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The Falls City tribune., 1908-02-21

rooms tidy, when there was the sound
of childrens voices and a knock on
the front door.
ooh, Miss Perciyal, will you please
give us some flowers for the teaCher?'
spoke up one Of the children eagerly
when she appeared.
BLESS your hearts, yes" was the
hearty response There was a snip
shipping of Phoebo's scissors, and
when the troop passed out of the
yard with happy faces, each child had
q fragrant little bouquet, and there
was a chorus Of Thank you, Miss Per
ciyal."
precious few left" laughed Phoebe
to herself. But they'll blossom all
the more for being picked, and what
would be the use Of having flowers. if
nobody wanted 'em?'
She was now ready for the days
work, which was to make a jacket
and two pairs Of knickerbockers for
little Freddie Westall, from two old
pairs of his papa's trousers, which his
mamma had ripped and pressed.
Il think I'll make the seats and
elbows double, seeing there's cloth
enough" soliloquiZed Phoebe. Fred
die is so hard on his clothes and poor
Mrs. Westall has so much to do, and
then when they do come to holes the
patchesll be right there all ready to
hem down to-"
The groceryman came as Phoebe
finished cutting the jacket. He was
fresh, attractive-looking young man.
and generally inclined to be sociable;
but this morning he was very glum
and said never a word as he wrote
down Phoebe's order.
why, what have you done to youl
wrist?" she exclaimed suddenly.
"Cut it on Badgers old kerosene
can, | guess. The dickens! / didn't
know it was bleeding like that-ou
your clean floor, toon
"Wait a minute and let me DO q
up for You. Never mind the floor.
"Ch, it's no matter. I can put nay
| handkerchief about lt"
But Phoebe insisted. and arruwa7h
! i-g the wounded wrist, wound 1T with
soft white cloth The young man
looked down no her i1 silence dU she
began TO .aa.an uha end af the ban
daso. when l1 spoke abruptly.
"aay, Miss Peravgn Suppose you'd
/ been going with % girl steady .ar most
/ two years and am at once ala ler'
You iu tha lurCh some Sunday night
ana went home from evening meeting
The Falls City tribune., 1908-02-21
HAVE RIGHT OF WAY
WAsHlNeToN OFFICIALS AsoVE
COMMON PEOPLE.
Elevators In Public Buildings Run
Mainly for Their Convenience
Amusing Point in Contest for
Senate Reading Clerk.

"There are many wrinkles in Off.
cial life in Washington which afford
those who are acquainted with them
certain amount of amusement" said
a local newspaper correspondent,
"and one of the funniest, from the
standpoint of those not interested di-
rectly, has been the contest for the
selection of the reading clerk to the
senate
"That the official whose duty it is
to decide the question as TO the for
tunate man who would pull down the
plum, after listening to the varying
voices of the 80 contestants, was
obliged to take q rest for a few days
to recover his normal condition can
be readily understood by all who are
familiar with such things at the
capitol.
But that he should have found
three members of the nations high
est law-making body who were re-
Quested to act as a committee to de-
termine the merits Of the respective
contestants, who had not made rec
ommendation for the vacancy in ques-
ton, Is as astonishing as 1t Is un-
usual in that not a single senator
could be found who had not made a
recommendation.
LAS a rule, when vacancy oc-
ours at either end of the capitol, the
difficulty senators and representatives
have is in deciding which one of the
dozens of applicants shall be shown
the preference of a recommendation.
This selecting committee Of three
will go down in capitol history as
unique.
Official authority in the depart
ments is thrust upon one at every
angle of the corridors and rooms Of
these big buildings and forms bar
riers over which both the initiated
and the unwary stumble, but 1t Is sell
dom that 1t penetrates into the ele-
vators.
81 happened in one of the elevators
of one of the larger department build
ings the other day. 1t was at an
hour when the car was crowded with
clerks going to work. After the door
had been shut and the car had ascend
ed almost to the first floor there
came violent ring at the bell and
the conductor, reversing the lever,
dropped back like a shot to the ground
floor, took in another passenger and
jumped the car to the fifth floor,
where the late conner alighted. Then
the car slowly descended floor by
floor, to permit the wrathful clerks
to get out.
"The hurry-up passenger happened
to be one of half-dozen or so bu-
reau officers, whose official authority
gives them the right to make a
runaway trip with any elevator they
happen to strike, irrespective of
the corridor destinations of the
rest Of the passengers, but the scene
and sensations of being whisked past
your floor, despite your calls to the
elevator man, were more aggrayatins
than amusing. Some bureau officers
however, show the other passengers
in a car the courtesy Of allowing it
to stop from floor to floor; Others
don't"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-02-21
NOT GIVEN TO THE WORLD.
Senator'S Mischief Making Confined to
His Own knowledge.

A senator who went to Washington
recently was met by friend, who cor
daily greeted him, and, knowing his
prediction for quiet sport, said:
well, l hope you have been keeping
out of mischief"
That reminds me Of story" was the
response. out In my state there was
a member of the legislature who never
had been known to make a speech.
He was farmer and had been elected
against his will In company with me,
he attended a crossroads meeting and
the crowd yelled that they wanted to
hear from him. He shambled to the
front of the platform, threw back his
coat, and rested his hand on his hip.
"I want you people to know at the
outset he declared, that / am good
man.
There was a storm of laughter at
what was believed to be a humorous
sally. The old man, however, was in
dead earnest in his protestation of
purity. The laughter of the crowd an
gered him.
"'And l want you to know, more
over he shouted, that I am a d
bad man, and I've got guns here to
prove it. But, know you are bunch Of
coyotes and I'll keep my guns in my
pocket
So the senator concluded, Il am a
good man aud ] am bad man. But
I'll keep my evil ways to myself"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-02-21

A wlltidsm was attributed the
other day I'm Washington TO the presi-
dent. A Young man, the story goes,
during a call at the White House
told the president that ho had been
married year before and was al
ready the father Of q boy, Il con-
graduate you" said the president Il
am sure you find it pleasanter to
be q loving sire than a signing lover.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
ODD HAPPENINGS.

A girl in Santa Fe store was seri-
ously hurt by the explosion OF a can
Of tomatoes.
In Chicago a cat caught on an elevat-
ed railroad track caused a blockade for
fifteen minutes. and 1t was necessary
to call out the fire department.
In case In the circuit court In Car
rollton, Mo-. 1t was necessary for the
plaintiff to bring into court $11, 200 In
gold. The sight Of 50 much Of the vel.
low metal caused excitement.
Escaping from a menagerie a large
bear patrolled the town OF Aaran, cap
ital OF Argovie, Switzerland. Streets
were deserted and houses closed for
several hours, while the bear raided
the fruit stalls. II was shot in a cafe.
A villager OF Cauterets, in the Hautes
Pyrenees, was gathering wood brought
down from the mountains by ava
lanches when he found a human head
incased in a block Of ice. II Is believ.
ed to be that of a Partisan who was
lost on the Tegur last summer.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
Napoleon and hia Snuff.

In the late thirties and early forties
Of the last century a fayorite spectacu-
lar play at Astley's in London was
The Battle Of Waterloo" in which an
actor named GOmersal gained renown
as Napoleon BOnRparte. His imitation
Of the emperor was so lifelike that the
great Duke OF Wellington invited him
to Apsley House. and the interview
affords an amusing illustration of the
actors close conscientiousness in at
tentIon to the most minute detail. Aft
er complimenting his guest the duke
remarked:
Il observe, Mr. Gomersal, that you
do not use a snuffbox in the part, but
make the emperor take his snun loose
from his waistcOat pocket. Permit me
to enable you to supply the omission,
and his grace presented the actor with
q very handsome silver "tabatiere."
GOmersal pocketed the casket and
stomached the criticism In silence, but
when be reached home he wrote TO the
cOnqueror Of Waterloo and respectful
~ pointed out that the omission was
Of set purpose and absolutely true TO
history, "Boney" being in the habit Of
dispensing with q snuffbOx and taking
the powder loose from his waistcOat
pocket, which he lad made lined with
chamois leather for that purpose.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

The Jesults in Holland have opened
house In which to give retreats fol
workingmen.
More than one-fourth Of all the Con.
gregationalists, 1t is estimated, live In
Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
The average American church mem
Der gives 81 cents to foreign missions.
The record is held by the United Pres.
byterians, who give SLIT a member.
Amid the hills Of East Buckfeld, Me-,
stands what is known as the old Fed
eral meeting house. II was built bo-
tween 1880 and 1910 and has always
been used for religious purposes.
The Oldest church in continuous en-
istence west Of the Allegheny noun
tains, the German Evangelical Prot.
estant church OF Pittsburg, recently
celebrated Its one hundred and twon-
ty-6fth anniversary.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
THE ROYAL BOX.

Princess Ludwig Ferdinand Of Bava-
ria, It is said. recently formed a soci-
ETY. to promote the wearing Of shorter
skirts.
The king Of Italy spends three hours
In his study every day reading past
and current literature. He is a great
admirer Of the works Of English au.
thors.
King Edward has more thrones than
any other monarch in Christendom.
he has three In his London palaces,
one In the house Of lords. one at West
minister, and a sixth il at Windsor cas-
tie.
The Princess Alexandrine, wife Of
Crown Prince Christian, has been pro-
nounced consumptive and has been or
dered to a southern climate. She IL a
sister OF Cecilie. crown princess Of Ger
many.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

How willing people are to become
guspiciousl
Think 1t over again before you Do.
eide to begin a lawsuit.
Most people are with" you NJ long
a. they are talking to you.
No one appreciates the freedom with
which people talk behind his back"
A girl sometimes cOaxeS her lover
not to spend so much money on her,
but she doesn't have to coax him after
they are married.
Do you get mad" frequently Nv
cry time you get mad you cut q
month or two on your life and pile mp
q lot Of pain for your old aess-AtchI-
Son Globe.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
From Different yiawnoin..

Some years ago a party Of American
travellers, journeying lelsurely up the
Nile. expressed a desire to celebrate
Washington's birthday in some appro-
pirate manner. Their chef according.
ly prepared great frosted cake, upon
which he executed In confectionery a
representation of George Washington
after having familiarized himself with
the life and achievements OF his sub
ject AS represented in sugar, Wash
lngton wore a turban on his head and
great sash across his breast, he was
smoking long pipe and before him a
chorus OF dancing girls were perform
ing. This was the way the greatness
Of George Washington looked to the
Arab chef.
In China many amusing instances Of
a similar kind may be found. "Pil-
grim's Progress" as recently translat-
ed and illustrated by native artists
shows Christian with a long pigtaIl,
the dungeon of Giant Despair as the
familiar wooden cage of Chinese crimI-
nails, while the angels are arrayed in
the latest productions OF Peking dress
makers.
A Chinese publication once described
Americans as ''llving for months with
out eating mouthful of rice" and new
er enjoying themselves by sitting
quietly on their ancestors graves; but,
instead, jumping around and kicking a
ball as II paid for it."-Pittsburg Post.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
SPORTING NOTES.

Citation, 2s0Ssz e me champion pan.
ing mare Of the season.
Sporting men have figured out nat
race track bettorH spend $500. 900 600
year in this country.
Jim Jeffries has set the sporting Ella.
ment Of Los Angeles talking by hIos.
soming out with an automobile.
Christie Strang. nephew of Walter
Christie, lowered the worlds mile au-
tcmobile record for a circular track ".
Gently by covering the distance An
81 8-5 seronds.
Delos Drake Of FindIay, o.. who has
been playing in the field with the
Mansfield team OF the o. and p. league
the past season, has been drafted by
the Detroit Tigers for 1908.
The next new thoroughbred point IN
Omaha, Neb. A company has been
organized and $285.000 subscribed to
the Nebraska Jockey club. There win
Do twenty days racing in 1908.
The Harvard swimming team has
sustained heavy loss in the departure
OF Paul Wilmington. It's captain, who
VIII not be in college this year. With
ington was taken with slight attack
OF typhoid fever last summer and has
returned to his home In Honolulu.
One point among others in which
the American football game shows up
better than Rugby Is the variety OF
tactics. Besides the changes that have
come In there still remain ground
gaining by carrying the ball, end rush.
Ing, rushing back of kicks and boring
through the line. They are all plays
that call for nerve, speed and skill.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01

TOday's news today.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
BRITISH c0NSoLs.
Origin and history o. This Feature %
English Securities.

Swt8s~ @u@ 9tt@KoFY OF BNt0 Feature 81
English Securities.
Almost all the debt Of England con-
sists Of the funded debt, so called, and
the greater part Of this is made IN of
"consols," which is an abbreviation OF
consolidated stocks" Of which we
read every day in the papers, and the
price Of cOnsols is the financial pulse
Of England.
Consols were created In 1852 by stat
ute % Of George IL, chapter 81. But
no scrap Of paper ever represented a
consol until, to facilitate commerce. In
1870 a statute was passed allowing the
government to issue certificates to rep
resent them. The property that all the
world asked the price Of every day was
unrepresented by any monetary securi-
ties until 1870, and even nogV very few
certificates have been issued.
Now, this is consol, and this is It's
history: Originally some one had loan
ed the government E1OO, and the gov
eminent had caused his name to be en-
rolled on its books as creditor, from
whom 1t had received that amount
and to whom some day it might, IL 1t
chose, repay II. 1t need never do so.
but until it did 1t must pay him an an
nuity Of f3-that is, he received 3 per
cent on his money as long as the gov
eminent chose to keep it, but the gov
ernment could pay it back at any
time 1t chose to do SO. This creditor
then owned consol-that is, he owned
such debt from the government as
just described.
Ii he wished to transfer what rights
he had-that is, his 3 per cent per an
num-and the right to his f1OO when.
II ever, the government chose to return
It. he could so to the Bank of England
with his transferee and receive the
purchase price from him, and the stock
would be transferred to the man pay
Ing the consideration, and that mans
name would be placed on the govern
ments book in the place of the for.
mer owner, and thereafter the trans
fierce would receive the f3 a year and
the E100, If 1t was ever paid back. But
no paper passed except the receipt for
the purchase money which was given
by the buyer and which the bank off,
cial checked with a red mark.
These receipts were not certificates
OF ownership and were seldom pre-
served, never except for purposes Of
Identification when the new owner
went to draw his first dividend. After
that they were destroyed. 1t Is true in
old times the owner OF a consol was
given tally, which was nothing but
block Of wood with notches on 1t split
In two so that portion Of each notch
should be on each half, and the gov
eminent kept one half and the owner
Of the stock the other.
These showed the state of the &C.
count between the government and its |
creditor, but this was an antiduated
system of keeping accounts, brought |
down from the days when writing was
little known, and at last they were
abolished by act of parliament and
burned. There were so many Of them
that when they were thrown into the
furnaces these became superheated,
and the parliament houses burned
down. which perhaps served the au-
thorities right for keeping the anti
quated system so long
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
Tales Of Cities.

st. Joseph. Mo-, IL said 10 b. the
healthiest town In the world.
London. according to the census, has
Just passed the 100000 mark
For a city Of more than 100000 m
habitants Vienna certainly enjoys an
amazing immunity from fires. The re-
port Of the city IRE department shows
that the total losses from fire In 1908
were less than $4,000. The depart
ment cost the city about $4,000. In
all there were LOO fires. an average
Of little over three a day.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
COMFORTING WORDS
Many Occur d'Alene Household
Will Find Them So,

Many a Occur d'Alene Household
VIII Find Them So.
To have the pains and aches of a
bad back removed; to be entirely
free from annoying, dangerous urin-
airy disorders is enough to make any
kidney sufferer grateful. To tell how
this great change can be brought
about will prove comforting words 20
hundreds of Occur d'Alene readers.
Mrs. D. r. Lester, living at 954 No.
It'll street, Occur d'Alene, says:
"Doan's Kidney Pills have been used
by both my husband and myself and
they have always given the best re-
suits. My husband began to suffer
from kidney complaint after he re-
covered from an attack of typhoid
fever about eight years ago. He was
in misery from backache and lumba-
go when Doan's Kidney Pills were
procured for him at the Occur d.
Alene Drug company, the attacks be-
ing sd severe that he was unable to
get about or do his work. Doan's
Kidney Pills went at once to the seat
of the trouble and he felt better in
every way. He is always glad to give
them his endorsement"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., New
York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
ia the PnhIie

The Press win deem It q special favor pst
Fons who fail 70 recelve their paper req
will report the sane to the oIfice. as II y out
only means Of knowing how the carriers are 40
ing their work.
we viii pay q reward OF s25 for evidence tnat
will convict any one Of stealing papers attsf
they are delivered 20 residences. -,
'N'' ~ THK PRESS PUBLISHING co.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01
Notice of dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the
hrm known as Hobson & Parker
have on this s1st day of January dis
solved partnership by mutual con-
sent. Jay ]. Parker will continue the
business. pay all debts, and make all
collections due the firm. except as
stated in the contract Of even date
with this notice. between the said R.
H. Hobson and Jay ]. Parker.
r. H. HoBsoN
JAY J. PARKER
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-01

Our 1908 stock OF hangings are
on the road and we are Obliged to
make room for them. TO do 50 we
now ofter you all 1907 patterns at
20 per cent discount. The Benton
Wal Paper & Paint company. sis
Occur d'Alene street.
Best Of music at this Rink.
R. L. Polk & Co.'s representative.
L. r. Sohns, is in the city preparing
a directory for the counties of Koot-
enai and Bonner; also a directory
for Occur d'Alene. The directories
which are being prepared for the
counties will cover each and every
town contained in them and also all
rural residents.
For sale.-Two acres of land close
in. This must go at bargain as l
am leaving town and need the mon
ey. See me at once, 1884 Third
street.
The Pythian Sisters gave a sur
prise party to their Most Excellent
Chief, Mrs. Charles Stowe last even
ing at her home. The part went to
the Stowe home in a sleigh, taking
lunch with them. The evening
was spent at games and various 9TH
er amusements, and a most pleasant
evening was had by all. There were
80 in the party.
Lately SO many people drink Cold
en- Grain Granules, the pure cereal
coffee. AS long as people want to
drink something with their meals,
there is nothing healthier than this
system building drink. Children
will do well by using it and nervous
people will find it very strengthen
ing.
Bran and shorts, shorts, wheat,
rolled barley, crushed and whole
corn. Idaho Mercantile company.
Friends and neighbors Of Mrs. o.
Giles celebrated the completion of
the latter's new bungalow last even
ing. The crowd began to gather
early in the evening and continued
to come until late hour. The even
Ing was spent at card playing and
dancing. 1t was probably one
Of the largest parties of the season,
there being about as people present.
Everybody present had a pleasant
time.
Five acre tract, close in, for $3.50. |
A snap. Come quick. For further
particulars, inquire of Jay ]. Parker.
successor to Hobson & Parker.
Four foot and 16 inch dry pine
and fir wood cheap. Idaho Mercan-
lie company.
The offer of Hal Shadduck to put
IN a play at the Auditorium for the
benefit of the library has been ac-
'epted by the committee and the play
decided upon. The play will be a mill
tary drama, known as Shenandoah.
rhe cast will have fifty people. Com
'any G. will participate in the play.
rhe play will contain much rich COM
'dy. The entire receipts realized
rom the performance will be given
o the library. The date upon which
he play will be given has not yet
'een settled upon.
Orders taken for ice by Lafayette
Transfer & Storage company.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-21
TO RAISE STANDARD.
Examination of State Guard
Officers On at Frankfort.

Frankfort, KY, Nov. 18.-Acting
under instructions from Governor
Wilson the board of examiners to-
day began the examination of COM
missioned officers of the state guard.
Those who do not come up to a fixed
standard will be dropped from the
service.
The examining board consists of
Colonel Jouett Henry, Third infant
ry; Col. w. N. Hughes, governors
staff; Col. Chas. D. Clay, governors
staff; Major A. Mclean Moffatt,
staff corps, and Captain Robert N.
Kreiger, First infantry.
The officers of companies A and l.,
the Frankfort companies, will be ex-
amined, and the board will sit at
Louisville until December 2. The
trip through western and eastern
Kentucky will take until Dec. 81.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-21
ARMY DESERTER
Killed While Escaping Is
Buried at Jackson.

Jackson, KY. Nov. 18.-The flu
neral of Lewis B. Cole, who was shot
last week while attempting to escape
from the guardhouse at Vancouver,
Washington, took place at the Sew
ell graveyard. Young Cole was a
deserter from the army and had en-
listed under another name and later
was discovered and placed under arl
rest. He was killed by one of the
guards. His parents were former
residents of Jackson, but about two
years ago removed to Washington.