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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

lied citizens from the sister republic across
the Rio Grande are rounded up and run
into the bale like sheep or cattle through
a chute. When once penned there he re-
mains until he discharges the high and re-
sponsible function of. citizenship, for the
discharge of which duty he Is prepared
through 'biley' training. During his con-
purposes he is furnished with all the whts-
ky. tobacco, cigarette papers, grub and mu-
sic necessary for his comfort and enjoy
ment.
ION the night previous to the election the
women and children are admitted Into the
'biley,' and then begins revelry and ca
rousal calculated to arouse and starue
Bacchus and his devotees from their slum-
bers in that torrid land where water freezes
of the election these copper colored gentle
men are taken from the biley, carried In
carriages to the polls, where they vote the
ballots prepared for them by the proprietor
of the 'biley. Their voting privileges having
been exercised, they become useless pieces
OF living clay, and are turned loose upon the
range until the next election comes and
they become valuable for political purposes
again. The result of elections in this free
upon the question Of 'bileys.' Whoever Is
most energetic and corrals the greatest
number of Mexicans wins the day. As this
class of voters never or seldom gets
square meal until the 'biley' jubilee comes,
we can readily imagine why they are inocu-
lated with burning desire for elections to
come often. Since the adoption OF the poll
tax amendment 1 am puzzled to know how
the dead Mexicans viii get their polls paid
have SO long exercised both as living and
dead citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

to go ashore and look around and see the
place and the people and see what's doing
and he goes ashore wheresoever the ship
ties I'D.
The day the three pigeons here referred
to were seen aboard the German ship in
South street there was seen going aboard
the same vessel the ships dog. The dog
had been ashore looking the town over, and
was now going back. The vessel was near
ly loaded, and, as it happened, the tide was
low, so that the ship, at the moment, was
low in the water, her rail being about on
level with the string piece Of the wharf.
Thus the ladder reaching from the wharf to
the vessel was in an almost horizontal po-
sition, and the dog had to pick his way
along on the edge Of the steps. This he did
without difficulty, as doubtless he had often
done before. The pigeons carried thus at
sea on deep-water ships are likely to stay
by the vessels until they lose their lives by
accident Sometimes, coming back from
flight, pigeon will be caught in the down
draught of wind in a sail and dashed into
the sea. But they may survive for long
time The mate Of a ship lying in South
street said he had known pigeon to stay
on q vessel for five years, sailing in her
round and round the world.
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sance In the neighborhood In which It T.
located. 1t Is a poorly disguised saloon
without the restraint of a landlord fearful.
OF the loss of his license or of a visit from
the police. saloonkeeper who has for
feited his license through some miscon.
duct has been known to organize a club and
to continue his former practices without
the restrictions and restraints that sur
round the licensed publican.
The new act puts an end to such prac-
tees. In addition to the requirement a.
to the registration OF every club in which
intoxicating liquor Is sold the clubs secre-
tary is required to furnish at the beginning
OF every year particulars as to the club, Is
objects, its addresses, its rules the mum
Der OF members. its hours OF opening and
closing together with q statement that a
record IL kept OF the names and addresses
OF the members. club may be struck OFF
the register IL its membership falls below
twenty-five, or because Il Is not conducted
in good faith as q club, or because there f.
much drunkenness on the premises, or be
cause persons are habitually admitted as
members without an interval OF at least
forty-eight hours between nomination and
admission or because the supply of liquor
Is not under the control OF members OF q
committee. This does not complete the
list OF offenses punishable by the with
drawal OF registration. and the widest dis
or not a club is a sham.
The Importance of this legislation l.
shown by the fact that the workingmen's
clubs alone In the united kingdom number
from four to FIVE thousand. Only a COM
parative few Of these are OF Questionab bic
aim, but the new law will force these to
close up or reform their ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
PASSING OF THE WELL SWEEP.
Once a Common Feature, They Have
Almost Disappeared.

From the New York Sun.
In the course Of a twenty-mile walk along
country roads in southern Connecticut
there were seen by visiting New Yorker
recently only two well sweeps. once as
common a feature of the landscape there as
windmills are In Holland. There were found
a number of wells of the ordinary kind
with two buckets at the end Of a rope rum
ming on wheel. and one or two wells of
the windlass kind. with a bucket at the
end of a rope wound up on roller by the
turning Of a crank. but in most cases the
old oaken bucket. in whatever manner 1t
may have been used, had been supplauted
by the chain pump.
At one Of the wells at which, in the
course OF this walk the two we'll sweeps
were encountered there was found fixed in
the well curb a steel spout. The old-fash-
Toned well spout, 1t will be remembered,
was of wood and commonly so formed that
care had to be used in pouring the water
Into 1t from the well bucket so as to avoid
wasting IT, inside the curb or out. The steel
we'll spout is so shaped that the well bucket
can be emptied all at once into the annie
receptacle inside the curb without its sion
ping over. while the part outside of the
curb is so shaped that the water thus pour
ed In all runs into the pat1 set to receive II
This well was. therefore, equipped at once
with the most ancient and the most modern
OF well contrfvances, namely well sweep
as means OF lowering and raising the
bucket and steel spout. But the water
from the well was quite unchanged. Like
the water everywhere found, It was excel
lent Man might invent new-fangled con-
trivances for raising 1t from the earth. but
nature at least keeps on doing business In
the good old way In the same stretch ~
country one who had not for some years
before visited 1t would be struck by the
number Of wind mills now used there for
pumping water. He might have become
oh vxytSH q
west-he would find them now commonly
used In the east
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
PIGEONS AT SEA.
Carried In Deep-Water Ships, Some
times for Use, but Mostly as Pets.

times Tor Use, but Mostly as fets.
From the New York Sum-
Stepping about on the deck Of German
ship lying at q South street wharf, in the
mildly grave. gentle manner Of their kind,
were three pigeons. 10 There were two par
ent birds and one Of tfieir young, all clearly
quite at home amid fheir strange surround
ings. These birds We're taken aboard the
ship at port on the west coast OF South
America. Here -ths vessel Is loading for
Sydney. Australia, and tlfither the pigeons
will go with her unless Some accident be-
falls them. 1Etf; I'D
Homing pigeons carried on deep-water
ships are sometimes made to serve purposes
of utility, such as carrying messages. but
commonly pigeons found. on board these
vessels a simply pets. They have house
on deck, and they come ott In fair weather
friend, for all handsrltke them They be-
come very tame, and stbsy may walk into
the cabin and hop up onto the table and
take their meals with the captain or the
Pigeons carried ut seq often fly about
around the ship or make long flights from
1t. but, barring mishap, they always return
far. half q day at q time and yet come back.
Pigeons do sometimes f1y away and DO not
come back, having doubtless become lost.
And tn sn sometimes pigeons that seemed to
the decks OF q ship at sea- They had be-
come lost from some other ship and had
fortunately discerned this one and 80 saved
II ships were In company or anywhere
near on the sea pigeons that might be
aboard either would be likely to visit the
other But they would go back to where
they belonged. They stick to the ship when
In port with curious cleseness, not going
ashore at all. The vessel may be tied to a
wharf for days or weeks ct time In un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
A Fine Art Disappearing.
From the Kansas City Star

One Of the things in this changing world
that ought to be preserved inviolate against
the touch Of innovation is apple pie. Prop
eriy constructed. with an ingenious regard
for hygiene and for pleasing taste. an apple
pie is the very apotheosis Of cookery. and
no token Of modern degeneracy is more
mournfully apparent than the great search
ty Of the sort Of intelligence and discrimi-
nation necessary to the production Of apple
pie, pure and indebted, and Invested of
all adjuncts and appurtenances which
vttiate the palate and impair the digestion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
GRASS HOUSES OF THE w1cHITAs
Ingenious Indian Architecture That
Has Become q Lost Art.

6Ade 0SCO1l0 u kOSt ART
From the Scientific American.
The finest house ever designed by a red
skin is the grass house Of the wichitas, a
tribe that at present live In southern Okla
homa. They are the only tribe that ever
accomplished successfully the erection Of a
grass structure Soon they are to aban-
don these huts and take up their humdrum
reservation life in two-room frame shaoks,
which are being built for them by the
government. The grass house, It Ii claimed,
Is far from being healthful; but 1t is Ger
tainly comfortable.
tribe alive today who understand the art
Of building one Of these houses SO that 1t
will stand. And these refuse to work
even for generous wages. The govern
ment has offered these grass-house builders
lucrative employment to construct some
houses that may be preserved as models
of an ancient art. But they refuse, and
the grass huts that used to dot the prairies
OF the Wichita reservation are now being
torn down. The Wichitas are determined
that their huts shall not survive them
Appearances are often deceiving. One
can look upon grass house and imagine 1t
an easy thing to build. But not 30. 1t Is
indeed most intricate. The grass is rath-
cred early In the spring, when It Is yet
fresh. The sod cutting usually takes place
Immediately after q rain, the sod being
removed TO q thickness Of about eight
Inches. Buffalo grass sod Ii the only kind
that will answer the purpose Of the build
er. He commences to lay the foundation As
does the stone mason, digging away the
earth to depth Of about one foot. The
grass portion Of the chunks Of sod 10 laid
to the outside, and the house Is built to a
height Of twelve to fifteen feet, In the form
Of q pointed dome There Is no hole In the
top for smoke to pass out. the latter being
carried away through pipe on the out
side Of the hut. The door IL usually In
the south. and there are no windows.
Through each tuft Of sod is run a willow
reed string, and these strings are bound
clear around the structure The erass
remains green. and viii grow II there u
plenty Of rain. II 10 not at all uncommon
to see the sides Of these grass houses turn
green AZ spring approaches, Just as do the
pastures near them. The houses are very
warm In winter and cool in summer: They
never leak Often the Indians have barns
made OF the Same material But in these
days the redskins are made to live In frame
shacks. and the once famous grass house
viii soon be but a recollection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
ELECTION ON THE RIO anANDE.
Methods Of Getting Out the Full Vote
Of the Quick and the Dead.


of the Quick and the Dead.
From the Galveston Daily News
While In conversation with a knight of
the road, whose business interests and
route Of travel frequently take him among
the tamale population OF the irrepressibIe
and unterrified Fifteenth" an interesting
account OF the election baile' was given.
Said he:
Both parties, by common consent and
mutual understanding, use the bale there
known as a place Of confinement for Mexi-
can voters for an American congressman.
In that land Of Independence and freedom
1t Is said that a male Mexican begins to
exercise the right Of suffrage before he at
tains the age Of majority, and never relin-
quishes It or ceases to exercise that priv
ilege until many, many years after his Inn
mortal spirit has gone to that realm where
the rainbow never fades, In fact, It Is
said that the climate Of the Brownsville
region produces an Unborn desire in Mex
lean to vote. and he never knows or cares
for what or for whom he Is voting, provided
he gets in the 'biley' and the 'biley' head
man places the ballot between his cigar
ette-stained finger.
Two or three days before the election
these naturalized az well as the unnatural
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
WHEN THE SUMMER DIES.
The City Man Goes Back to the Youth
full Days Of Forty Years Ago.

The City Man Goes Back to the Youth
full Days Of Forty Years Ago.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
Let's go back to the old farm for a day
Just to catch glance Of fading Indian sum-
mer and the yawning time OF year. 1t Is
lazy month. Old Mother Nature is sleepy.
She sits with hands folded and waits for
the white mantle and the long rest. The
country is beautiful In spring and gorgeous
as the summer wanes and every valley be-
comes an art gallery.
In the early morning we leave the old
farm house. snuff the crisp. keen air and
start out on a tramp. There Is no smoke
no rumble Of trucks and jar Of trolley cars
Miles away a hound on the trail IL bay
ing, and the sound Is waited over the hills
and meadows clear as bell. and It arouses
the wildness in our breast and takes "
back many years.
Let's walk, let's cover miles and get just
as far from trouble and worry and business
as we can. Why, this Is the abode OF peace.
passion and wrong can exist so close to
the earth's bosom.
We pass through the old orchard, gather
late apples that, somehow, have o flavor
chard; follow the crooked path that winds
like great serpent across the pasture.
labor across the new plowed fields and find
the smell Of fresh earth grateful.
Here's the brook. We fished there once
with bent pins. There was only warm sum
Shine in those days-sunshine and butter
flies. How good life was when we were
youngl
And there Is the woods. no longer gloomy
and mysterious but gorgeous with all the
glow Of the peacock. painted by frost and
sun. every tree q rainbow, every bush
bouquet. Isn't 1t strange that nature makes
death so attracttve7
Listen. Do you hear the music? Children
are laughing. There Il a harmony In the
natural mirth OF little folks more tuneful
than anything that man has ever written.
It Ii 70 sweet that even the phonograph
has failed 70 reproduce Il, and It never
rings clearer than down on the old farm,
when there Ia q nutting expedition on.
Takes us back about forty years-doem't
it7-back to the time Of stone bruises ana
battered fingers and red cheeks and healthy
appetttes and thousand things that fade
away when we are no longer young.
We used to be In Just such q party ana
the dog looks just like the stump-taile
dog we had. Why 1t must become here,
Sport, come here, good dog
It Is useless! That was forty years ago.
Time doesn't turn backward. even for old
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men who have made fame In the business
world. We can watch the happy children
breathe the sweet air OF the country once
In while. gaze at the show. and memory
must fill the gaps and do the rest.
We've seen the bags filed with nuts the
dog chase imaginary game into a brush
heap: we've eaten lunch in the woods and
drunk from a spring and our hearts are
filled with the glory OF 1t all. We have
been closer to the power that rules the
world and makes the seasons, and we are
glad that it has been given US to live out
another October day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
From the Toronto Globs

The English licensing act which comes
into effect With the new year Is intended to
remove many abuses that have grown up
under the old law. While It II generally
conceded that the clubs. which are 80 nu-
merous In the united kingdom. serve q USE
full purpose and meet social need Of the
people. q minority sufficiently large to be
worthy OF the attention of parliament.
have degenerafed into mere drinking places
Many . so-called club has become q null
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
A Clever Able.
From the Argonaut.

From tne AfBoneuS
When the Able Dc Voisenon, who hao
been unfortunate enough to offend the great
Condo and 30 lose his favor. went to court
to make his peace with the offended prince.
the latter rudely turned his back on him
Thank heaven, sir" the able exclaimed.
IT have not been misinformed; your high
ness does not treat me az n I were an
enemy" why do you say thatr' the
prince demanded. Because, sir" answered
the able. your highness never turns your
back on an enemy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

present solid battalion not strong to carry
partisan motions. but powerful enough to
defeat the objects and plans Of the ma
iority.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-19
A FATAL NEAL.
The Untime1y Ending of q Crow WHO
Swallowed CeMtiped. r

"Saw a curious thing in California
last winter" said the man who travel
els about. 81 had stopped for mo-
ment to chat with man who was
blowing. when he called my attention
to a large centiped that he had just
plowed up.
"'Come along with me few feet
said he, and let's see what those crows
will do when they find it.
'"There were several large carrion
crows that had been following the
farmer and picking up the insects that
were turned up, and they were now a
| few feet away, waiting for the pillow to
start again.
eve went on a few feet, and the
crows followed. One big, black fellow
soon saw the centiped and swallowed
him at one gulp. Then, in the express
sive slang of the day, there was some
thing doing in the neighborhood Of
that crow. With cav of despair he
mounted into the air for perhaps a
hundred feet, then fell heels over head
till he was few feet from the ground.
Then he managed to catch himself and
flew upward again and away for the
hills, cawing wildly. He had not gone
more than 300 feet when he lost all
control of himself and fell like a shot
to the ground. We went over to where
he had fallen and found him on his
back with his feet in the air, stone
dead.
"In way l know how that crow
felt when he awoke to the situation.
hadn't forgotten my first spoonful of
tabasco sauce that a joking friend once
talked me into swallowing. detroit
! Free Press
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-19

the rules are pointed to, to show that
the employees were acting in disobed-
fence of them. This was illustrated
in the accident in which Engineer
Hirson lost his life recently on the
Kalispell division of the Great North
ern. He was asked by his superior if
he could make number three's time,
and after the accident it was shown
that the rules forbid the running of
such an engine faster than thirty
miles am hour, and he was con-
demned for violating the rule.
Whenever new legislation is pro-
posed affecting the railroads, a great
outcry is made by the paid lobbyists
and others who claim that the pur-
pose is to drive the roads out of bus
mess. This cry was raised three
years ago, when it was first proposed
to compel the roads to equip all cars
Will COupAOAoS anu ~ "@~o
said to be impossible to enforce such
a law, but after several years Of eff
fort, all cars are equipped with the
improved coupler, and hundreds of
lives are saved every year, to say
nothing of the several thousand Grip
n1es that are not made every year. as
formerly.
Reforms come by slow degrees, be-
cause they must come against the
efforts of those whose special privi-
leges they destroy. But when the
people of Montana are once aroused
to the gravity of the situation the
proper laws to regulate and control
the railroads will come without de-
Law.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-19
IT WAS A PRETTY PISTOL.
But 1t Proved Too Expensive For
the bachelor Girls.

But 1t Proved Too Expensive For
the Bachelor Girls.
'No, we don't keep a pistol in our
apartment any more" said the girl
who draws for the magazines and
shares a small fiat with young wo-
man who teaches in one of the private
schools; mot since an experience we
had last winter. Before that we did,
and we had perfect beauty of a pis-
toll, too" she added in tone of regret
full reminiscence, "silver mounted and
handle inlaid with pearl. We spent a
good deal more than we could afford
for it, but we didn't, like those plain
steel things. Now it's gone, though. l
had to give it away, and l don't sup
pose Marian will ever consent to our
having another.
"You see, this is what happened:
was the one who knew more about
handling pistol, so 1 used to sleep
with it under my pillow. We were
both awfully afraid of burglars, and
after there had been a series of rob-
berries in our neighborhood we were so
terror stricken that we were ready to
take alarm at the slightest sound. One
night, to our horror, we were both
aroused by creaking noise and then a
light bump, just as If some one, tip
toeing around, had stumbled against
something. For an instant we were
simply paralyzed with fright Then,
looking tremblingly about the room,
made out over in one corner a tall, dark
figure, perfectly moionless. I reached
cautiously for the pistol, aimed 1t and
fired twice. The figure did not fall,
and the horribly strange thing was that
it did not move or make a sound, Yet
felt sure l had hit 1t.
although we were frightened half
to death we felt we must get up and
light the gas to investigate. BY that
time people from the other apartments
in the building were rushing to our
door to find out what the shots meant
Well, the light revealed matters. had
simply ruined Marian's new forty dol
lar coat which hung on a hook in that
corner. The noise we heard? Oh, that
was some one on the floor below who
had come in late and stumbled against
chair."-New York Tribune.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-19

company nor to the telegraph COM
pany. The Western Union owns two
copper wires clear across the state,
and the railroad company one. The
other wires used by the company are
iron.
Mr.. Hawk was of the opinion that
the present valuation was sufficiently
high, and Mr.. Murray said the equita-
BILE way to assess the telephone COM
pany would be on the instruments in
use.
At meeting this evening the COM
mittee decided upon the valuations.
The Western Union will be assessed
at the rate of $50 mile for the pole
line and one iron wire; additional
copper wires will be at the rate of
500 a mile and iron at SIS mile.
The Postal will be at the rate of $35
mile for pole line and one wire,
and $3.50 for each additional iron
wire, and SIS for each additional cop
per wire.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Tele'
phone company will pay at the rate
of $45 a mile for pole line and one
iron wire, and additional wires will
be at $40 for iron, and copper SIS
The valuation of telephones and of
fee fixtures is left to the assessors
in the counties.-Record.