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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-15
Are By Far the Best
Shoes in the World at
Anything Like Their
Price.

They are just as good as
the finest custom made
shoes, and they can be had
at about one-third the cost.
Every part that goes into
fhn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-15
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shoe is selected with the
most scrupulous care. sJtst
like the parts of a watch, and
they are put together by }x-
pert REGAL shoemakdrs.
The result is as perfect a
shoe as it is possible for Hu-
man ingenuity to turn, d ht.
And it is perfect throughput
not only the parts you she,
but the parts you can't Zee
as well. These facts are what
have made the Regal what
it is today-the best and
most popular shoe in the
world. New fall styles are
here. Don't fail to come in
and look them over. $3.50,
"a and SIS.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
A "Number" Query.

My boy, ten years old, attends pub
lie school and a few days ago was CIV
en- an arithmetic exercise as follows:
Read the following number, 64,Ot4,-
64O.0064." l suggested to him that the
proper way to read it would be: Sixty
four millions, sixty-four thousands and
six hundred and forty and slxty-lour
thousandths; but he tells me that MS
teacher dropped" him point" De-
cause he put in the first and Accord
ing to his teacher the foregoing should
read, Sixty-four million, slxty-1our
thousand, six hundred and forty ana
sixty-four thousands. Will readers III
form me if the word land" is superflu-
GUS in the original reading OF the ex-
ercise and why?-J. S. NJ, in the Ne"
York Evening World.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
Her Dearest Dolly.

This happened to a little girl in a
Western mining camp. 1t YVES Christ
mas-time, and an unusually heavy
snow had blocked the mountain
passes. The little girl had prayed
for a doll, and the men, who loved and
petted her constantly, declared she
must have one.
They pondered the matter over and
decided to make doll. But of what ?
Potatoes! And potatoes were so scarce
in camp that they were almost worth
tbs r weight in gold. So at night,
while the little girl slept, the big men
worked, their clumsy hands and big
knives held close to the candle while
they carved the wonderful doll from
potatoes and fastened the parts to-
gether. They painted cheeks, eyes and
hair, and then arrayed her in cloth
ing of marvellous masculine manufac-
ture. There was happy little girl in
camp next morning, but there were no
potatoes for the Christmas dinner.
When the little girl, now a grown-up,
tells the story, she adds, with ten.
der light in her eyes, And it was
really the dearest dolly l ever had"
And, by the way. this grown-up little
girl is Mrs. Alden. so we'll known to
boys and girls as "Pansy"- Home Her.
old.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
~ For the -.
children.
Billy MiIIer's Circus.

At Billy Millers Circus-Show-
In their old stable where it's at
The boys pays twenty pins to go,
An gifts their money worth at that
Cause Billy he can climb an chalk
His stockin' feet an purt- nigh walk
A tiSht-rOpe-yeS, an eff he tall
He'll ketch, an skin cat'-atS all.
He amt afeared to swing an hang
1st by his legs-an' maybe stop .
An yell look out.'' an nen-k-spang!
He'll let loose, upside-down, an drop
Wife on his hands! An men he'll do
"Contortion -acts"-ist timber through
As ''Injarubber Mems at goes
With Shore-for- certain shows!
At Billy Miller's Circus Show
He's got a circus ring-an' they's
A dressin' room-so's he can go
;, An dress an paint up when he plays
He's somepin' else-'cause sometimes he's
"Ringmaste r"-bossin' like he please;
An sometimes "Ephalunt"-er Bare
Back Rider" prancin out O there!
An sometimes-an' the best Of ALL
He's THE Old Clown" an got on
clo'es
All stripud-an' white hat, all tall
An peakud-like in shore-'nuff shows
An got three-cornered red-marks, too.
On his white checklist like they do
An you'd list die, the way he sings
An dances an says funny things!
james Whitcomb Riley.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
OLD TIME WINTER NIGHTS.

wish that Father Time, some day.
Would leave unlocked his kitchen door
And let me find the backward way.
BY withered year-leaves drifted Ger,
Just touched with dim, uncertain
lights.
That leads to old time winter nights.
When woodlands frozen stiff and still.
Stand numb within the winter -gloam.
I'd like to peep across the sill
Into my own great-grandma s nome,
AS through the dusky, low-celied
room,
The candles twinkled into bloom.
With velvety. enchanted shoes.
Into the chimney's warmth I'd steal,
And back and forth. with lissom Prue
I'd turn the singing spinning wheei'
Or on the cosy settle sit, .
BY Grandmas side, and prlmiy Knit
I'd revel in the splendid flash
Or tawny flames that played arouho
The ample girth of oak and ash,
With supple grace and purrlng souno'
Or trailed a copper on the crahe.
With feasts of greetings. round ana
fair.
With essences and savors bornt
OF home brewed nectars in the air.
With snowy dance of popping corn,
I'd find a hundred fresh deiignts
In jolly old-time winter nights.
Hattie Whitney Durbin. in Ladies
World.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
History of Cheap Postage.

The introduction of penny postage
between Great Britain and the United
States gives a special interest to the
book by Fred J. Melville, entitled, "A
Penny All the Way; the Story of Pen
ny Postage" The author, who is pres
ident of the Junior Philatelic society
traces the origin Of the idea of penny
postage back to 1859, when one John
Hill, an attorney of York, essayed to
settle a penny post for England, a
two-penny rate for Wales and Scot
land, and four-penny rate for Ire
land. 1t is curious that the surname
Of this pioneer, who has hitherto been
ignored in postal history, should have
been the same as the great reformer
of the British postoffice and the intro.
Queer of uniform penny postage, Sir
Rowland Hill. This post was sup.
pressed by the farmer OF the postal
revenues. Twenty-one years later, in
1880, Robert Murray and William
Dockwra set up their London penny
post, which had hourly deliveries in
London, Westminster. Southwark and
the neighboring places, extending to
the four towns q Hackney, Islington,
South Newington Butts and Lambeth.
Dockwra set up 400 or 500 receiving
houses for letters in London at a
time when the general postoffice had
only eight places where letters could
be posted in London. The Duke OF
York, afterward James H., to whom
the profits Of the postoffice had been
granted by Charles H., brought q
number Of actions against Dockwra.
and ultimately got the London penny
post wrested from its first promoter
and made separate branch of the
government service. For 100 years
London had its penny post, based Oh
Dockwras plan, and then in 1901 a
retrograde step was taken by convert
ing 1t into a two-penny post.-Dundee
Advertiser.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

| she wears an old cap, not at all in the
fashion"
Where did you see Punch and
Judy?" continued Dora.
Il saw them on Boston Common, -
| answered l. They have but lately ar
rived from England. l saw them in
a sort of box
why do they keep them in a box"
asked my questioner
you shall hear all about it, Dora
dear" said I. You must know that,
many hundred years ago, there lived
near the city of Naples, in Italy, a
peasant whose name was Puccio
d Aniello."
What a queer name.' interrupted
Dora.
He was such funny man. that a
company of strolling actors asked him
ito join them, which he did; and he be-
came quite famous as a clown. When
he died, another took his name, soft
ened into Polcenella, and by the help
of mask kept up the look and manner
of the droll peasant. Soon his tricks
become so popular that little figures
to represent him were made, and
shows were given in a sort of box
without a cover, set on end. In Eng
land he was called Punchinello, or
Punch; and his wife, whom he used to
beat badly at times, was called Judy"
What bad man, to beat his wife!"
said little Dora.
YES" said l, Punch is not model
man; but he is very funny. l think he
would make you laugh"
May l go and see him some day."
asked Dora
Eyes; if your mother has no objec-
tion,'' said l. Punch is not much
known yet in America, but he is
famous character in Europe; and in
the large cities there are few children
of your age who have not seen
him.
1--WE will certainly go and see
Punch and Judy" continued little
Dora.-The Nursery.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
Deafn Cannot Re Cur.s

bylocal applications as theycannot ran, !.
diseased portion Of the ear. here 10 onIr y
way to cure deafness. and that ia hv on, y
tutlonal remedies. Deafness is cansad ~ 10y
innamad 'ondi,ion Of the mucous Inia.s
the Eustachian Tube. When this tuha y
Hamed you lave rumbling sound or ;rns
iect nearing. and when it is entirely cIa.
Deafness is the result and unless thsinss
nation can be taken out and this tnha
stored to its normal condition. Learino
be destroyed forever. Nine cases ont ., "
are caused bycatarrh. which is nothinchnts
Inhamed condition OF the mucous surI,"1
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for y
case oiDeafness(caused bycatarrh )that 81.
not be cured by all'sCatarrhCure. Send ,
circulars free. J.CHENEY l. Co. .Tolsdn
Sod by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constina,,o,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

| Dago across the street-bad cess 70
their stomachs."
Norah was following instructions
with a vengeance. and yet so tactfully
did she rebuff all that not one of her
admirers could feel anger at his rejec-
ton. Indeed it scarcely could be called
a rejection. Even though she did vic.
lence to her own feelings, Norah fol.
lowed orders and treated the bows
alike.
So it might have gone to the end of
the chapter had it not moved some of
the young men from college town to
run over to the CITY, With the exuber-
ance of youth, they regarded the city
that night as their own, and the COL
lege yell as palliation of all offenses
They wandered through the slums,
'oicing their unwillingness to go home
before morning, and at last they en-
tered the business district and descend
ed upon Meeghan's.
Norah took to the kitchen for refuge
after the first onslaught, but the boys
would not have it so. They sat. pound
ed on the tables as they demanded that
their fair hostess receive them with
proper courtesy. Tim had just signaled
one Of the walters TO slip out for po-
licemaD and send for the reserves,
when Norah timidly entered the din
ingroom from the kitchen, in the hope
that, having brought her forth from
her retreat, they might be induced to
leave The place.
instead, they made rush for the
frightened girl, loudly demanding
kiss for each, and though the walters
sought to interfere-and the night. wait
ers at Meeghan's were not selected
without an eye to their pugilistic posi-
bllities-there was no organization. The
half-dozen men grappled with as many
students, but there was still clamor-
ing throng about the girl
Then suddenly something happened.
Back in the college a few days later
there was diversity of opinion as to
the order of business, but it was the
unanimous opinion that somewhere
about the premises Of Meeghan's
heavyweight champion had been con-
cealed, for he descended upon the crowd
and pushed them about as if they were
SO many of the heavy packages of pa
pers that he had been handling all
night. Half a dozen of the Sunrisers
were on the sidewalk as a reception
committee to speed the erring students
on their way. Presently quiet reigned
In Meeghan's, and Norah was sobbing
out her hysteria on Cammack's broad
shoulder.
The others looked on enviously, and |
quietly went to their seats. Roy had |
won and the others wished him Joy for |
they were good fellows all.
Il tried to treat them all alike" Nor |
all explained to Meeghan, when he
arrived at the restaurant to relieve
her at 8 a. m. Il really did try, dad.
but-but Roy isn't like the others.
ITO be sure" observed Meeghan.
kindly. tits all right, Norah, darlin'.
it's treat them all alike till We find one
that's different from the rest That's
tn one We want, an We can have him
If We want him."-New Orleans Plea
yune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
Little Travellers from Other Lands.

Last year there were almost 100000
children under fourteen years received
into this country, and of these at
least 100000 came in through Ellis
Island. Last year the home had n
half hundred children on Christmas,
but they were coming and going all
through the week. We had big
SO far as we could we tried to get up
the celebration according to the old
ways which the children knew. But
only in general way was this pos
sible. know that many of the little
ones never had so many good things
and so much attention in their lives.
They enjoy it as rule. Sometimes
the children are too sad to enjoy any
thing, even turkey and cranberry
sauce, which they taste for the first
time.
Often little fellows of five and six
and upward come here tagged, their
passage paid by relatives at the other
end, expecting their parents to meet
them. They wait and wait in vain.
and it is hard task to comfort those
who are old enough to realize the mis-
cry of being sent back.
Then again we have children who
come in and must be detained be-
cause they have disease and must be
treated in the hospital before being
permitted to land. A little girl o.
eight was here last Christmas. She
came from the Rhine provinces and
her father, clean-looking man, was
on hand to get her. But her eyes
showed Inflammation and she was
held for treatment.
"All through the day the father
waited outside the bars, and the lit
tie girl sobbed and held out her arms
to him and would not be comforted.
Little ones whose parents had not
come offered their share of the good
things to her, but she wanted nothing
but her father. One of the members |
of society for emigrants gave her
a pretty doll, but she scarcely looked
at it, until a week later when she was
pronounced well and jumped joyfully
into her fathers arms.
There was another sad case here
last Christmas. a handsome shepherd
boy from the Roumanian district,
half Slav and half Latin and dressed
in shepherd fashion, sheep wool coat
and trousers, had been turned back
and during the days he was waiting
for his ship it was hard thing to
comfort him. Indeed, lnere are some
cases when there seems no earthly
comfort and the missionaries must
lead one to think of the reward which
will come when the sorrows of this
world have been patiently borne.
This boy in question was a fine
talking boy, with big black. flashing
eyes and the most dramatic way of
telling his story.
"I tended my flock on the high
mountain he told us, and it was sure
ly a good Christmas story, and one
night the wolves. came. The snow
was deep and the beasts were famish.
ed. They came nearer and nearer to
my sheep and in vain 1 tried to get
help from neighboring shepherds.
They tore some of my sheep from
me; but they tore me first and he
showed his poor SCARED breast all
full of running sores.
1.-THE sores never healed and for
this reason he could not come in.
He sobbed piteously that he could
still tend sheep if he was only given
a chance. Mrs. Stucklery, in Phila
delphia Ledger.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
BoWser, the Hero.

Perhaps you would like to hear how
my black cat, Mr.. Bowser, saved a lit
tie kittens life.
One evening we heard a commotion
in our back yard. We ran out to see
what the matter was and saw a dog
with one of our neighbours little kir-
tens in his mouth. The poor little
thing. would have been killed in a min
ute more, but our cat saw what was
going on, and what do you suppose he
did? He jumped on the dogs back
and began clawing him as hard as he
could. Well, that dog dropped the kit
ten, in hurry and started for home
on dead run, crying and yelpihg for
all he was worth, with Bowser still on
his back. Bowser came back in a liz
tie while, walking as dignified as
everything. The kitten was I'D in
cherry tree shaking and quivering. We
got him down, and he was hurt in the
leg. He was always lame afterwards
But he has Bowser to thank for living
at all think cats know more than
dogs sometimes. This morning pana
came down to breakfast and Bowser
was sitting in his chair. Papa said
without going near or touching Bow.
ser: who is going to have that
chair you or II" What did BowserN do
but get down off the chair and stalk
out into the kitchen as if disguised
Esther Clarke, in the New Tribune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

my kidneys gave M
trouble. l had dul
pains in the small O
the back and fell
lame every morninl
when getting out d
bed. The kidney Sc
cretions passed to,
frequently. compel
ling me to get u
often at night. Ate
several remedies thu
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
Punch and Judy.

The other day. as I sat at the din
ner table, l said to the folks, saw
Punch and Judy today"
who is Punch and who is Judy?"
asked my little fiye-year-old Dora.
Punch is an ugly old fellow with a
hooked nose and hump on his back:
and Judy Is his wife," said I.
us Judy handsome?" asked Dora.
Judy Is hardly handsome" / re.
piled. Indeed, she is not good look
Ing. Her mouth is very large; and
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
True to Life.

Photographer Ito young man)-H
will make much better picture if
you put your hand on your fathers
shoulder.
The Father-Huh! 1t would be
much more natural If he had his hand
In my pocket-Lustige Welt.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
For HEADACHE-Hic pUnv,

Whether from Colds. Heat Stomach !
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve Won
It's liQuid-pleaSant TO take-acts immaai
ately. Try 1t, loo, CSC, and Soc At drn'
stores.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

American touring in Europe fin
II cheaper to rent automobiles All
road than to take their own
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

First relieve the needy; then.
need be, question them.-Rule of Il
ganedictines.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

British Honduras is short OF labor
for its increasing fruit growing and II
trying to get coolies from India
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

tried had failed, l used a box d
Doan's Kidney Pills. They did theh
work well. l now have no Blackjack
and can sleep splendidly."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents boz
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, NJ
The best way to get girl to lii
you is to get her brothers not to-
New York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01

Man, let the evolutionists reu,
Der, advances and rises. The ~
does not.-Goldwin Smith
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-01
LAME IN THE MORNING.
Feels As II Your Back Would Sureh
Break.

Leroy S. Currier, 46 Purchase ST
Newburyport, Mass, says: For year
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-04-10
IRON NERVE AND
HORSE SENSE MADE
LUCKY" BALDWIN

the old directors forbidding them to
go on with the election.
The meeting was set for Monday at
nine a. m. At the last moment Lloyd
rushed into Baldwin's ONCE with the
news that 1t was impossible to get his
Injunction papers signed until ten
o'clock.
WELL" said Baldwin after mo-
ment's pause. you go up to court and
as soon as you get the judges sigma
ture come down a-fiying In a hack.
Ill keep the directors from holding
that meeting"
Baldwin, sauntered jauntily over to
the meeting and endured calmly the
guying of those who thought he had
been euchred. He was seated In the
room as a stakeholder when the pres
ident Of the company arose and an
nounced the call for the annual cleo
ton. Baldwin then got up and entered
a formal protest, but the president
ruled him out of order.
Old Lucky made only two or three
strides to the presidents side, and
before the astonished official knew
what had happened he was lying un-
der the table and Baldwin was presid-
ing in his place, with six shooter In
his right hand. He swore he~would
shoot any man who interfered or who
tried to leave the room. and for half
an hour he bulldozed all hands until
Lloyd broke in with the Injunction pa
pers and the day was saved.
His Breach of Promise Cases.
Horses, women and music all inter-
ested Baldwin. With horses he scored
a great success, but with women he
certainly didn't have the same luck.
He was regularly married three times,
but his irregular relations were
numerous. These relations, generally
with young women still in their teens.
brought him often into the courts and
twice subjected him to pistol fire.
One woman. who pretended to be
his niece, Verona Baldwin, tried pot
shot at the old man in the Baldwin
hotel one night ana bullet hit him in
the wrist. She declared that he had
promised marriage and then refused
to keep his word. The case was
hushed up and the woman got a pen
sion.
In another case, brought by Lena
Ashley. also for breach of promise. her
sister shot at Baldwin in the court
room, but the bullets went wild and
the girl was overpowered. In the last
breach of promise case brought against
him Baldwin actually pleaded that the
girl should have known his general
reputation and not have trusted his
promises.
A Queer Funeral.
Baldwin was as original In his
funeral as in his life. He provided in
his will that no religious services
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-04-10

taking Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what It would do,
and am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
300. Willimantic, Conn
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For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
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Proof ID abundant that IL has cured
Thousands Of Others. and why shoud y
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