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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
NIAU&MB@RT

1t was a very imprudent thing
for the Malcolm estate to erect
the Barbarosso apartments almost
slapdab against Thornleigh court,
for purse-proud Thornleigh court
looked down upon the Barbarossa
for it's cheapness.
In No. II, Thornleigh court,
dwelt Madame Tintinelli, the great,
imperious Tintinelli in No. 20, of
the Barbarossa, young Phil Den
ham eked out an existence. No. 20
looked into II and they were close
as opera boxes. Madame Tintinelli
earned $4,000 a night singing Car
men stuff and Aida at the Cos
mopolitan. Young Denham re-
ceived $3.50 for the accompani-
ments to "Why Did Father Stay So
Late?" and when the Night
Birds Gently Whimper, | Will
Dream of You, Estelle.' -.-.
Madame Tintinelli was very i'll
and the voice of priceless quality
was heard only in petulant mum
blings at the trim, little maid and
in fretting calls for water. Her
glorious. g. Y hair lay in I'M
bound prof ,-. N upon the pillow,
and, because she could not sleep,
save in fitful. dragon dreamed
snatches, she looked over toward
29 of the despised Barbarossa. And
this irritated her the mOre-for
why should struggling mediOcrity
shut out her costly southern ex-
posture?
"Tll move-Tll move from this
unbearable place" she fretted, I'M
til the patient maid came and ca
ressed her forehead.
Then hesitating chords came
from No. 20. 1t was young Den
ham and his rented tin-pan of a
piano manufacturing the harmony
for by the Silvery San Jacinto,
the Crocodiles are Croaking." Den
ham hadn't his idea firmly in his
curly, boyish head yet, and the tin
panny instrument did rather jangle
and jar. Madame's golden voice
raised in protest:
"Ninette-stop this murder-this
wholesale assassination of music.
| die-I rack into ravelings!"
1T is the poor, young man in the
shabby apartment" explained the
maid. "He lives that way-Mad-
ame would not"
Madame sighed. "Then I move
tomorrow She lay very still and
fancied herself--the songbird Tin.
tinelli-singing the air the young
man. composed. How her Berlin
master would have raved-how the
| parquet would gasp and wonder
how-oh. what jest! After that
she tried vainly to sleep.
Then the inspiration came to
young Notwithstanding, flashing
as 1t always did-and, without hest
tation, he sounded his preliminary
chords and began on his quaint
pleasing air. He sang as he played
when the cotton fields ar,
whitening and the red-birt
Gals his mate,
I'll be thinking of you, Nellie
swinging on the garden gate.
Denham rambled on with tn,
other two lines of the foolish bal
lad, and Madame stirred upon he
pillows. Before she became fam
ous--and Italian-her own nam
had been Nellie and she had play
ed along that same, silvery Sal
Jacinto. What barbarous, cheaI
crude song-and yet it was pref
ty accompaniment. Denham cor
tinued:
where the watermelons cluste
and the sugar can mill grinds
Down where the San Jacint
winds"
Young Phil Denham had a cleal
sympathetic voice. His plaintiv'
littel air was most alluring, |
spite OF ALI l.. Fosters sentimer
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
COP KNOCKS COP DOWN

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ga
lastly travelling auto in which were
seated Policeman A. r. Hamill and
a chauffeur ran into Policeman G..
s. Howkins in the park yesterday,
knocking the latter down and
breaking his ankle. The auto was
exceeding the speed limit, and
when Hamill reported for duty he
was suspended pending an investi-
cation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26

finding out what European green
goods men found out a long time
ago.
Panama continues to engulf rep
utations just as when De Lesseps
was on the job.
NellieADo you consider ignor-
ahce bliss?
Jennie-Not necessarily, but a
girl who does not know the differ
ence between holly and mistletoe
would have an advantage on
Christmas.
It's good 10 to 1 bet that the
senate won't insist on starting any
thing with the president on that
secret service proposition.
If the kaiser, is really broke, he
might hook the Watch on the
Rhine and obtain little temporary
assistance. s
In Baltimore an enterprising man
announces that trading stamps are
good for funeral and monument
Wilhelm's on the water wagon,
He could not stand the strain;
He'll hit the pitcher, not the flagon,
And long may Wilhelm rain.
The British artilleryman, as he
swelled his chest and pointed to a
small bronze cannon, remarked:
And this, sir, is gun we cap.
tured at Bunker ILL.,"
Yes" blandly replied the Amer
lean tourist; you got the gun and
we got the hill
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
BY LYDIA kINGSMIlL CON-
MANDER,

That men are brave and women
cowardly is not true 1t is simply
one of the accepted fictions. Born
of mans egotism, he has repeated
it so often that by now he really
believes it, and he tries very hard
to get us to believe it as well.
In reality, courage is more a mat
ter of temperament than of sex.
Sudden danger often turns men
into towards and women into hero
ines.
What creature could be more
craven than the sailors of the
French liner, La Bourgoyne, which
sank several years ago, when they
sprang into the boats and rowed
off, leaving the women and chill
dren to drown?
We all remember the cowardly
males of the Paris bazar fire, who
escaped through the windows by
climbing upon the PROSTATE bodies
of the women they had trampled
down in their fear crazed rush for
safety
Again, on Thanksgiving day,
when the Finance was lost, men
grabbed the first boats, and only
yielded their places to women at
the point of the pistol, while a
woman, Miss Blanchard, vas the
heroine of the wreck. And the
stewardess. cool and true as the
captain himself, staid to the very
end, helping others, at the risk OF
her own life.
The Slocum disaster. the Iro-
quois fire, the San Francisco earth
quake and the Charleston flood. all
brought to the front women of
courage unsurpassed by any man.
And these same disasters devel-
oped men Of such despicable cow
ardice that they had to be shot like
dogs, for the general welfare.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26

most Frustrated him; and in 10
minutes he crept, silent and abash-
ed, into the shadow of the great.
Madame signed for him to ap-
proach and she looked long into
his eyes. They were good, gray
eyes and Tintinelli nodded in ap-
prevail
Sing" she commanded "There
is the piano-sing your moving,
little crudity for me-pianissimo,
you understand"
Wondering, young Denham play
ed and sang the popular ballad. He
felt deeply and he put that into
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
FROM DIANA DIARY
Miss Opcke Fishes for Romance
and Makes Some Queer Catches
BY FRED SCHAEFER

$50 WROTE MY NAME AND ADDRESS ON SEVERAL OF THE
SHEETS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26

Women are often timid about
themselves-and they have reason
to be. But when others are threat
ened they are more apt than men
to forget self and act quickly,
surely and with perfect courage.
To save life. precious human life,
that costs women so dear. Is a
deep, primal impulse of the mother
sex.
Few women have any longing for
danger, any love in hazardous
sports, any delight in hunting or
fighting. They certainly lack the
courage that seeks and joys in dan
ger. But when peril thratens others
we find heroines Of as high a cour-
age as any hero of history.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
BY JOHN 9. cRUELLi

tai lines. Madame raised her regal
head. lt,s.a
"Ninette," she called. Send for
the young man-at once" 81
But madame" objected Ninette.
You do not know-he does not
know - =
AT once!" snapped madame, Il
will not listen!"
In two minutes, young Denham
received a command that almost
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26

Some day. / suppose, ! will fig
ure az the heroine is some story
like Maggie, the Modest Mill
Girl; or, She Married Millions by
Means Of Mere Missive Marked
on Match Box" At any rate, |
have tried my luck. And, oh, it
Is such fun!
When took job in the pack.
Ing room Of the Tintoretto Paper
Co. ] found the girls there jolly
lot. and, although it's against the
rules. every now and then one of
them takes chance and puts a
message on some of the stock.
When she hears from it. the an
swearg are enough to kill you
laughing. Then again. fond hearts
are united. and all that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
In 1888.

First Citizen-Anything new to-
day?
Second Citizen-Nope, hardly
anything; except ! heard somebody
say there was a rumor they are 60
ing to revise the tariff in 2003
First Citizen-What, so soon.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30
10000. Mems Suits

Consisting of the best known and
highest standards Lamm & Co.,
ROYAL .tailors; undelivered tailor.
made suits, Brandagee, Kincaid &
Woods fine spring. suits, counter
. manded orders thrown back on the
makers hands on account of money
panic, backed by fire smoked stock
from the great Palace clothing com
panY of st. Paul, MINI. They, must.
be sold, and the prices quoted below
do not represent the saving alone.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30
Suspenders
HandkerChiefS

4 for 10c for, best 1Oc handkerchiefs.
4 for 25c for best 15c handkerchicfs.
10c each for best 25c handkerchiefs.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30
Special Mention

Several thousand Of dollars
worth of smoke-damaged goods from
the Palace, st. Paul, and water-dam-
aged goods from Roberts Bros. big
dry goods store, offered through Sam
uel Cans & Co. of Chicago at 10 to %
per cent of value.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30
The most desperate sacrifice Of
held under American skies.
1900 Pairs Odd Pants

The most exte-sive and highest
grade lot of pants ever sold on bona
fde panic sale in America; sizes to
fit everybody.
65c Shenandoah and other best s. pants.
CSC Best $3.50 grades mems pants.
C1AE A thousand pair best up to $3.50
4I.4J pants.
C1 0E A carload tailor made UP to $3.50
1l.JJ pants.
CO CT All styles, tailor made, up to So
4k.0J pants.
GO cE Best and most styles of up to.
4j.0J $3.50 pants. :.
"a eE Choice of best in the land to $40
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30
Socks

Thirty-fve cases, 3,1OO dozen, all
colors kinds and styles, direct from
the mills or panic stricken importers
and jobbers.
pair for 1oc; regular 10c socks.
4 pair for Csc; best black and tan 15c socks.
10c pair straight for 25c socks.
15c for best, plain and fancy 35c socks.
zoe pair straight best Soc socks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22

Mrs. Sarah Wheaton, living on
Decatur ST., Point Pleasant, w.
Va. says: 1T gives me pleasure
to recommend Doan's Kidney pills
Hhioh can be procured at Hooff's
lrug store, as 1 know that they Ao,
up to representations. Different
mem bers of my family have used
This remedy with excellent results
and as a kidney cure it is a posi-
tive specific l know of many 9th.
ers who have used Doan's Kidney
Pills with exoclIent recruits"
For sale by all deHlcrs Price 80
DENTS. Fostor Milburn 90, Buf.
alo New York, sole agents for the
United States
Remember the neme-Doau' q
and take no other
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
A Roodu Rnnlu.

1t was on P. and o. liner, and
the stewards were being drilled in
waiting, at table. In the course of
the drill they lined up outside the
saloon with empty dishes, supposed
to contain curry and rice, and on .
bell being rung marched to their
respective tables and proffered the
dish to each seat containing an i'm
aginary diner. The eagle eye of
the purser noticed that one steward,
a cockney named Bill, deliberately
passed one of the seats without
proffering the dish. He strobe up to
The table, and his manner betokened
trouble for Bill.
"Hi, you! What do you mean by
missing that seat?
ooh, that's all right, sir" replied
Bill, not bit put out. "That gent
don't take curry."-London Illus
'truted Bits.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
RECEIVES CONGRATULATIONS

You will soon receive the CON-
gratuIations of your friends upon
your improved appearance if you
will take Foley's Kidney Remedy
as it tones up the system and i'm
parts new life and vigor, Foley's
Kidney Remedy cures baokaohe.
nervous exhaustion and all forms
of kidney and bladder troubles.
Commence taking it today. All
druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
Ap "FoIlow,g Copy"

Mrs. Marble after the death OF
her husband went to Mr.. Stone, a
dealer in hcudstoncs, and consulted
him in reference to an inscription.
She said, Pat on it, TO my dear
est husband and if there be any
room left, we shall meet in heav-
en-"
Entering the cemetery and going
to her husbands grave, she noticed
the headstonc and quickly rushed to
see how he had engraved it. The
poor old widows heart beat with
pain when she read the following on
the hcudstone: "To my dearest hus-
band, and if there be any room left
we shall meet in HEAVIER" Port
Chester Record.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
chemi,t., Show nottle..

Formerly apothecaries used red
light as a sign of their trade. Now,
it happened one night that drug
gist, finding himself without the
necessary red light, made shift with
a bottle of red liquid placed in the
window with candle behind it.
The effect was so good that he put
a similar decoration in another win
dow. The sign was excellent-so
excellent that a rival apothecary
tried to improve upon it for his
own benefit. His idea was to place
bottle of yellow liquid beside the
red one, and then he surpassed his
former effort by adding bottle
containing green to the other two.
The red, yellow and green made
fine show, and every druggist in the
town followed in the wake of their
more enterprising rivals. In course
of time the bottles were replaced by
the magnificent colored vases which
are now familiar sign everywhere.
London Chronicle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
WHEN A PYTHON KILLS.
Painless Death Without Terror For
the Serpents Prey.

Painless Death Without Terror For
the SerPent's Prey.
When was youngster in India
a friend gave me an Indian python.
1t was tame to handle, but it was a
dull, uninteresting thing, and we
used to leave it undisturbed in its
resting place, an old beer chest, with
bars at the top. 1t was over ten or
eleven feet long, so it was never ex-
tended. 1t used lazily to change its
position, but seemed to prefer COM
plete rest even when wakeful. We
used to give it six live rats of Sun
day. When not having been fed for
week, it would be moving about,
but was never quick and lively.
One rat at time was put into the
cage and never seemed scared or dis
turbed, but just moved about in the
open places and sometimes even on
the snake. The latter for a time
took no notice. Then it would wake
up and slowly work itself into posi-
ton with more motion, particularly
in the head and neck for about two
feet.
The quickness with which it then
struck and seized its prey was won
derful. In less than a moment the
rat was tackled into a fold and
squeezed tight, being instantly kill
ed without any apparent fear or an
ticipation of death. 1t was far more
merciful and natural than a steel
trap.
After waiting several minutes be-
fore changing the position to feed,
the python would slowly move and
get the dead rat straight end on, re-
lax its grip and gradually swallow
the prey until it came to the first
kink at the end of the first fold,
when the position had to be changed
to pass the rat farther down, the
same process being repeated with
each rat, getting slower at each
mouthful until it had swallowed five.
1t never ate the sixth, which was the
perquisite of an expectant terrier
and had more painful end. It was
plain to see how many rats had been
swallowed by the bulges in its
length. 1t would be torpid till Fri
day, gradually wake up and be hun
CRY Sunday.
Can there be any doubt with its
rapid movements and constructing
power, the python's victim is in
stantly caught, enveloped in coil
and at once killed? No snake can
afford to risk struggle, for if the
skin is injured, the natives state, no
snake RECEIVERS from such wound,
for the ants and flies will torment
it to death.-London Field.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
To Cough Properly.

Few people know how to cough
properly. 1t never occurs to the
ordinary individual that there is a
right way and wrong way of doing
it. Yet it is a matter of no small
Importance. If every sigh means q
drop of blood out of the heart, as
people say, every cough means some
greater or less proportion Of time
Knocked off ones life. Most people
cough as loudly and forcibly as they
can. But it is rather costly noise,
for the single reason that it tears
and inflames the lungs. The lungs
consist of an extraordinarily deli
cate spongelikc tissue, which some
times gets inflamed and choked
with phlegm. When we try to get
rid of this substance we cough. But
obviously if we remove it violently
we must necessarily injure the del
icate lung tissue. Therefore train
yourself to CO u az gently as pos
bible.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22

This 10 what Hon Jake Moore.
State Warden of Georgia. sage of
Kodol For Dyspepsia: 'E Q Do
Witt & %, Chicago, Ill-Dear
5irs-I have suffered more than
twenty years from indigestion
About eighteen monthS ago had
grown 90 much wofse that could
not digest a crust OF corn bread
and could not retain anything Oh
my stomach. Host % lbs,; in fact
[ made up my mind that L GOULD
not live but a short time. when q
friend of mine recommended Ko-
dol. 1 consented to try it to please
him and 1 was better in one day.
I now weigh more than 1 ever did
in my life and arn in better health
than for many yeaTs. Kodol did it
[ keep a bottle constantly, and
write this hoping that humanity
will be benefited, Yours very
truly. Jake o Moore, Atlanta. Aug
10. 1904 Sold by all druggiste
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
WHAT THE K1DNEYs DO.
Their UncsaSing Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy.

HVn0lH uncoaSln& WORK AeOpb VI
Strong and Healthy.
All the blood in tho body passes
Though the kidneys onoe every
three minutes The kidneyo filter
the blood They work night and
day. When healthy they remove
about 500 grains of impure matter
daily. whom unhealthy como part
of THE impure matter is left in the
blood THE brings on many dis.
eases and symptoms-pain in the
back, headache, nervousness, hot,
dry Skin, Eheumetism, govt, gravel,
Disorders of the eyesight and hear
Imp, dizziness. Irregular heart, de.
bility. dEowsinesg. dropsy, deposits
in the urine. etc. But If you keep
the filters right you will have no
trouble with yonr kidneys.
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 csnts. Foster-Milburn Co.,,
Buffalo. New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
The Modesty OF Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indicate questions, tho obnoxious OK
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
women. Yet, II holp can be had, II Is
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
Is that so often tho woman tunderGoes oil
the Annoyance and shame Tor nothing
Thousands>ot women who have been
cured 6X DR.. Perce's FaVoritc Presdtip-
tlon wrltN In depreciation of the euro
which dIsp NS(th the examinations
and local treatmentsSST There Is no other
medIcjne so sure and sale for delicate
Women as "FaVoritD Prescriptlonss IL
cures de6iIitating drains, irregularity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures, It is strictly nom
alcoholic, non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle wrapper; con.
tains no deleterlous or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement of those most eminent In the
several schools OF medical practice. Some
of these numerous and strongest OF pro-
fessional endorsements OF Its ingredients,
will be found In a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also In booklet mailed
free on request, by DR. r. v. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, N. Y. These professional en-
dorsements should have far moro weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
non-professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead of opening their mouths like
"a lot OF young birds and gulping down
whatever is offered them. "Favorite Pre-
scription is of KNOWN COMPOSITION. 1t
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser IS sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense OF
mailing only. Send to DIR. II. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, 81 one-cent stamps, Tor pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth bound.
II sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
by letter All such communications, are
held sacredly confidential.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invIgorate
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
A rs,r k,.ehanns.

A man who had purchased some
eurrant buns at a bakery was dis
tressed on starting to eat one to find
that it contained a fy. Returning
to the bakery, he made an indig-
nant, complaint, demanding another
bun in place Of the inhabited one.
"Ilm sorry, GlrI" said the sales
woman, "I can't give you, another
bun, but IL you VIII bring me back
tho fly I will give you q currant for
u"-HGxpoPO Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
Time to Check UP.

Considering the progress made in
Germany during the last two decades
In all matters of commerce and In
dustry, it is a remarkable fact that
the system of making and receiving
payments by checks, SO well deYel-
oped In the United States and in other
countries, is little known. there.
Accidents will happen, but the
best regulated families keep DR..
Thomas Electric Oil for suoh emer.
genoies 1t subdues the pain and
heals the hurts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
If the Sun Was 10 Change Color.


We have grown so accustomed to
sunlight of the present coloring and
shading that we can scarcely COM
prehend the conditions that would
arise if the sun were to suddenly
change to some other color. If the
sun were blue, for instance, there
would be only two colors in the
world-blue and black-or if it
were red, then everything would
be red or black. In the latter
case we should have red snow, red
lilies, black grass, black clear sky
and red clouds. There would be
little variety, however, if the sun
were green. Things that are now
yellow would still remain that color,
but there would be no reds, puppies,
orange or pinks and very few of
those cherry hues that make the
world SO bright.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22

The people of Point Pleasant by
having just little moro pride
could have one of the most beauti.
full little cities to be found any
where. Clean up your premises;
SOW grass in order to have lawns;
put out flowers; remove the fences
from around your yard; paint your
houses and in fact everything that
is possible should be done to add
beauty to our oity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-22
How'S This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
canuot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
b. j. CHENEY, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. j. Cheney forIthe last Ii years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by this firm.
WALDING, KINNAE g. MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo; o.
nalIy, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Tt stimoniala sent free. Price 20 cents
per bottle. Sold all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
alton. Feb.