.
Notice.

The Sponsor contest will close
December 21,l at 10 10, IN. Hur-.
ny boys and do some voting.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-12-19

Adolph Krapse returned last
from a three years 40
sence at Oklahoma. Adolph is al
son of Julius Klause and he will
make his future home with his
father.
Eilept Gerdes Sir, met with an
accident last Friday in which he
had his left hand badly smashed.
Mr.. Gerdes was handling logs
when the accident occurred.
| pity the poor people that have
to move for the roads are in a
terrible condition.
T. V. and John Holley made a
trip to Cuero last Monday on a
visit to their brother VIM. Holley
the former returning Tuesday
and the latter will remain with
his brother Tor some time.
Eilert Niemeyer of Sinner is
amongst US atpresent.
The w. o. W. held a. special
meeting here Monday night Dec,
10Th for the purpose of electinp
new officers.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-12-19

Henry Mueller formerly Of
Dryer but now Of Scurry County
arrived here Sunday on a visit tie
friends.
A. H. Neighbors, W. S. Moore
and Miss Nellie Neighbors, who
are off at college are coming
home for the Christmas holidays.
Say Pocahontas Of Sweet Hos; &.
what will old Sanity bring you Tor
Christmas?
Well as the dinner is on the ta-
BILE must go wishing you all
bright and happy Christmas.
CAPT. JINKs.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
HAPPY MARRIAGES.
Value Of the Spirit of Compromise Ia
Welded life.

Value of the Spirit of Compromise IN
Welded life.
If marriage meant the wedding of
q saint and an angel there would be
10 problems to solve, no projections to
attain, no progress to make. This may
be why there ale no marriages in
heaven.
On earth 1t is different Husband
and wife are strongly human. No mat
ter how lovingly united or how sweet
their accord, they never have the same
temperaments, tendencies or tastes.
Their needs are different, their man
ner of looking at things is not Identical
and in varying ways their Individual
ties assert themselves. At any critical
moment If both express at the same
/ time a desire to defer to the others
taste the result is foreordained-hap-
piness. This makes matrimony not
merely union but unison and unity.
The spirit of compromise does not
mean a continuous performance in the
way of self surrender and self sacri-
| fee; it does not mean ceasing to be a
voice and becoming an echo; it does
not imply or justify the loss of indi-
viduality 1t means simply the in
stinctive recognition of the best way
out of q difficulty, the quickest lacking
| to avoid collision, the kindly view OF
tolerance in the presence of weakness
and errors of another, the courage tC
meet an explanation half way, the gen
crosby to be first to apologize for dis
cord, the argeness of mind that does
not fear a sacrifice of dignity in sur
rendering in the interests of the high
est harmony of the two rather than the
personal vanity.-Delineator
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
Curios.

Mr.. Chow has a passion for curios.
but was not able to distinguish a gen.
uine article from a spurious one. One
day a dealer came to him wishing to
sell the lacquer bowl of Emperor Shun
B. C. 2255. the rod with which the
Duke of Chow about B. c. 1922 fog
Red PAX Kan, and the mat on which
Confucius sat (B. c. 551). Mr.. Chow
sold all his worldly possessions and
purchased them. Holding the bowl
in his left hand, clutching the rod i'll
his right hand and carrying the mat
upon his back, he went around begging
for a copper coin of King Woo (B. G
1122).-From the Chinese.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30

child urinates too often, ii the urine scaids
the flesh, or If, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is vet afflicted with bed-wet'
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made 1Aiser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy:
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It Is sold
by druggists, in fifty SIX
cent and one-doilar MsIHE - e.:
size bottles. You may g.lt.! IA
have a sample bottle $500 419GSsEz =
by mail free, also a Home of swamp-Root
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
Including many of the thousands of testi-
mortal letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. ", be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. ", on every
bottle.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
Bis Broken 4
Promise. q
By COLIN S. COLLINS.
Copyrighted, 1907, by G. H. sutcllfre

"Goin' to tn circus?' Toby glanced
'longingly at the gaudy bills as he shook
his head.
INA says 1 can't even go to the side
show" he said.
"Cummon, I'll take YOU" volunteer
ed Freddy Plastrick. Il was goin' t
take Nettle Fless, but her aunt from
'Cannelsville's goln' t take her, so I'll
take you. Cummon.'
The tempter never had assumed such
an enticing form before, but Toby held
back.
"'Taint that" he explained, unclos-
ing four moist and grimy fingers to
show a shining quarter in his hand. Il
got the money, but ma cried when |
asked could l 60"
Freddy regarded him with pity. That
q boy should have a quarter and yet
not be permitted to go to the circus
seemed to sound the depths of human
woe, but he could not pause to com
fort. Already the shrill scream Of the
calliope announced the approach Of the
parade, and he raced down the street
Eight-year-old Toby kicked his heels
disconsolately against the wooder
stoop. He fought hard against tempta
ton, but in the end the boy nature as
serted itself He could cut across lot:
and reach Tompkins' pasture before
the parade got back.
Ten minutes later Mrs. Atkins, com
ing to the door with a huge slice Of
bread and jam TO stay his hunger and
make him strong against temptation
saw what had happened and went bacl
into the tiny house to throw hersel
upon the bed and cry.
But Toby for once had forgotten hi
mother. He was racing across tn
back lots to beat the parade to tn
grounds. He brought up painting jus
as the band wagon came into sight
and he climbed fence post to get
full view The free show that brough
the people to the lot held him fascinat
ed and almost tempted him to folloy
the crowd into the side show tent, bu
something In his mothers face ha
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
Unavoidable Adam.

There is occasion for much beating
about the bush for answers to many
questions put by wise theologues to
timid people, but one set of men found
their match in the old Scotchwoman
under examination for admission to
church fellowship.
what are the DEGREES of GodF' she
was solemnly asked.
Indeed. l trow. he kens that best
himsep."
"What kind of a man was AdamT
"Ou, just like ither fouk" was the
quick reply.
The questioner insisted on a more
definite answer "Weel," said she, "ht
was just like Jeems Madden, ye ken"
"How soY'
"Weel, naebody got anything by him
and mony lost"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30

Witches 1rooms Do Not lnIure Trees.
Among the objects which the leafiess
season of the year makes conspicuous
In our woods and hedgerows are GER
tain dark, almost globular agglomera-
tons of small twigs on the boughs OF
many different kinds of trees which at
Arst sight look like birds nests. They
are what are popularity known as
witches blooms or brooms. They are
usually the results Of some bygone dis
turbance In the economy of shoot
producing bud which caused the bud
to break up into several instead of
continuing its onward growth as a
single branch. The irritating influence
which produced this result was proba-
bly, applied at very early period OF
the bud formation, while its develop
ment was but little advanced. Whether
due to insect or fungal irritation, these
| brooms are not infective to the rest OF
| the tree and do not cause decay or in
jure the tree In any way beyond use
lessly consuming a certain amount Of
sap. 1t is possible that some OF the
best brooms are caused by the at
lacks of mites which persist in theil
occupancy and attack the spring buds
every succeeding year.-Museum Ga
zette.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
A bold Rat.

A strange incident occurred at Credi-
ton. While walking along the street
4 man was alarmed by something
springing at him from the road
way. He brushed his hand over his
coat, and large rat fell to the
ground. The incident, however, did
not end there. for the rat made fur
Their attacks on the man, who expert
eDced some difficulty in keeping 1t
off. Several passersby came TO his
assistance, but it was some time before
they were able to kill the rat. So wild
and unusual an attack in the open
street was doubtless due to the rat
having lost its way back t. Its haunt
London Standard.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30

sunk deep into his heart He would
play truant, but he would not go to the
circus.
He wandered about the lot. 1t was
only a two ring show, but the horse
tent fascinated him, and he fingered,
watching the men take the gaudy trap
gpings from the horses and give them
feed and water.
Almost unconsciously he strolled
through the dressing tent and Into the
''big top" where the performance
would be given later. He seemed oddly
at home somehow, and he sat down on
the bank of one of the rings where
group of men were tumbling on a pad.
One of them dropped out of the
group and sat down beside him. He
was a tall, dark man, with kindly
face and a smile that would win the
confidence of any child. Toby smiled
upon him and so attracted attention to
himself.
"Hellov' cried the man. what are
you doing here, youngster? thought
you were Metcalfs kid"
81 just came in," explained Toby, as
though such a proceeding were most
natural. 'T can do those things"
The big man laughed. Most small
boys could do those things after q
fashion and were anxious to show of
before the circus folk.
Lets see what you can do" he sug
.gested as the others paused for a rest
Toby made for the mat. Somehow ht
seemed to remember tricks long since
forgotten. Somehow also he seemed t
remember doing just these same thing
in a ring like this one, and he gravel!
went through his repertory.
The men crowded about the mat
laughing aud crying encouragement
but it was the big man to whom Tob.
turned for applause.
You're pro kid all right" he de
clared. 81 guess you've seen the ring
before Want to come with US, kid
We could use light boy"
''I've got TO stay with mother" TOb
announced regretfully. I'm all She
got, you see, and she can't spare me"
"What does your mother do?" d'
manded the big man. He had know
mothers who were open to argumen
and the boy gave promise of being a
addition to the troupe
"She makes hats and sews,' e.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-do.lar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
ALWAYS CHEERFUL.
Even When He Lost Both Feet He
Could Find Consolation.

Even When He Lost Both Feet He
Could Find Consolation.
Browns cheerfulness was a source
of wonder and admiration to his
friends, according to the Ladies' Home
Journal. Either his religion or his
philosophy taught him to accept ev-
erything as wise dispensation. But
then he had large share of worldly
goods, his friends argued, and nothing
but adversely would shake his faith.
Therefore when a promising crop
was washed away by food the neigh
bors were much astonished to hear him
say: Its all for the best. was bless
ed with an overabundanee last year."
In the winter his house was burned
to the ground To his neigAbors' so
licitations he calmly responded, "The
house never suited us anyway, so it is
all for the best"
Other calamities befell Brown, but
still he refused to be disheartened.
The climax came when he was in q
railroad accident. Both feet were Sc
badly crushed that amputation was
necessary.
Sympathetic friends gathered from
all quarters. They dreaded to hear the
lamentations they were sure would
greet them, for even Brown coult
hardly be expected to pass this light
ly by.
Guess you are pretty well discour
aged, aren't you. with both feet GU
Off" ventured some one. do yol
think this is all for the bestT
But Brown nodded his head, smiling
wanly, and said:
"They were always cold anyway
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
Naturally,

Two men met at the gate Of the GEM
etery, and each with excessive polite
ness bowed to the other to pass in be-
fore him. After few minutes Of this,
when neither would give way, the
younger of the two smiled and said:
"You are the elder Of the two, SO
naturally you ought to go first
Eourire
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
Sourire
Run and Unrun,

when l first went to housekeeping
/ tried to run everything. ended with
running nothing"
Absolutely nothingT
"well. perhaps the gamut of the
emotions now and then."-New York
World
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
His Position.

Peckem-My wife referred to me az
the head of the family today. Meeker
How did that happen? Peckem-
She was talking to a man who called
to collect a bilI.-Chicagc News.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncon1-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. II the
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30

Many a man finds out too late that
be cannot hide anything FROM his OVID
conscience, -Pliny
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-30
Women as Well as Hlen Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble prevs upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

announcement is made cold and flat by persons authorized to speak for the aggre- gation. Just how 1t will fight back has not yet developed. Standard oil is an arsenal when 1t comes to weapons. It not only has the artillery and other armament but the powder to make action effective. It can not only defend itself, but 1t can carry war into various parts of Africa. It is within the abilities of Standard oil to lock up enough money to break the coun- try. If 1t so chooses it can buy half the newspapers in the United States and turn the batteries of the press upon the White House. It can organize the owners of stock in railroad and the industrial cor porations and also their bond holders into an army of defense and create out of that material a political force which will more than represent the balance of power in the politics of the Limited States. Standard oil, through It's diversified investments, gives employment to more than one mil lion men. It's enormous capital is lnces- sanity exercised It Is the most produce tive money in the world. It is energy in the strongest conceivable sense. Paralyze Standard Oil capital and a great army of worklngmen will be thrown into the street. The business and industrial depres- sion which Is now under way will be- come intensified Standard oil money may have been accumulated by question able methods, but 1t is busy money, and is part and parcel of the prosperity of the nation.i There are more than two sides to sthis warfare against Standard oil and its pose of the men in control of that stu pendous interest to protect themselves and to set themselves right before the DoDrlace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
LIFE IN A HAREM.
Troubles of the Sultan, Whose Mother
 Rules Over Ills Wives.

From "P. T. O..
 At the present moment. when so much attention Is being paid to the question of equal rights for men and women, a passing glimpse into the harem of his serene majesty Abdul Hamid, exposes a condition of things hard to believe and still harder to ac- cept.
 Curiously enough, however, 1t Is not the Sultan who is the most powerful and most dreaded autocrat in his own harem but the Sultan's mother, known by the name of Valide. It is the Sul-
 tan's mother who not only regulates
 every incident of the harem, but pos
 sesses the right of life and death over the women in 1t, and there are almost no known instances in which Sultan has dared to save a favorite from q punishment ordered by the Grown of Yelled Heads" as the Valide Is called in the harem.
 And next to the Sultan's mother comes, not the Sultan's favorite wife, as might be imagined. but the Hasna- The Sultan's chief wife or, more cor rectly speaking, mistress, ranks only third in the order of the harem, and seems to possess moreover, no real power whatsoever. l use the word mistress because the Sultan-which will probably come as surprise to the majority of readers---is not allowed to marry. This extraordinary prohi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

bition dates from the time when a Sultan, going upon some holy war and taking his legitimate wife with hir1. found her suddenly seized by the enemy and led into captivity. Now, the Sultan, being considered the Almighty's de- scendant and representative on earth his wife was, of course. sacred and could not become the property of any lesser creature. Her seizure, therefore created something like 0 panic in royal circles A council was called, and 1t was decided that henceforward, to avoid repetitions of a similar abomina- tlon no Sultan should ever marry.
 The members of the harom are still young slaves bought in Circassia, Geor- gla, Armenia, and other places, and practically educated In the harem itself on the chance that the Sultan may one day notice them. It appears also that civilization has not made great strides in the management of the royal harem. and that corporal punishments are still frequent, enunches, called beating eunuchs," still being kept for refractory persons. Poisoned coffee is also not entirely out of fashion while, grimmer still, the terrible sack flung into the Bosph orus even now does it's sinister work. It is piteous to learn notwith standing all this. many. parents willingly sell children to supply the enormous colony which constitutes the harem.
 But life for a Turkish potentate is at best a troubled circumstance The fear of assassination Is so great that the Sultan 1t seems has not for years slept two nights running in the same chamber. The only person aware each night of the room selected is his moth- CT, who secretly gets it ready. Two female slaves also lie. like faithful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

market There has been no effort to con- ceal the facts about iron, but wholesale lying has been indulged in to deceive the public as to the read conditions relating to copper. The literature and statements sent out from the headquarters of the great producing and selling companies have been a tissue of faleshoods. It would have been much better if the truth had bene admitted from the start and the public correctly advised. As matters now stand consumers are convinced that by holding off they will be able to obtain supplies at very material further shrink age. The claim that 22 cents or anywhere near 1t is being paid for copper in shallow pretense Plenty of copper Is being hawked around at 20 cents and under; possibly not in 100000 pound lots, but enough to keep the industrial wheels nov
 ing. Meantime stocks of the metal are accommodating and the drift is still down. ward. The producers and selling com-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
A Recedinu Village.

From the Travel Magazine.
 But let anyone who takes a walking trip be forewarned of one strange thing about a New England village. it has a name, but no locality. IL Is impossible to get into it. You can get along it or get through it, but not into the midst of it. If you go in a motor car thls warning will be of no use. In any case. for in that swift flight you can collide with your view before you see it, and of the flower, the wayfarer and the hobble bush thr~e is no thought. But we were al
 Ashfield pilgrim wise. The first
 said, "Two Miles to Ashheld" sign post said Two Miles to We were getting feverish. We along faster and faster. "Twt Ashfield" We had added h0 hops to our gaits that are not us in respectable classes of soci Alice in Wonderland 1t scene must run very fast just to mar ing still in one place without si.pi,-.ss back 1.-TWO Miles to Ashfield.' And then, suddenly. as if there had been a kaleidoscope on the road, Ashfield
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

dogs. extended across the doorway ready to spring up at the slightest noise or the faintest call from tho sovereign. But for fear of Urea chery even these are changed every night. and never until the last moment know to what part of the palace they are to be sent. The ordinary amusements of the harem are trivial enough but it is pleasant to learn that some of the women have the deeper joy of mother hood, and that there are children to take care of and watch over So many pet animals are kept also that the royal harem has been called veritable me- uageTip