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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
E8TINQ ITEM8.
Cotatnanta and CrltlcUmsj Bud Upon
the Happanln of the Dr-Hlators
cat and Maws Not.
It Is always wrier to wp ovr a
prodigal than It la to welcome him.
A woman's favorite writer la a hus
band who Is capablo of writing checks.
t
It la because a man doesn't know a
.woman that bo asks her to marry him.
The scarcity of 1801 dollars Illus
trates how little change a century has
wrought
Most people who think they are do
wiring othora only succeed In deceiv
ing themselves.
It would bo something of a calamity
if one of those floating mines should
strike the sea serpent
The man who has found a lost Wag
ner score In Germany affords another
Instance of pernicious activity.
Another death from the shutting of
a folding bed! Why don't some folk
read the newspapers and profit accord
ingly t
' '
A fond mother may consider her son
tho flower of the family and tho
neighbors may consider him a bloom
ing Idiot
Merely from neighborly curiosity
Unole 8am would llko to know what
Uracil expects to do with the big navy
It U building.
The king of Denmark baa a fine col
lection of birds' eggs worth about 7S,
000. The king must have climbed
hundreds of trees.
The enterprising tobacconist may
make a hit by pushing the brand of
cigars that President Uoosevelt would
moke if he smoked at all.
The preparedness of tho Japanese
is well Illustrated in tho special gun
they Invented to moot tho peculiar
fighting tactics of the Cossacks.
Under the latest Hupreme Court do
dslon railroads kill employes with Im
punity, so long as they are not exe
cuted by direct order of the manager
or president
A Japanese postcard has been pub
lished showing a Russian admiral
standing on the beach In diver's cos
tume with the Inscription, "Going
down to review the fleet"
The strenuous sloshing round of
Karse Henry of and concerning Jour
sals and Journalism comes mighty
near entitling him to be designated the
Mr. Wlggs of the Newspaper Patch.
A church In Pennsylvania Is almost
disrupted because the women of tho
congregation proposed serving deviled
eggs and angel cake at a sociable.
There's something, after all, In a name.
A Mew York woman who was worth
970,000 died the other day and loft
bor husband only B because he hadn't
kissed her for nearly seven years. Per
mitting the hoart to grow cold doesn't
always pay.
Secretary Hay says that if the press
of tho world should adopt the high
resolve that war should bo no more,
the clamor of arras would ccaso. It
might; but tho newspapor men would
have to fight an indignant public de
manding supprosied dispatches, and In
uch a fight gatllng guns are not avail
able. The national hymn of Cblua Is so
long that It requires about half a day
to sing It No forelgnor ever deslros
to hsar It sung the second tlmo. A
German, who once listened to It, said,
"Too much of that Is plenty." Dy the
time the Cblnoeo gets bis hymu well
ung be finds the forolgner begins
thundering at the gates of Poking If
the foreigners loft any gates last time.
Each year sees a decroass in the
number of agriculturists that reach tho
TJulted States and a marked Increase
In tho less doslrabls classes from
southern Europe, who settle in the
largo cities, adding to the troubles of
those already there. The officials are
powerless to prevent tills practice,
which Is rapidly assuming alarming
proportions, but the time Is not far dis
tant when steps will have to be taken
to regulate the traffic. Whether this
(will be through tho medium of uni
form citizenship lawa lu the various
States and a mutual agreement as to
supervision of allena remains to be
ten.
Athletes are In danger. So says the
American Medical Association. They
are threatened with artorlos-clerosls
a big word which names a formidable
disease. The ovorstraln of physical
exercise the cluder path, tho bnso ball
diamond, the football field the the
aters of strenuous life, causo tho dis
ease. The doctors say the ailment In
having an alarming growth. And It
Is incurable. Its symptoms are a stif
fening and deterioration of tho ar
teries, causing premature old age and
a sorious affection of the heart. It Is
declared that many young college ath
letes ari to-day as docreplt as their
grandfathers wore at 70 years of ago.
This Is not a now objection to ath
letics, but a warning which ought to
te heeded by college authorities aud
tralnors. Athletics like everything
else should be tomnernte. It Is not
only a popular feature of college life,
but usoful In the development of physi
cal manhood. Hut there Is a limit.
If the tralnor permits his mon to yn
beyond the limit into overstrain the
(means may defeat the very purpoHo
tor which they were Instituted.
Sir Jas. Crlchton-llrowno, the emi
nent English authority ou mental and
uervous diseases, boa aligned himself
with those who havo long demanded
that the marriage certificate be made
accompanied by a medical certiflcato
of physical and mental fitness for the
marriage relation. This Is no new
proposition In this country. It Is not
-witiuuit racaynlUop lu the sytjut.es of
some of tho States. In practically all
the States Insanity Is a ground for
divorce, though in fow of them Is It In
Its milder forms a bar to marriage.
Sir James contends that a largo part
of the mental and moral degeneracy
of vast classes in tho groat cities, par
ticularly London, where he especially
observed, is due to marriage of the
unfit Insanity, epilepsy and weak
mlndednoss he declares to bo in most
cases inherited. Tho army of the in
sane has boen crcntod, he contends, by
improper marrlagos, that the law
should prevent Thero can bo no doubt
that society owes Itself hotter pro
tective measures. It is the common
thing to hear drunkenness, crlmo and
poverty, as woll as mental and physi
cal weaknesses, accounted for on the
ground of heredity. If there is noth
ing In this commonly accepted theory
It is time mankind were finding it out
If it is true, It Is time mankind wero
doing something decisive to provent
the perpetuation of the worst that is in
the species.
How the South grows I By leaps and
bounds its commerce broadons until
it has become a factor everywhere.
Since 1830 tho population of the South
has Increased about 00 per cent tho
while Its manufactured products have
increased 261 per cent, which is dovel
opmont extraordinary. Railroad mileage
has Increased 101 per cent and tho pro
duction of pig iron 781 per cent In
the coal industry alone the output brm
Jumped since 1830 from $0,000 annual
ly to $02,000,000. It is not necessary
to quote figures beyond those already
given. The development has been
steady in all linos, and has been as
marked In matters municipal and civic
as it has been In tho growing of cotton
and corn. Time was when a Southern
city was known by Its peculiar types
of architecture. Now the skyscraper
has come to stay. The mule no longer
hauls the street car, for electricity has
been found as valuable an aid to prog
ress In Georgia as in Massachusetts.
Whatever is good enough for the East
has been found none too good for the
Inhabitants of that vast territory that
ends with the coast of Florida. Money
is plentiful. Tho South is Just learn
ing that alio has a gold mine In her
sunshlno, and tho North gladly sends
hor uncounted millions for her fruits
and vegetables. Kortunos are made
every year In truck farming, and there
are still larger fortunes to be made,
for the markot for this kind of prod
uce is limitless, and tho sclonce of
getting more and moro out of the land
is becoming a matt or of common
knowledge. The development of tho
great West mado tho United States the
richest nation on tho globe. The de
velopment of the South, carried out on
the present linos of progression, will
put this country beyond dream of com
petition. MICROBES AND MONEY.
W Mmt Have Money, Evtn wit
Microbe on It.
The fear of contagion from disease
microbes which our ancestors never
felt becauso 'Ignorance was bllse" to
them seems to be putting its ban upon
one thing after another, says the Chi
cago Tribune. One may not Indulge
longer In clams, oysters, watercress,
spinach, lettuce, shaving, kissing, pub
lic library books, feather dusters, and
numerous everyday necessities with
out taking antiseptic precautions. Now
comes a chemist at Washington who
has found a greonback which was the
favorlto resort of 144 different kinds
of the dlsenso microbes. Startled by
the announcement some brokers al
ready aro moving to protoct cashiers
and tellers by disinfecting all currency.
Ono Huston chomlst has 'suggested
the placing of cotton wasto, saturated
with formaldehyde, In the safe or
money drawer, aud another the pouring
of a spoonful of It lu a vault each
night which boards of health sny will
destroy millions of germs. Borne bank
ers aro inclined to sniff at the pre
cautious. They rightly affirm that the
mlcrobo, though a comparatively now
discovery, Is as old as time; that paper
money Is nearly us old as tlmo; that
cashlors and tollers hae been handling
the microbe and the currency without
destroying tho ono or storlllclng the
other, and that they wero healthy Hnd
long-lived, even though they directly
exposed tlioiusolves by putting their
fingers to their lips wlion counting
money, which cashiers und tellers no
longer do.
Tho microbe and money matter, If It
should occasion any widespread ap
prehension of contagion, will make life
much harder than It Is now. Wo must
have money, even with microbes on
It and cannot stop to inquire who bad
It last or through how many pockets
It has passed, gathering now styles of
microbes at every remove. If the
mlcrobea would conflno themselves to
11,000 bills It would not be so bad,
because they do not circulate so freo
ly aa fives do, but the mlcrobo Is no
respector of bills. Tho microbe might
have some difficulty In finding the
$1,000 bills, but it can find dollar bills
with ease, and they are softer and
moro bomellko than tho others.
KAflKS MAKING A TIRE.
WATC1IINO. roil A FLAUE.
The natives of South Africa still
build their fires in tho prlmltho way
of revolving u stick botwoen tho palms,
the friction on tho horlioutal stick,
held on tho ground, being so great n
to produco a flame.
Not Doing lu
"Ho left numerous relatives to
mourn his death,"
"Well, ho might as well huvo taken
them with liliu; they'ro not carrying
out Instructions," New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Ono good thing about tho projecting
hats the women wear they can't get
their faces near enough together to
kiss.
We "11 huvo lossous euough, but they
aro not burned In.
I ' SPOKANE I
. D. BUCHANAN
Funeral Furnishings
Embalming and shipping a specialty
aiollhcrsldo Ave. Tel. Main fiftl
BPOKANK WABII
D
UFKENBK BUFKKT
2IS Howard Street,
l'hone Main 69.
HPOKANE,
WASHINGTON
Cascade Steam Laundry
Goods Called for and Deliv
ered to Any Part of the City
Phone Main 286. 911 Bridge Ave.
SPOKANE WASHINGTON
SPOKANE DRUG CO.
Wholesale Drugs
The Only Exclusive Wholesale
Drug House in the State.
SPOKANE,
WASH.
Diamond Ice and Fuel Co.
ICE, WOOD
AND
COAL.
120 Madison Street,
SPOKANE, WASH.
'fVfVSVVVsV''VVaVaV
Wholesale and Retail
BREAD, ICE CREAM, PASTRY
SENGFELDER'S
Salesroom and Office S. 11 Howard Street
Factory S. 207 to 213 Washington Street
Phone Main 306
We ship everywhere and anywhere
Spokane Bakery Oo
esveffv,-fvsvsVfVVf
B. L. GORDON
& COMPANY
WMOL.IESAL.13
QROCERS
SPOKANE, - - WASH.
COKNKK MILL AND K. K.
Ifor Fine, Up to Date Men's Fur
nibhings, go to
Youle Bros.
MEN'S
FURNISHERS
Telephone Main 1800
508 Riverside Ave. Spokane, Wash.
I IDAHO ADVERTISING I
Peasley Transfer Co.
Freight, Baggage, Furniture
Moving, Storage
fhoues;j oojMainbt. HOISK, IDAHO
Lewiston Furniture and
Undertaking Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Lace
Curtains, Portiers, Window Shades
Linoleums, Couches, Iron Heds,
Undertaking. Telephone 82,1.
I. O. O. F. Building, E. Main St.
LEWISTON, IDAHO
The Raymond
Lewiston, Idaho
Is being improved In every way
possible. The leading hotel In the
city. Commercial trade our specialty.
THE NEW AGE. POHTL.AND,
lUAHUAUVLHIIdllNb:
I
HE CA8U OllOCEltY.
a T. Round, Proprietor
Staple and Faner Groceries, Wins
Staple and Faner Oroecrlei,
and Liquors for f ainllr Use.
XX) North Twelfth Et., cor. Kearney
Phone Hood 214 Portland, Os
QTATK BANK OF IDAHO.
Walicr, Idaho.
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Edward Shatnvrald, Chat. J. Selwjn,
Prtildent. CasHlar,
Alto hai a branch at Cambridge, Idaho. The
rcoplt'i Dank. Solicits your business.
DIIUNZELL'B EXCHANGE
J. U. unUNZELL A CO., Troys.
Cholceit Qualities of
Vine, Liquors and Ogees
A Flrit Class Iteiert
NAMFA 1DAHC
E. E. SMITH
J. 0. BMITH
COSMOPOLITAN BAR
f MIIII 11 KOI , Pro pi.
Tint Wines, Liquors and Clgaia.
Opp. New Depot
MAMPA, IDAHO
C. W. Mooro, Prci. Geo. F.Rodwajr, Cashier
Peter Bonus, V-l'res, It. K. McAfee, Asat,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF IDAHO
CANTAI, 8TOCK IIOO.OOS
surplus and pnoma 110,000
DIRECTORS
Pans Bomu C. W. ifooas
ClIASOa HlMIUID LXOMABO LO0AM
M. X. McCabty
DOISB,
IDAHO)
BANKOFNAMPA,Ltd.
CAPITAL STOCK $50,000.0
KstablUhed 1M. Dewey Palaos .Hotel Bid'.
rnr.D O. MOCK, rrsaldsat
t. 1. CON ROY, Vlee-Prealdeat
C. H. HICKEY, Cuhler
FRANK JKNKINBOH, Aaa't Caafcfar
NAMPA,
IDAHO
Boise Transfer S Storage Go.
K. M. Bell Phone
A-10
Ind. Phone
19
Llfhtsnd ksavy feaollag. Cce
signminU ef frtlfht left las sor
charge will rccsiv sosop4 atten
tion. Storage at rsaaonabls rales.
Sec that yeu give your baggage to
Boise Transfer & Storage Go.
South Tenth Street,
J. K08K.NIIUBQ
AltUHUR A. COHN
Pocatello Mercantile Company
WHOLESALE
Wine, Liquor
AND
Cigar Merchants..
Pocatello, Idaho
Drink Old rort Hall Whisker
Smoke Senator Shoup Cigars
J. A. Murray,
I'mfJent.
0. W. St.ri.Jrod,
Vice treldsnt
(
Wn, A.Anthee,
Cashier
I. N. Anthea,
A.it. Caahler
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Pocutello. IUuiio.
POCATELLO,
IDAHO
E. D. HARRISON
THE JEWELER
Watches, Diamonds, Silverware nml
Novelties. Watchmukor and Jeweler,
Watch Inspector O. S. L. 11. R., Pocu
tello, Idaho. Kino Wntch Repairing a
Specialty. Eyia TeBted Free.
POCATELLO,
IDAHO
Mallory & Lydon
Livery, Feed aud
Sale Stable
C and Fourth Sts. Lewiston, Idaho
Celt. Answered
Day or Night
Phone 371
White Front Livery
AND CAB STABLES
Blnoard, Fountain & Randall, rropra.
LKWISTON, IDAHO
Lewiston Steam Laundry
94 Third St.
Telephone 2041
CN H. Schroeder, Manager
Satisaction Guaranteed. Work
returaM same uay wuwi wiumu,
OREGON.
ItT KAII. AND WATKlt,
THE SIGH
OF
THE,
BEST
3
OVERLANB
TRAINS
DAILY
3
The North Coast Limited
ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
ELECTRIC FANS,
STEAM HEATED,
SOLID VESTIBULED
In fact an iip-to-diito train, und tho
beauty of it all is the fact that It
iloea not cont yon any more to
travel on tliiw train than it
iIoch on any other. Try
it nml your verilict
will be, it la tho
Crack Train of Them All
A. D. CHARLTON.
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
355 Morrison St., cor. Third,
Portland, Oregon.
Double-Track
Railway between the
Missouri River
and
Chicago
The Chicago-Portland Special, the
most luxurious train in the world.
Drawing-room sleeping cars, dining
car, buffet smoking and library car
(barber and bath). Less than three
days Portland to Chicago.
TWO
Through Trains
to Chicago are operated daily via the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company. Oregon Short Line RaiU
road, Union Pacific Railroad and
Chicago & NorthAVestern Railway
to Chicago from Portland and points
ir. Oregon.
Dallr and personally conducted ex
.urslons In 1'ullmin tourist sleeping
srsliom I'ortUnd, Los Angeles ana
San Francisco, through to Chicago
without change.
R.R.niTcmn.
Ctm I Agt . 61 r Htk S,
bANl'KANCISCO.CAL.
A.G.DARKFR,
Oa I AtU 151TW1J St,
1'OSTLAND.Om.
Chicago & NorthiWestern Ry.
LOW EXCURSION RATES EAST
The Northern Pacific Railway Company will continue to sell
very low excursion tickets to the East and to the World's Fair
at St. Louis in June to October inclusive, and all tickets will
be good on the "NORTH COAST LIMITED" train as well
as on their other two daily trains. If you are planning a trip
East this year or to the Fair, full information can be had as to
dates of sale, rates, routes, etc., by calling on or addressing
A. D. CHARLTON; Assistant General Passenger Await
255Morrlson Street, corner Third, PORTLAND, OREGON
1IY UAH. AMIWATKH.
"As the
Crow Flies"
The shortest line between Mln
ncKll, St. l'mil nml Clilej?o is
rjAJj'ii.m
the route of the fnuioua
North
western Limited
The Troln for Comfort"
Every night in the year
Ileforc Marltniron a trip-no matter
uhere urlto for IntoriMltiir Informa
tion about comforlnlilo lrnvllliK
It. I.. BISI.KIt. flcn'l Agent.
132 1 hlnl Street, i'ortlnml, Oregon.
t. w. tkahdam:,
General rauenner Agent,
M. I'lUtl.Mltltl.
D
ELIGIITFUL KOUTE
AYI.1G11T HIDE
VSAY CKAGS
EEP CANONS
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
Seo Nature, in all her glorious
beauty, nml then the nemo of
man's handiwork. Tho first is
found nloiiK tho lino of tho
Denver &. Rio Grande Railroad,
tho latter nt tho St. Louis
World's Fair. Your trip will
bo ono of pleasure mako tho
most of it. For information
and illustrntcd literature writo
V. C. McBRIDE, General Agpnt
PORTLAND, OREQON
SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO.
STEAMER GEO. W. SHAVER,
Will Icate Portland, foot nl Washington St..
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evening at 4
o'clock, lor hauvlcs island, Ht. Helens, Caples,
IHer Island, .Marlins, Kalama, Nccr City,
Kanler, .Ml. Collin, Mager, Htclla, Oak l'oint,
Krreinatis, Mauianlllo.tTatskanlu aud all way
landing.
Jr
jHHfcSTSuSnjuHMiPHp Nsv I
11
SHORTEST AND
QUICKEST
Tho shortest lino is not always tho quickest nor is tho quickest
lino always tho shortest.
Tho Uurlington Route to tho Southeast is both. It is shorter
AND quicker than any other lino from tho Northwest to Omaha, Kan
sas City, St. Louis, and EVERYWHERE beyond.
Another good tiling about it is this: You don't chaii(;o ears.
Tho St. Louis Special runs through to Kansas City without change.
Only ono change to Omaha, Denver and St. Louis.
Tickets, berths, and Information, at offices of connect
ing lines, or from
R.
IOO ThlrU
IIVHAII. ANI WATI.lt
A
RINLRO
ID CO.
WITH
THROUGH PARLOR CARS
nnw ten
Portland, Astoria Seaside
Leaves
Dally
8:011 a. m.
UNION DEPOT
Arrives.
tor Mincers, Haln
ler.Clntskntilu Wi'ntport.Cllflon,
Astoria, arron.
ton, Klatel, Oetir
Imrtl'arWainlHev
thle.
Astoria A Peashoru
Kxprcss Dully.
Astoria Kxprcss
Dallr.
Dally.
11 M a. m.
7:00 p. tn.
0:40 p. m.
C. A. 8TKWART, . .
........ ..11 1 . ia ll.tA.St
J C.MAYO,
0. F. A. 1". A
Telophono MatnOOC.
Ask the Agent for
T I O K JS T aS
VIA
To Spokane,
St. Pau , Minneapolis, Duluth,
Ch cago, St. Louis
and All Points East and South.
2 OVERLAND TRANS DAILY
The Flyer and the Fast Mall JU
Splendid Sorvico Up-to-dnto Equipment
Courteo u Employes
Daylight trip across tho Cascado and
Rocky Mountains.
For Tickets, rates, folders nml full Infor
mation call on or mioresa
H. DICKSON. C. T. A.
122 Third Street, PORTLAND
S. Q. YI2RKI3S, a. XV. P. A..
612 first Avenue, SBATTMi, WASH.
nv DEfiTTT ATflP
1?5S2 m-vj u A-XX viv
R X nrr.
LliNU
f HJ PORTLAHD AND THE DALLES
ROUTE
All Way Unibti.
STEAMERS
"BAII.KY OATZKUT" "DAI.I.KS CITY"
"KKOULATOU" "METLAKO"
Connecting at I.yle, Wash., with
Columbia River & Northern Railway Co
FOK
Wahklacus. Daly, Centcrvllle, floldcndale and.
all Klickitat Valley points.
Steamer leaves I'ortUnd dally (except Sun.
day) 7 a. m., connecting with O. H. Si N. trains,
at l.yle 6:15 p. rn. (or (Joldendale. Train ar-.
rives Oeldendale, 7:Si p. in. Steamer arrives.
Tho Dalles 6:ao p.m. ,
Hteamer leaves The Dalits dally (except Sun
day) 7:00 a.m.
C. It. JtN. trains leaving Ooldondale dill a.
m. connects with this stoamer (or 1'ortland, ar
riving Portland 0 p. m.
Excellent meals served on all steamers. Fine
accommodations (or teams and wagons.
For dotallcd information o( rates, Mirth res
ervations, connections, etc., wrlto or call on.
nearest aitent. II. C. Campbell,
tioii, ottlco, Portland, Or. .Manager,
. u
W. FOSTER,
TICKET ACJEtVr.
Street. PORTLAND
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