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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

This nation does not need more books much as it
needs houses where the poor may enjoy sunlight and
pure air.
This is the proposition which professional librarian
OF Philadelphia has put up to Andrew Carnegie.
1t is peculiar, coming from such source, but it rings
the less true
Expert knowledge of the benefits of libraries lead
to recognition also of their limitations. He who knows
what books do for the public ought to know, oo what
they cannot do for
Books a great blessing. But breathing is
greater
Information is good But home and health and hope
are better
The congestion of our great cities is the menace of civ
iization and of learning itself This the nightmare
which haunted Carlyle, Macauey, Tenyson and Ruskin
while Henry Georges masterpiece is that chapter in which
he cries:
''Whence shall come the new barbarians? Go through
the suad quarters of great Cities and you may
their gathering hordes! How shall learning perish
Men will to read and books will knde fagots and
be turned into cartridges!''
Books cheap that we can throw them at the cats
But houses DEAR and healthy for the poor mpos
sible except in country towns.
The sum exists, it is said, as consequence of dleness
hntemperance and ncompetency. Can books these
Nothing but wholesome conditions Of living which
promote health and hope and pride.
''Woe unto them that join house to house-t there
be no rOOm-saith the Lord of Hosts
Even if the scholar, the architect the craftsman can
find in books the of his advancement yet is d
ding amid con1agration to sit down and study under
day -darkening walls and in poisoned air.
Books mans best invention But let not forget
that the first and best invention of wiser than man
at the command: ''Let there be light"
If all the libraries Carnegie has built were torn down
and their books burned the world would lose nothing it
could not replace
But if upon their beautiful sites were built bright
roomy, welvenated homes for the poor that crowd
ed like cattle humanity would make gain that would
not wear away In centuries.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
AN AMERICANIzED JAP

The general doubt of the Jap's fitness for American
citizenship severely shaken by his exhibition Of the truly
American spirit and method in corlerng the California
potato market.
The Jap may be deficient in many respects but in this
he has sown keen appreciation Of the ways which
distinctively American
Nobody had imagined that spectators and fnanciers
from Japan operating in the far west, had
one dreamed they could compete with the willy western
in establishing monopoes of the necessares of life.
The monopoly trick sereney supposed to be monopo
iized by financiers.
But it is suddenly discovered that Kenya Shma
Jap, has ouwtted the experienced and skillfu
makers of California gained control of the potato market
and will be virtual dictator of prices until next
Kenya Shimas operations, though strictly according to
custom, possibly be in violation of the anti trust laws
But in following CUSTOM without regard to the laws he
only proves himself the truly American fnan-
cier.
There is nice point there for which the fnanciers of
this country particularly distinguished, and this Jap
has grasped it ceverly born and bred to it.
The argument that the ways of the Jap rreconil
ably different from ways longer has a leg to
stand
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
Ten Commandments for
Girls UhO UOuLd Mdrrv

And what if she does secure the
divorce, which she promised herself
if money bags didn't buy happiness,
if position failed to content, or if
romance lost its glamor?
The dashing Divorces is a
myth.
When a woman leaves her hus-
band and comes back home, bag
and baggage, it isn't a bit like re-
turning from gay sojourn at the
seashore or a trip abroad. Nobody
greets her with open arms.
Younger sisters are to the fore
and let no opportunity slip to re-
mind her that she's a back num-
Der and no longer needs to do her
hair becomingly or wear the pretty
things which they consider but as
sets in the matrimonial market.
Friends swarm in to call and are
extravagantly polite and syrupy
sweet, but their whole manner is
one of carefully expressed condos
cension. Even the sympathetic
tones of her mother unconsciously
tell her that she is a failure.
And the woman herself? She
has nothing in common with the
light-hearted girl. who so careless
ly plunged into the troublous sea
of matrimony. Her gala days are
over. No longer does the smile of
a man bring a happy flush to her
cheek. No longer do the little at
tentions make her heart beat fast
er or does every handclasp seem a
caress.
She may have gained a saner ap-
probation of things as they are,
she may have developed the
strength for wider field of useful
ness; but the sweet decisions of
girlhood, which gave the roseate
glow and the subtle fragrance to
life, are faded and gone forever.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

the singleness which is not blessed
Marriage is trial anyway,
and if | don't like it I'll get di.
vorce," fiippantly declares the
maiden who marries money, or po-
siton, or against the earnest warn.
ing of her parents. And she might
as we'll hire a detective at once to
collect the evidence, for if the de.
termination to become the wife of
Croesus, the bloated, the urgly, the
penurious, or of Family Pride, the
snobbiest of snobs, who will snub
every member of her family, or of
some glittering exponent of the
sporting, poker-club brotherhood,
whom her father is inclined to help
down the steps, were not of itself
a sure forerunner of the divorce
court, her attitude of mind would
be.
For that first year of married life
is a trial and a readjustment at
best. Only the tenderest mutual
love, the most persistent forbear-
ance and a fixed determination to
meet the issues of life with Joined
hands, whether the issge be buying
a rug or routing meddlesome
mother-in-law, can level the newt
able differences of taste and tenn
permanent to a common plane of
good comradeship.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

graft in the publication of the
roads time tables. McCrea order
ed no more advertising on time
tables.
He is not wealthy; his name has
never been connected even In a re.
mote way with any schemes of
graft. He was always too big for
that. He has saved some money
and put it in railroad stock, of
which he has enough to keep him
in comfort the rest Of his life.
Although an athlete and great ad.
mirer of outdoor sports, Mr. Me-
Crea has little in common with the
society set. He never goes into
anything for show or for effect. He
lis scarcely known to the society
leaders of the city. a4.
Like Cassatt, he loves fine horses
and has several.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

cessively held positions as assist
ant engineer, engineer, division SUI
perintendent, assistant general
manager, fourth vice president of
the lines west and first vice presi-
dent of the lines west.
Mr.. McCrea is not a specialist as
many railroad men are. Transpor-
tatiOn, law, real estate, finances,
traffic, engineering-they all look
alike to him, and he is as we'll post
ed on one as he is on the other. One
minute he might be going over a
piece of grading with an engineer,
Offering valuable advice, and the
next Strengthening out some trifing
matter in a country ticket Office
He is great for detail.
Graft is one thing he abhors
above everything else. 1t was he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

narrow shaped pieces in the long
coat and sleeves are embroidered
with mauve silk.
The length of the coat reaches to
within four inches of the hem OF
the skirt, which is circular and un.
trimmed. The model on this the
overgarment is made flares gently
all around. The embroidered pieces
begin at the shoulders, back and
front, and end at the bottom of the
coat. The same is true Of the
pieces which commence at the hip
line. 1t Is at the edges of the en-
broidery that the small dabs of
black appear. The collar is also
Of the black velvet, while the but
tons at the belt are of purple en-
amel and gold.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
$217 IN HIS POCKET, BUT WAS
STARVING.

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 11.-Starv-
ing and nearly frozen to death, Sam
ElSfelder, Russian Jew. who
halls from San Francisco, was ar
rested here and when searched at
the police station was discovered
with $217 and a handbook indicat-
ing that he is worth over $4,000.
The man was literally starving to
death, but said that he was too poor
10 buy anything to eat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
SUES FOR LAND SCRIP

A suit for $50,500 due on a writ
ten order for land scrip was brought
yesterday by the w. E. Moses Land
Co. against the Stacks-Gibbs Lum-
Der Co. in the federal court. The
lumber company wanted 10000
acres Of Northern Pacific land in
Idaho and offered to pay $50,500 for
it. The land company secured the
scrip but the lumber company re-
fused to take 1t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
SIX MEN MAKE HIM EAT.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 1.-THE
police are determined that Melvin
Conklin, the slayer of his brother,
shall not succeed in starving him
self For three days he ate moth
ing until with the strenuous efforts
of six men a little milk was forced
down his throat. However, the
fragrant SAVIOR of juicy porterhouso
steak that floated up to his prison
cell from the kitchen finally over
ishing appetite.
any part Of the city for % cents
per month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

NO. Thou shalt not marry
with one eye on the altar and the
other on the divorce court.
The woman who swears "till
death do us part" with the mental
reservation that she'll take back
her heart and her hand if things
matrimonial do not go to her lik-
ing, has from that minute started
at goth century limited speed on
the sure road that leads back to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
TURNED ON GAS WHILE
Asleep?

CHICAGO, Jan. lin her sleep
Miss Hannah Anderson, 20 years
old, 1850 Woodlawn av., arose and
turned on the gas. She was res.
cued from the gas-filled room, but
died a few hours later at a hos
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
BOMB HITS BOY

PORTLAND, Jan. 11.-George
Stockdale, age II, was badly injured
by the explosion of a dynamite
bomb which was hurled at a dog
but struck the boy on the chin. The
thrower is unknown.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
FROM RODMAN TO HEAd0F
ROAD IN 26 YEARS1i

PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. IL
James McCrea, who succeeds the
late Alex. j. Cassatt as president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., is
So years old and was born in Phila--
delphia. He started as a railroad
rodman 26 years ago, and has sue
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

who broke up the practice of en-
ployes accepting Christmas pres
ents from shippers and manufact-
urers, one of the worst forms of
graft the road ha dto contend with.
1t was only lately that he discov-
cred that there was advertising
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

be learned, and her relatives, who
say she was subject to sleep-walk-
ing, believe that she turned on the
gas when i'll such a state.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

The Yale gymnasium director
has given out some statistics that
prove conclusively athletes live
longer than ordinary men. 1t was
oscessary TO do this on account OF
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
Bold Robbers
Enter
JeannOt Bros.
DEPARTMENT STORE

but disturb nothing when they
found out that everything was
marked in plain figures and at
such low prices they concluded it
was much cheaper to buy the
goods than to steal them.
10 ID. sack graduated sugar. :. . SOC
gallon can White House Maple
syrup .............. $1.2o
Half gallon can White House
Maple Syrup ............... Csc
Quarter gallon can White House
Maple Syrup ...............35 c
Az gallon jacket White House
Maple Syrup "a SO
One gallon pail good Syrup for.5oc
Half gallon pail good Syrup for Csc
One gallon pail pan cake Syrup Csc
Half gallon pail pan cake Syrup. .35c
Quarter gal. pan cake Syrup. -. 15c
IL Id. pail Jelly for. Csc
Fancy mix Candy, ID. ......... 10c
12c and 15c can Corn at. ...... 10c
4NlCC uCW lolndloCo az Cdn IOC
Nice new can Fruit, 2 cans for. 35c
Csc jar of Tea Garden Preserve .25c
35c jar of Tea Garden Jams at...25c
35c jar Wild Rose Honey at. -. Csc
75c jar Wild Rose Honey at. :. . SOC
$500 can Wild Rose Honey at, $3.50
All Shoes at Cut price.
All Wall Paper at cut prices.
All Cut Glass at cut prices.
All Chinaware at cut prices
All Lamps at cut prices
Use Neckwear at. .............5 SOC
soc Neckwear at .............3 9c
35c NeckWear at 25c
soc and 75c value in Ladies
CollarS at 25c
Boys 40c Sandow Hosiery at,
par '..'.''' '.''... GSc
Laces and Embroideries at about
one-half of Riverside prices.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

the statistics that prove conclusive
ly ordinary men live longer than
athletes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

The Spokane Press is the only
penny paper in the Inland Empire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

Now that the United States dis
trict court in Chicago has decided
that the Standard must stand trial
guesses as to just how it will es.
cape are in order.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

81 suppose the saloons in this
place keep the side door unlocked
Sundays"
"You bet they do. pard. Sayi f
they didn't tn fire warden would
close UP tn places in hurry"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11
AMONG OURSELVES
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.

There's two kinds
NV wise men in this
world-one th't does
things an one th't
makes other men do
things.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-11

wasn't the gown Mrs. Puffins
wore yesterday beautiful decor.
ated?"
Decorated! l thought it was up
holstered."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
Prooressive,

"Please, num- said tramp. would you be so kind as to let me have a needle and thread:'
 Well, y-e-s,' said the housewife at the door; Il can let you have that
 "Thankee, mum. Now, you'd oblise me very much if you'd let me have a bit of cloth for a patch
 "Yes, here is some."
 ''Thani1ee very much, mum. It's d little different color from my suit. see. Perhaps, mum, you could spare me some of your husbands old clothe: that this patch will match
 "Well, declare. You're clever. my man, and I'll give you an old suit Here is one.
 "Thanl1cc greatly. mum. l see it's q little large. mum, but if you'll kindly furnish me with q square meal mebbr I can i'll it out. .'.Woman's Home Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
An Old Time Alderman.

Several patrons of the restaurant st Broadway and Tenth street were lunch ing there few days ago, seated at a table between the corner windows on the second floor which commanded a fine view down Broadway, which makes a sharp turn at Tenth street Said one of them: Do you know that this bend in Broadway was made in order to save tree? Well, it was. As originally planned, Broadway would have cut slice off the lawn of Hen dirk Breyoort, who ran a tavern in the Dutch farmhouse which stood where Grace church now is. He was an alderman. like many of his profes, sion today, and not only succeeded in saving the magnificent tree in the shade of which his customers fingered over their pipes to watch the traffic on Bloomingdale road, but about 1S49 al- so prevented the opening of Eleventh street from Fourth avenue to Broad way, which would have necessitated the tearing down of his tavern. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
The M adrtua1.

The word madrigal sounds very formidable to a beginner in music. More than once have I heard the ques- tion, What is madrigal?" Strictly speaking, madrigal is an elaborate vocal composition in from three to six parts, generally sung in chorus. The melody should not be carried through a single part but should be dispersed in phrases through the different voices in the conversational manner peculiar to the music of the sixteenth and sev. enteenth centuries. The true madrigal has no accompaniment. This form of song is considered English, but is thought to have had its origin in the Netherlands. The exact derivation of the word is not known. The first madrigals are believed to have been morning songs, shepherds lays or songs in praise of the NirSin.---Cirele Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
One and a Million.

"That's the first time I ever sold q single envelope,' said the young wom- an at a big stationer,s store in the city's center. I've always sold them in packages, but that gentleman came ill with a letter in his hand and asked for an envelope, and I sold him one fo, cent. 1 imagine that's the smallest sale that has been made in this estab- lishmcnt since it opened. The biggest 1 ever made happened to be i'll the en velope line too. X rather roughly dress ed man came in, asked to see our ea velopes and wanted to know the price by the thousand. I told him. Then he asked the price by the million. got the figures from our manager. wh9 smiled as he gave them to me- Yet the man ordered million envelopes. aHG when we asked for reference he said he would as lief pay the bill, on the spot. which he did from roll Of yellow back bank notes about the s.Ze of a loaf of bread. We delivered the en- velopes. but haven't seen the purchaser since. .-Philadelphi Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
A Very Practical Christian.

4 benevolent old man who lived ou his farm in lcwa never refused shelter to any who might ask it of him. His many friends remonstrated with him about this characteristic, knowing that many interruptions hobocs would avai' themselves of the opportunity and that there was great danger of the old man being robbed. To these remon- strances the old man replied that he believed in practical Christianity"
 But" said one of his friends, this seems very impractical. Suppose one of these men took it into his head to rob you one night?"
 "My dear young friend" was the re- ply, Il bid all enter in the name of God. but prove my belief in practical Christianity by locking up their pants during the night"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
Analogous.

A teacher had a very dull pupil khom he found extremely difficult to hstruct in the letters of the alphabet
 "This is letter A." explained the eacher for the tenth time as he wrote down on the blackboard. And this etter B." he went on, putting down he second letter of the alphabet Now, my boy" he began, kindly and hcouragingly, as he turned to the stu Nd boy, '1et me see if you can remem- Ter them. What is this:' pointing to he initial letter of the alphabet. "Letter A. came the slow response rom the dense scholar.
 "And thls?' questioned the teacher, hdlcating letter B.
 "Let Ter alone," returned the pupil
 bstantly, his stupid face lighting up tith pleasure at his own quick reply
 ohemian Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
Brains and Housekeeping.

"1 wonder why brain no bigger han salted almond Is supposed to be [ood enough to keep house with,' re- harked a matron the other day, while nimble and comprehensive intellect I supposed to be necessary in wom- (n who goes fin for career l find by housekeeping gives employment to (very faculty I have. If I don't put Int all the brain power I own, things (on't go we'll. Memory, executive abil- ky. observation, foresight-all are de- handed in organizing and running a i0mne. Wherever you find the domes- 6c machine moving without creak or far look for the clever brain of some koman behind 1t all. I've known girls ! taAse tone that they were thrown IwayT icing obliged to look after the ketails Of house. Stuff and nonsense, q wasn't too much mind they had for
 but not enough. ."-New York Trib
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
Force Exerted by the Heart.

The force eXerted by the heart equals 30 tons lifted one foot In other lords, the work of the heart is equiv lent to raising it's own weight 10000 Jet in one hour. A strong man ean lse himself but 1000 feet in an hour bis enormous force, if eXerted by the bart through fixed rigid pipe, would oot the blood along with each jerk
 rate of 200 feet second. How ter, the arteries, being elastic, are stended by the jerk or beat of the (art, and when the heart pauses after e beat the contraction of the arteries
 nds the blood along in a steady non
 Eermittent flow, which averages
 out one foot a second.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
Beyond Her Sphere.

Mrs. r'inicNy- Norah, just read that a celebrated German doctor says :; broom is ful of bacteria. so hcfeas;e, you'll have to give your broom an aht! septic bath each day. The Maid--li do nawthin' av the kind. It'li likcls git worse soon an tilin raslure alk.t: hol rubs, massN&r thrateIuints. h. :, pyrdermic injict."as 2n' hot wat.lo. bottles at night. aA I'll have ye uas.<= sthaEd ri@ht now that Tn no thrainet nurse.-I'ucl..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12

4h0 paused On lue pINemeoI oAu
 r+ched the arm of the woman who
 las with her.
 T have found it at last" she ex-
 aimed. Did you notice l.: -t was
 hat indescribaDlc violet per unlc Ehich I have been looking for ai. these Bears. The woman who just passed Us kad it. Do ,,ou suppose she wou.i Ihink I was crazy if went after he" (nd asked her what the name of t is:' "she, would probably think you were |nsaneH rejo:nel hcr companion, "but I you $1sh to know so much it would not do any harm to inquire She with the perfume had stopped kor q moment preparatory to crossing he street.
 "You will pardon me, won't you sked the seeker after rare scents, but [rould you mind telling me the name hf that wonderful extract you have and where you got it?'
 "Certainly not," was the response as lbe woman threw back her cape and Rhowed beneath a great corsage bou- kuet of fresh double violets. = New Fork Herald. a4,:s55 ,s5 K g :, assSs.9. aa.S ,.,.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
The Turkish Manaal.

/ In most of the houses in Constanti- ople as we'll as ill other cities of Tur- |ey heating in winter is done by means k the So called "mangal." This con- sts p1 reipally of receptacle for urning Charcoal. A mangal may be pthing else than such a simple brass
 iron receptacle or may be quite an ftistic and expensive article of most Are and valuable workmanship. The harcoal is first thoroughly burned brough, and when it no longer emits 'by flame or odor the mangal IS bought into the room for purposes of eating. Sometimes it happens that foper attention is not paid to the brning charcoal, with not infrcquent (tal results.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12
EroiIad Prairie Doc.

"Prairie dog. briled, is darn good eat in'," said the zoo keeper. 'but you couldn't get d plainsman to admit it.
 "The plainsmen claims that owls and rattlesnaies and prairie dogs fratcf- nize together. share holes and eat one anothers dead corpses at the end. They claim that to eat prairie dog is the same tin% as to eat rattleSnake or owl!
 of course is only a superstition but it hollis good on the plains, and prairie dog is never eaten there. eat it, though, every chance get. It has a fine taste. It tastes, by gum. like young chicken" "-~New Orleans Times-Demo crat