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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
Dog vs.. Raven.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News
The greediest and most conceted pug
that ever lived, according to his owner, was
Suto. The sight of anything eating except
himselD was agony to him A large raven
was kept in a cage in the garden of Suto's
owner-a raven gifted with sardonic cum
ming and love of mischief. The pug was
the butt of his malicious humor.
Daily at o'clock the raven was given a
lump of steak and Suto would always be
lowering about at the time-he lowered
near rything eatable. The raven knew
his shameful greediness and made fine
sport of 1t. At first Suto, though in tor
ments of giuttony, would feign Indifference
The raven would put the steak close
against the wires and Suto's agony would
get past bearing. Then the raven retired
with chuckle. At this all Suto's self-con-
troll was gone and he plunged at the wires
in mad attempt to snatch the meat. OF
course the thing was hopeleSs-his blunt
nose could never penetrate the wire netting
But the ravens beak could. Instantly the
bird would swoop on him and drive in one
on that greedy pug 5 nose. With that Suto
would hurl himself furously at the raven
-hopelessly ever, for he could never touch
the tormentor. The tormentor, in fact.
danced and jumped in an ecstasy of delight,
driving in dig after dig at the dogs I'M
happy countenance and getting well home
at every dig; till at last poor Suto retired,
pecked and beaten. Then the raven, happy
and content, his appetite well whetted,
swallowed his steak at one gulp, while Suto
hid behind tree or anything else Opaque,
that he might not have the pain of Witness
ing the operation. Day after day the per-
Torrance was repeated in every detail and
the dog must have known what would hap
pen every time; but his master passion of
giuttony was too strong for him-he could
not keep his nose away from that meat.
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They kept on coming. and the trainmen.
assisted by the agent. began to push and
pull them off. The agent caught the tail
of goslinggreen buster and hauled its
wearer down the steps. The man slipped,
his chin hit one of the car steps. and as
soon as he could get to his feet he hit the
agent. hard by the left eye. To be sure,
the agent was only doing his duty. but
there was a good deal of excitement, and
the farmer folk were confused.
They fell by this time that their town
was being purposely ignored by the railroad
company, and so they fought enthusiastic
caly with the company's agents. They had
not been to the Fourth for year. They
had given up good money, and were Will
ing to fight TO boot, If 1t were necessary, to
secure ride for which they had already
paid the rate demanded by the railroad.
In the midst of the mixup the old agent
stepped from the train. He had been plan
ming that he would have a talk with the
new man. He had learned that the bust
ness was going to the opposition road. He
had even hoped to find an excuse for IN
Producing the new man to Freda Johnson
Being happy himself, he wanted to help the
stranger on. But now, to his disappoint-
ment, he found the agent scrapping with
the dark girls father. Personally that
would make no difference. He had often
noticed that his prospective father-n-iaW
needed it. but 1t might make a difference
with the giris. Fortunately the girls were
not there.
The old agent and the trainmen succeeded
in prying the two men apart and in eX-
planning a good deal of the unpleasantness
away; but they could not explain the dark
shading away from the new mans eye. But
how these guileless farmer folk did joy to
see the face of the ex-agent! He was
messiah to them. He would not allow any
more trains to go by
Finally, the people, being drawn from the
train by the fight, were persuaded to stay
off: and. after losing seven minutes, his
necktie and his temper the conductor of
the regular signed to the engineer, and the
train pulled out
Now, the new man, looking as If he had
just gotten out from under a harrow, en-
tered his little office He wanted to wash
his face but the people. newly arrived,
were pounding on the ticket window with
their horny hands, with canes and umbrel-
las, and calling Justify for tickets to the
Devils lake. Not one of the vast concourse
showed dollar or made the slightest move
toward their trousers pockets. They simply
opened their chimneys and asked for In
formation When what had been the agent
the natty. nobby agent-appeared at the
window, the crowd failed to show the re-
spect due the company's representative.
Some of them would not believe 1t. Ten
minutes earlier he had caused the coy coun
try maidens to clap their fat little bands to
their left sides they waited for change.
He was the identical youth they had seen
in their dreams. but he no dream when
the farmer got through with him. He was
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Nothing can be more glorious than the
dewy dawn of a springtime morning. Freda
Johnson was abroad when it broke, and
now stood under a cherry tree watching
the sun swing UP out of the east An early
robin fiuttering above her shook a shower
of cherry blossoms down over her head.
Some Of them lodged and lay like snow
flakes upon her golden hair. OF all the fair
flowers in natures spring apparel there was
not one fairer than Freda. She seemed to
harmonic with everything. The pink rib
bon at her throat. the pink in her cheeks
and the pink in the petals of the cherry
blossoms. the golden sunlight on her golden
hair-the blue of her eyes was the hue of
the skies. She WAS as fresh. as fair and
rosy as the rosy morn. High over her head
lark sang, CirCiing, soaring. mounting to
Meet the rising sun. and ever calling back
to the lOw-bOrn birds still hiding In the
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THE NEW TICKET AGENT.

ter, jr.. had figured on. He had dreamed
that he could wear stylish clothes, spotless
linen. and look like a peach all the time.
He had calculated that his principal and
most drduous duty would be waiting for the
pay car.
Now the two girls came skipping by from
the post office. The dark one put her head
in at the open window. and said 'Ahemr'
The agent waved them away.
4 won't" said she.
Come on" said the fair one stealing n
glance at the handsome new man over the
shoulder of her friend.
The agent went on explaining things to
his successor. and when the girls had
grown weary of teasing him they strolled
out of the little village and down the dusty
lane.
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tanned on the cards they will be run through
the machines four or possibly five times.
Each instrument Is capable Of dispensing nr
about 300 cards per day. and II viii there
fore Require 40 OF Them to keep UP win
the punching machines.
Roughly described the electric count
ing machine consists OF a box OF needles
set on spiral springs These ueedies de-
soend on each card as Il passes through the
machine. Where there are no holes they
pass through aud Dip into cup Of mer-
curry placed underneath. This completes
an electric circuit and sets ia motion an
indicator upon dial. which moves forward
exactly Ike the second hand Of a clock.
the various dials thus enumerating all the
facts and combinations Of facts wanted.
FROM the indicator dials the figures are
copied OF on result slips and filed for the
compiling clerks.
Wonderful Accuracy.
1t is estimated that each Of tb,, iab,,lo.-
ing machines complies and registers infnr-
nation That would require the services Of
twenty clerks under the Old system of tally
sheets. A consideration Of even more i'm
Portanee Is its greater accuracy. The ma
chine automatically throws out any card
hat is wrong.
For example II one Of the details. say
Sex. has not been indicated on the card The
p!unger Will not register and the bell al the
side OF the machine. which rings 10 indicate
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And Properly.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
who and what was the deceased?''
He was tenderfoot from Frisco, your
honor"
And what is your excuse for killing
himT'
He was the sixteenth blasted idiot, your
honor. who worked me with the old gag
about the insurgents playing q Luzon
game
"DischarEed.n
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way Of the good. plain country folk. But
how pale he looked. She sighed.
The dark girl, feeling that she ought to
say something, came forward and offered
a free, full apology from her father. She
would tell her father all about it later.
Fathers very sorry" she said. and hopes
You will forgive his rashness and come out
and take tea with us and
The agent was beginning to smile. But
have not had the pleasure of meeting your
father he began.
well. you've met him, all right the old
agent chimed In He was in that long
buster that You dragged from the train
The agent showed plainly his embarrass-
ment. THAT your-father? Oh, I'm so sor-
ry. This is most unfortunate, Miss"
Miss Bennett, Mr.. Cutter said the ex-
agent.
'Oh, it isn't your fault at all. and you
are not half as sorry as papa is, so come
along with us and
Il can't tell you how much l thank you
all of YOU" he said, and his eyes wandered
to FNreda-
Young Johnson saw this and beckoned to
his sister who came forward shyly.
The agent removing his hat again thank
ed her in the presence of all the witnesses.
and it made her happier than she had ever
been before.
Now the country people got into their
wagons, carriages and carryaiIs and drove
away.
Freda glanced back once and saw him
still standing there. alone in the gathering
twilight When he saw that she was look
ing he lifted his hat
VII.
All this happened years ago. when the
road not so important as it is today.
Before they put the limited the night
shift to save the time. and little reading
lamps in the berths to save the eyes of the
passengers.
AS might have been expected, the tireless
energy Of the old agent had been rewarded.
He's G. NJ. now. He manages his Rocky
mountain road well. but no better than the
black-eyed girl manages their home.
Not long ago the manager sat watching
the steel race out from under his private
car. Opposite sat a middle-aged man with
a full dark beard, well kept and pointed al
the chin.
Say" began the general manager, glanc-
ing across at his companion. did that
brother-in-law of yours ever forgive you for
laughing at his feet?"
I'm afraid not said the general pas
senger agent. ITO all appearances we are
the best of friends His wife visits my wife
once year, and my wife returns her visits,
butt don't know"
'Why?"
We'll, 1 sent him a pass the first of the
year, and he sent 1t back. Now, that is not
natural for a congressman"
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come Il, town 20 have his pillow sharpened
a man with one suspender, driving COW
down the street, shouted 10 the agent:
Hello. Jim and the agent waved his
hand.
Gone out an sc us fore We go an We'll
cut puukiH-
Jim smiled and nodded The man laughed
loud AID pushed his COW into an alley.
What a crude. vulgar LOT Of yaps in
Iablt This earth" unused the new man.
snarkiug the folk Of the village. He had
Wen al his life in the city. His father was
president Of little railroad down east. II
had taken him just nifty years of hard
work to reach that exalted post. and that
was his chief reason for sending this
bsaTdless boy of his into the rCbbing
west IL learn the business. The ordinary
public school. The high school and course
al d business college was all he got, and at
twenty he was finished after the idea of
the president. who. in his youth. had not
Jared nearly SO well. \ single letter to q
suPerlntendent in the IVES; was the boys
Introduction. lie had mastered the myS-
terry OF the key in title while. Railroad
work % all sagtS seemed to come as uatu-
rally to him as thirst comes to an Indian
but he had ii lot to learn about men and
Things II Is not enough for man to be
able - do business, he must know first
Of all how TO get business.
Having grown weary of waiting the new
man Approached the agent with the hope
lhat that placid individual might see in
him a lot OF energy going to waste and SO
cut short his visit with the lank young
farmeT
-o Ii.Its' SAid me agent, stepping back
a. the ne" man approached and waving his
mana with the air and ease of a farmer
SHOWING a horse at country fair, this is
" Liter your new agent Mr.. Cutter.
MI johnson. stepping from his wagon to
L. SHAKE hands
Mr.. Cutter bowed. smiled and then stared
a. 'Eg GARNER blg teet, not even noticing
me s.ln'St "utstretched hand.
l.''-liS is more diScOnCe-tiHg to Il man
ti"-- 10 Nave another person stare at mis-
tx,tIf.+-. "''ii men oiten resort to this
saze Of j., handsome. vulgar men. And So,
4E ne %seHt staring at his feet. the
a. me- ".LsAea beneath his tan, stepped
WIS nl;tL ~ "o1e,i anu grove away. There
Now. h ,.,-r ~ - ~ us Doots-
~ All j'.'i ~ al one ana the same time
IrIsrt -. -" M TOOK OF disappoint-
~ ~ ui','.i 'HE handsome face Of his youth
i - ~ -'N-'E Is ne surveyed the scene. his
-.'''' al me agents d-iay. his disgust
80 IN "'-t ; familiarity with the coarse
liz =, ~ sHg l.aee' anu pltl"d him. for with
- N'liI '1Ee ne saw The business Of
t's lil.--" gong 20 the opposition line that
'-S4-.'- al -ue other side of the town.
-, IN yea mo" NE about = little uow?''
In -. -,. -.sw man.
"a- Ak "agh io the wooden station
80 - All new 10 me, You know" the
Tr EI1s5,,s. f,'i m not very long in
~, I,f. IS We Hved IN the city. 200. all
up me. anu dare say ] shall be awkward
" y. -.os iohs IN the west
On as-.E 49, rs ,LS though YOU hadn't been
NJ %tgen.. earelessIy shaking out his hcys.
~ nm LarieC shfrply
ITg.ly SiFiS came romging down ths LI;,t-
r,.fr.I,-- ~ S.dil'IhS AZ the end Of the
.i,'.,.''i-. '"".I not be seen BY the 1ir.a as
holding
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the agent put his hand to his forehead and
fell heavily to the floor.
The girl gaveIa little scream. but nobody
heard her Nobody was near enough.
Nearly all the people In the place had gone
TO the picnic. For moment she felt like
running away, but changed her mind. She
could see that the young man was i'll. He
had been hurt. She had seen blood stains
on ms shirt front. He had tainted and she
would help him just as she would have
any other sensible girl help Charley if
he We're i'll and alone. She tried the door
that opened into the little ticket Office, re-
memberlng the spring lock that she had
seen the old agent unlock often.
Fortunately the ex-agent, in leaving the
once, had slammed the door as he hurried
out and the lock had failed to catch.
A moment later the agent opened MS
eyes to see the beautiful face of Freda
bending over him. and Freda's soft hands
tehderty putting his hair back as she
nathed his head with her own handker-
chief which she had been dipping into the
water cooler.
1t would be difficult to say which of the
two showed the greater embarrassment as
the agent regained consciousness.
In his anxiety to get to his feet and help
her 10 forget that he had tainted he STUN
bled and fell again, but not in a faint.
Are you ill?' she asked, and the gentle
ness of her voice added new charm to
her.
Il had trouble with some of the passen-
gers, he said. They wanted to get into a
regular train, and, of course, it was my
duty to tell them not to do it. In my anx-
lety TO prevent their making mistake, l
pulled one man from the car, and he struck
me, and then the others Joined in the scuf-
lie, and l was hurt in a fall-and-it's aw-
fully stuffy in here
He rose and staggered from the room.
the watchful, sympathetic girl keeping close
by his side as he passed out into the wait
ing room.
When he could talk better he asked the
girl how she happened to get left.
She told him, and asked when the train
would be along. When she learned that
all the excursion trains had gone she
seemed greatly disappointed.
You can take the limited and pass them y
said the agent, Frightening at the prospect
of helping her out of her trouble.
She glanced at the excursion ticket that
she had taken from her glove. She was
about to say that would not go on the
limited, but he interrupted.
It'll fix that he said, taking the ticket
and walking unsteadily back into the ticket
office. The limited ticket that the COM
mercial man had paid for lay upon the mar
row desk. This he gave to Freda, keeping
the excursion ticket, to make his record
clear. A moment later the limited whistied
for the crossing. the agent showed a flag
and 1t stopped and carried Freda and the
agents heart away.
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That was a long, long day for Freda
Johnson. About four Of the eight hours
she put in telling her mother her brother
and her intimate friends of the agents
misfortune and Of her part in It, In vain
did the country swain and the village shop
keeper strive to entertain her She had
never seemed so silent and thoughtful. 1t
had been raining the day before The
woods were clean washed the grass and
flowers fresh and sweet. The day was per-
feet, but Freda Johnson was not singing
with the singing birds. When asked to
waltz she said 1t was too warm. A moment
later she declared, almost pettishly that IT
was too cold to eat ice cream.
When at last the shadows began to
lengthen, she began to talk of home. She
wanted to take the first train, but her
companions laughed her out Of 1t. When
the second section pulled down to load, she
stepped aboard, and her friends followed.
BY this time the people round about the
village were beginning TO feel sorry for the
new agent. After all, he had but done his
duty, and had saved them a lot of trouble
the old agent. in whom they put their trust,
had said so-and for this the new man had
been insulted beaten and walked upon
Even the dark girls father began to sneak
of the agent without swearing. If the
agent would apologize the farmer would
forgive, seeing the fault was his, and not
the agents.
When the train put down the excursion
lists at the village the agent was immedi-
ately surrounded by a sympathetic crowd
Among the first to express his sympathy
was Charley Johnson who took occasion
to thank the young man for his kindness
to Freda- He wanted to pay the difference
between the price Of the excursion ticket
that she had left and the limited ticket, but
the agent said there was nothing to pay.
You bet there will be the devil to pay"
whispered the old agent. THAT travelling
man wanted to board the limited when she
passed us. and to ride on the excursion
ticket, and when the conductor put him off
they had fight, and when the train crew
got through with the drummer he limped
back to the excursion train, vowfng that he
would sue the company. So / think YOU
had better let Mr.. johnson pay for the
ticket, and report the whole incident, and
I'H speak to the superintendent In the
morning, SO well have the bulge on the
drummer. besides being proper on the
books"
Freda's mother came forward now and
shook hands with the agent, who barred his
head as he talked with her Freda, stand
ing apart from the rest saw this and 1t
pleased her. It was SO different from the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-18
NO NEWS HELD BACK.
Government Has Given Out Everything 1t
Has Received.

Government Has Given Out Everything 1t
Has Received.
New YORK, Nov. ia dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: News
from South Africa has been so meager
that suspicious were excited that the
war Office was holding back Important
intelligence Of an unfavorable nature.
There were several long bulletins yes
terday. I have the highest authority
for stating that the war Office is neither
misleading the public nor. keeping
back anything of serious import. nor
revising and curtailing bulletins.
The dispatches from Generals Bull
ler and White are published in the
precise form in which they are re-
eeived, and there is no ground for the
suspicion chat there is bad news in re-
serve when the war Office has nothing
to announce. Ladysmith is the center
of interest and anxiety. but the British
commander there is not a good dis
patch writer, and evidently finds it
difficult to express his meaning clearly
and forcibly.
On this account the bulletins from
him seem broken and disjointed. and
are suspected without reason OF being
roughly condensed at The war office.
General Butler is clearer dispatch
writer, as is proved by his second lucid
account of the skirmish at Belmont
given out last night.
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Soldsby Clarke and Falk, The DaIles, Oregon

defeat at Ladysmith this morning.
The Beers guns were siinced after
four honrs' fighting, during which the
Beers losses were heavy. No details
received"
The Drakensburg dispatch by way of
Durham. which was brought in by q
Kaffir. reporting severe defeat of Beers
at Ladysmith, Thursday. may turn out
to be correct, but in view of previous
experience, it must be received with
caution. 1t appears, however, certain
that heavy fighting occurred and that
the lydite of the naval guns must
have had dire effect upon the burghen
forces If it reached them
A belated dispatch from Ladysmith
dated November 6, by way of Fetcourt,
under date of November 6, confirms the
idea that the temporary cessation of
the Boer bombardment was due to
Joubert's waiting the arrival of other
position guns before tackling the work
in earnest.
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Government for Cuba.

New YORK, Nov. 1O.-A special to
the Times from Washington says: The
first task to which the president will
address himself, now that the election
is oyer, is the establishment of civil
goyernment in Cuba and Puerto liico.
He ia displaying considerable impa-
tience to have this work, which has
been hanging fire SO long, pushed
through as soon as possible. The first
step toward the establishment of civil
government in Cuba is the completion
Of the census, and that, it is now ex-
pected, will be finished by the end OF
the month.
The presidents desire is to have Gu
ban self-government in operation at
once, SO that congress may be able to
observe its practical workings and be
aided to frame lave for the permanent
government of the island.
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Korea to Be Surveyed.

According to report made to the
state department. by United States
Minister Allen, Korea has never had
proper survey made of it's lands. The
treasury department knows in a rough
they existed a few hundred years ago,
but new land brought under cultiva-
tion is apt to be known only to the
country officials, who draw much OF
their considerable revenue from taxes
on this new land. The people, of
course, get no relief, for they will be
most thoroughly taxed, whoever gets
the money. Taxes are now paid in
kind, and land is listed as rice land,
which is the best and most profitable,
or upland, which is used for barley,
wheat, beans, etc. 1t has now been
decided to have a complete survey
made of the whole peninsula, prelim-
mary to a just and proper assessment.
An American, r. Krumm, of Columbus,
O., a graduate of the Ohio university,
has been engaged as chief engineer of
the Korean government, "for the di-
rection of all engineering work, such
as the laying out of irrigation works,
roads, bridges, Notifications, ETC." Mr..
Krumm has five-years' contract with
the government at a compensation of
5000 per month for the first year, and
increasing $50 per month each year.
He will also have house and certain
expenses furnished. Mr.. Krumm is
now engaged with the engineering
force of the Seoul Chemulpo railway.
-Washingto Star.