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The Washington times., 1904-01-17
ELEVATOR ETIQUETTE

IGH I'D you ever take notice of the
way men and women act in
- an elevator?" asked an ex-
perienced elevator conductor in one OF
Washington's large Office buildings.
No? Wen. you want to keep your
EYE open after this. and you'll get a
little fun out OF it. There are two or
three little things they do in elevators
that tell good deal about their char
acter
Every now and then we see in the
papers long discussions OF a woman s
rights in the business world The writ
ers argue one side and the other. Some
say a woman ought TO go ahead and
take her chances along with men. and
others hold that she should be given
the consideration ir shops and offices
that she is given "a home.
''I'il just tell you one thing. and that
is that II the treatment accorded women
by men was based on the manner in
which women treat men and their sister
women in elevators, the men could be
called no gentlemen many times.
when a woman gets into an ele-
vator on the first floor she takes ner
stand. nine times out of ten, right in
front of the door. When the elevator
stops at the second 90 let on a pas
senger she keeps her position. so she
can be at the door when she gets n
the top floor. Everybody who comes in
or goes out on the way up has to crowd
by her. She has got the front stand.
and she Is going TO keep II. No mat
ter how many have 20 squeeze by her,
she stands her ground. A man In tbs
same position would go TO the rear OF
the car and stand facing the door. but
the woman wants TO stand in front and
face wherever she pleases.
"As for telling the conductor what
floor she wants. that rarely enters her
head She thinks he is a mind reader.
and if ne takes her by the floor she
wants. she gives him the mischief
Men arc mighty foolish sometimes
too. A man will step into a car full of
women, and IL will take him several
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gray streak and hit him solid thump
IN the side. Its onslaught was so sud
den and we'll timed that Mr.. Dog lost
his footing. rolled over on the hillside
with yelp. scrambled to his feet and
raced headlong for the camp with his
tail between his legs. The rabbit watch
ed him go and then hoped back under
the cactus again. squatted on his
launches. 'wagged' his nose and wash
ed his face with his paws i'm quiet con-
tentment OF a victory gained. After
that that shepherd dog always viewed
that particular spot with suspicion and
il is doubtful If he ever knew what
hit him.
Sometimes rabbits delight in playing
with and teasing a dog as swallows do
cat Yet they never try the same
trick on swift fox nor do the swal-
lows tease a weasel 1 have seen a
moonlight party OF rabbits playing leap
frog and tag suddenly disappear in
their burrows, the scent OF fox hav-
ing crept down with light breeze.
"A Jackrabbit is a fool. for If YOU
once start him up he will run past a
hundred safe havens Of refuge. and
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to catch slunks nearby. The can top
being cut in quarters BY two blows from
the hatchet Is emptied OF its contents
and thrown on the waste pile. If that
can happens to have held salmon it is
irresistible TO any skunk or coon that
passes to the leeward of it. A little in
vestigatiOn locates it, a paw is tried
and then a nose The yielding top al
lows an entrance. but forbids with
drawal and so hooded the prowler falls
a victim 10 those in csmp. The rabbit
skunk. porcupine. badger. and raccoOu
are all easily trapped and unsuspicious
Of danger. but when one tries the fox,
wolf. and felis families he finds an en-
tirely different proposition A snare. n
tin can. or even in the case of the coon.
a hole bored in a fallen log. with
sharp wire nail driven slantwise will
suffice to entrap the unwary ones. but
it takes woodcraft TO entrap the swift
coyote. wolverine. marten, otter, or wild
cat.
Robbed the Traps.
"Once. while with an old trapper. back
of the Spanish peaks pine marten rob
bed his traps with startling regularity.
Every morning dead branch or
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"reminiscences. was the hearty response
from several OF the fellows.
''Well. during an experience Of thirty
two years on the great plains OF the
Far West in their wild state I made
quite study Of the habits and customs
OF animals in their wild state. and OF all
the animals that live from hand to
mouth Brer Rabbit seems to be espe-
ciaily defenseless and the most eagerly
sought after. Yet it has been my expert
ence that harmless bunny viii fight on
occasion and look fierce enough TO scare
a camel. On a ranch in Cottonwood
Arroyo. just south Of Pueblo. where ]
was once stationed, was a shepherd dog
that never tired OF playing with the
numerous cottontails that dwelt under
the cacd and in the big rock lodges
thereabout. The dog was always II,
for he never caught any rabbits: but
one evening ne flushed one in a miIet
patch and tore across dry creekbed
after IL pretty close behind. but not gain
ing TO any encours ging extent.
Mr.. Rabbit Too Quick.
Just as he rushed past a large cane
cactus "A big rabbit flashed out like a
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IT THOROUGHLY enthusiastic is Har-
ris Jones. the fourteen-year-old
son OF Capt Thomas Jones. of
the Pension Office who has just
returned from three years stay IN the
gold re egions of Alaska. and the lad de-
clares that he would not remain away
from Nome though offered the best
paying position under the Government
in Washington.
Nome is the place for the poor boy
who has plenty Of ginger in him." said
young Jones. ''and. with the consent of
my parents. ] am going back there after
I take a five months business course
here. vent to Nome three years ago
with my aunt who has considerable
property there. l was then eleven
years old. but soon found that, though
even in knee breetches. there was an
opening for me to make some money.
and l went at it. and 1 made it, too.
The Way to Keep Warm.
Yes. it was cold; but the weather
NDtNn bDlitA a AtiioN hntii
there are large round dollars in sight
The knowledge that one is making big
money has a tendency to warm him up.
you know Any old boy can make good
money out there il he has the git-up in
him There are all kinds of turns he
can make. and the people in Nome
spend money with a liberal hand can
tell you Why. do you know that
got dollar a trip TO carry the Cape
Nome Nugget a small. twice-a-week
paper. and didn't have half a hun
dred subscribers TO serve. either. and
every copy l sold made 1212 cents But
my. my. the money rolled in when 1
could get papers from Washington. New
York. Chicago. Boston. or Kansas City
TO sell. ! could just get my own price.
and people would stand round and beg
for them.
Nome has it's four hundred-the So
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as they arc taken from the g-ound7
You can find them shaped like dogs.
cats. eagles. snakes. and even like men.
I have seen as perfect profile OF mans
face-everything ccmplete-as could pos
sibly be made. and dogs. and such things
are common. Miss Smith, who lives
here in Washington. had the most per
feet outlines Of an eagle that srgr
saw taken from mine.
"Of> course you don't have all the
comforts OF home In Nome-not by a
long jump-but It's worth great deal
to young boy to know that he is where
he can stand a reasonably good cha ace
Of being cIassed with the standard OIL
men some day. 1t, to me, is long
ways better than hanging around WASH
ington with your only hope, and that
very weak one. OF being able to success
fully go against the civil service and
finally getting $500 fob with a life and
death struggle with all kinds OF boot
licking to get promotion l viii take
my chances every time out in Alaska
with the Es<iTaos. the ice. and the dogs.
Chances for Real Live Boys.
Il don't want to make any boy dis
satisfied with his home and put the
Alaska fever into any Of their heads. but
1 believe that If a real live bay a boy
who has not made the acquaintance OF
cigarettes and such Ike bad habits. and
is willing to work-wants TO get out and
hustle for himself. he viii not find
better place on earth than Nome or
any other place in Alaska Wen. it IS
just this, if he gets there and don't get
a payday movement on him he viii
either starve OF freeze TO death II there
is plenty OF ginger in him, if he Is not
afraid to work. and doesn't have to take
cigarette from between his teeth to
speak to a gentleman. he will succeed.
even If it's only selling papers and doing
odd jobs
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ciety people you know-and when they
would give their entertainments. dances
and dinners. that was the time 1 could
get " for helping around. Oh. there
are just lots of ways a fellow can pick
up dollars, but l had a good regular
position with the Pacific Cold Storage
Company. and everything outside OF
this was 'velvet'-extra money Ny
boss liked me. and never refused to let
me off when ] had a chance to make
2 few dollars. Right now is the season
when the moneyed men are spending
their easily-earned wealth. You see. these
men work like wheel horses during the
spring. summer. and fall months, and
when the freeze-up comes they come
into Nome and let the money and mug
gets hy.
Things are not quite so lively there
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but are clever and honest as the day is
long. They are a great deal better peo-
pie than some people would have you
believe. Like the Indian, they are firm
IL their belief that you are only wait
ing chance to skin him in a trade,
and the fact is, they are generally
skinned good and hard. An Eskimo viii
trade for anything from horseshoe
nail 70 a steam engine. I have seen one
Of them exchange a pair of mucklul1s-
mtanned skin boots, beautifully made
and with walrus soles-for a pocket
knife, cheap pistol. and a few such ar
ticles. not worth at the most over $50.
These nuckluks are about the only re-
liable footwear YOU can get there. and
they VIII last for months The muck
iuks, gloves, coats. and other articles
Of wearing apparel made by tbs Eslzi-
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lTELL us story, general"
group Of newspaper men, an

Ut ELL us a story, general"
The speaker was one OF
group Of newspaper men. and
the occasion a little dinner IN
honor of Brig Gen Andrew S Burt,
L. S. A. retired. a few nights ago in
one OF Washington's prominent hotels.
General Bart is lone OF the boys"
and nothing delights him more than TO
have a crowd of them around him. and
he is game to holding up his end OF the
stick when it comes to spinning a yarn.
'Tll go you" was the hearty response
OF the genial old soldier as the boys
fixed themselves In comfort. each putting
a fragrant Havana or hastily rolled
cigarette. with a mug OF hot stufr"
within easy reach.
You fellows have been talking and
writing about the sagacity of domestic
animals Stories frequently appear in
print about the intelligence Of the horse
and of the dog. but of animals in their
wild state you seldom read or hear a
thing. Suppose 1 take the craftiness of
wild animals as my subject
An right. general fire ahead; we NAV
be able to make good yarn out Of your
The Washington times., 1904-01-17
WOODS TALKING GROW

~ NE frequently hears of talking
crows, and the old legend 10
- the effect that a split tongue is
all that is necessary to make
one carry on lengthy conversations in
the most polished English is familiar 20
nearly every child Of ten years old. The
split tongue story has long been proven
q myth Al tho cost OF absolute cruelty
10 many poor crow, but many persons
still believe that any crow can talk II he
80 desires and has an opportunity Of as
sociation with loquacious specimens Of
The human family.
Prof. Wood. one of the taxiderTnists
of the Smithsonian Institution. has a
crow. however. that not only can talk
but which does talk. His name IS
Jack" and he is as fine specimen Of
the Corvus Americanus as one would
wish 10 see: a big. black fellow. full Of
life and the uncarny suspiciousness for
which his kind are noted. for Of all the
birds Of the air the crow is the shyest
ard most sagacious. Jack" with a
companion taken from the same nest,
was bought by Mr.. Wood from a bird
fancier IN June. 1902. at which time he
was about three weeks old, making him
a little more than a year and half
old now. Jacks mate died, but ne lived
and waxed strong I'm voice and spirit.
keeping his master up half the night
during the period Of his rapid growth,
feeding him every hour or so. When he
was bis enough TO take care OF himself
for a reasonable length Of time Mr.
Wood brought Jack to his workshop at
the Smithsonian and settled him In a
big cage. Then the fun began.
Jack had always been an unusually
zsosrt crow, learning tricks very read
ir. He was more than ordinarily sus-
licious, even for a crow, but soon
irarrcd to eat and 70 come 10 the bars
g his cage whenever food was In sight
tier he had been AT the workshop for
hiie he was heard. one day during
s.bserce OF MIR. Wood. mutterinR to
s'lf IN aysistant. working in an
oinirc Tr,m. crept quietly TO the door
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now as they were before President
Roosevelt closed up the gambling joints
last spring. The United States marshal
had picnic for a little spell. but they
we're stopped-run on the sly now Just
as they do here, l g7Iess. There were
nine barrooms right in a row in Front
Street, and before ] LEFT TWENTY-FIVE
saloon keepers had made applications
for icense-Sl.50O each. and only about
200 population. LOOKS like that would
keep things warm, don't it. little bit?
Plenty of Work for Ali.
But a young fellow needn't monkey
around such joints TO make good Hv-
ing. Not bit Of it. There are lots Of
other places in which he can lind EN-
ployment. and at good wages. too Why.
a fellow can trade with the Eskimos
and make more money than he can
here. These Eskimos are funny people,
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Got Into The Wrong Bed.

A n evening spent with companions
u in saloon. mistake in thinking
the house of his next door neigh
Dor was his own upon returning home.
and his going to bed in the wrong house
with his shoes on were the incidents
which led to Thomas DevlIn. a boiler
maker. being arraigned in the HYDE
Park police court. Chicago. last week
on charge OF disorderly conduct.
Devlin was arrested on complaint OF
Mrs Alice Guinee. Ninety S-thfrd Street
and Stony Island Avenue. who alleged
that she found Devlin asleep with his
shoes on in a bed in one of the rooms
OF her house.
She had never seen the man before.
she said, and ran screaming 10 the
street. where she called the policeman.
Devlin was fined IS and costs.
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mos have kept many a man from freez-
ing to death.
Certainly I have my gold mine out
there. A friend OF wire aided me in
stalking claim two years ago and 1
believe it viii make me a rich man one
OF these days. and believe it so strong
that ] am not going to stay very far
away from il. I'm going TO nurse it, AS
the miners say. 1t is located on Dewey
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OF the Pioneer Company. from which
was taken the largest nugget the coun-
try ever saw. Weighing 1S2 ounces, and
worth SS,27s. 1t was the prettiest thing
of a solid piece OF gold-the genuine.
natural stuf-measuring 11s< inches in
circumference, 17s4 across. and 2015 long,
Curiously Shaped Nuggets.
DO you know it is interesting to
study some OF these large nuggets just
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YOUTHFUL WASHINGTON LADS ADVENTURES IN ALASKA

Just Home for a Visit and to
Take . Short Business
Course, When He /, c.
ing Back, You Bet.
Alaska the Finest Country
in the World Tor Young
Men With PLENTY of Git
ger"-Keeping Warm.
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Fourteen -Year-Old Harris
Jones Made a Lot OF Money
Doing Odd Jobs in Nome,
and, of Course, Staked
Out a Claim Which He
Expects Will Make Him
as Rich as "One of Those
Standard OIL Fellows"
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22
A Card From M. Strouse.

Do not think because we are selling
ready to wear mems and boys cloth
ing that we do not make fine and fin
esq garments to order. for we do make
such exact fits that no tailor here or
elsewhere can improve on it. We re-
quire no changing or trying on. The
firm of Born & Co. Chicago are sending
us 1000 samples of the newest richest
goods and their prices are from % to
$40 below any other tailor. If no fit.
you are free not to take said garments
and the prices are printed and estab-
lished to rich or poor alike. Come
and see and get acquainted with lower
prces. and finer goods. Yours. ,4,-
II. STROUSE. Born's Agent.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22
Bradley-Brown
Scandal.

Tho nasty scandal of Former Sena-
tor Arthur Brown and Mrs. Annie
Bradley, still holds the boards at Salt
Lake City
From the article given below taken
from Salt Lake exchange Senator
Brown evidently has tired Of his
inamorita and now seeks 70 play the
poltroon. in refusing his name to his
own progeny.
The following is the article:
Former Senator Arthur Brown has
protested to County Clerk John James
against his placing on file the birth
report of Mrs. Annie Bradley, in
which she says that he is the father of
her youngest son. born at 81 South
Second West street, Oct. 4. 03. He
says the Statement is very clearly
libeloIs and malicious. and to encum-
ber the register of births with such
filth is to degrade the noble purpose
of the statute providing for the regis
tration of all births and deaths. -
The first notice of the birth of the
child was sent to the board of health
by Or. E. W. Whitney, in which the
fathers name was NOT given. Sena-
tor Brown. judging from letter he
wrote Clerk James. learned that Mrs.
Bradley intended to file report Civ
ing his name as the father 1t was
TO the filing of that report that Sena-
tor Brown entered his objection. 1t
was filed with the cpuntv cIark
through the board of health, on Jan ?
After its receipt Clerk Jamses laid
the matter before County Attorney
George Westervelt, asking whether he
should make an official record of the
statement of Mrs. Bradley. The at
torney advised him to flo her state
ment with the records of the office. 4"
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22
Wants, For Rent, Lost, For Sale.

For rent-Furnished rooms. 623
Ute Ave.
For Sale -Four horses, harness
and wagon. 545 Ute Ave:
Lost Fur lined glove for right
hand. Leave at this office.
Widow wihes position as houseke ep-
er for gentleman. Address Sentinel.
Wanted Good girl for general
housework. Mrs. @. d. Fisher 741
Colo. Ave
Wanted Boarders in private
family. Also have one room for rent.
42C White Ave.
For sale or rent-9 room house
suitable for board or rooming house.
Inquire at 3O6 White.
Lost-Bead necklace, between Turn
er Hall and 4th and Grand Monday
evening. Return to this office.
Wanted. Bearing orchard must be
bargain not over 10 acres within 4
miles of r. r. station. State SPOT
cash price and full particulars to Sue
cess. 800. Sentinel office.
Renchmen and Poultry Raisers. -
Royal Poultry Mixture. manufactured
by Royal COOPERATIVE Co. of Indian
apolis, Ind, is warranted to increase
your egg receiuts or money refunded;
price 81 per package, 6 packges for So.
prepaid. Royal Lice Killer is war
rented to kill all mites and lice ON
your poultry in one day or money re-
funded. Give it trial. Address all
order to A. NJ. Heubert, Ridgway,
Colorado.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22

Ribbons at The G.. V. Store.
The Progress is always the best.
The Enterprise phone 4S2 black.
Best livery in the city at Platt's.
Supplies for battenberg work III
The G.. V. Store.
Box papeterie and writing tablets
at the G. V. Store.
Have you tried the famous Victor
Blend Coffee. At the Enterprise.
The very finest in the line of gro
ceries and meats at the Enterprise.
Does your piano needItuning, Alex
Bergeron. Thompson Music Co.
The laces at The Ii. v. store for .
and 10 cent a yard are truly bargains
There is no place in town that you
can get finer livery turnout than at
Platt's.
If interested in bead work, go to
The G. V. Store for your beads, thread
and loom.
There is nothing finer than the Pro-
gress home made bread. Try a loaf.
It is fine.
Service at the Enterprise is the
best, and the goods are guaranteed to
be satisfactory.
Anyone who has tried the Victor
Blend coffee recommends it. Ask for
it at the Enterprise.
When in The G.. V. Store buy some
of thier 30 cent chocolate creams,
they always taste like more.
The correct shades of silks are need
ed in the art of embroidery these you
can have by going to The G. V. Store
Visit The G. V. Store. you may see
what you want. No complusion to
buy this is your personal opinion you
i are welcome as a visitor.
We expect something that will be
of interest to You ladies. when in
town step in The G. V. Store and in
quire whether 1t has arrived
Yes, we did business druing Decem-
ber. and as the world moves. we must
do business during January. conse-
] We wiz tOlitlLut w give EOOu
values. so do not fail to visit the G..
V. Store.
The particular coffee for particular
people for this particular country
The Evans Coffee blended after
thorough analysis of Grand Junction
water. This means everything.
Lee and Son. Exclusive agents
Mr. Parker. the new carriage paint
and decorator will do your work and
guarantee that it is as well done as
can be done in any of the large cities.
He has worked in all the prominent
western cities and knows a piece of
work when he sees it, He asks for
any particularly piece of " ork and he
will guarantee that he can do it with
the utmost satisfaction.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22
German Peasants ea.rno poo.

Owing to the poverty existing in
South Germany the peasants during
the last three months have been com
PEELED to eat the flesh of dogs. The
government has now ordered a special
slaughterhouse for dogs to be erected
at Munich. In future all dogs before
being killed will be examined by a
veterinary surgeon, and If certified
unsound will not be allowed to be sold.
Dog meat will only be permitted to
be sold by dealers in horseaesh.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22
The Railroad Shoe Shop.

No. 204 Colorado Avenue. boot and
shoe repairing our specially. We
guarantee satisfaction. quick work.
reasonable rates. Try us and see
J. p. Comfy, Prop
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22
us. DEPARTMENT AR OF AGRICULTURE
EATHER BUREAU.

Grand Junction, Colo.
Local observations taken at 6
oclock, Mountain Time
Maxium temperature during past 32
hours, 50.
Minimum temperature this morning
10 degrees.
Relative humidity at e. m. yes
terday, 3S per cent. Relative humid
ity at 6 a. m. 90 per cent
Precipitation during the past "a
hours, 600
Forecast for Western Colorado-
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday,
with snow in mountain districts.
r. H. SULLIVAN,
Observer. Weather Bureau.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-22
Government Waste eaner.

Waste paper from the combined En-
glish government offices amount each
day to no less than fifteen tons. The
paper is taken off to department Off
cially known as the waste-paper of
flee, and afterward sent to mill,
where 1t is reduced to pulp and made
into paper again. All the paper rib
bon from the government telegraph
departments comes to the waste-paper
office also.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-04
ON TWO CHARGES.
w. n. Ham Held for EmbezzIement at
Boston.

Boston, March 3.-Two charges al
leging misrepresentation of funds were
made against Wallace II. Ham. until
recently manager of the Boston branch
of the American Surety Co. of New
York. when he was brought into the
municipal court, Thursday. from the
Charles street Jail. One was for the al
legged embezZlement of $4,000 from the
Surety Co. and the other. the new conn
plant. for the alleged larceny of $3i.-
600 of the funds of st. Luke's Home
for Convalescents. of (which Ham was
treasurer. The court room was filled
with spectators when the defendant
was arraigned.
Ham waived examination on both
charges and was held for the grand
jury. which meets. Monday next. Coun-
sci for the American Surety Co urged
an increase in bail from $50, 900 to $780,
900 on the ground that the shortage of
the company as Il result Of Hams
wrongdoing would reach s23O.O0O instead
of $4,000 as previously stated. Coun-
sci also sid that Ham had also OBJ
tanned money from a bank in EoSton
by presenting Il false record of the
board of directors of st. Luke's Home
purporting to authorize him 10 make Il
loaon. The court declined to increase
the bail and named SIS GOO as the
amount which he must furnish on the
st. Luke's Home charge.