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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27

ished, and he would give notice 10 his employer that he would work for him no longer, as he was going with his parents to another town far distant. So he de- cided upon plan. He wrote an appeal ing sote to his employer begging him to set Peek-a-boo free, to let him, the boy, carry him back to the woods where he belonged. He offered as payment for the owl his weekly wage of ten dollars. The note was written from the very depths of his sympathetic heart, and when the employer read it he was deeply touched. Maybe, after all, it was not right to keep tho little owl in prison. And he set to thinking seriously, and when the boy asked for his answer concerning Peek-a- boo he said; "Jones, you are an unusual boy. feel that you aresright. Perhaps your own deep sorrow has made you more alive to the sorrow of other crea- lures. I will allow you to take Peek-a- boo to the woods and turn him loose. The stuffed owl and the little artificial ones will do for show-window purposes And-never mind about the price you offered me to liberate the bird. You have earned your money, and l could not sell the owls liberty to you. You need the money for yourself and mother. But 1 can afford to lose the amount l paid for the brd-if may call it lost. In the end l think I shall be gaining something the lesson of mercy and justlce."
 The boys face was so full of happiness that it was a good sight to behold, and for the first time during, their business association the employer grasped the clerks hand and shook 1t warmly. You'll get on in the world all right, young fell low" he said "One who wants to let live as we'll as live will have friends everywhere he goes. Good luck to you, Jones, and good luck to little Peek-a-boo and may he find his family-wherever they are. You may take him to the woods whenever you care to. 'a s5' i At ; tS s |
 The boy took down the cage and, hap pier than he thought 1t possible to be, he walked bravely out of the shop. And at home he found his father waiting for him. And the reunion at his home that night was too sacred for us to look in upon And in the darkness of a little room Peek a-boo rested, enjoying the black shadows of night and feeling, in his wise little head that tomorrow all would be well again for him. And it was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
81e Fate 9f An Egotistical Doll.

toys before, and they always pay the pen alty of being made of sweets. Were you not such Doastful, egotistical fellow. I'd feel very sorry for you. But since you are so disagreeable in the play room l haven't much sympathy for you. no mat ter what happens to you"
 While Molly had been speaking, John. the Candy Kid, had grown very red in the face, and his cheeks began to melt from warmth caused by rage and shame and to run down to his neck. And realiz- ing his danger, he jumped up and began to rush toward the Japanese soldier. meaning to have it out with him, no mat ter what the consequences. With weak thrust of the fist he hits Han O San in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
A LITTLE SHOW OWL"

window. And he paused and looked in at Peek-a-boo. "Ah, that would be good advertisement for my store." said the young man to himself. 'I'll go in and price the fellow.' So into the bird and dog and small animal shop went the young man, and after little he came out again, carrying in his hand the cage which held poor Peek-a-boo. Down the street he hurried, and pretty soon Peek a-boo beheld great big place with pie lures of owls over the door. And huge stuffed owl stood on a shelf in the win dow, and the place was called THE OWL SHOP." It was Q small shop of some kind where goods were sold. As for the kind of goods, that didn't mat ter to Peek-a-boo. It only mattered that his heart was still very. very sad. and his homesickness was getting the better of him.
 In THE OWL SHOP were many clerks, among them a boy who had a certain sympathy for prisoners. His father had been sent to prison on a false charge, and the boys life had been made very unhappy over 1t, and his mothers heart had been broken and their home de- stroyed, all by the false charges against the innocent husband and father. But the boy still worked to support his moth- CT and himself, though his heart was heavy. And when Peek-a- boo was brought In that day and his cage hung In the window to attract customers attention, he felt sorry for him. Another inno- cent prisoner" said the boy. ''Poor It. tie bird, what has he ever done that he should be deprived of his liberty7 I feel so sorry for him, and if I can, I shall liberats him."
 But the days passed and passed, and still little Peek-a-boo remained in prison, an ob- ject of pity. truly, One day lot of other little owls were brought into the shop and four of them put into the cage be- side Peek-a-boo. One was placed in either corner. But they were not LIVE owls; they were just TOY owls. Oh, the misery of this to Peek-a-boo! When he first saw the little owls put into his prison he thought them alive, and great leap of joy came into his little body. But the instant he touched one of them the truth came to him like blow. They were not like his feathered friends of the wood. And so he sat and looked down upon the toy things day after day, and they, poor inanimate things. sat and stared--without seeing into the out-of- doors. And people came along and laughed to see four toy owls that re- sembled so closely the one real owl that moved and batted his poor eyes.
 One of the worst trials which Peek-a- boo had to suffer was the constant cleo trIc light that shone in his face ell night and the strong sunlight which poured in all day. He never had any darkness, and you know that all creatures need cer- tain amount of darkness. If it had not been so, our all-wise Creator would not have given us the night So, Peek-a- boo was robbed of one of the things most necessary to his being, the darkness of night.
 And all the time, the boy clerk was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27

watching ,poor Peek-a-boo. And he could read in the little owls big, solemn eyes the story of the heartbreaking, his long ing, his longing to be free again. And day by day the boy wondered how 1t could he planned to get him away.
 But very happy day was in store for the boy. One evening when he went home his mother ran to greet him, laugh- ing and weeping for very joy. His father had been pardoned from the prison. The guilty man had confessed on his death- bed to the crime his father was being punished for. and now all would be hap piness again. The father would return to them within few days, and he had written to say that they would all go far, far away and begin life all over again. Oh, what happy day this was for the boyI But on the following morning. as he entered the shop, the eyes. solemn and sad. of little Peek-a boo looked at him, and they seemed to say: "When you are gone I shall have no friend in the world!' And the boy decided he must let Peek-a-boo out of prison before he went to his own happiness.
 That Saturday his week would be fn-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
ANCIENT IRISH PROVERBS.
~

The color is of an olive green, with white woodwork, and olive-green burlap is found on the walls. The chairs surrounding the cabinet table are of green material, and the Presidents differs but slightly from the others. It has higher back.
 On the back of each chair is a metal plate, and this gives the official title of the holder. It does not bear his name, but gives the date of his accession. At one end of the room are large sliding doors which open into the Presidents private office. The room has hardly any decoration of any kind, yet is one of the most severely handsome in the entire White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27

Tommy. Oracle and their little cousins, Kittie and Paul. The four of them were astonished to see the Candy Kid broken into pieces, and without ever noticing that his head was gone, they began to eat the legs and arms. "Oh, what good candy" exclaimed Paul. Its better than the candy that is put in ordinary shape"
 ''Yes, and he was getting so soiled that sister and I had agreed to eat him pretty soon," explained Tommy. Gee, he is good candy.' he agreed with Paul. "I like hard, cracking candy"
 And what a lot. too." said Oracle. Hell make as much as pint box full, won't hcc And the inside of him is so white, My. oh. How dirty his outside has got by our playing with him. And he was so pretty when he was new!"
 ''1m eating the cane,'' said Kittie. But it's all the same sort of candy"
 And as the four children ate up the candy-which had been the Candy Kid the other dolls looked on without saying a word. But Han o San, and Josephine and Molly Anne. too, felt relieved that the boastful, egotistical Candy Kid had disappeared from their midst, and they hoped there would never be any more candy dolls introduced there. Candy was onl: for eating purposes, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27

~ HE following proverbs are genuinely
 Irish. They are principally from - Hardman's Irish Minstrelsy. and show the similarity between them and the modern English proverbs. In fact, many of our best known proverbs are merely paraphrases of the ancient Mi- lesian sayings, so terse with wisdom. Even a fool has luck.
 A blind man is no judge of colors.
 When the cat is out the mice will dance.
 Fame is more lasting that life.
 A fine dress often hides a deceiver.
 There is often anger in a laugh
 foolish word Is folly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27

strike me at all,'' he replied. "The fact is one has got to show me he is worth something before consider him at all. Now, if you are genius or a man Of parts, why I shall be glad of better acquaintance with you. But if you. are merely gentleman-a Candy gentleman why, l don't care to mix in your so- ciety. I am soldier, and life to me means something. Although my days are passed in peace I am always ready for war. I try to make the playroom better by living in it."
 "Ha, hal And so you don't care to as- sociate with a gentleman-a Candy gen. tleman, eh?" And John, the Candy Kid, sneered at Han o San. Well, my impu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27

Ing. And there, in the show window of that dingy shop, he was displayed for sae All day-when he most loved to seek shady spot in his tree, and to sleep, he WAS under the glaring light that poured in through the window, and countless eyes-human eyes-peered in at him. And strange sounds mingled with the strange sights made him afraid. And little would he eat for ever and ever so long time. But gradually starvation overcame him and he began to devour the bits of raw meat thrown to him, but without relish. The truth is, Peek-a-boo was a wise little owl, and he hoped to be able some day to break from his prison and to wing his way to his be- loved home in the sweet, wild wood, where, among his own kind once more he would live the life intended by the Creator of all things that he should live. So, in order to keep strength. he ate of the food given to him.
 And then, one day came man to the
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 @ OILY was such dear little girl,
 M just like so many other little girls
 one sees everywhere one goes. She
 lived with her parents in q big, big
 town, where there were no cows nor pigs nor chickens nor colts nor calVes. And as Dolly had never been h the coun- try, she had never made the acquaintance of cows. calves, colts and chickens. So' you will understand why she was so eas- jly frightened by such creatures when she did see them for the first time.
 One fine winters day Dolly's papa said to her mamma: "Don't you want'to make a little visit to your parents out In OhioF
 stOh. dear. yes; if we can afford the ex- pensc," replied Dolly's mamma eagerly, hex face aglow with anticipation. It snfk been five years since she had seen hd parents And the good old folks had never seen her little daughter. Dolly.
 .sYes, business is picking up. now" ex- plained Dolly's papa, who was just the best man in the world-or one of the best. He always wanted his wife and little daughter to have the very best of everything he could afford to give them.
 ''When shall we start?" asked mamma. ''Just as soon as you can get ready" |repled papa.
 An shall doe tool" asked Dolly, an ! irhefested listener.
 sWell, should say you shall doe too,'' laughed papa. "Why. we couldn't get mamma away without her little girlie.'' And it will be very lonely for papa without her, too," said mamma. But |he1l be so busy at the office all day that |hell not miss her so much. It will be Iof evenings that he'll say. oh, where is Imy little Dolly tonight. And won't Dolly miss papa, too?''
 Dolly nodded her head emphatically, and Isliding from her chair, crept into her fathers arms to be kissed and patted on Ithe head
 After q few days preparation mamma land Dolly started to the old home "out lin Ohio" and as papa kissed them good by at the railroad platform. Dolly cried but: "Oh, let's hurry, mamma, or the kig shu-shu train will doe off an leave Ll And on the train Dolly had such lovely time. Ever so many big men Htopped in the aisle of the car to pat her Ibn the head and say: Hello, little Eirlie." And Dolly would always bow and Bay very respectfully: "Howdy-do, Sir" And many ladies would speak to her as Bhe went up and down the car, asking .etty things ladies always say to such Hear little girls. And so you will see sSaat Dolly was quite the center of at Fraction In the big car as she~rode along 10 the state where grandpapu and grand hamma lived.
 And at the last station of their journey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
BY HELENA DAVIS.

@ EEK-A-BOO was a very happy It.
 tie owl, living in a lovely wood
 where many others of his kind also
 dwelt. And during the long days
 Peek-a-Boo slept, and during the long, moonlight nights, he walked and booted and enjoyed life as does his wise kind. Now, an owl is the bird of wis doy, so we are told. But one day all Peek-a-boo's wisdom was of no avail to him. There came strangers into the wood, big, 1ong-legged strangers, who could see better by day than by night, and they came while Peek-a-boo slept on . limb of a shady tree. And they got hold of Peek-a-boo and carried him far away from his wood and his tree, and his own kind. Into q cage they put him, little house made of strong wires, so that Peek-a-boo was a prisoner.
 The next thing that Peek-a-boo knew he was in a dingy shop, his heart break
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
LETTER ENIGMA.

My first is in dress, but not in frock My second is in cattle, but not In stock; My third is the same as my first, you see My fourth is in pine, but not in tree 1; My fifth is in head. but not in brain; My sixth is in yarn. but not in skein. My seventh is in nut, but not in shell; My eighth Is in toll, but not In bell;
 My whole spells an animal
 That all children love-
 And they'll know what it is
 When they solve the above.
 ANIMAL ACROSTIC.
 This acrostic contains six words of five letters each. If the words are right ly guessed, and written one below another, their initial letters will spell the plural of an animal we see very often. The cross-words are : 1. Something no living creature could exist without. 2. A writ ten command. 5. That which we use when driving horses. 4. A metal. Q. A fairy or sprite. 6. Something seen scat tered about barnyard.
 PUZZLE PICTURE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
BY MAUD WALKER.

TIT was very quiet in. the pIayroom.
 Most of the toys were asleep. It was
 the twilight hour, and all the little
 folk were at their supper of bread and
 milk in the nursery. So the playroom was So still one might hear one's own heart beat. But pretty soon there was stir in one corner of the room. It was John, the Candy Kid. He was big fel- low to be made of candy. Tommy's un- cle John had given him to Tommy on Christmas, and he-the Candy Kid-had been named for the good old uncle who had given him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
A cat is always after his kind. Hope consoles the persecuted.

A cat is always after his kind. Hope consoles the persecuted. The satisfied forget the hungry. Drunkenness Is the brother of robbery. likeness is the desire of a fool. Hope is the physician of each misery. The end of a fast is better than the beginning of a quarrel.
 Everything is revealed by time. A cat may look at king.
 Without treasure, without friends. Wine is sweet to pay for 1t Is bitter.
 THE CABINET-ROOM. ~ HE cabinet-room in the White House in Washington is one of the - most simple rooms in the building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-27
BY ANNIE JAMES.

BY ANNIE JAMES. n OILY was such dear little girl, N just like so many other little girls one sees everywhere one goes. She " lived with her parents in big, big
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-15
Ten Years Test
of Eczema Cure

After 10 years test, oil of win
tergreen, as compounded in ID. d.
d. Prescription, has so thoroughly,
so absolutely proven it's merit for
skin diseases, that we have ar
ranged with the d. D. D. Labora-
tories of Chicago for a special offer
on a rs cent trial bottle.
We ourselves became convinced
years ago. Cure after cure and the
testimony of the worlds leading
skin specialists showed us that the
way to cure the skin is through the
skin; not, however, by means of a
salve which always clogs the outer
skin, but with penetrating liquid
that gets to the inner skin, killing
the germs while soothing the
healthy tissue.
The OIL of Wintergreen Com
pound, d. d. d. Prescription, pene-
trates while soothing the skin, and
a 20 cent bOttle-a good sized trial
bottle-is now offered, besides the
81 bottles, in order to convince ev,
erybody. For this trial bottle
ought to be enough to show the
way to the cure, and at any rate
the liquid the instant it is applied
will take away that itch-yes, Just
as soon as the wash is applied, the
skin is soothed and refreshed.
Will H. Murgittroyd
Hillyard Pharmacy, Hillyard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-15

ing necessities, candies, chocolates,
taffy; every fruit stand was selling
necessities, nuts, candies, apples,
popcorn, etc. None of them were
arrested or molested And this is
the kind of a law that we sent wise
men to our capital for and pay them
good money to pass them and the
kind Of law that our public officials
enforce.
1t is the same old story of the big
fish trying to eat up the little ones.
Several Of the people arrested
were women trying to make an hon
est living for themselves and fami-
lies. For one of them the $500
fine represented two weeks earn
ings of her little store, and she has
sick husband and a crippled child.
This plainly put up job can GER
tainly not be an attempt to uphold
the sacredness of the sabbath.
If it is against the law to sell a
certain article it must be against it
to buy the same, especially in these
cases, where the buyers were in
ducing those merchants to commit
the offense for which they were ar
rested.
The subsequent action of the
court will show if our Justice courts
can really be made the tools by
which malicious spite work ana
business jealousy can be fostered in
the name of the law. r. Jundt,
1929 Grant street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-15

Editor The Press-Last Sunday
the retail grocers' association depu-
tized two hoboes dts the only name
] can give them. as no man with
any self respect would take job
of that kind to make the round of
the city and buy from five to Is
cents worth of goods not called ne
cessities from a number of poor,
unsuspecting small storekeepers,
who are trying to make an honest,
respectable living.
Through the complaints of these
men, warrants were issued in the
prosecutors office and from 80 to
40 people were pulled up before
Justice Hyde. Those who pleaded
guilty were fined 81 and $500 costs,
a total of $3.50. Some pleaded not
guilty and their trials were set for
a further date. Now for the offense
Ten cents worth of tea was Sc
cured under the plea that the man
had been out all night, was cold and
wanted something to warm them
up: other articles, sardines, pepper.
salmon, were secured under some
pretext or other or no reasons
given, but all of them are not sup
posed to be necessities.
During all this time every to-
bacco and cigar store in the city
was going full tilt, selling necessi-
ties such as tobacco, cigars, pipes,
etc; every confectionery was sell
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-15
INVESTIGATE
Before too Late

During the year 1909 a great
many very prominent men passed
away and the number that sue
cumbed to stomach trouble was
very large. Many underwent oper.
ations by the most scientific
physicians, but, alas, the concensus
of opinion, too late. If you are
troubled with stomach trouble do
not delay, but investigate the many
testimonials from prominent citi-
zens of Spokane. who have suffered
for years and have been perma-
nently cured by the use of Powells
Stomach Remedy. It does cure In
digestion, Catarrh Of the Stomach
and all Stomach troubles. For sale
by all first class drug stores or
sent direct, charges paid, 81 bottle.
Testimonials furnished on appAiea
ton. A. H. POWELL, Manufactur-
ing Chemist, Spokane, Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-15
PRATT WANTED
STATE MILITIA
JOINED WITH SHERIFF PUGH
IN REQUEST TO TURN THE
SOLDIERS LOOSE.

An interesting fact has come In
connection with the removal of Col
onel Abercrombie, commanding Of
ficer at Fort Wright, and that is
that Mayor Pratt and Sheriff. Pugh
asked that the militia be used in
the streets
Acting Governor Howell did not
deem the occasion of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant the releasing
of the soldiery on Spokane and
turned down the request.
Here is the telegram that was
sent to Howell:
Spokane. Wash, Nov, IL. M.
Howell, acting governor, Olympia,
Wash. In the present emergency
the situation assumes proportions
rendering it imperative to have the
assistance of the national gaurd
to guard the prisoners. N. S. Pratt,
mayor; F. K. Pugh, sheriff; c. w.
Tuerke, police. commissioner"
olympia, Wash, New. On. s.
Pratt, mayor, Spokane, Wash: Re-
ceived telegram requesting national
guard to guard prisoners. City and
county should be able to cope with
situation. In emergency hasty
stockade could be built to guard
prisoners. Every means should be
exhausted before state is called up
on. |. M. Howell, acting governor"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-15
REMEMBER
THE MAINE"

Twelve years ago today, in the
harbor of Havana, the United
States battleship Maine was blown
up by some unknown person and
sunk with two of its officers ana
264 of its men. In memory of this
tragic event flags are at half mast
today on all headquarters and
lodge rooms of the Spanish War
Veterans.
The magnetic cry for revenge
that swept over the country, Re
member the Maine" and the sub
sequent call to arms to fight the
dons, is not yet forgotten. The
boys who shouldered arms in that
bIlef but memorable struggle pro-
pose to see that the brave men
Who lost their lives in the Maine
are not forgotten. The battered
hulk of the Maine still reposes in
Havana harbor, with it's gun tower
projecting over the water. standing,
as 1t We're, a monument TO the
brave men buried in the depths be-
low. Is