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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
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If anyone should ask me what
considered the very weakest thing
in the world, l would say an aver.
age girl brought up by a strong
minded mother, with accomplish
ments" and no knowledge of real
life.
And then l would take it all back
and try again. Because, you see,
the girl might develop unsupported
stamina later in life when the
mother died and the bank roll van
ished. 1t is sad to condemn a fell
low creature to unending imbecil-
ity.
The very weakest thing, on Sec
ond thought, happens to be the
apologist-that is, the person, who
is everlastingly bobbing up with
an absolutely good excuse for not
doing things.
1t is well to admit that there are
a few downright impossible things
in life. But they are really very
few.
To start out with the idea that
you are an exception is a perfectly
fine way to invite defeat. The in
dividual who wins is the one who
reasons: We'll, if anyone else on
earth can do it, CAM"
And In case no one else has ever
tried that particular stunt, so
much the better. You've chance
to establish a precedent-and any
lawyer, or Washington society
woman for that matter, can tell
you precedents are very important
things.
Self pity is a serious weakness
In any character. 1t grows on one
rapidly. Selfishness is the root of
self pity, and the two together
make for mental sogginess.
1t, is easy. pitifully easy, to sit
down and weep with ones self and
nourish a crouch against the whole
wide world.
But while you are moping, and
sending regrets to ourself, some
body of tougher fiber is carrying
of the desired plums.
No matter how plausible the ex-
plapation of failure, II never really
explains. 1t doesn't do much good
to tell why-the bare fact is
enough. Footnotes TO failure are
entirely unnecessary.
Remember those two specious ex-
cuses formulated in the Garden of
Eden and doing duty till this very
day?
THE woman tempted me-" said
Adam.
THE serpent tempted me-" ex-
planned Eve.
And the serpent, having accom-
plished what 1t set out to do, made
no sort of excuse at all.
I'm different from other people
its temperament. you know" is
the modern excuse for every man
ner of weakness and wrongdoing,
from pure shiftlessness to bigamy
and bank robbery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
ORPHEUM

That every monkey was at some
former time human being is the
unique theory credited to Miss
Belle Hathaway, who is appearing
here this week with her troupe of
trained Simians. How would it
be possible for these animals to
learn so quickly and to show such
natural aptitude if they had not
at one time been human" queries
Miss Hathaway in her super
Darwinian argument. while l am
convinced that they have Ian
guage all their own, do not pre-
tend to be able to understand it.,
but l do believe that the time will
come when it can be translated"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
BORING ISTHMUS
FULL OF HOLES

From the time the Americans be-
gan a systematic investigation on
the 1sthmus of Panama in 1904 up
to July L. this year, 1912 miles of
borings have been made to deter
mine the geological structure along
the line of the canal.
BY means of these borings suit
able foundations for locks and
dams have been found, and the
character of excavation has been
determined in advance of the ac-
tual excavating work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
CITY HAS CASH
BALANCE

Mrs. Margaret Engelking's claim
against the city for $4,000 dam.
ages for the loss of the life of her
husband while employed on the
Washington street concrete bridge,
was rejected yesterday afternoon
by the finance committee of the
city council on recommendation OF
Corporation Counsel Hamblen.
Engelking was swept away on a
raft which broke from its moorings,
and drowned. An infant born to
Mrs. Engelking at the time of her
husbands death, died this week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
DEBS WILL SPEAK
in GREEK THEATER

BERKELEY, Cal, Sept. 10.--It
is announced today that Eugene V.
Debs will speak in the Hearst
Greek theater Saturday instead of
the skating rink. Permission was
granted by President Wheeler of
the University of California, en-
condition that no collection be
taken. Debs will arrive tomorrow
night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
"F1APPINESS" AND "CONSCLENCE''

women is masked under that delu-
sive plea for happiness"
And all that the word means in
the majority of cases is weak self
indulgence!
You cannot be happy by embez
cling the funds of trust company
and going to Honduras. You can
not win happiness by dangling the
bait OF social position or gilt edged
bonds before a woman who does
not love, yet marries you. Happi.
ness cannot be had by breaking up
a friends home or putting away the
wife who loves you for another.
Forgetfu,ness Is not happiness.
No more than an opiate induced
stupor is health giving sleep.
Conscience" is almost an obso.
lete word today. 1t Is laughed at as
"heredity scruple" or put down to
improper living and q disordered
stomach-and yet the soul knows
when 1t has done well or i'll.
The approval Of ones inner self
Is essential to real happiness. A
contented mind and the knowledge
that we have done the best that is
In us to do is about the only per.
manent happiness we get on earth.
Duty met and performed with a
smiling face, observance of the
fundamental rules of society that
make 1t possible for human beings
to live together In cities and towns
instead of crouching in the Jungle,
just return in service for what we
consume, these are sign posts on
the road to that higher happiness
which satisfies both mind aud
heart.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
HARD SESSION FOR
ELECTION OFFICER

Notwithstanding the liberal re-
muneration, election officials are
generally disguised with their day
and night experience at the polls.
Not until the entire vote was count
ed was there any rest or relief for
the men, some of them putting in
80 hours. Many of the voting
places were open hay barns, and
no protection was afforded against
the chilling night breezes.
Each official will receive $12 for
his services, the law allowing SO
for eight hours or portion thereof.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
TO TEST AIRSHIPS AND
AUTOS In WARFARE

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10
Colonel M. p. Maus, head of the
department Of California, today
asked the war department to send
at least one dirigible balloon to
Atascadero, Cal, when the maneu-
vers of California and Arizona
troops begin.
War automobiles will also be
tested in these maneuvers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
GREATEST FRANCHISE GRAB YET


Special Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, Sept. lot takes
a thief to catch thief"
BY the same token it takes a big
franchise grabbing corporation to
prevent its underpaid employees
from knocking down.
The Fifth Avenue Coach Co. 8
line Is a case in point.
This company runs a line of 30
gasoline motor buses up and down
the sacred precincts of Fifth ave.
nue.. The conductors say that each
coach takes in $40 day on dull
days. The coaches have the right
of way over all vehicles. They
smell horribly and make lot of
racket. In fact they are just gaso-
lineipropelled street cars.
But the company that owns this
lnie does not pay the city Of New
York a cent for franchise privil-
eyes, although it runs right down
one of the most exclusive residence
streets.
If street car company should
try to buy right of way down this
street, for parlor cars only, the
whole city would gasp. But the
Fifth Avenue Coach Co. runs it's
line unmolested. More than that,
it takes good care to see that all
who ride pay a fare of 10 cents.
Spoilers stationed every few blocks
check up the number of passengers.
Signs painted on the backs of the
seats instruct the passengers to
place one dime in the automatic
coin collector" When he looks
around for the automatic coin COL
lector he discovers that it is little
nickeled box held in the hand of a
conductor. 1t is device to keep
the "con" from getting away with
any pennies that the big corpora
ton might want.
The conductor isn't allowed to
touch your money until it goes
through this box into his hand. The
box registers the dimes as taken.
in great emergencies the conduc-
tors can give change, so that the
passengers will have a dime.
The stage line company got the
power to operate in very peculiar
way. Twenty years ago, when Fifth
avenue was the principal residence
street Of the city, the residents
woke up one morning to find that a
man named Harper had planned to
put a railroad down the street. The
whole exclusive district was in.
stantly alarmed. In day or two
1t had fixed UP deal so that every
property owner on the street con-
tributed little toward a stage
coach line, which was to occupy the
street before the railroad could be
built, and thus prevent the laying
of the tracks.
The result was that the steam
railroad was never built, but the
coach line was operated for years,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
AUDITORIUM

The vacancy in the Shirley COM
pany made by the leaving of Allen
]. Holuber, leading man, will be fill
ed by Charles e. Gum, an expert
enced stock man of Los Angeles.
Mr.. Holuber leaves Sunday for Ia
coma, where he will play with the
McRae stock company. The Shir-
ley bill this week is Its All Your
Fault" comedy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
WASHINGTON

Noble and Brooks have a comedy
sketch this week called "The Gu
ban Millionaire Roland Vests and
his company head the list In dra-
matte production.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
SOCIALIST DISQUALIFIED.

On the Spokane county socialist
ticket, there Is vacancy for repre-
sentative. Ernest Stephens was
named for the place by the con.
vention, but he has declined the
honor of running on the ground
that he Is not q naturalized citizen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
CAME WEST TO WE'D.

Albert r. Fairchild was yester.
day married to Miss Ethel Chap
man of st. Paul, Mimi, at the St
Joseph's Episcopal church. Miss
Chapman arrived from the east
yesterday. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev +. w. Cooper.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
SNAKE BITE IN COURT

Snake bite" Of various brands
was offered in evidence in the case
against Mildred Roe and Lillian
De Witt, charged with dispensing
booze without license, in Justice
Hinkle's court. They were taken
in a raid Of the Kingston lodging
house. Each was fined $25.
"Then you don't believe In the
saying Handsome is as handsome
does?'"
mo; 1t isn't so much what hand
some does as the way he advertises
It,"
do you think music has q refin-
ing influence?"
Not to Judge by the language
used in some of the popular songs"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
PANTAGES

Dutch comedy has been pretty
thoroughly worked, but George
Yoemans puts on line of it this
week that is worth listening to.
He discards the exaggerated make
up. Atra, the human target, Is
still the mystery of the bill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
THEATER
SPOKANE

"The Cat and the Fiddle" here
Saturday and Sunday evenings, is
said to be full of grotesquely hui
morous features. 1t is musical ex-
travaganza.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
PANTAGES' TntATER
e. Clarke Walker, Mgr.
UNEQUAlED VAUDEVILLE
TONIGHT AND ALL WEEK

Atra, the anatomical wonder:
The Majestic Four, musical artists;
Barney First, Hebrew comedian:
Herman, Cole, Herman & Co., pre-
senting the musical comedy, "The
Tanning Of the Beast" Little All
Right, Japanese wonder; George
Woman, the Dutch jester; Gibson;
Pantagescope.
Prices-Matinees, 15c, except
Sunday. Evenings, 15c and Zoe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
WASHINGTON TnEATER

HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE
WEEK COMMENCING SEPT. 8
1.-THE CRIMINAL"
With MR.. ROLAND WEST AND
COMPANY in the cast
HILL AND SYLvANlA
Worlds Greatest Unicycle Riders.
WEIGH and Earl, the Two in White
Grace Leonard, "The Ideal Boy"
Noble and Brooks, presenting The
Cuban Millionaire"
Matinee every day, $3.50. Two
shows every evening at 1880 and
800. Prices-15 and rs cents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
@uQ&wmw

TWICE DAILY, 2:15 AND e:15.
Melville & Steson. Zeno, Jor.
dan & Zeno. Belle Hathaway's
Simian Playmates. Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Beane and company.
Mabel Sinclair. Sadie Sherman.
John and Mae Burke. Orpheum
Moving Pictures.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26
Mems OveraIIS

7 doz. blue overalls, bib and
plain, all sizes, regular. All
good average SOC vulues. If
you need a pair do not miss
this bunch. All in one lot.
Special for one week, pair. $50
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26
Youths OveraIIs

3 doz. youths blue bib, waist
28 to 81, as good as most As
centers. Special for one week,
pair. ........ 25c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

Our line of dress skirts are
the best values you can possibly
find. Our business on skirts
has far exceeded our expecta-
tions simply because they are
right in every particular, ma
terial, workmanship, fitting
qualities and prices. $2.o5,
$500, $3.50, 5000, $3.50 and
800.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

l25 yards extra heavy brown
Canton. If you need the heav-
lest sort for mittens this is the
article and usually costs you
22c per yard. Special for one
week, per yard .16c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

500 yards IoI bleached mus
lin, yard wide, is worth &c per
yard. Special for one week,
per yard Sc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

Small lot Misses and boys
wool underwear. These are
cheap merchandise at soc per
garment. Not all sizes in stock.
Buy your wants now. Special
for one week, per garment. .25c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

435 yards Athlone Cheviot,
one of the best values we have
ever ofered-patterns the best,
cloth above the average 1oc
value, book fold, full bolts, for
dresses, mems and boys shirts
and any purpose for which you
would want a good cloth.
Special one week, per yard. &c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

6 doz cooking crooks in base
ment, regular 10 and IS cent
sizes, will put them in one lot.
Special for one week, each. .oc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

200 yards of good weight
bleached Canton flannel, cloth
that usually sells for 12ac per
yard. Special for one week,
per yard &c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

All our outings in the base
ment and a new lot filling in
colors, etc. AS good as you
usually get for 129 cents per
yard. Special for one week SIC
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

The best values are in our
house now in high top shoes
shown in Decatur county.
Tans. -. .$3.25
Blacks. -. ...$2.75, $1.98
Mems boots So rs, $3.45, $4.65
Shoes for everybody.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

1 doz ladies silk parasols in
navy and black bordered, just
I dozen and are worth $2.oo
each at wholesale. Nice new
clean stock. Special price for
one week. ........ ..91.45
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

100 yards ga half bleached
sheeting. If you need sheetlng
this will save you money.
Special for one week, per
yard. .19c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

Small lot ladies and misses
black hoods, are good values at
CSC each, values extraordinary.
Special for one week, each. II SC
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

10 doz. mems work shirts,
good colors and as good as
most SOC shirts, all in one lot.
Special for one week, each. CSC
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

3 doz silk scarfs for ladies,
come in corded patterns, dainty
Persian effects, pink, blue and
lavender standings. Not sold
for less than ST 90 each any,
where. Special for one week
each. .6oc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

1000 yards ribbons, all col
ors, one Of the best punches Of
ribbon we ever bought tor the
money and will prove a big
saving for you. Nos. 9, II and
rs, one lot. Special for one
week, per yard Sc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

500 yards very good ging-
ham, desirable patterns for
aprons, children's dresses, etc.
A good SC cloth. Full bolts.
Special for one week, per
yard. :. SIC
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

100 yards blue denim, an ex-
cellent good heavy cloth, is
worth 18c per yard. Special
for one week, yard. .121c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

I25 yard brown Canton fan
mel, good heavy cloth, heavy
nap and a bona hde snap, worth
123c. Special for one week,
per yard ;. &c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

100 yards extra heavy brown
Canton flannel and is worth
1Sc per yard. Special for one
week. .I3c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

500 yards very good grade
ribbons, all staple colors, blue,
black, white, pink, brown, red,
etc. Nos. p, 40, 60 and 50.
A snap for ribbon buyers.
Special for one week, per
yard. &c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26
| Old Ladies' Lined Shoes

Some values extraordinary
and you will be pleased with
our showing.
Prices. ..$1.25, $1.45, $1.75
Child's lined shoes also.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

500 yards yard wide brown
muslin, good weight, worth
SIC per yard. Is snap while
it lasts. Full bolts. Special
for one week, per yard. .64c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-11-26

3 doz. ladies' knit skirts.
Here are values, will clean up
quickly. Most practical winter
skirt made. Values in this lot
from soc up. Special price for
one week .35C
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-06

AZ the result Of the grade crossing
collision at Clinton. Iowa, betweeh an
interurban electric car and a buggy,
three farmers-George Barley. Albert
Henry and Emil Cashier-are dead
They resided near Princeton, Iowa.
The American ship Eclipse. bound
for San Francisco, foundered at sea
Jan IL. All the members of the crew
took to the boats. Three men diei
from exhaustion before reaching land.
Capt. Larson, the mate, and eleven
men landed at Hama, Madi.
While coasting at Bridgeport, Ohio,
sled containing dozen young men
crashed into a telephone pole. instant
ly killing George Anthony of Bridge
port and seriously injuring Albert
Shaffer, Bernard Shaffer, Paul Lewis
and Clyde Bell of Wheeling.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-06
INDIcT SPEAKER OF HOUSE.
Massachusetts, Legislator Accused Of
Seeking Reduced Fare.

Salem. Mass, Feb. 2.-Speaker John
N. Cole of the Massachusetts house of
representatives, whose home is at An
dover and who has represented the
Eighth Essex district for seven years,
was indicted yesterday by the Essex
county grand jury on a charge of vic.
lating the public statutes in request
ing reduced rate of fare on the Bos.
ton & Maine railroad for large mum.
Der of persons. The indictment is in.
1913 counts and the statute provides
penalty in each case of a fine Of not
less than 500 nor more than $1,000.
Certain sections in the public stat.
utes forbid public officers, including
members of the state legislature, from
soliciting for themselves or any one
else free passes or reduced fares on
any railroad.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-06
the band of assassins were made iris

the band Of assassins were made iris
oners
Grief 10 Heartrendine.
The royal carriage had by this time
been driven into the quadrangle and
the gates Of the arsenal were shut
The grief of the queen and Prince
Manuel was heartbreaking.
The news of the assassination
spread like ,wildfire and thousands OF
people, bewildered ana terrified, pour
ed into the streets. Soon the troops
and police occupied all the prominent
places and the people hurried to their
homes and barricaded the doors and
windows to await in fear the unknown
future. The strictest measures were
taken by the officers in charge of the
troops to suppress the slightest sign
Of disorder, but their work was light,
There have been no disturbances in
Lisbon in the last twenty.four hours.
and Sunday passed OFF only In the
deepest gloom, with the populace
mourning on every hand.
Queen Sits With Her Dead.
The bodies of the king and crown
prince rest in the royal palace, and
beside them the queen sat throughout
the night. sometimes with her hand
pressing the forehead of King Carlos
and sometimes stroking the face of
the dead crown prince. The condition
Of the newly proclaimed king, Manuel.
is satisfactory to the physicians in at.
tendance. His wounds are not severe.
and If there are no complications, OF
which there are no signs now, he is
expected to make speedy recovery. He
carries his arm in a sling and de.
clares that he suffers no pain.
The bodies of King Carlos and
Prince Luiz were embalmed yester.
day and will lie in state, according to
the custom of the court. The funeral
probably will be held on Feb. 10.
Work Of RevoIutionaries.
The republicans disclaim responsi.
bility for the assassinations, which
they lay at the doors of the anarchists,
but the Identification of dead regi.
eide as cavalry sergeant is accepted
by many officials as proof that the as,
sassinations were the work of revolu.
tionaries, who had successfully spread
the propaganda, Struggled in arms and,
bombs, and who, headed by prominent
republicans, plotted to proclaim a re-
public fortnight ago.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-06
From Other Shores.

A landslide occurred on the River
AIDA, between Milan and Bergamo. A
house was buried and five persons
we're killed.
The police of Lublin. Poland, have
unearthed a band of robbers composed
entirely of women and the leaders
have been taken into custody.
Senior Rodriguez San Pedro, minis
ter of education of Spain, introduced
a bill in parliament prohibiting the en-
portation from Spain of works of art
unless such expectation is authorized
by the government.
The Dominion government has de-
cided to loan sufficient funds to the
farmers of the new provinces of Al
berta and Saskatchewan whose crops
were failure to purchase seed grain.
The scheme will involve s4,OO0,O00.
1t is announced in Rome that the
emperor of Germany will make a
cruise in the Mediterranean in the lat
ter part of March, and that King Ed
ward will make a similar cruise in
April, DOtn mOnarcnS WISHING Sicily
and Florence.
The return to Italy of emigrants
from the United States is gradually
stopping, while emigration to that
country is being resumed. Steamers
leaving Genoa and Naples before the
end Of the month will take back to
America at least 5000 emigrants.
Francois Marie Benjamin Richard,
cardinal and archbishop Of Paris, died
of congestion of the lungs after a
short illness. Cardinal Richard was
born at Nantes March /, 1919 and was
made a cardinal in 1889. A message
Of coincidence from President Fail.
ieres has been received at the arch
bishropic.