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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-01

oLdL8S
President Grant, made his mark. Rob
ert won two entrance prizes when he
went to Yale. for his first examinations
and has thus far made fine record In
scholarship. He is popular among the
students. as his father was before him.
A book reeently issued in England
contains SOM Dgood stories about var1-
Gus people. one being an anecdote OF
Bishop Wuherforce. The noted bish-
Oh is quoted las telling one anecdote
as follows:
at dinner I.sat next a very worthy
elderly man of the name Of Polycarp
who in 4 very touching manner was
recounting to ,me the many blessings
which he had received in the course
of a life prolonged beyond the usual
limits. It appeared that he considered
the chief Of his blessings to be that Af
had had twentyethrec children. And
while l was trying to find words te
express my opinion that some people
might regard that as not unmixed
blessing a black eyed lady. whom
had observed ito be listening VIII
much attention to our conversation
kleaned across the table and said will
remarkable distinctness, Only sixteeI
were mine, Mr.. Pdlycarp.'"
| The Rev. Chaf1ee W. Gordon. who wa
one of the evAngelists OF the Chapman
Alexander mission in Philadelphia. Il
known in the literary world as Raipl
Conner. His father, minister befor'
him, settled in Canada IN the earl
forties and made Ids home in the high
land settlement Of Glengarry. on tn
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-01

ing drowned. ABOUT
the same number of lives were lost in
the collision between the st. Paul and
the Gladiator. and had it not been for
the GOODNESS OF the st. Paurs captain.
+. NJ PasSow. the collision might have
involved loss of life among the passen-
gers and crew of the liner as we'll as
on board the cruiser. Captain PaSSoW
was on the bridge at the time of the
| collision and. With the special pilot. was
Keeping close watch ahead. but the
snow was falling so thichly it was in
possible to see far in the distance. Ii
was the first serious mishap that evel
occurred to vessel under the com
mand of Captain Passow. A passenger
on board the st. Paul said:
"The discipline on the Gladiator was
magnificent. We could see every maj
at his post. There was no eXcitemen
on either ship. One would have
thought ii was a moving picture In
stead of real disaster. 1t was luck.
TINT the collision happened so close II
land. That very fact gave the seamel
and the passengers more confidence"
The prominence Of Secretary Williar
II. Taft as a candidate for the Reput
lican presidential nomination gives tr
terest to the subject Of the persons
characteristics of the members of hi
family. The secretary Is quite prOu
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-01
FLORIST.

You can save money by buying
your furniture, stoves, dishes, gran
tie and tin ware or anything in the
housefurnishing line at the Russell
Quitting store.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-01
THE sinking Of

THE sinking Of
Il the cruise r
Gladiator by the
American liner st.
Paul Is a severe
blow to the British
avy, coming so
soon after the loss
of the torpedo boat
de S troyer Tiger,
which was sunk on
April 3 of the Isle
OF Wight by the
cru er Berwick
thirty six men be
Milford chronicle., 1908-12-25


SANTA woU1rN'T CONF N IF he sEoULD
him by making lelieye We were Moth
ef Moose chldraa right out Of the
book:
Dorothy could we 10 THAT:
Fred-N'e could dress ike them and
then stand perfectly SSH as If We we're
made Of wax or something Just tha
way yoa do in a tabieam you know.
He might think it was some kind of
show Of wax figures.
Earl Oh my I couldn't keep as
still as that
Harry could If you really want
ed 70 see Santa Claus.
EAR on. viii. will. See me!
PosesJ
Gladys Wiu we have to stand 50
very long:
q Fred Oh not very very long. We
must an lie ready before l. o'clock.
We must dress like Mother Goose chill
dren, and I'll fix you in your places
I'll be BOY Blue We cam fud some
dress-up clothes in the aJie.
Harry think I'll be jack Horner
I can have pie.
Dorothy want 10 be Bonrep a
cane with hook handle viii DO for a
crook t.
Gladys May ] be Miss MuGet: 4
Earl What can Ruth and I beg
Fred You might be Jack and Jill
and ~arry p-H of v4tcr Al empry
Milford chronicle., 1908-12-25

Fred after thiukiu. awhilei-Tve
AfllLllf.slrll, - -.
Milford chronicle., 1908-12-25
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fArrr rFfff
oia SAINT yo.llts wv, .,,,-.,..sls,,s,s ,s
\ 5laE = fe .5fs $40 .y,sndrd
s1Bk :, t,,.t.,,..r,.-l.,, l,-g,4 .ii.,,. s-rg
/ - ~, H. nc i5l.....,nd nropar
+l,a+ 9tff i4ss[n v. of
II >.'.,..,.... H., III. NV. .A,i,b,lss Ia.
- -i... l,i,rts.,,.... ..g., saint Is
~ .lt,.-,,I,s. ,l.tr h8ye ft6aa '
s.l ..fi,- f,s..o,J ipt.u. tnat+ae, @ ~
.orS t.r..,.t"., Ms se.rer They nave. .rI
.,fs,l,,.,r5,l ~ afafra M have diseov-
erred. that die Christmas I've Santa
Cleps. r,,s il,. o,j4iDarei ih 4htriea. ne-
Ing transported 10 England iron. Ne"
In tba safrts' calendar Dec IS ST.
Ni,l,1l. 1av. Nf.haa, was bishop u
Alvra iii ly-iJ ue IS believed to
have ltyad under th. Emperur- pi7-
elerian and Constantine and is the B3-
from saint. Of Door maideus. sailors
travellers. MERCHANTS aud Children
Rich uIaiIeus. of course. are also 4u.ts
willing 90 acknowledge him when BE
comes along with diamond dog co..
lars, necklaces aud tiaras.
Before tbe great religious reformation
the custom of giving presents on ST.
Nicholas eve was general throughout
Christian Europe When the Worship
of the saints was abolished The Drac
tice died ont i'm England, where for
about three centuries Sr~Nieh0lns faii-
ed to visit households on the evening
Of Dec. 5 to leave presents for good
children BY the way, it should be
pointed out hat Nicholas was noted
evenatn infnnrv as a particularly good
and pious child Therefore his visits
t, ffs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29

Oregon because 1t does not affect
fundamental questions Of government,
but it is a very interesting develop
ment and it will be viewed with vary
ing sentiment. Public ONCE takes on
a new aspect for the unmarried men.
The confirmed bachelor may we'll hesi-
tate when an office pursues him-that
is to say he should not hesitate for he
who hesitates is lost. He should run.
To the tfmid man who is not a cell
bate from choice, office may take on
added charms. 1t has its rather dam
gerous side also for attractive young
women. Suppose some hustling young
fellow wants to marry a woman who
does not want to marry him? Sup
pose that he should get himself elected
to office and then. set the machinery
of the state or the party at work to
carry the referendum for the woman
who rejected him? What a fix the
woman would be in. The proposed
Florida experiment will be c.osely
watched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29
XYHAWKER JOTS

Fowler man was sitting on a wire
fence during a storm when lightning
struck the fence and the odor of burnt
flesh filled the air. The man was not
seriously injured, but he will be great
ly inconvenienced in taking his meals
for some time.
1t is time to call a halt In the abuse
OF the Missouri Pacific. The Lndsborg
Posten goes so far as to say: mo.
Pac- Stationeh Moundridge blef fora
veeka ranad. Tjufvarna hade brutit
upp EFT fonster och darigenom beredt
sig intrade. kansas City Star.
The authorities at Hays are having
vest hands" who fall Off brake rods.
Every day railroad men bring in men
who are injured because they didn't
hold on to the rods tightly. They can't
hold on and dodge hunks of coal at
the same time.
Lawrence. Of course, has the only
correct version of the Bender case. The
Blenders are dead, says the Lawrence
man, but they were not killed by the
large vigilance committee which went
after them. Probably the Benders died
from eating canned beef or lunch coun-
ter pie.
Greeley county boasts Of having
more candidates, according to the num-
Der of her voters, than any other coun-
there are 81 candidates. including all
candidates for township and county
offices, and at the last primary election
there were only PSI votes cast.
Some more of the Chase county ex-
animation answers: Q.-How is the
value of a number changed by moving
its decimal point two places to the
left? Aft you place the decimal
point two to the left it will mill in
stead of cent. &. GA house cost
1880. 1t sold at a loss of 20 per cent.
For how much was 1t sold. Aft a
house cast $500 and sold for 20 per
cent loss of which the house when
sold cost SLABS of which was 20 per
cent loss. =. =. Q.-How is 121z per
cent of a number found? A.-When
we 121z of no. we take 121z from
the no, of which you are found
Q.-State Hawthorne's purpose in writ
ing THE Great Stone Face" Al
suppose it was stormy and he could
not do any work. so he sat down and
wrote the piece. Lincoln studied
by fire lite. One of the prin-
cipal events of the civil war was Sher-
mans march on the See. The
Indians have not been making a great
deal of trouble but have caused some.
They made RACES in Kansas.
The religious disputes In the colonies
were the Mormons in Jackson county,
Missouri They would kill all the peo-
pie who did not belong to their relig-
ion.
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QUAKER NlEDrrAT1oNs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Love will find way, even though
It may only be q way out. &.
Many a man wears a porous plas-
ter who wouldn't stick to hts word.
Put your best foot forward and you
won't have so many kicks coming.
This is q wide world, but a lot Of
people in 1t live on narrow margin
It's astonishing how quickly possess
sion will decrease the value Of most
things.
to say to the sheriff: You 90
hang!"
The man who pirates about sue
cess being a matter OF luck IL the
man who has failed.
The fellow who takes things as
they come doesn't get SO many as the
fellow who goes after. them.
'.This is pretty dry reading" re-
marked the man with the impression
istic nose. as he pored ovr a copy Of
the Bartenders' Guide.
Nell-"Harold Hangover and Percy
Highflyer are fast friends, aren't
they?" Believes, they are going at
pretty rapid pace"
IT have no patience with the man
who Is always making a fool OF him
self" said the Wise Guy. mo, it's q
waste of time" agreed the Simple
Mug. Its 80 easy for him to get 4
The Captain of Industry had been
dragged to q performance Of wag-
merriam opera. 'Ah." he sighed. this
reminds me OF my early youth"
ial mentor. rather surprised. Yea"
I was a boy used to work in . boiler
ia ctoryv
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.

TF'rom the Chicago NeWs-J
At the seashore there is a lot more
to see than the shore.
Some people wouldn't want to be
happy il everybody else was.
Many an aggressive man strikes an
attitude and let's it go at that.
Physicians are about the only men
who really enjoy ill-health.
Don't overstep yourself in an at
temp to put your best foot forward.
Most girls are aware that big bows
on their shoes make their feet look
smaller.
Why do people talk so much? Ger
tainly not always because they have
something to say.
Seeing is believing-at least when the
poker player "sees" you, he believes he
has a chance.
No matter how well you do thing
you are sure to hear more complaints
than compliments.
The man who handles the truth
recklessly is sure Of a large crop when
itcomes to raising doubts.
Why it fiatters a woman to be told
she looks like an actress is more than
a mere man can understand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
TF'rom the Atchison Globe. ]

lF'rom the Atchison Globe.]
AS long as fish bite on Sunday. peo-
pie will go after them. -s.a--
Tell us a woman's age, and we can
tell you what she prays for.
Many a man who tells you how to
do a thing. can't do 1t himself.
Somehow we don't hear of much
complaint of the father-in-law.
A man who can do anything well
and keep his mouth shut, will get
along.
Usually a mother makes bad break
when she selects a middle name for
her son.
Whenever a girl gets literary aspir-
rations, she begins to use the word
"erstwhile.''
Many a man has been done up by
his friends who couldn't be done up
by his enemies.
More women are looking for an op-
portunity to elope from men than to
elope with them.
The only reason some men don't
have second wife Is because they
don't have a chance.
Most nfggers in the woodpile are
not as crafty as they think; everyone
knows who they are.
When a farmers boys do not leave
him until they are of age, the father
is proud of the record.
When we read in an old book that
a man was killed with q sword, we
wonder how it was done.
What fierce. undying love you see on
the stage, and what a tame variety
there is in the audience!
Never say to a man, You are get
ting old" 1t is better to say, I'VE are
getting DID, and even then he won't
like 1t.
Faith may have removed mountains
away off somewhere, a long time ago,
but 1t won't remove a wart at home
this week.
Somehow everyone dislikes to see
an unusually pretty girl get married.
1t is like taking a bite out of a very
fine looking peach.
When an outrage is committed,
many Of those who disapprove of it
do it In a manner indicating that the
outrage pleases them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29
ANr1-BACHELoR REFERENDUM.

The primary system has undoubted-
~ come to stay. Applied at first only
to municipal affairs 1t was extended
to the counties and then to the states.
The referendum is likely to take the
same course in time. 1t is now almost
universally applied in practice to I'M
portant municipal questions like the
issue of bonds, even when the law does
not specifically require 1t. The growth
of the practice of referring matters Of
government to the real source of pow
er, the people, has been rapid and its
history is interesting.
The latest wrinkle, a sort of COM
bination of the primary and the
referendum, is contemplated in Flor
Ida. At the last state election after
a very warm campaign Candidate Gill
christ was elected governor. He is
said to be a good citizen, a hustling
business man and a shrewd politician.
Although the contest while it ragged
waxed hot, now that the election is
over with, the choice of Mr.. Gilchrist
is universally acquiesced in and he en-
joys the good will of the people of the
state. He possesses one serious de-
feet, however, as governor. He is a
single man.
Governor Gilchrist insists that this
is not altogether his fault. but owns
that he has been SO very busy build
ing up his business and carving out a
career that possibly he may not have
given the subject of matrimony as
much attention as it deserves, and at
any rate since the good people of the
state feel so bad over 1t he Is sorry he
is not benedict. 1t is to remedy this
defect that the primary election,
referendum or whatever it may be
technically called, has been devised 1t
is proposed to submit to the women
of the state. first, the question shall
Governor Gilchrist get married, and,
second, which one of several eligible
young women shall he take to wife :?
Governor Gilchrist hung back a little
when the suggestion was first made,
but has yielded at last to public opin-
ion and consented to the arrangement
IL it can be carried out
This. perhaps. is not so important
an extension of the referendum as that
which has recently been witnessed in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29
THE WEST THE BATTLING
GROTfNDs

again 1t is being declared that the
scene OF the great conflict in the COM
ing presidential campaign will be the
west, or rather what the east has pleas
eo 10 call the west, all of that terri
Tory ying west of the Alleghenies. 1t
is In this district that the fight will
De waged. While the east will not be
neglected, the west will not be left to
take anything for granted
we have heard this cry before, but
as yet 1t has a pleasing sound 1t is
well, we OF the west believe that the
people OF that portion of the country
lying east of the Alleghenies are not
to be the only ones who will hear the
issue OF the campaign discussed We
are glad that the west is to be the bat
tie ground. There was a time, it will
be remembered. when the battle ground
was not in the west, and the west was
not regarded as very important. But
this is now changed and we are to re-
ceive the most of the attention of the
candidates.
The people of the west are intensely
interested in the coming campaign,
perhaps more so than the east, and at
least fully as much. Nothing could be
better than to discuss the issues among
such people.-Salina Journal.
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One lesson that should be learned
from the busy bee is not to get stung.
y =
The shortest men on. earth are
Americans after their summer vaca-
tions.
r \ +
Time will cure many things includ-
ing kleptomania If it is about sixty
days in JAIL
It's a trif1e incongruous for per-
son to take medicine religiously and
at the same time swear at every dose
of it.
ing anxious for lock of his girls
hair If he could see her take 1t off at
night and hang it on a peg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press.l

Maybe the reason some women
don't hesitate to color their hair is
because generally 1t isn't theirs
The maddest girl in the world is
the one who ate onions because she
was sure nobody was going to call.
and then he came.
A good way to get men to drink
plenty OF water and pay lots Of money
for It would be to put an internal
revenue tax on it.
A man IL hardly ever prouder OF
anything than when he sat in the
same smoking room OF sleeping car
with some politician and told hin
what time It waa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29

Governor Hughes of New York
-shail regard 1t as privilege and a
duty to continue in office for another
term" IL the people Of the state so de-
sire. That they will make their de-
sires along this line emphatically
known there can be little doubt and
the politicians in the Republican
party of the Empire state, as much
as they hate Hughes. will hardly dare
to go against public sentiment and
refuse him a denomination. Such a
man as Hughes has been long needed
In New York's gubernatorial chair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29
MAKING GOOD.

don't expect to get a snap.
want no easy thing;
For trouble I don't care a rap.
III take all you can bring
calculate I'll have to sweat
IT right. I guess should;
But 1 don't care what knocks I get
II can just make good.
Al tnere,s a hard old game to beat
man can have some fun.
AND then there's nothing half so sweet
AS knowing that you've won.
ana SO. however hard and rough
III Keep on saving wood;
L don't intend to make a bluf.
I'm bent on making good
nope that I can make it pay;
I'd like to mighty well;
But all the same mean to STAY
And fight it out a SPELL
L ike the money on the side
Or course that's understood:
But I shall be well satisfied
If 1 can just make good
Chicago News.
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Music as a Cure.

Melody is prescribed by DR.. E. w.
Scripture. in the Medical Record, as
the final and only sure cure-"specific"
wouIo pc the word were it drug-for
hyperphonia-
Any number Of people who do not
know what "hyperphonia" is will be
glad to learn that a sure curt has been
round for another i'll to watch suffering
humanity is heir
The singing cure for suffering is
urged as an advance upon the time
honored device of whistling when a Diff
ncult word arose in a sufferers vocal
path.
One of the sweetest stories ever lis
tened to is that which is partly told and
party sung by the brilliant man who
led the singing at Plymouth church on
the occasion of Joseph Towards fun
eral. He anticipated DR.. Scripture by
at least one decade.
A wonderful picture was exhibited at
the Paris salon of 1879, depicting the
attempt of a choir of monks to cure
with music the famous Flemish artist,
Hugh van der Weyd. He had gone
mad. and the tradition was as old as
medicine itself that mental troubles
could be soothed by sweet melody.
Whether suffering can be relieved
and ultimately cured by melody is
highly doubtful. Playing upon the
jews harp might be efficacious; but the
music Of a stringed orchestra or a
pianola will not give relief. Suffering
is both a nervous and mental trouble.
Aphasia has much to do with It. Loss
of memory Of the word is quite as
noticeable as a fear that, when re-
Whether the word be monosyllabic or
polysyllabic makes little or no differ
ence.
Suffering arises from lack Of self
confidence. Lispfng is a different thing.
1t oftenest is due to want of proper at
hn - ~ 81 - NH Gi r,ray1
who attends the child at the time of
birth. About one-quarter of all in
fants born are ''tongue-tied," and the
physician or nurse who doesn't attend
to detaching or cutting the underside
OF the bays tongue from the lower jaw
is conniving at the production of a
lisping human creature.-Julius Cham
bers in the Brooklyn Eagle.
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chuuny.

A word of thanks is due to the rail-
roads for their announcement that
they will put in rate of one fare and
n third for round trips to the fairs
that are to be held in Kansas this fall.
This will help the attendance at all
the fairs and particularly at the great
state fair which is to be held here in
Topeka and which promises to be the
banner fair of the state and the best
one that has been held in this vicinity
-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29
KANSAS. COMMENT
THE BATTLE on rHE NOISES

lie oA1ILE OF THE NOISES.
The senatorial issue In Kansas
mas finally settled down to an endur-
ance test between Bill White and
Billy Morgan. The weather conditions
are thought to favor Billy, since he
carries less weight.
henry Allen, in defiance of the
rules or fair play, manIrests an anx-
ious oesire to break INTO the cast,
out IL is. not generally believed that
the people Will stand for an attempt
u uoupie up on so guileless and
Hlilo-mannered a man as Billy.
u is freely conceded that Bill
notes nave more volume, but 1t is
with equal earnestness commended
tnat Bllly's are sweeter, more seduc-
i've ana more satisfying
Long and Bristow seem disposed
20 project their raucous notes into
the more or less meiIif1uous har-
monies OF the occasion, but they are
regarded as mere incidents of the
play and not as having an import
ant part In the main noise.
Inere are those VINO are so I'M
cnaritaoie as to insinuate that Bill
started this carnival for his own
g,i,orincatlon; that he does not dis
lke Long and Is not unduly fond of
bristoW His we'll known modesty as
Wen as retiring disposition, effectua,ly
oaisproVes any, such charge. Let the
Post.
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State journal
away during the summer may hav,
the paper mailed regularly each day
30 any address Mt the rate OF ten cents
. week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
a. desired. While out OF town the
State journal win be to you like q
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-29

The publication of Count Tolstors
arraignment of Russian governments
massacres on the scaffold recalls the
fact that Russia, of all the countries
IN the world, was the first to abolish
the death penalty for civil crime. The
great Catherine was moved to this
step by reading Beccarias' work,
rCriminals and Punishments" The
bullet and the rope in Russia now are
exclusively for political offenders and
suspects.