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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21
Can Taft Put a Halo on
Aldrich?


say rotten eggs before he has swung around in the
middle west and far west very far.
Adrch's reputation is made. Taft cannot remake it.
Aldrch stands the chief exponent of robber tariff that
has forced the people of the middle west and far west and
northwest to support the manufacturing trusts of New
England, New York and Pennsylvania. He is known
the belicose champion and plant tool of the privileged
interests interests that have taken from the pockets of the
common people to put into the pockets of billonares.
If, in all history, there is than another
who has stood for caste monopoly legislation special prv
ege, corporation greed concentrated oppression and
monied aristocracy that is Adrich, and Bill Taft
ism big enough to hide his horns split hoos and forked
tail, paint him complexion that will conceal his
blackness. The American people know the devil when
they see him. and not color-bnd.
But Taft proposes to go further than start reputation
for angelhood for Adrich based what Aldrch did
the tariff He recommends that under Aldrchs leader
ship, "a sound and safe monetary and banking system"
be given to the country. is proposition that should
properly be considered in dark underground ROOM
with accompaniment of bies masks and bullseye Ian
ferns.
LET "THE INTERESTS" ROB THE PEOPLE with
tariff schedules, and then let the interests SAY WHAT
THE PEOPLES MONEY SHALL BE WORTH!"
1t is great scheme Heads ''the interests" win Tails
the people pay But will not be popular in the west
There honest patriots in the region of Wall street
and the Morgan Rockefeller golf links, who will rise up
and tell Taft to send this stencil back to Washing
ton to complete the fine collection of odors generated by
the Adrchs Bangers and that cabinet Of third prize
corporation lawyers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21
A CLOSE SHAW E
Many of Them Happening Ever.
Day, but Soon FORGOTTEN,

Many of Them Happening Every
Day, but Soon Forgotten.
Close shaves would be of more
frequent occurrence but for the
tender faces of many men, which
will not permit of shaving often.
Heretofore, nothing has been said
in these columns about pOslam, a
new skin discovery, in connection
with it's use after shaving. Its pub
licity and sales have been confined
almost exclusively to it's remark
able properties as an eczema cure;
it stops the itching at once and
cures the worst cases in a few
days. While the application of pos
lam after shaving is one of it's
minor uses, such as for pimples,
the complexion, ETC., shavers will
find it revelation, as 1t does for
abrasions, roughness and severe
scrapings what it does for all man.
ner of skin difficulties-heals and
cures in few hours. 1t is the only
article possessing real antiseptic
and curative value that has ever
been exploited for this purpose,
and will soothe and tone up the
skin as no toilet preparation could
possibly do.
Poslam can be had for so cents
at any reliable druggists, particu-
larly Murgittroyd's and Ritter's,
who make specially of it. Or the
Emergency Laboratories, No. 80
West Twenty-fifth street, New
York city, will send a trial supply
free by mail to any one who will
write for it. This is sufficient to
show results in "a hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

Listen, low browed liar, in my
party sefenty-six feet wass frozen
in fact our whole subbly Of picked
picks feet wass rendered uh
useless. Und den we lifted on del
fat of dem ven dey wass rendered
After dot we fell back on oql
dogs
80? Den you wass after all NOD
frostbitten, but dogbitten. Und
how dit der dogs liff?"
ooh, dey got bite, too. We hat
fleas along. Dit you nod see my
flack nailed on der pole?"
"Flack? l only fount a Turkish
batttowel." =
well, dot wass der flack-id iss
der Turkish flack."
I'm sorry, but l ate i'd. l tot id
was tripe.'
"Und here you come und claim to
be der ,orichinal. Your deplorable
ness ISIS dupilcitious!
Bah! hat gifen my life to diss
task, olt snow OWL"
"Und you still hat your life
Swindler! Why, / wass welcomed
| home NIT singing societies"
dot ISIS noddings-I wass vel
coined home by societies vich wass
too ofercome to sing. Tell me diss
ven you wass by der pole, wass del
| ice still goot?"'
"Yess, i'd tastet excellent"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

Dey Dubligatet Each 3D.
ders Performance, But Now
Dey DUPLICATE Each Odders
Disparagings. IA
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21
JOHN A. JOHNSON

BY far the best medicine that came out of drug
store
That the way political friend described Governor
John A. johnson of Minnesota, who died today.
Jom johnson struggled out of the most dire poverty
" his youth to competency and to good works and fame
AZ twelve years Of age he worked in drug store and
that's how the above quotation originated.
loses great governor and the nation loses
one Of its biggest public fgures-a figure which doomed
large in future possibilities Johnson conservative
- contrasted to the earlier policies Of William Bryan
and he had national experience but his record in his
home state and his declared principles made him of
the new national democratic leaders, and he consd
cred presidential possibility He had, however, few
really constructive policies for country wide adoption
That was Johnsons place in the nations eye Person
ally he filled big niche He most lovabe man. His
love Of basebal-he baseball crank skating and
swimming explain his healthy mode of thought and his
calm yet bright outlook on life
One of the big things he did for Minnesota giving
the state the 2cen railroad passenger rate and delivering
the farmers from the extorons of the Irvine trust And
here was his philosophy given in his own words:
"As life work, would rather be able to provide for
the needs of family enjoy the fellowship of good friends
and good books and write book that would be read
hundred years from now than to be able to all the
money in the world
The churches well represented at the Interstate fair
They have rest and lot Of eating booths And
the church folks are mighty good cooks too
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21
Yes, Who?

Mr.. Smithson-Sloane-Why do
you want to go to these over
crowded summer resorts? You can
be much more exclusive at some
smaller place.
Mrs. Smithson-Sl Sloane - Who
wants to be exclusive if nobody
knows it?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21
MOST ANYTHING
"It's tn red-headed wo-
man with a peach basket hat
who hides her light under a
bushel.

ing near Phoenix, Ariz. Be calm
That is the same country where
they see camels in the desert.
Still HALEY has not turned up to
claim his comet. In the meantime,
it is eating it's head off, so to
speak, and may have to be sold to
pay for it's keep.
Peru has sent hot ultimatum to
Bolivia. Bolicia will probably use
it to wrap frijoles in.
After all, how crowded the arctic
wastes are!
Another attempt being made to
patent perpetual motion. Perhaps
it is a scheme to utilize the ac'
titity generated by the interest
upon the national debt.
Looks like Taft expects to travel
through the west under the
auspices of Aldrich and Ballinger
If so, there will be no bumper CROP
of huZZaS,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

The churches well represented at the Interstate fair
They have rest and lot Of eating booths And
the church folks are mighty good cooks, too.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21
BEES CURE PARALYTIC
Sufferer Regains Use OF Limbs
and Walks a Mile
(By United Press.)

BOXBURY, Mass, Sept. 21.-L.
B. Webster is slowly but surely re-
covering from an attack of
paralysis by allowing angry bees to
sting him. He already has regained
the use of his left arm and can
walk a mile.
Webster could not walk at all
four months ago, and had no use
of his left hand. He heard that
bee stings were an efficacious cure
for paralysis and rheumatism, and
finally decided to try the heroic
remedy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

If, in his Boston banquet
speech, Taft sounded the
keynote Of his 13,000-mile
junket, he will probably
n,aof borcb orifioicp, not fo
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

Bote of Dem Brought
Back Blenty of Proof, But
Neider Brought Back Der
Pole.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

Four elephants were found roam
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

Judging from the curves and
twists in the route, Taft's swing
round the circle will be a grapevine
swing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21

TOXIC, Sept. 21.-The cruiser
Idzumo, Captain Takeshita, sailed
this morning to attend the Portola
festival at San Francisco in Octo-
Der. Portola is in honor of the dis
covery of San Francisco bay.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-21
Necessary.

Miss Elder believe I'll fix my
hair in puffs.
Tom-First catch you hare.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21

And yet there are boarding house
keepers and boarding housekeepers.
There is the jolly woman, with a heart
full of sympathy for the girl without
a home or the 0 waif stranded un-
der her roof. She letteth not her right
hand have cognizance of the doings of
her left. She casteth bread Upon the
waters, and sometimes 1t IL returned
to her.
In the great city she setteth up an
abiding place, and pen cannot describe.
for words are wanting. the odds she
contends against. She may be cheated
by the baker. the grocer. the milkman.
and worst Of all. by those who sit at
her table. There 10 no redress. II she
complain, they 60 somewhere else. II
she set a good table, 1t is not as good
as at home. II she economizes, the
fare IL "wretched." t#4t#@
Yet, in nine cases out Of ten. the
boarding housekeeper Is an ange:
without wings. She suffereth long,
and is kind" The captious inmates Of
her household know 1t all the time.
Why cannot they give tribute to the
hard work. good cooking and palms.
taking care OF her who giveth them
their . in due esason ?'-Spokane
Spokesman Review.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
TtsG phlLosoPh,c BRAKEMAN.
He RejoIcss When the Train 10 Late
for Purely Personal Reasons.

The Flying Bluenose, q train which
usually earns its title al railroad trav'
Ell goes in the quiet Canadian province
1t ~traverses, had been held for an
u or more at a little town until a
new locomotive could be procured.
The regular locomotive had laid down
on the job. 1t was a case of tired
boiler tubes.
Passengers were chatting at the de-
lay. There was no reason for impa-
thence, for the next stop was the
terminus of the line, and a seaport:
those who were going to take the beat
knew it would wait for the train; the
Others had no other object for the
day but dinner, and the train would
surely arrive before six. The sched-
uled time of arrival was $3.50.
Nevertheless the passengers were
impatient. Most of them were Ameri-
cans, which explains it. They clus-
tered around the rear platform of the
Pullman or made daring excursions
into the town, with one ear open for
the whistle of the extra locomotive
coming down the line.
Members Of the train crew took
matters calmly and answered all ques-
tions, even the inevitable foolish kind
with courtesy. The brakeman voiced
his sentiments.
"This suits me-" he said, leaning
against the guard rail. Here We have
been getting in on time Or nearly SO
day after day and there have been two
hours before supper with nothing to
do. To-day we'll get in about six, just
in time for supper.
II wish we'd get held up every day
or the train would be put on a slow
schedule. The appearance of being
busy suits me much better than actual
loafing."
He shifted to an easier position and
gazed dreamily up the stretch of track.
When the relief engine announced it's
approach with a raucous blast he
seemed to resent the intrusion and
made his way back to the switch far
too leisurely to please the passengers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
TWENTY TiMEsA MILLIONAIRE
10 the United States Farmer-Seyen
Bill .ons Of Dividends.

10 the United States Farmer-seyen
Bill ons Of Dividends.
In all the circle of all your acquaint.
ances, in all the circle Of all your
reading. do you know of a single bill
ionaire?" inquiries a writer in Outing.
THAT is a lot of money, you know.
~ 4 per cert interest il mo"-. M IN.
time Of three snd a third million dol.
lars a month.
Pm not talking of capital tkak is, a
quarter water and a quarter hot air
and only half hard cash or convertible
realty. I'm talking Of wealth that can
be handled with your hands and meas
ured with your eyes, wealth that
doesn't require commissions of frenzied
finance to be converted into terms of
the mint.
you acknowledge frankly you don't
really know of q single Millionaire in
the history of the world. Much less
do you know of any group of capital.
lists in the world whose combined
wealth would make twenty billions
and whose twenty billions pay a year.
ly dividend of seven billions. A divi.
dend of $1,000. 0O0, 900 a year means
an income of $5sO.OOO 900 a month, or
$19, goo, 900 a day.
Such a capitalist collectively, is the
United States farmer. Such a divi-
dend, collectively, does the soil of the
United States yearly hand out to the
farmer man
by the last census the capital in.
vested in agriculture in the United
States was $4,000, oOO, 900, and by the
last report of the agricultural depart.
ment the products of the farm for
1907 yielded a grand total of 81, 900,
000, 0G0. Compare these figures to the
billion dollar steel trust, over which
the whole world went daffy a few
years ago., and the magnitude of the
greatness-and of the growing great
ness-of agricultural interests in
America becomes apparent. Then re
member, too. that of all the manufac
turing interests in the United States
Is per cent are dependent on the farm
for raw products"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Young Russian ai,.

Al! 5 Ind .-erner a. Oh. u ,ne
younger Russian pianists who Is max.
Ing a brilliant name for herself--her
American debut was with the Russian
Symphony society = n. Carnegie Aall.
She was born In Odessa, Russia. NOV
ing while . child with her parents to
Moscow, In which city her father 10
. prominent journalist. She entered
the conservatory there, studied under
Pabst, and in four years completed the
nine years course. During the years
Of her study she appeared in Moscow
and st. Petersburg In concert.
Mr.. Modest Altschuler. the cele.
brated conductor of the Russian Sym.
phony society, relates the peculiar cir.
cumstances under which he first met
Miss Tina Lerner, the eminent Rus
sian pianist.
Mr.. Altschuler was In Berlin, where
he met Mr.. Metzel, the composer of
Sinking Bell" which was presented
here last winter by the New York
Philharmonic society. conducted by
safonoh. While discussing the merits
Of the younger artists. Mr.. Metzel ex-
pressed the desire that Mr.. Altschulef
just made her American debut.
should meet Miss Lerner, who just
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Kaiser tnvents Safety Brake.

Emperor William has invented .
new hub and brake for railroad trains
and automobiles which IL described a.
Offering the greatest possible guaran'
tee against accident arising from the
failure Of existing brakes to operate
when called upon &
Some time ago Emperor William
took Z lively interest in this branch
Of technical work, but he has done
nothing in 1t of recent years. The
recent accident on the elevated rail
road Of Berlin. however. revived his
interest. and he spent part Of his time
during his recent holiday In the coun,
try in working out the present device
The practical experiments with II
have not yet been completed.
Emperor William. who at one time
ri q pupil of Prof. Slavy. will resume
his studies in advanced technical
science In the professors laboratory
after the end Of the winter social sea
son.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Costly Railroad CONSTRUCTION.

Sixty miles of the Chicago, st. Paul
4 Milwaukee railroad, from Taft,
Mont, to st. Joe, Idaho, has cost $1l,'
400, 900. This was at the rat" off$19O,.
900 a mile, which vas the heaviest
amount ever paid by any railroad com
pany in the world for the construction
Of a line Of similar length. In this
piece of road there are IS tunnels. the
longest being more than 5000 feet
through solid rock. The company ex'
poets that within five years after the
completion of the road, which Is nov
being rushed through Idaho and
Washington to the sound, the traffic
will be so large it will be necessary tc
double track the line in order tc
handle the volume of business. The
line will bisect the Palouse and part
of the Big Bend wheat belts, which
sen more than 100000, 900 bushels OF
grain to market in 1907.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21

When r. w. Albian, who owns a
junk yard in Armourdale, leaves his
place of business to go home at night
he knows that everything will be as
he left it when he returns in the
morning. Albian has a large timber
wolf for q watch dog. The wolf will
allow no n to touch it except it's
master.
When l turn Jack loose in the Junk
yard at night l fear no intruders," AL.
bian said. I've had Jack ever since
he was three weeks old. Yes, he could
jump the fence. but he is perfectly
tame and doesn't want to get away"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
|JockEfs AND THEIR MAscors.
One Buys PiebaId Hats, Another Car
RE Prayer Book In Riding Jacket.

II knew I should ride a winner this
afternoon" said J. Plant, the we'll
known jockey, after he had steered Ar
ranmore, an outsider, first past the
winning post in the race for the Great
Tom Plate at Lincoln a few days ago.
Il bought a piebald rat this morning
for %sixpence and regard the animal as
an emblem of good luck. have
christened it Arranmore, and it will
accompany me wherever l may be rid
ing"
Plant is by no means the only jock
ey who is superstitious. AS a matter
OF fact most jockeys carry tallsmans
in one form or another. These range
from bits of straw and horse skin, &C
CURED i'm some curious manner, TO
| jeweled whips and diamond pins pre-
scented by owners
A certain Newmarket stable APP
| prentice who has ridden several win
ners this year never rides without hold
ing in his mouth a piece of straw, about
three inches long. which he found
while in the stable n day on the
back of the first horse he was asked
to ride in a race. For some unac-
co%untable reason he regarded the piece
of straw as an omen Of good luck,
more particularly after he won that
first race.
Bits of the skin of famous race
horses of the past are very much
priced by superstitious jockeys. who
would as 500 think of riding without
a saddle as without this peculiar tails
man.. II a bit of skin cannot be OBJ
tanned the jockey contents himself
with a few of the hairs out of a ia
nous race horses tail.
One we'll known jockey was in the
habit, and SO far as the writer is
aware He continues the habit today, Of
carrying a small prayer book in his
riding jacket. Quite a romantic story
is attached to this mascot. 1t was sent
to the jockey by an old lady who, re-
quiring a certain sum of money to aid
her daughter and not knowing where
to get it, had the idea of backing the
horse ridden by this jockey.
She got q friend to make the bet,
and, the horse winning, she obtained
all the money she required. Two or
three days later the jockey received
the little prayer book, with a note ex-
planning the circumstances and saying
1t was the old lady's first and last
bet. She would forget the jock
ey, and asked him to accept the pray
er book as an emblem of good luck.
And" said the jockey some time age,
Il firmly believe it has been my good
talisman, TO: | have been wonderfully
successful since | received it."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Fly Stopped a Train.

In North Wales there is a section
OF single line worked on the electric
train staff system. When the signal
man tried recently to draw q staff
from the instrument in order to dis
patch a train he was unable to do so.
The failure of the instrument lasted
for nearly five hours.
Investigation revealed that a small
fly had crept into the instrument and
apparently died while in the act OF ex-
aiming the delicate mechanism Of
one Of the contacts, leaving it's tiny
body as an inseparable barrier to the
passage Of the electric current.-Great
Western Railway Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Results o. Mental Fire Drill.

Mrs. Wilcox had boundless faith in
the wisdom and general effectiveness
Of her husbands advice, and conse-
quently he had primed her with in
structions for any emergency that
might arise when he was absent.
Among other things, he had repeatedly
warned her In IA Of 1re to spread q
rus on the blaze md then telephone
Tor b engine.
90 deeply ri this advice impressed
on her subconsciousness hat her ac-
ttons the day Of the IRE In her home
were purely automatic.
She had bought = new hat, and the
room baing rather poorly lighted. she
used the ~ Jet yer her bureau ~ IN
aid to studying the nsw millinery
achievement. Suddenly. AZ she was
lifting the lace creation of her head,
Il slipped and fell directly upon the
blasting gas jet.
The expected happened. The hat
was Q Q burning Hereby. still N the
top Of the gas pipe.
Mrs.. Wilcox. mindful Of Jacks adj
Vice. grAhbe6sA valuable Persian
on h Moor. and spreading II carefully
over thu lighted gas Jet and flaming
hat rushed out to the telephone.
At b doorway she collided with hGr
maid. Este1le. who, hearing the rapid
movements In the room. was coming
10 learn the cause.
Runnin9 w to the bureau, the girl
turned out the gaa. and throwing the
rug on the floor stamped ou the
names, which had burned Q hole
Though the valuable tapestry.
why, Mrs. Wilcox" she cried.
s'Why didn't you turn out the gas?"
ssTurn out the gas?" answered her
mistress. well. aren't you bright! I
never thought OF that. Jack has al
ways told me to put q rug on q fire.
Youths Companion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Ut made her American debut.

returned to Berlin from England.
There she finished a tour with Kube-
lik. Mr.. Altschuler had to leave for
Switzerland the same evening, and did
not think he could make the call, but
Mr.. MStxef? wasss 50 efithnsiabtic1 IN his
eulogy that Altschuler consented, and
together they drove to Miss Lsrner's
apartment. Mr.. Altsctuler was aston
ished at the striking likeness Of Miss
Lerner to Miss Anna Held. Speaking
of this. Mr.. Altschuler said last night:
The resemblance between Miss Ler-
ner and Miss Anna Held Is remarka-
BILE. The same features, the same e.
preston and tho am bewitching
eyes. have v seen q more at.
tractive young gill in all my travels.
Regarding her playing would
compare Miss Lerner to any OF our
we'll known pianists. ~ her art is
unique. peculiar Of her own. and the
most pleasing | ever had the pleasure
Of hearing"
She has studied with Gododsky. one
of the greatest artists In the world,
whose playing Is distinguished with
wonderful delicacy. which. however,
does not prevent HIN from Graphing
with the most daring technical prob
lens.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Railroad Slips Into River.

Seventy-five thousand dollars worth
Of railroad property slid into the
Mississippi river at New Orleans when
a section of earth 300 feet long and
about 200 feet wide caved in between
Washington e and Fourth street,
carrying along seven freight cars and
four lines of railroad tracks. Under
mining the bank by high water was
the cause. The cars and two of the
tracks belonged to the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad and the other two tracks
belonged to the Public Belt rail.
road.