The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-02-27

appreciation of his work.
The republican party was first portrayed an
elephant by Mast in 1874. The elephant that he
first drew was labeled THE Republican Vote :"
and was pictured as laundering beast during the
time of the great cry that arose out of the fear
that President Grant would be a candidate for a
third term This, like all of Nast's other striking
symbols, was Immediately adopted by other car
toonists and the republican elephant of today is
the result
Thomas Mast was also the inventor of the
donkey as symbol of the democratic party-a
symbol so firmly fixed that William j. Bryan only
year or two ago squeched an attempt to rebel at
it by some members of that party.
The democratic donkey first appeared in Har-
pers Weekly in the issue of January Is, 1870, and
was founded upon the attacks made upon the
memory Of Edwin M. Stanton -Lincoln's secretary
of war. The cartoon was captoned "A Live
Jackass Kicking Dead Lion''
Likewise the tiger, which is universally accepted
as typifyng Tammany Hall, was the work of Mast
He got the idea from the head of tiger which
was the shield and symbol of the old volunteer
fire company to which Boss Tweed belonged
and which Tweed carried with him to his office
when he became the dictator of New York City,
The tiger which big Six" used was only a
head, but Mast elaborated it and finally he drew
just before election day in 1871-a full hedged
man-eating tiger -typifying Tammany Hall, which
helped the overthrow of Tweed and the ring which
at that time controlled Tammany
Credit where credit is due! And to Thomas
Mast, the little German artist who has left his
mark deeper in the political affairs of this coun-
try than any other man who ever welded crayon
belongs the credit for these three symbols of party
and power which are familiar to every man who
ever opened newspaper r-Seattle Times.
The extra session of congress will be convened
on March 15 This date is definitely settled and
President-elect Taft authorized the announcement
The date of the extra session. called for the pur-
pose of tariff revision, was fixed at conference
between President-elect Taft, Senator Aldrch and
Speaker Cannon.
AS an indication of the probable length of the
special tariff session of congress, Senator Frye of
Maine has written to friends at home that he ex-
poets to have to remain in Washington all summer
Man is said to be a creature of circumstances
Well, the woman is often the creature of his cir
cumstances.
A friend of the Examiner dropped in the other
day and asked if we had any of the newspapers
which told of what the state legislature was doing
The only reply possible was that we had lots of
newspapers, but since the legislature had so far
done hardly anything, it was manfestly impossible
to secure papers which told of any of their actions
The colored parson had just concluded power
full sermon on Salvation am Free" and was an
nouncing that collection would be taken for the
benefit of the parson and his family. Up jumped
an acutely brunette brother in the back of the
church.
Look a-year, pahson," he interrupted you
amt no sooner done telin' us dat salvation am
free dan yo go askn US fo' money. If salvation
am free, what de use in payin' fo it? OATS what
l want to know An tell yo' p'ntedly dat
amt goin' to glib yo nothin' until l find out
Now"
Patience brudder, patience" said the parson
"Ill 'lucidate: S'pose yo was thirsty an come to
a river. Yo' could kneel right down an drink yo'
fill, couldn't yo'? An it wouldn't cost yo nothn,
would it?'
lob co'se not OATS jest what /"
''Dat water would be free, continued the parson
But s'posin' yo' was to hab dat water piped to
yo house? Yod hab to pay wouldn't yo'?''
"Yas, sub, but"
''Wal brudder, so it is wild salvation De sal
vation am free but it's de havin' it pped to yo'
dat yo' got to pay TO- Pass de hat, deacon, pass
de hat"
On Hawks Nest hil one mile from Kettle Falls
ledge three feet wide, assaying $24, $18 and $13
in gold has been uncovered. The assays also
show some silver. This ground was patented
md fo 7 III
Dewey of Rochester, N. Y. Last year Mr..