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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

There Is talk, 1t seems, of son1e Euro pean king comforting title on Mir. Roosevelt. The American people once conferred upon him tho prordest title on earth. Would Europe essay the hope less task of adding perfume unto vio- lets7
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt says half the men she knows are Holsters and the other half shrimps. The lady should cultivate ths acquaintance of g whale or two. just for variety's saka
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Apache Indian Mission, Pascoe hill, 63S North Devereaux street, will fur nish Indian women to do washing and house work; Indian men to cut wood and do chores. Indian baskets, horse hair and bead work for sale.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Mehmed V will 'listen moro to the advice of others" than did his sublime predecessor, we arc informed. And yst the new sultan is said to have only two wives, while Abdul Hamid has three-score or more.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

William Allen White has turned down the Kansas lieutenant governorship proposition on ths ground that he would rather be editorally useful than polit- ically ornamental And We guess he is about right.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Seven stitches were taken in Phil adelphia girls heart 3 few days ago. As usual thing, budding summer girls manage to take better care of them selves than that.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

''Watch the fish, says the Con- moner, having reference to the progress of the tariff bill. Especially the suck CT fish, eh?
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

The new sultan of Turkey is expect ed to put many reforms in operation. Any changes he makes must necessarily be for the better.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Nevada wants the Jeffries-Jo Johnson prize fight. The last we heard from Nc. vada prior to this announcement, it was spelling for a war with Japan
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

"Elihu Root, as secretary of state, was equal to sixteen batteships, says Peace Apostle Mead. That fatal ratio again
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13
GOOD MORNING

Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is 8 mind dis
 tressed. An idler is watch that wants
 both hands, As useless if it goes, as if 1t stands.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Beach Hargis has been sentenced to change his residence from Breathitt county to the Kentucky penitentiary. We should not call that punishment.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

During the scufhe in Turkey, Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria has probably managed to get his new crown on near. ly straight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

A Beaneater wrote it "classic Bos. ton," and Q hard headed linotyper put 1t "classy Boston, Naturally that gave Boston quite shoch
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

That income tax thing will not get halfway respectable look.in this sea son.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

omaha's "cowboy mayor'' seems to be about the hardest thing to unhorse Lig enemies ever tackled.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

The cost of living alone seems proof against the laws of gravitation.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

'Is Mir. Roosevelt a mighty hunter7' inquiries the Savannah News. No; he is the mighty hunter.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13
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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

The Silver Belt has larger circula- tion than any daily newspaper in tho world published in city with 10000 or less population.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Anyhow, man thinks that this true.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

HEARD IN AN EGG CRATE First Egg--What became of that old fellow who was with us so long? second Egg-Gone on tie stage.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-13

Arkansas rejects 2-cent fare, which is well enough in state where you can walk faster than the trains run.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

superlative with altogether too much
freedom and abandon. Everything
compared or not, is superlative. The
best, the greatest, the sublimest. the
dearest, the darlingest, the worst. are
sure to be the adjectives every time.
Whatever the issue on the orators
mind. 1t is the most important before
the country, without reference to the
fact that another issue was the most
Important last night and still another
Will be the most important tomorrow
night And at the other extreme your
effusively enthusiastic miss has al
ways just had the 'dandiest'' time
or has recently escaped from the bor.
ridest people; while all the way be.
tween all sorts and conditions of men
and women scatter superlatives about
things of Importance and things of nc
Importance with lavish and undiscrim.
mating lips. Whatever Prof. Louns.
bury may have learned from the best
writer's, the comparative degree is q
device of the language that ought tc
have more consideration In a land
which has yielded itself to the habit
Of exaggeration.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

The editor Of the Popular Science
Monthly asserts that women teachers
are the bane of the country's schools
Boys, he says. get but little good from
the teaching Of women and turn away
from II when they can. The girls, 81.
though they need men teachers ever
more than the boys" naturally remain
longer under feminine tuition. ''The ul-
Innate result of letting the celibate fe-
male be the usual teacher" he cOntin-
ues, has been such as TO make It
question whether Ii would not be an
advantage TO the country If the whole
school plant could be scraped." And
he ungallantly refers to the woman
teacher as "a spinster, devitaliZed and
unsexed-" The characterization of the
teacher as "a spinster. devitalized and
unsexed" is as far from accurate por-
traiture as anything can be. 1t Is a
gross caricature OF a body of intelli-
gent, patient, conscientious womanly
women who are discharging a function
for which they are eminently fitted Tc
be spinster, It should hardly be nee
essary to say, does not imply that q
woman is deyitalized or unsexed. We
do not have to go to any magazine edl
tor for light upon that point. The
woman teacher is here and she will
stay here. Her right to a place In the
schools is based on the possession of
special talent for the work. The prop
er education Of children up to II or
10 years of age is a task requiring
more than mere scholarship and theory.
1t requires tact, patience and a ca
pacity to adapt oneself to the individ-
ual bent of the child that are as rare
in men as common in women. These
qualities make women pre-eminently
fitted for the instruction of the young
er grades. They will certainly not be
found superfuous in the higher ones
Woman's place is further assured by
the fact that men In sufficient num-
bers cannot be got to do the work
particularly with young children. They
lack the maternal instinct which makes
the task agreeable to women. The fact
that men avoid that particular work to
so great an extent is as much a result
of an instructive recognition of their
untitness for it as of an objection to
the smallness Of the compensation. The
country has nothing to fear from this
recent bugaboo of the Termination of
the schools" Half of life is con.
duct" and on the conduct" side OF
education the woman's influence is in
vulnerable. On the strictly intellectual
side her efforts and influence are judi
cious and effective. Too many great
men have proclaimed their lasting debt
to the training of their mothers to per-
NIT US to believe that woman loses her
characteristic mental aptitudes on
merely crossing the threshold Of a
school.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
PRETTY WIDOW ACQUITTED.

Her Diplomatic Answer Won the
Jury at Once.
Mrs. Grace West, a pretty little wild
ow, was acquitted in Mercer Court. IN
Trenton, the other day after she had
told an amusing love story in which
the chief hero was Albert Wetzel, a
crusty old widower, says the New York
World Mr.. Wetzel told the Jury.
which for the most part was composed
OF widowers and bachelors, that the
widow had been entertaining the
butcher. the grocer. the iceman and
the coal man in her home, and that the
entertainments resulted frequently in
disorder.
When Mrs. West had her inning she
told the jurors In n sweet, plaintive
voice that Wetzel had tried to play Ro-
meo to her Juliet. He would play a
violin under her window late at night
and then In loud voice would shout
his proposal to her to come down and
flee with him. On several occasic: 8
Mrs. West told him she had on expert
ence in matrimony and that was
enough. Wetzel insisted, and when the
widow locked the front doors to keen
him out, he bored hole in the fence
in the rear, being too old to climb
over It.
"Oh- dear, won't you wed me? Nv
life is hell without you." was Wet
zei's last proposal to her, Mrs. West
said During the trial she was asked
Just how handsome she thought Wetzel
was. SIZE replied that she did not
think him half as handsome as any of
the men in the Jury box. He. acluit-
tai followed few moments later
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
Simplicity.

Flushed and smiling, the girl grad.
uate seated herself beside her father
in the automobile and patted the pale
blue bow of ribbon on her ESSAY.
Did you like my essay. fatberg,
Your commencement ESSAY upo,
Life's Higher Calls" he said. "seeme,
10 me TO be too-too. But listen
here is an autograph letter of John
Ruskin's that bought this mornino
for SIT. Maybe, If you had read this
letter before writing your ESSAY n
would have been better"
Then the father read the letter
aloud, while the young girl listened
with scornful and sour air.
Il was obliged to write too vo
when knew only half truths, and
was eager to set them forth bv who,
thought fine words. People used n
call me good writer then; now they
say | can't write at all, because
Tor instance, If 1 think anvhodv,s
mouse Is ON fire only say. sir Won,
mousse is on fire. where / formerly
USED TO say sir, the abode in which
you probably passed the del,pbtfnl
days of youth is in a state of inf,am.
nation" and everybody used TO like
'ne erect OF the two p's in probably
passed, and the two DIS in .deliohtfr,
days. = "
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
'4aabEE! 4aabE! !! E!t33ay

SIS it cold enough for you?" asked
the shed shoeshiner, as the policeman
entered, rubbing his stockinet-covered
ears.
Gold enough!' echoed the policeman,
II sh'd say not. What do you take me
for-mutton gravy? You must think
I'm easy chilled. Cold enough Why,
1t amt more'n eight or ten below an
I've been exercisin' hard, blowin my
whistle, all mornln'I Cold enough
Don't you see the sweat runnin of me?
What's the matter with you? You don't
feel cool, do your
Seems to me can stand 1t with the
door shut" said the shed shoeshiner,
closing the door and pressing down the
latch. Stand to one side an I'll put
some more coal in"
Don't on my account" said the DO
liceman. I didn't come in here on ac-
count Of the stove. 1 came because I'm
fond Of the society. You ask such
smart questions"
you look frostbit, but I didn't
know" said the shed shoeshiner.
How should your" said the police
man. You'd naturally think a man
would want ice inside his hat ON a
balmy day like this is. It's the kind
Of day a feller wants to cuddle nm
alongside of an electric fan, amt it?
You don't mind If I take of my coat
an rest, do your
60 ahead" said the shed shoeshiner,
Hospitality. Make yourself at home"
"If we could only have a thunder
storm an good heavy shower It might
get little cooler" said the policeman.
"A breath of air would help some. The
wind amt blowin' morn forty mile an
hour at the outside. It's a pity we
can't have one O. those good, old-fash-
ioned winters they tell about when II
would freeze water If you let 1t stand
out all night. I'm just rubbin' my nose
to get the bloom O. youth on it, not be-
cause It's froze stiff. Hot weather al
ways makes my nose pale. Is 1t cold
enough for me? Was you ever at Medi-
cine HatY
where's that? asked the shoe
sinner.
Its where the cold weather starts
from. 'cordin' to the papers," replied
the policeman. 1T gets 80 cold there
1t freezes the mercury solid. That's
where I'd like to be. I'd like to get a
Job on the Medicine Hat force an stand
on a crossin' all day with my vest un-
buttoned maxim motions at the traffic.
If can't get relief no other way I'm
goiD' out for boat ride on the lake
tonight in pair o. duck pants. I'd
probably get good an wet IL the waters
rongh, as it's apt to be, an that would
be something. II 1t wasn't could hang
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

Portable condition. they would fall steadily in the socia
and economic scale and any trivial accident tna' ai,n
ished or cut off the wage would ineVitao' uii'e ''
into pauperism crime
II ruin came from no source the first chlo prop
ably and the second certainly would bring It Inc no
tion that two people If only they be married can nv
as cheapy as either alone is an absurd deuson- i"o
can live as cheapy many one does oul only Mne"
the one has been spending large part OF his OF her ~
come for other things than necessities and Is Wiling
under The new arrangement to 60 without them twenty
dollars is much than six to the permssioe MINI
num- and at that people who have never had 10 main
tain family on little the larger sum wonoer now
1t possibly be done 1t simply can't DE acconpiiSneu
on Sc n life is to be worthy of the name and its ord
nary decences are requisite happiness as they ought
TO be-New York Times
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

my feet over In the slush ice an get
the burning out o. them. Say, it's a
mighty good thing for you that hadn't
the use of my arms when l come in
here I'd certainly have soaked you
one. Is 1t cold enough Say, you didn't
notice the icicles on my mustache, did
you?"
"0f course l seen you was cold,
said the shed shoeshiner. 81 was jest
joshin' when l asked you If it was cold
enough for you"
ITS great JOSH" said the police
man. "I wish you'd get 1t patented an
had the Job Of arrestin' every guy
who infringed on 1t. I'd start in by
clubbin' 'em to death. tell you those
Say, there's some jokes that's jokes, an
there's some that amt. That one amt
Not to me. If l was runnin' furnace
in an apartment buildin' a feller might
make that crack an get away with IT.
but l amt doin' the right kind Of stunt
to enjoy II. It's too frequent, any.
way"
81 won't do 1t again. promised the
shed shoeshiner.
"See that you don't" said the police
man. when a guy asks me If it's cold
enough for me he always makes me
hot."-Chicago Daily News.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

For number of years an effort has
been made from time to time IN in
crease the Presidents salary from s50
600 to 100000. The salary has stood
at Its present figure since the '7Os. and
the generation that has passed has.
as every one knows, witnessed such n
change In the requirements for living
that old incomes will no longer suf-
hee. In official station, where there
is mo escaping to simple life. the
pressure is more serious than else
where. OF course the Presidents house
hold is far from being confined to
what $4,000 year will procure. even
as the case now stands. In lien of
increasing his pay many items of ex-
penditure which might have been
charged to him have been specially
provided for by Congress. In part
the Government pays for the presi-
dental stables and ID part for the up-
keen of the White House. The S5O.-
900 year is merely what passes
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
PLEA FOR THE COMPARATIVE
OVERRIDING the Superlative In Our
National Habit of Exaggeration.

OVERRIDING the Superlative In Our
National Habit of Exaggeration.
Prof. Thomas r. Lounsbury. of
Yale, who has as one of his chief de-
lights in life the shocking of the gram
marians, writes In recent issue of
Harper's Magazine In defense of the
use Of the superlative degree in com
pairing two objects. In this attitude
Prof. Lounsbury will have the hearty
concurrence of at least two classes
school girls Of the caramel ages and
political stump speakers whose ambi-
tion Is to fire the heart of the people.
Neither Of these have any comprehen.
sion of any other degree of speech but
the superlatiye degree The positive is
too tame. the comparative is an un-
known country: the superlatiye, and
the superlative only, fits their excited
and exalted moods. Prof Lounsbury
alleges that the habit of using the
superlative when two objects are com
pared Is one which the best writer's
are unanimous In following.
He allows that such writer's employ
both degrees in such cases; but he as
serts that where with them the com
parative is found once, the superla-
tive is found at least twice. OF course
the fact Is one of mathematics, and
probably no grammarian or critic of
the grammarians has ever wasted his
time in taking a census of the posi-
tive and superlative as used by tbe
best writer's. Whether Prof. Louns-
bury is or is not accurate in his pres
entation OF this matter as respects the
best writer's, we are quite certain that
people who rank below them. or have
no rank 'at all as writer's, use the
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
CURB FOR CHINESE EDITORS.
AlI-seeinE Ynmen in Pelsin Make
Misstatements and Gossip Peril,u,

All-seeinE Ynmen I'm Pelsin Make
Measurements and Gossip PeriI,us.
Not long ago some Chinese gentlemen
with horse tails depending from theI,
official bonnets saw to it that an d.
Tending editor was right propery.
fiogged with bamboo rods-1O0 lashs
were the editors portion, the New Yos
Sun says. These gentlemen had no prL
vate grievance they were simply uut
ting the new press laws of China Int,
operation.
Last year, when everything in Chm
hummed with the news of changn.|
order, when the old empress dowassr|
announced from her dragon throne thal|
she would have constitution in Chlui|
within ten years or know the reasa|
why, and when the boycott against Jap
anese manufactures was arranging it.
features of national movement, SOM
OF the native papers played fast ail|
loose with ancient decorum. They ena'
criticised the government. That caIsi
for action from high sources.
Some yamen in Pekin whose provlnu
1t is to look after things as they ouG!
to be In the internal affairs of the en-
pire sent taotai all the way TO En-
gland and Germany TO study how The
governments there handled obstreper
GUS newspapers and called in for aG
vice a former minister to Berlin. Whrl
all the data were at hand this yamsl
formulated something unique In ihs
way of press laws. 1t was put Into
operation last May and the tone Of !
great many native papers has droppA
about two octaves as a result.
The publishers, printers and editors
of newspapers for general circulatlol
must be over 20 years of age accordil,
to the existing press laws; they mrs
be generally accepted as of sound mini
and none of them may continue hiscaN'
ing If he has ever served prisol
sentence for any crime.
Each proprietor must deposit secur1
ty of his rectitude to the amount q
S75 before issuing his first sheet unles
he can prove that his publication
purely artistic. educational or statisF
cal. A copy of each issue must be sel'
to the yamen that formulated thes'
laws.
Corrections or protests against ms
statements must be published in ID
next issue" says this mandate. ~
case the number of words used In lA
letter Of correction forwarded to "
editor is more than twice the nnmss
of words used in the ordinary sla's
ment fee of half the ordinary adse'
tisement rates may be charged
Secret intelligence of state, critics.
of the throne or matter tending 70 y
flame the public peace of mind or c''
odium upon long-accepted popular c's
tom If printed will render the edl'''s
publishers and printers of the papaa
containing such inhibited matter :.
subject to fine or Imprisonment for y
less than six months nor more ll',
two years. Papers may be suspen''.
upon repetition of any of the oilens'
stipulated or confiscated altogether.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

Professor Ferrero, the Italian his
torian, who has been giving lectures
on Rome in Boston, says that AmerI-
ca is truer heir of the Roman Re
public than any European nation; that
Rome taught the world the principles
OF commonwealth on a large scale.
which only the United States is vast
enough to realize. DR.. Ferrero is not
pessimistic enough to press the parallel
to uncomfortable conclusions, but he
sees In our imperialism, our wealth
and our power some resemblance to a
grandeur that declined, although 1T
never died.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
How They Set II.

An interesting though not eniire'
convincing example of municipal e'.
omy comes from New York, wnelc
piece of property stated to be wO'''
about $4,000 was wanted by the w
nicipal powers. The owners as'''
1881, 900, and the condemnation y
ceedings awarded them S252,0 2,0OO w0''s
upon 1t is claimed the city "sa'es
$4,000. At that rate If the OWE,
had asked s1,O0o,0O0,OOO the city n'sy
have saved enough to pay of It's emu
debt.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

through the Presidents own private
purse. The Senate finance committee
has reported favorably a bill for In
creasing the salary TO $4,000. and II
seems probable that the increase win
be made in one Of the regular appro-
priation bills at the present session Of
Congress. so that President-to-be Taft
can get the benefit Of it. There should
be no opposition to legislation so mani
feStly just and desirable.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

Perhaps there would be fewer as
sassinations If there were a stronger
probability that murderer would be
hanged. 1t might even be sufficient
to make long term in the penItenti-
ary sure. Whatever may be said about
the death penalty, the certainty of Sc
we're punishment would probably dis.
courage the taking Of human life. At
any rate 1t would be worth while to
make a thorough test of this.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
All Equipped.

"No, my daughter. will not consent
to your engagement to a book peddler
who doesn't know what he is going to
do for a success in life.'
"Oh, father, you are mistaken. His
career is all mapped out"
How do you know that?'
"Why, doesn't he sell school aliases ~
Baltimore American.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

Whats the matter with Brown? He
looks disappointed"
He is. After working for three
years to land political job he finally
succeeded. The disappointment is due
to the fact that connected with the
position is work he will be expected to
do."-Detroit Free Press.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

On December 81 the exact moment
when the sun turned north in its
course was flashed over the wires from
the United States Naval Observatory
In Washington to all telegraph points
In Alaska. Summer is so short in the
far north that 1t doubtless comforts
the people there to know that 1t is
"a-comin' in" the moment the solar
tide sets in their favor.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

1t is explained that grand opera can
not be made to pay because the grand
opera singers insist on having salaries
that are too high. a sad feature of
the case lies in the fact that the pau
Per grand opera singers of Europe de-
mand even higher salaries than our
native singers are able to draw.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

Forty magazines of general interest
describe themselves as total abstain
ers" as far as their advertising pages
go. The dryness. fortunately. does not
extend TO the rest of the contents.