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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
Mr.. Dooley on Political Principles "

desthroy tn supreme coOrt 1 meet thin
holdin' up their skirts and tearin
down tn sthreet pursued be Tiddy
Rosenfelt an ye'ersilf. Dye raymim-
Der how ye stood up again me an in
fovOf iv. corp'rate wealth? Amt We
ashamed iv ye'ersilf now? 1 thought
had a chance to rid mesilf iv ye'er dis
agreeable compny whin our peerless
leader Willum Jennings Bryan come
home an spoke out in thrumpet tones,
as ye might say, in favor iv tn gov
ernmint grabbin' tn railroads an run
min thin. There's something we can
fight about says 1. 'Jawnny McKen-
ma will niver stand FIR that l stand
ernmint ownership must go on friver.
see in me minds eye great miles iv
governmint railways with sojers gOin'
up an down collectin' passes an =
At this minyit a gintleman with a
SLOUGH hat an long raven hair rose an
says he: L wud wisht to ask befure
shoot whether on these here govern
mint cars naygurs wud be allowed to
ride with us, says he. Oh says Will
lum Jennings Bryan. if that's tn way
we feel about it let tn matther dhrop.
We shud not let amy etarnal princi-
pies INTERFERE with tn councils iv tn
party. / merely offered it FIR discus
sion an tn noes have it almost unani-
mously. 1 will make it unanimous ne
says.
So. says / to Jawn, that ended
me last hope iv a scrap with We. l
suppose we'll have to put in tn next
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1t Is, but we pretend to read ii through.
1t was one OF them Old-time typewrit-
ten green goods letters. explaining how
for $1,000 you could get $1,000 in bills
that an expert couldn't tell from the
genuine, and going on to tell how they
were made from plates stolen by an
employe of the treasury at Washing
ton.
-" Think of 'em sending a letter like
that to Me- says Murkison again.
Lots of good men get EN-, says
Andy. If you don't answer the first
letter they let you drop. If you an
swer it they write again asking you to
come on with your money and do bust
ness
g But think of 'em writing to ME!'
says Murkison.
"A few days later he drops around
again.
Boys, says he. I know you are all
right or 1 wouldn't confide in you. I
wrote to them rascals again just for
fun They answered and told me to
come on 10 Chicago. They said tele-
graph to j. Smith when / would start.
When I get there I'm to wait on d GER
tain street corner till a man in gray
suit comes along and drops news
paper in front of me. Then l am to
ask him how the water is. and he
"'Ah, yes says Andy, gaping, it's
the same old game. I've often read
about it in the papers. Then he con-
ducts you to the private abattoir in the
hotel where Mr.. Jones is already wait
ing. They show you brand new real
money and sell all you want at five for
one. You see 'em put it in a satchel
for you and you know it's there. OF
course, it's brown paper when you
come to look at it afterward.'
Oh, they couldn't switch it on me,
! SAYS MuTkisOn. | haven't built UP
the best paying business in Grassdale
without having witticisms about me.
| You say it's real money they show you,
| Mr.. Tucker
I've aIways-I see by the papers
| that it always is says Andy.
Boys says Murkison. I've got it
| in my mind that them fellows can't
| fool me. l think I'll put a couple of
thousand in my jeans and go up there
and put it all over EN-. If Bill Murki-
son gets his eyes once on them bills
| they show him he'll never take en- off
of en- They offer s. for 81. and they'll
| have to stick to the bargain if I tackle
| EN-. That's the kind of a trader Bill
MurkisOn is Yes, l just believe III
drop up Chicago way and take a to
shot on J. Smith. I guess the water'H
| be fine enough
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
MAGAZINE SECTION.
BY o. HENRY.
Copyright. 1907. by s. S. Mcclure COD

suit to buy supper and says nothing.
MIR. Tucker and me sized you up says
l, ard came along to see that you
got what you deserved. Hand over
the money. says I, you grass fed
hypocrite.'
4 pat the two thousand, which was
all 10 $40 bills. in my inside pocket.
Now, get out your watch says I
TO MurkisOn No. 1 don't want it,
says l. Lay it on the table and you
sit in that chair till it ticks off an
hour. Then you can go. If you make
any noise or leave any sooner Wen
handful you all over Grassdale. I
guess your high position there is worth
more than 5000 to you.
Then me and Andy left.
"On the train Andy was a long time
silent. Then he says: JEFF. do you
mind my asking you question:
Two says 1, 'or forty
WAS that the idea you had says
he, when he started out with Murki-
son?'
why. certainly says !. What
else could it have been? Wasn't it
yours, tOO?'
In about half an hour Andy spoke
again. I think there are times when
Andy don't exactly understand my sys-
TEN of ethics and moral hygiene.
" jeff says re, sisCme time when
you have the leisureI wish you'd draw
off a diagram and footnotes of that
conscience Of yours. I'd like to have
il TO refer TO occasionally
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have but 10 see him but to love him.
Ivrywhere he shows his face tn peo-
pie demand that he shall seize tn reins
" office an jog along. 1t is charack-
teristic iv tn man that he has already
promised two thousand more postmas-
therships thin there are postoffices. Not
that he seeks tn office, mind We. He
has too much respect FIR that lofty sta
ton where ne expects to be locked up
FIR four years to so debase it. He be-
lieves that tn Office shud seek tn man;
but he won't hide. Whin tn prisidin-
cy comes FIR him it won't have to light
a candle an go down into tn cellar to
look f'r him. 1t won't have to dhrag
him out iv a coal bin. 1t will find him
settin' on his front stoop perfectly
dhressed FIR tn part. He'll on'y have
to get his hat an his hat1l be undher
his chair. I'm FIR him. Speakin' as a
Dimmycrat. If we must have a Ray
publican prisidint. an judgin' firm past
expeeryence we must, I'd rather see
Fairbanks get it thin amy other man.
He might be tn last
"AnnyhoW, no matther who gets it,
it won't be NANNY months now befure
tn air iv peace that hangs over polly
ticks outside iv Indyanny will disap-
pear an Wen be calm each other tn
kind iv names tn lawyers in tn Hay
wood thrile used as argymints to con-
vince TIL jury. 1t don't seem so now
with tn gloryous sun beatin' down on
me head as though it had gredge
again me f'r lookin' something like t.
At this Ininyit FIR two dollars I'd agree
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niver TO vote again. But 1 know that
in a few months time I'll be battlin'
again FIR tn right as though tn right
had somethfn' to do with TIL retail
liquor business. I'll stand on tn side
walk hoarsely cheerin' while we march
by in a blue oil-cloth cape an settin'
fire to ye'er hair firm a torch that is
smokin' FIR human rights. I'll argye
ontil airly i'm tn mOrnin' with Larkin
about some immortal principles that
have been dead FIR four years an I'll
fight me frind tn letter-carryer as tn
representative iv a corrupt admins
thration. Ten times I've done it. Ten
times I've charged what Hogan calls
tn battlemints iv oppression. Often
sometimes twice victhry has perched
upon me banners. At other times it
has set on me head. But whether 1
marched to victhry or defeat, whether
tn Dimmycratic candydate or some
other Republican was illicted prisi-
dint. whin tn smoke iv battle an tn
candydates' cigars died away, 1 always
found mesilf in tn same place, with a
bad headache, tn rent overdue an We
goin' by to ye'er wurruk with ye'er
hair singed.
An I'll do it again. In a short time
tn parties will engage in wan iv their
great battles but tn question is,
what tn divvle will they fight about
F''r good NANNY years we cud always
get up a good hard fight about tn
tariff. Mention tn wurrud tariff to
me an I'd take off me coat. TIL Dim
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shake hands with symptoms of sur
prise and familiarity. Then / take the
capper aside and tell him you all are
jenkins and Brown of Grassdale, gro
ceries and feed. good men and maybe
willing to take q chance while away
from home
Bring 'em along, he'll say, of
course. if they care to invest Now,
how does that scheme strike your
What do you say. jeff" says
Andy, looking at me-
Why, I'll tell you what I say, says
I say let's settle this thing right here
now, ] don't see any Use of wasting
any more time / took a nickel plated
.3S out of my pocket and clicked the
cylinder around a few times
You undevour. sinful, insidious
hog says l TO Murkison, get out that
two thousand and lay it on the table.
Obey with velocity says /. for other
wise alternatives are impending. L am
preferably a man of mildness. but now
and then / find myself in the middle
of extremities. Such men as YOU, /
went on after he had laid the money
out. lis what keeps the jails and court
houses going. You come up here to
rob these men of their money. Does
it excuse your l ask. that they were
trying to skin your No, sir: you was
going to rob Peter to stand off Paul.
You are ten times worse says /, than
that green goods man. You go to
church at home and pretend to be a
decent citizen, but you'll come to Chi
caSo and commit larceny from men
that have built up a sound and profit
able business by dealing with such con-
temptible scoundrels as you have tried
TO be today. How do you know saws
|, that green goods man hasn't a
large family dependent upon his extor-
lions? It's you supposedly respectable
citizens who are always on the lookout
to get something for nothing says I,
that support the lotteries and Wild
cat mines and stock exchanges and
wire tappers of this country. If it
wasn't for you they'd go out of bust
ness. The green goods man you was
going to rob, says I. studied maybe
for years TO learn his trade. Every
| turn he makes he risks his money and
liberty and maybe his life You come
up here. all sanctiied and panoDlied
with responsibility and a pleasing post
office address to swindle him. If he
/ gets the money you can Squeal to the
| police. If you get it he hooks the gray
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more, James h Tyler an others who
shall be nameIess.
Yes, sir, Fairbanks has thin all
beat at tn start, He's made whirl-
wind campaign. Ivrywhere he goes,
an he goes Everywhere, thousands iv
people turn out to greet him an his
Candydacy with a smile. In wan
month he has shook tn hand an
paved tn shoulder blade iv four hun
bred an two thousand voters. He has
distributed prizes FIR all tn three
legged races an greasy pig contests
east iv tn Mississippi. He has con-
ferred tn bays on countless thousands
iv chaTmin' matrons who have nanny
facthered tn best lOokin' roll iv butter
at tn county fair. If We see a tall,
dark, handsome stranger chasin' a
perambylator down TIL sthreet don't
call Polls an think he is a kidnaper.
It's Charles Fairbanks thryin' to kiss
another baby. His face is full iv milk
most iv tn time. He's had a cocktail
named afther him an higher UP TIL
ladder iv fame no man has gone durin'
his lifetime.
"They have said this man is cold
It's false. Hinnissy. TIL story was
started be a slanderer that used to
owe money to him. No more hot an
impulsive nature liver reorganized a
railroad. Look at his pictures an tell
me that this is tn face iv a cold man
Is not that a man who wud be moved
an moved as fast as he cud go by hui
man disthress? Ye bet it is. Ye can't
fool tn people with this libel They
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may have been often wrong. But here
is d case where | think we can agree.
l feel that it would be wrong for us to
allow Mr.. MurkisOn to go alone to meet
those Chicago green goods men. There
is but one way it can end. Don't you
think we would both feel better if we
was to intervene in some way and pre-
vent the doing of this deed2
L got up and shook Andy Tucker
hand hard and long.
=" Andy, says I. I may have had one
or two hard thoughts about the heart
lessness Of your corporation, but | re-
troact EN- now. You have a kind nu-
cleus at the interior of your exterior
after ali. 1t does you credit. l was
just thinking the same thing that YOU
! have expressed. 1t would not be hon
ora5le or praisewOTthy,' says l, for Us
70 let Nurkison go on with this project
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Me and Andy tries to get this finan
cial misquOtatiOn out of MurkisOn s
head, but we might Is well have tried
to keep the man who rolls peanuts with
a tOOthpick from betting on Bryan's
election. No. sir; he was going to per-
form a public duty by catching these
green goods swindlers at their own
gS ne. Maybe it would teach 'em a
lesson.
After Murkison left us me and
Andy sat a while preDOndering over
our silent meditatioEs and heresies of
reason. In our idle hours we always
improved our higher selves by ratio
citation and mental thought.
Jeff says Andy after long time,
quite unseldom | have seen fit TO imr
pugn your molars when you have been
chewing the rag with me about your
conscientious way of doing business. /
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
A PROOF.

CTranslated for Translation Tales from
Fliegende Blatter.)
Mistress Opening the drawing-room door
during a chat with her friends)-YOu were
listening. Johann.
Servant frightened)- Certainly not,
madame.
Mistress (severely)-Do net deny it. Your
hair is standing on end
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
BROTHER DIcKEY coGlTATEs.
LAtlanta CONSTITUTIONAL

ATLANTA COnstitutionD
Eff ever / gifts ter heaven I hopes dey
won't gimme no harp ter play, kaze
knows I'll be too tired to blow a mouth
organ
/ know so little bout de rough places
on earth dat l don't lose no time irwin
ter bump my head ergin de stars er
heaven.
Hits my opinion dat happiness is al
ways way back yander whar you might
a been happy. but didn't know it wuz
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15
The Lexington Dispatch:
Wednesday, May IS, 1907.
WARPRIcEsDoWN SOUTH
Quinine $1,000 an 0unce-FIour $500
a BarreI-Fish SIS a Pound.

In 1865 an ounce of quinine could
not be purchased for less than S1,70O
in the South. Provisions were simply
enormous in price. Here are just a
few instances: In February a ham
weighing so pounds sold for exactly
$3.50, or at the rate of S. a pound.
Flour was at $500 a barrel. p
Fresh fish retailed all over at S. a
pound, and ordinary meal was at $50
a bushel. Those who lived in board
ing houses paid from 5000 to $500 a
month. White beans retailed at SIS
a bushel. Tea went for anything
from $40 a pound to $50, and coffee in
a like ratio.
The most ordinary brown sugar was
sold for $40 a pound. Ordinary ada
mantine candles were sold for $40 a
pound. In a cafe breakfast was ordi-
narily $40. In April sugar went to
5000 a barrel and articles of wearing
apparel sold, coats at $3.50, trousers
at 800 and boots at $3.50.
Butter was SIS a pound. Potatoes
went for 81 a quart. Tomatoes of the
size of a walnut sold for $40 a dozen.
Chickens varied from S35 to $50 pair.
The prices on the bill of fare of the
Richmond restaurant in January,
1864, were: Soup, $1.o5; bread and
butter, $3.50, roast beef, a plate, s.;
boiled eggs, 50; ham and eggs, $3.50;
rock fish, a plate, S.; fried oysters, a
plate, S.; "a oysters, So; fresh milk,
a glass, 81; coffee, a cup, So; tea, a
cup, g..
These figures are taken from various
sources and have the virtue Of accur-
acy, if nothing else. Always was
present the fear of famine and time
and time again did the soldiers donate
a.portion of their rations, taken from
their apportionment in the field, to
relieve the pressing necessities.
The shrinkage of the currency was,
of course, responsible and some idea
may be gathered from a story that
went the rounds at the time. A SOL
der galloped along a country road
and a farmer leaning over a fence
admired the animal. He called to the
trooper Offering to buy the horse:
"Give you $50, 900 for him, Johnny"
he said.
"Not much, old man. I just paid
S15, 900 to have him shod," was the
reply.-Spare Moments.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15
From Piney Woods.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The farmers are well up with their
planting in this section.
Vegetables are coming in in order,
collards, onions, radishes and such
like, and a few little MINERS caught
out of the creeks and branches makes
a fellow feel like living again.
General Greene is making his ap-
pearance pretty generally.
No fruit in this section, but the
blackberry crop will be plentiful.
The grain is badly damaged and
will not make over half a>crop.
A number of people attended the
reunion in Columbia last week, from
this section. -
Mr.. Geo. Drafts was a visitor at the
home of Mr.. NJ. L. Wheeler last Sun
day. -
Mr.. II: F. Wheeler, from Columbia,
came up Saturday and returned Sun
day.
Patron.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15

On hand, at prices to suit everybody.
Prices range from $3.50 up to 5000.
Gall on me and I will save you money.
Jan. 2. 3m
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15
We Guarantee Satisfaction.

j. A. Brogdon, Of the National Sign
Co., Dayton, o., writes under date OF
Oct. II, 1906: "Nosena is the only prep
aration I have ever used that relieves
my affectiongso speedily and pleasantly.
Fam getting the first real pleasure out
OF breathing that have experienced
since T contracted catarrh six years
ago. Money wonld not buy my tube OF
Nosena If I could not get another.
Buy Nosena from Derrick's Drug
Store andpC.AE. Gorley and get your
money back if not satisfied. Sample
tube and booklet by mail 10 cents.
BROWN MANUFAcTURING.Co {
st. Louis, Mo. and Greenville, Tenn.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15
100000 School Claims.

Supt. O. B. Martin, in behalf of the
public schools of South Carolina has
fled a claim for $500, 900 with the dis
pensary commission, this being the
amount claimedto be due from the
old State dispensary profits. The
board will very likely O. K. the claim
and if they do. it will cause some Of
the bills for liquor now before the
board to be greatly reduced.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15
Surveying Party Here.

A surveying party under Mr.. G. W.
Urquart, representing the South Car
DINA Public service corporation, was
here yesterday to commence work on
the proposed electric line between
Columbia and Charleston. Another
party is in the upper part of the State
and a full report on all lines is ex-
pected within the next few MONTHS
The State, 10th.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15
Obituary.

Mrs. Lille Estelle Smith, wife of
Reedy I. Smith, departed this life
April 21, 1907, aged Is years, months
and 10 days. She was baptized in in
fancy, and at an early age took upon
her the vows of the Lutheran church
to which she remained faithful till
summoned to the church triumphant.
She was an affectionate wife and a
true friend. Her home, her commun-
ity and her church have sustained a
great loss in her death. ...
She leaves a husband, father, mother,
three brothers, n sister and many
other relatives and friends. May they
realize that treasure is laid up for
them in heaven, for we trust she has
entered that city of life where we too
hope to meet her and join with the
angels in their blissful songs for ever
more"
1t was not this writer's privilege to
know the departed, but the above
obituary, written by friends and rela-
tives, attest the high esteem in which
she was held. Funeral services were
conducted by the undersigned, and
the remains laid to rest in the ceme-
terry at Bethlehem, Black Creek Luth-
eran church, of which she was a mem
Der. May the bereaved realize that
all things work together for good to
them that love God.
B. D. Wessinger.
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Notice to Our Customers.

We are pleased to. announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles is not affected by the
National Pure Food and Drug law as it
contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs, and we recommend it as a safe
remedy for children and adults. Kauf-
mann Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15
More News from the New
ENGLAND States.

If any one has any doubt as to the
virtue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they
need only to refer to Mr.. Alvin H.
Simpson, of Willimantic, Conn.,, who,
after almost losing hope of recovery, on
account of the failure of so many rem
edies, finally tried Foley's Kidney Cure,
which he says was "just the thing" for
him, as four bottles cured him complete
ly. He is now entirely well and free
from all the suffering incident to acute
kidney trouble. Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-15

Some queer birds roost in family
trees.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-23
NOTICE.

Application for bids to furnish and
install Metal filing cases in the office
of the Secretary of State.
Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of State Capitol Commissioners
will receive sealed bids for thirty
days from date, for furnishing and in.
stalling Metal filing cases in the office
Of Secretary of State of Nevada.
Plans and specifications can be ex-
amined in the Governors Office. No
bids will BE received after u O'Clock
noon, April z6, 1907.
The Board reserves the right TO
reject any and all bids.
Address w. R. Davis, Clerk of the
Board of Capitol Commissioners,
Carson City, Nevada. Envelop to be
marked bid on Metal filing cases.
w. R. DAVIS,
Carson City. Nevada, March %, 1907.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-23
Notice of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
of The State of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that on the
lst. day Of May, 1907. in accordance
with Section "a, Chapter IS, of the
Statutes of 1907, one United Mining
Company of Carson City, County of
Ormsby and State of Nevada, made
application to the State Engineer of
Nevada for permission to appropriate
the public waters of the State OF Ne
vada. Such appropriation is to be
made from Two springs at points at
the springs probably in Sec. S. T. IA
~, R. Fl E. by means of an omen cut
and 1000 gallons is to be conveyed to
points at the La Sierra group of
claims about two miles in a westerly
direction and at the Treasure Group
OK claims three miles westerly from
these springs, by means of a flume
and pipe and there used for domestic
and mining purposes.
Date Of first publication May 4th.
1907.
Date Of last publication June list,
1907.
tsigned:) HENRY THURTELL,
.." State Engineer.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-23
CONTRACTORS ATTENTION

Bids will be received in the City
Clerks Office until IL o'clock M, MAY
10th, 1907, for hauling rock and dis
tributing on Carson Street according
to specifications in the Clerks Office.
in the County Building. The Board
of City Trustees reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
- By Order,
The Board Of City Trustees,
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-23
FOR SALE

One weathered oak writing desk
and book case combined, one golden
oak Morris chair. one golden oak cen.
ter table, one plate rack, one swinging
portierre pole. Inquire at e12 west
Telegraph street. '"
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-23
BATHS

Johhnle VIeira has now the finest
baths in the ity running in connection
with his barber shop. The appoint
ments make bathing at his place lux
urious to a marked degree aud to get
shaved there means a relaxation from
the cares that fret the day and a gen.
eral peace of mind hard to get else
where. -
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-23
DICK RRlcATc

The resort has been thoroughly fl
ted up for the coming Of the legisla-
ture and aims to maintain the same
high standard that It has always main.
tanned whether the legislature is, here
rot ~ r.. Il I0E1H RfYFy