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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
AFTER VACATION.
The Drop Of Wild Blood in Us Calls to
Vagrancy.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
Nearly every one Is familiar with the re-
Taxed and demoralized sensation which
Seems to be the inevitable result of q va
cation. The more prolonged has been the
period Of voluntary idleness the harder it
Is to rally from its depressing effects We
may not have been really inert during our
holiday; indeed, our physical activity may
have been excessive; but we have danced
so long to strange piping that it is not
easy to keep step among the regular
workers.
The single drop of wild blood makes it
so easy to obey the primal imnuSe to
step aside into the green and fowery WAYS
of vagrancy. This seems to be the nat
ural thing, yet the life we call artificial
has become inevitable, and it has strong
tonic virtue. In Mary Wilkins Freemans
vivid story, The Slip of the Leash" we
see a man weakly yielding to the urgings
of native instinct and forsaking wife and
children for the earlier kinShip of the
earth. The sane and wholesome love of
free ways and growing things lies some
where between this abnormal form of ma
ture worship and the feeling of the town
dweller who asked his friend to kick
tree for him when he went to the country
For some years there has been passion
for nature stories and studies, and a re-
freshingly human way of looking at
things that were once sWarthed in tech
nical cerements.
Nature may ensnare us with her lowell
ness or ONefWneim us with nef terrOrS,
until we are almost ready to accept her
manifestations as the highest expression
| of divine regard, though we know that
upon humanity creation has set her
browning seal. The rudeSt savage in the
jungles the lowest form of life In the
pestilent slums, is a miracle more COM
pick and amazing than Niagara or Mont
Blanc.
These rustics bore me Incredibly" said
| the blase man Of the world. Strange
answered the social philosopher, Il feel
ashamed to think that ever thought any
| human being undressing"
Among the country people we often see
| a refined and peculiarly beautiful cultiva-
| ton and the almost extinct graces of re-
pose and serenity. The humble rural
classes often amaze with their intel
| lectual acumen and depth of philosophy,
as well as by their picturesqueness of eX-
preston. Or. it may be that the holiday
! has taken us to the most fashionable re-
sorts among the exotic growths Of So
| ciety, but even here the Towering of sweet
and genuine humanity thrills us as 1t
would thrill the old-fashioned gardener to
recognize his early favorites among the
strange-hued, many-petaled variations
evolved by modern floral wizards. Where
ever the happily rounded man or woman
may go the appeal Of the human tran
sends all other interests and attractions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
CURES TIGHT DOORS.
Furniture Man Tells How to Open
Dresser Drawers That Stick.

tr"rl the chicago tribune.
Patrons come to me every day and say
that the drawers of dressers and other fur
niture stick fast and cannot be opened or
shut without great difficulty" said the
complaint man. in a downtown furniture
store. This is trouble with much~farni-
ture, especially that which is new, and is
especially common In the spring
What do we do In such cases? We sim
ply tell the customers to wet the surface of
a bar of common laundry soap and rub it
firmly over the parts of the wood that
stick. This makes the surface smooth and
slippery and In nearly all cases the drawer
will slide easily. especially after 1t has
been opened and shut few times.
This also is valuable with doors which,
In new fats. are likely to settle or are apt
to scrape at the top as the building settles.
BILE OF calling in a carpenter, who will plane
the varnish off.
China cabinet doors. with curved glass
cause US lot of trouble, but most Of the
tightness can be remedied by the use of
soap and a few applications of sand paper"
The furniture man gave another helpful
hint"
IF mission furniture, with the dull fn-
ish. loses it's smooth surface and character
istic waxy appearance" he said. do not
despair and send IT to the renovator. Take
a pound cake of common floor wax and rub
It over the surface until the finish Is re-
stored. II you have no floor wax use bees
wax. and IL you prefer something made es-
peciaily for the purpose. you can buy liquid
preparations. one of which win remove the
old finish. leaving the table top or other OBJ
ject ready for the application of the other
substance, which will duplicate the original
finish"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16

taxes. and also did a general banking bust
ness 1t not only issued notes, but at times
1t compelled the merchants to take them
to such an extent that it's notes are now
worth only four or five cents on the dollar.
Such transactions brought banking into
bad repute, and for time after the war
the people were afraid to trust their money
to any bank. / know of men who had pay
ments of from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars to make. who
brought the money in gold coin in bags to
their creditors and counted II over. They
had no repositories and they would not
trust to checks or drafts. At that time
the merchants acted largely as the BANK
ers. and there were also private banks.
Such still exist.
To-day this distrust has largely dIsap-
peared. We have already about six thou
sand open accounts and the government
payments of the Observation-Disclosures
loan to the soldiers are largely in checks
upon us. The people often hold such checks
for months before cashing them, showing
that they have an implicit faith in their
value"
Cuban Stocks and Bonds.
what is. the condition of Cuba finan-
cially?"
ut Is excellent replied Mr.. Jarvis, land
It will continue to improve. The govern
ment Is safe and Its relation to the United
States is such that in case OF a revolution.
which do not think possible. the island
would probably be taken over by the United
States. This would make all Cuban Sc
curitieS more valuable than ever.
How do you regard Cuban bonds?'
II consider them a gilt-edge investment.
They will pay their interest right along"
What is the condition of the Cuban rail-
roads?' / asked.
Very good. They are all making money.
except the new road built by Sir William
Van Horne. That is in the infancy of its
development. and it will probably be some
time before 1t pays dividends
is not the Cuban government going too
heavily into debt?
IT think not" was the reply. The thiS-
ty-flve- million dollar loan, made through
the Speyers, and the other loans contem-
plated necessitate an interest charge of
only two or three million dollars a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16

are buying a great deal of plated g.. er.
They are calculating the cost of things more
than they did In the past. I have been
selling goods here for many years. Before
the war my customers only asked them
selves if they liked the goods. Today they
figure closely and buy where they can buy
cheapest"
Our Drummers in Cuba.
In talking with another American, a man
who is selling goods for John wanamaker
and taking big orders daily. the question
came up to whether American CONNER
cial travellers can sell goods In Cuba. Said
this man:
Il find II easy to get orders, especially
among the native Cubans. They buy large
ly and are easy to sell. The Spaniards fig
ure more closely. There Is big opening,
however. here for the American drummer,
and our largest wholesale houses should
have their men on the ground working
this trade. They should send their best
men, and, If possible. those who speak
Spanish. If they can't speak anything but
English, however, they can get along and
do well. As for me, find that my Spanish
sometimes hurts trade, and | speak English
when can. Then if there is a mlsunder-
standing l am not the cause of II. The
most of the Cuban merchants speak
English, and those who do not cannot argue
with me as to the goods and the prices. The
result is they get down to business quicker
and on the whole | am the gamer"
What are the expenses Of the CONNER
cial traveller in Cuba? ''
They are about the same here as at
home. ! figure on ten dollars gold day
a good average. The railroad rates are
little higher and the hotel rates are espe-
cially dear. The best hotels in Havana
charge four dollars a day and upward, ana
out in the country one seldom pays less
than three dollars day. Cab fares are
cheap FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
GRAVE OF SACAJAWEA.
Shoshone Indian Woman Who Served
as Guide for Lewis and Clark.

Lander (Wyo.) Cor. New York Sun.
Although the management of the Port
land exposition has raised monument
at Portland, Greg, to the memory of the
Shoshone Indian woman. Sacajawea, who
guided the Lewis and Clark expedition on
its travels through the northwest a CEN
fury ago, her bones lie in the old mission
cemetery at the Shoshone reservation
north of this place. BY the side of the
woman are buried her two sons, Basil
and Baptiste who,are both spoken of In
the letters of Gen. Clark.
From old-time residents of the reserva-
ton information has been obtained which
indicates that the grave is the resting
place of this Indian girl who saved the
Lewis and Clark expedition and guided
the Americans on the journey to the Pa
cihc. The Union Pacific railroad is max
ing arrangements to disinter the body
and move it to Portland, where IL will be
buried in some conspicuous spot. The
grave is entirely unmarked, and but for
the records in the books of the old Epis-
copal mission might have been forgotten
There is said to be doubt of the au-
thenticity OF the grave. Maj. Baldwin.
when in command of Fort Bridger, Wyo,
made a trip of exploration to the Lander
valley, his guide being tho Shoshone In
dian Old Basil The latter told BALDWIN
OF the journey of his mother, Sacajawea,
with Lewis and Clark
At that time Saca5awea was living with
the members of her tribe In central Wyo-
ming. Dr. James Irwin. the first agent
sent to the Shoshores after the reserva-
tion was made saw the old Indian wom-
an and heard her story from her own lips.
When the Shoshones settled on their
present reservation Old Basil and his
mother took up their abode at the agency,
and there Sacajawea, no longer,a copper
coIored beauty, but an old woman, bowed
1884. having lived almost century. She
was buried In the Indian cemetery near
the Episcopal mission.
Basil and Baptste, who were mentioned
by Gen. Clark in his letters. died soon
after their mother and were also buried
In the sanio cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16

they have a great part I'm the business Of
the Island. Some are millionaires and not
few have large mercantile establishments,
These Spaniards are thrifty. They deal on
close margin and buy as little as possible
from the United States. They secretly fiahs
the Americans and do everything they can
to oostruet our trade. The conditions just
now are In their favor. the tariff regula-
tons favoring Spain rather than the
such that fine cotton goods cost almost as
buy linens OF Europe when they should
buy cotton of us. Some OF the strongest
houses In Havana are Spanish This 10
especially so of the big wholesale estab-
iishments, many of which do a general
banking business. A number OF the big
sugar plantations are owned by Spaniards
and the Spaniards have vast tracts OF valu-
able lands.
Talks on American Trade.
met in Havana Mr.. Barton OF Reed &
Barton. the silver merchants OF New York.
and asked him about our trade with Cuba.
He replied:
I'VE are selling more goods to Cuba than
ever before. Cuban merchants go to Eu-
rope by way OF New York. and they usu-
ally leave orders there This is so with
machinery, leather goods, furniture, shoes
and all kinds of notions. The taste OF these
people has been educated to European
goods. but II is rapidly changing TO Ameri-
can goods. The chief obstacles to the in
crease of American trade lie in the credit
system. The European wholesaler il will
ing TO wait. and as the Cuban wholesale
merchant sells time he wants sixty.
ninety or even six months credit He viii
pay good interest rates, but he must haN ,
the time. The American on the other hand
wants cash with the order. and for this
reason loses the trade
DO the Cubans pay their debts?''
Yes. most of the houses here are as old
and well established as any IN the United
States. | would trust my Cuban customers
as soon as any / sell TO at home. These
people think II a disgrace to fail in bust
ness and we have as a rule but few
losses"
do the Cubans buy much sIlverware?"
Yes. both solid and plated. OF late they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
THE CLAIMANT
BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY
(Author of "Johu Topp. Pirate" et

Copyright In the United America rights eserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
A Sauerkraut Mine.
From the Chicago Tribune.

Phollippeville. in Algers. Is determined
to keep up the reputation for always pro-
viding something new. Only short time
ago a winged tortoise was reported to have
been discovered there. next came an ac-
count of ''carniverous stone" whatver
that may be. The latest marvel Is mine
of sauerkraut. discovered by workmen
while digging. 1t was beneath a small hill
lock- and was a compressed mass OF vege-
table matter, mostly cabbages, with the
smell and taste Of sauerkraut. but pre-
serving Its natural color. When the re-
porter left the workmen had laid bare
twenty cubic yards Of 1t. and were still
digging. ss.-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
MARK TWAIN.
Englishman Took His Book for Guide
to America

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Coming over" said the noted English
man, II discovered a most remarkable
thing in one of your guide books l wish
you would explain to me It's meaning. Per-
haps II was not a guide book. l thought,
when l purchased 1t at the station just as
I was going to the wharfings. that 1t was
The keeper of the stall recommended 1t
highly. II was called Idle Excursions Of
an Idle Fellow or something Of the sort,
you know. 1t reminded me of our own
Jerome. you know. 1t was the effort Of
one of your own Americans. though. l
think his name was Clarence or Samuel
Clemens. He had a pen name, too, Of
Haines Plains. with the queer word of
Mark before it. l did not notice partic-
ularly. But what has amused me was his
manner of writing. He says in this odd
book of his some queer thlngs-some ex-
understand them If you will be so good l
will read to you this most peculiar book
thank you" The waiter and bellboy came
back with dozen books. After a little
trouble the English visitor found Mark
Twains "reminiscences of an excursion and
read aloud this most remarkable" para
graph. 1t went something like this: This
is fine place for a vacation. The Ber-
mudans are hoping soon to have Geographic
communication with the world. But even
after they shall have acquired this curse
II viii still be a good country to go to for
a vacation. For there are charming little
islets scattered about the inclosed sea.
where one could live secure from intrusion
The telegraph boy would have to come in
a boat and one could easily kill him while
he was making his landing" Il wish to
find some explanation of this" continued
the Englishman. 4 know that some years
ago your principal diversions were killing
Indians and buffaloes. But / had under
stood that all this gone and why
should a man sit beneath his own hatch
and pot a fellow-a mere boy from the
telegraph poSt-while he was trying to
moor his dinghey? None of you seem able
to answer. Yet you Americans put these
guide books on the market. You are a peo-
pie | cannot understand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
NOMINATING !pCUBA
Banks and Other Ventures
Backed By Americans.
Statesmen IN DEMAND
CUBANS BEING EDUCATED INTO
USING OUR GOODS.
Trouble Still Exists in Getting Amer
lean Merchants Used to Cuban
Business Methods.
Statesmen IN DEMAND
Copyright, 1905, by Frank G. Carpenter.)


HAVANA.
American capital is rapidly pushing its
way into Cuba and the day will come when
we shall own the island commercially and
industrially. If not politically. The I'M
mense tobacco business is already con-
trolled by our trust, sugar plantations, cap
italized at millions, have been bought by
Americans, and more than fifty million
dollars of United States gold has been
spent since the war in Cuban lands. The
street railroads of Havana are largely own
ed by an American syndicate, and the most
of the money used In building the Cuba
ern Cuba, came from New York other
railroads are projected by Americans and
there are also electric lighting and power
schemes here and there over Cuba financed
by them. l have written of the vast iron
and copper deposits which are being mined
by capitalists from Philadelphia and New
York and have said something of the
United Fruit Company, which owns the
biggest banana plantations in Cuba, and
of the Nipe Bay Company, which will soon
put up the largest sugar mill of the world.
Cuban Banks Backed by Americans.
Some of the biggest of the Cuban banks
are operated with American capital. The
Royal Bank of Canada has among its
stockholders men like J. Ogden Armour,
Norman B. Ream, John ]. Mitchell and
Marshall j. Field of Chicago and James A.
Blair, John I. Blair. George F. Baker ana
others of New York. The National Bank
of cuba has an American president, Ed
mund B. Vaughan. and one Of Its vice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16

Speaking of the feeling of the Cubans
toward US, believe Secretary Diaz Is right.
The lowest classes do not care for Amerf-
cans. They are nevertheless very polite
and will go out of their way to please.
Those who hate us most are the Spaniards-
There are many Of them still in Cuba and
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-01-28
HAVE ABANDONED ALL HOPE

Roberts, German and Sevener, the three
men now i'm the Carson prison under SEN
tence OF death for the murder of Jack
Welch, will make one more attempt to
obtain their freedom. although they think
their case is hopeless. Captain Quinlan
states that when the news of the attempt
ed lynching of Negro Reeves was learned
at Carson, Sevener said
That means the death of us fellows;
we might have obtained new trial If
this did not happen, but we will surely
hang now.
Captain Quinian says that the meu
seem cheerful and that they do not seem
TO realize that they will be hanged on
February 10th unless the Supreme Court
grants a stay of execution.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-01-28
WAR RMLY RECEIVED
Senator Nixon Met by Band
On His Return Home

Hon. George S. Nixon returned last
evening fresh from the seat of the Sen
atoriaal contest, bearing his honors
proudly but molestly. Senator Nixon
was met at the depot by Hills band and
large number of citizens and given a
warm reception to his home. After sew
eral pieces had been rendered by Hills
band and played in their best style, SEN
ator Nixon mounted railroad truck and
addressed his friends as follows:
My Friends and Members of the Band: /:
I thank you for this warm reception to
my home l return full of gratitude to
all, be he Republican or Democrat. 1t is
true that we do not all think alike, but
am as glad to see those who worked
against my candidacy for the United
States Senatorship as | am those who
worked for me.
My friends, all political differences are
now buried and l am the Senator for the
whole people. / have nothing but the
kindest feeling for Governor Sparks, my
distinguished opponent, and when we
clasped hands across the banquet board
at Carson Wednesday evening the good
feeling extended across the political
chasm that divided us during the cam
paign. AS your Senator | want you all
to feel at perfect liberty to address me
on any subject in which you are person
ally interested am upon any subject that
is of interest to the State of Nevada
To-day We are neither Republicans nor
Democrats. but are on the common level
of Americanism. For twenty years /
have lived among you and owe all I have
and all l have made of myself to the peo-
pie of Humboldt county We are all
American citizens. and as such / greet
you and you have welcomed me- Gentle
men, I thank you.''
The Senator was given three hearty
| cheers at the close of his remarks and
| thirty minutes later was busily engaged
in looking over the large mail which
| awaited him.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-01-28
FARMERS INSTITUTE
Will be Held in GardnerviIIe
Today

The experimental station of the Univer-
sity of Nevada has arranged for a
Farmers Institute to be held at Gardner
vile today.
Farmers from all over Carson Valley,
professors from the University and peo-
pie interested IN farming will gather from
all points of the State to attend
DR. j. e. Stubbs, Prof True, of the
Agricultural school of the University, DR..
Kennedy, Miss Bardenwerper and Profes-
sor Franden left Reno this morning to at
tend the institute. They were joined at
Carson by DR.. Drake, head of the State
experimental station and together drove
to Gardnerville.
Agricultural education, diseases of cat
tie and other domestic animals, poison
Gus plants and insect pests win be dis
cussed and many interesting papers on
different subjects relating to agricultural
interests will be read.
AT the session this evening Mis-.
Bardenwerper of the School of Domestic
Science of the University, will deliver a
lecture to the women attending the insti-
tute. 1t is the plan of the University
professors to hold several interesting in
stitutes in different parts of the State
this year and to promote the plan of sci
entific farming.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-01-28
FOR NEW TRIAL
First Steps to That End will be
Taken Monday

The first papers in the appeal that is
being taken in the case of German, Sew
ener and Roberts, charged with the muir
der of Jack Welch, will be filed in the
Supreme Court on Monday next by the
attorneys for the three condemned men
They will file a bill of exceptions and at
the same time will make motion for a
new trial on the ground of errors in the
introduction of evidence in the District
Court. The attorneys will claim that the
court erred especially in allowing evil
dence to be introduced regarding a rob-
berry that took place on another train
from the one on which Welch was rob-
bed and murdered The attorneys will
further claim that the court erred in al
lowing pictures showing the dead body
and the wounds inflicted on Welch to be
introduced in evidence, as they tended to
prejudice the minds of the jurors
The motion for new trial will have the
effect of staying the execution of the
three men, which is set for about the
middle of February.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-01-28
wNNEMUccA NEVADA SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2s 1905
DIED AT HOSPITAL
Peter Burgeois q Veteran of the
Civil War, Passes Away

Peter Burgeois a veteran of the Civil
war, died this morning in the county
hospital He was an old resident of Hum
boldt county, having come here thirty
four years ago. He was a native of
Havre. France, and aged rs years Mr..
Bourgeois was admitted to the county
hospital four years ago and has been ar
inmate of that institution since. HIS
death was caused by consumption. He
had been falling gradually for several
months and the slender thread of life
parted this morning. He viii be buried
from the undertaking rooms of Mr. Coch-
ran tomorrow at 10 o'clock He will be
laid away in the old veterans plot in the
Winnemucca cemetery. AS war record
was good and he was held in high esteem
by all his old comrades in arms. The
ranks of the old boys are gradually thin
ming out, and in fifteen or twenty years
more they will have all gone to "that
undiscovered country from whose bourne
no traveller returns" He was a cook by
profession. He was chief cook in the
Winnemucca hotel for several years and
was quite well known all over the
county.