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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

The Inspector In the electric light
plant received word that wire was
down on crowded street. He hur-
rled to the spot. and found the by
ISLANDERS handling the broken wire In
a vesy careless manner. Luckily. Il
was part Of the fre-alarm system.
and not one OF the lines that carried
the high-tension current for the lights.
An Irish crosslng-tender approached
tho inspector. Il saw that wire hang
ms down there. an picked It up and
ireged II over there out Of the way
ssweii." said the Inspector. you took
big chance. You shouldn't have
touched that wire; You didn't know
what was Ii Il. You might have been
Killed"
"Ahl" said the crossing-tender, with
a knowing nod. II was mighty care
full. sor. Sure. felt OF It befure I
took hold OF It."
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

other birds. But. disguised with his
noise, they chased him unanimously
from their society. and continued 20
pursue him whenever he appeared 80
that 70 shelter himself from their at
tacks he aed the light and took com
fort only in the shadows.
Proud and vain men think that their
imaginary perfeetions are the subject
OF the admiration OF others, and that
their own batteries are the voice Of
fame. Translated from the French OF
Perrin. eff
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

An owl. pulled up with pride and
vanity. was repeating his mournful
screams at midnight from the hollow
OF an old oak.
whence comes" said he, this ST.
lence which relgns IN the woods, II 1t
ia not on purpose to favor my meio.
dlesY surely the groves are charmed
with my voice, and when sing, all
nature listens"
An Echo repeated at that Instant;
"Aii nature listens
"The nightingale continued the
owl. has usurped my right His note
a musical, Il % true; but mine Is
much svceter."
The Echo repeated again; is much
sweeterr
ESclsod BY thls phantom, the Owl
began AZ. sunrise to uinsle his melan'
uhoiy cries WITT the harmony OF the
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

The child who defined mountain
range as a iarge-sized cook.stove" lad
imagination II not accurate informa
ton. on test paper at the Sheffield
Scientific school, says a writer in Ev'
erybody's Magazine, an elder student
made much worse blunder.
Tho question read What Is the o.
iice OF the gastric ielce.
The answer, no doubt struck on 10
the heat and hurry Of the examina
ton. was: "The stomach"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

No doubt the best cure for pessim-
lam ia Robinson Crusoe's device Of
making a list OF all ones blessings and
another OF all ones troubles. and then
comparing the two. A sampler calcula.
ton was that OF the youth in the fol
lowing story, taken from the Kansas
City Journal:
EVERY rain-storm." complained the
posslmlstic boy, means postponed
game"
And every postponed game" an.
rwered the optimistic boy means .
double header."
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

The New Husband--See here. pet.
I'm swfuily anxious to get TO the Office
early this morning. Can't we have
nreakfast2"
The New wife--Why, Alfred dear,
Of corrse we cawn's have breakfast
untll lido gets up Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

There was a funny little boy
whose hair was coiorcd yellow;
He sat upon the fence one day.
This cunning little fellow.
And this IL what We heard him say.
-oh. hello. hello. helioi"
when questioned why he didn't play
with other little children.
He said he found their games and
noise
"A little too bewilderin."
And 80 this funny little lad
whose head was sunny yellow,
Played with an echo all day long
That answered Hello. helloi"
To ali his shouts from morn TIL
night.
In tones 40 deep and mellow
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

No philosopher
has ever yet ex~
planned why Il IL
that nine men ouf
Of every dozen
like to see a dog
fight.
The only things
the Lord pays 10
for doing are
those upon which
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

Cannot some OF these scientsts
teach US how toI make bplduess at,
tack tho lace instead offtho scalpl-
Kansas City Times.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

A happy man or woman is a Detter
thing 20 find than five-pound note.
He or she Is radiatlng focus Of g1od
will; and their entrance into room,
is as though another candle had been
lighted. We need not care whether
they could prove the forty-seveufn
proposition: they do better thinS
than that, they practically demon
strate the great theorem Of the Liv-
ableness Of Life.-Robert Louis Ste
venson.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

As q matter. OF fact your neighbo'
think Just as dlsagrceable things abo'
sou as you think about them.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

A merry spin had zeppelin across mo
dear old Nateriand.
-rll scoot ahead" he gaiiy said. 'untih
ind rye gotter land"
He ned along. mighty thronE from
zweltberhnrg TO Zeppelin
Beheld him steer and swoop and veer~
and gave. three hooks for zepps-
lin.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

Tho easier It IL to pump a man q
less the information you get out
him is worth.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

Seat yourselves IN a circle and
choose one Of the company to be the
leader. or simon. In this game His
duty Is to order All sorts Of different
things 10 be done, the funnier the pct'
ter. which must be obcyed only when
the order begins with Simon says
IA for Instance. simon says:
Thumbs upi~ which. OF course. all
obey: then perhaps comes: Thumbs
down. which should not be obeyed.
because the order did not commence
with Simon saya.
Each time this rule IL forgotten
forfeit must be paid Hands over
eyss." STAMP the right foot Pull
the left ear etc. are the kind OF or
Ora to be given.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

Once upon a time an Indian sent
hunting in a forest which lay on the
aide Of a mouniain. lie lost fro ar
row heads and while hunting for them
he Lost The trail and was orcriaken
By the darkneaa
Al nrut No was At loss 70 know IN
which direction 70 turn. but be came
upon an open place o. rocks on the
wooded mountain side and he then
soon found his direction By the guild.
ancs OF the North Star.
Here are the two lost arrow heads.
Sec n you can 20 place them. when
cut out. that they form Eve pointed
star.--fillnoin State Journal
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

The Bible can never be what Il
ought to be for US until We know
that it was made for US
You can't tell how much man has
missed It until you know what ne
has been trying 20 hit
By doing too much for their chill
dren parents make them incapable OK
doing much for themselves
The man who considers himself .
worm Of the dust VIII find plenty
OF folks who agree with him
The man who can pay his debts ana
won't do It, would steal II he eouio
steal il he could do Il without being
locked up t4tttt
Settle it that you viii seek nrsr
the kingdom of God and his righteous
ness. and most other things viii settle
themselves.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

azm'z Horn sesna- warnin< s@ss
60 the Unredee1aea.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

You seldom hear Of man swear
Ing on nowadays: the iopers seem 70
be waiting for the law to save them.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

life Is q strawberry shortcake,
7, .or,rht TO be added. though,
THAT the optinlst sees the berries.
while the pessimist sees the dough-
Chicago Record Herald.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

A llttle truth goes a long way--'h
II isn't stretched,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-11-04

which we DO not put price.
Worry often Kills where gun
wouldn't.
Many a man has 70 walk because
he rides a hobby.
The greatest thing about man IL
bis great possibility
Prayer Is not prayer until il be-
comes communion with God.
Every young wife thinks her hus-
band knows more than Solomon
The man who shows the white
feather never has a front seat in the
Bible
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09
tcoNr1NuED.l

we looked ar eacn orner svcPIuiy
and with eyes terrified. The man had
vanished like a ghost Where is he.
where is heg we all asked
"Tt is impossible he can have es-
,capedv cried, my terror mastered by
any anger.
"I touched himr exclaimed Frederic
harsan.
"I felt his breath on my facer cried
Daddy Jacques.
"'Where is he, where is heT we all
cried
ave raced like madmen along the
two galleries We visited doors and
windows. They were closed-hermetic-
ally closed. They had not been opened
Besides, the opening of a door or win
dow by this man whom we were hunt.
hng without our having perceived it
would have been more inexplicable
dhan his disappearance.
"Where is he, where is he? He
could not have got away by door or
a window nor by any other way. He
cOuld not have passed through our
bodiesl
81 confess that for the moment felt
sdone for. for the gallery was perfect
ly lighted. and there was neither trap
nor secret door in the walls nor any
tort Of hiding place We moved tbn
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09

eThere below. some ono "a shutting
a door
81 rise. Larsnn follows me. We
descend to the ground door Of the
chateau lead him to the little semi.
circular room under the terrace be-
meath the window of the on turning
gallery ] point TO the door now
closed oreu short time before, under
which a shaft of light Is visible.
''The forest keeporr says Fred.
"Come onl 1 whisper
prepared. know not why. to be-
Iieve that the keeper Is the guilty man
go to the door and rap smartly on It.
"some might think that we were
rather late IN thinking Of the keeper,
since our first business. after having
found that the murderer had escaped
us in the gallery, ought to have been
to search everywhere else-around the
chateau, in the park
''Had this criticism been made at the
time we could only have answered that
the assassin had disappeared from the
gallery in such a way that we thought
he was no longer anywherei He had
eluded us when we all had our hands
stretched out re6uy to seize him.
when we were almost touching him
We had no longer any ground for hop
ing that we could clear up the mys-
terry Of that night
"As soon as raped at The door i
was opened and the keeper asked us
quietly what we wanted lie was UNI
dressed and preparing to so to bed.
The bed had not yet been disturbed
1--WE entered and ] affected surprise
Not gone to bed yetg
Emo, he replied roughly. I have
been making round Of the park and
in the woods. am only just back
and sleepy. Good nightP
Listen said. AN hour ago there
was ladder close by your window.
What ladder? I did not see any |
ladder Good nightp
"And he simply put us out Of the !
room. When we were outside looked |
at Larsan His face was impenetra-
bIe."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09
The Mystery
of
TheYeIIOw Room
BY GASTON LEROUx
-
Copyright 1905 BY Brentano's
By GASTON LEROUx
coDyrisht, lOOs, BY ursniano's

Stand aside, Messrs. Sherlock
Tolmes, Martin Hewitt Dupfn,
Lecoq, Vidocq, and all tine creH
Of famous det ctipes Of fiction
nnd history 'er Joseph Rou-
ksfabtHe, repo. .-detective, SUI
perior to you al in the faculties
M observing everything, remem-
Bering everything, deducfng all
khe facts that throw tight on his
Dases. Before Rouleta5iHe lpro-
bounced RuIe-ta- bee solved the
hTysfery Of The YELLOW Room he
mgas knowr 10 the Paris police
las a marvel O. reasoning power,
inEfhough he was only a boy in
pears. With The solution Of the
famous Stangerson enigma he be-
bane national figure in The lit
fshrnture of France. As snch NE
Introduce him TO our readers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09


~ lT was not until later that Roule-
tabllle sent me the notebook
in which he Ind written at
length the story OF the phe-
nomenon OF the inexpicable gallery.
On the day / arrived at the Chandler
and joined him in bis room he recount
ed to me, with The greatest detail, an
that have related. telling me also
how be bad spent several hours IN
Paris. where he had learned nothing
that could be Of any help to him.
The event Of the inexplicoble gal
lery had occurred on the night between
the Goth and both OF October--that is
to say. three days before my return to
the chateau II was on the ID Of
November, then, that ! went back to
the Chandler. summoned there by my
friends telegram and taking the re-
yelyers with me-
lam now ia Rouletabilie's room, and
he has finished his recital.
While he had been telling me the
story noticed MIN continually rubbing
the glass OF the eyeglasses he had
found Oh thc side fable From tie cvi
dent pleasure he was taking in han.
ding them ! felt they must De one Of
those sensible evidences destined 10 en-
ter what be had called the circle OF the
right end Of his reason
IVhen- isA he'd a..seisa tai s,S s
asked me what ! thought Of It. re-
piled that was much puzzled by his
question Then he begged me to try
In my turn, to take my reason in hand
"by the right end
rTo BIZ CONTINUED
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09

chairs and lifted the pictures Moth
ing, nothing. We would have looked
into a iowerpot If there had been one
to look intor
When this mystery. thanks to Roule-
tabille was naturally explained by the
help alone Of his masterful mind we
were able to realize that the murderer
had got away neither by door, VIM
dow nor the stairs, fact which the
judges would not admit
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09
Tennessee Central
TIME TABLE
EFFECTIVE OCT. II, 1908.

EAST BOUND.
No. II Clarksville and Nash
vile Mail leaves. $3.50 a. m.
No. Ia Clarksville and Nash
vile Mail leaves. s.........4:00 p. m.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09

. 'iTtTl1 p separated on the thresholds
W of our rooms with a melan-
choly shake of the hands.
Larsan's was an original
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09

Due National Banks ...............
Due State Banks and Bankers.
Due Trust Companies. ...........+....s
Cashiers Checks Outstanding .......
Bills Re-discounted. ....................
Unpaid Dividends, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Taxes Due and Unpaid. ,........
Capital Stock not paid .,.,,...o.,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09
WEST BOUND.

No. II Clarksville and Hop
kinsyille mail arrives. .ll:2O a. m.
No l3 Clarksville and Hop.
kinsyile mail arrives. SIS p. m.
G. R. NEWMAN, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09
CHAPTER XVIII.

ROuIetabille Has Drawn Circle
Between the Two Bumps on His
Forehead.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-01-09

Place your property for sale or
rent with Higgins & Son. they will
give you a square deal,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
Lots In Al1red's Addition


A l. r.
selling
sell $50 S1OO
nea
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18

by applying a clinical thermometer
that the temperature Of a drunken
man is lowered The alcohol sends
the blood rushing to the surface, but
the real temperature is not increased.
For this reason alcohol is not used by
arctic explorers. For the same rea-
son physicians are abOiishing ii i'm
their practice, and are using other
things less harmful and Of more
value.
Again. as 10 the action Of alcohol
upon the blood. The blood is COM
posed of white and red corpuscles.
the latter the life sustaining element
while the white cOrpuscles are the
disease resisting power 1t has been
found that alcohol destroys these
white cOrpuscles. See for yourself
the purple nose of the habitual drink
err Let the source of defense. our
army and our navy, our forts and our
arsenals be destroyed. how easy it
would be for some foreign power to
come over and take possession of our
rich and fertile country. Let alcohol
destroy or impair these white corpus
cles. the germ resisting element in
the blood. and something will hap
pen. a drinking man gets frightened
when pneumonia strikes him; some
times his kidneys fail and COnsump-
tiOn is well known effect of alcohol.
Even the snake-b theory has
! been disprOved. Poison has been eX-
tracted from a venOmOus reptile and
mixed with alcohol. the result show
ing a more deadly poison. if possible.
than the venom of the snake.
These are only hints Of what Mrs.
Armour said. She held her audience
spellbound for more than an hour.
and many were sorry when her ad-
dress was ended.-Sunday' Banner.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
Mrs. Armour

Those who failed TO hear Mrs. Ar
NOR lecture Tuesday evening missed
an intellectual treat. Very seldom do
we have a speaker Of such marked
ability in Ocala. She is possessed of
master mind. well trained and
thoroughly informed. The handling
of her subject was most logical and
her appeal was made To reason.
She touched upon the recent cleo
ton in Alabama. where the prohibi-
ton amendment was rejected She
was on the ground for a week or two
and attributed the failure to carry not
70 lack of prohibition sentiment in
Alabama. but to the face of the issue
being side tracked into a political
fight against Governor Conner As
tute politicians managed the cam
paign. as they Will do i'm this state
unless the Temperance people work
with might and main. She stated. as
most of us know. that Alabama has
still state wide prohibition backed
by the Fuller law. which is the
strongest prohibition law in the
United States. Don't let the idea pre-
W il that Alabama is wet. or will ever
be.
Again. one thing she said. we toler-
ate the licensed saloon in this age
and time. simply from custom. We
are used TO it: we have had it all the
time. To uproot custom has been the
herculean task for reformers since
the world began. Alcohol ranks with
morphine and cocaine in its poison
Gus and vicious effects upon the hu-
man system. Morphine and cocaine
have their real uses in medicine and
have been a boon To the suffering in
alieviating pain. Yet if some enter
prising person or company should
propose To establish cocaine and
opium joints in Ocala or elsewhere
the citizens would rise up IN masse
against the undertaking. No China
for US. Yet these drugs are no more
poison than alcohol The difference
is that cocaine and morphine deaden
the sensibllities. rendering its victims
worthless. while alcohol 10 this effect
the excitement Of the worst passions.
even 10 murder. Given a sufficient
dose We can always count on its max
ing a fool.
Again. scientific investigation and
the clinical thermometer have de-
stroyed all the old ideas in regard TO
the good Of alcohol in medicine and
otherwise. For instance, it has been
thought a stimulant which would
produce animal heat and would warm
the human body. II has been found
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
Cottages

One five end cottage Just completed and rene
100000 $4,000
$4,000. $500 500 $1,000
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
HOLIDAY BARGAINS
AT THE GLOBE

Be sure before you do your holiday
shopping 10 call at the Globe and look
over our elegant line OF Holiday Goods
and our magnificent line Of General
0ry Goods from which so many use
ful Christmas presents can be found
for all members Of the family. The
Globe. The Under Selling Store in
Ocala." can save YOU money. Remem
Der. If il is a good thing we have IT,"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
GASOLINE ENGINE FOR SALE

The Star office has a splendid. prac-
tically new. horizontal six-horsepOwer
International Harvester Co. gasolene
engine in perfect condition with heavy
50-gallou galvanized tank. Cost $3.50.
We are using electric motors and will
sell the engine complete for $500 as il
stands The Star, Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
A Good Home

One eight house halls
a
ton to oes with beautiful shade
the worth $25oooo Will $500 90
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
HANDLEY HOUSE FOR SALE

The A. E. Handfey mouse, one of the
most convenient and best built houses,
lage lot and all conVeniences in the
house, located in third ward near high
school building, for rent or sale. APP
ply to David S. Woodrow, Holder
Block, Ocala. Ella.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
". c. 7. U. WORK
A Query

If there is more liquor sold in dry
counties Gas our anti friends claim
than in wet counties why in the name
of reason do not the wet forces COM
bine with US and work for prOhibi-
ton?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
For the next Thirty Days will sell the property described as
follows at little more than Half Value


this sale these lots will be advanced to 500 to $3.50
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
Clay County Farm

and
Clay county
is is
which could equaled rthcay $oooooo This
100
Ions Of minute The branch from this for
half
high bluff either side forming natural dam With little outlay
hundreds
portions of which adapted and eucub while other
about fifty land there 500 round
nothing
n fol- THOUSAND
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
5OO-Acfe Proposition


land
This
Oanda Much land
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
Marion Heights

a
valuable will sell
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-18
Farming Lands


l.
Florida
would $4,000 offering
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-14
"Mary James Pa"

While Mary James Pa in which
Mr. Max Figman will be presented by
Holm Cort at the Keylor Grand, Satur-
day. Dec. IS, is announced as an ldyI-
lie midwest comedy. and might give
one the impression that it is one OF
those sweet bucolic dramas of coun-
trv love and triDulations, it is in real
itv a great big comedy drama Of real
life in the great middle west WITT
strong characters doing strong things
amid vital situations.
The big scene of the play comes al
Tho ond of the second act. In it a
newsnaper goes to press. The Gil
NOV is reached when Rome Preston,
candidate for nomination, disables the
nodern cylinder press and upsets the
tvne of a story exposing the corrupt
,r,c+;ces of his rival, in order to pre-
wont its being printed, and thus saves
Tho gunner of the newspaper. Portia
perkins. the woman he has loved in
vo;n from the threatened revenge OF
tbe opposing candidate.
Che discovers the accident to the