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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
President castro,s concelt.

Many stories have been told of
Cipriano Castro, president of Venezue-
la, and of his monumental conceit.
During the Russo-Japanese war the
fall of Port Arthur was being ex-
planned to him.
"Pshaw!" he exclaimed. with 900
Venezuelans | could have taken 1t in
four days"
with thousand, in one day, your
excellency," said the diplomatic rep
resentative of a European power.
Castro was so pleased at what was
intended to be sarcasm that, it is said,
the diplomat succeeded next day in Sc
curing satisfaction of claim that his
government had been vainly pressing
for years.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
Puzzled.

The bard from the city had sold suf-
ficient verses to spend a week in a
rural boarding house. Waving off the
swarms of June bugs and mosquitoes,
the bard sat penning his lines by the
yellow light of kerosene lamp.
How love this madrigal!" he
unused to himself.
The horny-handed farmer, who sat
greasing his boots, looked up in sur
prise.
"Gracious!" he drawled. where is
she?"
'Who?" asked the astonished bard.
"Why, the gal yeou just said yeou
loved"
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"Wbo was Jupiter Plnvius, dear?
"Eb? Why you know who Jupiter
was?' n,..,.,,,,oo
"Pmvius? Why Pluyius is family
name !. PIuyius, see? Jupiter was a
pIuvius on his fathers side
"But | thought it had something 10
do with rains?'
"Eh? Oh, that's different. That $
another Pluvius, He was an early
Roman emperor, They always called
him pluvy for short. He named Nun,
elf Iupiter because he was good
deal struck with his job as emperor.
'' "Did he have anything to do with
rains?" ma. ,,,ao wos
one Of the longest on the Roman cal
Thank you dear"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29

A Cleveland society woman gave a
party to nine friends of her young son.
aged six. To add to the pleasure of
the occasion she had the ices frozen
in the form of hen and ten chickens.
Each child was allowed to select his
chicken as it was served Finally she
came to the son of a prominent poll
tician.
(Which chicky will you have, Der.
tle?" she asked.
IF you please, Mrs. H., think I'll
take the mamma hem" was the polite
reply-Lippincotts.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
lmpudenoe Of Hoi PoIIoI.

A noted English artist was standing
at the edge of the road, waiting for his
horse, and he was dressed in his
usual peculiar Northumberland
riding suit, vivid waistcoat and bright
red tie. A man, who had evidently
been reveling, happened to lnrch
round the corner of the street. He
stared at the famous artist for min
ute in silence, then he touched his cap
and asked in tone of deep commiser'
alton, BEG pardon, guv'nor, was you
in mournin' for anybody"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29

The fathers peroration was superb.
"'And departing. leave behind
you" he concluded. footprints on
the sands Of"
But here the son rudely interrupt.
ed.
Footprints" he sneered. "Who
wants to leave footprints?'
Then what would you leave, my
boy?" the old man inquired
Tracks" said the youth, haughtily.
Tracks of my 90horse power racer,
to be sure. Am a dog or a working.
man that should leave nero foot
prints?"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
Natures Gift Wasted.

A Scotchman who recently took the
street car trip on the gorge route, the
New York side of Niagara river, was
much disguised with the hawkers OF
views and Teddy bears" who make
the afternoon hideous and do their
best to spoil natures grandeur. AS
he alighted from the car he looked
angrily at the shouting vendors and
then at the Whirlpool rapids. Whats
the use Of having a big river like
that" he asked, IF you don't drown
those fellows in it?"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
A Different Loaf.

"Why," exclaimed little Johnny,
when he heard his father telling about
somebody who was looking after the
loaves and fishes, that's just what
mamma says about Uncle Henry"
Says about Uncle Henry?" repeat
ed his father, in astonishment. What
do you mean?"
why, pa. don't you know" said
Johnny. mamma says Uncle Henry
only loafs and fishes"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
Due Process Of Law.

At the time of the famous Eastman
trial in Cambridge, Mass, two Irish
men, standing on a street corner, were
overheard discussing the trial. One Of
them was trying to enlighten the other
concerning jury.
"Bedad" he explained. you're ar
risted Thin if ye gets tn shmartest
lawyer, ye're innicint; but If tn other
man gets tn best lawyer, ye're guilty
L life
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OF the Cabbage Patch.

Cigar Maker-Here's a new cigar
I've just been putting up and haven't
any name for it. Suppose you suggest
one
Friend (after smoking iD-They're
naming a good many after characters
in fiction now. Why don't you call
this Mrs. Wiggs?"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
Sacred Deer Of Japan.

Deer are relatively plenty in vari
Gus parts OF Japan. and in such show
places as Maru and Miyajlma are held
as sacred, becoming so tame as to eat
from the hands of visitors. They are
generally smaller in size than the
American deer.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
Cured.

r thought that prisoner was reported
dyinr condition" said the visitor
vomiting to a husky specimen, .
Po aIIe was" replied the warden put
when he found the public didnl care T.,
' mh he died or not, he seemed TO
lose interest In the plan
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No impulse is too splendid for the
simplest task; no task is too simple
for the most splendid impulse.
lips Brooks.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
Dog Is Good Advertisement.

SOs used in advertising a certain
BIZ Vi tobacco is attracting consid'
,ISs, attention in Fitchburg. The
~ aa' Is attlred in suit of red, wears
!, we pipe hat, and carries a cob
boxer ''''''i iiAe
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
II Cures While You walk.

Aliens Foot Ease is n certain cure for
hot sweating, cnlous and swollen, aching
feet Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, n. Y.
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N.' nea' Wealth Is in the Heart.
n "S on outward things to bring
IIs ""pp'ness is indeed a big mis-
|s,, Narlh's real wealth lies in the
u aoa there alone and It is use.
F" seek 1t elsewhere.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29
New York,s Growth.

Builders in New York city invest
$500 900 each day in land and new
houses for apartment jewellers.
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important 70 Moth ers.

Examino carefully every bottle OF CAsToRIA,
safe and sure remedy for Infants and children,
and too that It
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Mrs. Wlnslows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, scftena the gums reduces IN.
Illumination, aays pain, cures wind colo. 25c bottle.
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Our character is but the stamp Of
the free choices of good and evil we
make through life.-Geikie.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
INTERESTING STATE NEWS
TAKE A SANITARY eAReLE
After Every Fifth Kiss ard You're
Safe, Says the Learned Lecturer.

Cleveland, O-"Kiss all you want TO,
but, after every fifth kiss, take a sani-
tary gargle. Germs and microbes like
kisses just as well as human beings do.
To be on the safe side, though, sterilize
each kiss"
This was the message DR.. T. Frank
lin Clifford, of New Jersey, sent to the
world at large between the ages of 16
and the divorce court. He has lee
tured upon the hygiene of the mouth
before a number of dental conventions,
and completed a series of talks here TO
the dentists of Northern Ohio.
1T is no pleasant thing to kiss"
said the doctor. and then caught him
self, that is, from a purely unsenti-
mental, scientific, ard might say,
hygienic standpoint. ! have no wish
as a man, and a married one. too, TO
pose as the enemy of the kiss. Kiss
ing, though, is form of disease which
the constitution finds it very difficult
to throw Oft There are germs and
microbes lurking in every kiss. The
constitution can throw off these in
limited quantities. 1t can not do so,
however. if there are too many of
them. The only safe way is to be sani-
tary about your kissing
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
ENGAGED ON FRIDAY,
Tilted on Sunday, Married on Tuesday,
is Record Of Civil War Veteran.

Cleveland. O.-Engaged on Friday,
Tilted On Sunday re-engaged on Mon
day. married on Tuesday.
This is the strenuous experience of
Elton r. Blakeslee, 79, veteran % the
Mexican and civil wars, and q widower
Of only seven months.
About a week ago the veteran an
nounced HIS engagement to his house
keeper, Mrs. Nellie Wilfong, who had
nursed him through a spell of sick
ness. He was happy in the coming
event. but at that time the prospective
bride was dubious.
There's many a slip between the
cup and the lip" she remarked when
the engagement was announced.
The truth of those words came to
the veteran wooer Sunday afternoon,
when the woman refused to marry him.
Tuesday morning / was home when
Mrs. Wilfong's niece came to the house
with another woman" said Blakeslee.
She was Mrs. Anna Felon. In five
minutes | had proposed to her and she
was wearing the engagement ring"
They were married.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
JAPAN INDIGNANT
OVER DELAYS IN FRISCO AFFAIRS
RUPTURE OF
FORMER FRIENDSHIP PREDICTED.
Quicker Facts Regarding Negotiations
Now in Progress Are Published,
the Better It Will Be For All.

Tokyo, June T. The leading papers
here are silent on the question Of de
manding an indemnity for the so-called
bombarding of Japanese establish
ments in San Francisco.
Reparation for the damage inflicted
and punishment for the culprits is ex
pected, and it is believed that the gov
ernment is taking proper steps in the
matter.
Though the public here is irritated
at the tardiness displayed in effecting
solution of the difficulty, opinion has
not yet reached the stage of advocat
ing an appeal to a hostile demonstra
tion in any form.
1t is true however, that popular in
dignation has reached a degree never
before witnessed in the history of ia.
pans relations with the United States
1t is thought by influential japanese
that the quicker the facts regarding
the negotiations now in progress here
and in Washington are published the
better it will be for all concerned, as
a stage has now been reached when it
may prove dangerous to keep the peo.
pie in suspense or ignorance of what
is being done.
An experienced diplomat, who was a
protege of Marquis Ito and is a promi.
nent figure in national affairs, said;
America is the last country with
which | expected complications with
Japan. Traditional friendship of the
two nations uniformly maintained by
the government at Washington make
me almost hesitate to believe that an
anti-Japanese sentiment exists in
Uncle Sans territory, though the un'
fortunate occurrences stand unassail.
able.
But before forming a final Judge.
ment in the present instance it is alb.
solutely necessary to bear in mind that
as in America the autonomy OF the
various states is jealously guarded and
the slightest infringement or inter
ference by the national authorities is
deeply resented.
consequently the federal govern.
ment is in a most delicate position.
Fortunately, the present chief exec.
utive of the United States is a won.
derful personality. Judging by his
speeches and writings, he might be
called the incarnation of the principles
of Bushido. There is no doubt that he
is resolute enough to cut this Gordian
knot
"The Japanese cause in the present
instance is right, throughout, beyond
the shadow of a doubt. That is FACT
impossible to escape the enlightened
judgement Of a parsonage like Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Il confldentially expect that justice
will be meted out, and the sooner this
action in the matter is made known
the better"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
Window pronned on Girls Neck.

Wautoma, Wis, June S.-Emma Fra
ter, daughter of a Mt. Morris township
farmer, was the victim Of a curious ac.
cident. The girl went to schoolhouse
early to decorate 1t before the arrival
of the teacher. Finding the door lock.
ed she attempted to climb through a
window. The block of wood on which
she stood slipped and the window drop,
ped down on child's neck, strangling
her. Her father, who later drove past
the schoolhouse saw the little figure
hanging from the window. He ran to
her assistance. On nearing the school.
house he recognized his daughters
dress and moment later had his
chnd's dead body in his arms.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13

Christianity rebukes the lax moral
code Of the foreign community that
the latter so strongly condemn mis-
sions. This is rather too sweeping,
and too easy an answer to the charges
laid at the door of the missionaries.
First, it is worth finding out just
what the churches are doing for the
English-speaking settlement. There
is in Yokohama prosperous and we'll
attended Church of England, support
ed by individuals and by English busi-
ness firms, who follow the old English
custom of renting a number of slttipgs
for their employees. In sense, this
Church of England is the center of the
social life of the community. There
is also a French Roman Catholic
church, we'll established and success
full. For Americans there is Union
church, which every Sunday morning
holds services in the building of one
of the Japanese congregations, and in
the evening vesper service in the
attractive auditorium of the Dutch
Reformed girls school on the bluff.
These services are supplied by differ
ent missionaries each Sunday. An
effort is afoot on the part of American
residents here to build a church for
this congregation and to call pastor
from America, thus centering in the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
HIS UNCLE
Charged With Stealing His wife, and
Nephew Wants Damages.

Cleveland, Odd David Evans, 60,
wealthy Cleveland man, act as uncle
or lover toward Mrs. Margaretta Ev-
ans, former wife of David Evans, his
nephew?
David Evans, the nephew, says that
his actions were those of a lover, and
wants 100000 from his aged relative
as compensation for the loss of his
wife's affections
David Evaus, the uncle, says that he
treated Mrs. Evans as an uncle.
The case is being heard in the com
mon pleas court The nephew claims
that his aged uncle visited his home
under the pretense Of friendship and
sought particularly the society of his
pretty Wife, MAI garetta. The charge
Is made that he gave Margaretta wine
and money, and that he took her buggy
riding
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
CURSED WITH SUICIDE MANIA,
THAT HAD DRAGGED THEIR FOR
BEARS TO DEATH,
Wee Sisters Drink Of Deadly Poison
Dozen Previous Attempts Had
Proved Futile.

Cleveland o., June S.-Helen Curtis,
II, and Marguerite Curtis, 10, tried to
commit suicide at noon Friday. This
was the last Of series Of attempts
which they had made at self-destruc-
tion. Friday night Marguerite died
and soon afterward Helen.
'They had a mania for suicide" said
their grandmother, Mrs. Helen Curtis.
The children ate rat poison in the
cellar of their grandmother's home on
Lakota street. They were taken to st.
Johns hospital unconscious. The doc.
tors worked over them increasingly for
hours. Their grandmother ascribes
their desire to die to an hereditary
impulse" She says their mother and
their maternal grandmother were simi-
larly afflicted.
In the family now besides the grand
mother are her three sons; Frank,
brother of the two little girls, and
Clarabel, Il sister. Frank is 8 and
Clarabel 4.
Marguerite and Helen found a can
of rat poison on shelf in the cellar.
1t seemed an answer to a year-old de.
sire. They knew it was poison; that 1t
had the power to kill. Often they had
told their grandmother that they wish.
cd to die by their own hands. One Of
them pulled down the can and opened
it. Then they looked at each other.
Frank, coming down the stairway,
found Clarabel sitting on the lower
step. She was watching her sister
with wide, wondering eyes. AS Frank
stood there. aghast, one of the children
drank deep of the poison; the other
seized upon the can and followed her
sisters example. With cry OF fright,
Frank sped back to the upper part Of
the house BY this time his grand
mother, coming from the kitchen, had
reached the top of the stairs. Before
Frank could tell Mrs. Curtis what had
happened Marguerite staggered up the
stairs. Her face was like chalk. She
held small, shaking hand against her
breast. In the presence Of the death
for which she had often wished she
was afraid.
"Gran'ma," she whispered, "T'm
dying"
Then she fell on the floor, uncon-
scious. Frank, the boy, screamed and
looked at his grandmother in horror.
The woman bent over the child The
poison had made her very sick She
choked and there was green stain on
her lips. The grandmother, once a
nurse and knowing that instant action
was necessary ran for household rene
dies. AS she did so Helen came up the
stairs. With her the poison had had
longer to act. She could scarcely walk
Her face, too, was ashen. And in her
eyes was the fear which had come to
Marguerite. Death. actually, was not
what her perverted fancy had painted
1t. For moment at the head of the
stairs she gazed at the boy and at the
aged woman. Then she wavered and
silently dropped to the floor. Mrs
Curtis applied antidotes and doctor
was called.
Administering what remedies he had
with him, he ran to telephone and
called an ambulance. In this both
children were hurried to the hospital
Later Marguerite died, and then her
sister followed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
FLINT WAS IN PLACE
And the Old Gun Was Cooked When
Found BY Fishermen.

Pert Clinton. O.-ToiIn Morgan and
other fishermen, of this place, while
dragging their seinos for carp were sur
prised when reaching shore to find in
their net with the fish an Old tlintlock
gun. The brand on the gun shows it
TO be of English make. and it is prob
ably a relic OF the revolutionary or
some Of the colonial wars. A silver
plate ON the gun seems as bright al
most as if placed there but yesterday.
A flint was IN place and the hammer
drawn back in readiness for firing
The gun was found near the mouth
of Toussaint creek, few miles west
of the state rifle range. and is in a re-
markably good state Of preservation
considering the length of time it had
Iain i'm the water.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13

the big hybrid hotels along the Yoko-
hama bund, which neither the east nor
the west would own, which charge
Waldorf-Astoria prices for Oshkosh ac-
commodations, where the tourists
hear the stories concerning mission
aries that are retailed around the
world as the first-hand knowledge of
those who have been on the scene and
really know.
The Devil and the Cannon.
A curious story illustrates the COM
posite character of this important city
and shows, not only the commingling
of the old and the new here, but also
the chaotic state of the Japanese
mind at present with respect to reli-
gion Upon .yokohama's famous blu2
rich American has built an elaborate
home, which so greatly resembles a
Buddhist temple that the Japanese
were at first angry at what they
thought to be mockery. Fearing that
for this reason the building might be
burned, the insurance companies for a
long time declined to accept it as a
risk.
At one end of the gable of this curl
Gus structure is the grinning head of
a huge wooden devil. A short dis
tance away from this particular home
Is the residence of a wealthy English
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
CALLED TO THE MINISTRY
AS An Atonement For Killing His Fa.
ther, Is Students Belief.

Marion, O.--Believing he was called
by God to serve Him in the ministry
to atone for the killing OF his father,
George Kenyon, So, and married, left
for Mound City, s. D., where he has
accepted Methodist Episcopal church
pastorate.
Eight years ago Kenyon slew his ia
ther and saved his mother from a
death blow. Two years ago he applied
for a local preachers license, but fail
ed to pass the examination held at Ma
rysville. He continued his duties,
however, and was granted minister's
certificate at the Upper Sandusky con-
ference last ADrfI
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
BIG TOURING CAR
Hit BY Train and Two People Are
Fatally Injured.

Camden, N. j., June S.-A large tour
ing automobile was struck by passen.
ger train on the Pennsylvania railroad
at crossing near here and the four
occupants of the car were thrown out
and injured. Two of them, Mrs Eliza
beth Henderson, aged 81, and Mrs.
Frank Blackson, aged 20, both of Phil,
adelphia, will die. The other occupants
c. E. Henderson, husband of one Of the
injured women, end H. W. Brommer,
of Landingville, Pa, were but slightly
hurt.
The party was travelling to Trenton,
N. J., and, it is said, attempted to go
over the crossing ahead of the train.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
MCKINLEY HOMESTEAD
To se Donated BY Mrs Barber to Me-
Fnoriaf Association.

Canton, O.-JHstice iisy, president OF
the National Mckinley association.
said that Mrs. VI. c. Barber. of this
city, sister of Mrs. Mckinley, intended
to donate the home stead of the late
President and his wife to the associa-
tiOn il it could be purchased from the
brothers and sisters of President Nc
kinley and their representatives, TO
whom tt passed under the will. JUS
tice Day said that the generous act OF
Mrs. Barber was highly appreciated,
and That he had no doubt when the
association met in Canton on June 10
Mrs. Barber's proposition would be ac-
cepted and arrangements perfected for
keeping the homestead and its belong
ings in the same condition in which
the President and Mrs. Mckinley left
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-13
~ AT THE GATEWAY TO THE ORIENT

site gable ends) illustrates the catho-
licity of Yokohama, yet the city is
scarcely hospitable toward Christian
missionary enterprise. 1t is perhaps
the center of the criticism Of foreign
missions. Here it is that the traveller
hears that missions are only "a bluff" +"
1t is asserted that nobody here knows
anything about missions and that the
missionary is chiefly engaged in the
profitable task of shutting up the eye
of the church at home.
Looking After Americans Abroad.
The stories one hears concerning
Europeans (as all white people are
called in the port cities of the orient
are not pretty. The criticism of mis-
sionaries pales into insignificance be-
sides the criticism of the American
business man. In fact the two are
said to have relation. l have heard
missionaries charge that it is because