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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
ONE DAYW ITHCZAR CANNON

while talking with four congress
men, all applicants for positions on
committees. This lasts until 1870.
1880 a. m. On foot or street car
to capitol building, one and one
third miles, to speakers room. Con-
fers with Secretary Busby. Die
tates more. correspondence; talks
with some 40 members of. the house,
who are found camping in his room
and in the vicinity, ready to tell
him why they ought to be appointed
on certain committees.
II noon. Walks from committee
room to the hall Of the house with
two congressman still hanging on
his flank, telling him what COM
mittee they belong on.
1901 p. m. Calls house to order
and begins work Of presiding over
that body. Is busy until adjourn
ment at $3.50.
1881 p. m. At speakers room
again, besieged by AZ members of
the house, who are not satisfied
with their committee appointments,
or desire special consideration for
certain legislation. Listens to and
talks with the AZ members until
rescued by Secretary Busby, who,
pretends there is a party on the
long distance telephone in the next
room who must be talked to at
once.
p. m. Escaped from the COM
nrittnn CD In, oh <,f
Mr.. Busby Speaker Cannon is
rushed to an automobile which Is in
waiting, the property of Mr. War
wick M. HOugh. of the third house.
who takes the speaker home at a
speed somewhat in excess of the
legal limit.
4:06 p, m. Arrived at his home,
where he is waylaid by II members
OF the house, who have been hoping
he would arrive before dinner time.
They tell him what committee they
desire appointments on, and why,
Mr.. Cannon has chewed through his
third cigar and starts on a new
one.
$50 p. m. A messenger from
MISS cannon QragS the speaker
away from three insistent members,
who are loath to let go.
6:32 p. m. Dinner with Miss Can.
non and the grandchildren.
p. m. Into the parlor to see
four members of the house, who
have accumulated, and who desire
to talk to him about committee APP
pointments.
IL p. m. Bed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA day
with Joe Cannon, car Of the house?
It's a busy one. Here is Uncle Joe's
daily program, which varies little:
8 a. m. Rises at the call of his
house boy. Bath and rub down, ex-
ercise with Indian clubs.
$3.50 a. m. Breakfast with daugh-
ter and grandchildren. Menu:
Strong coffee, eggs, bacon and
some kind of corn, II the market
will ahord it.
9 a. m. Office. Dictates answers
to letters to two stenographerS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14

piece covers a period Of "a hours
of strenuous life in the year 1S49.
Belle Diamond, Queen of the high
way" will be played by Miss
Maxine Miles. The part gives full
scope for clever work, and her APP
pearance in male attire at the head
of gang of stage robbers will be
found one of the sensational scenes
of the play Monte Carter will have
one Of his favorite parts in Cohen,
a Jew peddler. Robert S. Barrett
will have the part of Manatoba,
the Indian, a part he originated in
the first production of the play in
New York Miss Blanche Bryant
as Jess. Willard r. Feeley as Bob,
Noel Travers as Mat Rowley and
Eugene Mockbee as Sir William,
who DISCUSSES as an English dude,
have parts that will bring them in
close touch with Columbia patrons.
Miss Van Tassel will also have a
strong part in the Indian girl, Rain
bow. John Sherwood. another
strong part. will be played by Her
bert Sutch. Forest thinner will be
cast in the part of Stanley, a gov
eminent scout, and George Hedger
will be seen as Denver Dan. Molly
Mapleson will be played by Myrtle
Sutch, who Is in love with Dennis,
a part played by Clarence Mannion.
Mr.. Curtiss as the general will COM
plete cast that should bring out
the usual full houses for the entire
week. Four horses and real stage
coach will add to the strength OF
the many sensational scenes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
PANTAGES.

The feature for next week, be-
ginning Monday, will be Lucretia's
performing leopards. an act that
has been a big attraction wherein
presented. The Rusticana trio are
Italian street singers with fine
voices. Baroness Won Zieber, the
"Melba of vaudeville; Lynee and
Bonnie Hazard, presenting "The
Big Piano and Little Dancer: Mrs.
and Mr.. Guy Bartlett in silly kid
act called Willie" and Murray j.
Simon, Hebrew comedian. are all
good numbers. Leo White has a
new illustrated song and the Pan
tagescope a late series of motion
pictures.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14

the first instance and that the
proper thing for them to do Is to
elope and leave their older part.
ners, while the older people have
exactly the same idea, and as re-
suit two Opponents with couples
changed are planned. The way the
four attempt to keep out Of the
road of each other and the confu-
sion resulting from an over jealous
boy keep things stirred up from
the time they arrive at the hotel
until they finally accomplish the
elopement.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
NEVER HAD A LOOk-IN

The Post Falls basketball team
was defeated by the Spokane high
school yesterday with score of
to 10. The work of the high school
team was entertaining, but the Post
Falls team was so far outclassed
as to spoil the game.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
Classified advertisements
Real Estate Inducements
FOR SALE

$S50-New four-room house, well.
chicken house and barn. Rose
Park addition, two blocks from
Hillyard car line. $500 cash, bal
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$2,850-Good fve-room modern
house in Mantle park. Splendid To-
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Choice lots In Lidgerwood add.
ton on easy terms.
Fine lot on South Hill: $500
cash, balance terms
GRAY & McCUNE CO.
First and Wall. Phone 800.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
s. A. A. G.. PLAYS
WALLACE TODAY

The football teams of Wallace,
Idaho, and the S. A. A. C. will
team on Natatorium park gridiron
this afternoon. Not much is known
of the strength of the Wallace
team, but it is claimed it is made
up of all old stars. .
Capt. Kunzig and Coach Varnell.
of the Spokane team, will both be
out of the game.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
Mine Magnate Now

CHICAGO. Dec. li.-Nat Good
wins return to the stage by no
means signalizes his retirement
from the field of mining operations.
While playing here in repertoire he
is watching the mining situation
studiously. He has picked up some
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
COLUM BiA

For the week beginning Sunday
Charles A. Taylor's melodrama,
Queen of the Highway" will be
presented by the Curtiss Co., with
special scenery and effects. The
play has been a success from its
first production three years ago.
The story is we'll connected and
the plot strong. The action of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14

the management Of the Vancouver
baseball team. If the present back
ers of the club can secure Brown
they will stay behind the club. But
Brown has a good business and a
family at Aberdeen. Also he has
the town as far as baseball is con-
cerned. They probably won't get
the foxy old redhead.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
HELP WANTED MALE
COUNTRY PROPERTY

Wanted 500 men and women.
send for information regarding best
land in California; 5000 to $500 per
acre taken per year from land;
clear; level; three quarters mile
from town; best climate in United
States; outside earthquake district;
hens lay all winter; women make
$500 to $1,000 per year on turkeys;
low price; easy terms. Address
Martin Quinn, 1913 Broadway, Oak
land, Cal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-14
TIME TO BEGIN

Don't put it off; begin right now,
Before you find that it's too late;
Get pencil, pad, and learn you how
To write it-NIne;een Hundred
Eight!
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WANTED FOR

WANTED FOR ARMY-ABLE.
bodied unmarried men between
ages of 81 and 35; citizens OF
United States, of good character
and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write English. For
information apply to Recruiting
Officer, 1861 Howard ST., Spokane.
Wash.
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COAL AND WOOD. PHONE 1891.

Positively highest price paid for cast
OF clothing. N223 Stevens. M. III.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11

trusting to your charity to make due
allowance for lapses which events of
this sort entail.
"A governor of South Carolina was the
guest of a governor of North Carolina.
The latter, in honor of his guest, had
prepared Tarheel dinner That is to
say, bacon and yam were the great
temptations.
After the feast the Tarheel executive
invited his Palmetto guest to have
pipe on the veranda of the mansion. Be
tween the two big chairs a capacious
demijohn was placed. 1t was filed with
corn, copper-distilled whisky from a
North Carolina retort.
"As often as the pipes were refilled
the demijohns were tilted and the liquid
gurgled into a gourd. This the North
Carolina governor handed to the execu-
tive from South Carolina, who drank
off to the half way mark and handed the
gourd to his host who finished it.
81 was even told the main topic of
conversation between the governors. 1t
was the turpentine of one state and the
rice Of the other state.
1.-THE governor Of South Carolina, said
my host. was a large man and full of
pores. Such man can drink a thin
man to a finish any day. The liquor
exudes as fast as 1t is swallowed
so the South Carolina executive was
in a fresh condition most of the time.
The Tarheel executive knew his weak
ness and began to mig on his gourd
early and in doing so he ladled out
about three drinks to the Palmetto man
to one for himself
but gentlemen-I mean Colonels-the
North Carolina governor in spite of his
caution and in spite of his computation
as to the capacity of his guest was the
first to be overcome. His pipe fell from
his lips. His careened in his great chair
and fell asleep.
THE governor of South Carolina was
too polite a man to notice the somnolent
condition of his host. Continuing his
argument on the staple produce of his
state he held his gourd near the mouth
of the demijohn which had run dry,
and finally noticing that the gourd was
not as moist as it should be the gov
ernor of South Carolina cut out the re-
marks on staple products and asked
abruptly:
% Governor, don't you think it's a
damned long time between drinks?'
1.-THE governor of North Carolina slept
on. His faithful body servant. hearing
the inquiry of his excelency from
South Carolina and not wanting to be
to extend his great hospitality, slid off
the edge of the veranda and took to the
woods.
1.-The governor of South Carolina notic-
ing the continued absence of language
from his host and also noticing the de-
camping of the servant, likewise having
tapped the demijohn and finding 1t like
a last years bird nest, slowly arose,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11

ladies lining the walls look on IN high
gee an dwith increased giggles
Perhaps man finds pie exactly to his
liking. He notes its number and calls
out. say, Twenty From some
where in the tremulous ranks lining the
walls comes the bashful feminine voice,
'Herel' And forthwith a blushing noun
tain maid steps out to meet the cavalier,
who has chosen her pie. Immediately
the gallant cavalier seizes her hand and
escorts her to the scales in the rear
of the room She steps up, and to the
accompaniment of more bushes and
smiles, is thereupon weighed. Perhaps
she tips the beam at 120 pounds. Her
cavalier then pays into the treasury
half cent for every pound. or go cents.
This ceremony over the couple retire to
a nook. where the pie Is jointly con-
sumed while much entertaining CONVEX
sation is enjoyed between bites.
IT, after this try-out. the cavalier Is
pleased with the maker of the first pie,
he is careful to select her number again,
since each girl may contribute any num-
Der Of pies. In case two men get the
same number, the one who calls it out
first gets the girl. The schoolhouse is
quickly echoing and resounding with
shouts laughter and much scurrying to
the scales. AS not infrequently hap
pens, a careless chooser finds a 200-pound
girl on his hands. He grins bravely as
he chips one dollar into the treasury,
but his enthusiasm is cooled considerably.
A mountaineer will cheerfully fork up any
amount below dollar, but whole dol
lar is an awful sum to him. Any girl
is dear at that price, and when he has
to pay out a dollar for a fat one. he
feels that a lemon has been handed
to him good and fair. The mirthful guf-
flaws of his companions as he digs into
his jeans. does not make his grin any
wider.
The North Carolina mountaineer's stom-
ach is as strong as his heart and before
the supper is over the last crumb of pie
has disappeared. Then the tables are
cleared away, a fiddle Is produced, and
the old-time breakdown Is danced just
as ii was in the same community
hundred years ago.
The revelry is over before midnight, for
early to bed is the rule In the mountain
country. Before long the roads begin to
resound with the rattle of wagons and
the clatter of horses feet, and another
of Rosmans famous pie suppers has
passed into history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11

Nor less interesting are the needles which
the upholsterer uses. Some are half
curved and some half round points. He
mas needles with curious eyes-long'
round, egg and countersunk eyes. The
same kind of needles are used by collar
makers Then there are the delicate
needles used by wigmakers, glovemakers
and weavers. These are often as fine as
a hair. The glove needles are splendid
specimens of skillful workmanship. The
hnest OF them have three cornered points.
Inc great sail needle, which has to be
pushed with steel palm, would puzzle
most people So, too. the broommaker's
needle, wheih must also be pushed with
a steel palm; the curious knitting ma
chine needle, with its laehet; the ARA
sene and crewel needles and the needle
FOR shirring machines. the weaver's pin
for picking up broken threads, with an
open eye in the hook The long instru-
ment used by milliners. the needle of the
rag baler. the knife point ham needle
used in the stoekyards the astrakhan
needle--these and other varieties do not
call for special notice.
The needle as We see 1t today is the
evolved product of centuries of inven-
ton. In its primitive form it was made
of bone, ivory or wood The making OF
Spanish needles was introduced into Eng
land during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Point by point the manufacture has i'm
proved until the little instrument is one
of the highly finished products of nine
tenth century machinery and skill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
TROUBLES BREWING
IN FACTORY DISTRICT
Thousand Mexican workmen Demand
Shorter Hours, More Pay and
Better Machinery.

Mexico City, February 1O-A special dis
patch to the Herald from Querelaro says:
New troubles are brewing in the factory
district here. One thousand workmen en-
ployed in the three factories have held a
mass meeting and demanded higher
wages. shorter hours and improved ma
chinery
The factory owners at first fatty re-
fused to grant the demands. but later Of
fered to grant an increase of ? cents per
bolt, providing the workmen obtaining
the additional pay increased the present
maximum output by two bolts each. The
men will not accept the offer and all of
the mills will close their doors tomorrow
morning.
The men, who are now working four
teen hours a day, ask that the time be
cut to six hours. They say they have the
backing of the government of the state
and will win. While there has been no is
turbance as yet, troops have been dis
patched to the scene, and the mills are
now guarded by rurales and soldiers,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
NEED OF NEEDLES.
Daily Output Wouldn't Be Lost Even
in a Haystack.

One needle is a pretty small item, but
the daily consumption of something like
100000 needles all over the world makes
a pretty big total Every year the wo-
men of the United States break, lose and
use about S0O,0C000O of these little instru-
ments, says the Scientific American.
Our needles are the finished product of
American ingenuity, skill and Workman
Snip and yet how many people threading
a needle or taking a stitch have ever
given a thought to the various processes
through which the wire must pass ere
it comes out a needle? The manufacture
of n single needle includes some twenty
one or twenty-five different processes as
follows: Cutting the wire into lengths,
Strengthening by rubbing while heated,
pointing the ends on grindstones. stamp
ing impression for the eyes growing.
eying, the eye being pierced by screw
presses; splitting, threading the double
needle by the eyes on short lengths of
fine wire; filing, removing the cheek
LETT on each side Of the eye by stamping:
breaking, separating the two needles OH
the one length of wire; heading. heads
filed and smoothed to remove the bur left
by stamping and breaking; hardening in
oil, the needle being thus made brittle;
tempering; picking. separating those
crooked in hardening; Strengthening the
crooked ones, securing and polishing;
bluing softening the eyes by heat; drill
ing or cleaning out the sides of the eyes;
head grinding; point setting, or the final
sharpening; final polishing, then paperins
and finally labelling. For wrapping pur-
pie paper is used because 1t prevents
rusting.
There are many sorts and kinds of
needles. First, there is the surgeons
grewsome outfit-the probing needle,
made for tracking bullets or hidden cav
tiles of pus; the harelip needle, the long
pins for pnning open wounds, the post
mortem needle of curious pattern. Some
of these little Instruments are thin. some
are thick. others are long and straight.
Others again curve once, twice or three
times The veterinary surgeon has his
special outfit also. The cooks needles are
wonderfully, fearfully made His lard
ing needle is used to sew large pieces of
meat together. The trussing needle is
made on purpose to insert melted butter
or sauce right into the yitals of a Christ
mas turkey. 1t is hollow and has large
opening into which the sauce is poured.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
TALE OF FAMOUS REMARK.
Which Governor of South Carolina
Made TO Governor of North Carolina.

From the New York Sun.
The night on which the Kentuckians
handed the stirrup cup to Mr. Waiter
son in this city on the eve of his going
away to Spain some good stories We're
told in the hooks of the dining room be-
fore and after the regular programme.
This one was listened to with much in
terest
you Kentuckians," said guest from
Georgia, have heard all your lives
about that remark which the governor
of North Carolina received from the gov
ernor of South Carolina. The story has
been passed down from one generation
to another, each generation believing in
the tradition a little more than the pre-
vious one.
well, fellow Colonies, I was down in
the Palmetto State a few weeks ago,
and while I was enjoying the hospital
ity of a kinsman of Wade Hampton he
assured me one evening while we were
indulging in the convfvialty character
istlc of a southern home that the story
was a fact. I am going to tell you
what he said as well as [ can recall it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
FAMOUS PIE SUPPERS.
Men Assessed According to Weight OF
Girls Who Bake.

From the New York Press
There is no dish which occupies a larger
mr. more firmly secured place in American
HEARTS than pie. The United States IS
Justly celebrated as the foremost pie
country in the world. Pie belts Oh vary
ing lengths and widths ramify throughout
the Union There is the New England
ne belt consisting chiefly of mnce; the
western pie belt, of pumpkin the Mldule
Atlantic pie belt of huckleberry, ana tne
southwestern pie belt, of blackberry II
would be difficult to estimate the lnhu-
enee pie has had upon American charae-
ter ~. ,,n,.,,
Notwithstanding the hold pie has upon
the affections of the American peopie as
a whole, there is probably no olheI sPo.
in the country where pie has peeoihe tiio
institution that 1t has in the little Vnlase
of Rosman, situated in the purple hiiis
Of western North Carolina, near tue
beautiful Lake Toxaway. BOSNIAN Is
inhabited by d sturdy people OF ocotch-
Irish descent, who believe IN pa'liotisii'
progress and pie. Rosman is justly Gu
titled to widespread fame 1or us gorge
Gus and unparalleled PIE SUPP o
village does not confine itself 10 one
snecies of pie but is familiar with all
knovn kinds and possesses one peculiar
10 itself alone. this being the FAMOUS
6oubIe-decker pie, which is not found
j., fts nerfected state anywhere else in the
Union
rbe ME supper was first given in Ros-
man for the benefit Of the village chapel.
II is now an old and established institu-
tion. Pie in the course of years, has be-
come intimately associated with the
social life of the village
The great annual pie supper is held in
BOSNIAN about the second week in De-
cember. 1t is the leading social event
of the season, not only in the village,
but in the entire countryside. Mountain
SWANS. with their lassies. drive in from
miles around or ride in on muleback.
The event takes place in the village
school house. and while the women folk
are preparing within. TO the accompanl-
ment of much laughter and many giggles,
the men are kent waiting outside. Finally
the word is given and the men pile in
pell-mell Upon long row of tables,
stretching down the center of the room,
are rows upon rows of pies, not dozens,
but hundreds of pies Each pie bears T.
numbered slip Each man is supposed 10
select the pie that suits him best. 1t is
a most difficult proceeding. There are
pies barred. pies "kivered'' and pies 'un-
ixivered" There are apple pies. peach
pies. apricot pies. pear pies. mince pies
blackberry pies, bueberry pies, goose
berry pies-the list is exhaustive. While
the men are scuffling over the assortment
in their efforts to mako a ehniea- the