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DO ANIMALS REASON 2
Writer Takes Chances on Being
Called Nature Faker.

Called Nature Faker.
It is not easy TO nail down the word
reason so securely that every one can ap-
ply it uniformly 10 all acts of animals,
say Julian Burroughs, in Forest and
Stream. a little leeway In our definition
at this point may make world Of diff
ference later on-just the difference we
want. Something happened here the other
day which illustrates very we'll this point:
A barrel Of molasseg arrived at the mon
astery which some of the students were
barrel they bored into the head as it lay
on the concrete floor. Had they stopped
to think, I. e., reason, they would have
foreseen the result; as it was, the molas-
ses squifted half way across the kitchen.
Instantly the student who had done the
boring clapped his hand over the hole
stopping the flow until a plug could be
found. Now this act this simple. OBJ
vious act OF stopping the flow or waste Of
molasses with his hand, was something
quite beyond the mental capacity of any
animal Simple as it was il showed rea-
son, showed a conception Of quantity and
waste, showed resource in the face Of
new and unexpected conditions
Although animals show all the instincts
and more than we show, have al our
senses and more. have all the emotions Of
hate, fear. love, Jealousy, &c, that we
have. and can be trained 10 do wonderful
and complicated things, yet not an ami
NAL in the world would have had reason
ing powers enough 10 save its food sup
ply BY simply holding It's paw on a hole
through which IL was escaping. Place a
dozen intelligent dogs IN a room with a
slat floor and give them their supply Of
water once IN two days in a tail, easily
upset vessel The chances are that they
would upset and so lose their water every
time, nor would they learn before they
had perished of thirst Place a piece Of
meat just out Of reach OF a hungry
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powerful With US; this is our oracle: this. we ae
kn0Eledge. is the voice og God
When Polk was elected President. Ban
croft was appointed Secretary of the
Navy, and it is interesting to recall that
he was largely instrumental in securing
for Nathaniel Hawthorne the post Of sur
veyor at The Salem custOm-house. Ban
croft left his Cabinet position to repre-
sent his country at the Court OF ST.
James. The letters written during his
stay in England are full OF interest and
of important side lights on the history
Of that time
The rest of the work is taken UP with
an account OF Bancroft's life as a citizen
of New York and then as United States
Minister TO Berlin. After this mission he
settled down quietly 10 his literary work,
or which he finished a great mass, most
OF 1t valuable contribution both to the
literature and the history of our cOun-
try, and in his ninety-first year, on Janu-
airy H. 1891. he died
The national government had long since
recognized Mr.. Bancroft as a national
Parsonage. Only for such an one could
President Harrison have issued his Exec
utive order of January 19:
As an expression Of the public loss and sorrow.
the flags Of all the executive departments at Wash
ington and Of the public buildings in the cities
through which the funeral party IS to pass viii he
placed at halfmast on tomorrow until the body OF
this eminent statesman, scholar and historian shall
finally rest IN the State that gave him to his coun-
tTp and to the world.
This is a notable life of a notable man.
1t Is clearly written, deals with some OF
the most interesting and vital facts in
the history of our country, and should
do much to convince readers how large
and how honorable share Mr. Bancroft
had in that history. The volumes are
supplied with a very full index, and there
is an appendix which contains a complete
photography of the books and pamphlets
Of Mr. Bancroft. New York: Charles
Scribner's S0ns.)
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THE TRAGIC WINDS.

From The Tides of Spring" (sman, Maynard a
Co. Boston,
] -isy IN a rich chamber csndle-dn
And nightlong dFeamt awake. The ancient winds
Like remote music made dusk Of sound:
Niels throbbing out some rth-empassioned hymn
from halls Of kingiy Tevels and bright sins
Far voices as Of l0ve-mad women, crowned,
Star-gemmed Despairs the queens Of legend lands,
Seated within The sateways Of their towers,
Eyes full Of smiles forgotten, unfelt tears
Unc0unted falling in their idle hands
Which Whitley dropped upon their laps ike flowers
Antea's sisters. these, and Phsedrs's feres
MethoIght their murnurs gathered in the night
And all these wretched queens Of ancient care
Joined family their involuntary moan,
TIL pale Aurora passioned toward the light.
Slight Cynthia fed adown her Frightening stair
And day brought other worlds to rlie my Own.
ARTHUR UPSON.
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provincial manufacturing towns. how
ever. Out of the forty-six dailies pub
lished in the ten leading. cities of the
United Kingdom, twenty-five are evening
sheets. But the tweuty-four morning
newspapers seem to include everything
that IS notable in English provincial jour
nalism, the list embracing properties Ike
the Leeds Yorkshire Post. Liverpool
Courier and Post and Mercury. Birming-
ham Post. Belfast News Letter, Edin-
burgh Scotsman, Manchester Courier.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, &c
Whether the afternoon paper is grow
ing in England is difficult TO determine;
superfieially, one would say that the pub
fishers do not bid for business as actively
as evening papers in this country.
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HARD OF HEARING ALSO.
Blind Piano Player Has jolly Dispo-
sItion Nevertheless.

StAtOH
From the Cleveland tOhiol Plain Dealer
Edward Benbow, well known blind
pianist, has that jolly disposition charac-
teristic of many blind people. Few have
more fun as they go along than he.
BenboW says one Of the best laughs he
has had, though, was on account Of an
Insurance man who came to see him al
the piano store where he is employed as
salesman not long ago.
I came in to see you about insurance, A."
the agent remarked for an opener. Il
suppose you
Yes we've got them here-all kinds, -
came back BenbOw. How much did you
want 10 pay for a piano."
No you don't understand" says the
Insurance man. Il don't want TO buy a
piano. I'm selling insurance. Did you
ever look into the subject?"
'Oh, replied Benbow. Il see Yes,
sure. We've got music boxes. players
pretty nearly anything you want"
"Aw, no" broke in the insurance Wis
itor, in q louder tone. II asked you II
you'd ever looked into the subject Of in
surance
Yes. replied Benbow. calmly. 1--WE
take EN- in trade-allow you whatever
they're worth. OF course. some pianos
thatVe been in use a long time aren't
worth so very much But then"
You see he's pretty hard Of hearing. -
explained bystander TO the insurance
agent. You'll have to talk pretty loud.
Hard Of hearing" repeated the insur-
ance man. i should say he wasn'
Then he fairly shouted to Benbow: q
want to talk over a little insurance prop
Osition With youi'
Yes nodded Benbow. we sell 'em
on time occasionally. Pick out the one
you want and We can arrange the terms
all right"
But the insurance man turned disgust
edly and started 10 walk away
Blindness is bad enough. he muttered.
but when mans deaf ike that along
with il, il must be awfuln
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and uD-to-date information on the other
Americans. The services of DR.. Hale
have received further recognition in his
appointment 70 a position of importance
| in the Bureau Of American Republics.
Two books which viii be published this
month by D. Appleton & Co. are 'Zol-
lenstein,' a 'soldier-Of-fortune" romance.
in which the hero, instead of being the
ordinary English gentleman that he is
supposed 10 be, is discovered as the heir
10 crown. The author is W. B. NJ. Fer
guson. The other which is also a novel.
| has for its title THE Simple Case of
Susan" by Jacques Futrelle II is now
running as serial in the Saturday Even
ing Post.
Prof. a. Lawrence LOwelTs Iong-await-
ed work on England will be published
this month by the Macmillan Company.
The book is a comprehensive survey of
the English system Of government at the
present time, written from the point Of
view OF highly trained political student.
There are not lacking those who say that
in this forthcoming work an American
scholar has done for England what was
done for this country in Bryce's Amer
iean Commonwealth.
Two books for this month. to be issued
by A. S. Barnes & Co. are the first VOL
ume in a new reading series. entitled
"The Bentley-JOhnston Reading Primer. ."
illustrated IN color. and THE First Song
Reader, by AlyS E. Bentley, director Of
arr-fa cf@s II
The following names appeared in a Lon
don newspaper not long ago in the report
of a dinner speech given as a toast to
famous American writers, at the Lyceum
Club banquet, where Gertrude Atherton
was guest of honor. and May Sinclair
presided. By careful comparison a few
familiar names may be heard among
them: Juliet Wilbur Simpkins, John SUIT
ner Long, Louise Imogen Gurney, James
Murrell, James Saul Allen, Mary E. VIII
liams, and Mrs. Julia Ward Horne.
NJ. Jusserand. the French Ambassador.
has contributed critical essay, entitled
ben Jonson's Views on Shakespeare's s
Art" to the "stratford Town" edition
of Shakespeare's works. which will short
" be published by Dufleld & Co A SEN
timental interest is attached 10 this set
Of ten volumes owing to the fact of its
having been printed in Stratford-on-Avon
in an old Tudor house. next door but one
to New Place, Shakespeare's home
Keats has been translated into French
by the MaTquise de Clermont- -Tonnerre.
Is known, but no. one before now has es-
sayed the task of turning Keats ex-
quisite English into French. Nine. de
ClermOnt- -Tonnerre's version is said to
be characterized By classical elegance. but
could hardly have been expected to re-
peat the warm loveliness of the original.
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Noxn scotla Fishing.

In Daily Consular and Trade Reports
Consul George y. West, Of Sydney. Nova
Scotia, says the Nova Scotia fishermen
did as well this year as in 1895. owing to
the increased prices paid by the packers
for the catch. which some of the leading
packers state was about three-fourths
that Of 1906. One fishing vessel from Glou-
cester, Mass, in the ten weeks made a
catch OF 1900 pounds. stocking about
Sli.o00. Numerous other vessels realized
from $l2.000 10 $1,000 each. The season
Of 1907 was more free from gales which
caused less loss OF life and damage TO
vessels than for several years.
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LONDON EVENING PAPERS.
Have Limited CircuIatiOn-MereIs
Rehashes of Morning News.

Have Limited CtrcuIatiOn-Mereiy
Rehashes of Morning News.
The slender proportions of the evening
papers in London Is one OF the sharpest
contrasts noted by an American. For in
England not only the weighty penny pa
pers, molders OF international policy. ap-
pear in the morning. but the popular
half-penny dailies OF wider circulation as
we'll London has thirteen morning pa
pers Of a general nature. with only six
evening papers.
The latter are all sold for cents. with
the exception of the half-penny Stsr and
Evening News. and three of them are of
tabloid size. about the dimensions Of the
New York Times book SUPPLEMENTAL
Mall Gazette. Evening Standard. and
Westminster Gazette Their circulation
would appear to be negligible as far as
the advertiser is concerned. For they
print little news. Where We have an
enormous news-g gathering service that
makes our evening papers timely and in
teresting, the London evening paper gives
chiefly a resume of what the morning
papers published, and is filled up with
political leaders. book reviews, dramatic
gossip, and other polite intelligence.
or matter such as appeals TO the great
mass OF working people In the United
States who read only an evening paper
the London afternoon sheets seem to
carry little or nothing. and any one fa-
miiar with newspaper contents and at
fractions in this country perceives that
the London afternoon journals have no
hold on the working population. and play
no part in the conduct of the big shops
How the British workman gets time to
read a newspaper in the morning IL OF
clear, says James II. Collins in Priu ser s
Ink. for he goes TO work at s o'clock, be
fore breakfast. But newspaper circula-
tions show that he takes in" a morning
paper, and this is undoubtedly the me-
dium that reaches the homes.
Evening papers are springing up in the
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Yest Pocket Philnsnnhx.

Every man knows OF job. paying
thrice as well as his own. that he could
iii far better than its present incumbent.
1t is an interesting experiment 10 go up
70 one OF those weak chaps said to be in
capable of saying no. and ask him for the
loan Of tenner.
Life, ladies, is mostly a matter Of pray
ing for n husband and then regretting
gTlhood's gayeties.
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why She Didn,, AL. Ro,b

Mandy was young eOlored girl. fresh
from the cotton fields of the South. One
afternoon she came to her Northern mis-
tress and handed her a visiting card. '.De
lady wha' glib me dis is in de pa'lor.a
she explained Dey's anoder lady on de
do'steps' Gracious, Mandy" exclaimed
the mistress. why didn't you ask both
OF them TO come in?' 'Kase. ma am.
grinned the girl, de one on de do'step
done forgit her ticket"
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Thenters on Trains

From Popular Magazine.
A company Is being formed in Paris for
the purpose Of providing theater cars for
all the important express trains on the
continental lines. These railroad theaters
are to have sixty seats. a little stage,
and an orchestra consisting of q piano.
flute, and a cornet. Passengers will
book seats as they now engage tables in
a dining car.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Following Is the record of book popu-
iarity at the Public Library during the
past week: In nOnfiction, Maeterlinck' s
Life of the Bee" and Wister's "Seven
Ages Of Washington" in fiction, Glas-
COWS Ancient Law" and Nicholson's
"Rosalind at Redgate;" in Juvenile liter
ature. Anderson's Fairy Tales" and
Arabian Nights" Works of biography
and elementary physics were also in con-
siderable demand. In the former 1t was
Bisland's Life of Lafcadio Hearn" and
Carl Schurz's "reminiscences. On the
latter subject the call was for Carhart's
Physics for High School Students" and
Cages Introduction of Physical Sci
ence."
Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin sailed from
New York last week on her annual visit
to England. She has been nominated as
an honorary steward of the anniversary
dinner OF the Royal Literary Fund in
London, to take place on the 21st of next
month. Lord Tennysoh is president of
the society. Mr. Rudyard Kiplng, who
viii preside at the dinner, has asked Mrs.
Wiggin to respond TO a toast.
Mr.. Robert Hunter has written a book.
issued by the Macmillan Company this
week, which gives, not the usual discus
sion of the principles of socialism, but a
description of the movement as it exists
to-day, together with an account of its
leaders in various countries. For this
work Mr.. Hunter is especially well fitted.
ten years in studying and investigating
the social revolution in Europe. Out of
this experience he describes in special
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Not Yet.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Patience-Has he met his affinity yet?
PatTice-I think not He's a bachelor
you know. and a man does not meet his
affinity until long after he's married.
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BOB WOMACK Is POOR
Cripple Greek DiscOverer Is
Saved from AImshOuse.
MEN HE ENRICHED AID HIM

Found Mines Worth s25O,OOe, 600
and Gave Away Claims that Would
Have Made Him Worth s25y yOOO,-
OoO-Pensioner on Bounty of Their
Present Owners.
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SOCIETYAWAITS PLAY
''Prince of .Parcheesi" Opens
at BelaSc0 Tomorrow.
ON THE BOARDS FOR a WEEK

Business End of the Enterprise Has
Been Engineered by Miss Ruth
Haiford-Proceeds of Affair 20 BE
Donated TO Charity-success of Per-
formance Is Practically Assured.
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has hne and decided message for per-
perrlexed seekers after the truth. (New
York: Dodd, Mead & Ccn
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The library board of the United States
navy recently ordered eight copies of
''The South Americans. by DR.. Albert
Hale, thus placing its stamp of approval
on a book which has been generally rec
ognized as the only book Of exact, ample,
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Mr.. William Roscoe Thayer has added
a thirteenth paper, "Giordano Bruno's
Expulsion of the Beast Triumphant
to the original twelve essays forming his
'Itallca," which is to come out this
month.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

The whole question is simply this;
Has the Troy News stated factsP The
republican platform was or was not car
ried out. The party did or did not
lie. Now we challenge the Moscow
Post or any other republican paper in
Idaho, or George Fields, or any other
republican in the state, to come forward
and defend the republican record.
They dare not do it. If they dare
then, in the name OF all that is fair and
honest, why do they not do it? The
News charges that they dare not at
tempt defense, In defense OF the
present gang Of republican leaders and
platform regulators, in defense OF
Truitt and Hart and Hunt and Brady
and the entire gang of political ring
sters no one dare come up and discuss
the record. If so, why do they remain
silent? Why does the Post, edited by
a young man who pretends to have suf-
fcient brains to make capable state
senator, continually evade the issue?
Why does he dodge and shy every time
the Troy News asks him reasonable
question? Instead Of talking sense, or
giving facts, this budding young states
man reads the title clear by calling
Peter LaDow Orcutt' democrat"
Were all that Senator Fields alleges
true, there still remains the original
question ofrepublican platform repudia-
ton and party dishonor. The facts
remain that the anti-pass bill was not
passed; the antitrust bill was defeated;
the pledge to elualize taxes was not
carried out; the employers liability law
was not passed; the railroad commission
measure was defeated. And when the
Troy News, in the name Of honest gov
eminent and in behalf Of citizens who
voted the party into power, in behalf
of republican men and women of this
state, demands an explanation, de-
mands that those who have lied to US,
and betrayed us, be condemned, the
only reply is silence, or personal abuse.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

If parents desire some excellent
reading and lot Of fine pictures for
their boys and girls, reading and pic
lures that will awaken the better side
OF child's nature, and touch its SYM
pathy, let them subscribe for Dumb
Animals" published at Boston, Mass.
This little paper is published weekly,
is sixteen pages in size, and full Of the
most interesting matter for the chill
oxen, as well as grown people. Dumb
Animals" cannot be read without max
ing the world better It's mission is to
speak for those who cannot speak for
themselves. And it does in a way
that appeals to the better nature of
all mankind. You cannot read this
paper and then mistreat a horse. No
boy can read Dumb Animals" and
90 out and rob birds nests, or torture
helpless creatures just for fun. Cruelty
will cease to be funny. The price of
this valuable paper is only about a
quarter per year, but it is worth its
weight in gold, to any child or grown
person, for that matter. Write for a
sample copy.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

While it is hot and dusty would you
not consider it horrible if you were
compelled to work without plenty of
good wster7 And suppose you were
owned by another person, and that
person would neglect your Suppose
you failed to get enough to eat and
while you were driven TO the limit of
your endurance you were not supplied
with what water you needed? How
would you like it7 And suppose you
could not spesk7 Suppose you were
dumb1 Suppose you were a horse?
After this when you have the handling
OF an animal take time to treat it the
way you would like to be treated if you
were in its place. A man who will
mistreat an animal simply because he
has the power is brute; just mean,
miserable brute.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

AS long as Peter LaDow Orcutt"
walked along meekly behind the re-
publican band wagon, submissive to
the dictation Of men like Munson.
Peter was fine boy, was patted on
the back, and occasionally compli-
mented for his 'brilliancy." Now
Peter is democrat" and crazy. :"
Then Peter" was clean morally; now
he is rascal"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

Why should voter not be just as
independent in selecting and voting
for candidates for Office as he is in his
own private business7 What would
you think Of fellow who would come
along and tell you what to do and what
not to do when you knew he had no
further interest in your affairs other
than to use you for his own individual
gain1 Will you explain the difference
between this fellow and the politician
who is always looking for an Officer
Nez Perez Herald.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

Just think of turning a man like M.
E. Lewis down for youngster of the
calibre of George Fields! Will the re-
publicans Of Troy stand for this kind
of an outrage on the people Of Latah
county? Moscow, more than any
other section of our county, knows the
necessity of Latah county being this
year represented in the state senate by
strong man. Moscow ought to know
that Senator Lewis is the most capable
selection that can be made, and that a
weaker representative than George
Fields could not possibly be imagined.
Yet the Munson gang have decided
to nominate George Fields. They can
handle him. Lewis is a man, with
some brains and ability, with some
self-respect and independence, and is
not acceptable. But the people who
really want something besides fat jobs
at public expense, should not submit
to the dictations of office seekers.
The News urges the republicans, par
ticularly the farmer, to wake up and
attend the primaries. Send Lewis dele
gates into the convention. Stand for a
man.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

Considerable interest is manifest
over the commissionership for this dis
trict. Kendrick wants to name the
man on the republican ticket, and Troy
is not anxious to give it up. The
local republicans will present the name
OF August Johnson, our hardware mer-
chant. And Mr.. Johnson would make
a most worthy man for the place. He
is fine business man, and honest and
successful, and then broad enough to
serve the entire county. Troy would
give him splendid vote.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

North Troy, with thirteen delegates,
has so far no candidate for county Of
fice. South Troy, with eleven votes
in the convention, has three men will
ing to serve the people. All are con-
fident OF getting the delegation, and
the result will be pretty fight. Ger
tain it is the fellow who looses out will
not get on the county ticket.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

An exchange says there is a conten-
ton as to whether man "evoluted"
rom monkey or camel. A camel will
work seven days without drinking,
while the man will Drink seven days
without working. If indications count,
man descended from goat, for goats
are the only creature except man that
chew tobacco, eat anything, wear
whiskers and butt in.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-28

That column resolution adopted at
the republican county convention, en-
dorsing Congressman French, would
have had more weight with the people
if it had been written by someone be-
side Mr.. French. To foot ones own
horn, to utter column Of sickening,
sloppy self-praise, reminding the people
of what great man I am" is, to say
the least, disgusting. We say with a
realization Of the fact that it will be
branded by the gang as lie, and
will cause George, Congressman
French's LAP dog" to crawl out from
under his masters chair and emit a
howl. Fields or Lee or some OF the
faithful will probably jump stiff-legged
and declare that the child" belongs
to them. They will or they won't
according as their master signifies.