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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-16
LAW ENFORCEMENT
AS ADVERTISEMENT
Tells the World Of Incompetent ON
elals and Il \ Relic OF the From.
tier vigilance Committee.


There Is food for thought In the
following from the Wallace Times OF
May nth:
1T would appear to the student Of
government that the organization OF
law and order leagues was a reflection
on the executive OF the state govern
nent and a usurpation OF the power
lodged in that oficIal. Law and or
der leagues belong rather to the prim-
alive frontier types than to civil.
ICED state. The least publicity Idaho
has In this line the better will be
the Impression abroad concerning the
advancement OF the state
The organization OF a law enforce
ment league here In Latah county Is
a public reflection upon our officials;
It Is equivalent to a charge OF in
efiiclency or inability to do their
sworn duty. when by the admission
OF the man who organized the league
we have In Latah county today a con-
dition that Is above criticism. Our
public officials are doing their duty
admirably, and have done 30 withou.
the aid OF any spying system or a,
nosing committee from political
side show working under the title OF
Flaw enforcement league"
Who Of us do not want the law en-
forced? As good citizens are we not
all bound to aid in its enforcement
In every orderly and reasonable way?
II we have facts indicating to any de-
gree or certainty that crime has
been committed is 1t not our duty
to lay such facts before the proper
authorities. in this county competent
and anxious TO do their duty, as is
shown BY the records?
Yet we find men and women join
ing in a movement that by its very
nature is notice to the world that our
laws are not reasonably well enforc-
ed. and that our public officials are
not doing their duty. We find at the
head OF this county law enforcement
league Judge, clothed with author
lty and under obligation to do his
full duty because he is a judge, adj
vertislng his own inefieiency and un-
atness for public ONCE. Judge Strong,
when he accepted the duties Of police
Judge In this city. swore to do his
duty. That obligation carried with
II the presumption that no man Is
guilty until he is so proven by COM
petent evidence. II this man Is fitted
for this place ne must be in posi-
ton to render fair and impartial jus
tice. This includes the man who may
be charged with the crime Of drunk
enness. But can the president OF the
law enforcement league, whose busi-
ness It is to enforce one particular
law, act fairly when he stands as the
complaining witness In his own
court? And this in the face Of the
fact that the head OF the law enforce
ment League, who happens to be
Judge. has held that he is not bound
to recognize the right Of trial by
jury. or under any obligation to an
accused man to grant change Of
venue. ]. r. Strong has right to
accept the position Of president OF a
vigilance committee If he wants to,
That Is his business; an Office he is
by nature and training particularly
we'll qualified to NH. and duty he
would no doubt enjoy. But he has
no right to continue to sit as a Judge.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-16
com RTDGR 10 BR WORKED.

II 10 reported that Dan Davis will
return from the east in few days
with money and machinery 10 operate
the Gold Ridge mine in the 81. Joe
district on a large scale. II Is said
that he has disposed Of large block
Of stock at a good figure. bought an
air compressor and other machinery
and that within thirty days the mine
win be working a full force.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-16

Burbank has created the apineless
cactus. the eyeless potato and the
seedless apples. but II he ever at
iempts to create a hairless editor out
OF the Capital News man he win meet
with failure.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-16
HELPING HIN SAVE.

Pm afraid won't be able to pay
your bill for some time. doctor" said
the grateful patient.
HIN" replied the physician. who
Is q natural diplomat. there are two
points I forgot to mention in my ad-
vice. your better quilt smoking and
cut out a meat diet. washington
Star.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-16

Today's News Today If ron read
the evening Press.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-16
40 ZEE PunLfc

The Press will deem Il Z special IA
vor II patrons who fail 20 receive their
paper regularly will report the same
10 the once, IS IL IL our only means
tkeir work.
We will pay a reward OF 92g for
eVidence that wtl convict any one Of
stealing papers after they are deliv-
cred 70 residences.
THE PRESS PUBLISHING CO.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24
How December Is Was
Chosen

How many people know why Christ
mas came to fall on December %?
Everybody knows that 1t is the day
celebrated alike by the Catholic, Prot
estant and Greek churches as the ma
tivity Of Christ, yet nobody knows II
1t Is the actual date.
The uncertainty is due to the preju-
dice of early Christians against the
celebrations Of birthdays. They re-
garded such q custom as heathenish.
and made no exception, even to the
Savior's birthday.
It was not until Christianity had
triumphed, three centuries later, that
the prejudice against the observance
Of birthdays died out, and an investi-
cation as to the date Of Christ's birth
day was begun.
Julius, pope or bishop of Rome.
asked st. Cyril in 386 to ascertain the
real anniversary Of the nativity. st.
Cyril reported the date to be Deem
Der Is, to the best of his knowledge,
after extensive research, and the date
| was accepted by Julius and promul-
gated as the anniversary Of Christ's
birth. Before the end Of the fifth CEN
fury the date was accepted by all
Christendom.
January 6, April 20, March 20 and
March 20 are some Of the dates that
! were serious contenders for the dis.
tinction before December rs received
the seal of julius approval.
Even after the date was generally
accepted by all Christian nations the
holiday had its struggles. The Eng
fish roundhead parliament Of 184s
abolished Christmas and for Il years
1t was not observed in England. Roy
atty gained the ascendency. however
and Christmas was re-established az
national holiday.
Governor Bradford of Plymouth, In
1921, history says. had occasion to re
Duke some young men who had come
over In the ship Fortune, following II
the trail of the Mayflower, because
their consciences would not allow
them to work on Christmas. with thetl
sterner Puritan brothers.
In 1859 the general court of Massa
chusetts passed law fixing fine o
| FIVE shillings against anyone whs
should by abstinence from labor. feast
ing or any other method. observe
Christmas.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24
Lille Hef1fV
F nj1ds
b,p Wilbur D. Nesbl
b,2 Wilbur
ESzASy1g5N S0SRsaGs

A called me to her day be-
fore yesterday and sed she
wanted me to help her do
something.
She had q peece of pen
ell in her hand that was
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24

You waite till you get marrid, pa
spoke up reel quick.
FINELY pa and Unkle Bill thay got
me to tell them about ma astin me to
find out what they wanted, and then
they LATED and LATED, and Unkel Bill
sed it was a refreshin indication OF
the change that was takin place when
a woman even thought OF think1n
about what you wanted. He sed they
usually went ahed and got what they
wanted you to want.
You tell your ma, pa sed, that as
neer as you can lern what want is
more hair on my he'd, my wisdum
tooth filled, and rockkin chares that
wont bump into with my legs when
get up in the mornin.
And If she asts you what want,
unkel Bill sed, you tell her that am
noncommittal to degree, but that
you think / would prefer a tobacko
pouch that has sashay powder inside
the lining, a collar and cuff box with
pink satin inside Of it, cigar cutter
that can hang on my watch chane
whenever want to feel pertickerly
ashamed of myself, silver handled
pensil that she can borrow frum me
the day after Chrismus and never
Civ back to me, and smokin set
made out of hammered brass that !
can sell to somebuddy for finger
bowls
That's rite, pa sed.
But the best Chrismus present for q
man, unkel Bill sed, is to pick out q
/ fifty dollar present for him, that he
| would hafto pay for when the bill
| comes in, and then NOT get it.
| Copyright, 1910. W. D. Nesbit.)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24

room, which was empty Of other peo-
pie. fortunately, at that moment.
Wont you help me?" she asked.
''I think 1t is such fun to decorate the
house with the holly and stuff for the
holidays. Now I've just been trying
to tie this bunch to the chandelier"
She mounted a chair and affixed the
bunch of green sprays to the chande-
lied. Alfred stood in dumb admira-
ton. He looked at Prudence, and he
looked at the green heritage which
she fastened to the fixture. She look
ed down at him. smiling, then put out
her hand.
Help me down." she said.
Alfred caught her hand to assist her
to come from the chair.
Heroes are made in a moment. No
man knows in what instant his soul
may flame within him SO that he will
do and dare as he never dreamed OF
doing or daring. The philosophers
call such times psychological mo.
ments. This was one. Alfred helped
Prudence down, and it was quite nat
ural and easy for her to find herself
in his arms when she reached the
floor. And then before she knew what
he was about-at least. so she said
he had kissed her.
Mister Ruthven!" she exclaimed
How dare your"
T-I-you know-the-the mistle
toe!" he stammered, disengaging one
arm and pointing to the decoration
above her head.
81 forgot that" she said, demurely
And then Alfred found tongue al
| last and told her what she had wanted
him to tell her all the year. And hs
| asked her to be his Christmas gift
and she consented in what is so Otter
called the time-honored way. That Is
she allowed him to put the kiss bacl
where he got It.
! Later that evening Alfred said t.
her:
| do you know, I don't believe l eve
| would have had the courage to pre-
pose to you If it hadn't been for tina
mistletoe."
"That mistletoe!" she laughed. IA
fred, that mistletoe is smilax. l don
believe 1t would have worked at all
| 1t had been real mistletoe."
Copyright. 1910. w. D. Nesbit)
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Tie &ubsfifgae@
w. l!E4 4lEA M1sde@e;?
J bqlWilbur D'Ne@s66't

Come we now to Christmas eve. Pru-
dence had, by ways and means familiar
to the feminine mind, conveyed to the
bashful Alfred the intelligence that
she had made for him Christmas re-
membrance. Never mind how she did
this. You, II you are man grown.
will be able to bark back into your
own past and bring up some instances
of woman's diplomacy wherein she
was able to tell you something with
out saying anything in particular. Just
gave your intuition chance.
knowing this, Alfred knew that It
was his bounden duty to reciprocate-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24

n HF there is anything In the
ET world more aggravating to
Ii HW young woman than young
~ IL man who will not, or cannot,
IN see that she favors him
~ \ above all the rest. 1t has not
yet been listed.
Prudence Milton as much as a year
ago discovered that Alfred RuthVen
possessed all the qualities that go to
make a man noble and splendid and
braye-no, not brave! A brave man
would have proposed to Prudence long
since. But Alfred, Prudence knew,
was handsome and intelligent, and
prosperous. Just one thing he lacked
-self-confidence. Alfred was bashful
on the love subject.
A great many men are SO. They
can discuss politics, the musical
glasses. the drama, literature, art,
science and the classics fuently with
a young woman, but they shy away
from the real heart interest ike an
aeroplane lodging church steeple.
Why. Prudence had inveigled Alfred
into long walks with her in the Sill
very moonlight of spring and the gol-
den moonlight of summer-all to no
avail. Once, in August, she was boat
ing with him, and she had pretended
to be afraid the boat would capslze.
what would you do If 1T did?' she
asked him.
Naturally she expected him to reply
that he would plunge in after her
and save her or perish in the attempt.
Such a heroic remark as that would or
course lead into more passionate
avowal of his reasons for being will
ing to lay down his young life for her
and then, Of course, he could easily
hop-skip right along to a request that,
since he was willing to die for her.
she might consider favorably propo-
sition to share his life with him, or
words to that effect.
But when she asked him. with
tremulous shake in her lovely voice,
and with a world OF faith and trust
in her lustrous eyes:
what would you do II the boat
capsized?"
He never even stopped rowing. He
Just said:
"It wouldn't matter much. The wa
ter isn't over three feet deep here"
Prudence almost capsized the boat
from sheer vexation then. When
woman becomes vexed with a man be
cause he does not realize that he loves
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CHRISTMAS JIBES

All Paid For.
your wife was telling my wife that
you've got all your Christmas presents
paid for" remarked the man in the
corner of the city train to the lean in
dividual sitting By his side.
"Yes; paid for the last of them yes
terday," was the reply.
Lucky dog! ! haven't even begun
to think of the presents I've got to
buy"
"Oh, neither have we for this year.
My wife was speaking of last years
presents"
Santa ls Easy.
Bobby ION Christmas morning.
where does Santa Claus get all his
things, mammal"
Mamma-"Oh, he buys them"
Bobby-"Well. he must be jay to
let anyone palm of tin watch on
him!"
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her you may go out and stake all
your worldly possessions that sooner
or later she will bring that man TO
his knees, or her feet, as you like to
put it.
Let us pass lightly over the glorious
days OF fall, when Prudence allowed
Alfred to call several times and IND
her in the kitchen with an apron on
helping her mother put up 5ellies ana
preserves and things. Let ue even
pass lightly over the evening when
she showed him the blister upon her
fair white hand made by sputter-
ing drop of apple butter. Yes, pass
lightly over It. Any sane man, any
man In possession Of ordinary facui-
\ ties. when a beautiful young creature
held out a little white hand and show
ed him a blister thereon-not big
blister. Just a sort of beauty spot OF
a blister-would have taken that hand
in his and all but wept over it. He
would have asked her to give that
hand to him and to come along with
It herself, and would have sworn by
high heaven and the marching stars
and the sun and moon and sky that
never again should that wonderful
| hand know the wearying stress OF
toll! What did Alfred do?
| He looked at the blister appraising
ly-without taking those taper fingers
In his-and he said:
"stick needle under it from one
side and let the water out, then put
| little peroxide on 1t tomorrow"
Shades OF Romeo! Memories o
Dante and Beatrice! Was 1t an.
wonder that Prudence brought he
pretty lips together in straight lin'
and registered a mental VOW that Al
fred should rue this speech some day
| Let US now pass lightly on again
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things would be glad to see In my
stockin on Christmas morning. II
was a woman Of course i would yern
for dimund bracelets and necklaces
and rings and gold wotches that !
could pin on me somewhere WHARF
pickpocket could get them without
pickin my pocket Thare never was
pickpocket that could pick wom-
ans pocket, kept one that lived IN
Moo York, and he had been marrld
forty times, and he confessed that
the reeson he got marrid so menny
times was just becos he wanted to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24
HOLLY SUGGESTIONS

y .
II ia unlucky to bring holly or ivy
into the house before Christmas eve
ane unlucky to take 1t out oelofe
Candlemas, or to put any Christmas
decorations into the fire. HerricK'
however, says that they should De
burnt. but not until Candlemas eve'
and the Christmas brand should be
nuenched and laid by till next year.
This same brand Devonshire folk OF
TODAY prefer to burn out. in spite OF
Herrick: but instead OF an oak lob II
ia an ashen faggot-a sheaf OF ash
twigs bound round with five or ten
strands OF straw. AZ each strand
burns through the guests who SIT
around the hearth must call for cider
and drink Merry Christmas and
Saany to follow"
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and to reciprocate in advance. Al
ways, always, a man must reciprocate
in advance to a lady.
So Alfred might have been seen
stepping hesitatingly up the steps OF
the Milton home on Christmas eve.
He carried a small package In one
hand. It was his intention to deliver
this to whoever came to the door, with
a message that it was for Prudence.
In answer to his ring no less per-
son than Prudence herself opened the
door. Her eyes were sparkling, her
cheeks were rosy, and in one hand she
held bunch of green stuff.
"Why, Alfred!" she exclaimed
Come right in. I'm putting up the
Christmas green's
So Alfred came right in, shyly and
slyly depositing the little package on
a small table in the hall as he entered.
Prudence led the way to the living
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24

NS7SM wanted me 10 uelp uSl w
kWgM something.
XsaF She had q peece of pen
ga ell in her hand that was
about inch long and
looked as If she had chewed 1t to
sharpen it, and she had lot OF notes
made on the back of bill from the
dressmaker.
Henry. she said, am puzzled to
deth to kno what to give your pa and
your Unkel Willyum for Chrismus. |
do wish you would kind of pump them
and see what they would like to hav,
md then tell me, without giving 1t
away to them what you are trying to
ind out.
All right, ma. l told her, and tried
10 get peek at her list to see it she
had me down for the maggiezine re-
tolyer want.
But she folded up the paper and put
t away. !,
So that night when pa and Unkei
Bill was sitting in the librarey talkin
about the way senator Tillman had
better look out or he will be playing
in a drama that has press agent. or
else he will be crackin black snake
whip around in Unkel Toms CabDen,
sst pa what he thot was the right
Kind of a Chrismus present.
You otto be satisfide with what you
ret. my young man, he sed. without
eoming around and hintin.
amt hintin, told him. just won
sered what your idee would be about
ane for yourself.
Crate Scott! he sed. Has 1t come
n this? It Is bad enuff to hafto FORK
over for the fool things yure ma buys
for me without havin to pay for some
thing you get for me.
don't want to get you anything,
rod lust want to get yure idee
about what you want.
TJnkel Bill spoke up and SEQ mos'
nen could tell what they wanted pct
esr NV tellfn what they don't want
what would yau like to haV, unke
.,,,q I asst hind
Well, now. aef sed, fhare e lots o
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@1SE3~
HER ONE BIG WISH.

Sister Sue-Johnnie, do you know
what I would like most?
Brother Johnnie-No. What?
i Sister Sue-I saw q fat lady at the
circus last summer and I wish had
her stocking to hang up on Christmas
night.
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S3SgP

DARK OUTLOOK BEFOREHAND.
Mamma" asks the little boy, "how
can Santa Claus get into our fiat,
when we haven't any chimney-noth-
ing but steam radiator?"
HE will probably slip in by the
basement door, darling"
cts all of then" says the lad, with
surprising vigor in the use Of slang.
"That janitor will put him out of bust.
ness before he can unpcck his sack. J"
IsS1TAa~
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Al(6(:edRdt{&~T)e't
Oh Olb,1r D~NrShn

ODAY when me an Willie Smith
An Alfred Potts an Spot Mckay
y An some more boys ives playin' with
Got talkin' some bout Christmas day
An how we must buhhave real well,
Cause all our pas an mas they said
or Santa Claus can always tell
What boy has mischuff in his head
Why, Alfred Potts he say to us:
cts nothin but lot O fuss!
Don't you buhlieve your pas and mas
There never was no Santa Claus!'
An men we tell him 'tisn't so,
AT we heard Santa come last year
An see his sleigh tracks in tn snow n
An he has sleigh bells, cause we hear,
An where tn chimbley is we see
TIL SCOT all scraped off in tn back
! An at shows where O Santa, he
Coined down tn chimbley with his pack.
But Alfred Potts, he sniff, like this,
An say: "You don't know what you miss
By not bein' bad, buhcause
There never was no Santa Clausv
Men me an Willie Smith an all
TIL other boys, an Spot Mckay,
P'tend we hear somebody call
Us to come home, an slip away
An we won't play with Alfred Potts
Buhcause we know at he is bad
When we think Of tn lots an lots
OF Christmases at he have had.
tell my pa what Alfred said
An he laugh some an shake his head
An saw at Alfred's chance is slim.
,r.rse Santa won't buhlieve in him!
Copyright, 1910. w. D. Nesbtt)
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lurn WHARF q woman keeps her peck
ct. It was matter of profeshnul
pride with him, becos he sed thare
was no profit in pickin womans
pocket when all you got was bunch
of samples and button hook and a
powder rag and betwene thirty and
forty sents.
But don't see what pickin pockets
has T. do with Chrismus presents, |
Sed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24

At this season thoughts Of boys
lightly run to Santa Claus. /
Where They Como From.
Guest dining at merry Christmas
party)-"Tommy, where do turkeys
come FRONT"
Tommy (pointing to that on the "a
hle,-"Dunno; but ma got this one
from a tramp for shilling. cause NJ
..,d he stole It. Didn't he, mat"
e3FSa~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-04-30

p. E. r. STRAUCH
Waity Bldg IA S. King St.
Agent
Lincoln Mortgage & Loan Co.
San Francisco New York Chicago
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-04-30

The First Methodist Episcopal
church, corner Beretania avenue and
Miller street; John T. Jones, pastor.
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m, R. H.
Trent superintendent.
Morning worship, II a m Sermon
by the pastor; subject, THE Christian
Religion Progressive in Character D."
Epworth League $50 p m, subject
Empowering for Testimony" Acts 2.
I3, 4.
Evening worship, 1880 o'clock Ser
mon by the pastor; subject, Buying
and Selling Truth"
Music under the direction of Mr.. r.
L. Lee. Miss Agnes Wickstrum, or,
ganist.
Tourists, visitors and the public
generally are invited to attend these
services.