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pened to be fit for an intelligent human
being to read.
Marveling a good deal over the big mon
etary success which really has been
pifilingesque novels. l sought out one of
the leading publishers Of novels III New
York the other day and asked him about
it. 1t had occurred to me that the novel
readers surely were being given just about
the sort of stuff they wanted and de-
manded or obviously 1t would DE impossi-
BILE to foist the product upon them up in
the hundreds of thousands of copies. Re-
membering. too, that women comprise far
the greater number of novel readers. I
submitted to him an opening question to
which he replied In these words:
Are women readers responsible for the
general decline in the tone and substance
and character OF modern fiction? That's
the surest thing you know! or course,
they are. Absolutely yes: Who is deny
ing or can deny fact so indisputable?
II am sure that no reasonable publish
ers of novels will deny it," he went on.
The fact is too patent to admit of denial.
Anyhow. there's no occasion for denying
it.
1.-The contention that women readers are
almost wholly accountable for the measli-
ness of latter day fiction Is an old, old
story to publishers of that sort OF ma
terial: but Il has been harped upon with
more than ordinary noise and persistence
of late by people who like to tackle these
problemy matters.
They might just as we'll permit them
selves to grow sad over the deterioration
In the quality OF hairp:ns. supposing such
q deterioratio to have taken place. More
men, of course read modern novels than
use hairpins; but not very many more,
at that II hairpns have gone back In
grade then who's responsible? Have men
who don't use 'em anything to do with
it?
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NTH EXPANDS ON THE HOTTSTUPfS DOINGS- @r1C&

meat ard grocery money to buy her poor
little old rags with. Now she's getting
warmed up and spunky and talking back.
and, dear me, I'm SO afraid he won't be
able to make her take back that lynx
muff! l don't know whether I'd care to
have one unless she had to take hers
back.
PITY sakes alive, listen to that. Shes
noticed that he isn't wearing that big
fiashy diamond ring that he usually has
on. and she's asking him where it Is, and
he's telling her it's none of her business.
and she says he must have pawned it for
gambling money, and he isn't saying q
word-well, well, we'll! Good for her! Uh-
huh. but he got back at her that time.
Told her she never saw a diamond in her
life until she became engaged to him.
and l wouldn't be a bit surprised if he
was right, at that. She always looked to
me like a woman not used to much.
know that when the Hottstuphs were
here to dinner and We had fish Mrs
Hottstuph just couldn't seem to make out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

and observation, that If there Is any
one thing in the world that infuriates
married woman when she is engaged
in lambasting her husband for his sins it
is for the lambasted husband to maintain
a complete and battling silence.
When he had made this discovery, the
man proceeded to put it into practice.
Now he claims to have found peace
thereby.
Before unravelinG this conjugal system,
the man had permitted himself to make
reply to his wife's gibes, jeers and accu-
-e,ions during the moments of domestic
eruptiveness.
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and 1 were within twenty feet of each
other and l just didn't have the heart to
shoot him. He was the prettiest thing
ever saw. lie looked me straight in the
eye and shook his head. as much as to
say Come on" Then he began slowly to
settle down. and in a moment was float
ing on his side. dead. l pulled him out.
took his head and saddle. the pelts OF two
wolves and the heads of two others and
packed the bunch into camp five miles be-
low, where my Indian guide, Rooster
had 4 roaring fire.
Mr.. Adams has had the bucks head and
the heads of the wolves mounted in a
group as a memento Of this tragedy Of
the mountain wilderness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

occupied. I waited on him.
Boss he surprised me by saying. cast
ing his eye around upon the musical in
struments in showcases and hanging upon
The walls, 4 want TO learn to play upon
some burned Cd thing
Well had to tell him that that was a
bit indefinit. but he took 1t good ma
turedly.
Il guess ii does sound some misty he
said But I'm i'll a misty state Of mind
about the thing, sure enough. That's the
very reason I'm putting it UP to you. I
lust want to learn how to play on some
kind of sound making hewgag. And
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lin and light reeds. Joy. Songs of VIC
tory. The village maidens rush outward
from the city gates to crown the husky
warriors Gliding dances. Chorus OF
walters, grandioso voco)
Hurrah hurrah!
The command now will cry.
Hrrrah. hnrrah.
Just watch his eagle eye.
Hes looking all around him
But the steak does not seem nigh.
Oh, dear. what can be the matter:
Pipe No. 3:
"Hor' l shout. "Garcon. voici. Sacre
Bluu-u-u-ur-r-r. Qu'estce qu'elle la?
What are these things?"
Ills sont petit pois. M'sieu.'' And 1
will say right now for those not in our
social set that the waiter meant '"rhem' 8
green peas"
"DeuX chere petit pois." murmurs
Francois with sigh. Two dear little
peas. All. sir, they loved one another in
life. Heart to heart and pod to pod. they
went everywhere together. and now
But I roared, not the least unnerved
by the sight of strong man weeping for
his dear little peas. but where is the
steak. you dolt?'
"Oh, pardon. M'sieu." replies the weep
ing garcon 1.-The steak you will find
under the left pea"
CAS- as the orchestra leader brushes
down his arms as If to draw with his
baton the terrific onslaught Of the finale.
the cymbals clang. the bass horn rends
itself in twain and such music is produced
as makes tone portrait Of a mad bull
rushing about small pasture. And all
the while the vast assemblage quakes
with the awfulness of the unhuman dis
cord, while the eighteen members of the
cast sing like fanatic shrieking souls)
Hurrah, hurrah!
Well shout the jubilee.
Hurrah. hurrah!
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she's been home all day?
Now, just listen to that! So It's the
money that he gave her to pay the meat
and grocery bill with that paid for that
new lynx muff she's got! l thought so!
Well, did you ever! No wonder the trades
men are always limiting around about the
Hottstuphs. Uh-huh! Now he's insisting
that she take that lynx muf back and
get the money and pay those bills Won
der If she'll do it? OF course, wouldn't
do it il were she. but 1 just hope ne
certainly make Bangsmith 'let me have
the money for a lynx muff tomorrow,
and she'll have taken hers back by that
time, / do hope! Then she'll try to tell
me that she took the muff back because
she found out she didn't care for it, out
Of course l can ask her pointedly if MI
Hottstuph liked 1t, and I'll bet she'll
know that I know all about 1t then!
my, but she gave him shot that time!
Told him that If he'd quit gambling and
things she wouldn't have to take the
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automatic carbine into action and hit
him five times while going at least thirty
miles an hour, but did not succeed in
knocking him down. He suddenly wheeled
to the left and took a game trail around
the north side of the Devils Thumb and
/ shot in by half mile to the swale
below and started around the mountain
from the other side. hoping to meet him
or pick up his blood trail. which was
very profuse last time saw it,
Il had not gone halfway around the
south side of Devils Thumb until I heard
timber wolf howl and another or so an
swer. This made me sick, as 1 knew they
would beat me to my prize and tear it to
shreds before I could get there. My only
hope was that the wounded buck would
beat them to Lost lake and take water.
that he might defend himself. So turned
short off to my right and scudded along
down long steep ridge which terminated
at the lake. On the next ridge to my left
at least twenty wolves were strung out
after the wounded buck, bowling like
mad. the stag not 200 yards before them.
going like the wind, but with his head
down. 1 knew he was hard hit. We all
struck the lake together. 1 ran into it
waist deep before 1 could stop. The stag
hit the water not 200 feet from me. with
one wolf on his flank and another hanging
to his neck. 1t was the most exciting
moment 1 ever experienced. l was waist
deep in the water. the deer was fighting
for his life and I was helping him with a
hailstorm of bullets. He stuck his brow
points fair and clear through a wolf and
shot two off him and killed another
which was swimming toward me. I man.
aged to give the others so many wounds
that they broke and went bowling up the
mountain as If the devil himself were
after them I had advanced till the buck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

THEN there's the temptation 10 buy
new clothes.
Anybody will admit that a chap has to
appear decently draped. Now answer
me! Doesn't he? He certainly does; and
! am one Of the fastidii. If there is any
thing l like it is to appear on Sundays
with my topper shining like the kohinoor
diamond; with my forty-cent imported
collar showing every linen thread to be
as wonderfully white as my laundress can
make it: my tie, which an exclusive
loom turned out in Flanders. tied by my
man who used to tie the ties of Prince
Tit. the tintinabulating tyrant of Ty-
rome; my coat cut by the man who made
Prince Albert famous, hung upon me
with the same grace that makes matinee
girls throw kisses at John Drew; my
wesscut fitting me as if both it and I
were one and the same; my trousers
oh, my trousers! Words fail me! My
trousers, my ecstatic trousers, my peach
erino trousers!
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HIS man (rnarrH6,
in unfolding the de-
tails Of his system.
claims that it real
ly works.
His system, III
essence, consists in
not saying a word
when his wife Is
saying a good deal.
The man evolved
the theory. from
both experience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

RS. BANGSM1TH
rocked back and
forth in the sitting
room of the Mount
Pleasant fiat, darn
ing the Bangsmith
hosiery. At the
sound Of q maScu-
line voice from the
floor above she
stopped plying the
needle. raised her
eyes to the ceiling
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and cooked her head to one side.
Huh, there goes that Hottstuph man,
starting in with his regular getting-out-
of-bed CROUCH" said Mrs. Bangsmlth to
herself Now l s'pose he'll keep up his
iawing till he gets his clothes on and eats
his breakfast. It's queer how that man
can stay in bed till 10 or IL O'Clock IN the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

RANCOIS stands at
a I ( e ntion in the
plushiest d n j n s
rooms of our lead
ing hotel. His nap
kin is folded to a
eeometrical. exact
ness and IS draped
properly across his
arm. AS ! enter
the dining, room a
look of extreme
pleasure sweeps his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

AVE you read many
of the novels. in
Guiding, of course,
the best sellers"
that have been pub
liShed in this coun-
try and England
during the past dec
ade or so? If so,
have you reached
the conclusion that
most of them were
"A n ont fUn-fhirdS
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ALLY we
get some odd ones
in a place like
this" said the man
ager of a musical
instrument estab-
ushment. "a few
afternoons ago a
stout. prosperous
looking. m ! d d l q
aged man waddled
in. and, as all of
the statesmen were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

journeys end They are constantly on
the lookout for such chuckings and they
grab the tossed-away books and sell them
at the full price all over again. But they
never get back in this way book sold 10
woman.
II come in for a good deal Of guying
from business friends of mine about some
OF the pfflesque novels that l publish.
Say, last night: foundered through
that piece of unSpeakable rot from your
press that's making so much talk, a
business friend said to me while back.
Well by the time l finished reading that
mess l reached two conclusions. The
first was this: That If my woman folks
liked the people in that book. or any OF
them. then they couldn't possibly like
me. their husband and dad: and the
second was that you ought to be In
lunatic asylum for foisting such a hunk
of junk on the helpless public.
THAT So?' I said tn him. Well, I'll
clean up about twenty thousand dollars
for myself out of that particular hunk
of junk. as you correctly call it, before
I'm through with it
He sazed at me with an amazed ex-
preston.
Twenty thousand. eh?' said he. Well.
that means. / take it, that at least a
hundred thousand other persons-the
readers Of the thing-ought to be in the
lunatic asylum with you
Including yourself?' said I. For you
said you read it
THAT'S right-count me in he said
shaking his head wonderingly.
But to get back to the influence of
women on present-day fiction. The novel
writer's know that women of this genera
ton demand. for example. a certain fixed
type of hero. to begin with. Infallibly
Inc a pry in the view of male readers.
He may be a carpet knight cow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

Now, every time an accepted novelist
a writer of best sellers. that is-takes it
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That just shows what kind OF a dresser
l ami.
So l wander down the way and stop
before a haherdashers shop wherein are
many tempting things in the line Of
gloves and hats and sticks and shirts
and socks and handkerchiefs and steam
er rugs and bags and shoes and all
things smart. Then l say:
Il ned new hat. l need eighteen new
shirts and like the canned salmon effect
of those socks. and that opal pin would
just make me the real thing. and there's
stick that in itself is good as an in
PRODUCTION at the court Of st. James:
and there's cap that none but an Eng
lish lord, OF one who can pass for one
(ahem), can wear"
Then l feel gingerly in my pocket and
find 80 cents. But yet, I MUST get some
new clothes. a man CAN'T go without
new clothes. A man WILL have new
clothes. I'm going to be swell dresser
no matter what happens, 50 l go in and
look around.
Nice ties, and here's a shirt that's
lulu-and a raincoat. Isn't that cut just
right, though? And splendid new shade
of chamois gloves. and q pair of WOODEN
ones at three fifty pair, and SIX
hose
TOO MUCH
But 1 WILL buy new clothes, so say:
Gimme a pair of green garters
Anyhow nobody can say l amt up-to-
date.
j. X
TT has been a long time since a message
! from the White House has created
such a stir as this most recent document
sent I'D on the hill by President Roosevelt.
Probably every newspaper reader KNOWS
by this time that last year Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK. December II, 1905.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

Its about the same as to modern fc-
ton Women almost exclusively are the
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The cashier grins with slee;
The waiter, too. is happy,
With q great big r +,
And l guess that will do for this evening
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08


The old remedies are best. Hick
iry Bark Cough Remedy has bee,
10 urgfJr over 100 years by the olt
Dutch Dupkerds iu Pennsylvania
and isIstiIl In use by the families d
Western Pennsylvania. II is alb
soluteJy purej made fro N the bark
of the white or shell bark hickory
tree. The bark 10 shipped from the
east, and manufactured Ia Salem,
Oregon. For sale by r. L. Hunt,
Pharmacist, Condor, Oregon and
all dealers everywhere.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

HUMAN FILTERS. The function Of
the kidneys is to strain out the i'm,
purities of the blood which is con.
stantly passing through them,
Foley's Kidney Remedy makes the
kidneys healthy so they will strain
out all waste matter from the blood
Take Foley's Remedy ut once and
il will make you we'll. Condor
Drug Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

Can you afford TO trifie with &C
serious matter as TO neglect Q bad
cough or cold, when for Q triflinp
amount you can secure q bottle 81
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy, =
that 10 guaranteed 10 cure or your
money refunded. Price 25c Doc
and ti00, per bottle. For sale BY
Il. L, Hunt, Pharmacist. Condor,
and dealers everywhere.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

The old Pennsylvania Dutch
Dunkards recommend Hickory
Bark Cough Remedy" Guaran'
seed TO cure your cough and guar
anteed TO ba pure. Made from tbs
bark oftheshell bark or white hick'
ory tree. For sale by Il. l.. Hunt
Pharmacist, and all dealers.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

CHRONIC CONSTIPATION CURED. One
who suffers from chronic constipa
ton IS In danger Of many serious
ailments. Foley's orino Laxativ'
cures chronic constipation as i
aids digestion and stimulates ths
liver aud bowels, restoring the nat
ural action of these organs. Com
mence taking il today aud you will
feel better at once. Foley's 0rinC
Laxative does not nauseate or gript
and IL pleasant to take. Refuse
substitutes. Condor Drug Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

CoLD THAT HANG in the spring de-
plete the system, exhaust the ner-
yes. and open the way for FERROUS
illness. Take Fofey's Honey and
Tar. II quickly stops the cough
and expels the cold. 1Qssafe and
certain in results, Condon Drug
Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

1t Is Il pity to see q person ne.
glcct indications Of kidney OF
bladder trouble that may result II,
Bright's disease when Foley's Kid.
>nsy Remedy will correct irregular
tiles and strengthen these organs
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy a.
the tirst sign Of danger, Condcn
Drug Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08
Following Is . comparatIvs

Following is 4 comparative
statement of the old freight
= rates betyeen Condor and Port
land and the rates recently order
ed established BY the Railroad
Commission Of Oregon. The
first figures represent the differ
ent classes Of freight, the next
figures give the old rate and the
last the.rate established by the
Commission. In effect May Bird.
12 s. 4 5 A b G d Z
IS II so 81 -4o-45 An 20 "a 10
rs 64 IS As as So % 2s 10 is
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

P. T. Harbour, nganpger Of the
Weston brick ya. returned
Tuesday from 4 business trip "a
Arlington and Condbn. He found
that farmers are btill hauling
thousands Of bushels Of wheat
with six horse teams to Condor
which has earned distinction al
the largest primary wheat ship
ping point in the United States.
Weston Leader.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08
~
NOTICE.
New Method of Collecting Wa
ter Rents.

New Method of Collecting Wa
ter Rents.
Beginning June'sl 1908, City
Water Rents will be payable at
the Office Of the City Treasurer,
in w. L. Barker 8 CO. s store
instead of beina collected by the
Marshal as at present. All water
rents will be due the first Of each
month and will be delinquent af-
ter the tenth. Delinquents will
be charged with the expense o.
disconnecting their supply pipes
from the. water main. which
amount must be paid before ths
water will be again turned on.
By order of the City Council,
May 4, 1908.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

We are buying lumber much
cheaper than before. Prices re,
iuced accordingly. We can GIL
your bill, no matter how large, and
the Arlington Lumber Cos price
IL right.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

PERSONAL. If any person sus'
poets that their kidneys are de-
ranged they should take Foley's
Kidney Remedy at once and moi
risk having Bright's disease or d.
abetes. Delay gives the disease a
stronger foothold and yousshould
not delay taking Foley's. Kidney
Remedy. Condor Drug Cos
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

DR.. M. o. Fitmaurice, the lee
turer, returned to Pendleton yes
terday. He contemplates OPEN
ing a law Office at that place -Pi-
lot Rock Record.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08
BUSINESS LOCALS

The Arlington Lumber Co. now
has plenty Of Rock Springs coal on
hand and can supply your wants
in this line right along. Get prices
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

Fashionable outfits for smart
,iressers. There Ii q touch Of per-
fection In our goods that foils cri-
ticism. The 8. B. Barker Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

Goods priced in . manner that
win bewilder and delight you. The
!. b. Barker Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08
5 NEWS OF THE week

Judge Littlefeld was a passen-
ger on the incoming train Tues
day.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

Miss Clara Knox passed through.
town Tuesday evening on her
way TO her home in Fossil.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

]. A. Scott returned from PEN
dleton and Walla Walla on Tues
days train.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

The price of shingles is great
ly reduced at the Arlington Lum-
Der Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

The Palace hotel furnishes iirst-class
oaFd and rooms to their patrons At
reasonable rates, Try them week.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

Miss Lima Brown OF Heppnei
is visiting with friends IN Condor
and vicinity.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

Special prices on Barn Bills
See the Arlington Lumber Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-05-08

See stephenson's Stock Of Stylish
spring Shoes.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-03
SSNews Of Idaho County
soon move from his ranch. inst
west OF town, into the village.

soon move from his ranch, Just
west OF town, into the village.
The large grain warehouses Of
the different grain buying com.
panies are being rapidly rushed up
In anticipation of the incoming
of the railroad which is now bav.
ing its locomotives steaminp nm
quite a ways this side OF Ferdin.
and.
Sam'l Goldstone is having erect.
ed on the corner of Broadway and
Main streets, a row of four store
buildings, two stories high, with
the upper story divided into five
separate apartments. to be divided
up into rooms suitable for offices,
halls and commercial sample
rooms.
J. o. Short, the barber, has sold
his residence property in south
Cottonwood and also his barbering
tools and is about to take a trip
through Washington, in search of
more inviting location.
Notwithstanding the fact that
there is plenty of work in Cot
tonwood, there are several men
loafng around the streets, not
looking for work and sleeping in
sheds and tents at night.
Some very nice showers of rain
fell in and around Cottonwood,
Friday and Saturday, laying the
heavy dust on street and road and
causing cool nights and light
frost in some places.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-03
Sites
(From the Sentinel)

At last all the bridge timber has
arrived and it will not be long I'M
til Contractor Frank Powers will
have it chung" across the Clear
water at this point, and when
completed, will have a bridge that
will stand when the town goes
down.
Uncle Jim Witt. and Jas. Sloan.
both old timers in these parts pass.
ed down the road yesterday en-
route to Occur d. Alene on their an
nual vacation and Fishing stunt"
"McDaniaPs Pack Train"-22
head of mules, loaded out today
with supplies from Cosgrove and
the wire for telephone line from
Orogrande to Elk City. Grin
Price is in charge.