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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
BY Fred Schaefer.
CAST:
OSCAR
ChantecIer Oscar
An Emden Duck ........ Adolf

Chantecler ................ OSCAR
An Emden Duck .......... Adolf
(Diss ISIS der continuation of der
last act Chantecler hass sneaked
himseluf home to der barn yart
after hiss clippings NIT der Hen
Pheasant, und ISIS trying to look in
nocence. Der Duck spots him.
Hello, olt Cock-a- doodle! Ven
dit you get back?'
Soon after my arrifal. But why
do you ask, slob of duck?"
"Becoss | dit nod want to know.
However, l hat lots of news abouid
you"
No? Wass you selling pabers
now?"
we'll, eff l dit, voult be hustling
special extras abouid you, gay olt
Roosterface."
"Oh, you mean dose liddle scan
dial abouid me und dot Hen Pleas
ant. Dot ISIS all ofer, der same as
i'd nefer habbened."
well, maybe i'd ISIS, but young
Cochin China hass got your chob
fiOW do lOlcllldH VI uEl liz uudIOA
subblies.'
Il don'd care. | can go into
training und whip him. But yust
now I am tired nit Walking der
ties back"
were ISIS der laty?"
ooh, you mean dot Hen Pleas
ant? | guess she bass choined a
burlesque show as Won of der broil-
ers. Anyhow, | don't carry her sud
case any more"
will you tolt me how she came
into your life?'
"Why, she blew in Offer der
fence Won day. She wass looking
for a flat, und l wass agent for a
chicken COOP"
"Yess, yess. Go on.
"Vell, she wass grass widow.
und she saw in me her infinidy. |
hat hay fefer."
"Und den you desertet your
fourdeen vifes togedder?"
well, | shout sneeze!"
Gerry likely-id ISIS holdings
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
Power to Make and
Destroy Cities in
Private Hands!

ways of this country possess powers to make and destroy
industries and communities which should not be left in
private hands
The government should own the railways-as they do
in almost all civilized nations.
The Alton made five-year contract with the Kansas
City packing houses to haul meats from Kansas City to
Chicago for 1872 cents hundred The other roads say
that the Alton have the tonnage-and go bankrupt
hauling It, SO the other roads announce that they will
meet the Atoms cut by INCREASING their rates to 1872
cents hundred.
All the big packers have great abaoirs at Kansas City
1t will take three trains day to carry the stuff At the
rates mentioned the Alton will have it all If the rate is
not compensatory the Alton will find itself using perhaps
half it's equipment to carry freight that pays little
nothing and will be bankrupted The Alton officials say
" Come with your onnage!" and assert that they
make money the deal.
As for that nothing Our point is the effect this
will have O other communities.
ST. Paul, Sioux City, Omaha, ST. Joseph and East ST.
Louis great packing centers Three of them the
Missouri. The rates from them to Chicago will be 1872
cents while that from Kansas City will be 1872 cents If
this discrimination between points is maintained, these
cities will be ruined while Kansas City packing industry
will grow like magic
Fort WORTH Ottumwa Des Moines, Mason vity Austin
and other packing points Of less Importance will be pro-
foundy affected. If maintained this condition amounts
to imperial decree that city shall pack meats with
profit while the others shall quit 1t amounts to an inn
|pera decree that who work in these cities shall
to have work. that their houses shall be taken under mort
cages that the merchants Of these cities shall not be able
sell their goods that hard times and distress and misery
shall to thousands OF people and perhaps half score
Iof cities.
Go to the courts the interstate commerce commission
lido you say? With what complaints The Alton does not
run to ST. Joseph, to Omaha, to Sioux City All the
railways running out of these cities treating them with
uniformity and with studied fairness in appearance The
Alton is competing, that is ALL and the people have been
bowling all these years for competition IN ralroadng
Probably the beef trust which houses at the other
place as we'll as Kansas City, will let the situation work
itself out as suggested In all likelihood the railways will
find way to protect their Missouri river termni. But
who say? The railways have kept the packing bust
Chicago for 20 years against the laws Of
and they decide to transfer it to Kansas City, who shall
say that they can't do it,
But our point is this -
THIS STORY DISCLOSES THE FACT WHICH WE
SHOULD LONG AGO HAVE REALIZED THE EXlST-
ENCE OF. THAT THE RAILWAYS IN PRIVATE
HANDS POSSESS POWERS THAT ARE INTOl4ERA-
BILE IN A FREE NATION.
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD OWN THE RAIL
WAYS!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

NY intelligence been themselves intelligent,
- - able, from bearing tidings exqusitely
distressing. Avalanche flood and fire. Crushed
drowned charred and backened bodies of unfortunate
Victims Many prepared many unprepared, were sud
denly shered into the presence of God What shall we
say of it? What shall we think of it, Our reasonngs up
on them are vain Who wise God? Who but He
knows ALL from the beginning to the end? Who perceives
the mutual connections of all objects and events?
Who is familiar with all the powers and influences at
work in nature in the hearts of men? Who can be the
prophet of the last results of anything occurrngY
Oh the hearts that bleed today they stand round the
during this disaster. Who tell what it means, if
could discern the outlines and general sketch of
the Divine Providence, lift the telescope to the heavens
and watch the procession of worlds through the sky and
trace their stately march their shining flight for
turtles to come. Who among gifted as to dis
the the Of universal government to
tell whence whittier these great orbs are rushing
through the sky!
And if impotent to know the reasons Of Gods
providence then presumpuous in questioning them
fngng from earth to heaven carelessy as questions
be flashed the telegraph wires the demand upon
the nscrutable God of Providence, What doest
thou?" This is the language of complaint God is called
to account for the evils that prevail earth Today we
stand face to face with this calamity which is wont to
provoke such an cutlery. Several communities mourning
their most beloved churches deprived of their honored
members, families bereaved of husband and father wife
and mother and daughter sister and brother by
sudden and frightful srokealas all tempted to
urge this presumptuous question The result is to encour
age groundess suspicious and restless doubts in regard to
the wisdom or goodness of HIS administration In such
encounter with Providence, many reason has been
lost and many heart drowned and wrecked in anguish,
like ships broken rocks In all their references to Gods
mysterious dealings the Scriptures upon us the great
duty of trust Man knows not the beginning the end OF
Gods work They teach that it is better to trust IN HIS
wisdom than in man. better to rest upon His eternal truth
and faherly love than to to and fro In querulous
ouesOnngS. They encourage reverence mystery and
silence in sorrow bidding wait through the night until
a glorious morning shall break upon us.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
6Nod
spec
44old
uoI4o!d
s9ogI
UNI

for not thinking like that eminent
and patriotic thinker, Bailey.
Missouri will have an egg-lay-
ing contest between picked teams
of hens. Great care will have to
be taken to find hens in the proper
mood.
Congressman Kahn of California
is the only professional actor in
the house of representatives.
Uncle Joe Cannon's matrimonial
bureau isn't wedding any congress
men to their constituency.
Ada Rehan's real name is Ada
Crehan, and she was born in Lime
rick, Ireland, half a century ago.
A southern congressman roasted
the limitation Victor Murdocks" in
the house. He indicated that a poor
imitation is the reverse of flattery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
to crow abouid. Vot den ?"

to crow abouid. Vot DEM" lG
'Ad fairst we wass holly pur-
suitet. Dey hat all der comrids-
sion merchants und poultry fan
ciers looking for us. But we dis
, geesed ourselufs nit false fed
,ders, und dey coult not recognizz
| our tracks. For a vile we lifed
happilessly in a china crate tryilg
to hatch ouid butter plate into
| a IL piece dinner set. Der days
passed so quickly dot l lost all
idea of der almanac und Won night
crowed in my sleep und der sun
failed to mind me-" III
Den came der awakening, ii |
, subbose?" M
Awakening holdings! ofars
| slept"
"Wass she mat NIT you?"
NO, she wass nod mat NIT me
she wass mat away from me.N
you mean she hat gone
! vent?'' e
She hat vent-gOne."
"Und now you wass alone?"
"Yess, now wass quite alone
YOU don'd count"
'Ha, | belief me you dit nod
hear her latesd Dot Hen Pleas
ant wass yust now shot und
killed und voundet deaf vile rub
herring rount der garbetch can be-
hint der summer Kitchen
so? l guess dey took her for
a huzzard."
Shame on you! Don'd you miss
I her."
"Me. No. Eggs ISIS fifdy cents
! a dozen und she-she wass bum
! layer"
Curtain.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
THE STORY OF A BLUSH
BY A. D. CONDO,

The sudden reddenng of the face, owing to some
mental shock, most commonly of shyness modesty or
shame known as blushing, is caused by an increased
flow of blood into the minor blood vessels over the
parts where the blush extends. This is brought about
by the temporary paralysis of nerves controlling the
muscular coating of the arteries and blood vessels Inc
feeling which accompanies blushng is one of general
discomfort heat and distress According to Darwin,
people of that go with few clothes blush down TO
the waist Mental stress of a nature which mOderates
the hearts action producer pallor. Thus a person
turns pale.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
JUST KIDDING

comfortably $500
iii roht Now for instr the $25oo.
of the
what they were fast to-
before the wicket in the bank at place in
balance to be In his favor we suppose
South American countries This Is
a
CLASSIC FRAGMENTS
Tho punber
asS And his pocket with solder and gold,
And for t>Non mortal to the cook,
nc dollars charged on the BOOK
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. * Y
dnoher both
n
What would advise?
misguided parents Of
swksno better O. w. kYoO
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
ROOSEVELT SAFE,

HerOdotus tells us that crocodiles
refused to eat white men because
the meat made their hides soft and
caused the scale to drop off, which
rendered them unfit for use in the
manufacture of handbags for the
fair Roman shoppers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

Hogan - Phwat makes ye
swaIIy all your dinner in two
minutes, Grogan? Are ye atm
on a bet?
Grogan-it's for the good av
me dyspepsy, Moike. Sure, the
doctor tould me to rist an hour
after atm, and how else am OF
goin' to get the hour to rist on.
less OF ate loike the divii?-
Boston Transcript.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

Senator Bailey thinks a postal
savings bank would be unconstitu-
tional. The people at large should
receive a smart slap on the wrists
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
THAT WAS DIFFERENT

'But why do beans satsfyyou when you get them at a
restaurant" inquired Korlkins wife when he began to
grumble at table
Because, when get them there don't expect porter
house steak he replied.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

Lew Dockstader's real name is
George Alfred Clapp.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

It's just a fight over a
rate on meats from Kansas
City to Chicago; but it
shows a condition which is
intolerable. 1t should show
any sane mind that the rail
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

Commander Peary seems to feel
that it isn't up to him to do much
talking now, but it is observed that
ne smiles much more genially than
he did couple of months ago.
Milwaukee News.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

Commander Robert E. Peary will
now being to draw down his with a
feeling of considerable comfort and
satisfaction. --Washington Times.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
PEARY, POLAR PEER

Commander Peary may now as
cend the lecture platform with per.
feet confidence Journal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

Majestic and solemn as
the thought of the life be-
yond itself, must have been
the march of the White
Death down the mountain
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

A Missouri woman wrote a letter
to Edgar Allen Poe, New York uni
yersity. AS the author of THE
Raven died more than 60 years
ago and as the United States has
no postal treaty with either of the
two places where the poet might
be, the letter was not forwarded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
MOST Anything
Josh Wise Says:

9Th man who tells how a
thing orter be done giner'lly
gifts through tellin' bout tn
time somebody else has fin
ished dom it,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

A Missouri man at the age of 20
has started to college. AS a fresh
man in little green cap and high
water pants he will be at least pic
turesque.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

A college of millinery is to be
started in the east. The course will
doubtless contain many ''frills."
Eleanora Duse is Signora Cecci
off the stage.
At last New York is canning it's
horse cars. However, this will be
done gradually. There will be no
rash impetuosity about it. You may
still ride on one when you make
your trip to Gotham next year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
press @unnap 5ermonette
WHAT DOEST THOU?"
Text, Da MEL 4:35.
BY G. Ross Baker, D. D.
Pastor Emmanuel Baptist Church.

~ScE HAVE words to express the feelings
n of grief which were awakened by the start
w II ling tidings of the disaster in the Inland
w ~ Empire. Had the wires that conveyed
w M intelligence been themselves intelligent,
40 VI they might have shrunk, chilled and incap
>O able, from bearing tidings so exquisitey
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
4 sub NrctIe Jeanne,

II vas a happy inspiration which
prompted Mr. GEoR0E KEENAN, 10 issue
a new edition % HE Tent Life ~ Stbsyia
t4. = Putnam Snnsl in style b~fittinG
ita unique interest He 10 quite right in
thinking that a demand which has con
tinued for forty years and has resulted
In nearly wearing out the original plates
indicates a public interest of proportion
which justthes more stately form. illus
trations. maps and the rounding nut ~
the narrative which the addition - ftfteen
thousand words u description makes
possible Il u more accident than any
thing else which prevents the volume
from being accounted among the famous
travel books. The territory covered
contains nothing 20 vital Importance so
far a. the probabilities point even in the
future. though " gold. coal. copper or
other precious commodities should happen
60 be discovered there when the world
10 getting short o. them elsewhere lie
importance 40 the best preliminary sur
vsy sHistinG in the ERGlish language would
Be immensely increased.
when the FIRST Atlantic cable was laid
Il soon ceased To work. and prospects
were sufficiently di.>ouFaginG an 90 its
regularity and reliability Co warrant the
Western Union Telegraph Company In
undertaking the immensely costly project
of building an all land line TO Europe by
way % AlaaiSa. Bering Strait add siberia.
A. Mr.. KEENAN, justly remarks. only a few
oG the original projectors oG thia enter
prise know anything about the work which
Il accomplished. the Obstacles which lie
exploring and working parties met and
Overcams and the contributions which Il
made 60 our knowledge 81 a hitherto I'M
travelled. unvisited region. In brief lee
employees In the cosIrss % two years
sHplorsd nsariy s.OOS miles q unbroken
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

slsnsd: h wus VIM tks Ai.yaOasr Nv =,
a shs extrsmity % C.ps Cd. on Nor.r-
osr n. leo. A monumsnaal alAb. 90,
which n eograved tho fun tsxt a tAaeor
pact. nOw stands In the comm0M &C Pro,
ineeec=H.
Tho pasture of tho Pilgrims frus WHAT,
st Plymouth 10 one % the most pathst,,
in the history % American eolon.3atio-
Exposure and tatigus soon did the
work,' nays Miss CockAhost: -coukss
colds and sourvy devastated the CO..
pany. and out % the one hundred and -,
psfsoAs who landed az Cape Cod af,-
three died during this Ora winter. H..
figures differ from thoas Of Fiska. w.
gives one hundred a. the numbsr Of par
sons who came over on the Maynowa-
and ffty a. tho number Of daAtha. II.
Indians were q conaaAnt bourcS Of alan,
and drsMd. but thsy did not modest ,,a
cOionists. All through this trying per,o+
80 - the militant Miles Ssandish Enov,r.
among the settlers. the 0mbodirnent ~
warliks expsrisncs and sturdy hor.
and several years later when an Indian
conspiracy was discovered against Pl-.
mouth and the nsiGhboring colonies p.
conducted q ancosanful expedition whlc-
had tire eject q largely rspressing savasa
localities until the time ot King Philip
War.
MIas COckshotts narrative Of this ~
reads very much like . paraphraas Of tta
stoSy q the aams conaest as told by the
lats John Fisks In -Ths Bsginnings Of Ns~
England. although We do not find Fis..
l.. a.
suited In the preparation Of the presen,
work. The author accepts ~ q veritAbIs
incident the tradition of the appearanca
% COTE. the regicide. In aid Of the Do
fence % Hadley on the occaaion Of N.
Indian attack upon that town: -Hadley
vas surprised when tho inhabitants wer.
&C church and was only saved from panic
and usser annihilAtion by an unknovn
man. white haired and wearing garment.
Of antique cut. who appeared in Their
midst and directed their defence with tho
skill of q practised soldier. The INDIAN
were driven out and the people turned o.
thank their Lea only TO find that b
had vanished. II Wa the regieide GoGs
In hiding from the vengeance Of the Stu
ARIA, and this hsroic incident is the as,
record % his life This tale may be true
but Il has been gTavely doubted by con
psasnt historical critics In this country.
IL would BE- utterly sunreasonabls 60
expect much originality in q history Of
the Pilgrim fathers nc the present day.
The author Of this book has produced a
and useful compendium Of
the principal events Of that history. FRESH
sod by an intelligent and hbsral commsn-
e.-w - 49, 49,
% tho Pilgrim movement. In which. a.
has been said. she emphasizes the beoe6-
cial innuenoes growing out Of the rssi-
dsncs of the Pilgrims at Amsterdam Aad
Leydsn- An illustrative of one phAss
of these inauencea special mention should
DO made % the chapter on the Pilgrim
press. In which the advantages accruing
to tho Pilgrims from tho system Of IN
licenssd printing which existed In Holland
are ably slucidated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

prop~sv q ths sS~eany end ssssru
homo.
On q ths nase thrillsHs sssapsa was
that from dr0wuinG. whsn. the bargain
aale having besn ooncisl4sd and bud
naas wound up 90 Gar - possible. the last
nsn. Including the author. tEssd 20 board
tho ship In . seorm. Ths chRpesr which
narrates this. togsther with q wondsrful
.auroA Of the ssa. and that dealing with
the overland Journey from Okh0esk are
among TIE special additions 20 this odi-
tion- Mr.. Roman explains In hin preface
that the book was originally nnishSa In
short order, but q h quite probable that,
a. the recent discussion % Arctic travel
has called forth this Improved version.
20 the consciousness that the siberian
railway has forever annihllatsd such un-
interrupted nights by sledgS acrOm that
froBsA land has pointed out the now
unique interest," of the sxpeFisnce and made
iss conditions worth recording.
0thsr improvements have been made IN
this edition. The spelling % the geo
graphical names has bssn altered nom the
phonStic form 70 the form usually EN-
ployed ON the mApa. tn spelling for pro-
nunciation being furnished once only.
Two mAps' have bs@n added. Ono ahows
the sasirs route % the projeCesd Telegraph
line from San Francisco 10 Sc. Petersburg;
tho other IN q dsaailed map Of Kamchatka
and noFtheAstsrn Siberia. which enablsa
the reader % follow the course of tho mar
rAsivs from point 70 point. immensely
increasing tho interest. Rssidss nuHsr-
Gus woodcutsa az the ends % chapters. illus-
traainR articles Of clothing. implemspts
Of various sorts and the like. thsre are
FUN page plates which show the character
OF the natives. thsir garb. their dwellings
and the mode OF travel In those sub-Arctto
REGIONS Six Of these are from paintings
by George A Frost; the rest are from pho
to9raphs and models in the Museum %
Natural History and aFe due % Messrs.
Jochelson and Bogoras. Russian political
exilss who made tho scientific investiga-'
tons for the Jesup North Pacific expsdi-
ton on the Asiatic side Of Boring Strait
In this connsCtion II may BE- well 10 warn
the rsader that he viii enjoy himssif in
flnitsly more II he can refrain from read
ing Mr. KennAn's .Prefaos TO the Revised
Edition' until no shall have finished the
book. The author In speaking % the llus-
trAtiona from Mr.. Fross's paintings re-
marks that that gsntlsmaa -aS With him
ON both Of hin siberian expeditions. Con-
ssquentiy the reader Who has been % In
discress a. 20 read this preface at the start
involuntarily watches for mention Of
Mr. Frost. and % the narrative proceeds
and no mention OF him occurs among the
many names referred % anxiety becomes
painful. The brief m@ntioa page ss7)
which comes at last only whets but doe
not Allay the interest thus aroused. =
then bAde good-by 20 Dodd and Frost. the
comrades who had shared with me- 90
many hsrdships and psrils. and then he
leavss GizhigA to join tho vessel which 10
20 GARRY hum TO Okhotsk for his journey
acroes siberia.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
The chiId's Longing.

Every child wants to be owned;
wants to be somebody's child; wants
to hear my boy" or my girl" pa
pas girl" or mammals boy" from low
ing lips. Think of the soul-hunger and
desolation Of such little lives when
individually lost in the mass or group
often hearing only the last name
spoken, and with never a kiss or ca
ress from dawn to eve. and you will
not be surprised at the readiness of
institution children to place their lit.
tie hands in any open palm that offers,
or to bestow the affections of their
little starved hearts upon any one
even though he be veritable old
tramp. who says he is their uncle. II
Is sympathetic personality for which
the child yearns.-Delineator.