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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30

nese. Ten Chinese peddlers do not
hold licenses on account of raising
their own truck.
The inspector has been a long
time in getting the owners of truck
gardens and the "chinks" who ped
die from commission houses iden-
tilted but believes he has finally
singled them all out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30

in which prisoners used to be kept
The wood lining of the cell con.
tains the autographs of many pris.
oners. 1t is said Dick Turpin. the
famous outlaw, once occupied the
cell.
The skeleton that is preserved in
the club was discovered in one OF
the passages of the building, in a
hole which was found to be the en-
trance to a tunnel leading to the
Tower of London, which is about
three-quarters of mile away.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30
A skeleton in the cupboard.

A skeleton in the Cupboard
A club in London really has one,
and whenever any member enter
tains a guest he always opens the
closet door and reveals the skele-
ton.
The club is one occupying Lon
don's old court house. Various relics
act as grim reminders of the cruel
uses to which the building was once
put Among these is the old cell,
with chains and straight waistcoat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30
MAJOR HAS CHINKS
ALL SORTED OUT

Peddlers licenses for the next
quarter are due tomorrow and
Major Gwydir, inspector, is busy
today notifying holders. There
are at present 81 peddling licenses,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30
SPECIAL CAMPAIGN TRAIN.

A special electric train of as
many coaches as desired will carry
the republican campaigners and
boosters to Valley Ford for the
speaking Friday night. The special
will leave the terminal depot at 6
o'clock in the evening. The round
trim fare is so cents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30

grounds Of the motion are to the
effect that more evidence, favor
able to the defendant, has been
discovered since the last trial;
that an error of law was COM
mitted in the admission of evil
dence, and that the evidence SUBJ
mitted did not sustain a verdict of
guilty.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30

Thomas Dooley was yesterday
fined 81 and costs in Justice Stock
er's court for cruelty to animals.
Dooley plead guilty to throwing
stones at his horses. .-. .....
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30
THE BEST TIME

To paint is now. We cater to that
class of trade which demands the
best at the lowest prevailing price.
Spokane Paint & Oil Co., Madison
st. and N. P. Ry. $50
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30
SEE TONiGHT'S SHOW AT THE
NOVELTY

An exceptionally fine show is on
tonight at the new Novelty theater,
where a number of pictures spark
ling with mirth and human inter
est will be shown. The films are
the finest ever brought to Spokane.
Admission 10c. Next to new Pal.
ace building on Main avenue. **%
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30
ASKS RETRIAL FOR WILSON.

Attorney Moore this morning
filed motion for new trial in
the case of the city of Spokane
against James Wilson. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
ITALIAN BEER DRINKERS.

From the Washington Post.
 'Italy is becoming beer drinking na- tion," said E. J. Dunn, retired banker of Chicago, who has just returned from several months sojourn in Milan, and is HOW at the Willard In the several months I spent in Milan I saw the open ing of half a dozen beer gardens, pat termed after those of Germany and the United States. This is largely due to the foreign residents, but the natives also are becoming fond of malt drinks. could not find any American beers on sale the products being. largely from Austria and Germany.
 Italians are developing talent for brewing beer, and in the last few years ;1 number of large brewerles have sprung up in the larger cities of Italy. l don't mean to say that beer has become the national drink of Italy. The use of malt drinks is moderate compared to the con- sumption of wine. I understand the per capita consumption of wine in Italy is about 325 quarts a year for each man of voting age, while the beer drunk does not exceed five quarts year per capita for the adult population. But the fact that since 1900 the quantity of beer drunk in Italy has more than doubled, shows that malt drinks are becoming exceedingly popular in that country. Both light and dark beers are sold. The Italian stock generally is light in grade.
 'Italian brewers are making efforts to shut out foreign competition by estab- fishing breweries, and in the beer gar dens opened in the last few years none but the native beer is served Beer in Milan sells for cents for small glass containing one-third of a quart, 10 cents for a large glass holding half a quart, and F cents for the 'colonna,' which is sup posed to hold more than a half quart. The high prices are about the only encourag- ing thing for American brewers, who have made attempts to create market for American product"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
Lawyer ASQuIth In Office

Ninety-nine years ago Spencer Per ciyal, practicing barrister, was made prime minister of England, but four years later he was assassinated, and from that day to the accession to office of Premier Asquith no practicing law yer had become prime minister. The legal profession is deeply gratified by MT. Asquith's promotion after 30 years of active legal service, and the event was recently celebrated in a great din- ner given in his honor.
 It seems singular in this country that English lawyers are rarely called to high office. This country is fairly ruled by practicing lawyers. We md them in every branch of government They become Presidents, and they sit on school boards. They are omnipres- ent in ruling bodies in this country In England the practicing lawyer is rarely called into government service. The English staNsman is as a rule trained in the house of commons. He comes as rule from the leisure class, and he serves in the house of commons without pay until he is wanted for more active service. It is easy to name exceptions, but the exceptions serve to uphold the rule. This English policy has been called the rule of younger sons, for the house of com mons is the best road that younger sons in England can travel in order to i become parts of the public service.
 MT. Asquith's promotion is believed to be the beginning of the overthrow of younger-son rule. England is rap idly becoming democratized, and the practicing lawyer is about to have all inning there. In his speech at the re- cent dinner Premier Asquith spoke of the fact that he has five practicing lawyers in his cabinet Statesmansnip and letters conjoined with wealth have been the passport to high office in Eng land, but the England of the future s to be democratic-so democratic that even one who began life as working man may aspire to the office that Pitt and Gladstone filled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25

Wolfe. who died in the winning battle, and an unknown poet wrote the lines on his burial that are a treasured part of English literature Later on Bene- dict Arnold, then a patriot, tried to take Quebec, but the task was beyond his power and he was forced to re- treat.
 It is fitting therefore that the three nations should meet in the ancient city to celebrate its survival throughout three centuries. Montreal has out grown it; Quebec is not destined to be a large city, but it is exceedingly pie turesque and interesting. Today the majority of the people of lower Canada speak French, cherishing French tradi- tions and French methods. They over flow into New England factory towns, but their hearts remain true to the province that france founded. All or the dreams of France in North Amer ica came to naught. She sold to us Louisiana, England took by force Can ada, and today France does not hold a foot of territory in this continent. This is, however, no reason why the found- ing of Quebec should not be duly cele- brated. Its tercentenary has, in fact, attracted the attention of the civilized world. The nations met for that pur- pose in a spirit of brotherhood to re- call interesting chapters of the past on a deeply historic spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
President CaStrO's Troubles

President Castro is not sleeping on a bed of roses. He is beset by thorns, and some of them are very serious. His ports are filled with cases of bu- bonic plague, and this operates to re- duce the revenue of the government General Castro's soldiers are going un- paid, and this gives an opportunity to revolutionists to incite them to leave his service.
 An incipient revolution no doubt ex- ists along the Colombian border, and any addition made to 1t might precip- itate a grave crisis that Castro in his impoverished condition would find it difficult to deal with.
 He seems to feel secure against any movement on the part of this country to compel him to arbitrate pending American claims. President Roose- welt is not in the habit of having American demands for arbitration ig- nored. No action will be apt to be taken before the November election, but after that election Castro knows an Uncle Sam thunderbolt may strike him at any time.
 These troubles all confront Castro, and it will be strange indeed if he over comes them as easily as he has met troubles in the past. He is veteran statesman now, and he no doubt will play his cards with consummate skill and with his accustomed daring. He is nothing if not courageous to the point of audacity and even insolence. And yet he has no navy, and is in a defenseless condition at least so far as his ports are concerned. He may retreat to the mountains, but Vene- zuelan government without ports would be a Venezuelan government without revenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
Dog Days Are With Us

The star Sirius is the dog star. It is a fixed star, perhaps the brightest of the myriad of fixed stars in the heavens. When Sirius rises with the sun then dog days are begun, and when 1t ceases to do that then dog days are ended. The period known as "dog days" may be said to begin on July 15 and tp end on August 15. It is therefore in our midst and we are in it's midst.
 The belief in the power of Sirius to create heat in this little world which is not in the heavens fixed star, which Is invisible to the people in other worlds, is very ancient. The Egyptians enter tained 1t, and it came on down through the Greeks and Romans to the modern world. Like many other ancient myths it has nothing but sentiment and age to rest upon. Sirius rises and shines in midsummer, and the coincidence is all there is of the ancient myth But it will go on resounding down the ages, and people will continue to look for Sirius and to perspire in dog days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
MARRIAGE IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

From the Geographical Journal.
 Among all polygamy is the rule, the reason given by the natives being that it is impossible for one woman to do all the work of the house. look after the children, prepare and cook the food, fetch the daily supply of water (often an arduous job, cultivate the plantation and go to market. And the reason is that the African is an exceedingly hungry per. son. It Is their custom to eat several times a day when at home, and the men spend most of their day sitting in the palaver house, or market place, while the women bring the food all day long. One wife could not possibly do this. Be- sides, the African lady encourages 1t, for she says, "The more wives the less work" Among the Ahiaras, Onichas, Ob- uwus and the lower class of pagan tribes in the interior there is very little form of marriage As soon as a man has the means he pays the parents what they want in the shape of goats, cows beads, money and takes the girl. There is no ceremony at all. The more wives he has indicates a richer man, and that he will be better looked after. If, of course, they can manage to seize woman from the neighborng tribe while she Is fetching water or working on her farm so much the cheaper. With this method In vogue for centuries no wonder that it is aa much as a natives life is worth to go out of his own village and that the country is so backward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
TercantenarY of Quebec

Great Britain, France and the United States all joined hands to celebrate the tercentenary of Quebec. All three na- tions had made history in or near it., and all three appropriately took part in the celebration. The future King of England came, Vice President Fair banks Is there and so are eminent Frenchmen.
 Champlain and his brave French men founded Quebec to lose it as time went on to the British who scaled the heigths that led to the Plains of Abra- ham. The British troops were led by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
IS THE WALTZ BEYOND SAVING?

From the New York World.
 France and Germany dispute as to the birthplace of the waltz. Did the three- time step originate with La Volta" of Provence introduced at the court of Henry IT, by the Comte de saulte? Or was it horn of the "Laendler," German national dance of the seventeenth century, taken up by Vienna so the legend says, and thereafter by all the polite world?
 Here are questions perhaps that no au- thority can settle. There is but indire-s testimony In the old English denuncia- tion of ''the insidious waltz. this imp of Germany, brought up in France"
 However, it is in the distinctly German city of Berlin that the dancing masters, III international convention, have now be- gun to consider means of preserving the waltz. That dreamy, drifty dance is in deadly peril, it appears. Is 1t beyond saving? The masters look toward Amer lea and shake their heads in aTbrehension. The galloping two-step, the antic cake walk, the rompings of the barn-dance- have these done a fatal harm to the graceful movements of the one-and-a-two- and three?
 A grave issue Is raised and the com- posers will have to bear their share of whatever blame is about Who except the occasional man of the Merry Widow" school writes in these days waltz music with the compelling charm of a Blue Danube Strauss or the sensuous lure Of d Waldteufel? Besides, as a people sings so will it dance. We have nowadays no new good popular ballads of sentiment, but only concert-hall slop with ragtime variations. Waltz Me Around Again, Willie" inspires to no real waltzing.
 We wish success to the masters at Der lin, yet a glance into almost any dancing nf their fears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
The Iron Market.

'Tt is a fact that at the present time there are less stocks in consumers hands than has been the case for years" say Matthew Addy & Go. This applies not only to pig iron, but to finished goods as well. Jobbers and wholesale and re- tail handlers of iron products are running along in a hand-to-mouth way. There are very few foundrymen who have any iron ahead. Most of them are depending on daily shipments to keep going. This shows not only the conservative lines on which business is being run, but also indicates that when trade revives esere will be good many large holes to be filled up so to speak.
 "There is nothing sensational to re- port in the way of new business this week. Buying has not been on a large scale, but the market is not dead by any means. It Is going along in a jog-trot style. And there is more and more in- quiry. During the week some fair-sized lots of Southern Iron have been sold to pipe makers. Then there has been a good call for basic and malleable. Foun- dry iron has been moving in lots from a carload up to 800 tons."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Memphis Commercial Appeal: The Coal Barons have become the Coal Heavers.
 Nashville American: Birmingham is dry. vet hades is brewing in that vicinity.
 Mobile Herald: Birmingham had to hop into the limelight one way or another.
 Mobile Herald: Birmingham skyscrap- CTS have reached the eighteenth story stage.
 Savannah Press: Dry Birmingham ,efers to Alabama's wet" neighbor as "Grand Old Tennessee"
 Anniston Starr Chief of Police of Bir- mingham Is goinng to have near beer analysed. Why not sample it, chief?
 Gadsden Journal: Birmingham is still busv with the strikers. The talk of a speedy settlement is evidently mainly talk.
 Atlanta Georgian: And to think that Birmingham once won the pennant! Say did they get their spring training Tn Houston?
 Hattiesburg News A Birmingham news paper reporter was robbed of $2. Detec- lives are working on the case-trying to find out where the reporter got the $2
 Tuscaloosa Times-G Gazette: With nobody but Captain O'Brien as candidate for Mayor, certainly the municipal campaign in Birmingham is cleared up consider ably.
 Talladega Reporter: Birmingham sets the example on continued efforts on the citv beautiful idea. Her example should be initiated by other towns and especial ly Talladega.
 Rome Tribune: Trouble is said to be brewing in Birmingham. Ala. It looks like something is just obliged to be brewing there. and it might as well be trouble as anything else.
 Memphis News-Scimtar: The Atlanta champions of 1907 have gone down in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
Rouuh limitations.


 "I am not a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows said an old cit izen who joined a number of other secret societies in his young days, but l read with regret in one of the daily papers that young man who had been initiated in an Odd Fellows lodge at Noblesyille, Ind. is suing the lodge and several in dividuals who assisted in the ceremonies for $2O 900 damages He alleges that dur ing the initiation he was struck on the thigh with a metallic instrument which penetrated the flesh to the bone, and that this instrument was loaded with powder. which exploded and tore hole in his leg.
 "The feature of the initiation which re- suited in bodily injury was probably no part of the regular initiation. At least I am inclined to believe it was intro duced by some of the brethren bent on having fun at the expense of the candi- date Such rough treatment should never be tolerated by the presiding officer
 Several of the orders Into which I was initiated had hard roads to travel in cer- tain of the degrees, and I sometimes saw the billy goat become so obstreperous as to cause alarm, but whenever things got too rough for safety the officer in charge rapped for order, and his gavel was always obeyed
 'It is but natural, perhaps, for college bows to indulge in foolish pranks and hazing, too, whenever they dare; but grown men who belong to honorable and dignified orders should certainly refrain from anything bordering on the line Of the old Sons of Malta which had to be suppressed because of their coarse and rugged limitations. Every time I pass along the street at night when work Is going on in a certain lodge hall l hear loud banging and smashing as if rough house were in progress. It recalls my Sons of Malta experience, but I suppose the ordeal through which the candidate was passing was mild compared with my initiation into the defunct society. As started out to say, however, the officers of honorable fraternal orders should be careful to keep down buffoonery and dan gerous physical tests"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PLODDER.

He toiled along and did his best. At evening laid him down to rest, By dalliant breezes still caressed,
 And dreamed away his cares. At mornings dawn he rose again, To face the sunshine and the rain, Bright happiness or darker pain,
 As one who bravely fares. 4 patient round from day to day And so life's measure slipped away, But no one ever heard him say
 The stones had bruised his feet.
 
 With apprehensive eyes he saw The scheme of natures ehangeless law, And looked on death with simple awe
 And after found it sweet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
England'S Tories Fall Into Line

The house of lords has sent the old age pension bill championed by the Asquith ministry through a second reading, and this is regarded as con- elusive evidence that the lords and the tories in general have surrendered. This socialistic measure is destined to become law without serious amend ment, and Premier Asquith will thus score a great victory at the very out set of his administration.
 The upper house knew that if they defeated tte hill Premier Asquith would at once dissolve parliament and take an appeal to the country in part on the old-age pension issue and in part on upper-house obstruction, both popular issues. The lords and the tories declined to face the situation, much as they dislike the old-age pen sion bill. They have practically de- cided to swallow it, hoping that an ap- peal to the country will come on less popular measure.
 The victory is one of democratic pub lie sentiment as well as of the more than liberal government. Premier As quith's hands will be greatly strength ened by 1t, and the prospect now is that parliament will run it's full course of seven years before dissolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Beans and Cotton.

''The farmers of Sumter county have re- oeived large profits from the Irish potato crop which has just been gathered and nut on the market" said c. H. Allen, edl- tor of the Sumter County Sun of Living ston, who is spending two days in Bir- lningham after the closing of the conven- tion of the Alabama Press association at Bessemer.
 ''The bean crop was extra large this year, but the profits were not so large Us usual on account of the large crop and the financial depression in the industrial centers.
 ''The year is not lost, however. The farmers of Sumter make two crops on the same land every year. Before the bean crop is gone cotton is planted be- tween the bean rows and is just getting in good growing condition when the beans gre off.
 "The cotton crop this year in our sec ton Is exceptionally promising. The sea- sons here have been very favorable Tor the past month and the promise of large yield is fiattering."
 MT Allen has been editor of the Sumter Sun for 24 consecutive years and the pa- per has never missed an issue for any cause during that time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
Will Irwin in C.

Will Irwin in Golfers Weekly.
 ~ Y that time he had lost his thumb S1 and won his nickname Sew E eral stories are afoat on the docks, but this is the accepted version; He and a playmate were boasting, back and forth of their nerve. "Aw, l bet you" said the playmate you ain't got the noive to let me chop you fingy." 'I'll bet you you ain't got the noive to chop it." said the child Corners. They got cleaver; Corners laid his hand down on the block-and they both won. Down the street ran Jimmy Corners, waving the bloody stump and yelling: 'He chopped me fingy He chopped me fingyr' For the rest of his career, Fingy Corners fought with a crippled left hand.
 The social rise of Fingy Corners will live In Buffalo tradition. When he moved out of the ward he bought the Goodyear house in the suburbs, and improved It after his own fashion. The center or composition in his landscape garden was the word "Conners' spelled out in white rocks on the lawn. general Of Bur- falo society passing in her carriage in- spected it through her longnets. ls this a railway station?" she asked. He moved, later, into Delaware avenue, the Fifth avenue of Buffalo. It was so- cial sensation, this move of Corners. At about that period street car company made a raid on Delaware avenue Just at midnight the racket of 200 picks, 40 sledge hammers and traction engine burst upon the sleep of wealth and re- spectability. The mistress of one house woke her husband: What do you sup pose 1t can be?" The husband turned over: "Elther one of Jacks poker par ties breaking up or Fingy Corners nov