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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

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By opening a Savings Account
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

their mother gone, held the drowsy
eyes open. The girl, the more
aggressive, the more imaginative of
the two, went back, with a thought
working its way in her mind, to
the story which had a hold on both,
the story of how dumb brutes may
talk once a year on Christmas eve.
do you believe it's true, Benny"
she consulted her brother. Mother
didn't say it wasn't. you know"
"Then it's true. and believe it's
true" said Benny stoutly. I'm glad
they can. l know Niger would
enjoy a talking. He looks like he
wanted to talk when he squeals.
and he squeais words sometimes.
heard him say corn bread one
day.
Alice lifted her brown head from
the pillow and leaned ON one elbow
and stared into the fire. "Nigger's
out in the barn." she reflected.
Father took Mr.. Jarvis horse be-
cause Nigger's foot was lame.
Kenny" she began excitedly. and
stopped.
Benny gave an enormous yawn
and turned his heavy yellow head.
"Whu-ut?" he inquired. ~
Don't go to sleep. Benny
listen!" the girl begged. "I've got
an idea-something lovely. really.
Why can't we go to the stable to-
night>it's Christmas eve-and lis
ten to Niger talking. like Hans
listened to Friedel and Minna?
And maybe he'll know about some
treasure and we could get lots of
money, and give 1t to father to go
South with. Mother would be
glad" ...... s.
The boys sleepy eyes opened and
gazed at her. Wouldn't it be
naughty"
AS happened once before in a
garden. "the. woman tempted him."
Benny was swept out on the tide
Of his sisters adventurous spirit,
and while the fire steamed and
purred an undertoned they made
their plans. Very nearly were the
plans shipwrecked by nature, how.
ever. for, as they waited till the
night should be older. the clock
licked. the fire sang a lullaby. and
the children fell asleep.
Continued tomorrow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

, dark as he heard them arrange to
kill his two friends, the old horse
Friedel and the old COW Minna.
rather than let them starve to
death; how, lying awake late In
the night, he could not bear to
think that the dear horse and cow
stood hungry in the barn, on their
last night of life; how. he stole
into the kitchen and found the
| coarse bread and the milk that
were saved for his own breakfast,
and carried them out to the stable;
how, as he came to the door, he
heard strange hoarse voices speak
ing low, and listened and found
that it was Friedel and Minna talk
ing together; how then he remem-
bered that once year, at midnight
on Christmas eve, dumb beasts
may find speech, in memory of the
night when the Christ-child lay
among beasts, in the manger; how
little Hans listened to the thin old
horse and the hungry old cow and
heard them grieving for the pow
erty of their master and mistress
and heard them speak of the secret
which. IL the beasts might have
speech to tell 1t, would make every
thing right; how Hans went in
boldly then and gave the animals
his breakfast, and asked them to
tell him the secret; how they told
him, In unused. rusty voices, that
beneath the empty stall of the
stable was treasure of gold,
buried thousand years before by
the Romans, which would make
his mother and father richer than
they could dream; and how just
then the bells of the distant village
rang for Christmas morning, and
the poor beasts were dumb again,
and Hans went back to his bed and
waited for daylight to tell his father
and mother. who dug for the treas.
ure and found it and were happy
with the horse and COW, and rich
| ever after.
The story ended and the children
were quiet, as If listening. thrilled,
to those stammering hoarse tones
of the good brutes in the chilly
stable.
"Now. chickens. you must go to
your roosts," the mother broke
thei rdream, and her words ended
in sigh. Father! it's too bad to
have him left out of Christmas eve.
isn't it?"
"Yes, It u.s." agreed Benny sturdi-
ly. Nobody can say Peaceful was
the Night 'cept father It's too bad
for father that he had to 60 to the
thing-ma-jig's funeral" and. being
Christmas eve, Benny went unre-
proved for the description of his
great-uncle.
"Fatherll be home before morn
ing, won't he?" asked the girl, and
went on. ooh. l remember. You
said some time in the night, but we
can't tell when, cause the trains
get late. Well. l hope he'll be here
In the morning when we wake up,
1t wouldn't be Christmas without
father; would II, mother?"
81 can't bear to have him out SO
late" the little woman said. and her
tones were troubled. She went on
as II thinking aloud-a way she had
with her big babies. Father isn't
well--he ought to go SOUTH wish
he could co." and Benny answered
In strong baby tones.
"Oh. he can't go, mother. We
haven't got money enough--you
said we hadn't"
mo, dear. we haven't" she
sighed. and the girl shook her
name Of hair back thoughtfully.
II wish could find lot of
money like Hans. for father" she
said.
The fascination OF the freight
as the children lay In their beds,
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SPECIAL ON COAL

One trial will convince you that
Superior coal at $8.15 per tom 70 the
coal to buy. Order from Unity Fuel
4 Feed Supply. distributors. phono
Max. 3471. yard 01310 Cedar street.
or Hedrich & Merritt. sole agents.
Main 4034.
Pine, $500 per cord: fir and tan.
arack. 800 per cord. Pine. yz.b0
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UrHa8urR
(COntinued)
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

(Continued)
But the boy, undisturbed by
criticism. began at once. His large
brown eyes fixed on the fire. he
recited, slowly and conscientiously
the 2O0-year-old Christmas carol:
"While Shepherds watched their
flocks by night
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around"
the reedy voice repeated, and a
listened might have understood
what Alice meant. 1t was much as
If John Jones had met William
Smith and mentioned to him mat
ter of news about mutual friend,
an angel. But to the woman who
listened with the boys head
against her shoulder, the incongru-
GUS infections were sweet; the
audacity of it seemed so near that
1t thrilled her, night when, for
another child's sake, the skies had
rung with a song that has echoed
always. Benny's fresh tones dis
closed. with careful conversational
emphasis, more and more facts
about angels, to him shade less
real. shade more holy than his
mother.
"To you in David's town this day
Is born of Dayid's line ..,t,..
A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign"
was elucidated in a realistic man.
ner. and the child proceeded to ex-
plain.
"Thus spoke the seraph and
forthwith appeared shining
throng of angels-praising Cod
who thus addressed their joyful
song"
An atheist would have got an i'm
preston. hearing him tell 1t, that
the boy had seen with his eyes and
heard with his ears what he re-
lated. There was silence as the
sturdy tones ended and Benny's
Z tes gazed on into the heart of the
fire, as If they saw in a vision the
still eastern night, the shepherds
on the hills, the white flight of
angels.
"You repeated It very nicely"
Mrs. Harding said softly, and put
her mouth against his head again.
"Now you shall have yours"
The big 1-year-old girl caught
her mothers hand>a hand worn
with homework and sewing--and
held 1t against her cheek.
"'Twas the night before Christ
mas, when all through the house,"
the woman began, and went on.
as many women have begun and
gone on with the charming old
poem, to children on Christmas
eve. The fire cracked In the
pauses, and the sparks flew up the
-.hImney az the logs fell apart with
gohtle heaviness. an accompani-
mehfN 10 the swinging sentences.
"Now Just one more, children
dear. and you really must go to bed.
It's very late--look It's almost
nine." and the girl and boy cried
out together.
"Oh, the Beasts! The Beasts"
They pressed against her. a head
on either shoulder. and held her
hands in theirs. while she told
4, them tale of boy In German
forest whose father and mother
were so poor that there was not
enough to eat in the house. She
told them how he lay in his cot
on Christmas eve and heard them
plan: how he listened as they
divided what food was left into
three portions for tomorrow's
breakfast, the largest for the boy:
how he sobbed to himself In the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dec. T.
The sexes are shifting. says wise
old DIR. Dudley A. Sargent, Har-
wards famous strength expert, who
has examined athletes innumerable
of both sexes.
He shows that the woman of to-
day is more masculine than her sis
ter of 20 years ago. He hopes her
future development will retrograde
instead of going forward If mans
supremacy is to exist in world af-
fairs. Women have broader intel
lects, bigger feet, small hips,
rounder waists, broader shoulders
and thicker necks than those of 20
years ago. This is due to the cor
set waists, employing masculine
exercises and working at mans en-
ployment. On the other hand, man
is going backward. changing from
the over developed Sandow into an
effeminate and foppish creature.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Casey's rheumatism Cure-Any
sufferer may have a 81 bottle ON
trial, delivered to your home. After
using same. If it has helped you,
then pay 81. This Is the remedy
that has cured so many sufferers in
Spokane. J. H. Casey, Res, SIT
Queen Ave-, Hillyard. Wash. P. o.
Box al.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Put into stained vases and cruets
tablespoon I've. fill with water, let
stand for two days, shake well,
pour out and rinse in clear water.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

1t is an excellent plan when the
finger nails are brittle to soak them
for 10 minutes every night in warm
olive oil. This will also make the
hands soft and white.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Salt and vinegar will quickly re-
move stains from brass, but whit
ing must be used to give 1t the
finishing polish.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Do not let a comb soak in order
to clean it. Use stiff nail brush.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
All Aroun0
the Dotlre
~ CYNTHIA GREY.

To get paint off wash goods, soak
the parts in kerosene and rub with
good strong soap. Let stand for a
few hours and the paint will rub
off when garment is washed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

A clam shell placed inside the
kettle will prevent the formation of
lime.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Please patronixe Jonn =. Lyoa&
low prizes plumber. RepairinG sple
cialty. Telephone Max. 304O. DIV
ion and Montgomery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Speaking of "the six best sell
ers," people don't often think of the
books written by Miss Marietta
Holley Josiah Aliens wife,, but
taking tn meby and large, here and
there, hither ana you. then and
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Social news Is q daily feature Of
The Press. Any one wishing to in
eert such news should send 1t ad-
dressed to the society editor. or phone
before 10 a. M
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
CLUB SECURES
CLUB HOME,
HAVE COMPLETED ARRANGE
MENTS FOR CHARITY
MUSICALE

Mrs. Ike Binnard has completed
arrangements for the charity must
Gale to be given at the Hall of the
Doges on Saturday afternoon, and a
delightful program, to be rendered
by some of the best talen in the
city, mas been prepared Mrs. Bin
nard recently gave the even, "a
Night in Japan" which was so well
received. st''rt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
ARE INTERESTED IN BAZAAR.

Matrons of Mantle park are much
interested in the Christmas bazaar,
which is to be held on Saturday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. ]. G..
Kendall. 2406 Mantle Place. In ad-
dition to the booths there will be
a Japanese tea room, where jap
anese girls will serve, and splen-
did musical program has also been
prepared.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
MEETS IN NEW HOME.

The domestic science department
of the Woman's club met in the
new club home ON Ninth avenue
yesterday afternoon and listened
with interest to lecture by Miss
Anna Rogers, who gave numerous
helpful hints pertaining to the art
of housekeeping and home man.
agement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11
CONTRACT AGENCY SCHEME.
Kansas City, Mo-, Industry Stopped
by Post Office.

For operating a contract agency
scheme" by which, 1t Is charged, mLney
was obtained through the mails under
fraudulent representations. c. c. Cum
mings, indicted at Kansas city, Mo-. with
George G. Glow and Andrew J. Barber.
was recently arrested at St Louis. &C
cording to report received from Post
Office .Inspector-in-charge Johnston. at
the Post Office Department.
A report from Lnspector-in-charge Cor
telyou at Philadelphia states that Glow
has also been arrested. Barber was
arrested early last month. AL are being
held for trial under the indictment which
was returned by the United States granu
Jury. All the men will be tried in the
United States couSt at Kansas City.
It is declared at the department that
the alleged scheme consisted in securing
agents, who were required to deposit $2U
until a certain contract was carried cut
or terminated. when it was to be refund
ed. The contract required them to secure
six other agents, when they would be
employed by the George G. Glow Co. OF
Philadelphia, to sell merchandise at a
salary ranging from SIS to SIS q week
and all necessary expenses. Few IL any
of them, it Is charged, ever got their
money back, and those who carried out
the terms of their contract were so d-s-
couraged in their efforts as agents that
excuse was soon found to discharge
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11
TAFT GIVES CONVICT
TH|RTY-DAY RESPITE
President Signs Paper Just
Before Setting Out on Trip
to Isthmus of Panama.

John Wynne, able seaman, waiting in
his cell in Honolulu Jail for the call Of
the hangman, can thank an energetic at
torney in the Department of Justice for
a new lease Of life.
President Taft, five minutes before he
took a train to start on his trip to Pan
anna Wednesday. signed respite Of
thirty days for the sailor That will
postpone Wynne's execution to January
3, and when the President returns he
will consider an application for pardon,
now pending.
.Wynne in solitary confinement. or his
old mother. who does not even know OF
her sons disgrace, may never know how
the wheels Of the mill Of justice were
made to whiz in Washington, that the
President might pass on his case.
AS President Taft may not be back
from Panama before November %. and
the execution was set for December 4.
the Department Of Justice decided that
ten days was a narrow margin. for q
mans life, when the tricky ocean cables
would have to be depended upon to save
1t.
So Wednesday afternoon a respite was
prepared. To sign 1t Attorney General
and James A. Finch, the attorney In
charge OF pardons, took it personally to
the White House, where President Taft
granted the stay five minutes before de-
parting on his long trip.
Wynne was convicted Of the murder OF
an officer on the oilship Rosecrans In
Honolulu harbor in 1907.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11

Their attempts to scale the mountain.
While I regret that We were unable TO
get to the top, still we had accomplished,
the object of my mission and felt Wen
satisfied with the result Of the expedi-
tion.''
When asked what he thought OF the
dispatches from Alaska in the early sum-
mer saying that Tom Lloyd had reached
the top of the mountain, Prof. Parker
said he desired to correct come state
ments which had been attributed to him
concerning the latter.
Il never said," he declared, that Tom
Lloyd did not reach McKinley's summit.
What I did say was that although our
party got within seven miles OF 1t. none
of us could see, even with the strongest
of glasses the flag or pole Lloyd says ne
planted there to stay. How ridiculous,
therefore, the statements were that the
flag had been seen from Fairbanks. 14O
miles awayi''
Prof. Parker, in spite of his failure to
conquer Mckinley, believes that way
will yet be found to scale the mountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11
COMMENDED BY TAFT.
President 1ndorses Lexington Bat.
tlefe1d Memoria1 plan

LEXINGTON. Mass, November ia
committee of the recently chartered Lex
ington Minute Men has made public a
letter from President Taft commencing
the project Of the minute men to erect
q memorial armory to mark the battle
field OF Lexington as the birthplace of
American liberty" The letter was in
part as follows:
1T seems to me that the erection
of such a memorial will be most appro-
pirate. am deeply interested in the
work and hope for its ultimate success.
and that you will succeed in raising a
fund large enough to build a suitable
armory, not only as a memorial, but one
that will be useful to the state as we'll !"
Mrs. Taft hesds the list OF patrouosses
of a winter carnival to be held here, be-
ginning January Z. in the interest OF the
armory fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11
DYSPEPSIA
A CURE FOR ALL.
Not a Patent Cure-All, Nor a
Modern Miracle, But Simply
Rational Cure for Dyspepsia.

In these days of humbuggery and deception.
the manufacturers of patent medicines. as .
rule, to think their medicines will not
sell unless they claim that 1t will cure every
disease under the sun. And they never think
Of leaving out dyspepsia and stomach troubles.
They are sure 70 claim that their nostruH
is absolutely certain to cure every dyspeptic
and he need look no farther.
In the face of these absurd claims II is re-
freshing to note that the proprietors Of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets have carefully refrained from
making any undue claims or false represents.
lions regarding the merits of this most excel
lent remedy for dyspepsia and stomach troubles.
They make but one claim for it. and that is
that for indigestion and various stomach trou-
bles Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is radical
cure. They 60 no farther than this, and any
man or woman suffering from indigestion.
chronic or nervous dyspepsia, who win give the
remedy trial Will hnd that nothing L. claimed
for 1t that the facts will not fully sustain.
1t Is a modern discovery. composed OF harm
less vegetable ingredients acceptable to the
weakest or most delicate stomach. Its great
success In curing stomach troubles is due to the
fact that the medicinal properties are such
that 1t will digest whatever wholesome food Is
taken into the stomach, matter whether the
stomach is In good working order not. Ut rests
the oyerworked organ and replenishes the body,
the blood, the nerves, creating Q healthy appe-
title, giving refreshing sleep and the blessings
which always accompany q good digestion and
proper assimilation Of food
In using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets no dieting
il required. Simply eat plenty Of wholesome
food and take these Tablets at each meal thus
assisting and resting the stomach, which rapidly
resains its proper digestive power, when the
Tablets will be no longer required.
Nervous Dyspepsia is simply a condition in
which some portion or portions OF the nervous
system are not properly nourished. Good diges-
ton invigorates the nervous system and every
organ IN ths body.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold By ~
druggists at 80 cent? Der package.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11

Council Appreciates City's Selection
as "Summer CAPITAL"

President Taft has received from Luth-
er Herrick. city clerk OF Beverly. Mass.
copy Of resolutions recently adopted by
the city council of that place and ap-
proved by the mayor in which 1t is set
forth that the city council Of the city
of Beverly extends its thanks to the
President for the honor conferred on that
city in selecting it for the summer CAPT.
tall"
The hope also is expressed that the
citys attractiveness and environment.
which have contributed much to the rest
and pleasure of the President and his
family, are such that they will continue
to reside there in the summer during the
remaining years of his administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11
NOT MI. M'K|NLEY
Claim OF Cooks Exploration
Again Disputed.
PROF. PARkER'S PROOFS
Duplicates Photographs Made by the
Brooklyn Traveller.
NOT NEAR TOP OF CONTINENT
Columbia University Professor Says
Cook Was Twenty Miles From
the Noted Peak.
NOT NEAR TOP OF CONTINENT

NEW YORK. November 11.-Prof
Herschel Parker of Columbia University,
who recently returned from his explora-
ton OF Mount Mckinley, has made
public series Of photographs taken near
the Alaskan mountain which he claims
Is fndisputable evidence that DR.. Freder-
lex A. Cook, the Brooklyn traveller. never
reached the top of the, highest peak in
America.
Prof. Parker states that he found the
mountain peak which DR.. Cook photo
graphed and called Mount Mckinley. the
top Of the continent" and in support
OF his statement showed a photograph
of mountain peak taken by hts expedi-
ton last summer, and pointed out that
a comparison Of the two photographs
shows in detail identical outlines OF rock
formation. proving that they are pictures
OF the same mountain.
The mountain which I photographed"
said Prof. Parker, was twenty miles
away from Mount Mckinley and 5000
feet below its summit. This is the same
peak that Cook photographed and called
the top of the continent
Supports Barrill's Confession.
Prof. Parker corroborates the confess
SANAA AA'oOS a SCoA o6o ny uWoA0 AooA~
rill, guide Of DR.. Cook, that they never
reached the top Of Mount Mckinley.
I'VE left our boat on the Tokositna at
about the same spot where DR.. Cook and
Barrill took to the ice," said Prof. Par
ker, who was a member of DR.. Cook
expedition in 1906 My idea was to fol-
low as closely as possible the route taken
by the DOCTOR and we had no difYiculty
in doing this with Barrills map at hand
In few days our party reached the spot
noted on the map as the point where
Barrills picture was taken. This was in
the amphitheater glacier in the foothills
of Mount Mckinley and twenty miles
from it's base.
Having reached the place, the problem
now confronting us was to pick out the
rock on which Barrill stood when he was
photographed with the flag in his hands
This, perhaps. was easier to do than one
might imagine, in spite OF the fact that
there were innumerable rocky peaks on
all sides Of us. There will be noticed
In the lower right-hand corner of DR..
Cooks photograph a peak in the distance,
the snow formation on the top of which
should make 1t easily distinguishable. 1t
was therefore a comparatively simple
matter to identify the peak as the second
Of the seven peaks of Ruth glacier. only
q few miles away from where we stood.
DR.. Cook has said there are twelve peaks.
but he evidently did not carry his investt-
cations far enough to discover there are
only seven. Then we soon found the
rock we wanted in the snow saddle Bar
rill mentioned. and at last We were at
the top Of the continent