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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-07-16
cERT PARAGRAPHS.

Those who are adopts at giving med
Icine are seldom found cheerful takers
Of the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

shelf to stealing railroad is condoned when it
is confessed, and that promise never to do it
again carries full and free forgiveness. Perhaps
should have introduced this statement by saying
it is the attitude of the who gets the jam
the railroad. If the other fellow doesn't forgive
the enterprising citizen with genius for appropra-
ton pats himself the back, because he isn't so
and selfish the hard hearted brute who is
trying to make others suffer-
After Making the Resolution
HAVING relieved ourselves of responsibility by
- confessing when wrong, and expressing
our sorrow our failure to have lived UP to the
Resolutions all with the soothing spinal tattoo and
making announcement that on January l were
going to off for keeps most of straightway
plunged into reckless enjoyment of the things
going to put away from We patted our
selves because were brave enough to enjoy them
we'll as brave enough to forego them. It's of
the finest examples of what is technically described
as playing both ends against the middle. Of course
it requires expert sdesteppng to ones face but
all of us reasonably proficient in that
From the moment we make up mind to join
the procession of Swear Offs, experience certain
pleasurabe eXctation. Generally decide to
make complete job of the Resolution business.
Maybe of like the professional sinners
who regularly backslide every year for the joy of
being converted all again We make whole
lot of resolutions and between each resolve
pause give careful credit to ourselves We deserve
that for even thinking of them No matter how
often how hard we pat ourselves on the back,
there is the slightest irritation weari-
ness
It's curious when one stops to think about it, how
go through this Swear Off formula year after
year. There was time when New Year vows and
Christmas toys lasted about the same time. Nova
days toys are better made and are more durable
than they used to be; but the
first of the year
NM structed of the same old frail
NJ material in the same old flmsy
fashion.
But we seem never to weary in
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making a perfectly good Resolution
beautifully decorated with lovely words.
1t is SO fine that we sometimes can't re-
sist changingii for one year to forever"
The stated time doesn't make much differ
ence. Both usually mean about week
from the following Thursday.
You see, as in most things, we will not
look ourselves fairly in the face when we
are framing up the New Year resolves, to
say nothing to giving the resolution the
investigating eye. Such a cold blooded
proceeding would take the pleasure out of
the laudatory caress, and the resolution
wouldn't look SO beautiful.
Swearing Off as Dissipation
WHEN one starts with the belief that
resolutions are made to be broken,
and the knowledge that the breaking of
them is the only thing easier than the
making of them, it is pretty certain that
he looks upon the swearing off of his pet
sins as an annual dissipation, having in
mind not only the satisfaction of making
the VOWS but the certainty that the things
forsworn will taste all the better for lit
tie deprivation. After the decent season
of mourning for deceased Resolutions.
from fifteen to twenty minutes, according
to the weather,-th maker and breaker
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fect1y good comfort, because carry it with
where it is always handy and the store grows when
fed upon.
Anyone who can't muster up real consolation for
any failure and find some reason for pattng him
self the back for certain acts of omission if there
were none of commission he dares look in the face
such man or woman is SO deficient in imagination
that there is no hope.
Of course if success has been won it's different.
Then is expected to give proper credit. Fool
ish folk make the vibrations of their voices do
the patting. Canny ones, through proclamation of
modesty, make others do the work, and this pattng
oneself by proxy is exceedingly popular peculiarly
dainty highly relished titbit But it must be
aged with discretion; for proxies likely to get
tired. They have their backs, you know. Wise
folk measure the work actually done and the per-
sonal part played in it with careful judgment, and
then frankly pat themselves the back; but with
nice discrimination.
There aren't many truly wise people in the world.
If there WERE it would be highly uncomfortable for
some of us
It's mighty good thing able to console
ourselves. even without justification; for without
that prop to self respect should very likely
get discouraged and 60 to smash.
AS Necessary as Breathing
THE truth to be that patting oneself on the
= back is almost as universal and as necessary
breathing. AS long must breathe, of course it
is best to get the purest air possible. The fact
sleeping in a room with the doors and windows
closed. So long going to pat ourselves
the back anyway, ought to do something to make
it worth while.
Apologize back patting has nearly the satisfaction
that from celebrating a real accomplishment.
You know perfectly well where this primer dialec-
tic is going to fetch up. There's escape from the
deduction because it is in the air, this being the
great annual Festival of the Swear Off. And you
know it is that offers unlimited opportuni-
ties to get Beautiful Thoughts off ones chest.
Also it is the time of year when back pattng
reaches its periheon. We pat right shoulder
blade when we think of how nobly made Resolu-
tons last year. We gently vertebre when
recall the Reasons that prevented us from keep
ing the Resolutions and contemplate the things
might have done which we did not do. Lovingly we
fine and fancy Reso-
lutions going
to make, have al
ready prepared for kk lT1[|a\\f
no
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the comfortable feeling that he has done all that
could be expected of him. He will not have to
strain himself to live up to expectations. After ALL
it is his affair. The Constitution of these United
States guarantees the right to the pursuit of happ
without specifying the method.
Maybe you are not like the most of us. You may
be in earnest; although, if you are, you haven't
waited until January l to turn over new leaf. If
you have stopped to think about it, you know that
every day is the beginning of a new year.
When you get right down to it. this making of SOL
emn declaration of things will not do is pretty
sorry business. Mere negation never accomplished
much in this world except to help get right start.
But it is wise to define the things YOU know you
should not do and you really don't want to do and
then eliminate them by going after what you really
do want. If you give your best effort and thinking
intelligence to the worthwhile things you will not
have any time to bother about the others. That's
the best way of swearing off know, because it is the
most effective.
There's another thing that takes intelligence and
honesty and that is to determine what you can do
as we'll as what you want to do some day, if the edi
tor is kindly, may have many words about
that and it applies to this Resolution January One
game as we'll as everything else Anyone who makes
a solemn vow to do what he can't perform is gutter
well something else, and the contempt for quit
tiers is not confined to Providence.
Three Fateful Ingredients
THE familiar frstof- the year-resolution is made
up of three parts: sentmentalty, one part shame,
and trace of earnestness The kind of resolution
that works is made up of intelligence and pluck,
combination hard to beat.
OF course everyone is bound to fall and again.
When you completely overwhelmed, SO utterly
cast down that you think the ought to apologize
for shining it, fine thing to be able to pat yourself
the back with the honest feeling that you made
good fight. The patting process is mighty valuable
just then. It's the first step for starting in to fight
again, with little more intelligence, energy,
BOTH
There two kinds of fighting Each
keeps up to the last of strength. If there
a blow that
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buttons we are going
to make, or have al
ready prepared, for
the coming year.
Everybody thor
oughly understands
that any fault, from
taking jam off the top
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~ TO form of exercise is more truly
popular than patting oneself
on the back. In it's practice
it ranges from a secret vice to solemn
public function. Whether in solitude
or with brass band accompaniment,
it is usually enthusiastic and thorough.
Men without energy enough even to
speculate about the weather can per-
form it all day long without any sense
of fatigue. It's as easy for an armless
man as it was for the Siamese Twins.
When one of us fails, in making
money. or making fame, or making
bread, he always has a handy reason
to bolster personal credit. We pat
ourselves sweetly and soothingly be-
tween the shoulder blades with the
consoling consciousness that if we
were mean, or grasping, or cruel, or
selfish. or neglectful of the children
and the neighbors, we should not only
succeed but be wearing bells of tri-
umph.
We can always make noise when
we can't make anything else-and
most of us are inclined to be content
with the noise
Even when it is impossible to find
with a microscope Mitigating Cir
cumstance to explain a failure, we
have no difficulty in producing per
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NoiilSo q Cio" SildG
temporarily de-
stroys conscious
ness, one kind
wakes up with the
query, Where on
earth am II"
The other kind of
fighting man shakes
himself together,
gets his feet down
firmly under him,
and says, I'm here;
but l don't know
where it isl"
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than they used to be; but the
first of the year vows are con-
structed of the same old frail
material in the same old f1imsy
fashion.
But we seem never to weary in
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
The Guggenheim.

Senator Guggenheim of Colorado
to printed comments concerning him
self Indeed, he claims to be quite
as well pleased with "roasts" as with
praise But if he expects a re-elec-
ton to the United States senate
will come his way because the people
OF Colorado are also Indifferent as
TO what is said about him, he is
likely to be disappointed. Pointed
editorials like the subjoined extract
from the Denver Times are interest
ing to the voters of Colorado and to the
country at large, even if they do not
interest the senatorial representative
of the smelter trust:
Before the senator returned from
Washington we wired to a special
correspondent in Washington to send
us the most favorable story he
could, while adhering to the truth"
of what Guggenheim has done for
Colorado" and the story we received
was worthless II was a record of
steady voting and of inconsiderable
small favors to persons here in need
of federal sustenance. When the
senator returned to Denver, we sent
reporter to him to ask his views
on the national situation, and the
interview was so trite as not TO merit
publication He was asked if he
wanted to succeed himself; he replied
that il was too early" to discuss
that matter. 1t was pointed out that
the seventeen state senators to be
elected in November would be the
balance of power in the senatorial
election of 1913; and Senator Gug-
genheim confronted that fact in ST.
lence. 1t was suggested to him that
he should go before the people in
the November campaign and tell the
people for himself of his own plans
and ambitions; and Senator Guggen-
helm smiled the suggestion down as
an absurdity. If ever a man had an
opportunity of fighting in the open"
presented TO him, that man is Sena-
tor Guggenheim; but he will not fight in
the open; nothing can induce him to
fight in the open; and we can imag-
inc no greater danger to any COM
than its political control
by statesman who never talks, new
er fights and always buys. But Col
orado, we hope. is no longer in the
open market for purchasers of that
kind.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
The squealins of Thomas.

A pig caught under The obstructing
weight of rail fence is additionally
supposed to put up a squeal that Is
some noise, But the traditional pig
of the desert, in comparison with the
squeal that the Hon. Tom Weedin Of
Pinal county is putting up-all be-
cause of some calm and unprecedented
observations concerning him in The
Republican recently.
1t will be remembered that we
called attention to the fact that the
Hon Tom, having turned reformer, is
vociferously demanding the "initia-
tive and referendum as the peoples
relief from the corrupt democratic
legislatures of Arizona. 1t will be
recalled that we also alluded to the
fact that the Hon. Tom was a MEM
Der of the notorious "Thieving Thir
teenth" and a leader thereof. and
that it has taken many years of des-
ert winds to remove a portion Of the
fracTance from the record he made
in that legislature. We also alluded
to the historical fact that. the popu-
lation of his county having largely
changed, and because of the anti
septic qualities of the desert winds
aforesaid, the Hon. Tom had sue
ceeded in being elected to the Twen-
ty-fourth and Twenty-fifth legisla-
lures; that in his recrudescence he
had again distinguished himself, this
time by trying to secure the enact
ment of a bill which practically
would have exempted the great mines
from taxation and fastened the bur
dens upon the agricultural communi-
ties. We did not, however, allude to
the fact that in the last legislature
he tried to put through bill which
would have unloaded upon the poor
ranchers of his county a canal sys-
tenn for a half million dollars that
was not worth a 1.-THE of that sum.
1t will be recalled that we expressed
mild wonder why the Hon. Tom
had not taken advantage of his bril-
liant opportunities to legisiate for the
people, and we asked him to specify
the bill he and his fellow statesmen
had failed to pass and which ought
to have been passed.
In reply to these innocent observa-
tons and inquiries, the Hone Tom
rageth through most of the columns
of his last weeks Florence Blade
Tribune. but in all the wilderness Of
words he vouchsafes no reply after
ALL
He merely squeals, and when he
turns himself loose, be IT known that
the Hon. Tom is squealer from the
headwaters OF the creek.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09

aid. 1t means that he passes by Brit
ish rulers like Alfred the Great and
Cromwell, conquerors like Napoleon
and Caesar, sages like Plato and
Kant, poets like Shakespeare and
Burke, and places the chaplet on the
brow of one who ruled by the con-
sent and with the backing of the
people, who never entered academic
halls, whose philosophy of life was
wholly practical and informal. whose
few attempts at verse were sentimen-
tai, and whose eloquence was unstud-
led and without the slightest trace
of affectation and learning. Yet
who, by his fusion OF goodness, sa-
gacity. patience. power and faith in
man and God, won the love of men;
and by his simple, natural, yet NOR
ally vibrant English style won i'm
mortality as orator and writer Of
state papers.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09

n Arizona Lodge. No. 2, F. &
~ A. NJ. will confer the third
|" degree tonight. 81. DOSTER.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
A DANCING GIRLS EPITAPH.

Here | lie and dance no more;
Sayonara. sayonara!
With a tombstone for my door,
Here / keep unwonted state,
l that danced up to Deaths gate.
SayOnara.
other damsels dance for you;
Sayonara, sayonara.
Sweetest flowers that ever blew;
Curtseying crocus, iris tall;
All. their dances never pail
Sayonara,
Long I danced; too long. too long;
Sayonara. sayonara!
Sang for you my foolish song,
Now | neither sing nor weep,
But mid iris roots ! sleep,
Sayonara
oh. you paid my dance with gold;
Sayonara, sayonara!
Now a better wealth / hold;
Folded buds of silver lilies,
Golden buds of daffodillies,
Sayonaral
Flags may curtsey to the sun:
Sayonara, sayonara!
But my dancing days are done;
Glad they were so short a span,
Here l sleep, o Hime San;
Sayonara!
Goodbye. Nora Hopper
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
Some Plain Facts.

No more foolish statement could be
heard in this territory, outside of the
asylum for the insane, than the as
sertion that is heard TO the effect
that President Taft and congress
would not dare to disapprove any
constitution sent to them by the peo-
pie of Arizona"
Fortunately, there is little probab-
iiity that the sober. sane people or
the territory will permit statehood
TO be lost, although it is vitality nee
if the belief should prevail that the
president and congress were "bluffing"
when they provided that our constitu-
tional must be submitted to them for
approval sad establishment would
be the portion of those holding such
a belief
Mr.. Taft was in deep earnest when
speaking at Phoenix. Prescott and the
Grand canyon last October, he SOL
against adopting such a constitution
as "Oklahoma's geological garden of
freaks"
Mr.. Taft and congressional leaders
were in deep earnest when they pro-
vided in the enabling act against a
freak constitution by inserting the
clause which says that our constitu-
tion must be presented to them for
approval.
The sensible citizens OF this terri
tory. who, fully understanding this
situation, are urging the people to
be conservative and adopt such a con-
stitution as will meet approval at
Washington. are performing a duty
they owe to the people. They will not
be deferred from the continued per-
democratic politicians about "repub-
lican threats" nor will they be silenc-
ed by the whines of any dangerous
newspaper that falsely claims to be
republican.
There is no threat" in the state
ment that if We adopt a constitution
fun of ''isms" it will be rejected at
Washington and statehood postponed
for another ten years. 1t is a simple
statement of pregnant fact which the
people of Arizona will heed, or for
ever regret their failure to heed.
Mr. Taft and the congressional lead
ers are not time-serving politicians
like the local statesmen who are so
glibly telling us that the attitude
of washington is a bluff and that
Taft and Congress will not dare" to
do so and so. Mr. Taft and the con-
gressionai leaders mean exactly what
they say.
1t is becoming more and more evil
dent every day that statehood will
be in great jeopardy unless republi-
cans control the constitutional con-
Vention.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
The Direct Primary an Expensive
Luxury.

The direct primary may be all that's
claimed for it as a scheme for break
ing up political parties, and it may
be the one thing that will make the
earth a paradise. but as the news
comes in from the states that are
this year wrestling with the innova-
ton it is made plain that the direct
primary makes politics a game at
which only the rich man can play.
If the candidate does not possess a
sack of his own, he must have the
backing of weather. go broke.
AS everybody in the west knows.
United States Senator Flint of CAL
ifornia has had TO announce his de-
clination to stand for the senate
again, because he could not afford
the expense of a direct primary cam
paIgn According to the Los Angeles
Times. in reSsrence to the state cam
paign of this year:
Nothing like it, in point of dra-
matte interest, hign stakes ana Hgnt-
ing cost has ever been seen in Cali
fornia before.
Particularly fighting cost. Every
one knew that the direct primary
would be an expensive luxury; but
no one knew il was to be like this.
Knowing what they do now. ii is
extremely doubtful If any OF the can
didates for governor would have the
courage to tackle another campaign.
The expense has been something
terrific. A thousand dollars in this
campaign is nothing but a whiff In
the wind. That amount will stick up
q few posters for boys to throw mud
balls at.
It is estimated by one Of the most
conservative campaign managers that
the average sum spent by the various
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09

republican candidates for governor
will run very close to $500, 900. Hiram
Johnson is said to have had war
chest of s15O.OOO. This figure in
cludes only the legitimate campaign
expenses-the price OF arousing en-
thusiasm.
In addition to this, the expense of
holding the primary election, with
its stupendous printing bills and 9TH
er foolishness win be about $1,000, 600
to the state.
A pretty stiff price to pay for
changing governors.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
!. THE BASEBALL RECORD
NATIONAL.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. anu NIUSUHi
Brown, Evans and Graham.
Other games were postponed.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
OPENING OF SCHOOL OF MUSIC

The seventh year of the Arizona
School of Music will open Monday,
Sept. 10. the same as the opening
of the city schools. The growth and
progress of this splendid institution.
the only exclusive conservatory of
music in Arizona, is too weflknown
to need comment. The coming year
Mrs Shirley Christy, the director, ex-
poets 70 have the strongest corps of
instructors. and the largest list OF
pupils in the history of the school.
as letters of inquiry are received daily
from prospective students.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
Abraham Lincoln Supreme.

If Ambassador Bryce. speaking at
said that Abraham Lin
coin was the greatest man OF al
time. il is an estimate of consider
able Importance. coming from
Rriton. a historian. a dweller in aca-
demic halls. as well as practical
man of affairs, says the Boston Her
Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
REVISED TO DATE.

The boy stood on the burning deck,
OF the Bird, an aeroplane.
And, as he gaZed upon the wreck,
His tears dropped down like rain.
Because not of the flames he walled,
But made his grief resound
Because the ship had never sailed
An inch above the ground.
Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

machine, he dashed across the bay
to Manhattan Beach, where he land
ed on a small plot of grass in front
of the hotel. After taking lunch, he
flew back to the aviation field, which
he circled in an altitude of more
than 1000 feet, for the longest per-
iod in the air recorded during the
session. Ely was attracted to Japan
some time ago and took his mechan-
ical bird with him.. The Japs, as old
kitemakers, are tremendously inter
ested in flying and Ely gave special
exhibitions, not only for the mikado,
but for the populace. Returning to
this country he was a prominent fiier
at Los Angeles and later at Winni-
peg. Ely is an expert mechanic and
racing automobile driver His judg-
ment of speed and distance. added
to his daring, make him one of the
most interesting aviators to watch"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
REALIZE THE DIFFICULTY
OF QUITTING LIQUOR
Men Find 1t Impossible to Quit With
out Assistance.

All drinking men realize the fact
they cannot quit alcohol without as
sistance, and if they were certain
they could be treated privately with
out the loss of time and money, re-
CURED under the old systems of
treatment, they would be only too
glad to take advantage of the op-
portunity and have all craving for
alcoholic drinks permanently de-
stroyed. The Neal Three-Day Lii
Quor Cure destroys all appetite for
drink in three days time, and with
out the use OF painful and danger
Ous hypodermic injections or injur-
ious drugs. During the time the
Neal Institute has been located in
Davenport, at S2I Farnam street,
hundreds of patients have been treat
ed without a single failure or bad
after effect. 1t makes no difference
what the patient drinks, or how long
he has been drinking, the result is
always the samoa cure in only
three days time. Call or write the
home office in Davenport for infor-
nation concerning the Neal treat
ment.