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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

Flying Fishers; the Four Fearless
Lavans; the Navarro troupe of high
wire experts; Mary and Petrol, pre-
senting a novel pony, dog and dom
key circus; the Three Menstons, in
a Partisan pantomimic speciality, in
PRODUCING clown monkeys and dogs;
Robert Dohn, the Herculean giant,
who lifts an automobile in his teeth;
Nettie Carroll, golden wire artistic;
the Yamakotas, group of marvellous
Japanese entertainers; the Florence
troupe of European acrobats; the
Urma Sisters in birdlike flights on
the triple aerial trapeze; the Eight
Dollars in acrobatic novelties; Orrin
eQuestrians; Robert Stickney, Jr.,
worlds champion bareback rider;
the Fredianis, in their sensational
equestrian act. More than usual at
tention has been paid to the organi-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

A SIC refrigerator for $12 at the
Wenatchee FsrYiture Company. s'*
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

The one performance of the Bar
mum and Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth, announced for tomorrow Sat-
urday, will, it is said, surpass in
point of magnitude and excellence all
previous achievements of this man.
moth combination, Temobdying an
amusement undertaking of mod
ern and colossal character, in keep
ing with the progressive spirit of the
times. Among the principal feat
ures are: Wormwood's trained bears,
a distinct novelty in the way of per-
forming animals, displaying a thea
trical instinct bordering on the wierd;
the ten Viennese, European acrobats,
an exhibition of nerve, originality
and inventive genius; the Four Fas-
sios, the sensation of Europe, in their
equilibristic feats and wonderful
balancing act on the stairway; the
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

cation of the company of clowns.
which the management proposes to
make a special feature of this sea-
sons performance.
The Barnum & Bailey management
promises a great treat in their free
street parade, which they claim
represents an outlay of 100000.
Forty elephants, as many camels,
five hundred beautiful horses, untold
numbers of rare wild animals in
cages arranged SO that the public will
be able to view the marvels of forest
and jungle. Elaborate, categorical
floats, many bands of music. and
1000 men and women all combine in
forming a street pageant which it
will be pity to miss; so start early
with the little folks.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14
III u NOR
THE ENTHUSIAST.
Postpones Vacation After Working
Day and Night For q Week.

Postpones Vacation After Working
Day and Night For = Week.
I remember the morning when We
first met and he told me about it.
His step was light and springy. His
color was good. His eye was bright.
YES" he said in answer to my In
quiry. 1--WE are getting ready to go Oh
our vacation" -..E
Have you arranged
'T'm just doing that now; have given
up the day to it.
Later met him again.
Not off yet:" l asked.
''Not yet. 1t takes little time to
adjust things. There's quite lot tc
do. But" he continued. brightly, iii
al goes we'll we shall be started by the
first of the week, Tuesday at the very
latest"
The next day ran across him in tbs
bank. He apologized for running into
me.
Somewhat of rush" lie said
"have had to fix up lot of odds and
ends-get my book balanced and lay
out certain schedules
THAT'S all right" said sympathet
ically. Il understand. You are
Getting along nicely" he muttered
with slightly tired voice, as he rushed
away.
Two days passed. Suddenly l ran
across him in the postof1ice He car
ri n h,Yr1 nf II
one foot feebly after the other
'Still at it," asked "Still getting
ready for that vacation?"
YES" he whispered "Say, maybe
1 haven't been working like a SLAYER
He glanced at his watch. "Must hur.
~ to meet my wife She wants me to
help her pick out some clothes. And
me up to my ears"
Haven't got things fixed yetY'
mo. no! But hope to by Monday
Been working every night for week
But maybe we won't have good time
when we get off! The thought of it is
all that keeps me alive"
He shufled away. Could this de
crepit creature be the sprightly one OF
a week ago? Days passed. A week
later l met him again. He looked bet.
ter. He was walking slow. 80 al,
Hello ! cried. Il thought you
were going on that vacation"
Il was, but
you don't mean to say that you
gave it upY'
He nodded.
II had to-" he replied. 1.-THE doctor
said that in my condition 1t wasn't
safe to get far away from home
Tom Mason In Puck.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

The Duke of Portland has the lar
gest private picture gallery in the
world
Lieutenant Colonel, Hodges, recently
appointed member of the isthmian
canal commission to succeed Jackson
S. Smith, will take charge of the work
for lock designing.
Judge L. F. Parker. Jr., of Vinita,
Okla. who was recently appointed as
sistant attorney general in charge Of
land litigation in Oklahoma. has re-
signed on account of i'll health.
President Roosevelt has appointed
John C. O'LGughlin of Washington as
secretary to the American commission
to the japanese exposition at Tokyo in
1912. His salary will be $1,000 year.
vi Kuyin Wellington Koo, Chinese
student, has been elected editor in
chief of the Spectator. Columbia uni
versity's daily publication. He has
been connected with the paper two
years.
Sylvester Adams of North Stoneham,
Me-. who is seventy-fve years old. shot
q bear recently. He dragged the bear
three miles up the mountain in places
where he had to take off his shoes to
keep his feet. it was SO slippery.
The stump of an old oak tree near
the Springfield reservoir in Ludlow,
Mass, was the meeting place the other
day of two of four "boys" who, fifty
years ago. agreed to meet again at the
chosen spot at this time. The two
.'boys" are Homer King Of Worcester
and Arthur King OF. Ludlow.
T.. F. O'Connor was presented with
his portrait in oils at Leeds recently
by the Irish League of Great Britain
in commemoratfon Of his unbroken
presidency q the league for twenty
five years. John E. Redmond made
the presentation and paid tribute to
Mr.. O'Connor as a safe, consistent
snd courteous guide for the Irish PEG.
pie in Great Britain.
Jean de Reszke, the famous tenor,
has severed his connection with the
Paris Opera House. De Reszke was
ambitious for years to have a voice III
the management Of the opera house
and was finally taken in, but after six
months, with the title Of singing d.
rector, during which time his advice
was ignored and no authority given
him, he resigned In disgust.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14
Modes Of the Moment.

The yoiles, both cotton and silk,
make up into excellent waists, and
their soft silk lining makes them
dressy, cool and chic.
The pongee waist is necessity OF
the summer wardrobe. Not only is 1t
an ideal travelling waist, but it is very
good as dress waist.
The perfectly plain waists have been
put aside this season for the waists
that are in two or three colors. Cream
waists. all in strips, of violet. blue and
gold, are worn with, skirts Of tan, gel
low or cream.
1t is season Of wide contrasts in
materials. Taffeta waists are trimmed
with embroidered. linen, and waists Of
fou1ard are made up with strips of
hand 'enbfpidery 1T IN panel sha4ee
down ~ H. 4 nasiA -
xxxttsf3s FFfs1 Is II
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14
Tourists Take Warning.

The summer residents Of Weymouth.
Mass. were greatly amused by the
pranks Of some young humorists who
were In the habit Of changing letters
on signs SO as to make them read in
new and startling ways. The latest
escapade had to do with the sign of an
estimable old man who advertised on q
big board that he would carry a trunk
to any part Of the town for Is cents.
Imagine the surprise Of the incoming
tourists as they saw for the first time
the bold sign, "Drunks Carried to Any
Part Of Weymouth-25c."- Lippincott
Magazine.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14
NOTICE

1 have sold my stoIk Of goods to
Mr.. B. w. Ludingtonj and now must
close up my books. I All who eve
anything on accounv with the firm Of
Duncan & Graves, /Duncsn & McGo-
sar. Mcclellan. AID. late,, Geo, ".
rayton. will please call at the Dun
car & Groves Place of business, TO
senberg Buildjtg. by September i,
and settle Up accounts. Very respect
fully, N
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Waterville, Wash,
Aug. 10, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that David
H. Dull, of Wenatchee, Wash, who,
on July q, 1903, made homestead
entry, No. 1924 (serial No. 04O4)
for MI NEA, SEA NEH, NEA
SEA, section IL township FL n,
Range 81, E. w. NJ, has filed notice
II intention etos make final five-year
proof, to estAblish clsim to the land
{bove described, before Fred Kemp.
d 8. Commissioner, ct his ONCE. ct
Nxx1t6n6o-JEn6xo n3AA~11kna6y
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of September. 1908.

Notice for Publication.
Department Of the Interior, U.%S
Land Office at Waterville, Was,
Aug 10, 1908, s~As
Notice is. hereby given that Ma1e-
c. Larsen, OF Wenatchee, WAshxS
who, on July Z, 1908, made Homes
stead Entry. No. 6461 (serial No;
04O3), for Ek SWA, Lots 6 and 81
section s, township % N, range 81. p.
w. NJ. has filed notice of intentionS
to make final five year proof. to es-
tablish claim to the land above DE-
scribed, before Fred Kemp, q. 8.
commissioner at his Office at Wenat-
chez, Wash, on the ed day of SeH-
TENDER, 1908. III
Claimant names as witnesses:
y Carl Olsoas A. p. Kiser. T. n
Groves, ana Miltbn Ronds all Of We
natchee, Wash.
w. r. HAYNES.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

Miss Ethel Berrier of Chelan is
visiting friends in the city. hsa
Miss Ethyl McCutcheon is at Lake
Wenatchee this week on a vacation
trip. ia s $50 lah!4A asIEiiAA
City Attorney Grimshaw has re-
turned from . two days. trip on the
Sound. He went to Olympia ON
business connected WITH the ely.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

A s1s refrigsratIf for $1,000 at
Wenatchee Furd1fe Company. =
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-14

c. F. Eggiman and wife are back
from a ten days trip in Montana.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17

There is perhaps no point on which
the librarian and child disagree so en-
tirely as that of the proper condition
of the hands. A child whose hands
were black with dirt solemnly stated,
81 was born that way" Another de-
clared that the doctor said ''he must
not wash his hands till the weather
got warmer Another whispered,
Teacher, that's the color of my skin"
A boy who brought back book with
its cover soiled and greasy refused to
pay the fine and finally brought his
mother in to speak in his behalf. We
had been very unjust and unkind to
her boy, she said 'for he is very care
full. He puts his book in the icebox,
where the baby can't get it, and moth
ing but our food and Willie's books
ever goes in that icebox. Library
Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
Samoa's Talking Man.

SamOa'S talking man, or tolafaH, Is
a character All the affairs of state
of the village in which he holds Office
are carried upon his shoulders. In or
binary he is the chief adviser, per-
suader, convincer and restrainer of the
leading chiefs. Having the gift of elo-
quence, he makes the most of it. He
enjoys immunity from many things.
He cannot be spoken of in ordinary
terms. If it should be necessary to
speak of his eyes or his mouth or his
limbs, special honorable words must
be used, words which attach to him
alone and have never been applied to
the personal parts of ordinary men.
AS he stands to deliver his soft, per-
suasive, mellifiuous oratory, with staff
of Office in his hand, any one can see
that he is a man of great Importance,
or if this is not apparent from his at
titude it may be gathered from the at
tention paid to his utterances by gray
haired chiefs and by youth and maid
ems If the talking man is clever
fellow and understands his business,
he is the chief ruling power in his
tribe, although the nominal headship
is always vested in a chief or patri-
archa1 figurehead.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
A Rich Woman's Closet.

"The nearest approach to a Blue
boards closet that ever saw" said a
woman the other day, 'was in the
country house of one of New York's
most fashionable women.
81 didn't know her, but in a queer,
roundabout way l was once shown
over the house and saw Mrs. VS. pri-
vate apartments. pretty nearly faint
ed when walked into room where a
dozen or more women were apparently
hanging from the ceiling.
when 1 came to found that what
/ had taken to be a choice collection
of female corpses was really lot of
manikins Mrs. V. had them made
after her own measurements, and her
choicest costumes were kept on them
when not in use.
''Her maid would fasten a gown on
to manikin, put something over it to
keep the dust off and then by means
of a rope and pulley draw the whole
thing to the ceiling. 1t was fine ar
rangement, but looked as if Bluebeard
had been around" New York Sun.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
THOUGHT He Was In India.

AS a consequence of the frequency
with which venomous snakes are met
with in India Anglo Indians spend their
whole lives in thinking of their lives
and watching out for snakes. When
Mr.. Kipling reached London from In
dia in his search for fame and fortune
he lodged in some small rooms on VII
liers street, Strand, up two flights of
stairs. One morning a friend called.
and when he found himself in Rudyard
Kipling's sitting room he was surprised
to see a handsome mirror which stood
over the fireplace smashed to smither-
eens"
Snakes said Kipling, noticing the
look of establishment on his friends
face 81 was doing in my chair yester-
day evening, and my foot slipped out
of my shoe, which for comfort / had
unlaced. Half waking. I felt with my
foot for the shoe and began slipping
it in when my toes touched the leather
tongue. Snake flashed across my
sleepy brain. gave one desperate
kick, and when the shoe. struck that
mirror I realized that I was in London
and not in India"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
How Wvckoff Was Revealed.

The late Professor Walter A. Wyck-
off Of Princeton had a passion for
knowledge at first hand and will be
best remembered as the college pro-
fessor who studied labor conditions by
becoming himself a laborer Starting
in 1891 in Connecticut with no money
and with a suit of overalls, he worked
his way through nearly every state in
the Union after the fashion of the
floating laborers of this country, so
many of whom ultimately become
tramps. Wherever there was a posi-
bility of work he applied for 1t, wheth-
er it were digging bitches, wrecking
houses or factory work. For awhile
his incognito usually worked we'll, but
as soon as his fellow laborers saw him
at table they at once began to suspect
him. His manner of eating, his way
of holding knife and fork, at once set
them specializing. Once he was seen
drinking tea at a fellow labOrer's
house in Chicago. He lifted the saucer
from the table, held it in his hand and
forgot himself so far as to drink with
out noise 'I knowed them" his host
afterward said, ''that he was a swell
masquerading ."-Harper's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
jefferson Davis Ambition.

Jefferson Davis was a man of most
sincere conviction and courageous &C
ton, and when the Southern Confeder-
acy was about to be organized his sim
gle ambition was the command of the
Confederate army. This | had from
his own lips at his residence at Beau
yoir, Miss, some fifteen years after
the war He told me that when he
started for Montgomery, Ala, when
the movement began for the organi-
zation Of the Confederacy he hoped to
be called to the command of the army,
but before he reached Montgomery he
was advised Of his election as pro-
visionary president. When he reached
the new capital of the Confederacy
he found it impossible to change condi-
tons, and he was compelled to accept
the presidency, and he entered upon
that duty as conscientiously as any
public man ever entered upon an of
fetal career-Colonel A. K. Mcclure
in Confederate Veterans"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
Early Lamps and Wicks.

1t would be hazardous to conjecture
what the first wick consisted of, but
when we come to consider the iron
lamp, or "crusie," we know that the
wick commonly used was the pith of
the rush, which was gathered and
partially stripped of its outer green
covering, cut into proper lengths, dried
and tied up into bundles ready for use.
The iron lamp was hammered out of
one piece of iron in stone mold. This
was usually done by the blacksmith,
and the molds are still to be seen in
nuseumS, in the hands of private col
lectors and no doubt at some of the
country blacksmiths' shops. They are
of one uniform shape with some slight
varieties. The lamp consists Of two
cups, one suspended above and inside
the other. The suspender is SO fixed
and notched as to enable the upper
cup, which holds the oil and wick, to
be shifted to keep the oil constantly in
contact with the wick. The lower cup
catches the drip Of the oil, which can
be easily replaced in the upper cup by
lifting it off until the oil is poured into
it. The upper cup has sometimes a
movable lid.-Chambers' Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
The Rain Was Hot.

Mrs. Goitt had been waiting for a
week or more to give her rear porch
good scrubbipg. but she was always
afraid of mourning the keen disp!eas-
ure OF the people in the fat below,
who, it seemed, We're never off their
porch and who would get all the drip
pings of her scrubbing operation
When it rained, though Mrs Goitt
saw what she thought was her oppor-
tunity. The people down below surely
would not be out on the porch during
the rainstorm, and all the water that
dripped down would be attributed to
the rain She filed bucket with boil
ing hot water, threw in a sallow cake
of soap and got busy.
But she had reckoned wrong, for the
people down below were on their porch
enjoying the shower In minute Mrs.
Goitt heard a woman's voice below
saying: "Why, Martha, the rains COM
ing through from the porch above. The
roof must leak"
And then Martha observed, with a
gasp: Eyes. And, oh, heavens, had you
noticed that the rain is hot? Did you
ever hear of such thing? Aren't ter
rible things happening? All these aw-
full murders, and now hot rain! But it's
the Lords doings, and we must sub
mit."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
A Yooa Story.

For fourteen years Bava Luchman
Dass received from the priests of the
Black Caves of central India the nee
essary education in order to become a
yoga, as a yoga must be capable OF
taking the forty eight postures of the
Hindoo idols. Perhaps the greatest
trick consists in balancing himself on
the ends of his fingers while the whole
Of his body is in the air. Bava stated
that in order to obtain the rank of
yoga in the Black Caves OF India he
had to continue in this position on the
ends of his fingers under the eyes of
the judges, without a seconds inter-
val, for seven days and nights!-Strand
Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
The Most Beautiful FLAG.

In a village school in the Acadian
region of Nova Scotia the young lady
teacher, who was from a portion of
Canada more remote from the United
States than the section she was in,
was on one occasion preparing for a
little celebration of empire day. Call
ing one Of the boys, she gave him a
coin and said to him:
''Take this, please, and go out and
get us the prettiest flag you can find
She had no idea, of course, of his
procuring anything else than British
flag, and her establishment was great,
therefore, when the boy came back
with a small edition of the stars and
stripes.
"What have you there? the teacher
asked sharply. did you suppose |
sent you for anything else than the
flag of your country?
why" answered the boy, ''you told
me to get the prettiest flag l could find,
and there was nothing else so pretty as
this!''
The boys judgment was unpreju-
diced, at any rate. for he was Cana
dian.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
carneaie,s First Investment.

1t was due to Thomas A. Scott that
Andrew Carnegie made his first invest
ment, ten shares of stock in the Adams
Express company, valued at $500. This
he did with considerable trepidatiOn.
He had labored hard for the money he
had saved up while he had worked as
a telegrapher It is part of railroad
history how he later fell in with the
inventor of the sleeping car, saw the
enormous advantages which that man
ner of travel held out to passengers
and promoters and how he interested
others in the invention Of Mr.. Wood
ruff. This occurred shortly after his
return from Washington, when the
problems of transportation were still
uppermost in his mind. He was now
on the road to success and wealth as
he then pictured earthly possessions.
The Pennsylvania oil fields yielded
large returns when Carnegie and 9TH
ers turned their energies in the direc-
ton of the newly discovered territory.
In one year land purchased for $4,000
increased in value SO that it paid div
idend of 81 100000 Exchange
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
A Place of Safety.

Wits which are serviceable only In
fair weather are not of much use to
the pioneer of new country. All sorts
of vicissitudes present themselves to
the dweller of the wild regions. Mr..
Wiley in his History of the White
Mountains" gives an instance of a
man whose ingenuity withstood cy-
clone The incident took place in the
early days of Jackson.
A terrible tornado passed over the
little settlement. 1t was so strong
hardly anything could stand before it.
Houses and barns were leveled, trees
were whirled about in the air like
sticks, and men and women were
caught up and carried along for rods.
One house was RACED to the ground,
and chairs, tables, beds, bedding and
children went flying about in the wind
The father of the family, snatching his
babies from the rude grasp of the mon
ster thrust the little folks heads
through two rails of fence and left
them thus secured, with their legs
dangling in the wind. He then went
to look after his other property.
The five little children remained safe
in their fastening and, uninjured, out
rode the tempest.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-17
4 WasF, Twice = Year.

A charming Hungarian countess
once said to me, What is so nice
about the men from England is that
they look SO clean, as if they had just
come from a SWIM Of course we
pride ourselves on our morning tubs,
splash and splutter and shiyer and pol
ish up with rough towels. "What dirty
people those English are,' remarked
an Italian, when they find it neces-
sary to wash all over every day! Why,
I only wash twice a year, | have
met Chinese who regard washing all
over as a proceeding decidedly i'm
proper. A Chinese is washed when he
is born, and he has no other altogether
wash till he is dead. But we British
people have adopted cleanliness only
of recent years. Small houses have
their bathrooms, but very few houses
built over half century ago were pro-
vided with bathrooms. / suppose
those must have been the days of the
Saturday night wash in the Kitchen.
Certainly our gay cavalier ancestors in
silks and ruf1ies must have been a
dirty gang. Handkerchiefs were not
invented, and the velvet cloaks must
often have been greasy. The rollick-
ing old times were very dirty old
s.-''Baths. Pleasant and Other
wise