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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-14


 down the middle. It wasn't quite 7 o'clock. but it turned out that the fam fly had had their dinner at noon exact I ly, and this was a meal only for Mir Brett and me- with Patty and Ide to bring us things from the kitchen and wait upon us, while Mrs. Trowbridge i fitted in smiling from time to time to ask how we were getting along" It ! was she who was cooking for us, and felt quite distressed at the trouble was giving, on such hot day, too, but she said she was enjoying it.
 It was very funny dinner. accord ing to my ideas, for never had a meal like it at home, even when I was small and dined In the daytime with the gov erness. But it WIS tremendously good. though none of the things went to- gether properly. We had delicious young chicken-quite babies they were, poor dears-fred with cream, and wreathed all around our plates in a semicircle were quantity of tiny dishes. Each one had a big dab of something different in it; mashed po- tatoeS, succotash. green peas, a kind of vegetable marrow 10 which they gave the unworthy name of Squash" raw tomatoes. sweet green pickles. pre- served strawberries. ana goodness knows what all besides while. if we stopped eating to breathe or speak, Patty flew in with a plate of freshly made things of the most heavenly na- ture, called corn fritters. Mrs. Trow- bridge beamed all over when l said I should like to live on them for a month
 We were obliged to eat a good deal of everything. otherwise Mrs Trow- bridge would have felt hurt. and felt sleepy when we had finished, but I re- fused 10 go and lie down to rest. as they wanted me to. it seemed such waste of time. At last Mir. Trowbridge offered to show Cousin Jim" around the farm, and maybe l looked wistful, for when they found that I was deter mined not to take nap they asked if I would go with them.
 Mir. Trowbridge had on linen coat now. long yellow one, which should laugh at if l saw it on the stage in a play, but it suited him. and he looked quite impressive in it. He famed him. self with a large straw hat. without any ribbon. and talked splendidly to us. as we three walked together under the trees
 If any English person should write a novel and make a farmer In 1t talk like Mir. Trowbridge, every one who read the book would say he was i'm possible. His way of speaking was a little slipshod though not a bit more than ours when we drop our ''g's" and things like that. only more guileless sounding-bu without seem ing bit as if he wanted to show off what he knew. which is so boring. he quoted Shakespeare and Wordsworth and Tennyson and in mentioning his work at the hives in the morning asked If we had read Maeterlinck's Life of the Bee" From that he fell to dis cussing other things of Maeterlinck's with Mir. Brett and incidentally talked If Ibsen. There wasn't the least af- fectation about lt all
 ITO Be Conunued.l
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-14
BOILER INSURANCE

We can save you money on this line of insurance if you will give us the chance. The Travellers contract is the best on the market to-day; it's service is umeXcelled by any other company; it gives four inspections a year, and its financial strength is above question.
 Please answer the following and We will give the matter of quotation of premium our early attention.
 Date of expiration of present pol icy?
 Amount of insurance now carried:
 Number of boilers?
 Name of makers?
 Type? (power or heating)
 Usual load of safety valves?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-14
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HEN I went downstairs dinner was ready in a cool, shady dining room,
 with a bare floor painted
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-14
New England Land & Rsa|tyCC

1OU're l0sGng noney every gay that your tenement is vacant Let the Democrat mud . tenant $ days for kh
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
By HORATIO aLGER. JR.

her husband. That boy sold shawl 8
fortnight ago, when alone in the store
and pocketed the money"
who said / did?" asked Joshua, bold
ly, though he looked little pale
The woman who bought it of you was
in the store to-day"
Did she know my nameT'
mo; but she described you"
81 remember now
What made you keep the money!?
Il didn't. | waited till Conrad came
into the store. and gave the money to
him. What he did with it, l don't know
Perhaps he forgot to put it in the draw
err"
That's lie. Joshua Drummond I" said
Walter, quietly. land you know it Is. |
think your father knows it is also"
DO you mean to say l lie?" clustered
Joshua.
Il wouldn't if wasn't obliged to; but
in my own defense l am compelled to do
So"
What could l want of the money ~
demanded Joshua.
Il think you wanted the money to buy
lottery tickets with" said Walter, calmly.
To buy lottery tickets with !"
What does this mean, Joshua?" de-
manded his father, sternly.
Its lie said Joshua. unblushingly.
Can you prove this charge which you
have made against my SOM" asked Mr..
Drummond. turning to Walter.
Il can, but | am sorry to be obliged to
60 SO. l picked up this letter a day or
two since, and intended to give it back to
Joshua, but it escaped my mind. / would
not have exposed him if he had not tried
to charge me with theft"
He placed in Mr.. Drummond's hands
the letter already given, announcing to
Joshua that he had drawn blank Mr.
Drummond read 1t with no little anger,
for he detested lotteries.
Unhappy boy" he said, addressing
Joshua. Il understand now what became
of the five dollars. This decides me to do
what i had intended to do sooner /
enough. 1t is time you went to work.
Next week you must go to work. l will
take you into my store but as l am not
sure of your honesty, if l find you APP
propriating money to your own use, 1 will
put you into a shoe shop and make a
shoemaker of you"
This was an alarming threat to Joshua,
who had foolish pride which led him to
look upon a trade as less respectable than
the mercantile profession. He skunk out
of the house, while Walter set out on
foot for the railway station, three-quar-
ters Of a mile distant
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
PRESIDENT PALMA DEAD.
Cuba Loses Man Who Had Served 1t
Faithfully and Well

Santiago de Cuba.-Tomas Estrada
Palma, the first president of the Cuban
republic, died Wednesday night
President Palma was born in 1896
He studied law in Spain, and on the
outbreak of the 10 years. war in 1863
he Joined the revolutionists, soon rising
to the rank of general and toward the
end of the war was elected to the Cuban
proficiency. Soon afterward he was cap
tured and sent to Spain When the in
surrection ended he went to Honduras
A few years later he took up his resi-
dence in the United States. When the
Cubans again rebelled in 1895 he be
came actively interested in their cause,
and in 1901 the Cubans elected him
president of the new republic. He was
inaugurated May ?, 1902, when the
United States withdrew from jnrisdie-
ton His subsequent attitude, when
American intervention again became
necessary, drew come criticism upon
him.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
JUDGE GORDON THE CAUSE.
Washington State Bar to Investigate
Bride Rumor.

Since the recent publication of the
$50. 600 shortage in the accounts of M
j. Gordon, former attorney for the
Great Northern at Spokane, reports
have been circulated about the state
10 the effect that Judge Gordon s
friends or attorneys have been assert
ing that large sums of Judge Gordon 3
alleged shortage were paid to Judge
Milo a Root of the supreme court for
the purpose of influencing the state
supreme court. These rumors were
promptly characterized as false by
Judge Root, but as they kept growing
and becoming general he laid the mat
ter before his associates Judge Root
demanded a searching investigation
The supreme court has called upon the
state bar association to conduct the in
Vestigation and President J. B. Bridges
of. the association has appointed John
H Powell of Seattle, chairman; Har-
old Preston of Seattle, Judge T. L.
Stiles of Tacoma, R. G. Hudson of Ia
coma and H. M Stephens of Spokane
as such committee, who are expected to
begin the investigation at once
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21

LapOrte, Ind.-AttOrneys for Ray
Lamphere have decided that they would
not put any witnesses on the stand ip
his defense until the state had definitely
connected him with the murders on the
Guinness farm, where Belle Guinness H.
said to have killed and buried numeT-
Gus victims. They declare that this will
be q difficult matter and that the prob
ability is that they viii close the ease
without calling a single witness.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
CHAPTER XIII

Give me a ticket to Willoughby," said
Walter
Five minutes later he was occupying a
seat, or, rather, half seat, for there sat
next to him brisk, energetic-looking man
OF about thirty years of age. He had been
reading the morning paper, but apparent
" he had got through with II, for he fold
ed it up and put it in his pocket
Fine day" he said, briskly.
Yes, sir, very fine" answered Walter
Some people are affected by the wealth
er; am not" pursued his fellow tray-
eler. II feel as smart one day as an
other. I'm always cheerful. I've got too
much business to do TO NOPE. When a
mans got enough to busy himself about,
he hasn't time to be In the dumps"
There's good deal In that" said
Walter.
"Of course there Is. Push along, keep
moving that's my motto. Arc you In
businessf"
mo, sir, not at present"
I'm In the subscription book business
got an Office IN New York. We send
out agents everywhere 20 canvass for our
publications. Lots Of money In H."
Is there"
Yes. ] used 10 be an agent myself,
and, though J say a. ] don't think there
ars many agents that can get ahead OF
me Sometimes ] used 10 make twenty
dollars q day. Al last ] thought ia like
20 settle down, 80 ] bought partnership,
and nov Instead Of being ap agent, ]
send out agents.
Isn't twenty dollars day pretty large
for an agent 20 makeT asked Walter
Yes there are not many who DO "a,
bpt plenty make from 6ye 10 ten right
along You l9oF ~ u you would make
q good AGENT
What makes you shinh sol' asked
Walter
you look smart
Than you said Walter, laughing.
- em Afreld you Won't ihink 81 much
of ny ability when fel you ihat j
have peep working for ihe lasf ihree
months for my hoald'
'lfs shame. You'd better come Viii
NeV DO much h'iief BY yeu Than
~ am COINS ~ consult somo friends
about my ipiule plans NJ yeu arc Wiz
pF N lell mo p Nille NJ your business,
] wv 'hlnf N What }ou propose
\ have Nllh ND our lailsf publication.
~ gQlpg mo Nlldnle just us iAlns
N please the p'opl' : plll sheg " h
5ouN
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
SPOKANE MARKET REPORT.
Prices to Producers

The following list may be taken as s
fair standard of prices paid to loea
producers outside of the city market
for the commodities named:
Poultry-Live hens. lee; dressed. I5c
old roosters; Zoe; dressed. 1Ics live
geese, Zoe; dressed lie; live ducks, lSc;
dressed, 15c; fancy live turkeys, 1Se;
dressed, 22c.
Strictly fresh ranch. So so per
crate; eastern, Ss-5O@e.
Mutton-Dressed wethsrs. Scs ewes,
Sc.
veal-Fancy small, slsCSse II: large,
715C0sc III; steers, live. Sz.sOGs cwt
up; dressed, &c.
Fruits and Vegetables-New potatoes,
$1-2501-5e cwt; apples, 7Se TO S1-s5
box; carrots, s5c@S1 ewt; beets. IL c
lb; dry onions, 1Ac 10, horseradish
root, zoe ID; tomatoes, 75c box
Cheese-Wisconsin and Hazelwood,
1515c; domestic Swiss. lie; Swiss, lie
Id.
Hay, Baled-0ot hay, sI1@12 ton;
wheat hay, s1e@12 ton up; alfalfa, S12
ton up; timothy, s14@15 per ton
Grain-Oats, $1-25 per ewt; barley,
$1@1-15 per cwt-
The following retail prices are quoted
ON butter, eggs and cheese:
Eggs-Fresh ranch eggs, soc per doz;
stamped eggs, 5ocs eastern packed eggs,
35@4oc-
Butter-H 45c; Yakima,
Jersey, Acc ID; Edgewood, 45e Id; Ma
pleleaf, 40c lb; Rosalia, 4oc III; Richie
lieu, 45c Id; Rosebud, 45c ID; Tyee, zoe
ID; Home brand, 45c lb; Jersey Belle,
4ee-
Cheese-New York cream. CSC ID:
Wisconsin, 25c III; imported Swiss, zoe
Id; imported Roquefort, 60e ID; Hazel
wood, e5c H.
Straight bran, $1.15 per 100 lbs; red
shorts, slips; bran and shorts mixed,
$1-25 per sack, 80 lbs; oats, per cwt,
$3.50; loose timothy, $17 ton; oat hay,
9Oc per 100 lbs; bundled wheat hay,
$13@14 per ton, bundled oat hay, $14@
Is per ton.
Tamarack and Fir-Four-foot. single
cord, SO cord; in lots of cords, 1878
cord; in ricks, 1925 per rick.
Pine Wood-Four-foot, single cord,
$3.50; in lots of cords, $5.25 per cord
in ricks, 1925 per rick.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21

Waiia Walla, Wash, Nov. 9.-Fiye
public meetings, three public reception,
q dozen Addresses BY leading educator
Of the country, luncheon for the board
Of overseers Of Whitman college, and q
banquet for invited guests Of the city
make up the program for the educ
tional congress which viii meet hoTe
November ~ for % two days delibera-
ton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
Pacific Northwest wheat

Ritzville--Bluestem, soc; red, 74c.
Walla Walla.-Bluestem, sic; club,
nc.
npOrt.-Bluestem, soc; club, 74c.
Colfax--Bluestem, zee; fOrtyfOld,
74e; club and fife, re; red, 1Oc.
Tacoma, Wash.-Milling bluestem,
941kc; club, Gle; red, 9Oc. Export blue
stem, 92c; club, SIC; red, s5c.
Portland, Ore.-Club, ss@s9c; blue
stem, 93@94c; turkey red, 9O@s1c; red
Russian, 86@87c; valley, Gle.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21

oporto, Portugal. King Manuel made
a state visit SUNDAY M thie city, tho
eentor 81 republieanism. vast erOHdf
ip the streete awaited che appearapco
81 fhe king despite "a driving fainatoru,
and gave him y tromendope Ovation. az
ladios w tho balconies ehoWorng liu
Hifh hoNeFs and citing loose loelf ~
doves
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21

Total United States and Canada in
crease 2,943, 900 bushels.
Ahoat for and in Europe decrease
800. 900 bushels
Total American and European supply
increase 1,643 900 bushels.
Corn, United States and Canada, de
crease $4,000 bushels.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21

Dispatches concerning market quota
tions, conditions and phases are as fol
lows;
Chicago.
Flour-Market steady.
Wheat-No. 3, 94c@$1.O3j No. 2 red,
$1.OO 3-401.O1 "a.
Corn-No. 2, 90 1-20D64 lie; No. 2
yellow, 64006s 1-2c.
oats-NO. white, so 1-2cj No. 3
white, 47G050c.
Rye-No. 2, 740074 lie.
Barley-Good feeding, a 1-2@55c;
fair to choice mailing, 57C062c.
Flaxseed-No. j northwestern, $1.36.
Timothy seed-Prime, $3.3O03.4O.
Clover-Contract grades, $8.7O.
Short ribs, sides-Loose, Ss.37 1-2@
300.
Mess pOrk-Per Dbl, $l4.s7 LOO
$500.
Lard-Per 100 lbs, S9.42 I-2.
short clear sides Boxed, $9.25G19.5O
Cattle Market strong. Beeves, $3.50
cD7.5O; Texans, S3.6O0D4.65; westerns,
$4,000 $50; stockors and feeders, 500
04.55j COWS and heifers, $l.9505.35;
calves, $60ns
Hogs Market, BE- lower. Light, $3.50
l6.f5i mixed, S5.450u6.25; heavy, 5000
06.3Oi rough, S5.5O0D576i good to
choice heavy, 8570M6.3Oj pigs, $3.50
BIOS bulk, S5.sO0h6.2O.
Sheep Market steady. Natives,
se.oOW4.4oi Wostorn, #2.6OW4.7Oj year
lngs, f1,5oW5l5j lambs 4406.26
westerns, $4,000.
san Francisco.
Wheat skipping 8l,b2 1-20pl ~ l-2i
milling, fI.lf 40fI,1O
Barley Food, al,4o0l.42 l-2j broB
ing, 1880 I,47 I.2
oaff Rod $1,000 .6ej White, ~ 600
l,46i biaek, te.25WafO
Mulstuns lifan, sao.60mal0oi mad
aIuRs, aii.suM $1,000
lfay Nhoat fl0m2Ii Nhoaf aud
oats fltWaoi alfalfa, fllmI6i Stools,
fli0lai stray, pea hHlr abonsto
Wool spring numh. and Nfua TOO
lfci hnNndni v1laei fHatDln Oregon,
awllfi falioF ofeFon, w aonh aei
wonHialnl f~iei south flaips and n.
ififefpQoi
Nloani Nh0Al ilrNnlnr. ~ q I.td +
Aeehi N fii NHn "a 4thd
MnAtNOI nNnINNaf
AFaiiaple ofaip hYppliee
SPECIAL NaI'N nNd iNlNNlIIlil aaVIofa
ffefifai ~ lfalsiiNol II aIon lll fYl
leniNf ebanf,3 " ff4ilapll tNpplle ~
HANHf inliei fiAi,f fasi iiQekief
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
TWO A1oroRs1EN DIE IN CRASH
Twenty Passengers Injured in Van
couver (B. c. Accident.

Vancouver, y. c., Nov. 1.-Two
mOtormen were killed and 20 passengers
injured early Sunday morning in q col
lision of two cars in the interurban
service between here and Westminster.
The dead: Murdoch Mcdonald and A.
Jameson.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21

Nne lep1 eAfeedNsl} elsfeT d hsg
fCleeg1 ! ahQuA 50 pQf VIZ
n Az laea shQpla ~ lRto fllai fsllas .
hs,lf Joy co1lf hesg n fp|aspf lkap
49, CO 4lmef
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
OTHER MARKETS.

Dispatches concerning market quota
ions, conditions and phases are as fol
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
Demora11zing Prints.

At the recent Fairgrounds congress
Miss Maude Summers of Cincinnati
raised vigorous protest against certain
features which appear in some of the
Sunday comic supplements of the city
newspapers. Her structures have re.
ceived the support Of many newspa'
pers which do not offer in their pages
anything that might be vulgar or de.
moraliZing to set before the young, Ell.
Their IN the shape of comic text or
droll picture. Some newspapers issue
a page or even supplement for
juniors which aims to be and is sup.
Elementary aid to parents and teachers
in instructing and entertaining chill.
dren. These are good supplements,
and what Miss Summers and those
who agree with her object to are sup.
plements bad for children.
Some comic supplements cater chief
ly to adult tastes and go to extremes
in depicting the license taken by the
"bad boy" class. In fact, boy who
would act upon the suggestions for
mischief which he sees In prints of
this character would surely be invited
into the wood shed. But fun may bd
had which is wholly free from harm
full excitement and vicious tendencies,
and where this is depicted the comic
supplement may be wholesome for the
entire family any day Of the week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
Japan and Our Merry Tars.

There is probably more horse sense
than moral sentiment back of that lid"
which Japan will put on in Yokohama
when the Yankee tars of the battle
ship fleet start in to "do the town."
What serve there the purpose of dance
house and saloon in all other ports Of
the world will be closed, strong drink
will be banished, and the good time
provided for the visiting bluejackets
will not be likely to stir up ugly blood
in either foreigner or native.
This action of the Japanese authori-
ties will go long way toward remov-
ing Indictment to street rows, which
usually occur when foreign sailors are
in port. The mass of the Japs are
known to be very sensitive in the mat
ter of determination with people of
the west, and our sailors go fresh
from our Pacific coast cities and from
Australian ports, where hostility to the
Asiatics is openly avowed. Sailors are
very human, and men In the navy,
whether afioat or ashore, always act
upon the notion that the dignity Of
the flag they serve under is in their
keeping. We narrowly escaped war
with Chile in 1890 as the sequel to
street row between our sailors and
some Chileans in Valparaiso. Acute
international feeling was behind that
incident
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
We Must Set Fewer Fires.

On an average fire burned up nearly
$20,00O,000 every month of 1907. There
were no great CONGREGATIONS like those
of Chicago, Boston, Baltimore and San
Francisco to swell the total. To this
loss should be added the cost Of fire
fighting, which is about $300,000,000 q
: year, and the price of insurance pro-
lection, a big item, largely governed
by the prevalence of fires.
Directly and indirectly the fire fend
cost the United States about $70O,O00,.
600 last year, and the average per
month was kept up for the first half
Of this year. Our fire fighting ma.
chinery in the exposed districts is
probably the best that can be devised.
We cannot stop the ravage once it is
begun. But we might see to it that
fewer fires are started. Fires are SO
often and so easily quenched when the
right aids are at hand that many peo-
pie get careless about handling sparks
near infammabIes. A match or a lamp
may go wrong time and again without
burning a house down, but that is no
excuse for neglectfng a single precau-
ton. One slip more may burn up a
town and wipe out fortunes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
Story OF an Island.

The recent gift to the government
by Mrs. Russell Sage carries with 1t
more than a bit of land surrounded by
the waters of the Hudson, for it adds
to the government possessions at his
toric West Point an island with a
unique history. Constitution island
has long been one of sthe show places
of the lower Hudson. Formerly it was
pointed out to the stranger as place
of interest almost equal to that at
taching to the home of Washington
Irving and the castle of Edwin For
rest, the tragedian, lying farther down
the river. On this island lived and
died Susan Warner, author of "The
Wide, Wide World" and "Queechy," the
first a novel that has been called the
most popular work of an American
author, excepting "Uncle Toms Cab
In"
Miss Warner wrote other books, sew
eral in collaboration with her sister,
Anna Bartlett Warner, who is asso-
ciated with Mrs. Sage in the gift to
the government. But upon her first
effort, "The Wide, Wide World" the
fame Of Susan Warner rests. A dis
tinguished French critic called atten-
ton during its vogue to the fact that
this novel was simply the history of
the moral progress of a girl thirteen
years old, yet its literary art was so
great that it really won the whole
world for an audience. 1t was mat
ter Of sentiment on the part of Anna
Bartlett Warner that the ownership of
this island remained in the family un-
til a chance offered to annex 1t to
West Point. When her sister died
there in 1885 she was buried, as she
had wished, in grave near the Cadet
monument in West Point cemetery.
There is peculiar fitness, then, in the
island becoming a part of the West
Point reservation.