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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-18
One on the Purser.

Prosperity smiled on certain man
of Marthas Vineyard. Like all men, he
is in pursuit of happiness. So he HE'D
him away to a neighboring city and
purchased a fine automobile. OF course
it had to be shipped to the island on
the steamer.
A few days after the arrival OF the
machine a friend of the proud owner
went to Boston on business. When
this friend arrived in New Bedford 70
take the steamer for the Vineyard
somebody told the purser that the
gentleman in question had brought
down an automobile from Boston and
asked him. the purser, if they had
room on the steamer for the machine.
All" said the genial purser, he
has got an auto, Ell? Well, we'll. When
one of those two fellows gets anything
the other fellow thinks he must have
one too We're pretty well filled up
with freight" said he but | suppose
We'll have to take it aboard"
With that he gave orders to clear
away the forward deck and make room
for an automobile.
A few moments after the above con
yersation MI - appeared down the
gang-plank with toy automobile I'M
der his arm, which he had purchased
for his little boy who lives in Vine
yard Haven.-Vineyard Gazette.
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OUR COUNTRY IT YEARS AGO.
Two Generations Have Seen America
Rise from Primitive Rurality.

In 1891 the American people vera
free, but they held in their hands the
land-tools of slaves. They had to Ia
Dor and sweat in the fields with the
crude implements that had been pro-
duced by ages of slavery For two
generations the sickles, falls ana
wooden plows with which they had
tried to build up a prosperous repuo-
lie had held back agricultural progress
Let us try to reconstruct mentally the
America of those days.
Enterprise was not then a national
characteristic. The few men VINO
dared to suggest improvements were
prosecuted as enemies of society. Inc
first iron plows were said to poison
the soil. The first railroad was torn
up. The first sewing machine was
smashed. And the first man VINO
sold coal in Philadelphia was chased
from the state as swindler
Even the railway was a dangerous
toy. The telegraph was still a dream
in the brain of Morse. John Deere
had not invented his steel pillow, nor
Howe his sewing machine, nor Hoe
his printing press There were no
stoves, nor matches nor oil lamps.
Petroleum was peddled as medicine
at one dollar a bottle. Iron was SO
ton. Money was about as reliable
as mining stocks to-day; and all the
savings in all the banks would not
now buy the chickens in Iowa.
The total exports amounted to no
more than we paid last year for dia'
monds and champagne. Chicago was
12famiy village. There was no
west nor middle west. Not one grain
of wheat had been grown in Mime
sofa, the Dakotas. Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Washington, Nevada,
Idaho, Montana New Mexico, oregon,
Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Oklahoma or
Texas.-Everybody's.
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ENDED HAIR HUNT
CLEVER RUsE BROUGHT PEACe
TO SUFFERING JUDGE.
In Eloquent Speech Learned Jur's'
Convinced Wife That Seven'ro o'
Strand Of Hair Existed On'y
in Her Imagination.

One Of the overture stories OF the
last session of congress was told III
the cloak room by Senator Nathan d.
Scott of West Virginia.
II seems that a Judge of his ac'
ouaintance had very charming "lie'
hut she was over-neat and was loI'
ever brushing microscopic dust from
his clothes; still all went well until
she started on the hair hunt Alter
that she never sat beside her husband
for five minutes but she perceived
hair of some sort on his clothing, ana
fastened to remove it, be IT halr ol
dog, cat, or human being
About this time there came to the
town a long.haired lady, daily exhibit
ing her seven feet Of black hair to an
admiring audi>lce. The judge was
present at one of these exhibitions,
watched his opportunity and secured
hair.
on the Sunday after his brief Visit
to the long-haired lady, his last prep
aration for worship was singular. A
corner of his handkerchief was care
fully arranged TO peep from his coat
nocket. and, showing upon the white
background dangled an end or plack
hair.
With marvellous patience he endured
the searching scrutiny Of the good
lady beside him; her eyes soon
reached his pocket, but chance 10 Sc
cnre the hair without attracting at
tention did not arrive until the ser
mon began. when the judge crossed
his arms and was evidently ABSORBED
in the eloquent utterances from the
pulpit. A cautious jerk brought away
a foot of black hair-another yank' an
other foot. There was little sur
nrise that the end was not reached
a third foot came to light, then
PAUSE to be sure that the hunt was
unnoted. 4 fourth yank, still no emo
to that hair. The good lady was eXas'
perated and yank number five was en-
ergetic-sLill no end. The thing was
like a uightmare-a damp chill came
over her, but she was a determined
and courageous American woman
vank number six-desperatiOn-t
about nightmare-it was joke TO
this, One more pull and seven feet
of hair was on the seat between her
and the Judge. 1t could not be left
there for the sexton to marvel over,
so it was hastily thrust under the
heavy cover of her hymn book.
Quietly the judges hand slipped
down to the hymn book-a moment
and the hair was in his pocket-no
matter if 1t broke now. The sermon
ended. the ireful lady grasped the
book with relentless grip, holding on
for dear life as she walked home.
The front door closed behind them.
William, what did you have in your
coat pocket this morning.
The Judge looked at her with an
innocent and questioning gaze.
You had this" she went on, sternly, |.
opening up the cover of the hymn
book There was the flyleaf with the
name neatly written on it-nothing
more-absolutely nothing more. She |
turned pale and stared blankly at her
husband
Could have lost it," she said /
family
You could not have lost a speck of |.
dust from that book coming home. .
Mary" he grayely assured her. Il .
81 ~. Tho ~. ytl ,.D,, er,;,,,,J
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depo..te1. and they resume Lar
march into the mess hall below
Plain Bill Of Fare.

II IL is Monday they breakfast Fem
the tin pan and cup, and with the aid
of the spoon, off bread and hash ana
coffee. If it be Tuesday their meal IS
oatmeal and coffee. If Wednesday,
they have bread and jelly and coffee.
They march around the tables, de
post their spoons in a box at the end
of the table and go in regular file TO
the work that has been assigned them
The Poillons, as a first essay at hard
labor were ordered TO the big, square
sewing room. There Katherine darned
socks, Charlotte mended torn sheets
and tattered blue and white striped
dresses.
They sat on rough chairs and
stopped until their backs 2ched over
their tasks Through Charlotte's mind
fitted recollections of the diversified
golf links. Before Katherine's vision
danced the gay invitation Of the spring
shop windows.
BY noon :hey were faint, but their
delicate stomachs rebelled at the mid.
day dinner, vegetable soup, roast rumr
steak, potatoes, cabbage and thick,
though not strong coffee. Katherine's
tears dripped into the big t'o cup Of
coffee. Charlotte frowned heavily.
Back again for the afternoons work
They were interrupted only by ar at
tendant's Cant you do better than
that? Every woman ought to be able
to do a little light family washing
During the morning sewing Charlotte
complained that the brass thimbles
might cause blood poisoning. But nc
one paid any attention to the pair
who had been in the public eye until
they had grown to like it. Their fel
low prisoners, when they looked al
them at all, looked insults. When
they spoke to them they jeered.
Jeered by Companions.
How do you like the Hotel Black
well?" whispered a hard faced dame
| over the wash tubs, during the after
noon session.
"O'Fallon's a mighty sharp hote
keeper. Nobody ever beats his bills.
The Poillon sisters redeemed, and
were mad through and through. Char
/ lotte thumped her washboard viciously
At five came the call to tea, then
back to their cells went the sisters
to read little if they chose, from
books in the prison library Lights
must be out at $50, the hour at which
these gay women of upper Bohemia
| were wont 10 dine
The next day both sisters were
heavy-eye and pale Katherine could
not answer the matron when she
| spoke to her.
Huh; prison sore throat I sup
pose" said Miss Moriarty, and sent
for the hospital physician. He or
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-18
DUCHESS a True Philanthcnnist

Duchess Philip of Wurtenberg has
c0n'riyed a bandage that is so scieI
thoal,E constructed that manufact.
ar'-s have taken out patents covering
me r.Sht 10 make ii in foreign coun-
YVES The duches, is said to be the
most POPULAR OF al the royal ladies' of
many and much of her popularity
aae - the interest she has always
.."a the sick poor.
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1W> ahead" ordered the ma
W trOn and the line of pro
VI ccsson went past the long
Il narrow benches placed ON
either aide of a higher
marrow bench. called by courtesy a
table Katherine and Charlotte Fol.
ton the gay and pretty sirens and no
eel beats. and their fellow prisoners
stoppcd AT The door at the flrthcsi
End The door opened The FIRST prls-
oncr was showed in Five minutes
later there was heard n splash
ITS the Carbulic acid bath whis
pcrcd a woman who had been an inter.
mittcnt guest t. Rlnckwcll's Island,
New Works famous hostclry for male
factors
The frat prisoner came out shining
from her bath. and greatly subduod In
manner and Hmclling of carbolc acid
\ shiycr ran through the delicate
frame Of katherine poillon For the
woman had dropped her gaudy hncry
~ tho bathroom and come forth ar
raycd ia the hidcous prison gatb she
had seen mattresses covered with pre-
ciHrly The same material heavy white
uokmr of alternate broad and narrow
blur stripe. lts skirt WAS short and
Haul reaching &c the tops Of the
ahags Tho waist vAa gathered into
the amr uuWEc|3y brIl 81 hl, and
white U,Nus chat held Tine skirt n
wa. fastened oFrr the ho.nm with
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Ala@-Whct are sou worrying
CUTE
EEa-Im afraid these new flg leaves
a.sl going 10 wear vel.
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lon sisters were rcprcsscd at last.
Young Women'B Criminal Career
The young women who have figured
conspiCuoualy and Hagrantly In New
York In eviction suits. In damage suits.
in suits for SANDER who have been
tho hano OF hotel Keepers, and one
OF whom was a particularly prickly
thorn In the side of the New York mil.
liOuarc. w Gould Hrokaw, whom she
sued for breach of promise. and with
whom she settled for $4,000. have
subsidized into the peace that. outward
~ at least, broods over Blackwell's
Island
Lattcrly the young women had con,
centratcd their energies upon in
gcnious devices for beating their hotel
bills IN the metropolis The Waldorf
Astoria. the lIrcslu. the bristol, have
All complained Of the success OF that
ingenuity While practically penui
less the young women had lived in
the most luxurious manner al these
hotels for periods extending into
weeks and in some instances months
When weekly bills were presented. the
debtors showed a positive genius for
evasion They were not iu thcir
rooms whom the bullboy tapped grutly
u' nm'y with one hand while he
held The weekly reminder In the
other Though he Slipped lbr bills
undrr thv doors m" roil'ou sisters
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T O-DAY-"How do you like the Hotel
BLACKWELL" whispered hard-faceo
dame over the tubs. "O'Falon's a
mighty sharp hotel keep, Nobody
ever beats his biIla.'
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thrust her beside a bent, old Italian
woman, who horribly grinned and glib
bered Charlotte walked beside a ne
gress who had been arrested for dis
orderly conduct on Twenty-eighth
street.
Within the Prison Doors.
The sorry procession, ludicrous in
spite Of its wretched significance, as
Falstaff's army. marched from the
landing 10 the broad doors whose stone
steps had been worn by the feet Of
thousands Of the city's criminals.
The door Of the great castlelike jail
swung back grindingly on its heavy
hinges ITO the right" shouted the
man with the voice Of a tugboat whis-
tie, aud the motley human assortment
went in at the open door OF the ward
ems office Warden O'Fallon, white
haired, bureaucratic Of manner with
crisp, metallic voice, sat at his desk
and peered from under bu5hy brows at
the women. Javert himself could not
have been less emotional
Your age?" he said, peering under
the bushy brows at Katherine.
"Twen--Oh well, 30
And your to Charlotte
Il am "a"
Il brought her up" volunteered the
yoluble Katherine.
And right badly, l should say -
came In the warden's crisp. biting
tones Murphy call Miss Moriarity."
The matron, stout, soft-voiced, firm
willed. entered She looked the WON
en- prisoners over with level glance.
Katherine preened and tdgeted, trying
to display her prettiness in a good
light. She flushed when she saw by
MatrOn MOriarity's cool glance that
for her she had no individuality. She
was merely on of the new batch"
The First Night in Jail.
Come this way" said Miss Mortar.
ity, and the female prisoners followed,
marching in pairs, Katherine still the
companion of the bent. mumbling
Italian woman leering at her own I'M
translatable jcsts Charlotte striding
beside the negress. Across a wide.
rooted court whose stone floor rang
with echoes Of the footsteps of the
prisoners, Miss Moriarity led her or
rather drove the prisoners, to the fe.
male department OF the workhouse.
The long, high.walIcd. narrow room
repeated the sound of their footsteps
bpllpWly for tho fprya Ia dam. ~ -, az, :
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-18

order, he grasped her shoulde" and
thrust her beside a bent, old Italian
woman, who horribly grinned and glib
bered Charlotte walked beside a ne
gress who had been arrested for dis
orderly conduct on Twenty-eighth
street
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-18

TO.DAY-"Sueh a supper, no truffles,
no Holsters, no champagne! Mere
~ dry bread and bologna and cot
fec; a tin plate, a tin cup; one tin
spoon.
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slaved.
Az the time III his election d well
Snown local politician sald ~ Sena.
ter Bourne, He has one quaiI6ca-
ton that will endear him 10 the
hearts 81 many persons Hike myself,
--hell play two pnirg higher than
any poker player | ever knew"
There were feeble attempts III
banter and pngAiaaee among ire
players as the dealer dealt the cards
The opener with the three aces,
drew two. Mr. Lowengart. with the
small straight stood pat and The
Senator drew one Sleaishily but
earnestly. they eyed the new cards.
and the faces oi at least one oi the
players fell. But the Senator had
caught d third king, making him i
full mouse, and he was unable 10
conceal The smile that spread over
bis coHutenanse ID he saw IL
The opener, afraid of the man
who stood pat and the one who drew
one card, passed the bet Lowen.
gart, with the small straight, cau.
tiously be. q white chip. The Scna-
tor eagerly showed his stack 10 The
center 81 the table and raised them
the limit Mr, Lowengart called. ana
the Senator's winnings OH that one
hand amounted 10 several hundred
dollars
But that hands winnings were not
sufficient 70 keep him from event.
ually losing Al the end Of the game
he was 4 large sum to the bad. Some
say his losinss were as much as
$4,000, hnt his friends say that they
were less than one,fifh thas sum-
When The game broke Up HI offered
70 play pinocle Al $50 a game, baf
every one was looking ont Of the
window
The big-limit poker game was
played in room at the Portland
Hotel Sunday afternoon.
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Great men are not 50 great as we
think them, and dull people are not
quite 10 dense AZ they seem. Ii IL
really a question in my mind whe.
ther The Great Man ever existed.
Seen At an angle across the distance,
50 the light strikes on d certain fa-
Get Of his being, we say the man Is
brilliant. In his own household he Is
probably considered something else.
4ie u great 10 IL only because We do
not know him. He does a few things
well, but special talent in any direc-
ton i purchased with q price Ii
you have much skin III certain lines,
you are lacking in other directions.
Like q chain . mans real strength
IS in his weakest part,
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Senator Bourne
Plays In Poker.

Portland OFegonlan II was a
$A0.limit and sixhanded game.
Gus Simon was dealing, and Dr, G.
H Wheeler, who sat next him,
glanced cautiously at his cards, saw
three acres, and placed four blue
chips il the center Of the table The
pot was opened, for each blue chip
represented $40,
''I'll rai. ittn said !, I.owcngars.
who sat next 70 the opener and held
a small straight. He stacked Up
eight blues beside the openers four,
I'm stay" said United States Sen.
asor Jonathan Bourne. Jr., who
thought a pair 81 kings backed up
with d pair Of fours looked pretty
good IL that pot The other three
players including the dealer passed
and disgustedly tossed their cards IN
q heap The Senator carelcssIy plac.
"a eight blue chips ii the center of
the table.
There were 20 blue chips, $500, in
the pot when Il again got around II
Mr., Wheeler % bc opened, who was
immensely pleased with the three
big aces he still held. He met the
raise, and added four more blue
chips,
''Ill stay and raise YOU" he said,
and every one could sec the look Of
satisfaction with which he said IL
But the look 81 satisfaction turned
quickly to one o. alarm. as Mr.. Low.
engart, whose small straight still
looked like 4 winner. not only met
bis raise but came through with an
other placing 10 blue chips, Sl6O, in
the pot Then L was up 10 the
Senator, whose pair of kings and
two four didn't look quite 50 encour.
aging.
en- stay" said the Senator, though
duhiously, as he stacked up his l6
blue chips alongside the others.
IDEAL the cards" Dr. Wheeler also
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pRoposALs.


OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTER
master, Department Of the coIun-
bia, Vancouver Barracks, Washing
ton, October %, 1908 Sealed pro-
posals, in tripiicate. will be received
al the Office Of the Post Quartermas-
ter, Fort Stevens, Oregon, until 2
o'clock p. M, November 27, 1908 and
then publicly opened for the supply
ing and installing one new ''Mosher," /"
or equal, water tube boiler in Quar-
termaster Steamer Major Guy How
ard Full information can be OBJ
tained at the QnartermasteRs Office,
Fort Stevens, Oregon. The United
States reserves the right to reject
any Or all bids or any part thereof.
Envelopes containing proposals
should be marked Proposals for
Boiler" and addressed to the Quar-
termaster, Fort Stevens, Oregon.
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JIMMY BRITT TALKS.
Of What Battling Nelson Win And
Will Not 20,

CHICAGO, Oct. q. Willis Britt,
Of San Francisco. manager oi Light
weight Champion Battling Nelson
stopped Of in Chicago for a few
hours yesterday afternoon en- route
from New York 10 the coast and SET
A rest al doubt al 10 thc pugiiistic
plans Of the Dane.
"The rumors Of Nelson lighting
Mcfarland six rounds in the East Or
meeting Johnny Thompson IL this
place or that are all wrong" said
Britt, Nelson has only two fights
In view, and neither Of these is like.
" to come Of soon. One 81 these
battles Is to be with Packey McFar-
land then Nelson viii give the Chi
cago boy d crack at the title. Nego-
tiations for a Eight between the Dane
and Mcfarland have not even
been started but | can say the battle
win come otf about New Years, for
Nelson Is not going 70 enter the ring
for battle before the FIRST Of the
new year AS for the other fight II
Il Il arranged Il viii come at some
later date,
Britt, who has been in the East
with Nelson, incidentally said there
was no chance 81 Nelson crossing
the wafer to England to engage IN
sparring exhibitions with Jimmy
Britt, who Is now on British soil.
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GROUP QUICKLY CURED.
Don't Let the Child Choke 10 Death
While Waiting for the Doctor.

Group should have prompt treat
rhcnt The life of many a dear one
has been sacrificed because the right
remedy was not at hand.
Pay close attention to the child
who il fcycrish, thirsty, and occasion.
ally coughs dryly and shriily This
is the first stage Of Group, and IN.
slant treatment should be given.
Hyomei, the miraculous, antisepsic
dry air treatment, will cure Group IN
either the first or second stages
Easily inhaled. even when the
breathing Is irregular, It reaches
more promptly inaamed membrane
of the wiadpipe. Its soothing bal,
sans act Immediately, the inaamma.
tion Is allayed, and the swelling re-.
duced. n
mot long ago our little boy, Wal.
ter, awcke n the night with d bad
attack Of Group, 50 that he expert
enced great difficulty IN breathing.
We allowed him to inhaIe Hyomei,
and he Immediately began to breathe
easier, and in half an hour was fast
asleep. Our children, being subject
70 Group, We feel safe with Hyonei
IN The house, and am glad to speak
a good word for remedy that will
rob Group Of its terrors REV Geo.
Sisson, Pastor Of M. i. Church,
South Londonderry, VI.
Hyomei pronounced Ffigh-o.me)
IS the quickest acting and nose SEN
sible remedy ever discovered for all
diseases Of the nose, throat, and
lungs II is guaranteed By 7. f.
Laurin to cure catarrh, coughs, colds,
asthma, bronchitis and Group, or
money back. A complete OUTFIT ii.
cluding a neat hard rubber pocket
inhaler, costs only $lo0. An extra
bottle of Hyorlei, ii afterwards need
ed, cost but 50 cents.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-30

You had better learn to accept all
the small niisfits and trivial annoy
ances Of life as a matter Of course.
To allow them to receive attention
beyond their deserts IS 10 wear the
web Of your life to the warp. Be on
the lookout for the great Joys and
never let mosqsiitos worry you into
4 passion
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For chronic plarrhoea.

While in the army in 1868 | was
taken with chronic diarrhoea," says
George N, FELTON, Of South Gibson,
Pa. II have since tried many reme-
dies but without any permanent rel
lief Until MI 4. W. Miles 81 this
place persuaded me to try Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy one bottle Of which stopped
i al once" For sale BY Frank Hart
and leading druggists.
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Tor chapped skin.

Chapped skin whether on the hands
cr face may Be cured IN one night BY
applying chamberlain's salve. Ii ls
also unequalled for sore nipples,
burns and scaIds. For sale BY Frank
Hart and leading druggists.
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OVERS AND CLEANERS.

PARTISAN STEAM CLEANING
& Dye Works; goods called for
and delivered; lsdies' work spec
ialty. rs Ninth street, Phone Black
2lSs. 1O-ll-26t
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Help WANTED

.sp-te : --~sr,-r-~rfs-
Roy WANTED - WOULD YOU
like 10 know how lots Of office
boys, errand boys, messenger boys.
aIl kinds Of boys with steady Jobs
have doubled their wagesf Would
you like to increase Y0URSl It's
easy enough. and without interfeFs
ence with your present work, and
she pay IS good. Mr.. o. w. Whit.
man. 5O2 Commercial street, Astoria.
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osTEoPATHs

DIR. RHODA G, HICKS OSTEo,
path. Once; Mansell Bldg, Phone
Black zoos. s7s Commercial Street.
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RESTAURANTS.

DO you LIKE HOME COOK
ings II SO, try the Golden Gate
Restaurant, liz Eleventh street,
Phone M. 27cl. We make a speciality
Of preparing suppers for lodge ban
quets or private parties, and also
send out meals. lO-4-sf