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The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
LEFT HIS SPEECH AT HOME
Embryo Orator Loses Out Because Of
an Accident to Messenger Bearing
His Manuscript.

"Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen"
said the young man who was facing
a crowd of listeners for the first time,
Impressed by the-ah-importance
of this occasion, I prepared a speech
to-ah-be delivered here this eve
ming and-ah-I would be very glad
to-to-ah-giYe it to you, but l have
forgotten it. cloud applause). would
read it to you from the manuscript If
] had not-ah-unfortuna left it
in my room at the hotel. (Cries Of
Good GoodI") But have telephOned
for it and-ah-a messenger is on his
way here with It I expect him at
any minute. In the-ah-meantime
will say that it-ah-gives me great
pleasure to be with you tonight.
am-ah-highly honored and-ah-I
assure you that"
"If the gentleman will pardon me
for a moment" interrupted the toast
master, 81 have an announcement to
make that will be of interest to him.
Word has just come by telephone that
the messenger who was bringing his
speech was run over by an automO-
bile and the manuscript has been
lost"
After the tumultuous applause had
been stiled a resolution of sympathy
for the chauffeur was offered and
passed with a whoop.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Domestic Economy.

"Hey, mon," exclaimed the bEaw,
bonnie north countryman, thrift is a
wunnerful thing"
''Yes." replied his English travelling
companion. You're right IeFe. Now.
/ gave my wife a ten pound note to
manage on last time was away, and
would you believe ita-instsad OF az
ceeding it she saved nearly a soEsr-
eign out Of 1t to buy herself a hatF'
That's nowt," replied the Scotsman.
''My wife gives the kids ha'pennies
apiece to go to bed supperiess; when
they're asleep she taxes the hapap-
nies or on 'em aegean, and then shs
makes 'em do wi'out ony breakfasts
for losin' 'em! Hey, mon, that's
thriftp-London Scraps.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
UNEARTHED WHALES BONES
Dredgers Lay Bare Skeleton of a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dredge
Brings Up Diamond.

In cutting away the bank of the
creek a mile from the ocean on Hew-
let's Bay, the New York Sun says,
workmen employed on the dredger
Florida came across the skeleton Of a
20-foot whale IL feet below the sur
face of the meadows. The men had
secured the vertebrae and head and
were digging for the rest of the frame
when the storm put an end tc opera
tiOns.
The large suction pipe of the
dredger has brought to light many
articles, some of them valuable. Two
weeks ago a diamond ring worth 800
was brought up. Just inside the sue
ton pipe is a box which contains a
magnet and all metal substances drop
into the box, while the mud and dirt
pass over it.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
HOSPITALITY OF PORTUGUESE
Received From a Farmer and
His Family.

All travellers know that the Portu-
guese are a courteous people. No
better example Of delicate and gen.
erous hospitality could be given than
the experience of John Labouche, told
in his Travels in Portugal" The
author was taking a horseback trip in
that country, and riding toward vi
anna the nightfaIl overlook him at
quite distance from the city.
I entered into a friendly conyersa-
ton with a farmer who was riding
my way, and asked him If he could
tell me where I could get shelter tOr
the night. He good humoredly
laughed at the idea of my putting up
at any place short of Wanna. I told
him that l was not very particular
and that my guides horse was too
tired for further travelling. He looked
hard at me and then said:
There is a house about one mile
from here. You will get poor fare
and poor shelter, but there is none
better, I think, this side of Wanna.
will show you the way"
So we trOtted on, and soon turning
aside from the main road he guided
us along vile OK cart path, the worst
of all roads to ride on in bad night
We went about a mile up the valley
Presently the narrow way opened out
into a square walled enclosure, EN-.
powered with vines running over
rafters of wood supported by the
walls and stone pillars. 1t was like a
huge room, the ceiling of which was
vines. It was the courtyard Of a
good sized farmhouse. The farmer
stopped.
why" said I, "this is a private
house"
at is the house of your exceIlency,'
replied the farmer, standing uncov
cred, with the true courteous hos
pitality Of all old-fashioned Portu
guese. It was, in truth, this mans
house, and he and his wife, children
and dog stood to welcome US.
"Cea! Cea!" called out the farmer
cheerily, which, being interpreted, is
"Supper!" Here is one who has not
eaten since he was in Spain!"
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
SCHWARTZ.
YOUR BRAIN.
You Must See That 1t is Kept Plastic
by Not OVereating ss
You Grow Old.

Up to a certain age the brain re-
mains plastic enough so that If an in
Jury occurs to the thought brain the
person can begin over again and Gre
ate new knowledge centers in the other
hemisphere.
This has happened in many cases
where young people have lost certain
powers or faculties by cerebral LESSONS
and have afterward recovered these
faculties by developing new centers in
the other brain. 1t rarely happens
after the age of forty-five, and the rea-
son is because most persons after pass
ing that age soon clog their brains
with calcareous matter by overeating
and destroy the Elasticity of their
brains by filling them with food waste.
If all people past the age Of forty
five would live on twelve ounces or
less of solid food per day we should
soon find that one may receive new
ideas as readily at seventy-fve as at
fifteen. You cannot do it, however, II
your brain is a hardened mass OF
waste matter. If you overeat you will
be ''sot'' in your ways and a has-been
at fifty. Keep your photograph rec
Ords soft and ceptive.-Nautilus
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Good Disinfectant.

Everyone knows the value Of burn
ing coffee as a disinfe Giant, but it is
so identified with this use that one
sets to wondering when shifting its
odor, about the smell which it may be
covering up. Equally pleasant AID eff
fective is lavender, which may be used
not only in the sick room, but through
the house, to disguise the smell OF
food from the kitchen. To make the
lavender disinfectant, soak sheets of
common brown wrapping paper in salt
peter and water, then set them away
to dry till wanted. When ready to
use throw on one Of these leaves OF
paper some flowers of lavender and
burn them on a shovel, as in the case
of the coffee.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
The Hat and Royalty.

The hat plays a considerable part
In civilization as sign and symbol
quite apart from its purpose as a shell
ter against the weather In the moth
er of parliaments the etiquette regard
ing it Is so elaborate that new mem
bers frequently find themselves In
volved In difficulties. There are two
peers who to this day possess the
right of remaining covered in the
presence of royalty, If they care to ex-
ereise it. And the king always puts
on his field marshaI's hat before he
reads the speech to the assembled
lords and commons.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
A Sixteenth Century corean Book


OF several chronicles on the Corean
side of the Japanese invasion Of
Corea at the end of the sixteenth
century book entitled Ching Pi Nok"
is considered to be most trustworthy.
The author of the book, Yu Song-yong,
was one of the ministers at that time
and actually witnessed the progress of
the disastrous war.
Not many copies Of the original edi-
ton are now in existence and they are
consequently highly valued by histori-
ans and booklovers. The blocks used
in printing the book were long known
to exist in Corea, but their wherea-
bouts was unknown. Many will be
interested to hear that they were re-
j Gently discovered in their entirety by
a Japanese official at a certain remote
place and that they will be brought
back before long.-Seoul Press.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
FACING THE CUSTOM HOUSE
American Women, According to a
Magazine Writer, Find the Customs
Law Peculiarly Oppressive.

We American women find the GUS
toms law peculiarly oppressive be-
cause it is almost the only law with
which most of US ever come into con-
tact, says a writer in the Century.
We go about our task at home, live
out our days and die, without a
thought of legal obligations. We are
proud Of our freedom, too, when we
travel, gloTying in it, boasting of per-
sonal liberty as the very breath Of
our national existence, demanding,
because of it, the overthrow of so
many social traditions abroad that
our less-fayOred sisters on the other
side regard us with awe and envy.
Then we start for home. One day a
steamship steward knocks at our
stateroom door, hands US the govern
ment's printed form Of declaration,
and the Notice to Passengers" Sud
denly, for the first time in cur lives,
we find ourselves dump up against"
the law. Some of US cannot under
stand it. We tremble; our hearts
beat We have consultations with
friends and strangers. Blood-curdling
stories are told We can think of
nothing else, talk of nothing else.
Where have we packed our new
things, where our old? VIII they dig
out everything? VIII they believe
us? Those little presents we have
brought in-are they presents until
we have declared them? And so on,
and so on, until our last days become
a nightmare compared with which
seasickness is a paradise. Neither is
there any man to protect us with any
of those liberal interpretations
which stand most of us in stead. We
must go through the ordeal as we go
through death-alOne!
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
HERE ARE ToNGUE-TNISTERSl
Great Difficulty Is Frequently Expert
enced In PronouncIng a Certain
Succession Of Words.

Whether a certain succession words
depends upon the rate at which they
are uttered. A lecturer recently had
great difficulty with a sentence in
which he described how two sayages
who had been converted fell tooth and
nail upon images of their ancient
heathen gods, thus totally repudi-
ating their two tutelary deities." If
he had spoken more deliberately, he
would not have had so much trouble
getting past the concluding words. A
poet once went and stood by the sea-
shore, and imagined that IN the quiet
hush of the twilight hour the sea
bade him a lingering farewell. But
the line in which he expressed his
poetic imagination is practically i'm
possible % read aloud rapidly:
THE sea ceaseth and dismisseth us
with his blessing"
This line, as Lowell said of a line
of Matthew Arnold's about Shake
speare, Kisses like an angry gander.
1t makes such an awkward collOcation
of words as shave a cedar shingle
thin seem comparatively easy to
say.
1t is not always a hard saying
that involves the speaker in confusion.
He may trip up on comparatively
simple, easy words. The story is told
Of the young actor who was promoted
from a notwithstanding age-waits"
part to impersonate a nobleman. He
was very nervous over his new dig
nifty. When he was asked as he ap-
peared on the stage whether he had
brought any luggage, he was supposed
| to answer: only two bags and a
rug" What he said was: only two
/ rags and a bug"
a clergyman intending to refer to
the Diety in the course of his prayer
as a loving shepherd" said a ''shOV-
| ing leopard" instead. The worst Of
| fender was perhaps a politician who
addressed a woman suffrage cOnven-
! tiOn, and intended to be excruciatingly
polite. He meant after a somewhat
/ lengthy Grafton to indicate that he
hoped he was not ADDRESSING weary
] benches" But what he said was
| "beery wenches."
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Lightning Doesn't Strike in Sleep.

Lightning Doesn't Strike IN steep.
Doctor Brewer should have advised
those who are nervous in a thunder
storm to go not merely to bed but to
sleep. There is a popular tradition
that lightning will not kill anyone
who is asleep.
The folk lore of lightning is ex-
tensive and peculiar. According to
one school, the spliRters of a tree
struck by lightning are I'm infallible
specific for the toothache. But the
most pleasing superstition is that
which used to be cherished by the
boys of a Yorkshire village who be-
lieved that if they mentioned the
lightning Immediately after flash the
seat Of their trousers would be torn
out. No boy could be induced to
make the experiment-London Chron-
icle.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
A composIts Wedding Cake.

At a recent wedding the brides
cake contained besides its own special
component parts, small portions of the
wedding cakes Of the brides father
and mother, her sisters and brothers,
as well as the silver and golden we'd
ding cakes of the grandparents.
r In the wedding cake which the
bride cuts, there are usually hidden a
gold ring, a thimble, dime, raisin
and other tokens desired. These are
wrapped In parafin paper, and the one
receiving the ring is properly expect
cd to be the next bride. The thimble
foreteIls spinsterhood, the dime,
wealth In prospect, and the raisin an
unannounced engagement.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
An ObadIent Patient.

When the chickens came home TO
roost they were astounded at finding
an owl occupying the best perch In
the house.
You're in wrong, aren't you, son 2
coldly remarked the leghorn rooster;
what brought you here, anyway
Doctors advice" replied the OWL
without ruffling a feather.
Hurry UP with the further part1ou-
Iars!" harshly commanded the rooster.
Keep your comb on, old chap!
said the owl; you see, the terribly
late hours " been keeping began TO
affect my health and the doctor or
dered me 20 go 10 bed with the hens"
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Money and HappIness.

It is not the mere accumulation Of
money that hurts men. 1t is the sacri-
fees they are willing to make for
money. It is the desire to abandon
themselves to unwholesome self-grati-
fication; to become walking appetites;
to lose all obligation for self-restraint,
all obligation for laborious days and
temperate nights-this is what per
suades philosophers that the root of
evil is money. For without labor and
decentralization" and the acquire
ment OF that strength, both moral and
physical. which comes to him who has
learned to say mo" to his own appe-
tites and his own desires, there is no
truer greatness, no advance to those
higher levels of character and spirit
uaI discernment which marks men of
from one another as they mark men
of from the beasts Of the f1eld.-Pitts-
burg Press.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
History OF Three.DoIIar Gold Pieces


Beginning with the year 1854 and
ending with the year 1899, there were
539,7 ,792 of three-dollar gold coins sent
out from the United States mints. a
total value of S1,619,376 A few were
made in the early years of the mints
at Dahlonega and New Orleans and
quite number at the San Francisco
mint up to 1860, but the bulk Of these
coins were turned out by the mint at
Philadelphia. They were never coined
In sufficient numbers, these figures
show, to become really familiar, to the
people outside of banks, and it is
hardly strange that the existence Of
the coin should be now largely for
gotten.-Housekeeper Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
A Trial by Rice.

They have peculiar methods of try
ing suspects in Bengal. One of
these is called trial by rice" Every
person suspected was ordered to be
present, and all turned up. First the
people were made to sit in a semicircle
and a plate" "a square of plantain
leaf was set before each. Then a
priest walked up and down chanting
and scattering flowers. The ceremony
over one of the clerks went to each
man and gave him raw rice and told
him to chew it to a pulp. After about
ten minutes they were told to stop
and eject it into the plantain leaf.
All did so easily with the exception Of
three men. One Of these three prompt
ly commenced to cry and begged for
mercy, confessing everything and say
ing that another of the three was the
chief instigatOr. It is curious fact
that fear, arising from an evil con-
science, prevents saliva coming to the
mouth, with the result described
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Works Both WaYs.

There's a proverb that fits every
man"
what one fits met"
ITO whom God gives Office, he also
gives brains"
+; But have no Office"
We'll, don't you see how It fitsf"-
Cleveland Leader
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
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SELECT ON CREDIT TERMS THAT WILL MEET YOUR
APPROVAL.
WE WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE TO COME TO OUR
STORE AND BUY WHAT YOU WANT WITH THE AS
SURANCE THAT YOU WILL GET THE BEST VALUES AT
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EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING 80 YEARS EXPERT
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
TEAM
BEATS APS

(By United Presa Leased Wlre.)
TOXIC, Oct. 1S.-The University
of Chicago baseball team defeated
the University of Waseda In the
final contest between the two teams
at Waseda today. The score was
Is to 4.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
SPORT SPICE
AN D
DIAMOND GOSSIP

Well you yet? Why you so'
the world series, of
remark Bender pitcher bender
He Indian yesterday
Funny isn't It, how hndsigh much better than
sight? The fellows
chance punks the Athletics today
There betting night
that Philadelphia
Athletics take while
Cubs would win quickly covered
Mahoney, of farm
that raising coles the
dogs three first
he has sold 131 this $5
showing form has
. fine schedule of
both Tommy
their hands their battle Fond Neither
hand
Wolgasts hand badly that he
he will be fight months
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18

At the City alleys last evening.
the Croft Tailors took two out Of
three games from the Chicago
Clothing company team. in the City
bowling league, by a total score Of
2429 to 1851. Eddie Garner of the
Tailors, rolled high score Of I'll.
and high average of 200 1-3.
In the Commercial league the Nc
Gowan Brothers team won from the
Interstate Rubber company rollers
by score of 1850 to 1920 at the
Pfister alleys, and the John w.
Grahams took the long end of q
1897 to 2139 score from the Spo-
kane Dry Goods company. McClin-
took, of the Rubber company
bowled high score Of 1913, while
Withee of the Grahams took high
average with TT.
In the class b league the Bache-
lors won from the Pfisters by a
2160 to 1928 score. Mold of the
Bachelors to high score and high
average with 1877 and l65. respec-
lively.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
EVERYBODY BOOSTS
FOR BROADWAY GAME

Great enthusiasm Is being
aroused locally over the football
game between Broadway High and
Spokane High to be played at Nata-
torium park next Saturday after
noon, and present indications are
that If the weather is any way fair
the record-breaking crowd of Spo-
kane football enthusiasts will turn
out.
Old graduates of eastern and
middle west colleges. and local
business men are taking great in
terest in the game, and will put
forth every effort to make an at
tendance showing in hopes that
some Of the northwestern colleges
may be induced to bring one of
their big games here as an annual
event.
Plans are also being made by
several of the exclusive society sets
of the city to witness the game
from the side lines in autos and
carriages, and thus the game will
assume the Importance of the lead
ing social event of the week.
The local team Is practicing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
THREE SUITS
OFFERED

At a conference between Coach
Kennedy of the Spokane High foot
ball team, and the management Of
the Wentworth Clothing company
yesterday, the trouble which has
arisen over the offer by the cloth.
ing company of suit of clothes for
the player making the most touch
downs during the season. was set.
tied by the Wentworth people
agreeing to offer three suits of
clothes, one for the back field play
er making the most touchdowns,
another for the best man in the line
between tackle and tackle, and the
third for the player voted most val
liable man in the line at the end OF
the season.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
WHO'S GOING .
TO PITCH?

mecca for the early fan that
catches the choice seat.
AS to the second question: AS a
result of the Athletics victory yes.
terday the odds of 10 to s on the
Cubs have been reversed here and
Chicago money Is demanding the
short end. 1t is likely, however
that with Brown In tn box the Ma
tional league adherents will con
cede even money to the followers
Of the fortunes Of Connie Mack's
team.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
Well! Well!
Says Chicago

= Omitted Press Leased Wire. 4
= CHICAGO, Oct. 18.--Well! 4
. Well! Well! But those Ath- 4
= letics did jar the Cubs.
= If anyone wants any of our 4
= money on the outcome of the 4
= games or the series between
= Mack's Quakers and Chances I
. bunch, they must talk even 4
= money" 4
. No fancy 10 to 8 or 10 to Z 4
= with the American champs on
= the short end for us. Aw, nix! 4
. We might give to 1 when I
= Three-fingered Brown goes in 4
= the box, but beyond that con- 4
. cession and the expression of
= our belief in the invincibility 4
= of the Cubs premier twirler, 4
= we cannot see anything but 4
. even money. 4
= Thus say the Chicago fans, 4
= many of whom today are seek 4
= ing odds, instead of giving 4
. them, after yesterdays grand 4
q baseball combat
- . 80 . = . 49, 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 49,
Who's going to pitch today? What
odds will you give me? Can the
Cubs come back?"
These are the burning questions
in uakerdOm today.
As to the first, early Indications
were that it would be Coombs and
Lapp for the Athletics and Brown
and King for the Cubs. That
promises a great pitchers battle
and with victory slowed under
their belts. Shibe park became a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
, BABES SEE PARENTS
, REWED. 4

= DAYTON. Wash, Oct. 49, Z
= Four small children of Andrew Z
. and Mary Bonham yesterday 4
. witnessed the ceremony unit Z
. ing their father and mother at
. the courthouse. Divorced less Z
. than two months ago by order 4
. Of Judge c. f. Miller, they sue Z
. cumbed again to the wiles of 4
= Cupid. Judge J. w. Holman
. performed the ceremony In
= his private chambers at the
= courthouse. A joyous recep- Z
= ton followed the wedding In
. the happy family of six. Mrs. 4
= Bonham obtained a decree of
= divorce August 16, on grounds Z
= OF cruelty. I
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18
MUCH INTEREST IN
THE WORLDS SERIES

All Spokane Ia agog over the
world series games and when re-
turns come in each evening, the
sidewalks in front of the down.
town bulletin boards are thronged
with admirers Of both teams eager.
ly awaiting the result OF the game.
Sentiment In Spokane seems to
be about evenly divided, and back
ers Of both the Athletes and the
Cubs are ready to put up their
money on the slightest provocation.
The Cubs ruled a favorite in the
betting yesterday. but today even
,inbney prevails.
Yesterdays game came as some
what of a surprise to local people,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18

earnestly for the contest, and while
they are going up against the hard
est aggregation they will have to
tackle this year, the boys are con-
fident that victory will perch upon
their banners.
Friday evening big rally will be
held by the high school ro0ters, and
the seniors who have the game In
charge say that Spokane expect
the biggest thing in the rally line
ever attempted hero.