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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10

Second Reporter-Used to be a
vivisectionist, | hear.
Gerald-Life is what we make 1t
-Geraldine-Let's make it hearts
John L. Sullivan said the other
day that he was thinking of be
coming a preacher. And, of course
someone had to say that John L.
was a great ex-pounder.
A woman who refers to her hus
band as che" or "the old man. may
love him all right, but it's hard to
believe it.
Ohio man, as requested in his
| will was buried to the tune OF
yankee Doodle" Did he forget
that fireworks is the usual accom-
paniment for this tune?
Little Joe goes wild with glee
When he gets top or ball;
| Sister Nell sings merrilee
| When she gets a nice wax doll;
| Mothers JOY is good to see
| Finding bargains at the store
But for real pure gayety
| See pa with his new lawn mower
| First Moth-What's the matter
with you? You've got a regular
Scotch burr in your voice.
Seond Moth--Hoot, laddie. dinna
| We ken I've been eatin' kits?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
AREN'T THE ENGLISH
THE SLANGY BLOKES?

Special Correspondence to The Press
LONDON, May S.-A spicy play
that has been drawing big crowds
in London is the farce "Mr. Prudy
and the Countess" The Daily Mir
ror commenting on the show says
that the dialogue is full of slang,
new slang, and the newspaper
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10

Gerald-Life is what we make 1t
-Geraldine-Let's make it hearts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business December j at
the New York Stock Exchange.
Railway and Miscellaneous Sharea

closing n.
of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Cigarettes in England.
From the London Chronicle

FROM the London chronicle.
Other famous men contend with the
Duke of Buccleuch for the discredt of be-
ing the first smoker OF cigarettes in Lon
don. That the cigarette came from Rus
STA is agreed. But was 1t Lawrence OIL
plant. novelist and mystic, who was the
first to popularize the cigarette in the
"Piccadilly' which was the subject Of his
novel (some publisher should reproduce
that novel;. or was 1t Carlo Pellegrini,
the Ape Of vanity Fair? They both
contend with the duke for the bad emf
nence.
Cigarettes were known in England be-
fore 1855. when the Duke of Buccleuch is
said to have introduced them here. Mr..
w. A. Penn, in THE Soverane Herbe,
says that many of our military and naval
officers during the Crimean war adopted
this mode of smoking. and, on their re-
turn, the cigarette became fashionable
among clubmen and in the higher cir
cles And even before the war there was
cigarette merchant named Theodoridi
established In Great Winchester build
ings E. c. The cheapest cigarettes in
those days were retailed at twelve a
shilling, and they were invariably sold
with card mouthpieces and in pictured
boxes of gaudy design These mouth
pieces were soon displaced by tips made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
school. Tech could enter capable bunch
of weight men in the meet next spring.

When Business gets the Princeton base
ball cup for winning the base ball cham
pionship last spring, the Stenographers
will also have leg on the cup. for this
emblem does not become permanent pos
session until one school wins it three
times before each of the other schools.
Business should have been awarded this
cup last spring, Immediately after the
base ball series, but for some reason or
other 1T was postponed. The Stenogra-
piers view this affair as better late than
never.
The rumor that Hamilton would be a
member of the George Washington track
squad this season was offset by the state
ment that he will leave in a few weeks
for Ohio to attend to some business mat
tiers. "Burly was former Central
High hurdler and his presence on the
squad would have strengthened the
Hatchetites considerably.
Some of the other high schools should
take on game with the Georgetown
Props and retrieve the defeat admins
tered to Western High, as the manner In
which the Blue and Gray Props played
rings around their high school neighbors
does not speak very well of high school
basket ball. Maybe Western will prac-
tice UP and turn the tables on their
rivals.
Wonder why Eastern does not break
into the limelight on the basket ball floor
AMI take some of the preparatory
school quints around town. The Cap
tol Hill boys have organized, but there Is
no record to date of any games they
have played. Getting a few practice
games Is the best sort of practice and
unusually brings out the teams weak
ness. Western is said to display the
best team work, but it is not known for
a certainty whether the boys across the
creek will hold this honor or not when
all the high school teams reach their
stride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

nous person and the comparative ia
milarity are both important factors.
Most people would still write OF putting
on their "Wellingtons'' (supposing they
still wore them), or packing their .-eslad-
stones,' with CAPITALS. But nobody SO
treats macintosh" or "macadam,"
bobby or ''peeler." We write ..shrap-
nel," oblivious of the officer who invented
it: derrick with no memory of the
hangman: and Sandwich without
thought Of the earl who devised this
handy form of nourishment for use at the
card table. SO that the game need net be
interrupted for refreshments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
NOVEL CLOTHESPIN.
Made Of Good Quality Wire and
Won't Soil the Clothes.

Now the old-fashioned wooden clothes
pin that has done its humble work so well
for many, many years may have to 60.
1t has a rival designed by a Texas man,
which is much more artistic and is said
to be cleaner. The new clothes pin is
made of wire, galvanized iron or alum
mum wire of good quality. and is guar
anteed not to soil the clothes. The whole
device shown in the illustration is made
of one piece OF wire, twisted and inter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

slide in and out just as the drawers of
a bureau. The corners have heavy posts
on them and in the front posts are grooves
in which the front of the trunk slides up
and down. When the lid is down. of
course, the front section stays in place.
but when the lid is up the front can
be drawn out, and there is a regular
bureau, the drawers of which slide easily
out and give access to anything in them.
without the necessity Of clawing up every
thing else on top. The advantages of
such trunk can be seen at glance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
which now threaten to run over the COM

mission and f1out its authority.
feature of the market which is be-
coming more conspicuous every day and
which is very much enjoyed by the bank
ing interests is the increasing volume of
investment buying for foreign account.
The securities of American railroads and
high-class industrials afford the safest
investment for foreign capital, a fact
which is being more clearly recognized
by the better class OF people on the 9TH
er side. There Is not a royal house
in the old world that has not money in
vested in Americans"
There is one great banking house in
New York that is the custodian and
trustee for scores of millions of dol
lar: worth Of American stocks and bonds
bought and held for the account of the
royal families of Great Britain and Eu-
rope. This practice Is growing daily.
The United States now has a standing
among the nations of the world as being
one of the most stable on the list
W. G. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
TRUNK Is A BUREAU.
Drawers Slide in and Out When
Front Il Taken Ont.

One of the chief objections to living
in trunk" as travellers put it, is the
inconvenience of getting at the stuff
packed there and the trouble of packing
and unpacking wherever you happen to
stop a while. This has been overcome
by New York man, VINO has invented
what might be termed a bureau trunk
as differentiated from the convenient
wardrobe trunk. The New Workers. in
vention has series of drawers which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

twisted to form pin and chain. The wavy
pieces of iron shown form a sort OF
spring. The pin is hooked over a gar
ment between the outward haring end
of the loop and the lower part Of the
spring section. BY the depending chain
the pin is then given downward tug
and the resistance of the spring and the
spring coils at the top holds the whole
firmly on the clothesline. which fits into
the concave part of the spring end. There
is no danger of such pin coming loose
and allowing the clothes to drop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Lost CAPITAL Letters.
From the London Chronicle.


We have remarked that "brougham
and hanson" have quite lost their ini-
tial capital. and that Victoria" (the We
hicle) is going the same way. 1t would
be interesting, and difficult. to work out
the principles on which the process takes
place; no doubt the fame Of the epony-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
My Lady's Steed.

From the Gentlewoman.
Never were good ladies hunters 50
much in demand as at the present time,
and quite as much is paid for them, If
not more, as for the horses to carry the
opposite sex to hounds The day has
gone when anything on four legs was
considered good enough for a woman TO
ride.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Foreign Capital Attracted.

In other words, If it seems best for
the railroads of the state to extend them
selves by new construction or the pur-
chase of other properties. it is not for
the public service board to mix in and
say nay, not even to the extent of re-
fusing the right to issue securities for
the payment thereof. This decision IS
very disquieting. and is being made the
most OF by the New York corporations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Of various substances such as glass. silk.
web. silver, amber. cork and gold. the last
and most popular variety being put on
the market in 1891. The cigarettes you
buy in Russia are still usually half card
board and give but three minutes smok-
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

It pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds Of situations arenlled
through them. y+-ss. ....&. II;
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and I am restored to my natural
health."-Mrs. Eta DONOVAN, Box
200. Willimantic, Conn.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine q trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands Of others, and why should it
not cure you?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
American Royalty.

A visitor to one of the hotels at
Carlsbad, Germany, tells the story of
gentleman to whom the servants and
the proprietor paid the most profound
attentions. He was royalty treated,
rather to the neglect of the rest of the
guests.
Every time he came out of the hotel
door a strip of green carpet would be
rolled down in front of him, and the
attendants would take off their caps
and bow in the most deferential and
obsequious manner. Neither the Wis.,
itor thus SO strangely honored nor the
other guests could make out what this
Difference meant.
At last some one looked in the print
ed register, or Kurgast Liste. There
was the entry:
james the list, King of Buffalo,
N. Y"
1t was the native printers rendering
of the Americans name-James L.
King, Buffalo, n Y.-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE
OF Painting Requirements Will Save
Muet Expense.

When one sees the surface of a
house or other building scaling, or
peeling, or spotted or blistered, or
showing other symptoms of paint "dis.
ease," it is evident that a poor painter
has been on the job, and that poor
paint was used-or possibly that a
good painter had been dominated by
a property-owner who knew nothing
about paint.
1t is an easy matter to be Informed
on paint and painting. A complete
painting guide, including a book OF
color schemes, either for exterior OF
Observation-Disclosures for all kinds
Of painting,-and an instrument for
detecting adulteration in paint ma
terial, with directions for using it.
may be had free by writing National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg
New York City, and asking for House
owners Painting Outfit No. 40.
Then, every houseowner should
make it a point to get only we'll
known reliable brands in buying his
materials. Pure white lead is espe
cially important, or the paint will
not prove satisfactory. The famous
Dutch Boy Painter" trademark Of
National Lead Company, the largest
makers of pure white lead, is an alb
solute guarantee Of the purity and
quality of the white lead sold under
1t. That trademark is q safeguard
against paint trouble.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
AN IDYLL OF
CAPE DE CASTRO
By JAMES FRANCIS DWYER.
Copyright. by shortstory Pub. Cos

1t was Tong Sue who first discov-
ever gold at Cape De Castro. Tong
was prowling up the coast towards
Port Darwin, and the strip of white
sand that ran like a lace insertion
between the emerald waters and the
stunted mangroves attracted him.
Tong went ashore, washed a few buck
cts of the sand and then pulled his
boat up on the beach. The find was
exceptionally rich.
1t is peculiar fact that discovery
of gold, no matter how jealousy the
discoverer guards the secret, is car
ried in some unexplainable way to
men miles away from the find. This
has been proved a thousand times.
1t would seem that the very intensity
with which the man on the spot prays
that all others will keep away, has an
effect that is Numerically opposite.
Men suddenly feel desire to take the
trail that leads to the new Golconda,
although that trail may have appeared
hopeless only few days previous,
and they explain their arrival at the
field by saying that something
dragged them in that direction.
This mysterious something" dis.
turbed Tong Sues solitude five days
after he landed at Cape De Castro. A
japanese and white man arrived
from different points of the sunburned
plain, and they made straight for the
beach and pegged out claims. The
Chinaman didn't speak. The old
maxim which tells us that silence is
golden was translated from the Chi
nese.
Next day another Jap drifted in
from the gray northwest and the fol,
lowing day hro;:ssht another Tong
viewed the newcomers With impressive
eyes, but he gave no welcomes. lie
washed industriously from early
morn till the tropical twilight was
smothered in the heavy night, and the
little bag that hung round his neck
grew heavier as the days passed.
longs silence welded the friend.
ship that Immediately sprang up be.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

tween the four newcomers. They hat.
ed Tong and they liked each other
through knowing of the common hate.
They compared notes, talked and
smoked together in the evenings and
cursed the Chinaman every little
while. But the hostile looks and the
curses did not affect Tong. He
dreamed rosy dreams of maiden who
lived far to the north in evil-smell-
ing Hankow, and he twired his dish
merrily.
1t was unlucky for the Chinaman
that the new arrivals were not as for
tunate as himself. His days had been
exceptionally profitable, but he soon
realized that his claim was the excep-
ton. He didn't question his neigh
bors regarding their luck; he dis
covered it by that peculiar power of
intuition possessed by men who rely
upon their eyes to collect information
that is never whispered loud enough
for their ears to hear.
On the fifth night after the arrival
of the first strangers Tong was made
still further cognizant of the envy of
the four. His sleep was disturbed by
slight sound, and by amazing quick
ness he managed to twist his body in
time to avoid the knife thrust. The
incident disturbed him. The few
hours that interviewed between the
happening and daylight he devoted to
concentrated thought and the ban
daging of an arm that had been slight
ly wounded when he attempted to
hold the would-be assassin. 1t looked
as if the quartet intended to make
Cape De Castro too warm for the
original pioneer.
Tong had no wish to evacuate hur-
riedly. He was an aggressive person
If judged by Celestial standards, and
each days labor was making the lit
tie bag heavier. BY daylight he had
made up his mind to match his cum
ming against their strength.
That evening he crept into the bush
towards a buffalo wallow mile in
land, and there performed the un-
pleasant work of bagging portion of
the carcass of bull buffalo that had
become begged in the sticky mud
some three weeks previous. The task
was not agreeable. but Tong worked
With much determination. The vision
of the maiden in Hankow came up be-
fore his eyes and made him forget
much. He dragged his load by cir
cuitous track to his boat that he had
secreted in the nlangroves, and then
padded out into the little bay that
sheltered behind the long snaky trip
of land that pointed up toward Suma.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
Make. Ornament. Of Coal.

Remarkable carving work in coal is
being done by resident at Newball
near Burton, England, who says he
has discovered secret process for
polishing his productions. At local
bazaar he exhibited a cabinet Of coal
work containing model suite of fur.
niture, salt-cellars. pipes. and black
rings set with stones.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

walk ups tai r s
without stopping
on the way. I
tried three differ
ent doctors and
each told me some
thing different. I
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
NV health Theoan
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for an
Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY CO., Toledo, q.
we. the undersigned. have known +. ]. Cheney
tor the last IS years and believe him perfectly hon.
orable In all business transactions and financially
soae 70 carry out any Civilizations made by bis firm.
WALDlNa klNNAN Il MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. q.
. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
olrecty upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF thu
system. Testimonials sent free Price Is cents pog
bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

The man who separates people from
their coin will be remembered long
time after the undertaken plants him.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
Real water.

Visitor-ls this lake in your garden
artificial?
Child Of the House-No, stree. It's
real. fell in and got as wet an any.
thing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
Puzzled.

Puzzled.
Those new neighbors Of ours are a
puzzle"
"How 500"
well. young man calls at their
house about twice a week, and I can't
quite make out whether he calls to
see the young lady there or is just
trying to collect BILL
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

And If every mothers son of us
made a strenuous effort to reach the
top there wouldn't be such crowd
at the bottom.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

Most of the burdens for which we
blame heaven are simply Our own
needless baggage.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

Few things are more foolish than
praying for high task while neg.
lecting a lowly one.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

You can tell whether a man is walk.
ing with God by whether folks like
to walk with him.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

The best argument against the devil
is the one that eats into the profits
of his business.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

PILES CURED IN 6 TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
81 itching, Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles IN
3 70 II Gays or money refunded. Soc.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

It's difficult to get crooked man
interested in the scenery along the
straight and narrow path.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

When man gives more than dol.
lar to charity he usually manages to
get caught in the act.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

Mrs. Windows Soothing syrup.
For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces IN
0ammaton. allsys pain, wind coli9 Csc bottle
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

WE PAY l0-I1c FOR COWHIDEs.
High price for furs and sell leather cheap.
N. w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis. MINI
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

o. 8. SHEEP DIP ONLY 75c PER GALLON.
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis. MINI.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

That is LAXATIVE BROMO OI1fNINE. Look fos
the signature Of e. w. GROVE. Used the Wofld
over to Cure Cold in One Day. &c.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
Her WAY

THAT is the last word in Easter
hats"
"The last word, Ell? Then my wife
will be bound to have it,"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

We buy cream. Write desk No 3 for pricea
The Crescent Creamery Co.. st. Paul.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

Feet Ache-Use Aliens F0ot-Ease
nee trial pacKaae. x. s. Oimsted. lie RoS.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

Virtue never needs to demonstrate
itself by moderation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

MILTON DAIRY CO., ST. PAUL. MINI,
Are heavy cream buyers. Get their prices
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

Little deeds are often like little win.
dows into a large room.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

The soldier of the cross need no. be
q cross soldier.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

No man is we'll occupied who is too
busy to sympathize.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

WE BUY CREAM GET OUR PRICE
Miller q Holiness ST. Paul. MINI.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, Conn.-"F For five years
l suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, irregulari-
ties, dizziness and nervous prostra-
ton. 1t was impossible for me to
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-01

The golden rule is the best antidote
for the rule of gold.