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I just grinned. thereby engaging him
hugely.
It's the truth l tell you, and there
isn't enough exaggeration in what l say
to quarrel about. Last Monday. comins
in. the first thing I saw in my paper "de
lot of drivel about one of these heroes
who had started out shining shoes IN
front of a bank. One day depositor
who had been in to draw a little cigar,
cite money dropped a couple Of hundred
thousand on the front steps. The poot-
black picked it up and galloped into tie
institution. the president fell on his nec cs
and wept. and now the bootblack owns
the bank.
''The very next day there was another.
This time it was the old newsboy gag
father dead; mother in the hospital no
fire In the house and seven small ch'l
dren crying for bread. The boy went out
barefooted the day before Christmas.
got bunch of papers on credit and stood
in two feet of snow waiting for custom
ers. Up dashes q man, grabs paper
throws the newsboy twenty-dollar goiu
piece and hurres along. Does that young
idiot annex the double eagle and scoot
for home to fill up and warm the seven
freezing, starving kidlets? Not for
minute. He CLUES himself to the corner
till next morning, when the same man
drifts along again, when he produces tne
coin and tells his story Teepfully VI
course. the man happens 10 De one VI ~
criminal rich and adopts the newspoy
along with the seven starving relatives.
Now the newsboy is worth twenty-seven
million and owns a steam yacht and
racing stable"
ANY more?" 1 asked.
''Sure." cried the dyspeptic. Another
the very next day. This time it was
poor but proud. country lad. tasfefuily
clad in a pair of blue jeans and one
gallus Came to the busting city 10
raise a mortgage on the old place. Got
job on a fish wharf. cleaning shad at III
cents a thousand. A capitalists daugh-
ter trips down the dock. though just what
a capitalists daughter was doing on a
fish wharf at 10 in the morning didn
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appear in the story. OF courseP she fails
overheard, the country youth drops his
snad and dives to the rescue. the capital
ISL arrives on the scene, clutches them
oo'h to his bosom and adopts the country
Jayhawk. Now he's another personification
OF predatory weanh-and married to the
capitalists daughter in the bargain.
and the next day
But the train had pulled into Washington
and I escaped. l wouldn't have an in
growing crouch like that for even one OF
those quickly acquired fortunes.
\
HIS, dear children, is the open season
for mountain climbing. l met a lit
tie fat friend of mine on the street yes
terday and he was all pulled out In front.
Il am about to depart for the CONT
nent,' said he. and while there 1 shall
crafty a lifelong ambition and ascend
the Matterhorn. the Jungfrau and several
other world-famous mountains
didn't say anything, but l thought
lot. In view of the fact that my fat
little friend would probably find himself
decidedly out of breath after an uninter-
rupted ascent of 18th street hill. I'm won
dering where he's going to get off when
he tackles sure-enough climb.
Of course, he'll hire the real thing in
the way of an Alpine guide-or perhaps a
collection of them-for he has plenty OF
money and naturally would want to Go
the thing up in style. There are always
enough of them around over there. too.
during the open mountain climbing sea-
son. in order that those folks whose acct
dent policies are paid up may smash
themselves a la mode.
For the benefit of those who are think
ing Of doing a little cloud work during
this present summer. l may mention that
1t is considered very bad form to bump
the bumps without the proper kind Of an
escort. The man VINO falls off the face
of nature with string of certified Alpine
guides hanging to his person gets all the
flowers. But for the poor devil who goes
up unattended and comes down invol-
unfairly there isn't even sympathy.
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ued. refusing to smile.
Il don't know" replied the captain -
he melted 1oyously. but. pom honor,
were bound to slide Off you know Why
days at a time
Wouldn't you like TO travel that Column.
bia river route-with a train to catch or q
business engagement TO meet at the other
end?
THE effect OF the anti-pass provision OF
the most recent interstate commerce
enactment is going TO be painfully apparent
at Denver when the democratic forces get
together for their nominating convention
next week. Twas bad enough at Chi.
cago where there was a mere handful OF
Notwithstanding to disappointed hotel
men In the loop district-and where only
half dozen marching clubs were In at.
tendance. as compared with any number
OF them at previous conventions. But
Denver is still farther away from this
neck OF the woods. and it is a ten to one
shot that the west and middle west rep
resentation will outnumber the fasteners
by more than the once potent proportion
of sixteen to one.
The other day. to show the truth of this
no pass statement. the Tammany organi-
cation. which had ordered six special
trains to carry three hundred OF its faith.
full to Denver Cancelled the contract for
three of them. and is thinking OF scratch
ing another off the list. The trip from
New York will cost anywhere from $50
up. and there weren't three hundred Tam
manyites who wanted to go who cared to
put up the price, particularly as most OF
1t would go to souless railroad corpo-
rations. The Chicago gathering suffered
greatly in noise and picturesqueness from
the absence of the claquers and in Den.
yer IL will undoubtedly be the same. For
twas those folks who travelled on passes
who paid for the same In noise.
IRVING c. NORWOOD.
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For the simple reason said 1. that
corporal punishment is forbidden in the
schools. in the first place, and, in the
second. the place for boy to be pun
ished for such a practice is at his home.
Yes. but / got no time t beat him.
the mother retorted. I am too busy
takin' care O. tn others. And I'd like L
know what schools Is fur If they hain't
fur t make young 'uns behave their
selves
II notice. however. that the very moth
ers of pupils who are the most willing to
shift to the teachers the responsibility Of
'poundin' TIL daylights' out of their re-
fractory progeny are the first ones to set
up terrific uproar when they are falsely
informed by prevaricating young ones
that their children have been punished at
school. Not long ago the mother Of one
of my incorrigibles--she had frequently
upbraided me severely for hot cha stising
the youngster at school-brought the boy
to me just before the beginning of the
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"'I am sure I don't know. then, what
can do about the case of Francis said
then. perhaps a bit impatiently. because
1t would be both inconvenient and i'm
practicable for me to call at your home
at 7:3O o'clock every morning. say, and
pull Francis out of bed. wouldn't it?'
by no means did she repudiate this
entirely ironical suggestion. and it really
seemed obvious from her manner that she
thought it would be rather good thing
If could devote an hour or so each
morning to the job of separating her
Francis from his couch.
"A majority of mothers. l should say.
have the idea that the teacher should
devote most of her attention to their
young ones.
MY Philip don't seem to be learnin'
nothin'.' one of the mothers complained
to me not long ago. My little girl that's
year yOunger'n Phil. knows fractures
twicet as we'll as Philip-she kin a most
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Not long before school closed the mo-
Their of boy who is a confirmed laggard
he had been suspended for creeping
along half an hour late-came to me after
she had been repeatedly notified of the
young ones dilatorness.
".Y'k know she told me ruefully. I
can't get Francis out O. bed o: mornin's.
Can't you do something with him?'
Il suggested to her that Francis case
was one in which perhaps little corpo-
raj persuasion. might not be such bad
thing.
.Nunno, nunnO, nunno: nobody can
sway Francis she told me. quite flustered
at my suggestion. Francis is too pig
headed. And I'm not strong enough to
whip him. and his pas fireman on the
railroad and away most of the time
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TALKING about vacations and such.
had another friend come back TO
town last week with weird tale of pas
senger transportation on the Columbia
river. take it from his description that
the steamboats, they use out there. where
there isn't wharf for hundreds Of miles.
are something like the old-time Missis-
sppi Standardization wheelers with
bottoms as fiat as pancakes. And ac-
cording to his story they are operated on
a regular street-car schedule.
For instance. a passenger would step
up to the captain of the vessel and say
in q casual way leap, / was going on
down couple of hundred miles further.
but l hear the huntings good around
here and 1 think I'll drop off al that big
pine on the left bank yonder."
20. X" the captain would say and
he'd put the wheel over. keep the ooat at
full speed ahead and run into the bank.
Being fiat bottomed. the vessel would
slide up on the bank twenty or thirty feet
and stick. and the passenger would step
ashore. Then the captain would ring the
reverse bell and sit down. The big pad
on full speed and keep ii up until the sue
ton pulled the boat off.
Once when the vessel had been snug
CLING up on the bank for an hour or so,
my friend went up to the pilot house to
see what was the matter. He found the
captain playing pinochle with the first
mate and several passengers and not par
ticularly overjoyed at being called upon
to answer fool questions.
Captain asked my friend, when is
this boat liable to proceed?'
LAS soon as she slides OF the bank"
the captain replied calmly.
when will that be?" my friend contin-
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do EN- on her myers.
Philip 1 said to her. mildly. AS
suredly has every opportunity to learn
fractions. but his application is not what
it should be-
9TH hull long and short Of it is. miss,
she said to me then. is this: Philip. he's
father he's thick too. He's the thickest
man ever see when 1t comes t hggerin'
and things like that. So I wisht you
could give Philip a little extry teachin'
like. could make him take his lunch t
school with him, and you could give him
some extry teachin' about fractures en-
durin the noon hour. now. couldn't you"
Really. the woman appeared quite
cross when told her that my health re-
quired that leave the school during the
noon hour for breath Of air and lit
tie exercise.
1.-The time was when the views of some
Of these mothers as to the teachers duty
in correcting the out-of-school practices
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pounds of assorted silver in his Ieft-hand
trousers pocket and clearing his throat,
preparatory to a-"NOw on our left,
ladies and gentlemen etc.
Isn't it grand to be a Capitol guide?
COMPLIMENTARY. indeed, is the imi-
~ tatiOn of competition. Some time
ago twas heralded that one of the rubber
neck wagons which hustle sightseers
around town at one dollar per hustle with
a veracious megaphone lecture thrown in.
had started a ''come-on'' department.
That is. when business was slack, and at
other times. too-between trips-a couple
of lone female employees of the rubber
neck company occupied seats on the
wagon, the idea being that any visiting
lone females. seeing couple of unaccom-
panied members of their own sex perched
on high waiting for the scheduled start
ing hour. would not feel so bashful and
backward about paying their money and
climbing to a seat. The racket worked
like a charm. and now every one Of the
other rubber-neck concerns has come
on" department. too.
The ''come-ons'' get SO week just for
sitting on the wagons between trips.
Nervous work, isn't it?
:: x
IT is very apparent that David B. Hill
didn't lose any time in denying the
published report that he had called John
Johnson of Minnesota 1.-The poorhouse can
didate.'' From the tone of Mr.. Hills de-
NAL it is also quite apparent that he
feared public opinion would charge him
with having said something uncomplimen-
tary.
l don't believe it. Public opinion might
have figured 1t out that the Hon. David
b. had intended to be sarcastic and
knocky, but it's a ten to one shot that
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and tendencies of their young ones were
entertaining, but 1 don't find them en-
tertaining any more. Now, one of the
cleverest lads in my class is an exceed
ingly rowdy little youngster. whose fin
gers have been discolored by cigarette
smoke ever since had him. and who al
ways exhales the aroma of stale cigar
cites Not long before the schools closed
his mother came to me in a great state
of excitement
"'What do you think she exclaimed
breath.essly; my Tommy smokes cigar
ettes!'
Certainly he does. madam 1 replied.
He has been smoking cigarettes for a
long while. I never saw him smoking
them, but his hands are stained with
them, and he always smells of Them
eyes. and me not KNOWN a word of it
till sTtddy painted ddnt Tommys motheT
me? wy didn't you hammer tn ever
lastin daylights out O Tommy
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IF I had my way about it" growied
Mr. Jobson through his teeth. I'D put
every one of EN- in states prison for life =
"Who?' asked Mrs. Jobson. She knew
who. but she doesn't '1et on" everything
she knows. for reasons.
Those nerve-murdering rufians of
whe'pish youngsters that are setting off
those fiendish firecrackers.' said MIR. job
son. wrathily. I'D put EN- in solitary
cells. on bread and water. and make EN-
pick oakum-whatever oakum is-for the
balance OF their lives. That's what I'd
10 to EN-
Now, Mr.. Jobson objects if Mrs. job
son keeps still when he makes a bunch
of remarks OF this sort-he says that shes
''sulking" on him. Also, he objects TO
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HAT a t hskellar
waiter with the
rowing eye and the
caulifower ear
recognize him? -
looked some down
in the mouth the
other night.
I'm beginning TO
wonder whether /
can tell the differ
ence between a
small splinter OF
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HERE S no use in
talking. folks that
spend their sum-
mers in the noun
tains involdntarily
become sort Of
, well, not exactly
mean-natured or
unkind. but sort OF
gloaty. so to speak.
I refer to their
general attitude to-
ward and their way
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parts of the country to look over the
nations capital. Just the other day
went up to the Capitol. expecting to find
that great building like tomb-and de-
serted and forgotten tomb at that-and
vas never more surprised in my life, for
every one of the Capitol guides was work
ing as hard as he could and coming
money like a Doyer street counteffeiter-
And not one of them but had a party OF
half hundred or more in tow at lo cents
a head for the trip
Looks like Inauguration times, doesh
it," said Capt Freddie. one OF the truly
picturesque seeing the-Capitol conductors.
This is q delegation of school teachers
pupils, farmers. dairy maids. black
smiths, bank presidents and street car
conductors from Iowa. 800 in all. and 1t
Just one of several punches of curious
rurals who have been here or are sGhed-
uIed to come in the course of few
weeks Talk about financial stringency.
business depression and the ike. Taint
no such thing. All these people have
money and are spending it. and they're
going back home and tell their friends
what a fine time they had and what WON
derful things they saw, and their friends
will come, too, before the summer is
over
And Capt. Freddie blew by, jingling six
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TIRED LOOKING
school teacher on
her vacation was
telling about it.
I'D rather man
age a dozen chill
dren than try to
get along with one
parent she said.
Pupils are gener-
ally amenable TO
reason. Parents
very rarely are.
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This may sound like remarkable state
ment. but it's entirely and exactly true
Probably a dozen mothers of boys in the
class l teach imagine. or at least seem
to imagine. that 1 have positively taken
their children to raise.
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'E evening early
this week the re-
port of one of those
S o on er sporadic
:irecrackers. set Off
in the Jobson neigh
borhood by a boy
possessed of the
beat 'em TO =
il ambition, brought
Mr.. JobSon to d
bolt upright posi-
ton In his easy
chair.
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They send some of him home to the folks
and scatter sawdust over the place where
he lit. And If they so much as mention
" for mussing up the scenery. Such are
the ethics of this particular species OF
lunacy.
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)ME local folks are

)ME local folks are
inclined to consider
the Union station
a regular elephant
of a railroad barn.
but In course of
time every inch of
it will probably be
needed. if only to
take care of the
summertime influx
IF sightseerS, who
come here from all
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Larue Addition to CaIifor-
 nia Forest.

Washington, Feb. 27, 19OS.- The President has just signed a proclamation creating additions amounting to nearly 6OO,OOO acres to the MOdOc National For est m northeastern California. With the exception Ot a small area m the northern part of Las sen County, all the lands put within the forest by this prOcla- nation are situated in MOdOc County. The aXact area Ot the additions is 57O,OOO acres, which brings the total area Ofthe forest up 70 S59,O1S acres. The land proclaimed part of the MOdOc Forest will be put under admin istratiOn at once, with superV1- sor C. E. RachfOrd, whose head quarters is at Alturas, California, in charge. The additions to the forest have. a stand Ot valuable yellow pine, which will amount to several million feet and will average 12,OOO feet tOthe acre. There is little or DO agricultural land in the addition.
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Kodol IS today the best known and most reliable remedy for all disorders of the stomach such as dyspepsia, heart burn. sour stomach and belching of gas KOdoI contains the same juices found in healthy stomach. kodoi is pleasant to take. It is guaranteed to give relief aud IS sold here by
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Agents Wanted

Mir. John Riha. of Vining. Ia, says T have been selling DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for about year and they give better satisfaction than any pill 1 ever sold. There are a dozen people here who have used
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pleasant to take and it is esprc tally recommended for children. as it tastes nearly as good as maple sugar
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Be careful about that little cough. Get something right away; some good, reliable reme- dv that will move the bowels
 Kennedy's Laxative Cough Sy- rup acts gently yet promptly on the bowels and allays iniama- tion at the same time. It is
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would offend thee; this is the sum of the law, and every other law alters with occasion.
 Thou thinkest myself alone and reckest not of the ancient wise one sitting in the heart; in his presence thou sinnest who knoweth the evil deed
 Let a man speak what is true, and speak what $ pleasing; let him rot speak wb 5 is :rue but unpleasiug, nor wna, tU pleasing but untrue. This law changes not.
 No other reaps the fruit of a deed which a man commits in this world of men; the fruit of every deed which {. man commits, he shall reap. and nc Iced whatsoever goes without its f"uit.
 in the true light seek 'Hou the little ma"ter Of the house Hithin. while thou hOldest in check ne wind blow ing before the door anG the leader of the senses? Why many words? Through words a man co.1eth not to vision. Behold the master within the body! Why wanderest thou further n tie darkness of errors taught by the bpCllS'
 After mUca search in many doe trines the Ni;e have determined the four ways 1f swing tlat lead to wei rare iI this wcf:d and the next. To those who fe:r :srall a nan give con 1Gence; to tbe s'cE, medicine. to those that desire inewledgc, he sL.u give knowledge; to the hung~y, tooG
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them and they give perfect sat isfactiOn in every case. 1 have used them myself with fine re sults.''
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Their Country Seat.

"Talkin' about country seats" said Uncle David, we've got one ourselves. My grandfather made it out of hickory splits more'n 90 years ago"
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Guests Manners,

Ladies on the way down to country house parties habitually abuse each others clothes and morals in general. and their hostess in particular.-Cor- respondent of the World.
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New York Thieves.

There are between 10000 and II. 600 professional thieves in New York city. and several hundred thousand anna teurs who only steal when oportuni- ties are offered.
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Few Paupers in Janan.

It is estimated that there are less than 10000 paupers in the Japanese empire, with it's population of 137,- 1000.
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Hebrew lmmt 7ration.

An average of 342 Hebrew immi- grants arrive in New York city each day.
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Get Dewitt s CarbolizedW Witch Hazel Salve-itis healing. sooth- ing and cooling. It is good for piles.
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EASTERN PROVERBS.

Do not unto others that which would offend thee; this is the sum of the law, and every other law alters with occasion.
Evening journal., 1908-11-21
ODESSA

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
ODESSA. Nov. 21-The infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dulin died last
week and was buried on Saturday af-
ternOon.
Georirs L. coppage has returned TO
his home in New York. after a months
visit with his mother, Mrs. Georgia
Coppage.
Miss Lillian Massey is spending a few
davs with friends in Havre de Grace.
Nd.
Mrs. z. L. Steven. who has been vis-
iting friends in Philadelphia, has re-
turned home.
Clarence Aspril, of Wilmington. is
spending a few days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Aspril.
Mrs. John West and chiliren are Wis
iting relatives in Philadelphia.
orman Ward is visiting relatives in
Chester.
Miss Elizabeth Orrell. of Smyrna. Is
the guest Of her aunt. Mrs. L. Long.