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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-28

miles, in an effort to lower the aver
age established by Weston on his
Boston-Chicag0 hike.
Wilson expects to walk via Buff
falo, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago,
Omaha and Denver. He halls from
Rochester and is making his walk
to win a wager. He has couple
of schemes to make money on the
trim.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-28
LAUGH AWAY THE GRIP

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S Laughter is
the best cure for grip. This is the
declaration of Dr. Sheldon Leavitt,
who says he has been practicing
this prescription all season. He
says cheerfulness keeps the nerv-
GUS system at high tone; makes the
resistance more powerful and con-
quers the microbe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-28
RUNAWAY SOON CAUGHT

On short notice yesterday even.
Ing the police captured Clarence
White, age Is, VINO ran away from
his home In Ellensburg. He was
turned over TO the juvenile 6sten.
ton department TO await rett N.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-28
Jap "Uncle Joe''
Bet.Ueen TtUo Fires

special Correspondonos to The Prsaa
TOXIC, Jan, 2S.-The Uncle
Joe Cannon" of Japan is Hon. Tel
ichi Susita, speaker Of the house
and leader OF the administration
party, He is struggling almost
honelosslv with the two problems
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lives up to its name. 1t is one of
CALIFORNIA; show places.
Baldwin has been intimately as
ISOLATED with the turf for years.
He mas owned some of the finest
thoroughbreds in the world, among
them being Emperor or Norfolk,
Rey Ell Santa Anita and Cruzados.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-28

A masquerade on rollers will be
held at the Princess rink Thursday
evening. Prizes will be awarded
for the finest costumes and best
sustained characters. Reemer's
band will play this evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-28

The Spokane Press, delivered to
any part of the city for 25 cents
per month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-28
MADE HIM REDHEADED

CANAL DOVER. o., Jan. Is
From the effects or typhoid fever,
the hair of Calvin Myers has turn
ed from black to a decided red.
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Miss Partlon's next article is on
The Shame of the Southern
States and deals with the con-
Wet lease system.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
GIRL DEFIED AN ARMY.
Pretty Charlotte HiIIman Asked Toll
for Soldiers and the Bill Was Paid.

1t is related that the army, headed
by Sheridan and his staff, left Win
chester by the valley pike early in
the morning, the column moving to-
ward Stephens City. Just as day was
approaching the staff reached the toll
gate and was discounted by young
and beautiful girl, Charlotte Hillman,
famed locally for her girlish charms.
Even the war-hardened Sheridan
seems not to have been proof against
the persuasion of pair of black eyes
and pretty face, and when toll was
demanded straightway produced the
1.-THE, setting an example that was fol
lowed by his staff.
But said Sheridan, as he passed
through the gate, Il cannot vouch for
my army"
When the common, soldiery came
the girl again lowered the toll bar and
demanded toll. This was met by jeers
from the guard. All day the dusty
troopers passed through, and all day
Charlotte Hillman stood at her post.
For every ten soldiers who passed
through the gate she cut notch in the
toll pole. Early fed beyond the Blue
Ridge with the remains of his disor-
ganized army; in the valley Of Vir-
ginia, Lee, beaten back by Grants
overwhelming numbers, gave up the
fight; in the southeast Joe Johnston
fired the last burlesque shots and
peace came again over the north and
south. Then, when relations with
Washington had been re-established
and the administration policy was
one of magnanimity, Charlotte Hill
man counted the notches in the toll
pole and sent her bill to Washington.
And the bill was paid.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
Conflicting Evidence.

A learned judge was explaining the
intricacies of evidence to a young
friend, says the Washington Star, and
gave the following story in regard to
conflicting evidence.
Usually, he said, one statement is
far more probable than the other. so
that we can decide easily which to be-
lieve. 1t is like the boy and the house
hunter. The house-hunter, getting off
train at suburban station, said to
boy:
MY lad, l am looking for Mr.
Smithson's new block of semi-de-
tached houses. How far are they
from here?"
About 20 minutes walk" the boy
replied.
Twenty minutes!" exclaimed the
house-hunter. Nonsense! The adj
vertisement says five"
We'll" said the boy, you can be-
lieve me or you can believe the adver-
tisement; but l amt tryin' to make a
sale"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
Not Wholly Careless,

Thomas Chett was a meek but care.
less clerk, who. through no greater
fault than carelessness, was continu-
ally laundering in his work. His most
usual mistake was to misdirect let
tiers, either by substituting wrong
street, number, or by writing, say.
Cal" for Col" One day, says Youths
Companion, his employer laid on his
desk a letter which had been over a
month in the mails without reaching
it's destination-and all because Of
Thomas error.
Now, this thing has got to STOP"
said his employer. Such delays
waste time and money. If you had
used an envelope which hadn't had
our address in the corner, we might
never have known where this letter
went to-
That's true" assented the humble
clerk But l am always careful to
use that kind of envelope, just for that
reason"
Being little slow of comprehension
he did not understand why his patient
employer bit his lip and turned away
smiling.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

invention of the valve motion to the
steam engine was made by mere
boy. Newcomers engine was in very
Incomplete condition from the fact
that there was no way to open or
close the valves except by means of
levers operated by the hand.
Newcome set up large engine at
one of the mines. and boy, Humph-
rey Potter, was hired to work these
valve levers; although this was not
hard work. yet it required his constant
attention.
AS he was working the levers he
saw that parts of the engine moved in
the right direction, and at the same
the valves.
He procured strong cord, and
made one end fast to the proper part
of the engine, and the other end to
the valve lever; and then he had the
satisfaction of seeing the engine move
with perfect regularity of motion.
A short time after, the foreman
came around and saw the boy playing
marbles at the door. Looking at the
engine, he saw the ingenuity of the
boy and, also the advantage of SO
great an invention.
The idea suggested by the boys in
ventive genius led to putting it in
practical form, and made the steam
engine an automatic working ma
chine.
The power loom is the invention of
q farmers boy who had never seen
or heard of such thing, says the
Detroit Free Press. He whitfield out
one with his Jack knife, and. after he
had got 1t all done, he with great en-
thusiasm showed it to his father, who
at once kicked it to pieces. saying
that he would have no boy about him
who would spend his time ON such
foolish things.
The boy was sent to blacksmith to
learn a trade, and his master took a
lively interest in him. He made a
loom of what was left of the one his
father had broken up and showed it
to his master.
The blacksmith saw he had no com
mon lad as an apprentice and that
the invention was a valuable one. He
had loom constructed under the SUI
pervision of the boy.
1t worked to their perfect satisfac-
ton, and the blacksmith furnished
the means to manufacture the loom,
and the boy received half the profits.
In about year the blacksmith wrote
to the boys father that he should
bring with him wealthy gentleman,
who was the inventor of the cele
brated power loom. I
You may be able to judge of the
establishment at the old home when
his son was presented to him as the
| inventor, who told him that the loom
was the same as the model that he
had kicked to pieces but year be-
| fore.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Laundry work at nome would b
much more satisfactory IL the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric 10
hidden behind paste Of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear.
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because OF its great
or strength than other makes.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
BOY KEPT SCRATCHING.
Raw-Skin Specialists Failed, But
Cuticura Effected Cure.

when my little boy was six weeks
old an eruption broke out on his face.
I took him to doctor, but his face
kept on getting worse until it got SO
bad that no one could look at him.
His whole face was one crust and
must have been very painful. He
scratched day and night until his face
was raw. Then / took him to all the
best specialists in skin diseases but
they could not do much for him. The
eczema got on his arms and legs and
we could not get nights sleep in
months. got set of Cuticura Rene
dies and he felt relieved the first time
l used them. I gave the Cuticura
Remedies a good trial and gradually
the eczema healed all up. He is now
seven years old and I think the trou.
BILE will never return. Mrs. John G.
Klumpp. 80 Niagara St., Newark, N.
j.. Oct II and %. 1907
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
EXCELLENT WEATHER
and MAGNIFICENT CROPS
REPORTS FROM WESTERN CAN.
ADA ARE VERY ENCOURAGING.

A correspondent writes the Winni-
peg (Man.) Free Press: ''The Pinch
er Creek district, (Southern Al
berta), the original home of fall
wheat, where it has been grown with
out failure, dry seasons and wet, for
about rs years, is excelling itself this
year. The yield and quality are both
phenomenal, as has been the weather
for its harvesting. Forty bushels is a
common yield, and many fields go up
to SO, 60 and over, and most of it No.
1 Northern. Even last year, which was
less favorable, similar yields were in
some cases obtained, but owing to the
season the quality was not so good. 1t
is probably safe to say that the aver
age yield from the Old Mans River to
the boundary will be At Or 48 bushels
per acre, and mostly No. l Northern.
One man has just made net profit
from his crop of $19.55 per acre, or
little less than tho selling price of
land. Land here is too cheap at pres
ent when crop or two will pay for
it, and failure almost unknown. Nor
is the district dependent on wheat, all
other crops do well, also stock and
dairying, and there is a large market
at the doors in the mining towns up
the Crows Nest Pass, and in British Co
lumbia, for the abundant hay of the
district, and poultry, pork, and gar
den truck. Coal is near and cheap.
Jim Hill has an eye on it's advan-
tages, and has invested here, and is
bringing the Great Northern Railroad
soon, when other lines will follow
The wheat, oat and barley crop in
other parts of Western Canada show
splendid yields and will make the
farmers Of that country land many of
them are Americans) rich. The Cana
dian Government Agent for this dis
trict advises us that he will be pleased
to give information to all who desire
it about the new land regulations by
which settler may now secure 100
acres in addition to his 100 home
stead acres, at $500 an acre, and also
how to reach these lands into which
railways are being extended. 1t might
be interesting to read what is said of
that country by the Editor of the
Marshall (Minn.) News Messenger,
who made trip through portions of it
in July, 1908 Passing through more
than three thousand miles of Western
Canada's agricultural lands, touring
the northern and southern farming
belts of the Provinces of Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta, with nu.
merous drives through the great grain
fields, we were made to realize not
| only the magnifcence of the crops, but
the magnitude, in measures, of the
vast territory opening, and to be
opened to farming immigration. There
! are hundreds of thousands Of farmers
there, and millions of acres under cul.
tivation, but there is room for mil.
lions more, and other millions Of acre
| age available. We could see in Western
Canada in soil, product, topography OF
climate, little that is different from
Minnesota, and with meeting at
! every point many business men and
farmers who went there from this
state, it was difficult to realize one
was beyond the boundary Of the
| country"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Mrs.. Lenora Bodenhamer, r. F. d. 1,
Box %, Kcrnersville, N. c., writes: =
~ suffered with stomach trouble ana
indigestion for some time, and nothing
that ate agreed with me. was very
nervous and experienced continual
feeling Of 1nessiness and fear took
medicine from the doctor, but it did me
NO good.
II found In one of your Peruna books
= description of my symptoms. then
wrote to DIR. Hartman for advice. He
said I had catarrh of the stomach. I
took Perunc and Manalin and followed
his directions and can now say that /
feel as we'll as l ever did.
II hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna,
as It has certainly cured me-"
The above is only one of hundreds
who have written similar letters to DIR.
Hartman. just one such case as this
entities Peruna to the candid consider
alton Of every one similarly afflicted. If
this be true Of the testimony of one per-
son what ought to be the testimony Of
hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sim
cere people. We have in our files .
great IN my other testimonials.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
Keeps Milk Cool and Sweet.

enough to take in a quart bottle of
milk. The pail must rest on sawdust,
and not on the bottom of the box.
Place a cylinder of tin around the pail,
which is little larger than the pail,
and pack sawdust about the cylinder,
filing the space full up to the level of
the top of the pail. Fasten with nails
or tacks about so layers of newspapers
to the under side of the box cover.
The milk bottle is set in the pail and
broken ice packed about it. An ice
box of this description, says Popular
Mechanics, will hold two quart bot
ties of milk. 1t will take about two
cents day to operate this cooling
device.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
Public credT,,.v.

After making full allowance for the
increased spending power Of the
masses. figures prove conclusively that
Notwithstanding the wide diffusion Of
knowledge. the spread of education
and the raising of the standard Of in
,telligence among the people, the ap-
peal Of the quack and the charlatan
to the credulity of the public meets
with q reader response than ever
London Hospital.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
SEEMED A TRIFLE PERSONAL.
ciergyman's Particular Reason for
Omitting the Fifth Verse.

A clergyman in an interior town
married woman from whom he re-
ceived a dowry of $4,000 and pros
pect of more Shortly afterwards,
while occupying the pulpit, he gave
out a hymn, read the first verse and
proceeded to read the fifth, com.
mencing:
Forever let my grateful heart, ;"
then he hesitated and exclaimed:
"The choir will omit the fifth verse"
Some of the congregation read the
verse for themselves and smiled an
they read:
Forever let my grateful heart
His boundless grace adore,
Which gives ten thousand blessings now
And bids me hope for more.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Kidney Pills and the backache ceased.
Encouraged, kept on, and by the
time I had used three boxes not a
sign of the trouble remained My
health is perfect
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
His Opinion,

DE race has got ter rise an shine
ef ever it hopes ter git dar," said
Brother Williams. TOO many of us
thinks dat all We got ter do is ter go
ter sleep in de hot sun an rise up an
eat watermillions in de shade! Dey
amt no room in dis worl' fer de lazy
man. He's always de one what gifts
run over, an den lays dar an bowls
bekaze he's hurt!"-Atlanta Constitu-
ti0n
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

the end of the pencil.
When you slide the pencil along the
casing do it without any apparent eff
fort and it will appear to your audi
ence as though you had hypnotized
it. This, says Popular Mechanics, is
a very neat trick If performed right.
Fig. ] shows the pencil on the casing
and Fig. the hat hanging On it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
BOY INVENTORS.
How Two Country Lads Gained Fame
and Fortune.

A boys elders are guilty of a foolish
act when they snub him because he
says or does something which they
don't understand. A boys personal
ity is entitled to as much respect as
a mans, SO long as he behaves him
self.
Some of the most important inven-
lions have been the work of boys. The
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
tor, dizziness, ornervous prostrati0n.
Why don't you try it9
Mrs. Pinkham invites an sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

martyr to kidney
trouble, backache,
dizzy spells, head
aches and a ter
rible bearing-down
pain. I used one
remedy after an
other without -bene-
fit. Finally I used
a hOX Of Doan'S
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
How's This?

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is and believe him perfectly
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING. kINNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo O.
Halls CAtarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents PEI
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
MILK BOTTLE ICE BOX.
It Doesn't Cost Much, But 1t Does the
Business.

At cost of from Is to so cents
anyone can make one of these milk
bottle ice boxes. Any ordinary wood
en- box about 10 by IS inches, with
depth of - inches, can be obtained
from your grocer. In the bottom of
this box place plenty of sawdust, and
on this set tin pail or can that is
eight inches in diameter and high
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Couldn't Disprove 1t by Her.
"They say there's nothing new I'M
der the sum-" unused the poet. sadly.
WELL" replied his wife in tone
equally as melancholy, you can't dis
prove the adage by my wardrobe"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Advocates Of corporal punishment
evidently believe that an occasional
spanking makes children smart
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
Rather EHeminate.

The Saucepan wonder what
makes the kettle SO happy. 1t hasn'
stopped singing all day"
The Coffee Pot-Why, didn't 20,
notice its new lid?-Puck.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

WE SELL. GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
4 buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog los
n. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Those Tired. Aching Feet of Yours
need Aliens Foot-Ease. 25c at your Druggists
Write A. s. Ohm sted. LIE Roy. N. z. for sample.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
Not a Point Of Grammar.

Teacher-Willie, is it right to say:
MY sister has came to SCHOOL,"
Willie-NO-m-m.
Teacher-Why not?
Willie-Because your sister has
went home.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

a n d pl ce i t
against a door or
window casing;
then with a firm,
heaVy pre- S S u r e
slide the pencil
some 3 or 4 inches
and it will stay as
if glued to the cas-
ing. You may now
hang vOlIr hat m
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

1t takes truthful man to tell Z
lie big enough to attract attention
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Marriage is a contract, but there
are lots of contract jumpers
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Strong Winds and Sand Storms
cause granulation of the eyelids. PETTIT'S
EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Any man is in favor of reform-if
allowed to select the starting point.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
children teething, softens the gums reduces in
domination. allays pain, cures wind collie CSC bottle
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
In Chicago.

Ella-That man slipped on my foot.
Stella-Why don't you put ashes
on it?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

Take a smooth hexagon lead pencil
one without either rubber or metal end
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
PERFECT HEALTH.
After Years Of Backache, Dizziness
and Kidney Disorders.

Mrs. r. c. Richmond, of Northwood,
Iowa, says: For years 1 was a
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14
EASY TO DO.

Hang Your Hat on a Lead PENCIL
Try 1t.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-14

When man is short he usually has
! long face.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

real looking plums bulsing from its
sides is another attractive centerpiece.
which has a present hidden in the
center OF each plum.
A sleigh driven by reindeer makes
an elaborate ornament. The whole
centerpiece measures something nike
four feet from sleigh to antlers. 30
that more than an average sized table
Is required to display IL 10 advantage.
The pair OF RENDERS wear a glitter
ing harness and they are arranged on
wheels, so that they move in = slow
and stately manner II there 10 room
for this feat In the sleigh are rows
OF fat snowballs with a sprig OF holly
stuck in the top of each and a tiny
Santa Claus standing guard over each
ball A larger Santa Claus holds the
reins and guides the sleigh. Ribbon
balls, so that the ends can be passed
to the guests as they sit at table. thus
making an effective picture before the
Christmas load Ia distributed. Each
SNOWFALL forms the top OF paper box
which is cylindrical and has its base
buried in the bottom OF the sleigh To
MI in the spaces between these CLEAN
ing white balls branches OF holly and
mistletoe or other Christmas greens
mas be used.
centerpiece which has no sur
prise feature is a miniature gable roof
with a bright red brick chimney. into
which a tiny Santa Claus Is stepping
The roof is covered with snow and
icieles drip from its caves, but good
old Santa Claus knows that there are
warmth and good. cheer below. To
Judge by the pleased and snticipatory
expression he wears. This center
piece may be laid on the table with
out any further decoration. or Il may
be surrounded by branches Of holly
and Christmas ferns. II much other
decoration is used the centerpiecs
loses its effectiveness.