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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
MARKET BASKET

The supply of vegetables con-
tinues plentiful at the city market
and retail groceries. Tomatoes for
canning leads in the demand, and
the prevailing prices are 40 to SO
cents per crate. Some, however,
have been selling under this, going
as low as 35 and even 80 cents per
crate.
Following are retail prices OBJ
tanned from some of the leading
dealers in different lines:
Eggs are quoted today nickel
less for the strictly fresh grade,
selling at 40 cents. Bakers eggs
bring from 80 to 35 cents per
dozen.
Pears of different varieties,
prunes, Utah peaches, crabapples
and blackberries are the most &C.
tive in the line of fruit for canning.
Corrected Daily.)
PrOduce-Best eggs, 40c per
dozen; bakers eggs, 80 to CSC. But
ter, best creamery grades, 45c; Sec
ond grade, 40c;' ranch butter, 35c
to 40c.
Observation-Disclosures. Coo per
sack; smaller quantities, 1c per
pound. Cabbage, turnips, beets, car
rots, &c per pound. Tomatoes, 35c
to 40c per box; Sc per pound. Head
lettuce, 15c per pound. Young on
ions, Csc per dozen punches; bulk
onions, $1.75 per hundred, or 10
pounds for 25c. Mango peppers and
long green peppers, Csc per pound;
radishes, 2 punches for SC; egg
plant, 10c each; cauliflower, 15c
per head celery, sc to 10c per
head.
Fruits-Waterme &c per
pound, or 15c to 40c each; canta-
loups, sc to 10c each; Utah peaches.
$3.50 per crate; canning pears, $1.25
to $1.35 per crate; best Bartletts,
$3.50 to So per crate; blue plums.
21ac per pound, or SOC for 20 pound
crate; crab apples. $1.25 to $3.50
per crate, or 8 pounds for 25c; ap'
pies, $1.25 to 50 per crate, 4 pounds
for 25c; blackberries. So per crate !;
fresh Italian prunes, rs pounds for
100.
Fancy Fruit-Bananas, zoe to soc
per dozen; lemons, 25c to 30c per
dozen; oranges, zoe to SOC per
dozen; dates, zoe per pound; Con-
cord grapes, 40c per basket; Mus,
cat grapes, 40c per basket; Tokay
grapes, SOC per basket.
Dressed Poultry-Broilers and
| flyers, 18c pound; hens, tic pound
Meats-Poterhouse steak, 22c to
CSC pound; sirloin, 1Sc to zoe;
round steak, 15c; chuck steak, 10c;
rib roast. 18c to 22c; pot roast. 10c
to 12hc; boiling beef, &c to 10c.
Lamb, shoulder, 15c; chops, soc;
leg, 25c. Mutton, shoulder, 10c;
chops. zoe; leg. 18c. Pork, roast,
zoe; chops, zoe; sausages, 1213c to
15c; best bacon, zoe to 25c; best
ham, 18c; picnic hams, 12hc. Veal.
roast, 15c to zoe; chops and steaks,
zoe to 25c.
Fish-Salmon, 15c; halibut
|12hc; smelts. 121sc; perch. 12hc;
black bass. Sac; Olympia oysters,
zoe; eastern oysters, Csc.
Cheese-Wisconsin cream. 25c;
brick, 25c.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
TELL NE A a
NSTORY:MA
McHILDREN,S
~ 'PlAYTlNE
FRANkLIN'S KITE.

When Benjamin Franklin was a
very little boy he used to fly
kites just as little boys do now, and
have just as much fun. But as he
grew older he often watched the
storms and wondered what it was
that caused the lightning's flash,
and he finally decided that 1t must
be electricity. But how could he
prove it? He knew of nothing that
would reach up half as high as the
| clouds.
Then one day as he was coming
home from work at his printing
shop, he stopped a minute to watch
some boys in vacant lot flying
kites. why, that is the very
thing!" he said to himself. "A kite
will fly up higher than houses and
maybe as high as the lightning. I'll
try it, anyhow"
He hurried home and made a big
kite just like the ones he had
when he was boy. Then he tied
a key to the end of the tail of the
kite to see what would happen.
A few days later thunder
storm came up, and he brought out
his kite. He had a little boy hold
the kite, and he ran pulling the
string to start it up. Up and up 1t
went. ever so high, and very soon
the lightning hit 1t and made the
blue sparks of fire fly from the key.
Then Mr.. Franklin knew for sure
that the lightning was electricity.
So he made queer, needle like
rods having long wires to reach
from the housetops to the ground.
They were called lightning rods,
and were intended to draw the
lightning, If the house were struck,
down the wires to the ground with
out burning the house or hurting
any of the residents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
GIRLS, A JUDGE SAYS,
DRESS BY THE CLOCK

an hour fixing herself up. She
fails to realize that the man who
is spending his money to show her
a good time may have a taxicab
waiting for which he is paying by
the hour. Her slowness causes the
couple to get to their destination
late. and If it is the theater they
have to pay high prices for seats
or take inferior ones. She will
then complain II her escort is in a
bad humor-I don't blame him.
Even married women frequently
force their husbands to eat cold
meals by keeping the repast wait
ing while they primp up.
Women should be made to dress
by the clock, the same as a man
works. They should run on seized
ule time.r
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
A PUBLIC MARKET
BUILDING.

Citizens let's give this matter good, hearty BOOST
Most of you who reading this the CONSUMERS.
During the time you have been helped by buying
at the public market because you buy direct from the
PRODUCERS farmers. But when winter comes they
can not sell on the streets.
Here is the natural result The have to buy
through the MIDDLEMEN. They pay more. The pro
ducers have to sell to the mddlemen They get less OF
course the middemen have perfectly legitimate right
to their profits made in this way and here's luck to them
but Mr. Producer and Mr. Consumer you have perfectly
legitimate right to get and save much possible
Producers and constitute the greatest part of
the population public market building, serviceabe
the year round would be for the greatest good of the great
est number.
Take up this proposition. fine public market building
would be of nestmabe benefit to Spokane and its ribu
tary country.
"Peary feels able to go to the pole again. Yes, and
perhaps another trip would put him in cooler temper
garding the achievements of other explorers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

tentative fashion as yet, the num-
Der of them seen, and their grace
full lines, seem to point to many De-
ing used during the coming season.
This comely frock in the sketch
is made of amethyst henrietta clotn
untrimmed save the scallops. which
are bound and stitched with SILK IN
the same shade. and square yoke
of ecru lace.
The graceful hat is made OF
heavy corded silk in amethyst
shade, and trimmed with satin
folds, and a sweeping feather In
white. s5
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
JOSH WISE SAYS:

Jobof clock winder in the treas
ury department has been restored.
However, Secretary MacVeagh still
doubles up as clock fixer for USE
less employees.
Somebody has found new
comet. This doesn't count unless
the Stars and Stripes has been nail
ed to it.
They pronounce Commander
Peary's name Perry. Before long
we will be weary, weary" familiar
with it.
Pennsylvania doesn't know what
to do with its statue of Matt Quay.
A statue, you know, can't settle the
matter by dying.
Yes, school has started. That Is
the cause of the small boys gloomy
looks, not the death Of Santa Claus.
This thing of selling the bed In
which Webster, Lincoln, General
Scott and U. s. Grant slept is open
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
OYS, 1884 YEARS OF
MAKE MERRY
(By United Press)

. WINSTED. Conn, Sept. 20.
. --Fifty-eight boys" their
. ages aggregating 4.634 years.
= made merry at the thirteenth
= annual reunion of the Old
. Mems club of Bristol at Lake
. Compounds yesterday. Elias
. Burweil, who will be SO next
. month, Joined the others in
. eating baked sheep and fried
. corn. The youngest boy"
. present was II years old.
a . q 4 . = q q q q q 4 q a q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

CLEVER DESIGN

Seasons Latest Fad, the Pannier.
Slight draperies in pannier lines
are much seen in the east on early
fall dresses. While they cannot be
regarded as anything more than a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
Had 1t Reasoned Out.

The Visitor-You said you
thought there was no malaria
around here.
The Farmer did think so.
After all the summer boarders took
away last year, I didn't see how
there could be any left.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
MOST ANYTHING

MANY a hayseed sprouts
after he's transplanted ter
tn CITY,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

Mrs. Hicks-The lecturer said
that when the Zulu husband has
words with his spouse he makes
for his club.
Mrs. Wicks-That's just what
mine does!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

to controversy. Travellers will as
sert that the Chicago hotels relic
can be duplicated in every 81 a day
house west of Buffalo when 1t
comes to ancient features.
So far the Eskimo vote of Brook
Ign Is solid for DR.. Cook.
Why should Cape Breton island
girls quarrel over which should pre-
sent a bouquet to Peary? There
are plenty of north pole discover
ers to go round.
Wife of Harry Thaw cousin Is
bankrupt and says she squandered
$780, 900 on horse races, travel and
lawyers. And lawyers don't lay
very attractive odds, either.
Spain now has a rough riders
regiment. Too late.
A taxicab blew up" in Broad
way. 'Rah!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
A Resemblance,

A REESE mblanoe.
Ned-The century plant only
blossoms once in 100 years.
Nettie-Must be something like
the peas l planted in my garden
last spring.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

Hope you get the free piano. SET
Eilers' ad on page 8.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

vesuvius reported rumling again.
Let her rumble. 1t may drown the
noise of the Abruzzi-Elkins gossip.
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10 NAIL SUBSCRIBERS-The subscription
s on the sddres: label OF each When that date
rives subscription
is taken from the list change of the address
label II . receipt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20
sPoKANE's FAIR.

y SpOkane'S annual 1alr
larger proposition than most of her citizens really real
ze Exhibits contributed from the states of Washing
ton, Idaho Montana and Oregon and from British Column
bia Tnusands ofpeople from all these sections to
see the fair
foremost of it's kind held in the United States Every man,
woman and child in this city ought to be glad to visit it,
and take pride in it. Every detail has been worked out
In frsclass shape and the whole is happy combination
Of the entertaining and INSTRUCTIVE.
Do you anything in President Tafts speeches. of
the Roosevelt policies Not that you could notice it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

Bigger and better than
ever, the Spokane Inter
state fair opened in this
city today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

At the first October ses-
sion of the city council, the
proposition for the erection
Of a public market building
prOhahly will he nrnSantad
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

A taxicab blew up" in Broad
way. 'Rah!
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sAT EN- ONIONS
RAW * :.
NEXT ,6MER
THURSDAT.A Nz(xy4W

Dear Mr.. Trues-My husband is
a very handsome man and attracts
the attention Of other women. This
makes him vain and conceited, and
the way he flirts with them is
something scandalous. Naturally /
am consumed with jealousy, but
don't know what to do. Can you
help me reform him. MRS. GREEN
ANSWER
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Spain now has rough riders
regiment. Too late.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-20

Esteemed Mr.. True-My wife
raises an awful fuss because I
smoke my pipe in the house. This
is the only dissipation l indulge in.
/ hardly know how to meet the is
sue. Yours in trouble. J. B. L.
ANSWER:
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Dear Mr.. True-A certain young
man, for whom 1 care not the snap
of my finger. insists upon paying
his attentions to me. How can l
discourage him without openly Of
Tending him? He calls every
Thursday evening. MISS BELLE
ANSWER:
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Fish-Salmon 15c; halibut
121c; smelts. 121sc; perch. 12hc;
black bass. Sac; Olympia oysters,
zoe; eastern oysters, Csc.
Cheese-Wisconsin cream, 25c;
brick, Csc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
When Ton Lose Your Taste.


 "When people lose their taste," said a.physician, "they retain their old likes and dislikes just the same. Miss Smith, for instance, can't tell a slice of roast beef from a fried onion,1but she dis liked onions before her taste went, and therefore she won't eat them now. People lose their taste through severe illnesses, and with the loss of taste the loss of smell nearly always goes; hence queer. cruel practical jokes. I know a woman without smell to whom a pint of onion juice was sent in a cologne bottle. She deluged herself with this onion juice and appeared in a crowded heated ballroom.
 ITO a man without taste or smell all cheeses must be alike, yet old Brown low won't touch hmburger. He says 1t would make him i'll, and probably it would. 1t is very odd to hear these de- 6cient people praising and condemning food and drink. They do it, though. They do 1t as heartily as you or I. I have seen old Brownlow send away in disgust a glass of white wine, claiming 1t was corked, while at the same time he ate calmly an addled egg."-Balti- more Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
To Gust Platt Regime
 In Adams Express Co.

New York, May 1.-The action brought in Montgomery County by Benjamin F. Spraker, President of the First National Bank of Canajoharie, against the officers of the United States Express Company, with the ob- ject either of throwing the company into the hands of a. receiver or com polling the calling of a meeting of the shareholders at which an effort would be made to oust the self-perpetuating Platt regime, is generally believed to have been inspired by the Halt and Bannister Committee, protesting to represent about 52, 900 shares of United States Express Company stock.
 For two years or more the Halt and Bannister Committee has been trying to wrest the control of the express company from ex-Senator Thomas c. Platt. his sons, Frank H. and Edward T. Platt, and others closely associated with them- They have appealed to the Legislature without result and it is understood that through MT. Spra- ker the committee is. now acting with the hope of getting a court order com polling the Directors of the company to call a shareholders meeting. Such a meeting has not been held since 1862. The majority shareholders believe that at such a meeting they can oust the Platt regime and stop what they charge is a plan to turn all the com pany's profits over to it's rivals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
The Confusion of Wives.

Occasionally the excess of wives in Utah leads to amusing consequences, as when one of the apostles invited a visiting gentle to dinner The guest lost the address and looked up the apostle in the directory. He deserved that his hostess, though she answered to the proper name, seemed unprepared for him, and presently he heard her at the telephone.
 "Oh, Emma! Is John living at your house this week? Is he expecting somebody to dinner today7 Very well. The gentleman will be there in a few minutes"
 Then returning to the stranger she handed him a paper slip.
 "You came to the wrong house, sir This is the address you want"
 On another occasion little girl came running into the parlor while a visitor was calling.
 Mamma, mamma! Papa wants his suit case packed. He fs going to live with Aunt Emma this week.s-Leslie's Monthly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Labor Unions
 Oppose Militia

Trenton. May 17.-For the first time in the history of labor organizations in this State the Brotherhood of Op- eratipe Potters has voted unanimously not to allow a member of the organ ization to join the National Guard of the State The reason for this action was expressed by a walking delegate as follows:
 eve found out through the exper- fence at the Perth Anboy roits that a potter who joins the National Guard may have to fire on his brother pot ters some day. This action is not in anticipation of a strike, however, but is just a National labor organization pre- caution"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Pulling Ostrich Feathers.

A man who runs an ostrich farm, asked the other day as to the method of gathering the feathers, admitted that they were pulled out of the birds once in every eight months. Was the process painful?
 "Wer," he replied, about equal to pulling out your eyeteeth. A good many ladies who wear ostrich feath- CTS do so in the belief that they are thereby serving the cause of humanity. As a matter of fact, they are encour- aging the most cruel and barbarous torture which man can inf1ict upon a bird.-Sporting and Dramatic News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

ard of quality and price. All sorts Of tricks are resorted to to hit the mark precisely. The question is, What is best for the human race, food that re- quires long time to digest or a short time? Roast beef is digested in three hours. We Americans are great eat CTS of pork, which is nearly as hard to digest as veal, requiring five hours and fifteen minutes. We are nation of dyspepdcs, reveling in fresh bread. which takes three hours and fifteen minutes. China and Japan live on rice, which digests in one hour.-New York Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
[ the corning st. James, whist.

TOT the coming St. James whist. At the recent whist of the A. O. H. the prize winners were Miss McCar- thy, Miss Dineen, Miss Sarah Smce, Miss Margaret Bryne. Mrs. .Chas. Gra- l ham and the following gentlemen:sJ J. Kerrins. F. w. Coons. w. White, c. Gibbons, Francis Since, Daniel Dillon, J. Costello. M. Atkins, F. Su1fy. F. B. Lewis and Vincent Sexton. A few eases of measles and scarlet fever still finger in town. Homer Hammond has become mate of the sloop Christie. Rivercliff has been leased by the Mo Carthys of Milford.
 Mrs. Charles H. Bailey of Brooklyn, and Mrs. J. A. Peterlxin, have recently been the guests of Mrs. Frank Patter- son.
 Sometime during the summer the Mems Club will give an entertainment, probably at the shore and to this end Rev. Arthur Shirley. Nathan B. Wellee and Bison A. Beecher will make the arrangements.
 Mrs. H. C. Cooper of Syracuse, town. has presented her husband with a son. born a. day or two ago. Miss Minnie T. Beers. the efficient correspondent of a New Haven paper, has been entertaining Mrs. Edward Case of Granby.
 We hear that the Payne family of Wichita. Kansas, will soon be in town for the summer. .
 
 went to the WopowaEe lodge. in near by town to hold a DOW WOW with other men of the same color.
 Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week will be devoted to the minstrel shSw to be given by the Red Men. There will be tableaux to repre- sent Indian scenes, and music galore" :" by a chorus of 25, not to mention sew eral soloists. A few of the gentlemen
 who will participate are Harry Brown,
 Selectman Alfred w. Stacey. Geo. A. Fairchild. Wm Strickland. Robert Sy- rett. Wm- App1eyard, Chas- Harrison. Ernest L. Vincent. Sidney C1iborne, Harry A. Powell. Arthur Meloy, Fred Atwood, Gus Burke. Herbert SniHn and a number of ladies.
 Mrs. and Mrs. Zenas Preston Fuller were recently in town on their bridal trip.
 Any one who wishes can buy a s1 subscription blank to help build little church at Devon
 Rev. Dr. Packard says in regard to Father O'Connor's stand on the liquor question: .I have thanked him person. ally and want to thank him now and publicly and to say that such warnings are greatly needed. For one I do not believe that Avon Park should be used for games on Sunday by our own or foreign teams"
 Rev Geo. Farrar was one of our local residents who attended the St. Andrews guild convention at St. Johns church in Bridgeport. Nothing draws like a good supper. The last one given by the Devon Sum day school was relished with such sharp appetite, another of the same
 kind is likely to be served in the near future.
 Mrs. Aida Simpkins of Ansonia. has come back to Stratford to live. A gentleman named Farley is said to
 be promoting the w. O. W.'s in town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Naturally.

His Wife-I wish I had lots of mon-' ey. He-If one could get what he wish ed for I think I should wish for com mon sense, not for money. His Wife Naturally everybody wishes for what they haven't got.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

MAnH ADA GENT A WoRn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
His Grief.

~John," said Mrs. Twicewed, you are a brute! You don't express any sorrow that my mother is dying. don't believe you'd care if all my rela- lives diedr'
 ''Yes, I would, Maria answered the brute cheerfully. 'I often find myself grieving over the death of your first husband"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Fields of Ice Imperil Vessels

St. Johns, N. F.. May 17.-Unyielding before the warming climate of ad- vancing Spring great fields of ice ex- tend from the shore of nearly every section of Newfoundland. constituting in some places an impenetrable barrier and an others an active menace to ocean navigation. Within ten days nearly a dozen ocean liners have put in here or at nearby ports badly dam aged and reporting narrow escapes from more serious imperillinE of the lives of thousands of passengers. =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Meat. ana Digestion.

Of all known meats veal is the hard est to digest, requiring five hours and thirty minutes. The Italians are a happy people. They are healthy and hopeful. Their favorite meat is veal
 Veal in the New York markets must weigh exactly 120 pounds to the car eass to be perfect. That is the stand
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
A Deduction.

Bugby-Who was that lady who sat beside you at the theater the other evening? Smith-Why. that was my wife. Bugby-Oh, I don't mean the one who sat on your right. I mean the one you talked with.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
They Generally Are,

"I ate a Welsh rabbit last night" "How was it?''
 "It was a dream."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

Some persons are SC dry that you might soak them in joke for a month and it would not SO through their skin Henry Ward Beechas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

If you want to feel we'll. look well and be we'll take Foley's Kidney Rem edy It tones up the kidneys and
 bladder. purifiies the blood and re- stores health end strength. Pleasant to take and contains no harmful drugs. Why not commence to-day? F. B. Brill, local agent. ~1 3