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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
CHARMS FOR LUCK.
The Sort oi Superstitions Some Watt
Street Men Harbor.

The Sort oi Superstitions Some Wait
Street Men Harbor.
Let all the dear readers, feminine
gender, take cognizance Of what fol-
lows, for surely the fairer sex u.s. after
all, the stronger sex. Women know NO
such abject obedience to superstitious
fears and signs as do the men. With
view to eliciting something Of inter-
est. the writer had a chance to put
certain question to captain of indus
try. tut. tut" he replied suspicious.
ly, you'd be getting me into trouble.
would your" With a promise that no
names would be mentioned, he finally
agreed to tell thing or two.
The question was. "Aren't men In
Wall street carrying all sorts of queer
things to try to change their luckT"
In answer to this the writer heard
some curious stories. One man Of
worldwide fame, for example, carries
q cane in the center Of which there is
q slender steel rod. Circling the rod
| there are rings made Of leather and OF
hard rubber, like the washers that
plumbers use. Each seventh ring is
made of leather from the soles Of the
shoes worn by the Millionaire during
what he considered his luckiest year
Elephants and pigs as lucky charms
there are Of course In plenty, but the
proper caper is to wear the animal
pinned inside on the watch fob pocket
Then there Is another great financieI
who carries with him gold ink vel
and would never sign a document with
fluid from another receptacle. Once
upon a time, when he had, say, only 9
picayune million or two, he signed 9
paper In a deal that doubled, then tire
bled, his wealth. The ink used tina
day was emptied into long gold tub
or well that he now carries. The inl
was used up. but to the well, 30 b
thinks, the good luck power has beef
translated. Lucky coins pass from ia
Their to son in several Of the multimil
lionaire families, and the man who In
herits them would never be withou
them. We have few secret drawers Il
desks or doors in houses. as they ha
In olden times, but there are many *
cret pockets in the suits made b
smart tailors.-Brooklyn Life.
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sTEDMAN'S LOST BOOK.
How the Pest Banker Paid For an
Outburst Of Temper.

Outburst Of Temper.
Edmund Clarence Stedman. the poet
banker. had high temper and was ex-
ceedingly sensitive. One day. exas-
perated by the Grass stupidity of a
servant, he threw a book at his head.
The boy ducked. and the book sailed
out of the window. After 1t hurried
the penial. but he was too late: a
passerpy had picked 1t up a1i walked
of with 1t. Stedman began to wonder
what book he had thrown away and
to his horror discovered that it was
quaint and rare little volume for which
he had paid $50. His chagrin was in
tense. as the work was almost unique
and the prospects of replacing it were
remote.
Some time afterward when browsing
in a second hand bookshop our sple-
netic poet banker perceived to his great
delight a copy of the very book he had
lost He asked the price. ITS very
rare" replied the dealer. 'but as you
are an old customer I'll let you have II
for $40 Nobody else could have II
for less than $780," Stedman gladly
paid the $40 got home with his treas
ure as soon as possible and sat down
to gloat over 1t. A card dropped ou1
Of the leaves 1t was bis own. Fur
ther examinat ton showed that he hat
bought back his own property. Il
cured him Of casting books at servants
heads.-New York Press.
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SAVED By MS teeth.
Quick Wit Of . Missionary Among .
Tribe ct Cannibals.

Quick Wit Of . Missionary Among .
Tribe ef cannibals.
Missionaries have much to contend
with in dealing with the tribes on
some Of the islands Of the southern
Pacific, and I am reminded Of an in
cident happening on remote island
Of the Fiji group whose tribes were
still Influenced by the savagery of
cannibalism. A German missionary
had made excellent progress toward
the enlightenment Of tribe Of saw
ages In the interior when he was TAX
en- Ill and forced to abandon his work
and seek recuperation In village
along the coast.
During his absence a native medicine
man succeeded In undoing all that the
good German father had accomplished.
The latter was warned that under the
circumstances 1t would be unsafe for
him to return to the scene of his Ia
bors upon his recovery. but he decid-
ed that his duty called him there. and
upon regaining his strength he jour
neyed inland to the village whose in
habitants had gone over to the teach
ings of the medicine man.
His reception was decidedly a warm
one, and he was informed that unless
he made a practical demonstration Of
the superiority Of his teachings over
those Of the medicine man he would
be converted in short order into food
for the hungry tribesmen. He at once
realized that his life hung upon a
slender thread and endeavored to show
to the savages by argument that their
conclusions as to his edible qualities
were entirely erroneous and that they
should turn their thoughts to other
kinds of food as well as to higher sub
jects.
His efforts were in vain. however.
and Just as he was about to be struck
down by the uplifted clubs Of the chief
men in the tribe he happily bethought
himself of the fact that his upper teeth
were false. Opening his mouth. he
hastily extracted his set, nourished II
in the faces of his astounded oppO-
nents. ana particularly the features OF
. the medicine man. and. replacing the
teeth as suddenly as he had extracted
them, rebuked his charges in q man
ner which can better be imagined than
described. The tribe. believing that
he had performed a miracle In taking
out and replacing his own teeth. drove
" the medicine man from the village ane
restored the missionary to bis formel
place as uplifter of their material ant
/ spiritual destinies Washington Star.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
BOWLING BALLS.
The Process Of Making Them Nscsssl.
tatss Slow Work.

The Process Of Making Them Nscsssi.
tatss Slow Work.
A bowling ball looks as If it were
easy to make. yet its manufacture in
wolves q long process covering a period
Of three days. The actual time put upon
It is only a matter Of three hours. but
the work Is slow and requires long
waits between each step toward compile
ton. A log free from knots and cracks
Is frst cut into pieces a trife larger
than the diameter Of the ball after 1t is
finished. This allows for two little
projections on either side called bits. Z"
where the clamps of the lathe hold the
block Of wood while revolving at light
ming speed under the keen edged tool
cutting into the hard fiber like a sharp
knife slicing fresh cheese.
This preliminary turning and trim
ming occupy only few minutes
when the block is shaved and pared
down to the required size. The bits
then are cut OF and the whole thing
sandpapered. A coat of shellac is ap
piled, and the ball Is put one side tt
1
dry 1t then gets another sandpaper
ing. This is no sooner done than thu
workman again carefully applies thu
shellac brush. When the shellac dries
the second time. the surface ia rubbed
with oil. The work doesn't stop then
for the moment the oil has dried tn
ball gets another vigorous sandpaper
ing. Then for the last time 1t get
more shellac. When thoroughly dry
the sphere is ready for the two hole
to be cut for the bowler's thumb an
index finger. The last stage Of the labc
rious process is the polishing. whic
gives the ball the appearance 1t ha
when 1t reposes on the rack waiting I
be sent crashing down the alley.
Sometimes there rs considerab
waste in cutting up the logs because {
; cracks and assures In the wood. o
this account an ordinary sized log ma
yield only one block sound enough
put on the turning lathe. while it Ougl
to make six or seven. The life Of tt
{ average bowling ball Is about tw
years. The best balls cost IS or 5
while the cheapest scale down near II
dollar mark.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22

A clergyman was talking on the prev
alence of selfshness. I'VE incline" he
said. ito put ourselves too far ahead
Of other people. We could all make NO
better resolution than to be less selfish.
As It is we are too much like the art
student. There was. you know. a poor
Vermont art student who shared a
studio bedroom with a journalist from
Wisconsin. The vermonter went out
one morning to do the marketing and
brought home two chops. He laid them
on the table. and the cat leaped up and
devoured one.
Hang It, he said to his Wisconsin
friend, the cat has eaten your chop"
Washington Star.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
Thu Runnar's Attitude.

They were walking through the ONCE
Of a big athletic club when one of the
men stopped and said:
do you see anything wrong with
that paintingY" indicating a mural
decoration up above the clerks desk.
"No," said the other, II can't say that
I do"
swell. it's 4 thing that most persons
wouldn't notice." said the first man.
THAT runner there who IL just passing
the finish line has his left leg forward
and has his left arm out at the same
time. II ever you've had anything to
do with athletics you'll know that the
arm extended always u the opposite
to the leg, to keep the balance. You'll
notice that sort Of thing all the time In
athle..c pictures made by those who
don't study the MISREPRESENTATION
Post.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
No Coma Back.

Some of the West Indian islanders
have learned that when a foreigner
misbehaves on their shores It II better
to suffer In silence than to mete out
punishment at the risk Of descending
gunboat from the miscreant's native
land. A Judge in Haiti. however. re-
Gently took occasion to pay OF old
scores and to redeem his self respect
In the case of an offender brought be-
fore him.
To his first question as to the nation
atty of the accused the interpreter had
answered that the prisoner was from
Switzerland.
Switzerland" said the Judge. And
Switzerland has no seacoast, has it7'
mo seacoast. your honor" replied
the interpreter.
"And no navy" continued the judge
"And no navy. your honor" was the
reply.
"Very well, then" said the Judge.
"give him one year at hard labor
Brooklyn Life.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
Lacked Something.

"You Germans have no sense Of hu-
NOR" said an American.
"Try me and see." said the German.
"Well," said the American. you
know America is the home Of very
large things-the highest mountains.
the greatest waterfalls"-
"Oh, yes, yes. yes" said the German.
"And our trees" continued the Amer
lean, ARE so tall that In order to see to
the top of them one man looks as fer
up as he can, and another man begins
where the first man leaves OF and
looks up to the top"
But dat vass NO joke; dat vsss Z
h."
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
A Puuter,

Solomon was fain to admit that there
were three things too wonderful for
him. yea, four which he knew not:
'"The way of an eagle In the air. the
way Of a serpent upon a rock. the way
of a ship in the midst Of the sea and
the way of a man with a maid" Had
Solomon lived till this day and gen.
Grafton. says the Philadelphia Ledger.
he would have added ffth puxzler-
to wit. the way Of an express company
With . prepaid package.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
LIBRARY THIEVES.
Assorted into Four Classss BY . ~.
brary Official.

Assorted into Four Glasses BY . II.
hrary Official.
Library thieves fall into four class
-" said the librarian. "The hrst and
moat numerous il the umbrella class,
gender. I regret to admit, feminine.
This lady lounges about your libra
y with an unrolled umbrella In her
hand. II she sees a book she wants.
magazine or a newspaper, pop it goes
into the umbrellas capacious folds.
Her type u well known. Never carry
An unrolled umbrella into a library II
you would escape the surveillance o.
the watchers and attendants.
another ciass-male-steals week
lies. This daring thief rolls q weekly
int 4 cylinder. slips his hand through
It and works It up his sleeve. Fancy
running such risks for a i've or ten
cent weekly!
"A rare genus, feminine again, il the
partitive or installment thief, who
steals a book 4 few pages at a time
Though this genus ID known to libra
ries. l have met with but two speci
mems In ten years. One stole 4 Hal
Game and the other an 81. A. vachel
volume in installments. Both wer'
more or less daft.
'The most numerous class Of all 4
the open. daring one. These people
blu6. They walk out with a stole'
book or paper under their arms - If
were their own. And, hang 1t, the,
escape. too. II they are careful tina
our label doesn't show.
"Our percentage Of thefts7 Well. W
count to have about two books In ever
hundred stolen. "-Cincinnati Enquiries
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
The Truth.

Fear Is not In the habit OF speaking
truth. When perfect sincerity IL ex-
pected, perfect wisdom must be allow
ed. Nor has any one who Is apt to be
angry when he hears the truth any
cause to wonder that he does not hear
n-Tacttus.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22
A Bost IN Correction.

Bilkins had recently moved from New
York to Boston. The other morning he
went to the butchers.
"Give me a nice porterhouse," he e.
dered.
Extremely sorry, SIR" said the pro
prietor of the establishment urbanely,
"but we are not giving anything away
this morpipg."-Harper's Weekly.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-22

by directed to advertise for bids for
the construction Of one bridge at
point where the Gilbert w. johnson
road crosses South Palouse Creek
about miles east Of Moscow and
one wooden bridge at a point where
the Genesee and Cotton road crosses
Hodgins gulch about Ia miles
northwest Of Genesee, according to
plans and specifications on file with
the clerk Of this board; bid to be
accompanied by a certified check for
per cent Of the amount bid, and to
be filed and marked IBID for bridge
contract to be let June 8. 1905" and
to be filed with the clerk of this
board not later than IL o'clock noon
Of the 9Th day Of June. 1908. to be
opened at 2 o'clock p. m. Of said date.
The board reserves the right to re-
quire good and sufficient bonds for
the faithful performance OF any con-
tract awarded under said bid and the
right to reject any and ell bids.
Claim of Pauline Moerder against
Latah county. in the sum of $500
for stenosraphic work in the probate
court was rejected on account Of not
being a legal claim against the coun-
ty.
Claims against Latah county were
examined and allowed and the aud
itor is hereby directed to draw war;
rants in settlement thereof. as fol-
lows:
On the current expense fund:
Collins & Orland. for water pipe.
| etc, court house ..........$ lbl.45
Geo. Creighton. comforters for jail
400
H. P. Hull. justice Of the peace fees
| 100
Shaw & Borden Co.. supplies for the
surveyor ...,......... NV
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
Co.. for telephone :. ..... 71.42
James E. Lamb, act. expense CON-
| miSSionerS AI'So
Arnst Haugseth. for work court
house. .. ............ 900
On the road fund:
Beall & Co., road machinery. etc.
| oV.Vo
On bridge fund:
Peter L. Dalberg, for lumber 6.3a
At this time the clerk presented 9
list of names and accounts approved
and allowed and in settlement OF
which warrants have been awarded
drawn at this session of the board
which list was compared with the
minutes Of the proceedings Of the
board, found to be correct and wa!
| thereupon duly certified to and de-
livered to the county treasurer.
At this time the board adjourned
to meet on Tuesday, June 8. 1903 a
ITO o'clock a. m.
Approved:
5 ELWOOD 8. COOK,
Chairman
o. Attest:
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Upon the application Of Emmett J.
Gemmill, Assessor and Ex-Officio Tax
Collector, 1t Is ordered that dertain
taxes appearing upon the assessment
roll of 1907 be and are hereby CANCEL.
ed as follows:
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-05
BRYAN HOPEFUL
FOR future
SAYS REFORMS HE DESIRES
WILL COMMEND THEMSELVES
TO PEOPLE AND RESULT IN
FUTURE GOOD.

Lincoln, Nov. 5.-Bryan issued q
statement today. He said he felt that
"The publicity we asked for will
yet commend itself to the American
people," That the election of sena-
tors by the people would be secured; /;
that the iniquities Of the trusts will
arouse such opposition as will result
IN the elimination of private monop-
oily: that necessary labor legislation
will be secured, together with a re-
duction of the tariff, effective regu-
lation of railroads and independence
for the Philippines will be brought
about.
Bryan expressed himself as entire
ly satisfied with the work Of the ma
tional committee and with Mr.. Mack
az chairman.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-05
diplomatic Situation
IS GREATLY STRAINED
GERMANY FRANCE ARE LosE OF SERIOUS RuP
ruRE OVER CASA BLANCA AFFA1R-FRANcE WANTS ARB1.
rRAr1oN FIRST GERMANY WANTS APOLOGY FRsr-1Er.
TIERS PASSING BETWEEN DIPLOMATS

berlin. Nov. 5.-The viewpoint OF
Germany in the Casa Blanca affair
,s evnlained officially by the foreign
office today:
"Au we demand is a simple ex-
,ression of regret from France for
tho violence employed against the
German consular Office at Casa
p,anca. an expression such as would
he demanded by any naticn whose
officers had been subjected to attack.
Unless this is forthcoming, there will
hc no object in continuing further
negotiations. We can not permit this
roint to be submitted to arbitration,
for we regard it as a point of ma
+ional honor that such regret should
10 expressed. We do not desire the
French officials concerned to be rep
rjmanded, that the French soldiers
te punished or the adoption Of any
measures of discipline whatever.
Concerning the other points OF
dierence we are prepared to arbi-
trate. We acknowledge some things
might have occurred on the German
side which could have been avoided.
while France also must admit, from
her side, that unnecessary acts have
been committed"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-05
MISS0URPS ELECTORAL
VOTE MAY Go FOR TAFT
LATEST RETURNS FROM MISSOURI INDICATE REpuBLIcAN IA,
JoRlTY ON NATIONAL TIcKET-MARYLAND STILL HANGS u
BALANCE. WHERE THE Off clAL COUNT WILL BE Hrcrs
sARY TO DETERMINE THE RESULT

New York, No. 5.--Maryland ana
Missouri continue to hold the stare.
In the Anal estimate Of the votes IN
Tuesdays election. and upon them
largely will depend the vindicatiou
Q: Hi;chcock's prediction predio.
tion that Taft would have 325 eleo-
tcral votes. Taft already is assured
of 301: Bryan, 1866.
Missouri, with her Is votes. hangs
In the balance, with decided incIi-
nation to fall into the Taft column.
according to the latest returns. while
Maryland also bends Taftward with
her eight votes. but the returns II
Maryland are 30 close that It win
take the oiicial count to determine
her status.
In Missouri Hadley. Republican.
for governor. has plurality In ~
ctss Of $1,000. Colorado seems -
have settled into tho Bryan column.
while Indiana has gone for Tafe.
West Virginia looks to have gone -
Taft by 10000.
The Republican majority In IL
national house Of representative haD
been cut. but that party will utiu
have . substantial control. spsakev
Cannon Will probably be re-sleotsd.
The results % far % the other por.
ties are concerned. are Z diaappoint-
ment to the managers.
The Socialists, who expected =
million for Debs." will fall far short
Of that, and perhaps have not halt
that amount.
The Prohibitionists did not caSyy
the vote with them that they ha4
hoped. and the Indspsndsncs party's
vote was small In comparison with
the expectations Of it, managsru.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-05
once more to branch out,

once more to branch out.
The railroad men join the ranks
OF the prophets of prosperity. 1t is
the general opinion among transpor-
tation interests that better business
conditions will obtain almost imme-
diately. Although many Of them do
not like the fact that Taft apparent
ly stands for all of the Roosevelt poll
icies. nevertheless they are convinc-
ed he Is the best equipped and sanest
man for the position.
Although they would not talk for
publication upon the subject of in
creased freight rates, there are a few
who do not believe Taft's election
Will obviate the necessity Of either a
general increase in freight rates or
the alternative of reduced wages for
railroad employees. Business men in
general are looking to the railroads
to aid business materially. The mo-
ment the railroads begin going for
ward again in the general direction
OF expansion, it is declared, the
whole country will move with them.
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MACK MAKES
STATEMENT
DECLARES THAT HE Will 1Au-
TAIN HEADQUARTERS n
WASHINGTON TO SHOW UP n.
PUBLICAN LEADERS on TAI
IFF QUESTION.

New York. Nov. 5.-Declaring
that the democratic party was more
united that 1t had been for many
years and that Bryan was defeated
by what he claims was misrepresen-
tation to the effect that his election
would hurt business interests. Chair
man Mack made the following state
ment.
There Is not much for me to say.
7 have no apologies to make relative
to the victory of the republican par
|ty. Bryan made the most magnificent
fight ever waged by a candidate. The
party was a victim of misrepressnta-
tions--a Misrepresentation that dem
ocratic success would retard business
interests. That was, OF course. argu-
ment without foundation.
"It is my intention to continue 70
hold quarters In Buffalo and Wash
ington for the next four years d
keep in touch with the leaders Of IN
states. to promulgate the democratic
principles and the democratic
thought by the printing Of litsrs-
ture Of said leaders Of the party
fighting the high tariff. which In all
probability the republicans viii con.
tinue. notwithsta nding their prom
ise to revise It. am supported b.
the members of the national com.
mittee. the state chairman and 9th.
er leaders all over the country"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-05

New York, Nov. 4.-The over
whelming republican victory in
Tuesdays election which will carry
w. H. Taft into the White House is
not materially affected so far as the
chief result is concerned by the fact
that late today. the results In sew
eral states remained in doubt. The
uncertainty also extends to several OF
the legislatures which will choose
United States senator's to fill q va
cancy caused by expiration OF terms
of which there are 81. Advice late
this afternoon seemed to indicate
Taft in Montana, up to that time
listed in the Bryan column. had CIV
en- Taft a plurality. This would ap-
parently give Taft 2S4 electoral
votes, and with the possible addi-
t,on of West Virginia's seven. make
total of 301. Conceding MARYLAND
+, Bryan would make the Nebras-
lans total vote 1872. The uncertain
tv may be summarized as follows:
Colorado returns very incomplete,
state probably democratic. Indiana
for Taft. but for governor Thomas
H. Marshall was probably elected
over James E, Watson. Idaho al
most certainly for raft. legislature
probably republican. Missouri In
doubt. claimed by beth parties for
president. but for governor. Hadle'
republican, is leading Cowherd, dem
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-05
OPENING NORTH BANK ROAD.
Portland Will Celebrate Event Will
q BANQUET.

Portland, Nov. 5.-Celebration Of
the opening of the Spokane, Port
land and Seattle railway will be n
rather expensive proposition for the
numerous Portland business men ex-
pected to participate next Friday
night. banquet plates having been
set at Sc each by the banquet COM
mittee of the chamber of commerce.
James ]. Hill. Louis Hill. Howard
Elliott and other Hill ofiicials will be
the only ones on the free list.