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The Monte Vista journal., 1905-01-28

Harry Olds returned from La
Jarn the latter part of last week.
He was thrown out of the buggy
near La lara and received some
injuries about the head and face.
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Successful committing is all in knowing
how to save your energy. That's what
puzzles some OF these young fellows. They
chase through the ferry house and wait
ing room as il Old Scat was after them
and think that's good committing.
1T isn't 20 with the old man. He cleans
up most OF his reading on the ferryboat
and on the train before 1t pulls out OF the
yard. and he takes 1t easy when he is walk
ing. You see, he knows exactly how much
time he has and makes allowances accord
hustling. p' VI '''
Then there is much in knowing how to
seat yourself, and in that department Of
the business the old man Is all by himsel II,
rode on this line. Second cal. from the
smoker, two from the rear, Is his choice.
OF course that Is elementary committing.
He goes there to save himself from q rear
end or u head on collision. which will happen
with the best Of us.
He rarely finds seat wholly vacant,
but as he goes good way out on the line
he picks out a seat away from the door,
next to a person who gets Oh at an early
station. so that he will have the seat to him
self before his trip Is well begun. How doee
he know whom person will get OF early?
That's ono Of the dne points that few persons
ever learn.
"Of course he knows q great many men
by sight and knows whore they get Of.
That helps him some. but It isn't enough.
He sizes the Others up pretty quickly.
"A fellow living In one OF the nearby
suburban towns dresses differently from
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he feels his way. Every bump and noise
means locality to him. The roadbed Is
an open book to his senses.
II was told once that 1t was nothing but
an abnormal bump Of locality. but that's
all rot. It's just because he's the master
commuter Of the road and Is up in every
branch Of the business.
Then there are other details that be Is
master Of. When he gets up out Of his
seat he looks back and then glances toward
the rack above him just as easily as you or
l would wink an eye. That's to make sure
there are no packages left behind. Most
people have to make an effort to do that,
but it's second nature to him.
Then there Is the matter OF communication
tickets. He gets his regular as clockwork
on the 25th Of each month, and is always
one. two or three on the list. There Is no
hustling around on the first morning In the
month to get ticket, no leaving breakfast
uneaten to hurry to the station, and NO
trouble about having the right money ready
with him.
an all the time he has been committing
! don't believe he has missed more than
a day. barring vacation times. In the
blizzard Of '8S ne failed to get through one
day, but that was only because the trains
were not running; he was on hand at the
station just the same.
'No, he doesn't play cards In the smoker.
He did in his younger days, but gave It up
on account Of the smoke and bad air You'll
find few commuters who haven't some
throat trouble from riding In the smoking
car year In and year out, and the old man
is one Of the few.
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what did mean whan spoke Of bril-
liant commuters? They're an interesting
set, but don't amount to much. For in :
stance, know one fellow in one Of the
larger towns near here who always gets
q seat.
that's because he can figure to a few
feet just where the platform Of a car Is
going to stop and gets on board before the
first passenger is ready to get of. He
figures it out on the basis Of the baggage
truck, combining with it good powers Of
observations. He always gets good seat
as consequence.
Then there was a fellow from Little
to have. an alarm clock that he stuck on
just a minute before his train wa. due to
reach the station. The plan worked all
right most Of the time. but every once
in a while he would set II wrong and 20
By his station and have walk OF six or
seven miles.
There was a lawyer from Collinsville.
too, who was pretty good. He invented
q reading lamp that screwed onto the seat
and threw . soft, steady mellow light.
He did q whole lot Of work on the trains
with mono OF the discomfort that comes
when you depend on the car lights.
Then there was the man from Annum
who ate his breakfast on the train to save
time. None Of those fellows last, though.
They fash up for time, but soon disappear.
tho old man, though. u always to be
counted on and Is the model to every COM
muter on the line who really wants to yet
It down to . fine art
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one who goes a good way out, and then
the newspaper he reads anil the parcels
he carries give man away. For instance
fruit is a pretty sure indication of the
nearby suburbanite. He can get it cheaper
in the city market. VIII ereas the huckster
supplies the man further along the line.
Fish and candy are more apt to be found
with the man going long distance than
with the fellow in reach Of good stores, and
so you can 60 on and figure until you are
tired The master commuter has all those
points down fine.
when he's got his seat all alone the old
man takes his nap. Reading on the train
is bad for the eyes, and sleep Is good way
to pass the time. Does he ever fail to wake
up In time to get of? It's funny thing,
but he doesn't.
There is little curve before his station
is reached. end that is just as good as an
alarm clock for him. The moment the
train hits the bend he gets up and is ready
Some ten years ago he gave an exhibition
to few friends that was marvellous. The
old man was blindfolded as soon as the
train left the station, and the agreement
was that he should tell where the train
was at least once In every thirty seconds.
He did 1t, and more, too. II was anus
Pleasant Valley Crossingv he shouted
out, and sure enough that was where the
train was. Water tank at Cartersville,'
Muddy Brook and 30 on all the way out.
He hit 1t exactly the whole distance.
The way he docs 1t Is q mystery. The
only solution that I can figure out Is that
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PERFECT TRAVEL

There goes the most experienced COM
muter on this railroad AND one Of the most
capable in the business" said the substi-
tute conductor. indicating a grayhaired
man who was leisurely going across the
ferry house floor toward the door Of the
slip. 1--WE seen lots more brilliant COM
muters, but for general all round ability
that fellow has them all beaten. He lasts
year after year, while the brilliant one
usually quits after q season or 40.
Hes been committing twenty-seven
years, so he ought to know something about
Il. Oh, yes; it's an art, and he knows all
the fine points.
For instance, did you notice him come
into the ferry house? Took 1t kind OF slow,
didn't heT Well that's where you make
a mistake. He was hustling. but not in
the nerve racking way all those apprentices
He came through the door that was
easiest, had his ticket between the
thumb and forcfinger. 40 that the chopper
could punch 1t correctly without delaying
him q second, and when he reached the
news stand the exact change for his paper
was ready. The boat pulled out just when
he took his seat we'll forward. I'll bet
the pilot would be willing to pull out Of the
slip without waiting for the signal ifhe'd
known tho old man was on board. -.
That's the way II goes until he gets all
the way out home. There won't be man
on that train 90 littls tired by the journey
a. he and that's after day In an ONCE
too.
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Of Ida stood also for It-as did when I
caught four-pound trout in the Adiron-
dacks. There are heavier trout in the
lakes Of this wilderness. to be sure, and
the seasons record already is four pounds
with as many ounces over; but that was a
mans luck, and pray hopefully to the fish
goddess, whoever she may be, that my
four-pounder will beat all that the Izaak
Waltonias may do in 1905. Fishermen
do lie so, though, that I'm afraid fisher girls
may get the brag habit. and swear the fms
of me, so to speak. Isendyou photograph
Of the cove. on Lake Placid, where / made
the catch. There is Bishop Henry Cod
man Potter's camp hardly out of sight,
and the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix's camp not
far away, and do you think I'd break a
commandment when those eminent two
Episcopalians are in the neighborhood?
Think Of all they stand for. Dix is High
Church in tendency and Potter is Low
Church; and they differ, too, about the hest
bait for trout.
mr.. Dix brought along a lot O. fancy
flies this summer" said Pog Travers, my
guide: "colored ez II they d been out outen
q rainbow-n' Jim Halleck tells me tibet not
trout riz to one OF EN- in hull afternoons
float took Mr. Potter out tother day.
n he used grasshoppers n nipperbugs.
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n he got nigh onto twenty pounds n two
hours.
I took my rod and line doctrine from
the Bishop and the result was the four
FOUNDER to which have already pointed
with pride.
You don't need to catch big fish to feel
that in a canoe on Adirondack water you
are the central thing in the whole universe.
You have padded all alone by yourself to
the middle Of lake. The shore Is 80 densely
wooded that the bordering camps and
lodges are verdure hidden. In all directions
the unbroken' forest rises. first In hills and
thence away in mountains, 80 that the
horizon is all peaks and clouds, so mistily
blended in the far distances that you can't
tell earth from sky. 1t seems as though
there can be nothing beyond this vast
amphtheater sloping down from miles
and miles of heights to the edge OF the lake.
And here is the illusion that 1t produces
in my mind. The clearness Of air and water
duplicates the landscape underneath you,
upside down, but with every detail a. dis
tinct in the shadow as in the substance.
So there you are, in a bit Of a boat, not
seeming to rest on anything at all, but to
he suspended way, way up somewhere.
You wonder IT, in case you capsize, you
would fall upward or downward. Any
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Webb, Twombly, Hill, Morton and Rookie
feller for their occupants, are as a rule
like hiding places, so shut in are they by
trees. You might sail past some OF them
unawares, for often the telltale lighthouses
and wharves are disguised by rustic con-
struction. These folk are here to get
away from commotion, and their daughters
are bent on having beneficial good time,
The girls really do rough it a great deal.
Flapjacking is one OF the new exercises
and II involves a days trudge into the
wilderness. Nothing is taken along ex-
cept ration for each member Of the party
a hunk OF salt pork, a wad Of buckwheat
dough and q handful Of coffee, A guide
is laden with some tin plates. cups, knives,
forks and spoons, a frying pan and a fish
hook and line. And I've known the boys
to have emergency TASKS along with the
tobacco in their pockets. ...
On one OF these wildwood outings we
trldged four miles that felt like ten with
all the uneveness Of trail 30 faint that
only q native could follow 1t. We got to
what Is called day camp-a log and bark
shed sheltering bench and table free to
all Corners. There our chaperon, aged
so at the start and about 70 at the finish,
had to be laid out on the bench to rest,
The younger ones rolled on the ground.
while the guide caught some perch which
he perjured his soul to swear were trout;
but they were just as good to eat when he
had fried them with the pork, for by that
time our appetites were ravenous.
Flapjacks were the feature OF the meal,
however, and they were good. too-but
not for our tired matron. She ate as
many as any ono did. and in accordance
with the prescribed formula-which is to
cut section Of fapjsok ono inch by three,
wrap it around a bit Of fish and bit Of
pork, swipe the whole in the hot fat and
there you have a mouthful! We liked it,
but 1t almost killed our beloved senior. 1t
Ia q fad this season to write limericks:
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N ENLGt1TENS THE CURATE ON CONVERTING THE HEATH

and he'll be just - likely to know a. any one
would
There was Chinese laundry just around
the corner from my boarding house, 20
resolved to take my collars there few
times and pave the way to An acquaint-
ance.
AT first We only exchang god few words
Of doneness. At last thought We were on
good enough terms, and plunged into the
great subject. First used my best English
and tried q few general questions about
religious convictions in China.
The only answer got was broad grins In
Chinese
Then fell into that queer idea that tho
more asinine my English the more nearly
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It approached Monaghan. When tried
. sort Of pigeon dialect on him. the laundry
man looked foolish in reply. but stuck 70
Probably he didn't no ono could.
then I thought my opening lay in the
proper names. knew or thought knew,
the names Of all the founders OF Chinese
scots. These. / argued, must be about the
impressiveness uttered solemnly:
s'Buddha!
@The Chinaman only stared.
=Then, pointing my finger straight at
him. ! went through them ALL
'Buddha!'
'Confucius"
- Mencfua"
Lao-tse!'
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tW6t . cn1perOu Crleo, oUCu Tramp
As I've taken to get 10 this camp
Ny fool of . froio
Climaxes In colo
The camp have reached Is . cramp'-
A more Ella borate but equally rough
kind Of camping takes you further into thu
wilderness and keeps you there for days
perhaps week. There isn't house within
a dozen miles Of where am writing this
portion Of my letter-writing 1t with a
pencil on a pad with my knees for desk
and boulder for seat.
slept last night on a bed OF boughs
without undressing-just rolled In blanket.
Oh, yes. my dear-when you rough II in
the Adirondacls, you bring no othes
except what you wear daytime, nighttime
and all the time. That's the fad OF ito
literally rough it, Why. you don't smo 9th
40 much as your hair during the three or
four days Of a camping trip, and never
think Of letting it down. We started in
five canoes one OF us and guide in each.
and we're padded six miles, the length Of a
lake. We followed trail four miles further,
the guides carrying the canoes and our
camp outfit, consisting Of shelter tent for
Aunt Harriet, plenty OF blankets, rations
for the trip, utensils to cook and eat with
anu soIOc lcSS uoIDeFstiCdtSu uteusllS 10
shoot and fish with. The idea of the girls
is to fare exactly as the men do.
Aunt Harriet's tent might lodge Nan
and me. too, il We slept spoonwise. but
1t is P. p chat is phonetic for per-
fectly proper, or o. Ky to sleep in lean
to with the men Of your party. We found
one ready made in q clump of pines by
the side OF brook-a shed Of logs, with
boughs heaped on 1t for q roof and piled
in it for a bed.
1t was nearly nightfall when We got here
tired and hungry. The guides built fire,
fried some pork and apples. boiled some
coffee yes, boiled V, the barbariansD
and We ate as though we were Teasing
Next thing the guides spread blankets
on the boughs that lay a foot deep under
the lean-to, and built fire close to the open
side. There We sat-Nan her old brother
Jack, her new admirer Ben, my Aunt Har-
riet and your Ida.
The heat Of the fire just took the chill
of the air, kept the mosquitoe, away and
set the sheds edge Of green pine boughs
steaming with the balsamic scent Of the
evergreens. The woods shut us In thick
and black all around, yet the moon ON
trived to shine through the foliage in streaks
and blotches on the brook. which pured and
tinkled soft and low. It was all 30 lullaby.
like that we were soon a. sleepy as rocked
babies. Aunty crawled into her tent. The
rest Of US rolled ourselves each in blanket
and lay down to pleasant dreams. Nan
and had one end Of the she'd, and her old
brother and new admirer the other while
the guides made q row Of blanketed hunks
along another lean-to. Unconventional?
Quite 80, but didn't tell you 1t as all PIP.
Never in my life have / felt 80 important
so much as though the initial in my name
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Il used to think. whom was student, :
said the curate, that l felt tho call to 60
East and convert the Celestials. My fad
even then was comparative religion. and
I got the idea that people who developed
Confucianism and Taoism were worth
saving. That was the way put 1t then.
Naturally, as I passed q Chinaman In
the street or noticed a Chineae laundry,
I wondered what the creed Of the ordinary
Chinaman, the poor ooolie, might be. One
day an inspiration struck me; said to my
self:
WIZ don't YOU ask one Of our laundry
men? They're jet tho class that the
mrlti.mil!ions in China are made up OF,
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! see; Kung- foos!-cleariy indicating that he
had . mistaken notion a. to my mental
condition.
AT last cried In despair:
'BHt have you no religion at ali, No
church, No Sunday schooIi'
hon q light broke upon him. At the
word Sunday school All Bins face became
irrsdiated. He gurgled softly:
Stun skull. New Yawk; Seng Ba- Flomeo;
pletty gal tleacha Stun skull. pletty gal; me
come"
AT last / had discovered the Celestial
religion, which, like that Of the rest Of the
world, Ia apt. sure enough to have too much
pretty girl In 1t.
months After he sivsxs nointed r. ii. sors.
head and muttcred 'Kung -foos.''
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-Ah Sin began to look scared about this
stage OF the conversation. He kept . hot
backed around the ironing board.
Then l remembered, fool that was,
that was giving the names as adapted to
European tongues by the Jesuit missionaries.
l mentally rebuked myself and tried again
with the original Chinese monosylsbles
as I conceived them. stood In front OF
the Chinaman and jerked out
'Kung -fu-tse!'
'Meng -tse!'
Lao-tseH
@The Chinaman now evidently began to
think Of police protection. He looked
anxiously at the door, but when I ejac,,-
lated again 'Kung flu he tapped his fore
head and muttered: All, yes, Kung- foos.
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In THE ADIRoNDAcks,
Aug, "a. 1905,

DEAR MuRrkL In the dictionary Of the
Adirondaoks. a camp means anything In
the way Of summer staying place, from
a mansion In preserve" on the edge Of
frequented lake to a shack In the unbroken
forest But even the costliest Of the water
side villas, with such names as Wander
bit, Carnegie. Stokes. Mills Whitney.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-11

the club except as to the matter OF
charging an admittance fee to new
members OF $500 after June l, 1905,
and s1.00 to old members.
The club discussed this matter with
good deal Of spirit and the final vote
showed divided house with only a
small majority in favor of the PROPOSE
tion. 1t seems to be the will of the
most active members to adopt the in
itiation fee practice but some thought
the sl.0O charge to old members would
cost a very material loss in the MEM
bership and would hamper our pros
poets of getting new members to take
their place by charging $500 to new
members.
The whole matter must go through
process OF published notices accord
ing to the text of the old bylaws for
30 days, and If the old members who
were not present last night, want a
voice in this matter, they will have
an opportunity later.
The s1.0O additional fee charged old
members entities them to a nicely
framed certificate which may be hung
up in conspicuous place in the office
or place Of business of such member,
as does the $500 fee. The idea OF the
$500 charge after June l, '05, seems
to be to induce certain influential cit
izens OF the town, who are not now
members, to come into the club, and
failure to do so before June l, means
additional cost.
Speaking Of the club this morning a
business man remarked: 'If you will
put your ear to the ground you can
hear certain rumblings that are bound
to effect this town and community
for good that eminate from the hall
of the Commercial club, and if you
endorse the doings Of this set OF men
who are trying to do what is best for
for Vinita and will give US your sup
port, you will add just that much TO
the right kind OF encouragement"
A committee was appointed TO Sc
cure, Ii possible, a visit from Presi-
dent Roosevelt when he passes
through here April 5, and II not, to
at least have him and his party make
a short stop and give us five min
utes speech.
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A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
All Were Well Pleased With "The
Miller's Daughter"

There was a large crowd out last
evening to witness the performance
given by the Department of Express
sion of Willie Halsell College.
All who attended we're well pleased
and those taking part did exceedingly
we'll Bach one had thoroughly mas
tered his or her part and under the
direction OF Prof. Crecelius and Miss
Cockerille, they had become SO pro-
ficient that they surprised even their
friends, and appeared more like pros
fessionaIs than amateurs.
The play, "The Mlller's Daughter"
Is very difficult, and must be played
we'll TO bring out the time characters
represented, which in fact, character
izes nearly every phase Of life.
Good music was furnished by the
band at the opening, and number Of
violin solos rendered by ]. Fl. Long,
and accompanied on piano by Miss
Lena Owens, added materially to the
pleasures of the evening.
The management expressed their
appreciation of the large attendance
and announced another drama which
will be given by the Department of
Expression in the near future.
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WILL CAPTURE
The WYCLIFF'S
Claim They Did Not Kill vier
But Can Prove Who Did.

The Wycllff boys, who are wanted
for the murder of Marshal Vier, are
known to be in very close quarters.
Although all information which can
be obtained through their friends is
taken for only what it is worth,
yet it is well known that they
realize that they are sure TO be cap
tured. Word received from them in
an an indirect way states that they
are willing to surrender but want
the officers and possemen called of.
They also state that they did not kill
Marshal Vier, but that if permitted
to do SO they can prove who did. OF
course none of their requests will re-
ceiye any credence or consideration
by the officers. If they succeed in
outwitting their pursurers and reach
the marshal's office without being
captured alright, but the field depu-
ties are not be recalled until they have
them, dead or alive.
They have them located and the
public may expect to hear of their
capture at any time.
As to denying the killing Of Marshal
Vier, the officers have two witnesses
in Jail here to whom they confessed
their crime.