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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
A Promise UnfulfilIed

o. Henry, the well known story
writer, once promised the editor Of a
magazine that he would deliver a short
story to him on the following Monday.
Several Mondays passed, but the muse
was refractory and the story was not
forthcoming. At last the wrathful editor
wrote this note:
MY dear o. Henry-H do not
receive that story from you by IL
o'clock today I am going to put on
my heaviest soled shoes, come down
10 your house and kick you down
stairs. always keep my promises.
Whereupon o. Henry sat down and
wrote this characteristic reply.
Dear Sir: I, too, would keep my
promises if I could fulfill them with
my feet.-Success Magazine.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
TWO BUSINESS CHANGES
Del Mccoy Buys Out 6. B. Kinney and {. c.
Carter Buys Out E. c. Davey

On the first Of October Del Mccoy
will assume charge OF the mercantile
business of G. B. Kinney at Peshastin.
The deal was closed this week. Mr.
Mccoy will also be postmaster.
Mr.. Mccoy has long wanted to
quit railroading and this seemed to be
a good location. The present pro-
prietor has always done good busi-
ness. The country surrounding Pc
shastin is settling up very rapidly with
a thrifty and prosperous class OF farmers
and fruit growers. Mr.. Mccoy says
his wife will be mayor Of the
town while ne expects to act as police
man and treasurer.
E. c. Davy storekeeper and post
master at Chiwaukum was here Mon
day. He has disposed of his mercan-
tile business and hotel to E. c. Carter,
for the past two and half years as
sistant roadmaster on the Cascade
division Of the G. N. Ry. Mr.. Car
ter is not only considered good rail
road man but has host of friends who
wish him unbounded success in his
new venture. After closing up his
business, it is Mr.. Davey's intention
to locate at Deer Lodge, Montana,
from which state he came to Wash
ington three years ago. He did an
immense business at Chiwaukum and
will 90 back to his old home many
thousand dollars better off for having
come to Washington. May success
attend him wherever he goes, is our
earnest wish.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Hunting and Fishing Party Rslyrns With
the Goods

A large party returned from an ex-
tended hunting and fishing trip last
Tuesday evening. Five Enensburg
parties were in the bunch that killed
among other game ten mountain sheep.
Mrs. Geo. Hoxsey is credited with
bringing down the largest one, since
which her prowess as hunter has been
nightly increased. OF the ten sheep
Leavenworth parties claim the honor of
getting FIVE. Frank J. Spangle, mayor
of Spangle, and his son George were IN
the crowd, and Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Martin, Of this place. The party was
out eight days and report highly en-
joyable time.
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N. {. Church Notes

Services next Sunday as usual in
Fraternal hall. At the morning service
the Lords Supper will be administered.
All members should attend.
Rally Day next Sunday at Sunday
school. Send along your children.
Epworth League meets at 6:45.
These meetings are proving interesting
and helpful.
Subscriptions are coming in slowly
for our new church. We need $500
more before we can begin work, and
we want to begin in a weeks time.
If the pastor does not see you drop
him a line as to what you can do.
Prayer meeting every Friday night at
the parsonage.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
CHFWAWA LEAD & SMELLING co.
VIII Keep a Large Force of Men Employed
In Development Work All
Winter

Edward Ellis, superintendent OF the
Chewawa Lead & Smelling Co., ar
rived last Saturday morning from Sc
attic and in company with Colonel
Chase, one of the directors, and a
large stock holder in the company,
started for the scene of operations in
the Red Mountain mining district. A
large supply of provisions, enough to
last all winter, has been hauled to the
camp. Several additional loads of iron
pipe, from four to six inches in diam
eter, was taken TO the mines last week.
It is to be used in developing the
water power which will operate the
electric generator.
The company has ample funds on
hand to carry out the development
work which is undertaken. A number
of expert mining men under a COM
petent foreman have been engaged and
will work day and night all thru this
fall and the coming winter.
Edward Ellis the manager, has had
many years experience in practical
mining and ranks with the best min
ing experts in the northwest. 1t is
not improbable that within compare
lively short time some working mines,
yielding dividends to their stock
holders, will be in operation. Should
a good vein of coal be discovered in
this vicinity, which now seems likely,
as several promising prospects are now
undergoing development, smelters will
be among the enterprises that may be
located here
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
S1.OO Per Year
GOOD FELLOW co. STRANDED
Manager Skipped Out With Funds and IS
Arrested in Spokane and Brought Back

Just like nearly everybody else, show
people have their troubles. In truth,
they seem to have more than their
share just now.
The Good Fellow company arrived
last Sunday after playing an engage
ment in Wenatchee the previous night,
and presented "A Good Fellow to a
fairly good audience in the opera house.
By having the property man arrested in
Wenatchee, on what appears TO be
trumped up charge, the manager, Harry
Arthur Dubois, secured possession of
the trunks, paraphernalia and some pri-
vate property belonging to members Of
the company and took the early morn
ing train for Spokane, one member Of
the company, woman accompanying
him. Of the seven member OF the
company left here with two weeks pay
coming, two departed for other fields
of endeavor, but five were left entirely
without funds. They laid their trouble
before the officers with the result that
Mr.. Dubois was arrested in Spokane
Monday night and held pending the
arrival Of Deputy Sheriff Debord who
brought the prisoner here Tuesday
night. On Wednesday two complaints
were lodged against him charging him
with feloniously taking private property.
The property man, Ted Rife, who had
been arrested in Wenatchee was turned
loose as Dubois, the complaining wit
ness failed to appear against him.
When the cases were called for trial
Wednesday afternoon the state took a
continuance on the ground that they
proposed to produce the stolen prop
erty. One trunk containing some OF
the stolen property was shipped to Ev-
erett and the other was taken TO Spo-
kane by Dubois.
There is no doubt that Dubois acted
in bad faith with the members of his
company and was untruthful in his
statement to the Spokane reporters.
When the show closed here Sunday
night the manager Of the opera house
gave him SIS as his share Of the re-
ceipts. He also stuck up a notice on
the curtain telling the members of the
company to meet Monday for rehearsal
and gave each one the route list for
the coming week. By having the
property man arrested in Wenatchee
he secured possession Of the baggage
chacks and all the property and after
the members of the company had re-
tired he slipped out OF the hotel and
took the $3.50 train for Spokane. To
further show that his plans to desert
the company were premeditated it ap-
pears he instructed the advance agent
not to bill any points beyond this town.
Whether the complaints against Du-
BoiS will stick we have no means OF
knowing at this time, but earnestly
hope they will, and that he will get
lesson that will be of benefit to him in
future. If he had acted in good faith
by telling the members the condition
OF things and divided what money he
had with the company his case would
not look SO bad.
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the parsonage.

H. Davis and wife arrived here the
first OF this week from Mt. Vernon,
Wash, and will take up their tempo
rary home in Leavenworth. Mrs. Davis
is afflicted with asthma and found that
the coast climate aggravated her trou-
bic, hence the removal to this place.
We know of many afflicted with this
troublesome and annoying afiiction
who have been benefited, il not cured,
in this dry, salubrious atmosphere.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Congregational Church Notes

Subject for next Sunday morning
service, Christian Joy" In the even
ing, "Our Mission" Rev. Davis, pas
tor. All are cordially invited.
Sunday school, 10 a. m.
Christian Endeavor meeting, 7 p. m.
Topic, my Vows" Frank McNett,
leader.
Prayer meeting next Wednesday at
8 p. m.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Wanted to Be Governor for Thirty Years.

In an address before his fellow towns
man at Pomeroy few days ago, S. G.
Cosgrove, republican nominee for gov
ernor, said:
am going to tell you secret; one
that have never told except to Mrs.
Cosgrove. Thirty years ago, soon after
our marriage. l said to her, Some
day am going to be governor Of one
our great states" That has been my
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02

The Wenatchee World says Com
missioner Otis will move to Wenatchee
to spend the winter.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Running For the Car.

If you feel like emulating Sherlock
Holmes try your luck occasionally
when you see some one run for a street
car. It's good. easy way TO deter
mine rhe previous training aud tho
present occupation of the subject
You viii see one fellow dash eaally
toward the car with long. swinging
stride that usually means Athletics but
no special training IN the sprint To
old time college runner cnn be picked
out by the way he throws his knees III
front. like high bred trotter.
Some wadd!e. and yan must releeate
them 10 the general category Of busy
business men" whose duty TO the desk
has robbed them Of wind and waist
Others are getting more than their
share Of avoirdnpois. but In spite Of
that manage to show you that they are
not out of 1t by any means To that
type 1t Is veritable triumph 10 over.
haul n moving car and to swing on
without the assistance Of the conduct
or.-Louisville Courier-Journal
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
lrascibIe Won Svlow.

Drrlug Hans Won Bulow's leader
ship OF the orchestra mt Hanover a
tenor Of fame was engaged to play
star role In "Lohengrin," and while
the singer was rehearsing his part Blu
low was forced to 20 over the same
bars a number OF times without the
new actor beginning to sing. Tired OF
his wasted efforts, the leader stopped
the orchestra and angrily turned to
the singer.
81 know that tenor is proverbially
stupid" he said, but you seem to
make an extensive use Of this unwrit-
ten law"
At another time while one of his
grand intermezzos was being played
with great feeling by his musicians, a
peculiar noise, hardly perceptible by
unframed ears. annoyed the leader for
some little time. At first he thought
1t resembled the~futter of wings. but
soon he discovered an elegant lady
tanning herself in one II the boxes
close by. Bulow kept on with his ges#
lures, fixing his eyes on the offender
in n manner which meant reproof The
lady. not needing this. was suddenly
surprised by the leader dropping his
stick and turning toward her
Madam" he cried If fan you must
please ut least keep time with your I'm
fernal nuisancei"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24

I'VE are so used to slang" said the
woman who reads, that we have fall
en- into the habit OF including in that
category almost every unusual word
or phrase-for example. the verb to
faze. which means to battle, to con-
fuse to perplex That word is mis-
spelled variously phase, phaze, pheaze
and feaZe. 1t is not slang, and any
woman may use it without fear, for II
is ms good English as any other in the
language. Shakespeare employs 1t,
spelling it 'faze,' as 1t should be spell
ed. Then there Is the phrase lie
down. which almost everybody re
CARDS as slangy when used in the
sense Of surrender to obstacles or IA
tigue. It, too, is not slang.
Eve have for it no less an authority
than Thomas n Kempis, who certainly
cannot be considered an imitator of
George AIDE. That eminent writer
says: Love feels no burden, thinks
nothing Of trouble attempts what Is
above It's strength, pleads no excuse
of impossibilty, for 1t thinks all things
lawful for itself and all things posi-
BILE. It is therefore able to undertake
all things, and It completes many
things and warrants them to take eff
feet where he who does not love would
lie down He undoubtedly uses the ex-
preston as meaning to give up in the
face Of difficulties It's better not to
class a word or phrase rs slang unless
ono is sure" New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24

at is an invnriahle fact" said the
professor at the club. that the sense
OF sight travels more rapidly than the
sense of sound You will observe. sir.
that when bit of ordnance Is fired
from q fortress or .man-of-war you
see the puff of smoke that comes coin
cidently with the explosion several
moments before you hear the report
thereof. Thus 1t is always
Not always" said little Todgers
from the corner. 81 know Of case
where hearing antedates seeing by
really considerable lapses of time"
II know of no such thing in the
whole broad range Of science" retort-
ed the professor pompously. Perhaps
you can enliehten u.s. sir
"Well" said Todgers ITS the case
of an Englishman ana a joke. In al.
most every case the Englshman hears
a joke about week before he sees it,
and
But the professor had gone. and they
say that nowadays when he sees Tod
gers he SHES off like frisky horse In
the presence of a motor car. -Harper's
Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
interpreting Matches.

Perhaps some of your readers would
be Interested to know that have
found simple, inexpensive way to
waterproof matches. Into some melted
paratfin care being taken that 1t was
as cool as possible. | dipped few or
binary parlor matches After with
drawing them and allowing them to
cool 1t was found that they scratched
almost rs easily as before being coated
with the wax Several were held I'M
der water for six or seven hours, and
all of them lighted as easily as be-
fore immersion. When the match Is
scratched the paraffin is first rubbed Off
and the match lights in the usual way.
Matches treated as above would be
very useful on camping or canoeing
trips, as they do not absorb moisture.
Since more rubbing is required to light
them than the ordinary match. 1t
would be practically impossible to set
them on fire by accidental dropping
Scientific American.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24

You must never walk barefoot on
the floor no matter how clean 1t Is. OF
an odious worm called Jigger will
enter your foot TO raise a numerous
family and painful swelling On the
other hand, be sure when you put on
boots or shoes that. however hurried.
you turn them upside down and look
insiGe lest a scorpion, n small snake
or a perfectly frightful kind Of cent?
ped may be lying in ambush Never
throw your clothes carelcssly upon the
ground, but put them away at once il
a tin box and shut il tight or "A per
feet colony Of fierce biting creatures
will beset them. And. above all, qui
nine.-Winston Churchill, NJ. p, II
London Strand
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Rheumatism Cannot
Be Cured Unless
Uric-O is Used
Sudden Deaths, Heart Failure and Paraly.
sis are caused by Poisonous Uric
and Rheumatic Acids.

The Rheumatic person is skeptcal re-
garding the claims Of almost any remedy
advertised as a cure for Rheumatism an
one can scarcely blame him for being so.
All the plasteIs and liriments combine
never actually cured case CT Rheumatism.
They may relieve it in one quarter but it Is
sure to break out som where else. Tn,
only true way to cure Rheumatism is t.
drive it from the system, for as long as the
Uric and Rheumatic Acid re. aims in the
blood, one is never entirely free from tn,
trouble. URIC O seeks out the Rheumatic
poison in the bl cd, muscles and kidneys.
renders 1t inert and harmless and drives II
out oil the system 1t is composed of per
feet antidotes tor the rheumatic acid poison
in the system, and the secret of its won
deriul success lies in the fact that it is de
signed to cure Rheumatism only.
Urie.O is sold by druggists at 75c an
SI.ov the bottle. A liberal sample may b,
produced by writing to the Smith Drug Co
225 smith Bldg Syracuse, n. Y.
Uric-O is sold and personally recon-
mended by +. w. Buchanan.
2w5t
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Tom. Dick and Harry,

"Some folks have hard time to find
odd enough names for their children"
said man In an uptown club the
other evening. '"They will search
through all kinds of books on the sub
ject. consult all their friends and rela-
tiyes and finally burden the youngster
with something never heard of before
II know one man. howeyer-he is a
banker and lives on West End avenue
who. while he did not spend much
time In search Of names. adopted a
scheme which is very novel 1t took
five years to carry out the scheme,
now complete. The first boy he named
Tom. the second Dick and the third
Harry. This particular trio is about as
much talked about in the neighbor-
hood as the noted Tom, Dick and Har-
ry of whom nearly every one has
heard. New York Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
HUMPHREYS

Veterinary Specifics cure diseases
of Horses. Cattle, Sheep, Dogs. Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the SICK PARTS
without loss of time.
A. A. lFEvERs. Concessions, In1Amma-
CURES lions. Lung Fever. MIA Fever.
B.B. lsPRAINs. LameDeas, Injuries,
CURES rheumatism.
c. C. SORE THROAT. auinsy, EpizOotIc
CURES Distemper.
6 d; Rs WORMS. Bots. Grubs.
E.R. COUGHS, Colds. Influenza. Innamed
CURES Lungs, PleurO-PneumOnia.
P.F. CGLIC. BeIiyache. Wind-BlOwn.
CURES Diarrhea, Dysentery.
G.G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
III II KIDNEY G. BLADDER DISORDERS.
I. /. }sKtN DISEASES, Mango, Eruptions,
CURES Ulcers. Grease, Farcy.
JK lBAD CONDITION, Staring Coat.
CURES Indigestion, Stomach staggers.
6Oc. each; Stable Case, Ten Specifics. Book, &c, g.
AT Druggists, or sent prepaid on receipt OF price,
HUMPHREYS HoMEO. MEDICINE CO., Corner
William and Ann Streets, New York.
EH-BOOK MAILED FRLE.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
How Needles Are Made.

Needles are all made by machinery.
The piece of mechanism by which the
needle is manufactured takes the
rough steel wire, cuts 1t into proper
lengths. files the point. flattens the
head, pierces the eye, Their sharpens
the tiny instrument and gives it that
polish familiar TO the purchaser. There
is also a machine by which needles are
counted and placed in the papers in
which they are sold, these being after
ward folded by the same contrivance.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Handkerchief Case.

A handkerchief case Is pretty gift
that can be made from ribbon by first
cutting two pieces of cardboard into
heart shapes. These hearts are covered
on both sides and form the bottom and
the cover respectively.
The broad Powered ribbon used is
gathered on both edges. one of which
is sewed to the heart at the bottom.
Then lining of plain soft silk is set
in, and the edge of the ribbon is con.
nected 20 the upper edge of the lining.
A ruching OF narrow ribbor rims the
cover and bow acts rs - linle. \
loop answers the purpose of III litter
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
PORTLAND, MAINE, CHILD
Ill, Weak and Emaciated, Re
stored to Health bv Vinol

De~A VA w AAOtAAoA Wy AAoA
Our little daughter. six years of age
after severe attack of the measles.
which developed into pneumonia, was
left pitifully thin. weak and emaciat-
ed. She had no appetite, and her stom-
ach was SO weak it could not retain
food. She lay in this condition for
weeks, and nothing the doctor pre-
scribed did Bit of good, and we were
beginning to think she would never re-
cover.
AT this time we commenced to give
her Ninol, and the effect was marvel
Gus. The doctor was amazed at heY
progress, and when we told him We
were giving her Vinol, he replied. 1t
Is a fine remedy, keep it up We did
SO, and she recovered her health and
strength months before the doctor
thought she could" J. w. Flagg.
Portland, Ne.
Vinol cures conditions like this De-
cause in natural manner 1t increases
the appetite, tones up the digestive
organs. makes rich, red blood, and
strengthens every organ in the body.
Ninol is sold in Skowhecan by
f. W. buchanan, Druggist, Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
DIGNITY of tho Enolish Waiter.

The English hotel waiter belongs to
race which is slowly but surely be-
coming extinct and carries about him
the melancholy aura Of the doomed
Every head waiter at British inn has
In him at least the making of a dukes
butler. No glimpse OF avarice mars
the perfection of his monumental man
ner, and If at the last he condescends
to accept your vail it is with something
of the air Of discrowned kingdom
don Sketch.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Stopped his
Dizziness

Steep Falls, Me-, July 81, 1906.
II have used the true L. F. Bitters
for constipation and dizziness and re-
ceived much benefit from them, being
almost entirely cured from dizziness,
with which was greatly afflicted be-
fore I used the Bitters."
F. L. Strout.
People who use 81. F." Atwood's
Bitters regularly, never suffer the sick
nesses that come from a deranged sys-
tenn. Stomach, liver and bowels and
blood are kept in a condition of perfect
healthfulness by this useful medicine
They are the standard family remedy
At your dealers, 35c.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24

A practical joker carried an onion
In his pocket to the depot when bid
ding farewell to young lady and
took a bite now and then to induce
tears Before the train departed he
had eaten the entire onion. The young
lady, perceiving the situation, re-
marked "Ah, you have swallowed
your griefr'-Harper's Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24

JUDICIAL GorRr. ~ VACATION.
tsEALl SkowhpgIn, Decent er II, 1905
| pom the annexed Libel, IL is ordered by
me, the undersigneG. % Justice Of said Court,
that notice be given tp the lihelce 10y pub
fishing an aueSted culv Of the same. together
with this order thereon. three weeks sncccs-
siVely.n the Somcrspt ktpor' Ct. a news per
crSet, the last publication 70 he thirty days at
least before The next term 81 said Court, to toe
holden At Skuwhegan, within and for said
County. on the third Tuesday Of March
next. that he may then and there appear in
said court and ausN cr thereto, If ne STE lit.
\. NJ. SPEAR,
Justice supreme judicial Court
y true copy OF lIbcl and order Of court
thereon.
Attest. W 7. SEEk1Ss. Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
In NainI

"In vain, In yainr' cried the young
man distractedly. His hair fell In long
wisps about his brows, and his coun-
tenance WAS deathly white.
The crowd pressed close.
"In vain In vain" he cried again,
with wringlng Of hands and gnashing
of teeth.
"WhatP cried the crowd. What Is
In yainT'
"The letter w" cried the young
man as he escaped
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Company to CoDcede This

In each and every where Sexine Pills do not
bring back strength and steady nerves to any man
woman who has used six boxes the company will
either give without additional cost six boxes more fer
more prolonged Teament, or will refund your hive
dollars The company has been doing this for years
and still does So without quibble red tape. BE
Sides they do you to hesitate to send in your
claim il necessary. Sent sealed. The Peal NJ edeine
Company leseland, Ohio. Sold by f. W. Buck
nam, druggis' ~
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Men of Yesterday and Today.

In our great grandfather's young
days a man was usually not only con
sidered, but really was. elderly ut for
ty. old at fifty and equity, flannel
swathed wreck ut sixty. London
Throne and Country.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24

What strikes you about Auckland is
the dearth of women. 1t is said to be
The same all over New Zealand. There
are far more men than women. and
lots OF men have to go without wives.
New Zealand Herald
The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-24
Not Sannuine.

Majestic PersOn-Do you know. my
lad that every British boy has a
chance Of becoming prime minister Of
England? Youngster Choughtfully)-
We'll, I'll sell my chance for a shilling.
Tit Bits.