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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
An Eve for Business.

White-Why are you so anxious to
lend that friend dollar whenever he
asks It? He only spends the money in
drinks and cigars.
Black-Oh. he always pays 1t back!
White-But there must be some
other reason for your ready generosity.
Blackwell, there is. He always
spends half of the money on me-
Judge.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
The First Word.

THAT is what call an ideal mar
riage," Hardy declared to his wife as
they were walking homeward after an
evening at the CAROLS, Actually.
| believe both think absolutely alike"
"Yes, they are certainly charming"
assented Mrs. Hardy; but about
thinking. Joe, II you will notice, she
generally thinks first."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

said Rev. Suffleld. Il have no hesita-
ton in confirming that statement now.
i have used Doan's Kidney Pills at
various times and they have never
failed me-
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Remember you have once been
young, and never forget you may one
day be old.-Piggott.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUENINE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE Look for
the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World
over To Cure Cold In One Day. 25c.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
NOT A WEIGHT LITTER.
us the baby strong?o

is the baby strong?"
We'll, rather! You know what a
tremendous voice he has?"
"Yes"
well, he lifts that five or six times
an hour!"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
Questionable.

Has she a sense of humcr?"
II can't tell"
"Why not?'
Because she looked serious when
she told me she admired your sing
ing"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Wise people use Hamlins Wizard Oil
to stop pain because they know it always
makes good. Foolish people try expert
ments. Ask your druggists about it.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
The plain Facts.

Then you were not one Of Gen.
Washington's body servants?"
mo, sir. I'll tell you de trufe, sir.
was jest one of his field hands. -
Kansas City Journal.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
SNAP FOR JIMMIE.

oh Jimmie, our pas been appoint
ed postmaster"
Good! Now | won't have ter put
any stamps on de letters | sends
youse!"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

When "a man gives more than dol
lar to charity he usually manages to
get caught In the act
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

1t sometimes happens that distant
relation is too close.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Dyspepsia and constipation are avoidable
miseries--take Garfield Tea, Natures Herb
laxative
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Aliens Foot-Ease, n Powder
For swollen sweating feet. Gives slant relief Tho
original powder for the feet 25c at all Druggisin
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces In
aays pain, cures wind colo. Csc bottle
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

From the blackmailer's viewpoint,
keeping secrets is a paying business.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Samson was the first actor on record
to bring down the house.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

One way to remove paint is to sit
down on 1t before 1t is dry.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
MUST BELIEVE 1T.
Every Reader Will coneede the Truth
of This Statement.

One who suffers with backache or
any form of kidney trouble wants q
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
Try Murine Eve Remed

For Red. Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Murine Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye
Pain. Try Murine for Your Eyes.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Women like to talk OF the days
they were single and had good time
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and l
can truly say that
LydiaE.P
Vege table Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. l
never forget to tell
my friends what
I .vfliaE piplrboyn,o
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, vt. 81 was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
CRY Out Against Parcel Post.

The decadence of the smaller towns and
villages, says Iron age, is d substantial loss
to the country as a whole, and to the Sec
tions thus deprived of the advantage ofI
having lived, prosperous and up-to-date
commercial and social centers within easy
reach, this consideration makes it the part
of wisdom to cultivate local spirit in all
the smaller communities, SO that what ever
can be done in the way of increasing their
attractiveness, business Importance and
general welfare should be taken hold of
with intelligence and united effort How
this can be accomplished, the lines on which
such efforts can most effectively be directed
are matters we'll worthy of the earnest at
tention of all who have the best interests OF
rural communities at heart.
In this connection it will be well to
remember the bearing of this problem on
the question of the advisabilsy of establish
ing merchandise or parcel post. There
are many arguments against the project,
but the one to which there is no answer Is
the fact that it would be directly and
seriously in opposition to the welfare of the
retail merchants of the country, excepting
only the department stores and catalogue
houses Oh Lbs large clIleS. 1uS So1dolloL-
ment of parcel post in general and on the
rural routes in particular would be severe
blow to retail merchants generally. This
is recognized by them usually IN timid,
inactive way. They should speak out and
let their opposition be known. They should
let it be understood that a merchandise OF
parcel post, as it was successful as a trans
portation scheme for the carriage of mer
chandise, would in precisely the same
| measure be disasterous to retail interests
and that it would in the same degree
initiate against the welfare of the towns
and villages. While the farmer might oc
casionally save a dime on his purchases IL
the far off city, be would IN the long rur
be the loser For the dwindlino trade O
the rural communities would mean thei
gradual deterioration and perhaps thei
ultimate disappearance. The farmer wh'
is surrounded bv dead or decadent towns
! is a partner in their misfortune.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
Words To Freeze The Soul.

Your son has Consumption, His
case is hopeless" These appalling
words We're spoken to Geo. e Blevins,
a leading merchant of Springfield, N.
T. by two expert doctors-one lung
specialist. Then was shown the won
derful power of DR., Kings New. Dis
covery After threeg weeks Fuse
writes Mr. BleEins, "he was as well
as ever. ! would not take all the
money in the world for what it did
for my boy. Infallible for Coughs and
Colds, its the sarest, surest cure of
desperate Lung diseases on earth.
soc. and $1.00 at Modern Pharmacy
Guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottles
free,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
The. Cycle of Fashions.

Progress follows the line of ad
vantage, substituting ALWAYS the bet.
ter adapted; it never returns on itself
never substitutes fish oil fc~ kerosene
horse cars for trolley cars. Fashion
on the other hand, moves in cycles
Could we run the successive fashions
of woman's hat or sleeve or skirt dur
ing a century through biograph rap
idly what a systole and diastole we
should see, an alternating dilation and
contraction, like the painting of some
queer animal-Prof. e. A. Ross, in
Social Psychology.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
LET US CLEAN UP

The time of year has again arrived
when the thought of every citizen who has
any civic pride should be to clean up his
premises and thus help to give the town
live and progressive appearance. The
establishment of general ''clean up day"
on which the citizens turn out en- masse and
make a raid upon the rubbish that has ac-
cumulated during the winter, is becoming
quite popular throughout the county. The
clean mp day is designated by the mayor
who issues a proclamation to that effect
and calls upon everybody to get busy with
rakes and shovels on that day. Wherever
this plan has been tried it has worked sue
cessfu.
If this can be done in other towns, why
can't it be done in Montpelier? The ques-
ton was discussed at meeting of the
Village Improvement society Tuesday
afternoon, and the members expressed
themselves as being heartily in favor of it
and willing to assist in any way possible to
make a clean up Gay success. The school
board also went on record Tuesday night as
favoriug this plan of ''house cleaning" for
the city. The board even went farther and
agreed to adopt the novel method recently
tried in Logan-that of dismissing school
ON clean up day and having the school
children assist in gathering up old tin cans
and light rubbish from vacant lots, streets
and alleys. A committee was appointed
from the board to confer with the city Of
ficials and endeavor to have a clean up day
designated by the mayor.
The old way of notifying people through
the paper to clean up their yards and alleys
by certain date, or else they would be
prosecuted in accordance with the provi-
sions of an ordinance, is simply a farce.
Only about one out of twenty persons ever
pay any attention to the notice, and it is
we'll known fact that no one has ever been
prosecuted for failure to comply with the
notice.
Let us wake up and try this new method
this year. 1t will not cost the city nor
individuals any more than the old and in
effective way, while the results will be at
least one Thousand fold greater. The sue
cess with which this new method has met
in other places is thus told by the Spokane
Review:
Cleaning day has become permanent
and popular institution in many of the
towns of the Inland Empire. AT Nledica
Lake, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday o
this week we're set apart for that purpose
The citizens responded with enthusiasm ane
great quantities of refuse were burned il
all parts of the town.
At Asotin the whele town responded
The schools were dismissed at o'clock ant
practically every property owner ant
school child devoted the afternoon TO
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
History in the vernaeuIar.

A father of Trinity school scholar
of 10 said to his boy
Arthur, what are. you reading?"
History"
What part?''
luton
What was it all about. anyhow"
"A British king tried to play horse
with us and we just put it all over
him.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
A SUCCESS.

First Broker-How's that mining
scheme of your coming on2
Second Broker-Splendid Why, we
sold every share before we found the
ne.-unidentifed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
Thorough campaign of cleaning up t

thOurOugh campaign OF cleaning up Lhe
town.
It pays The appearance of homes
and towns is vastly improved by these
labors; the health of communities is made
better and the character of the people is
elevated
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23

to make your first deposit you will meet
many men bound in the same direction.
Men whose company you will be glad to
be in. They represent the most progress
i've business element in the community.
Put yourself in that class by starting your
account to-day. The amount doesn't
matter. Start with what you have.
THE BANK OF MONTPELIER
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18

began to feel gingerly the edge with
the ball of his thumb By this time
Bill Souther was tremendously in
terested. Holding the sabre by the
handle, Lincoln stood up and looked
about him. He evidently saw what he
was looking for in a willow tree sew
eral feet away. Raising the mighty
weapon with his long arm, Lincoln
reached and clipped one of the topmost
twigs Of the willow. When he had
thoroughly satisfied himself as to the
efficiency of the broadsword he sat
down. few minutes later the CORE
spondence was closed on terms honor
able to both parties"
As the BOAT put back to Alton the
spectators ON the bank were Mortified
to see lying prone upon the deck fig
ure covered with blood, while a we'll
known AltOnian leaned over the figure
plying a fan vigorously. Not until the
boat was close in shore was it seen that
the figure was a log of wood and that
the bloody" covering was red flannel
shirt. Wentworth dropped the fan,
stood up and grinned.
Lincoln was 6 feet and inches, with
an arm length In proportion. Shields
was 5 feet 6, inches, chunky and short
limbed. "Bilr' Souther marveled much
over the willow tree exhibition, and
wondered how long Shields could have
stood up against such odds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Big Salt Farm.

One of the strangest farms in the
world is situated in Southern Califor-
MIA, go feet below the level of the sea.
The place is known as Salton. 1t is a
salt farm of about 1000 acres. Here
the salt lies, as deposited by nature,
from six to sixteen inches in depth.
The salt farmers are busy harvesting
this crop the year round, and though
the harvest has continued for over
twenty years, during which time more
than 10000 tons of salt have been har-
vested, only ten of the 1000 acres of
the farm have been worked.
The salt is first plowed up into fur
rows; it is then thrown into conical
piles by men with barrows, after which
it is taken to the reduction works near
by and put into marketable condition.
The work is done by Mexicans and Chi
nese, the intense heat being more than
Americans can endure.-New Orleans
States
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18

owners purpose always fails" she
hummed-
"a miserable outlook" he said. and
set his face.
But thine hath no curleycues nor
tails, nor anything but well-defined and
proper lines-a lifeline long and red
and deep. denoting friendship good to
keep. Thou lowest one who Is fickle?"
she asked pointedly.
Il cannot tell" he said. Il mayhap
should have brought her palm as well?"
1T is not needed now" the gypsy
said. "Come, here's an arrow well de-
fined, sharp-pointed, short and blunt at
end. What is the message fate design
ed by this war token us to send?"
'The arrow must mean the service
of the king" he said promptly. Il am
in the navy"
The arrow means not service" she
returned. at signifies, rather, loyalty.
Thou are a loyal man." she asked.
always, everywhere" he boosted.
'Then why seekest thou information
of thy love affairs OF soothsayers " she
persisted.
"'Tis writ that soothsayers know"
he answered vehemently, land do not.
l cannot tell if l am cherished in her
heart or if in my absence 1 am half
forgot. l cannot even tell if I am
present in her mind when 1 am near,
for then converseth she most f1agrantly
with other and less worthy men"
LESS worthy men, indeed
81 deem them So"
"But is thy judgment much to be
| depended on? Thou seemest but
youth; thy blood is quick to take Of
Tense; thy heart protesteth over trifles
and standeth round in way of buffet
ing. When thou are older, thou wilt
| better know the other sex and realize
that when thou art most fiouted thou
art most regarded-when thou seemest
most madly to pursue, shouldst thou
| but hesitate, she would run unto thee"
Thou shouldst know women well, y
he said, but how know l that thou
sayest true of what my power will be-
| come with years?"
The stone upon my finger tells me
all-of thee and of thy maid who is so
steeled; how that she seemeth firm rs
any wall-yet that if thou persist she
shall yield"
Thou wouldst counsel firmness and
good hope?"
'As l know the future and the sex"
so be it, then" he said, but l much
fear thou knowest gypsy maidens only,
and It's no gypsy maiden that hath cast
| her charm on me-"
mo gypsy maiden? Then thy palm
| is wrong. Take back thy fee straight
way and run along"
| He shook his head. "She is no gyp-
sy," he explained, ''only a makebe-
| ieve'-Ruffalo Express.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18

nerve; 1t is of intersections free-thou
must a gallant sailor be-
"All but the gallant" he broke in. 81
have never done gallant thing. The
sailors life is one Of good, hard toll
and sudden perils, if you will, but
landsmen are the ones to whom are
offered chances to conduct themselves
with gallantry."
Thou dost not read thy life and
duties right" she said. Each time
thou swingest mid the lofty sails or
fiyest up and down the ropes thou COM
est nearer to the captaincy, the goal of
thy highest hopes. The stone l wear
upon my finger tells me where thy
thoughts most linger"
A peal Of laughter startled them and
they looked up to see more of the gyp-
sizes, listening. "She hath a promising
subject" whispered one. aye he has
a simple hand" the second said Beth,
tell him true" another counseled, "or
he'll haunt your days. Let him know
the worst and best; clear away the
haze"
And they danced away to other
parts, telling one another of their win
nings and of how they had almost been
trapped by some sharp-witted patron
trying to deceive them with false infor-
nation. just to lead them on.
Il read, too, that thou are in trou-
BILE" said the girl.
Thou are the first to know it," said
the youth. readily, but wincing in her
sight. How can man who is most
times abroad have troubles? Tell me
that"
Thy trouble bides at home" she
softly said.
Then dost thou truly know" admit.
ted the youth. Now tell me what
shalt do. for l will not longer sail the
sea in such uncertainty as has cursed
my voyages of late. I am q mamie
said it as a youngster doth who feels
| the blood bounding in him each day
more swiftly than hfore-'I am 6
man: 1 pray thee bid me take my trou
Bile by the throat and strangle it"
BEST take 1t by the hand and pleaC
with it" she said, cor look it in the eye
and say your Utmost thought"
AYE, look it in the eye-and bt
abashed," he answered. Il cannot sa,
my inmost thought without some help
Is there no firmness or no readiness O
speech writ In my palm, dear gypsy? 2
"a plain all curleycues and tails-th'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18

been In demand-a riot of the gypsy
colors, with burning eyes that melted
into mischief in a fash. and teeth and
lips SO perfect one could guess they
never would foretell unhappiness.
He ran to her. Now read my palm"
he said, land l will pay thee we'll"
ut is my line" she answered him.
''The good cause needeth funds, and
will tell thee truly what the future
holds for thee. L pray thy palm be
smooth and hard, then hast thou for
tunes high regard. But If it be all
lined and crossed, then shalt thou be
most tempest-tossed."
Together then they sat and, REDEEM
ing, he stretched his hand where she
might see the palm.
She reached to take it, and showed a
sparkling gem upon her finger. And
when he touched the gem he thrilled
in all the nerves that carry shivers to
and fro, but whether from her touch or
from the magic of the stone he could
not say.
Alas" she said, "'tis lined and
Scared thy calling works thee over
hard. But hard means triumph at the
last; thou shalt be rich ere years have
passed"
80 rich that I shall own a stone
like that?" he questioned.
There is not wealth enough to buy
tits my luck stone, lad" she said.
"Now this line here, a bold, full
curve. denotes a trained and steady
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
RECOLL CTI0NSoF ! 3

The old resident of Alton takes the
visitor 10 the river bank in front Of
the City Hall and, pointing across the
Mississippi to an island heavily wood
I'd with willows, informs him that there
Is the "Lincoln-Shields Park" On the
22d Of September, 1912. writes Walter
B. Stevens in the St Louis GIobe-Dem-
ocrat, the stage coaches ratified down
the long valley through the bluffs Of
Alton and unloaded an extraordinary
passenger list at the Plasa Hotel. The
people sitting and standing on the wide
double galleries Of the three story,
hipped roof, wooden hotel, looked and
wondered as James Shields. the State
Auditor, accompanied by Col. White
sides and several other well-known
Springfield politicians stepped down
from the coach and went into the no.
tel. They were amazed when another
vehicle delivered ABE" Lincoln, the
lawyer f. II. Bergman and William
Butler. About the same time Elijah
Lott and J. J. Hardin and several 9TH
ers, well known public men Of Illinois,
drove into town jim" Shields had
challenged Abe Lincoln and they
had challenged "Abe" Lincoln and they
were going across the river to fight on
Missouri soil with "broadswords," the
regulation cavalry sabres Of the Uni
ted States Army. Those were the
years Of dragons" In this country.
As soon as the ferry reached the isl
and Mr.. Lincoln was taken in one di-
rection and Mr.. Shields in the other.
They were given seats on logs and left
to themselves while seconds and peace
makers discussed the situation. In
short time a serious defect in the pro-
ceedings on the part of Shields came
TO light. The challenge had been sent
prematurely. The mistake Is explained
quite clearly in the Alton traditions.
Lincoln had amused himself and had
entertained the Wings by writing fun
ny letters to a Springfield paper about
the Democrats, and signing his epistle
Aunt Rebecca." Mary Todd. who
afterwards became Mrs. Lincoln, and
JRlia Jayne cOnspired to add to the
gayety of the community by getting up
an Aunt Rebecca" letter of their own
composition and sending it to the paper
along with some verses which they
signed "Cathleen." The letter which
the girls wrote went outside of poll
ties and contained a burlesque proposal
OF marriage to Auditor Shields Now,
the Auditor, afterward a United States