Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Vol. 111 Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Ad vance. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class matter April 12, 1906, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY! UNION!!! The broad and progressive policies of Prof. Condon in conducting the public schoo's of this City, which has made them second to none in the land will withstand all the attacks of all the Mufflys and Rafferties that have ever been created and that will be here after. The colored brother cannot be enthused at least for sometime to come over the election of any man to public office in these parts. The gambling interests headed by two Great Captains have temporarily ceased hostilities and the work of trimming suckers is going on under a flag of truce on upper Main St. The effort to discredit Superintendent Condon has died a birning; his splendid work at the head of our shools is appreciated by all and he has confidence of the masses of all the people, and in this case the PEOPLE RULE. The City Election The election for Monday, of alderman, while it is not evoking the interest of an election where there is a mayor and other officials to elect, is just as important, for upon the complexion of the council depends the course of the administration. It is therefore important that all voters should select the best material to transact the affairs of the city. Partisanship is, in a measure, thrown aside, and the men who stand for the future progress of the city are more sought for than the mere fact of what party they represent. While some of our people are apathetic, and express discouragement as to their recognition in things political, they should, over and above all these things, stand for the progress of their city and their homes, and turn out and vote for the men whom they think will stand for a greater and better Helena. The opening of the Flathead reservation in the near future will be another opportunity for our people to procure some of the public lands which are fast being taken up, and all should look well toward the date of this opening, and take a chance. Go in large numbers; someone is bound to get some of this land. FOR COUNCILMAN IN THE FIRST WARD Fred W. Schwartz the present Councilman in the first ward has been re-nominated for a second term by the republicans of that ward, and, having served the people faithfully and well is entitled to a re-election. He is a young man and has shown himself to be thoroughly alive to the interests of the people not only of that particular ward, but for the people of the entire city. Mr. Swartz has loyally supported the efforts of the present administration in procuring for the city a municipal water plant and stands with the masses for a better and greater Helena. He will receive a hearty support from all classes and we think he will be triumphantly elected to serve for another term. CHAS. J. GRIER FOR COUN CILMAN IN THE SECOND WARD The republican nominee for councilman in the second ward is Chas. J. Grier who has for 20 years been a resident of Helena. The people are fortunate in having a lawyer of Mr. Grier's ability to consent to serve in the council and no doubt will elect him for this position. He is wide awake to the needs of the city and will be valuable in assisting in conducting the affairs of this city at this time. Mr. Greir is entitled to a hearty support from all classes and if the voters of the second ward elect him they will make no mistake. BOB FISK FOR COUNCILMAN IN THE THIRD WARD Robert Fisk, the friend of every body and everybody's friend is up for re-election in the third ward, he has served as a member of the council from that ward for the past two years and has made for himself an enviable reputation, has been a leader in all movements for a greater and better Helena, and has at all times had a ear to all from the highest to the humblest who have had business concerning the city. Bob is wide awake to the interest of the city, a commoner who believes in all men up and no man down who we believe has a great future in local politics Everybody will do well to support Bob Fish in the Third Ward J. H. LONGMAID FOR COUN CILMAN IN THE FIFTH WARD The fifth ward republicans present J. H. Longmaid for their candidate in the fifth ward. He has served them so well in this position that they are loath to give up his invaluable services He stands for the best that there is in municipal government and has fearlessly stood in the van as an exponent of law and order. Me has been one of the real friends of our people in the city administration through his efforts serveral of our people have been given employment and in the future as well as in the past all can rest assured that as far as it lies in his power all shall have a square deal. have a square Do not fail to vote for Long maid. Helena, Montana, Friday, April 2, 1909 B. R. STREETS FOR COUNCILMAN IN THE SEVENTH WARD B. R. Streets has served the people of the seventh ward long and well and they have again presented his candidacy on the republican ticket. He has at all times stood for the progress of the city and so well was his course indorsed that he was much talked of for the mayorality a year ago. He hails from the most populous ward of the city and his experience makes it certain that the interests of that ward and city will be benefited by his continuation as alderman. He is entitled to the suport of all classes. POLITICAL NOTES Monday it is the battle of ballots again. The Fourth warders could have done better than defeat Dr. C. B. Miller, we take it that he is far superior than a cheap misfit and unreliable son of his father. A hint to the wise is sufficient. We would have no Lockey for ours how about you. One year more when the big battle is on. Bob Fisk is the right man in the right place. It looks like Schwartz, Gierer, Fisk, Longmaid and Streets will win in a walk. After all there is some politics in a city election even if it is only for aldermen. Mayor Corby of Butte is doomed to defeat and justly so, as he has absolutely failed to give any reconition whatever to those who were responsible for his election. The Judges big, little and great are all smiling because their office has been taken from the turmoil of politics. The republicans of the fourth ward are disintergrating when they put up such Skin Flints for office as Mr. Lockey, Jr. The Montana politician is yet to be born however who will go up against the proposition of bucking the tiger to the extreme of closing the wide open poker games running in defiance of law. Senator Murrill is spoken of for President of the Afro American Protective league. John Wendell the old war horse of the First Ward will be heard from again, as he is alive & at all times stands for the people. Next year will be an important one politically, as a successor to Senator Carter is to be elected. M. A. Witmer was up and doing all the time during the session of the Legislature. He can always be found doing his duty as a public servant. Note the contrast between the broad-gauged and progressive lawmaker to the measly, narrow contracted Mully type, and say which one should be chosen for a leader. The Helena Colored Band will hold a business meeting Monday evening. Mrs. Mamie Walton Jacobs is now a resident of Lewistown. There is a gentleman in town who answers promptly to the name Grey Hound. There is a movement on foot to organize among the colored capitalists a company to manufacture brick. The almalgamation of the whites, Chinese and Japanese is not frowned on at the up town poker games. It seems to be alright when the white man is getting the money. Grand Easter Services at St. James Church on Sunday evening and during the day. It is said that John Reid and Gus Mason formerly this City are conducting a pantatorium at Portland. Geo. Lee Jr. writes that he arrived safely in K. C. and is pleased with his new position. Black Patti and her company are headed this way. Mrs. James Ingram who has been on the sick list is convalescent. Although divorce proceedings have not been instituted it is said that Mr. and Mrs. H. Anderson have agreed to disagree. Mrs. M. A. Cole with the famous Dr. Draper is preparing to open a beauty parlor on Breckenridge Street. Wednesday evening at St. James church the permanent organization of the Montana Protective league will be effected. Chas Porter Growe announces that he is going to embarq in the charcoal business. The Plaindealer Directory now being compiled will be a revelation, get in your ads. Jas. Crump has accepted a position at the U. S. Federal building. Rev. Greenlea announces that the last quarter has been one of the most successful ones for the church for years. Mrs. M. Ingram Young is visiting in the city she will be here for a week. Letters are coming in here asking the whereabouts of C. F. Jones Billy Williams, well known in Helena will leave this week for Seattle. Jas. Marshall has left for Missoula. Wm. Johnson of the Great Northern dining crew laid over in Helena this week. Happy Anderson says it is the tall timber for him and that he leaves Monday. It is rumored that the wedding wedding bells will soon toll again in Helena, one of our popular young belles playing the leading role. Andrew Green is house wrecking this week. Next week we shall print the story of Helena's great marble king. Grandma Warren has returned from a long visit to her old home in Missouri where she visited her children and grand children. The New York Dry Goods Store. Helena, Mont. Our Redoubled Efforts Make this the Most Exceptional Money Saying Fur Sale Ever Offered the Discriminating Fur Buyer. 1 PROGRESSIVE IN PENNSLYVANIA Large Number of Colored People Live at Johnston, that They Own a Great Deal of Property, Are Industrious and Have High Social Rank. To the Editor—Johnston, Pa., is a prosperous and thriving place. It is situated about fifty miles from Pittsburg, burg, and has a population of colored people numbering twelve hundred and they own two hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of property in the town. Some of those who own splendid homes are Mr. A. L. Harris, Mr. John Russell, Mrs. Smith, Mr. John Cook, Mr. C. W. Cook, Mrs. G. Long Mr. Walter Penn, Mrs. Mahoney Mr. Eugene Terrell, Mrs. Flipper, Mr. T. H. Moore is prominent colored Lawyer of Johnstown, he is a graduate of Howard University, Washington D.C. There are two colored churches one is the A. M. E. Zion Church of which Rev. W. A. Pringle is the pastor, and the other is the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Rev. J. H. Coleman pastor There are seventy-five colored men who work in the coal mines and the steel mills. John Cook Geo. Miller are painters and decorators. Mr. W. Penn is a contractor. Mr. Miller owns and conducts a restaurant, Mr. Clinton Waugh conducts a coal yard business Mr Wilson Duke conducts a teaming and transfer business. There one Masonic lodge of A. F. & A. Masons one Household af Ruth. One chapter of Eastern Star, one Oldfellow lodge, one Knights Pythias lodge, and Queen Esther court of Daughter of Sphinx, of which Mrs. Frances Penn is the Worthy Grand Matron; Mrs. F. Long is Most Worthy Vice Grand Matron; Mr. Cook' 33, is the Illustrious Patron of Queen Esther Court of Daughter of Sphinx, This Court is one of most progressive and leading societies among the colored people. It has out large somes of money in the past four or five years for charitable benevolent purposes This Court is presided over by some ery brilliant and distinguished color No.47 CARACUL FUR SETS Large Muff and Stole. Regular $10.00 Values 6.50 MISSES' FUR SETS Sets Made of Imitation Ermine 6.50 CHILDREN'S FUR SETS Of Brown Imitation Squirrel 3.75 BABY FUR SETS Angora Fur 1.50 ed ladies such as Mrs. Lena Harris Mrs. Ellen Cook Poole Mrs. Frances Penn and the late Mrs. S. Slaughter There are six barber shops, and Mr. Daniel Parker, conduct the real estate business. They have Shiloh Consistory of thirty second degree Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons a temple of the Mystic Shrine and a council of Cryptic Rite Massns which are all in a prosperous condition with a large membership. The leading colored people in Johnstown Pa. are; Mr. A. L. Harris Mrs. Ella Cook Poole, Mrs. Lena Harris, Mr. D, Parker, Mr. R, Terrel Mr. S. Hundy, Mr. Wm. Banks Mr. Pool Mr. Page Hall, Mr. Andrew Duke. Mr. Geo. Miller, Rev. W. A. Pringle, Rev. J. H. Coleman, Mr. C. W. Cook, Mrs. F. Penn, Mr. Clinton Waugh Mrs. P. Bundy, Mrs. M. Hill Mrs. T. H. Moore, Mrs. Smith Mrs. Flipper Mrs. G. Long, Mr. John Russle and Mr. Eugene Terrel. Johnstown is the home of Mrs. Lena Harris, the Most worthy Supreme Grand Matron of the Supreme Grand Court of Daughters of Sphinx of North and South America, Mrs. Harris is one of the most cultured and progressive colored ladies in the State of Pennsylvania. She is connected with number of enterprises and societies for the betterment of the colored people in various parts of the country. John G. Jones. MANHATTAN CIUB MOVED INTO THEIR NEW QUARTERS. The Manhattan Club have moved in to their new quarters at 17 S. Main St which place is splendidly appointed and is being fixed up so that when their grand opening takes place all will join in saying that they have the finest quarters of any social club in entire west. Every modern convenience; the billiard rooms, reading, and bath up to date in every respect, also private dining room for the convenience of its members. FARM AND GARDEN Pruning Large Limbs To ensure rapid healing in the plant after pruning it is necessary that all wounds should be left smooth. If it is necessary to use a saw in removing a large limb the cut surface should be left smooth and clean, particularly around the edges. The sharper the saw the cleaner will the cut be and this should in turn be made smoother by the use of a pruning knife or a sharp chisel, as the healing process starts quicker and progresses more rapidly when this precaution is observed. It frequently happens that in order to obtain the best results in removing large branches, two cuts should be made. The limb may be sawed off 18 inches or 2 feet above the point of its origin in order to prevent splitting down and tearing off a considerable part of the bark. After the weight of the limb has been lessened by cutting away the HINT ON PRUNING. main part a second cut can be made and the stub held in position until the cut is completed. The evil results of splitting can frequently be overcome by cutting first on the under side of the limb and then on the upper side as shown in the illustration. Oleomargarine Versus Butter. Oleomargarine is a perfectly legitimate product, and when made of good material and under sanitary conditions, greatly to be preferred to poor butter. The only "kick" coming here from the consumer is when oleomargarine, be it ever so good, masquerades under the gulse of butter and is sold at the same price. In Illinois most drastic laws have recently been passed relating to the sanitary condition of butterline and ice cream factories. The Worcester (Mass.) Board of Trade goes still further in its crusade for sanitary surroundings for the manufacture of ice cream, when it says: "All establishments in which ice cream is manufactured shall be equipped with facilities for the proper cleansing of the hands of the operatives, and all persons immediately before engaging in the mixing of the ingredients entering into the composition of ice cream or its subsequent freezing and handling shall thoroughly wash his or her hands and keep them cleanly during such manufacture and handling. All such persons shall be dressed in clean outer garments while engaged in such manufacture and handling." Here is surely a move in the right direction which every woman will indorse. Bee Culture. Although there is no fortune to be expected in bee culture, the business is one of profit. The raising of bees is one of the most interesting of pastimes and also one that pays well for the investment. Honey is, perhaps, the purest and richest of all sweets and should be found on every farm. Of course, farmers cannot be expected to maintain large apiaries, though they should always have a few hives. What is not consumed on the farm can always be sold. Half a dozen or so colonies of bees in well-arranged hives is sufficient to begin the bee business. In fact, they are about what the average farmer should keep. Before embarking in the business, however, it is advisable to become posted as much as possible. This can be done by studying books and papers on bee culture and by visiting some aplary conducted by a man who knows the business. Airing the Eggs. Many beginners do not understand why the eggs in the incubator should not be turned or alred after the eleighteenth day. The reason is that at this time the chicks are getting ready to "zip" the shells, and they shape themselves around so as to pip on the upper side of the shell first. Should the eggs be moved when the chicks are about to hatch the bill may be torn. The fluid will naturally flow to the opening and dry them there, holding the chick's head tight. It does not take long to shut off life in this condition. Census of Fowls. According to the last census, there are 233,508,005 chickens of laying age in the United States. These are valued at $70,000,000, and the eggs they lay would, if divided, allow 203 eggs annually to every person—man, woman and child—in the United States. The value of all the fowls, $25,800,000, would entitle every person in the country to $1.12 if they were sold and the proceeds divided. All the weight of the animal products exported—the pork, beef, tallow, ham, bacon and sausage—weigh 846,800 tons, while the weight of eggs laid yearly tips the scales at 970,363 tons. anitr from whey Butter from whey At Rodman Village, Jefferson County, New York, the St. Lawrence Dairy Products Company has erected a plant for the manufacture of butter from whey, and about twenty-five factories are supplying it with separator cream taken from whey. The butter made is said to be equal to best creamery butter. The loss of butter-fat in cheese-making has long troubled factorymen, it being found impossible to incorporate all the fat in the cheese. The new system appears to have solved the question, and patrons are netting about 2½c additional per 100 pounds from this source. The whey is said to be worth as much for feeding as before, and does not sour as soon, being run through the separator at a higher temperature than under the old method, retarding the action of lactic acid. About four pounds of butter is obtained from 1,000 pounds of whey. The Hen's Health. Dr. Salmon of the Bureau of Animal Industry lays down this rule for telling the health of the bird by its droppings: The condition of the droppings furnishes a good indication of the hen's health. They should be of sufficient consistency to hold their shape, but should not be too solid. In color they should be dark, tapering off into grayish white. If the droppings are soft or pasty, and of a yellowish or brownish color, it indicates too much carbo-hydrates or a lack of meet. If, on the other hand, the droppings are watery and dark, with red splashes of mucus in them, it indicates too much meat. A greenish, watery diarrhoea usually indicates unsanitary conditions either in the surroundings, the feed or the water. Transplanting Trees. In transplanting old trees it is desirable to save all possible roots and to have these disturbed as little as possible. In the case of young fruit trees, however, good growth may be secured if the roots are well cut back. One may not fear then to cut away all broken, mangled, dried or dead parts of the root system in setting young trees. In fact, a tree is better off without such dead parts. If the trees have been so handled that all main roots and small fibrous ones are fresh, if they show no signs of having dried out and especially if the cuts show healing or if new rootlets are beginning to start there will be little need of pruning the roots at the time of setting. Cement Hog Wallow. A recent introduction in several up-to-date farm yards are cement hog wallows. They are supplied periodically with fresh water and the approaches are made by pounding cobble stones into the earth to prevent mud mixing in with the water. Sometimes lice remedies of an oily nature are poured in the wallow with the water. Being lighter, of course, the antiseptic stuff floats and the hogs can't go in without getting an oily coating all over them. This is objectionable, unless the remedy is harmless to the hog, inside as well as out, because hogs will sometimes drink from the wallow; but even this is taken advantage of by using lice killers.—Journal of Agriculture. Make the Horse Eat Slowly. If your horse has the habit of bolting his feed you can easily remedy it by making a self-feeder on his feed box. The accompanying drawing shows how a feeder may be made similar to a poultry feed hopper. The contrivance may be made of inch HOLDS ONE FEED. HOLDS ONE FEED. The accompanying drawing shows how a feeder may be made similar to a poultry feed hopper. The contrivance may be made of inch boards large enough to hold one feed. The horse can get the grain only in small quantities and so cannot eat it more rapidly than he should. The bottom must be made with enough slant to insure all of the feed coming out in the trough.—Farm and Home. Difficult Churning. To those who are unsuccessful in churning I would like to give my recipe. Always set the fresh milk on the stove and heat it, not to the boiling point, but just hot, before straining or separating. This causes more and thicker cream to gather. I am sure you who try this will experience no further trouble in getting butter, as it comes quickly and sure. Small quantities of cream may be churned by stirring in a crock if treated in this simple way.—Exchange. China's Peanut Crop Peanuts form one of the largest crops over a large part of the northern provinces of China, and enter rather heavily into both the China coast and foreign trade. They go chiefly to Russian Pacific ports, Siam, Japan and Great Britain. Of the peanut oil the United States buys $500,000 worth a year. Poultry Pickings. Fat hens and lots of eggs are now apt to go together. Cooked beans are rich feed for hens. Have some for use by and by. There are hogs among hens. Any among yours? Get them out where they cannot rob those that are slower eaters. "Dry" hens and those that lay ought not to be fed alike. Separate them and feed according to the business that is being done. Sometimes the old ring-streaked and speckled hen will lay the best of any in the yard; but don't conclude that always ought to be true. Breed does tell, in hens as well as in everything else. TRUMPET CALLS Ram's Horn Sounds a Warning Note to the Unredeemed. The profane man is everywhere the devil goes. No tears are ever shed for the chick that dies in the shell. The man who is willing to be carried might as well have no legs. If every man lived in the right way, no boy would live in the wrong way. The devil can't pick the lock that guards the treasures of the righteous. The man who is waiting to do a big lot of good all at once will never do any. The sinner on the avenue is just as much a sinner as the sinner in the slums. Some people spend so much time in counting the mileposts they miss all the scenery. When the snail makes a mile it is a mile just the same as when made by the automobile. There is blessing in being rich, and strong and gifted, but there is more in being none of these and yet doing better than they. The man who pays his debts and lets booze alone is helping to bring the world to the place where the lion and the lamb will lie down together. The man who looks to the Lord for his daily bread will not be found sawing off the end of his yardstick to make it easier for the dollars to find his pocket. Travelers in Africa find the standard of living somewhat different from what they are accustomed to at home. One of the latest to report upon this matter is Mary Hall in her book, "A Woman's Trek from the Cape to Cairo." The following paragraphs reflect a strong light upon the condition of market and kitchen in British Central Africa: When the native butcher proposes to kill an ox, notice to that effect is sent round to the white people on the previous day. Once they were apprised of the fact by the following startling announcement: "A bule will be murdered tomorrow morning at 6 a. m." This cold-blooded crime, so carefully premeditated—even to the exact hour—was, however, not committed, as the following morning a second notice was issued, as follows: "The bule ran away this morning, so was not murdered." But this was an exceptional case. I heard one story which is so characteristic of the native that I repeat it. The man who related it told me that the incident occurred when he was on a journey, and was suffering from a bad attack of fever. One evening he fancied he would like some eggs, and told his boy to get two and boll them lightly. After a time they were brought to him as hard as bullets. He told the boy he must get some more and boll them less; but alas! these were brought to him in the same condition, and the poor fellow wished he had never ordered them at all. Being unwilling to give in, he made another attempt, and told his boy, "Come to me when the water boils." The boy did so. "Now," said his master, "put the eggs in, and when you have counted fifty, take them out." The native method of reckoning is to count up to ten, and then begin again, arriving at the total by the number of tens counted. The sick man heard the boy start fair and get as far as four tens, when a second boy interfered, and questioned whether it were the third or fourth ten. This started a discussion; and as they could not agree, it was decided to begin all over again. Meanwhile the eggs were still boiling, and getting harder and harder. This was about the last straw, and ill as the man felt, he was compelled to get out of bed and put a summary end to the cooking operations. A Curious Vane. One of the most curious vanes to be seen on any church in Great Britain is at Great Gonerby, a parish adjoining Grantham. It is in the form of a fiddle and a bow and is unusually large. Its history is curious. Many years ago a peasant resided in Great Gonerby who eked out a modest livelihood by performing on an old violin which was almost a part of his life. At last he decided to emigrate, and out in the far west prospered and became a rich man. One day he sent to the clergyman at Great Gonerby a sum sufficient to build a church, and attached to the gift the curious condition that a metal replica of his old fiddle and bow should be on the summit of the edifice. The gift was accepted and the vane may be seen on the church. A Case of Urgent Need. It was in the hotel of a Western mining town that the New England guest, registering in the office, heard a succession of loud yells. "What in the world is that—a murder going on upstairs?" he demanded. "No," sald the clerk, as he slammed the book and lounged toward the stairs. "It's the spring bed up in Number Five. That tenderfoot up there don't get the hang of it, and every few days he gets one o' the spiral springs screwed into him like a shirt stud. I guess I'll have to go up, if there ain't anything more I can do for you for a few minutes." THE FARMER'S BOY. In Many Instances He Has a Mile idea of Life. taken lives of city boys. The great trouble with country boys is that they are not aware of the circumstances under which the city boy is compelled to live and work if he has to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. The idea held up to the country boy is to go to town and get a nice easy, soft snap such as So-and-so has. How many of them do it? Not one in a thousand. Far more go there to find work in some close, stagnant mill, to sweat amid the fumes of steam or tobacco smoke, or perhaps in some from mill or foundry, surrounded by the curses of their fellow men, toll out a weary day of eleven or thirteen hours and after the day is over go home—and to such a home! Up some little back street in a bandbox built of brick and named a house more than likely our workman has his home, there to pass away the weary hours of the night amid the heat and stagnation of probably a filthy street only a few feet wide, hot, close and dirty. In any large city on some sultry night one may see the workmen and their families in these little narrow city streets stretched about the steps and pavements in all conditions. These are not slums either, but fairly respectable neighborhoods. To such a condition of life many of our country boys have gone, and many more are to-day preparing to go. Fair pay and big pay envelopes? Not it these times. If our city laborer aver ages $12 a week he is a lucky man. Tens of thousands get less rather than more. Country boy, before you make the change, in the name of that country you have been taught to hold in reverence, look and do not leap! If you understand farming there are just as many chances on the land to be worked out as there are in the city. This is a great country, and if you do not like the kind of farming you are working at there are many others. If you belong to a family that follows the grind, grind system of all work and no play, when you reach your major and start for yourself follow up an easier system. Do not condemn country life just because you have beer unfortunate enough to be brought up in the home of a man who knows nothing but grind. Do not overlook the fact that if such a man was your boss in the city he would grind your life away. Long, long before you were 22 years old you would be occupying some six feet of green turf, where at last you would not hear the dreaded call and curse of the boss. Country life may not be and probably is not what many would like to color it; but, all things being equal, it is far preferable to city life. That is just where it comes in. City life is never compared with country life or an equal plane. Remember that if you must work in the country for a living you will have to work in the city for one, too, and if you possess the ability in yourself to rise above the ordinary workman in the city that same ability will carve out a home for you in the country. Look before you leap, consider all things, and if you are sure you can better yourself in the city go; if not, stay on the old farm. INLAND CITIES AS SEAPORTS. A Proper Outlay on Internal Waters World Bring Mannequins Returns We are spending hundreds of millions of dollars upon Panama, partly as a military measure, partly to enable ships to save two transfers and a railhaul in carrying between the east and west coasts, partly in a spirit of idealism—desiring to give a great free roadway to the world, says John L. Matthews in Success. If we spent an equal sum or even less upon our internal waters under a systematic plan of conservation we would make virtual seaports of Sioux City, Omaha, Kansas City, Pittsburg, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Chicago; would save all the transfers and overland rail haul which now burden the grain of the northwest and the iron of Pittsburg; would make it possible for gunboats of considerable size to hasten to points nearly everywhere in the interior of the country and to defend with equal force the shores of the great lakes and those of the gulf; and in the end we would have, not from tolls, but from the by-products of our industry, a net return of more than the original capital every year to nation, state and individual. We know from long and careful observations, at what times water will fall—a vast amount in spring and very little in autumn and winter. Our task is so to conduct it that there shall be at all times a fairly standard amount in the great rivers; that it shall do, in passing to the sea, all the good it is capable of to agriculture, forestry, commerce and in the development of power; and that it shall be prevented from doing any damage by soil wash or by any other means. Exercise for Nervousness Exercises conscientiously gone through in your bedroom night and morning, a few breaths of fresh air taken every day in the open air, and a brisk, even walk, during which care is peremptorily banished from the mind, will either separately or collectively accomplish much, if not more, toward reducing nervous illls than a sea voyage under the best conditions. Alike in One Way. "He's quite wealthy and prominent now," said Mrs. Starvem, "and they say he rose practically from nothing." "Well, well!" remarked Mr. Border. "That's just what I rose from—at the breakfast table this morning."—London Answers. YOUNGFOLKS Grammar in Rhyme. Three little words you often see Are articles, a, an, and the. A noun's the name of anything As school, or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun. As great, small, pretty, white or brown. Instead of nouns the pronouns stand— His head, her face, your arm, my hand. Verbs tell something to be done— To read, count, laugh, sing, jump, or run. How things are done, the adverbs tell, As slowly, quickly, ill or well. Conjunctions join the words together, As men and women, wind or weather. The preposition stands before The noun, as in or through the door. The interjection shows surprise. As, Oh, how pretty! Ah, how wise! The whole are called nine parts of speech. Which reading, writing, speaking teach. Patrick's Constellation. A teacher in the first grade of a Chicago grammar school told the children the other afternoon about the wonderful constellation Orion, the hunter, which rises on the southeastern horizon throughout the winter months, and stalks in shining glory through the sky at night. She told of the hunter's belt of stars, and his mighty club which is continually upraised as he chases the constellation called the Bull through the heavens. The children listened open-mouthed and wide-eyed. Next morning, soon after the bell calling the class to order nad rung, a small boy put up his grimy hand and sheek it excitedly in the direction of the teacher's desk. "What is it. Patrick?" What is it that "Please, teacher, sure and I seen him!" was the excited rejoinder. "Who is it you have seen?" demanded the teacher in a tone patient but puzzled. "Why, O'Ryan, the fellow with the club an' the star what you was tellin' us about," exclaimed the observant Patrick. "Sure, an' he's the p'liceman on this beat." My Dog. This is a picture of my dog; 'Most every dog is fond of meat, But balls and stones and sticks and things Are all my doggie cares to eat. A Lost Spoon. A lady attended a state ball in a dress the skirt of which was arranged in perpendicular plats in front, stitched across at intervals, and, unknown to her, a gold teaspoon got lodged at supper in one of these pocketlike folds in the cloth. Of course, there was one spoon missing after the ball, and the fact caused great perturbation to the official in charge of the gold plate. The next spring the lady went to a drawing room in the dress she had worn at the state ball, and as she bent low before Her Majesty the plats of her skirt expanded and the gold spoon fell at the queen's feet. How They Found Each Other Never were two people fonder of each other than baby and grandfather. Therefore, you may know the consternation of baby when she learned that grandfather was lost; for didn't mother look out of all the windows, appear very worried, and say, "Dear me! I wonder where grandfather can be?" When no one was looking, baby toddled through the sitting room door, crawled backward down the porch steps and set off in a funny, brisk little trot toward the hayfield, creeping under the fence when she reached it. Small as she was, she understood that sometimes grandfather liked to work in the fields with the men, although mother said he mustn't do it. "Baby'll find him!" she said, speaking plainly for such a little girl. Half an hour later a colored boy named Joshua ran down the lane, leaped the fence into the hayfield, and came breathlessly up to an old man, who was diligently raking hay. "Mr. Billy," he gasped, "Miss Edith's most scared to death; the baby's lost!" "The baby lost!" cried grandfather for it was he. "You're sure she isn't about the house?" "Certain, sir." Grandfather let the rake drop from his hands. "I'll search for her," he said. "Go tell the men to come and help hunt baby." Joshua said. "Yes, sir," and was about to turn on his heel when something funny happened. Round the tall pile of hay that grandfather had near- ly finished came Miss Baby at full title, "I found him!" she screamed, gleefully. Grandfather caught baby in his arms, gave her a toes, and then perched the little maid on his shoulder, and thus the two of them went to the house. Mother met them in the Mother met them in the yard. "Baby found him!" she said, shaking her curls in triumph and hugging grandfather with gusto. "I'm very glad," said mother, kissing them both, "for indeed, grandfather, it is too hot for you to be raking hay." Grandfather, resting in the shade with baby playing at his feet, realized that it was surely a good thing that he, as well as baby, had been found and brought home.—Louise B. Boh Great Scheme "No, dear," said a mother to her sick child, "the doctor says I mustn't read to you." "Then, manma," begged the little one, "won't you please read to your self out loud?" THE CITY OF MEXICO English Capitalist Says It is a Delightful Place to Live. "For the past year I have been making my headquarters in Mexico and I have come to like the country so well that I shall, after returning home to wind up my affairs, go back there to stay permanently," said I. W. Hughes, a capitalist of London For "The City of Melxco, where I have spent much time, is a place of extraordinary attractions. During my whole sojourn there I felt that life was really worth living, even though I was in a measure barred from my chief pleasure, pedestrianism. One can't walk much in that place because of its great altitude. You are over a mile high there. The air is so deficient in oxygen that the heart must do greatly more than the normal amount of work, and after footing it a few blocks you are painfully aware of the fact by the way that the heart is thumping. That also accounts for the great numbers of horses and vehicles in the capital city. I say without fear of contradiction that there are more super-looking horses and luxurious equilpages in the City of Melxco than in any town of America or Europe. "The climate, too, is superb, about like a fine May day all the year round. The suburban homes are exquisite and are owned by a class of wealthy and highly refined people. The greatest drawback is the high cost of living. Every article used in the household is costly, and it takes quite as much to maintain a decent establishment down there as in New York City. Rents are simply obliterant. Rich Men. I can understand how men get ricken, writes Rev. Robert J. Burdette. I believe a good many men are rich who care no more for money than other men care for land, or other men care for the useless trinkets and toys of their fads, which they call "collections." They are led on by the thrill and the joy and the battle frenzy of the game. I can understand that, but it seems to me a man remains rich only because he associates largely with rich men. Poor men don't come into the bank. A man comes into the bank who has either money or credit. A man has to acquire a certain financial standing before he can saunter into the president's private room or loll into the board room. If the banker would change places with the preacher, he would learn that there is no such thing as wealth in this world; that when he went with a subscription book to the richest man in his congregation, the millionaire turned pale and considered to his pastor, as one kneeling in the confessional, all his haunting dreams of the almshouse. He would discover, as he went up and down the street, soliciting money for his poor that poverty, half-fed, three-quarter naked, and wholly penniless, stalked in the land. Setiling Siberla. A great new nation is forming in Siberia. One of the most gigantic migrations in history has been proceeding so quietly that the world generally has not noticed the movement. During twelve months over 500,000 Russians have gone to Siberia, or equal to half the number of immigrants the United States received during that period from the whole earth. Prince Vasslitchikoff, Minister of Agriculture, has furnished the Duna with the following figures of the migration across the Ural Mountains. For several years before 1906 it was 40,000 annually. In 1906 it was 180,000. In 1907 it was 400,000. In the first three months of 1908 it was 420,000, comprising 70,000 families. The accounts of Siberia brought home by the soldiers returning from the Russo-Japanese war impressed the poverty-streaked Moulliks with glowing ideas of Siberia's vast natural wealth. They also have little faith in the measures the grand council of the empire is taking to settle the burning aggrarian question. The emigrants seldom go singly or even in families, but gather in colonies for the exodus. A wise man ceases to be wise when he begins to boast of his wisdom. It's easier to say disagreeable thing than it is, to do them. DOSTAGE STAMPS and the POSTAL SYSTEM st years amps of ve varled use was n act of B.R. MAILS INCE the earliest years the postage stamps of this country have varied in design. Their use was sanctioned by an act of Congress March 3, 1847. A tentative issue had the appearance of New INCE the earlier the postage stamps of this country have varied in design. Their use was sanctioned by an act of Congress March 3, 1847. A tentative issue had been issued at the postoffice of New York and in St. Louis two years before, in 1845, and in Rhode Island in 1846. The first stamps issued were for 5 and 10 cents and bore the portraits of Franklin and Washington. At various times a complete series varying in price from 1 to 90 cents was issued. The portraits used on the stamps were those of Franklin, 1 cent; Jackson, 2-cent; Washington, 3-cent; Lincoln, 5-cent; Jefferson, 10-cent; Clay, 12-cent; Webster, 15-cent; Scott, 24-cent; Hamilton, 80-cent; Perry, 90-cent, and Stanton, 7-cent. Most of these portraits were drawn from marbles, but Stanton was reproduced from a photograph. Rowland Hill of England was founder of the modern postal system. England, accepting his scheme of postal reform, was the first country to introduce the system of delivering prepaid letters carrying postage stamps. A story has it that Sir Rowland was staying at an inn in northern England. While there he saw the postman deliver to his host's daughter a letter which she returned unopened, as she had not a shilling to pay for its delivery. Moved to compassion by the lingering fondness with which she turned the letter over in her hands, carefully studying every mark on its exterior, Sir Rowland tendered a shilling to the postman, who left the letter. Then the innkeeper's daughter, embarrassed by his kindness, explained that it was unnecessary. She and her brother, unable to pay postage had arranged a code of communication. While she handled the letter she had learned what he wished her to know. Whether this story be true or not, Sir Rowland Hill, who was only Mr. Hill at the time, as he was knighted later, early realized the inadequacy of the postal system of England and ardently advocated his system, under which postage should be prepaid. POPULAR SCIENCE M. Lacroix, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, read a paper before that learned society on the manufacture of sapphires. He has discovered practically the composition of the precious stone, and has succeeded in obtaining some specimens which almost resemble the real stone. It can not be said that M. Lacroix has yet discovered the exact process, for those which he has obtained would not impose upon a skilled lapidary who subjected them to a severe test. The climbing perch (Anabas Scandens), of which six examples have recently been received at the London Zoological Gardens, is an interesting case of a fish which is able to spend a considerable time out of its native element. The climbing perch is able to make some progress on land by the movement of its pectoral and ventral fins. It is even able to climb trees, and has been found in a palm tree several feet from the ground. It is difficult to get it to display these peculiarities in confinement. The little black people of Africa, so dramatically described by Stanley, are not the only pygmies produced by that wonderful continent. In Liberia and Sierra Leone are found pygmy hippopotamus, some specimens of which have recently been sent to England. These animals are described as being more like pigs in their habits than like their gigantic relatives. A good mud-hole is quite sufficient for them. They seem to prefer solitude in their native haunts, going about singly, and when two are seen in company they almost invariably consist of a mother and her calf. President Schurman of Cornell University calls attention to the need of the development of a type of engineer specially skilled in everything relating to hydraulics. Water, he remarks, is destined from now on to play a great part in the economic development of the United States. It is hereafter to be used on a vast scale for power and for irrigation, as well as for navigation. The maximum benefit to be got from the use of water will be sought in the East from navigation and power, and in the West from irrigation and power. One of the unexplained phenomena of what Prof. T. G. Bonney calls the "world's ice mantle," is the alternate advance and retreat of the glaciers. At present, says Prof. Bonney, only in Scandinavia, and perhaps at Mount B. This first governmental issue of stamped envelopes, stamped letter paper and adhesive labels or stamps in England was in 1840. Three years before, in 1837, stamped wrappers under the name of "go-frees" had been used experimentally and had been recommended to the chancellor of the exchequer for adoption by the government. In Dundee, a printer named James Chalmers printed stamps from ordinary type, washing their backs with gum. He showed them to his neighbors, but made no public mention of them until November, 1837. nine months after Sir Rowland Hill had drawn the attention of the commissioners of the postoffice to the possibilities of using such adhesive stamps when people bought unstamped envelopes to the postoffice. The postal system derives its very name from the posts placed along Roman roads to mark points where courlers took dispatches. But the modern postal system with its prepaid postage, with its system of levying postal tribute on the basis of weight and not distance, its letter boxes, its delivery of parcels and newspapers and money orders. Dates from Sir Rowland Hill. The earliest official notice of a postal service in the American colonies is found in the records of the general court of Massachusetts in 1639. The house of Richard Falkbanks in Boston was under the ruling of the court designated as the place for all letters brought from across the seas or to be sent thither. He was allowed a penny for every letter which he received or sent. In Virginia, every planter was required to provide a messenger to carry letters as they arrived at his plantation to the next one. He forfeited a hoghead of tobacco should he fail to do so. In 1672, the government of New York established a monthly post between New York and Boston. In 1692 the office of postmaster general for Ellas, are the glaciers beginning to advance in notable numbers. In the Alps a general retreat of the glaciers began about 1831. At first it was rapid, but the rate afterward slackened. Toward the end of the nineteenth century a glacier here and there slightly retraced its steps, but the majority are still either slowly shrinking or stationary. The remarkable fact that the earliest known ancestor, or primitive type, of the modern whale bore heavy armor on its back, in the form of strong, bony plates has recently been set forth by the German paleontologist, Dr. Abel. The plates occasionally found associated with the remains of the primeval form of whale have generally been regarded as having belonged to gigantic turtles, but the German investigations show that they were part of the skeleton itself. They resemble in their character the impenetrable bony shells of the huge glyptodonts that formerly inhabited South America. The suggestion is made that at the time when they carried armor whales were amphibious creatures, living on the coasts and needing special protection from breakers and from sharks. Seeing and Listening. "Here's a sort of queer thing," said a nearsighted man. "I am very near-sighted. Strong glasses are indispensable to me for ordinary, general seeing in my goings about, but when I sit down to read I take off my glasses and bring the print up to within the natural focus of the eye. It seems to me that reading with the natural eye I can read with a more intimate and a clearer understanding. "So much for my reading without spectacles, and now here is the thing that is queer to me. If when I am reading thus, with my glasses off, somebody comes along to speak to me, why, then, to get a clear understanding of that question I must have on my spectacles. my spectacles. "So I say, or I would say if this happened at home where I know the people, 'Wait a minute till I get on my spectacles,' and I would put them on and then say, 'Now go ahead,' and really, with my spectacles on, with my power of seeing at its best, with the sharpest definition of things in general to the eye, I get the clearest apprehension of things said to me. "So in reading I do best with my glasses off, but in understanding things said to me, in listening, I do best with my glasses on. There is one modification to this—where there is no light, as in a dark room, where I can't see, I can understand equally well with or without glasses."—New York Sun. America was created. Benjamin Franklin, who had been appointed postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737, was given the office in 1753. He visited all the important postoffices. Though his reforms made the office bring in a clear revenue, he was removed by the king in 1774, but shortly after was appointed to the same office by the Continental Congress. The first postmaster of the United States of America was Samuel Osgood. When he took charge of the department the country had seventy-five postoffices. The charge for the delivery of letters was based on distances covered and varied from 6 cents for thirty miles to 25 cents for 450 miles. Until 1863, distance was the basis of cost. In that year a uniform rate of postage ignoring the distance was fixed at 3 cents. Oct. 1, 1883, this was reduced to 2 cents. During the early days of Alaskan development, every letter delivered in Nome cost the government $1. Though the use of adhesive postage stamps was authorized in 1847, prepayment by stamps was not made compulsory until 1856. A uniform free delivery system was not instituted until 1863, though the penny post existed in a number of cities in 1862, the carriers remunerating themselves by the collection of a voluntary fee of from 1 to 2 cents for each piece of mail delivered. A convention held in Paris in 1878 made various improvements in the regulations and provided for a postal congress to consider revision of all pending rules at least every five years. The International Postal Union thus effected works constantly for the simplification and identification of postal systems. The rate fixed by the first convention, of 5 cents for each half unit of weight for ordinary letters still prevails, save that recently special conventions reducing it to 2 cents have been arranged between this country and England and this country and Germany HOW BABY FOOLED NURSE. Sterner Measures Needlemy. "Really," said Nervey. "I want you to be my wife. Come, now, don't say 'No.'" "Mr. Nervey," replied the helress. "I wouldn't think of saying 'No to you—' 'Ah!' "It wouldn't have any effect on you, so I think the best thing I can do is to tell for the police."—The Catholic Standard and Times. Cheap Board. New Curate—Can any of you tell me how much it costs to board an automobile here? Old Resident—About thirty dollars, I think. Young M. D.—But it only costs twenty-five to board a horse. Miss Stenographer—And it only costs five cents to board a trolley.—Success Magazine. The Only One. "You say your son is hard to manage, Mr. Jimis. Does he display any natural bent?" "Yes, I think he is going to be a crook."—Baltimore American. When a man goes to town to visit, it is thought funny if he remains two days, but a woman is expected to remain at least two months, and have parties given in her honor. The fools are not all dead yet, and, what is more, they never will be. Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton equally well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Ask dealer, or we send post paid at 10c a package. Write for free booklet, how to dye, bleach and mix colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Quincy, Illinois. Senator Beveridge, during a recent visit to Portland, talked about oratory. "The campaign," he said, "has given us oratory more remarkable for quantity than quality. True oratory is that which brings results, is that which converts an audience of enemies to an audience of supporters. Such oratory is rare. "I have a friend whose wife, a 'suffragette,' is a great orator. Her speeches from the platform are wonderful, and her husband, the other day, gave me an illustration of the efficiency of her private speeches. "An agent called on my wife this afternoon, he said, 'and tried to sell her a new wrinkle eradicator. "Did he succeed?" "He left in half an hour,' was the answer, 'with a gross of bottles of wrinkle eradicator of my wife's own manufacture that he had purchased from her.' CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hitchens He was one of those long, sad-faced men who never seem to be able to re ist talking to their fellow passenger in a train or any similar conveyance, and, seating himself next to an inoffe sive individual smoking a big black eig ar and reading a paper, he at once be gan to worry him with questions. "Sir," he said, "will you allow your boy to smoke cigarettes when he grow up?" "I've never given the question a min ute's thought," replied the other. The other man painted for breath. "And," he went on, faintly, "will you tell me what happened? Again the smoker answered that he had never thought about it. "Oh," gasped the sad faced man, "can such people exist? To think— But then the other man interrupted him. "Look here, sir," he said. "You mean well, no doubt, but let me tell you that I've been a confirmed bachelor for the last thirty-five years!" Then, at last, the sad-faced man was silent. He had something to think about. You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease FREE Write Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y., for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease. It cures sweating, hot, swollen aching feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for corns ingrowing nails and bunions. All drug gists sell it. 25c. Don't accept any substitute. If a man could ever get enough money to support his family in all they want it would be just his luck to have an other one to support. HOWARD E. BURTON. Assayer and Chemist, Leadville, Colo. Specimen prices: Gold, silver, lead, $1.00; gold, silver, 75c; gold, 50c; zinc or copper, $1. Mailing envelopes and full price list sent on application. Control and umpire work solicited. References: Carbonate National Bank. Next to his beard, a certain type of man seems to think the kind of neckties he wears is the surest sign how smart he is. ST. Vitus Dances and Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send FREE 2 trial bottle and treatise. Dr R. H. Kline, Ltd., 981 Arch st., Phila, PA. Taxi-typewriters in New York hotels where a person may write a half hour for 10 cents, are the latest addition to the coin-in-the-slot family. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the world over to cure a cold in one day. 25c. Optimism is the way you can feel about a thing that is going to happen until it happens. Thousands of country people know that in time of sudden mishap or accident Hamilton Wizard Oil is the best substitute for the family doctor. That is why it is so often found upon the shelf. A Canadian has invented a brick laying machine by which two men and a boy can do the work of seven men. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. The baseball season has opened at the University of Idaho, and between 30 and 40 men have been out to practice this week on the athletic field. IF YOU'VE NEVER WORN TOWER'S FUN BRAND SLICKER you've yet to learn the bodily comfort it gives in the wettest weather MADE FOR HARD SERVICE AND GUARANTEED WATERPROOF #300 AT ALL COOD STORES CATALOG FREE A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, U.S.A. TOWER CANADA CO. LINCOLN, TOPOINT, CAN Express charges prepaid on all drug order STOWELL DRUG CO., SPOKANE, WN. PUTNAM Color more goods brighter and f equally well and is guaranteed to Write for free booklet, how to dye This is One of the 40,366 Testimonials received in two years. "Ours is a New England farmer's home, and as we are twenty miles from a large town, we are obliged to depend very largely upon family medicines we keep on hand all the time. "First and Foremost among them is Hood's Sarsaparilla, which we have always found a true friend and helper. When I had suffered dreadfully from dyspepsia, without finding relief, Hood's Sarsaparilla gave me positive help, and when I had used four bottles I was in better health than for many years. I have found Hood's Sarsaparilla "A Great Spring Medicine to build one up when strength is most needed, to create an appetite, and in short to regulate the whole system. I have lately been taking Sarsatabs, which I find convenient, easy to take, and also very beneficial." Mrs. E. L. Berry, West Troy, Me. Hood's Sarsaparilla combines the utmost remedial values of more than 20 different ingredients, each greatly strengthened and enriched by this peculiar combination. Begin taking Hood's Sarsaparilla today. Get it in the usual liquid form, or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Sure ones and positive preventive, no matter how horses at any age are infected or "exposed." Laugh, given on the tongue acts on the Food and Gland, exert the poisonous germs from the body. The temper in Dorset, Essex, and Lincoln is alive and living live human beings and is a fine Kidney remedy. 50 and $1 a bottle; $5 and $1 a dozen. Cut this out. Keep it. Show your doctor, who will get it for you. Free Booklet, Discount. ASK PARDON FOR YOUNGER. Mayor of Kansas City Recommends the Move. Absolute pardon for Cole Younger, one of the famous Kansas bandits, is requested in a letter to Governor Johnson of Minnesota from James A. Reed, former mayor of Kansas City, Mo. He says the former bandit is now promoting a suburban railroad scheme and is handicapped by the fact that his Minnesota parole granted several years ago carried conditions. Reed recites that the bank robbery at Northfield, Minn., for which crime several of the Younger boys were sent to the penitentiary, grew out of conditions created by the civil war, that Younger has been a good citizen and claims that he has observed the conditions of his pardon. The Younger boys were formerly identified with Jesse and Frank James. Is America Too Big? Chicago—Patriotism of the "good old kind" is antiquated and practically worthless in these modern times, according to Francis W. Parker, in an address last night to the Sons of the American Revolution. At least this is the case in the United States, he said, because the United States is too big to be loved. He declared that no American loves his land in the same way that the Swiss and the Norwegians love their lands. "Neither," continued the speaker, "have we Americans any dynasties to love and around which to center our love of country. We cannot love the house of Roosevelt or \'the house of Duncan, or of J. 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XM0458J This long post Rock Elm Dining Chair finished in rich golden oak,with red imitation leather seat. A set of six chairs delivered to your nearest railroad station for $9.50 Money Must Accompany Order. Tull & Gibbs, Spokane, - - - Wash. 3. Only 82 Cents 4 Light house windows only 82c. Larger sizes at higher prices. We have our own mill and we sell windows and doors at about half the price asked by the ordinary Price. We sell one Price, and we sell to anyone, and ship anywhere, safe delivery guaranteed. Fir doors, the world's standard doors, only $1.35 per door, for sizes not larger than 2 ft. 8 in. by 6 ft. 8 in. Buildings, 50e per hundred feet. Porch Columns, only 60c. Hinges, 14 cents a pair. Window spring bolts, only 1c each. Send for price lists. Write your name and address plainly and clearly, will forward copies by e-mail, free post paid, without charge. A Thousand Bar gains. Write today. O. B. WILLIAMS CO. 1010 Western Ave., Seattle, Wn. SCENT Egg-Phosphate BACKING POWDER FULL POUND 25c. Get it from your Grocer STEMPER Pink Eye, Epizootic, Shipping fever and Catarrhal Fever and podive preventive, no matter how horses it any age "exposed." Loud, given on the tongue, acts on the odor, exerts the poisonous germs from the body. Cures Dust and Sweep and Chicken in Poultry. Extends selling live Cures in Crips among human beings and is a fine Kid and $0c and $1 a bottle; $5 and $10 a dozen. Cut this out. Keep your drippings, who will get it for you. Free Booklet, "Disease and Cures." Special agents warned. NICAL CO., GOSHEN, IND., U. S. A. A flavoring used the same as lemon or vanilla. By dissolving granulated sugar in water and adding Mapleine, a delicious syrup is made and a syrup better than maple. Mapleine is sold by grocers. If not send 35c for 2 oz. bottle and recipe book. Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wn. ESS DYES the 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton or we send post paid at 10c a package. DRUG CO., Quincy, Illinois. Trade with the Helena Packing and Provision Co. C. D. Martin who has been employed at the Montana club has resigned to accept a similar position with the silver Bow Club at Butte. Harry Jacobs has returned to Butte from Los Angeles Cal. Miss V. Simmons is again at her old post in the Plaindealer Office. Miss Pearl Palmer is on the sick list. W. R. Rose has finished up a contract at the Broadwater Springs and is now engaged on another. The local Knights of Pythian lodge have reorganized and are again in regular working order. Mrs. D. H, Harris is reported on the sick list. The dining crew on the Great Northern have arranged for a lay over in Helena. Miles York has opened up a hand laundry and is now open for business. Look out for the Grand opening of the Manhattan Club. The Plaindealer is a prolific producer of marriageable maidens. Our typo, Miss Kneeland last week entered the holy bonds of matrimony as did Miss Walton. So girls if you want to get married get a job with he Plaindealer. Chas. Johnson is said to be headed toward home and is at Missoula. N. Marlowe left Sunday for Butte where he has a position with the Silver Bow Club. Andrew Smith is said to have struck it rich in the mines south of town. Don't fail to attend the Easter Services at St. James Sunday, and the egg rolling at the Church on Monday evening, Rev. Greenlea promises a grand time for everyone. Wednesday evening at the St. James Literary the organization for the Montana Protective League will be perfected. It is important that all our people should be present, as this movement is one of vital concern to the future welfare of the race in this city. All colored voters of the city are requested to meet at the parlors of the Manhattan Club Sunday afternoon at three o'clock to consider matters of vital importance to the race. Mrs. J. I. Lee left the city Thursday for a visit to her home in Hot Springs, Ark. She will also visit in Chicago and St. Louis. Mrs. H. Thurman will leave next Saturday for Salt Lake where she will reside with her sister. The question box at St. James Literary on last Wednesday evening evoked quite a lively interest. The questions were varied and many. One question was, Who is the greatest Negro woman in America? One little tot arose and meekly said: "Mrs. Louise Harrison." And who knows but what she was right. The Plaindealer has moved from 19 S. Main to 17 S. Main, where we shall Every day banks throughout the country remit to each other checks totalling HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Were it not for the mails the service we render our depositors could not be what it is today. If you wish to open an account with us you may use the mails with perfect safety. We pay careful attention to our non-resident depositors. Union Bank Union Bank & Trust Co. HELENA, MONTANA. ATTENTION! SAFE BANKING MAY BE DONE BY MAIL THE PLAINDEALER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY The one called King has been captured and is kept away from his happy home. The Pot House politicans are so busy this week. The King Pins in local politics should wonder at the apathy of the colored voters. The East side grass widow is laying in the back ground. The young married woman failed to go to the show last Sunday night. The Manhattan Club has become so popular and is it the baths. Will Jefferson stays so close to the beauty parlors. The lady ran at the sight of the butcher knife. Sister Louise has not put on one of those best stunts. Miss F. never cried when Mr. B. departed. The Shines that pass for white do not make a better job of it. The only place in which the color line on upper Main St. is not drawn is when the colored boys are the suckers in the poker games. BOZEMAN NOTES Mrs. R. Carter was called to this city to attend the funeral of her sister who died here March 14 th. and was buried here the 17 th. of March. Mrs. McDonald has been on the sick list. Miss B. Woodson is home visiting her mother Mrs. F. Tucker. Rev. Gallaird was called here to the funeral service of Mrs. Wilson. SPORTING NOTES There is a movement on foot for a grand cake walk in Bozeman to be headed by the Hon. Wm. Walker & Dick Lewis Esq. The article sent in from Bozeman about the big graft cannot be published as no name was sign ed to the same. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS # COPYRIGHTS & MAY Anyone sending a sketch to Munn & Co. may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications is probably patentable. Munn & Co. Patents free, Older Deductible for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all new dealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Brunch Office 62 F. St. Washington, D.C. WITHOUT LOSS the mails the service we render our d not be what it is today. If you wish ount with us you may use the mails with We pay careful attention to our non- & Trust Co. MCNTANA. Western University THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Normal Leading and Best Industrial School of the West Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal, including Plano, Organ and Harmony), Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. INFORMATION For Terms, Prices and Inducements Offered write to rench, A. M., President 1423; Residence, Bell West 15. Nervine k Nerves Strong. upon in all cases of ation, brought on by reat mental effort. us Energy. on. Nerve Cells to generate quence upon the nerves keep-nature's rest per- to the tired, worn-out Neuralgia, mistress, you will find belief by taking Shelton French, A. M., Shelton French, A. M., Acting President Phones: Office, Bell West 1423; Res Dr. Miles' Restorative Nerve Makes Weak Nerve It can be relied upon if Nervous Exhaustion, br over-work, or great men It restores Nervous Energy West 1423; Roe Weak Nerv lied upon haustion, b great men ervous Ener Phones: Office, Bell West 1423; Residence, Bell West 15. Makes Weak Nerves Strong. It can be relied upon in all cases of Nervous Exhaustion, brought on by over-work, or great mental effort. It restores Nervous Energy. It allays irritation. It assists the Nerve Cells to generate nerve force. It assists the Nerve Cell nerve force. Its soothing influence up brings restful sleep-nat iod so essential to the t mind and body. For Headache, Neur or any pain or distress, almost instant relief by t Nerve Cell influence u al sleep-nat ial to the t dy. The, Neu or distress, not relief by Its soothing influence upon the nerves brings restful sleep-nature's rest period so essential to the tired, worn-out mind and body. For Headache, Neuralgia, or any pain or distress, you will find almost instant relief by taking Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. They are sold by all druggists, and you may try either of these remedies on the positive guarantee that if the first bottle or package does not benefit, your druggist will return your money. We They are sold by all drug may try either of these re positive guarantee that it tle or package does not druggist will return you repay the druggist the fu so it is to his interest to upon to do so. · Miles Medical Co., REAL MOntana Plain all by all dru ler of these m guarantee that ge does not will return you suggest the f interest to you. Medical Co The Plain DID-2 ARID tel "Ranger" bicycle fur Write for full particular REQUIRED until you re ware in the LR, without a ce NFS FREE TRIAL dur you wish. If you are then ship it back us at our exp We furnish the big our bicycle. DO NOT at one small profit our profits by buying dire ERS, you can sell bu until you receive our cata vailable special offers to rie ASTONISH when make you this year. We se factory. We are satie versions filled the day received. CYCLES. We do not re mitake the new $3 to $8 or $10. De kinds at half the usual DORN PUNCT ING TIRES A to all druggists, and you are these remedies on the tree that if the first bot- oes not benefit, your turn your money. We must the full retail price, rest to refund if called local Co., Elkhart, Ind. AD the Plaindealer! A RIDER AGENT IN EACH TOWN and district to ride and exhibit or full particulars and special offer at once. ED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship without a sent deposit in advance, payway freight, and E TRIAL during which time you pay ride the bicycle and If you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to to us at our expense and you will not be out one cent. DO MAY BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone make one small profit above actual factory cost. You save $10 by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guar- nish when you receive our beautiful catalogue and make the highest grade bicycles it is possible to make one small profit above actual factory cost. You save $10 by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guar- nish when you receive our beautiful catalogue and make the highest grade bicycles it is possible to make one small profit above actual factory cost. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. You can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at day received. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but buyed by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out 18 or $10. Descriptive bargains mailed free freted chainails and pedals, parts, repairs and half the usual retail prices. PUNCTURE-PROOF $ 8.0 PIRES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY repay the druggist the full retail price so it is to his interest to refund if called upon to do so. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. READ The M0ntana Plaindealer! YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and low prices we can make you this year. We sell our superb models at the wonderfully cheap prices than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BICYCLE REALERS, you can sell your bicycles under your own name plate at double our price. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES, our imported roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and equipment of all kinds. COASTER-BRAKES, single wheels, imported roller chassis, equipment of all kinds at half the annual retal $ 8 5.0 HEDGETHORN PUNCTU SELF-HEALING TIRES A.S. TO IN The regular retail price of these tires is $3.50 per pair, but to introduce we will will you purchase MECURA THORN RECORD RUSTERMAN TIME L.O.D. PRODUCED 1927 FEB 12 NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PRINCTURES NAILS Tacks or Glass will now let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold since Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and easyduring, verydurable and lined insidewit a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allow- ing the wear of letters from satisfied customers stating that their tires have been up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires is $5 per pair, but for the most expensive special factory price to the rider of only $8 per pair. All are speed same day etter is received. We ship C. O. D. on examined and found them strictly as represented. It (thereby making the price $4.65 per pair) if you are a they you have not used at seen any price. We then return at OUR expense if for any reason they are exactly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a will find that they will ride easier, run faster, if they you have not used at seen any price. We then you want a bicycle you will give us your order. Hence this remarkable tire offer. Buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of or more tires with approval and trial at write for our big Tire and Sunday Catalogue which lies at about half the usual prices. Today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle from anyone until you know the new and wonderful learn everything. Write it NOW. COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. the taxi on only $4.88 per pair. All orders shipped same day etter is received. We ship C. O. D. on you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a cash discount of $5 per order. You will send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a car. We will find that they ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have purchased. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and a will allow a cash discount of $ per cent (thereby making send FILL, CASH WITH GUILD) and enclose this adver nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at GBL not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that war better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have know that you will be so well pleased that where you want We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remark IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at an the special introductory price quoted above describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NO offers we are making. It only costs a postal to earn everything J. L.* MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, you have examined and are per cent (thereby make it so and enclose this advi- cation to you) you return a would be perfectly reliable at tires, you will find the than any tire you have at once, hence this reman don't buy any kind at Hedgegoth Puncture. don't place on tires of athe- lises of tires at about half us a postal today. DON'T if tires from anyone un- postal to learn everything THE COMPANY, IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of the special introductory price quoted above; or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices. DO NOT WAIT but write us at work today to BUYING a bicycle or a pair of tires from home until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. Courses double or SECOND usually have Advantages Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D." also rim strip "H" to prevent rubbing cutting. This outlast any other make-soft LASTIC and EASY RIDING. THE MALLORY CRAVENETTE Soft and Stiff Hats are the best. We Sell Them. MART, SCHAFF FINE CITY GANS & K ESTABLISH READ THE PLAINDEALE , SCHAFFNER & NE CLOTH NS & KLEIN ESTABLISHED 18 PLAINDEALER AND K MART, SCHAFFNER & MARX FINE CLOTHES GANS & KLEIN CO. ESTABLISHED 1866 READ THE PLAINDEALER AND KEEP POSTED Helena PACKING - AND - PR WHOLE OYSTERS, FISH, POULTRY The Family Theatre, AND PROVISION THOLESAI ISH, POULTRY, FRUIT, BU Family CENTRAL atre AND RES PACKING AND PROVISION COMPANY WHOLESALE OYSTERS, FISH, POULTRY, FRUIT, BUTTER & EGGS The Family GENTRAL BEER HALL High Class Vaudeville; Change of Program Weekly. Three Shows Daily,3,7:45 and 9 p.m. Popular Prices 10,20 and 30c. C. J. Bausch, Tinner. TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. 315 N. JACKSON ST. Helena, Mont Strangers visiting the Capital City will be given a hearty welcome at all times at the Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street Helena - - - Mont. Our Specialty Diamond Setting Expert Watchwork Monogram Engraving Chas. H. Pratt Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Cut Glass and Novelties 19 N. Main Street pp. Grand Central Hotel Helena, Mont. FURNISHED ROOMS Inquire 221 Breckenridge St. Mrs. M. A. Cole --- FIER & MARX LOTHES LEIN CO. NED 1866 R AND KEEP. POSTED OVISION - COMPANY ESALE , FRUIT, BUTTER & EGGS GENTRAL BEER HALL AND RESTAURANT Henry Rossman Proprietor. Telephone 156 118 S. MAIN ST. - Helena, Mont. Joseph Richards The Butte Undertaker 15-19 South Montana Street. Ind. Phone 1307 Office Always Open BUTTE, MONT. Furnished Rooms or Houses by the Day, Week or Month Apply 115 East Cutler Street Helena, Montana SILVER CITY CLUB Billiard and Pool Tables in Connec ction. All Appointments UP-TO-DATE. 38½ Park Ave. Butte, Mont. Eugene Bourquin Dealer in Sawed and Split Wood and COAL. Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residence 370 Water St. 'Phone 632-F. Helena, Mont. --- C. DUMAS, MGR.