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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28
TALE OF A ROYAL RELIC.
,.,,,aoxv psnss Upon Which Henry o.
Navarro Had Not Written.

window Panss Upon VINO" "s"'S
Navarro Had Not written.
Mira Andrew Lang. writing 10 biack-
nod,. tells of q Frenchman In whose
.hoteau was a window on which hehry
Nv had once scratched the inscrip.'o.
.Dieu Harde de NAL ma tnie; Ce - u
sentembre. 15s0.-Henry." Inc 'nsc''p
,,or when M. Eudel frst saw II was u
two lines Of big. clumsy letters w
Years later. being again 10 tne n.'sm
So-hood. he revisited the chatehu.
,,hen he was astonished to ma tna'
the inscription was now 10 three "n ..,,
with the letters much more near'y .n
form. After some effort he got no'o -
Tho .ccret. For forty years the inscrip.
.ior an the window had been the
gmide,s pride and pleasure till. IN one
sotoI moment of inattention on ME-
mart an Englishman had cut the pane
of glass out of its setting ana "aiA'"
away with It in his pocket
The poor guide hurried 10 te" ~.
master what had befallen him. Inc
owner Of the chateau assured him that
tho accident was Of no consequence
ana could soon be put right. And 10 "
wasi A piece Of glass OF the same TONE
az the other panes was procured anu
fastened lightly in its place. The gu'de
received orders to turn his back 10 az
10 allow visitors to read the inscrip-
tion-or, IL they wished. to steal II.
Rut II was necessary for the man 10
nerceive in the nick Of time what was
going on and only consent to shut his
eyes on the receipt Of handsome UP
1.-THE amount fixed beforehand. two
thirds Of which was to 60 to his mas
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
strsnuous Career Of william Walker
the Noted Filibustsr.

ssrenueus Career Of William Walker.
the Noted Fiiibustsr.
william Walker, the noted 6lIbustet
and soldier Of fortune. was born IN
Nashville, Tenn. on May 8. 1924. For
a time he was an editor In New Or
leans and in 1850 went to California.
In the summer Of 1853 he organized
an expedition for the conquest OF the
Mixican state Of Sonora. He captured
several small towns: but. his provisions
and ammunition running short. ne
crossed the border into the United
States and surrendered to the govern
ment officials. He was tried at San
Francisco for violating the neutrality
laws, but was acquitted.
Walkers next venture was an inva-
sion of Nicaragua. where he was for q
time successful and had himself pro,
claimed president Later he was driven
from the country. Late in 1858 he
started with q force Of adventures for
Honduras. but shipwreck caused
suspension Of the expedition.
In June. 1860. he made a second at.
tempt and captured the town Of Trux'
lilo, but was compelled to fee and sub.
sequently surrendered to the captain
Of the British sloop Of war Iscarus. by
whom he was handed over to the Hon.
duran government He was condemned
by court martial and on Sept. II. 1860
was shot to death at TruxillO.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28
First Recorded Yacht Race.

A race arOss the Atlantic ocean
would have seemed wild romance to
King Charles II. when he took lead.
ing part In the first recorded yacht
race. II sailed this morning." says
Evelyn on Oct I. 1861. with his maj.
esty In one Of his yachts. or pleasure
boats. vessels not known among US till
the Dutch East India company pre-.
scented that curious piece to the king.
being very excellent sailing vessels. 1t
was on a wager between bis other new
pleasure boat. built frlgate-like. and
one of the Duke of York's: the wager.
f1OO: the race from Greenwich to
Gravesend and back. The king lost It
going, the wind being contrary. but
saved stakes In returning There were
divers noble persons and lords Or
board. his majesty sometimes steering
himself"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28

!. aid TO have died at the age Of TAO,
!. mentioned by Lord Bacon. Archbish.
~, IT.ber nd Sir william Temple. The
6rst assures rs that "she did dentige
renew her teeth twice or thrice. cast
inc her old teeth. and others coming in
their place."-London Graphic.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28
Old parr's Possible Aao.

One of the last services Dean Stanley
did for Westminster ablmy was to
cause the almost effaced inscription
over the celebrated old PARIS grave to
be recut. 1t IL us follows: '"rho: Parr
Of ye County Of Salop. Borne In AID
1883. He lived In ye reigns Of Ten
Princes viz. X. Edw. 4. X. Edw. s. K.
Rich. 8. K. Hen. Z. X. Hen. 8. X. Edw.
9. .. Ma. Q. Eliz.. IA. ia. & X.
Charles. Aged l52 yeares. and was
Buried Here N0vemb. u. 1885"
The "old Countess. Of Desmond" who
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28
n. way spaniards Smoke.

The Spaniards are the most expert
.mokers in the world. A native takes
= heavy pull at bis cigarette. inhales
the su,oke. takes up q wine skin or bot
tie. pours half a pint down bis throat.
holding the vessel foot from his
mouth. without spilling a drop. and
then, with sigh Of satisfaction. closes
his eyes and exhaIes the smoke from
his nose and mouth In clouds. He will
also inhaIe the smoke. converse for
few minutes In O natural manner and
then blow out the smoke.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28

.Yes," said the married man media
lively. when you zee q woman hang
ing out q line Of clothes and the line
slips and lets the blessed lot down In
the mud. that. my boy. ID the psyche
logical moment in which to Leave that
woman alone"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
SAYS UNCLE CIV

You can't whip the big wide world.
my boy, nor you, little girl, ana no
whim you ever had is worth the eff
fort. What the neighbors say may be
as mean as poison and make you bite
your nails and rave, but it goes. You
may regard it as humiliating to regu-
late your conduct by what others
think, but when you get older and
wiser you'll know that nobody ever
gets anywhere without taking into ac
count the opinion of those around him.
This little harmless thing or that
little harmless thing, likely to be
misconstrued by your neighbor. may
be a source of joy to you and your
personal liberty may be dearer even
than that. It's unjust that you must
be misjudged and outrageous that you
must measure every little word or act
by the opinion of busyb ody, but you
must Gossip will get you If you don't
watch out And when gossip gets
man it gets him in thousand and one
ways; when it gets a woman 1t gets
her for good and all.
Gossip is a wind raised by neighbour
hood opinion. 1t may help or hdrn
and it usually harms. If you are
thoughtless or indiscreet, if you tilt
your nose, snap your fingers and tell
1.-The world and his WIFE 70 go to, you
may be brave, but you're badly mis-
guided. It's a mighty poor sailor that
can't set his sails to make use of any
kind of wind that blows, and you re
that kind of mariner. DEFIANCE
makes you a victim; little Judgment
might make you a beneficiary
It's the part of diplomacy- and the
real diplomat has no need to be
ashamed-to keep the wind OF gossip
on his side. Men and women Will talk
One great lesson that we have never
learned is to mind our own business
And since they will talk, give them
something that is good and nothing
that is bad to talk about. Keep your
eve on the weather and your sails
trimmed to meet the rising gale
That sharp-nosed old gadabout is
quite as willing to belittle your vir-
tues and to condemn your vices That
shriveled little wisp of ne-wasp is
no fonder of sneering at your failures
than he is of picking flaws with your
successes. And so long as either at
tacks your good points, your good
points are being advertised. Don't
try to whip the world Use it. Cos
sin is Just so much good energy 60
ing to waste. He that hath wisdom
sets that energy to work in his own
behalf.-C copyrighted 1912. ~ w. E.
WilIiams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON

Are there any words in the English
language which you loVeE 80.
Now please don't smile or Shlh ae inst
I think there ought to be- LII.
1t seems to me that we practical, u LII
tartan folks, who are 1ncAneo 70 49,
upon language merely as 49, 80
medium of expressing meaning, ooh @P
preciate the beauty, color, ana HiusiS
words half enough -.
There are certain words IN the h4hSA9eA
language for which L have posiuVe de
lection. am going to tel you 81 NE a
them, and tneh wan. S0u - - yell
list Of your favorites ana some GAY
have a symposium on that subJeGt;; .-r
If 1 were obliged TO select my cnlelest
favorite of all the words IN the lans ue5es
/ think it would be serene. 10 mt
there is a world of meaning ana hiuslS
in those two syllables just 70 rePS T -
when 1 am restless and fretful, neiPs 70
soothe and restore me to myself VIZ" Ii.s'.
d grace and charm its use gives lne ms ~ &c
'Serenely / fold my hands ana wa Wal l.;
Replace it by some other word as III =. - =,
stance Calmly 1 fold my hands ana wait
and see how much the line loses ,,,.....
Tranquil and its noun tranquility
are two more words that 1 love
Rose" and saffron are color WORDS
which to me possess richness anu poel i'
| charm which their synonyms entireiy
| lack. The dictionary says that salroh
4 means "a deep orange-yellow. surrey
/ even the most prosaic person wlll ADMIT
! that Saffron is Tar more pedutllut
| way to express that color than deep
orange yellow Rose" of course, Is
| the equivalent of pink but replace It
nv mink in ..And all the western sky was
| streaked with rose" and see now much
beauty you lose
| Peace is a word which l love almost
| as well as serene" 4 suppose in this
| case it must be wholly the associations,
since the word is too short ana slpliaht ~
| be intrinsically musical, but Whatever the
| reason, it seems to me as If there were
| a benediction for troubled spirits in the
| word itself. 1 like to read that verse IN
| Holm XIV aloud whenever 1 come upon
iit-.sPeace leave with you, my peace
/ give unto YOU not as the world gwen
| give 7 unto you. Let not your heart De
| troubled, neither let it be afraid And
I confess 1 have often gone to church
largely for the pleasure OF boWlnS my
head under the comforting music OF that
| wonderful phrase THE peace that
passeth all understanding.
| What words do you love2 Surely in the
light of this talk you have already dis
| covered some Send me some of your
favorites and some day we VIII compare
them in these columns and see what Eng
Iish words have won special place IN
! the hearts of the American people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29

Tt takes a bride with q vivid imagl-
nation thinks the Glen Elder Sentlnel,
to keep on believing 1t is stlil tne
honeymoon when she is busy at the
wash tub
The little boy was on his knees in
his little night dress saying ms
PRAYERS, and his little sister could not
resist the temptation to TICKLE tne sos
of his feet, relates the Enterprise
push. He stood it as long as he could
and then said: please God, excuse
me. while l knock the stufting out OF
Nellie
Mayor Billiard Of Topeka is running
for governor on the issue that every
man should have his Ticker says the
Dodge CITY Globe, and it continues: Ii
the thing proves very popular there
will be some other candidate in the
field with the proposition that every
man should have all the Ticker ne
wants free.
When a Burr Oak woman, relates
the Herald Of that place, learned that
the Mutt and Jeff" pictures were 70
be s-own at the Electric, she Woll elssa
ed why steps were not taken TO pre-
vent the exhibition of those horrlo
eeI,+ oict1res" And still some peo-
ME insist that women don't take an
interest in puglllsm. 7o,,,--
Editor Brady of the Lawrence jour
na1Wor1d is in terrible rage because
of the suggestions of Walt Mason ana
BilI White that Grounding day pc
made a legal holiday. Ed1JOF DIduS
thinks that no consideration should De
given to Grounding day in this re-
spect until St Patriek's Day has been
made a legal holiday. Editor Kelley OF
| the Toronto Republican IS likely TO IN
| sist that this honor be first given TO
St. Swithen's Day. That's his favorlte-
Related by the Harrington Sun; You
want to eat lots of jackra bbits, said a
| friend to Warren Test, as he passed
/ him on the street the other day. NOT
crashing the significance of the remark
| at first Mr. Test inquired why he maze
the suggestion. Being a candidate
for sheriff you want to eat the food
that produces speed replied his friend
Even Ben Davis apples will taste
good next winter, thinks the Alma sig
nal. thereby placing itself in the fore
of the 1912 apple crop killers
Reported by the Oberlin Times: A
widow iadv in Oberlin kept losing
chickens night after night and set a
trap, believing that they were stolen;
| being suspicious of a neighboring bach
elor Had she caught the one she sus-
pected she had planned to take advant-
age of Leap Year and take him in
Downing her prettiest gown in the
morning she went to Investigate her
! CATCH when. to her surprise. she had
a four legged skunk instead of the one
she suspicioned. Bitter disappointment
is sure to follow hopeful anticipation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
KANSAS COMMENT
TWO LESSONS CONVEYED

TWO LESSONS CONVEY ED
That wealthy Austrian nobleman VIZ VIZ
Travelled to this country by Storage Be~ee
as his reason for his apparently Stranee
action that tone gets tired of society SOME
times and that he wanted TO see for MIN
self how his poor brothers and their
families were doing.
That twofold reason conveys It's lessons;
1t shows first OF all that society with al
its glamor and excitement does not satls-
~ the true man woman because II
does not minister TO the higher nature.
And the other lesson is that II one Wouio
know how his brother man lives he must
get in close touch with him.
True is the saying that 'one mar OF ths
world does not know how the other hNes,
and as a general proposition that may
hold good. But within the limited area
of almost any community II ought not
to be true. People should know how otn-
ers live, not in any spirit OF prylns OF
idle curiosity. but in the spirit OF heip-
fulness. ,..
The Indifference too frequently. display
ed to the welfare of others Is large
N accountable for so much destltu-
ton and depravity, especially IN
large cities. Very fortunately N
terest is rapidly growing in social ques-
lions, humanitarianism is more geneIa al
and at the same time more practically as
played, and state and other legislation
| for the wellbeing of the people Is more
pronounced than il used to be. And All
because OF the increased desire to know
how the poor brother is doing that his
/ lot may be bettered.-Norton County
| News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFrom the Chicago News.1
A wise man always knows when he has
had enough.
Affront a vindictive man and he viii get
back at you.
Many a man with airshIp ambitions has
toy balloon abilities
The harder a woman is to please the
less a sensible man will try.
A married man doesn't mind wash day
dinne-at a downtown cafe
If a girl is popular with men it's a sure
sign she isn't with other girls.
It doesn't take much nerve to call
man a Har-over the long distance phone.
a married man says that second
thoughts are best in q case Of love at
first sight
There probably never was a man 50
wise that some woman couldn't teach him
a few things.
A fon1elv woman must be smart in or
der to prevent the world from discovering
her lack of beauty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29

dress. They told me you were in New
York and that was an ,,a~a
4 wouldn't let any one but Ne en-
know" said Hester. 7 told ne~ 70 'e''
you -.z7,d
Vera? ?" he asked. and as she n nc zoe q
she saw his eyes grow HARD, put IL 80
not until long after that he told ae II vim
her trusted school friend had trleu " -ift in,
him for herself, and that she mao W, W.
held the address of his former sweeeltesih ~.
Kind Mrs. Adams, deep in the my ~ ~, .
of Fridays cleaning, was startled ~ 80 -, :
sound of an automobile horn at the Ai0iis
door.
Hester came in beaming- 49, a.
..It,s Rex she said. and, ReX' ms =
dear Mrs. Adams. She has been so KIM
to me-" -. 1o1tov,ed
Rex insisted that tired, economics 80, ~ ,
Adams should give up her poor o lu lons
ing house and come and be nouseseSSPSs
for himself and Hester He lntenoeu ~
buv a big country place, he sala, a an
there would be many servants 70 iiiaAisl7
Did Mrs Adams think she couid
And Mis- Adams wept tears OF JOY
II told YOU you would be queen, IseS
said TO Hester that night. "and Whll re, ,
can't give you a real throne, dear RESI-, 49,
shan reign in my heart forever [-stCoPs
righted, 1912, by Associated 1AterarS
PreSS.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
RY TIE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

In view of what happened to him a
year ago, it appears that Hon Stubbs
business call to the far east was for
tunate- he will not have to be hooted
down on the '29th of Kansas" and
Dave Leahy has been the goat so long
that he is used to it.
1t appears also that our chief ex-
ecutive will get little padding from
Wall Street. That he who butts in
gets nothing but a headache" has
been demonstrated so often that he
should refrain from attempting to
name a president.
One may notice. by special effort.
that the minority reports rejecting
upon the majority of our city commits
sion are a bIamesight fewer since it
has been discovered that the minority
is equally culpable.
In other words, no one enjoys pull
ing his own tooth, no matter how
much he may enjoy the operation up
on another.
Dave Leahy gets $4,000 per year;
he has been left the job of UNFOLDING
the administration tonight, and will
earn his whole salary in less than ten
minutes. (No chance they will let him
speak longer.)
Even a picture-malzer. (so-called
artist is up against it when it comes
to drawing the line between "extrava-
CANT" and 'stingy".
We have BARRIERS word for it that
it takes just as long to cut hair short
No matter how nervy the man, he
becomes a snivelling BOBBY as soon as
| he finds some woman who VIII en-
courage him to whine and beef about
| his pains and aches.
In other words, man has an irres1st-
ible temptation to weep on some wo-
mans shirt waist.
The reason some political job-hold-
ers take to the lecture platform is tha'
it bores them to remain idle all the
| time.
And the reason some people (busi-
ness of pointing to self try to write
paragraphs while entertaining a iarg'
| and enthusiastic family OF Grlppes, l.
because cyanide of potassium and I'M
As are considered bad form and tene
to abrogate an insurance policy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
BR THE ATcH1soN GLOBE.

An old horse can swear a lot with rs
ears.
Some loafers try to blame their iaziness
on Hard Luck.
1t isn't the last words OF famous men
that make them famous.
1t is rather difficult to compromise with
a rebeliious stomach.
A farmer boys notion OF a sinecure Is
job where there are no chores.
Our pioneer ancestors had their draw
backs. but they could afford furs.
IF mans ambition doesn't make min
work harder. II doesn't amount to much.
The mere fact that you don't get your
work done doesn't prove that you have
too much to do.
While one should not be discouraged ny
failure don't chcerfully take up that line
as your regular occupation.
From the time a boy thinks his father
knows it all until he thinks he knows
nothing, doesn't seem very long 20 the
Old Man.
Another prerogative OF greatness fs the
ability to spring an ancient wheeze or
canned chestnut as the original article IN
humor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29

NOW COMES THE TIME.
Now comes the gladstone time when all
The quiet of the dell
Is shattered into fragments small
By politicians yell:
Now comes the gladstone time when men,
In talking schedule K,
Upon the street cars argue-then
Draw blood in shameless way
Now comes the time when one can hear
From San Fran to New York,
The "A" note sounded loud and clear
Upon the tuning fork;
For now the quartet studies deep
Ger tariff rights and wrongs.
And soon will put the world to sleep
With sundry comic songs.
Now comes the time when Pullman plat
Forms sag with genius great,
When a man will leave comfy flat
To hear his choice crate;
Now comes the time when through the
land
None saws wood or makes hay;
Alack. years fly to beat the band,
As VIII Shakespeare would say:
Denver Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
FROM OTHER PENS
EQUAL SUFFRAGE IN SWEDEN.

EQUAL. SUFFRAGE IN SWEDEN
A tremendous impetus is bound TO be
given to the woman suffrage movement
the world over by the speech Of the king
of Sweden at the opening OF the riks-
dag. wherein legislation enfranchsing
women is advocated. King GustaNe. IL Is
explained, entertains the belief that. in
the best interests Of the state women
should be placed upon am equality with
men, and at his instance. therefore. "a
bill granting equal suffrage and making
women eligible to public Office viii be In
troduced and supported by the ministry.
That Swedish opinion should force such
a departure is not surprising, for the
tendency to recognize the claims Of wo-
manhood TO more independent position
has long been more marked in Sweden
than in any other country Thirty years
ago. when Madame Novalevsky, the Rus
sian mathematician, whose prize thesis
at the Sorbonne was the wonder Of the
day knocked in vain at the doors Of other
European universities. the University OF
Stockholm took her i'm and gave her a
professorship, the duties OF which she
discharged with the highest distinction
Since then the woman professor has
ceased % he an anomaly.-Pittsburg
Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
ADVERT ESLNG TALKS

Mr. John Daniels. Jr.. head or tho New
York firm bearing his name, said to me
the other day:
Don't you think it would be fine
thing for the merchants in every commun-
ity to get together once a year and have
d q genuine rsu"'0" gust as inc Veterans
'sit around the campfire. as it were;
swap stories. tell one another how In
competitive way, one got the better OF
the other: slap each other on the back;
get right down to real good fellowship
Competition is war in a way some
times II leaves wounds. Unless the
wounds are healed. the war goes on and
becomes bitter. But around the campfire
at the reunion bitterness disappears,
and war. after the reunion, is not 80
fierce. Each year it viii come nearer to
elimination.
more than they do2 1t would do all of
rs a lot of good to meet our fellows in a
This Is a suggestion which all business
men should heed Getting together-act-
ing toward one another as though each
ers-is a mighty fine thing. 1t helps bus
mess.
e1-ervv here-why not business menu Why
Wouldn't IL be a good thing for business
men and advertising men TO have "a sort
of reunion in every community every
wouldn't there be a better understand
standing between the two forcesl lnas-
much as one force is dependent upon the
other. business men and advertising men
should he closely allied. and they are
getting closer all the time. because each
recognizes in the other need.
Just think how quickly the stability of
advertising rates would be established
Just think how soon would cease all
doubt as to what this that merchant
paid for advertising, And how soon would
cease the chickering's on both sides. For
Using men putting all the cards on the
it is impossible to meet on "a friendly
basis without both merchants and adver-
table.
(To be continued.)