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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02
Uncomfortable English Hotels.
W. D. uowells. in Harner's.

With the aid of the two candles
which l lighted / discovered the crate
in the wall near the head of the bed,
and on examining it closely l perceived
that there was a fire in it. The crate
would have held quite a double hand
full of coal if carefully put on the fire
which seemed to be Pickering so feebly
had yet the weary energy to draw all
the warmth of the chamber up the
chimney, and l stood ~shiyering in the
temperature of a subterranean dun
geon. The place instantly gave evil
denee of being haunted, and the testi-
mony of my nerves on this point was
co%rroborated by the spectral play of the
freight on the ceiling when | blew out
my candles. In the middle of the night
l woke to the sense of something creep
ing with a rustling noise over the floor.
l rejected the hypothesis of my bed
curtain falling into place, though I re-
membered putting it back that l might
have light to read myself drowsy. 1
knew at once that it was a ghost
walking the night there, and walking
hard. Suddenly it ceased, and l knew
why. 1t had been frozen out.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02

1t mattered not that the runabout
was second hand, and purchased at
auction. though at a ridieulously low
price. 1t mattered not that | had but
nine-horse power while Fred Wilson.
in his fine new touring car. had for
ty. l was as happy as a king, for my
new possession set aside, to some eN-
tent, at least, Fred's advantage over
me in the attack upon Miss Stead-
mans heart. He had been taking her
riding on the Beach Drive, and | had
ground my teeth with futile jealousy,
until along came my wonderful OPP
p%ortunity. | bought the machine,
though it was really beyond my
means. l simply couldn't help it.
When a man is in love, you know, he
is all kinds of n fool.
And didn't my breast swell with
pride when | whirled up to Alice's
house that evening. the second after
my purchase, to take her in the
moonlight along that magnificent
nve-mile stretch of perfect road? l
had made UP my mind to tell her
that night all that had been in my
heart for so many a~pprehensive
hours-that | loved her, that 1
wanted her for my very own-in fact,
that She was the only girq in all the
world for me.
Oh, it is glorious to sit by the girl
you love and spin through the night
ia a silent, smooth-running machine.
I drank in the full joy of it. A dozen
times l was on the point of speak
ing. l had been practicing steadily
at the steering, endeavoring to be
able to manage the machine with one
hand, in order to have the other free
for Alice's waist. l pictured it all
outflow she would listen in silence,
then look at me with sparkling eyes
and let her pretty head fall ON my
shoulder; and how l would her put
my arm around her. very tenderly,
and draw her close and kiss her,
But il did not turn out that way at
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02
QUEER DANISH SITUATION.
European and Diplomatic Gossip.

The late Lord Stanley. Of Alder
ley, England, entertained abso-
lutely fantastic hatred towards
everything American. Some few years
ago the American Society in
London was holding its annual
dinner on Independence Day, and in
yited Lord Stanley to the feast. His
reply, typical of his dislike of every
thing American, was: Lord Stanley
presents his compliments to the sec
rotary of the American Society, but
can not conceive why he should have
been asked to Il banquet to celebrate
al unatoned rebellion
Countess Raben Levetzau, wife of
the Danish Minister for Foreign At
fairs, is American born, as is her mo-
Their, wife of the Danish Minister at
Berlin. By the bye 50 much has
been said about the personal popu-
larity of King Christian of Denmark,
that most people will probably be
surprised to learn that for twenty
years, until not many years ago,
there has been Il deadlock between
the veteran monarch and the ma
tional Legislature. The Liberals have
continuously held a majority i'll the
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02
Has Many Diseases.

In Bellevue Hospital, in New York.
there is a man who should be the OBJ.
ject of everyone's sympathy. His name
is Job Kelley and his occupation Is
that of a painter. A short time age
he fell from a low scaffold and sus.
tanned such injuries as necessitated his
being taken to the hospital for treat.
ment. There the surgeon found that he
had a slight fracture of the base of the
skull. After a further examination ii
was found that he had tuberculosis of
the lungs complicated with bronchitis
His occupation as a painter had given
him painters collie. He is not a young
man and his age had hardened his ar,
teries - arteriosclerosis = also "old
mans eyes"-presbyopia-the opposite
OF nearsightedness; he also has water
on the brain and his skin is pulled up
by air which has escaped under it.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02

all. 1t seldom does turn out just as
you plan it.
I'VE will go clear to the end of the
Beach Drive" l said, as we slipped
away down Main street and turned
into the boulevard. Then we will
come back by the Wood Road, skirt
ing the Zoo and ending up at Al
phonse's for a little supper. How
will YOU like that?' And she smiled
up at me SO appreciatively that l
felt perfectly sure, for full half a
minute, that she was just as much in
love with me as l with her.
1t was so open on the Drive, and
there was such a stream of automo-
biles and carriages that | deferred
speaking to her Of my secret. 1t
would be better in the seclusion of
the Wood Road. So we talked gen
orally, and looked out over the water
at the vessels in the Sound, and ad
mired the beauty of the glorious
moonlight on the dancing waves.
Then, at the end of the beautiful
path along the water we turned alb
ruptly and entered the quiet and Sc
clusion of the great pine woods.
The road was rather narrow here,
and wound i~ntricately through the
forest for several miles emerging
npon a broad plaza ut the front en-
trance to the Zoo. This road was not
much freQuented at night. and | felt
that | would have ample opportunity
to express myself. l trembled in
wardly. The time was very near. l
must speak soon.
1t was very quiet in the woods. At
intervals we could hear distantly the
baying and bowling Of the animals
in the Zoo. OCCASIONALLY an ele-
plant trumpeted. or a jaguar
screamed. We were used to these
sounds. but Alice was just a little
frightened when there came a per-
feet babel of sounds from the enclo-
sure. She drew closer to me, and l.,
relying on my skin, tool my left
hand from the steering bar and slip
ped it gently behind her, though I
dared not take the liberty of en-
bracing her. She looked up at me in
some alarm. Suppose one of those
terrible beasts should get out and
come after us?" she asked timidly.
| laughed at her fears. why it
would be easy to run away with this
machine" | said. And anyhow. yeu
don't suppose I would let anything
harm a single hair Of your, your
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02

hINb ~
F~olkething, the Danish House of
Commons. but the King has insisted
on choosing his cabinet ministers
from the other party, the Gonserva-
tiNeS.
The representatives of the
minority have conducted the routine
business of the government, but
whenever they have had to ask the
Folkething for special funds, that
body, which controls the Official
purse. has thwarted them. The royal
residence in Copenhagen, the old
palace of Christiansborg, was de-
stroyed by fire in 1884, and the feel
lug between the Crown and the legrs-
lature had been so bitter that money
had never been appropriated TO re-
store it. For almost twenty years
King Christian lived In comparative
Iy small and shabby quarters at the
Amailenhorg palace until finally the
long-standing dispute was ended by
the Kings recognition of the major
ity party.
II mav not hn SURPRISING that the
expatriated William Waldorf Astor
should claim for the first American
Astor-and theoretically, of course,
for himself-an ancient and distin-
guished lineage. The distinguished
ancestor to whom his descent is
traced is Don Pedro dAstofga. Il
Spanish grandee of the eleventh cen
fury, who settled in France, where
his succcssors-a long line of sig
neurs and marquiscS-changed their
name TO Astorg. At the revocation
Of the Edict of Nantes, Jean Jacqre5
d'AStorg. who was n Huguenot, fled
-. IL. nIta, IA1aa, 1nnaI Ag
tor. the Waldorf butcher, was his
grandson. This information will, no
doubt. be of interest to American
antiquarians. 1t is well known that
John Jacob Astor came 10 this coun-
try an almost penniless immigrant,
hailing from the village Of Waldorf
in Baden. His descendant of today
speaks of him as a peasant but as
"A matter of fact he WAS the son of
the village butcher, and began his
career by working in his fathers
shop-a fact which it is not recorded
that he ever sought TO conceal.
King Leopold of Belgium has con-
ferred upon Mrs. Ellen NJ. Henrotin,
yice-president and acting president
of the Woman's Auxiliary Congress
of the Worlds Columbian Exposition,
the order Of the K%nighthood of Leo
Dolu. 1t IL DtlltNtu llHt MIS-. lltil-
rotin is the only oma in this
country who has received this deco
ration. She WAS at one time national
president Of the Federation of Wo-
mans Clubs, and is prominent in So
ciety. She is the wife OF Charles
Henrotin, Belgian Consul In Chicago.
The Order of Leopold was founded
in 1882 by Leopold l; there are five
classes.
In selecting a wife. Serge de White
the great Russian statesman, chose
a Jewess, one of the race which has
been treated SO cruelty in his coun-
try. Mine. de White was formerly
the wife of a subordinate official, but
she secured a divorce and has been
very happy in her second marriage
in spite of the fact that she has never
been received at court. She also has
been ignored by the leading society
women Of st. Petersburg, notwith-
standing the high positions her hus-
band has held.
Van Calava.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
(Frnm the s~ntonnnhii. Advncatel

Under the Spreading chestnut trees the
village sntfhy stands.
The smith, a 10 dly MN is hV. with vast
and fertile nnds.
No more his bra, NY hacx he sends be-
meath the hor IS weight;
No more his ringing siedge he swings In
giant strength elate.
No more his face is covered Ger with
blazing forge's smut.
Nor beaded with his honest sweat, stt
channels there to cut.
Adown the street he sits at ease befoTf
the Wayside inn,
And jingles in his broadeloth oantS BIC
stacks of easy tin.
For wise was he within his day and Select
the chance that came,
BY charging fourteen prices whe the
motor cars went lame.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02
Chinese The First PAPER Makess.

The first real paper was made by the
Chinese. The papyrus of the Greeks,
Romans and Egyptians was not paper
at all, but simply the piths of the stem
of a plant cut into strips, placed side
by side and across each other ana
pressed into a sheet
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-02

The Oldest applejack distillery In the
United States Is at Warwick, N. J. The
worm still in use was brought from
England before the Revolutionary war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07
sOEEYS KIDNE
Makes HidncyS and Bladder Esfghs
SEXTON'S PHARMACY. 10 Smith vt

c%clorings are to be quite IL la mode for
street wear. Where for many seasons we
have encouraged the quiet and sombre
brown, the dark navy blues, black, and
for a change n demure Quaker gray
there are now charming frocks in pale
blue, i'll all of the rose pinks and reds,
the %geranium tints and the raspberry and
strawberry reds as well.
These are so plainly and vet so daintily
made thar there is IL OF the hint of over
dressing or of loudness which at first
impression one might imagine that a
geranium red frock for the street wouli
or might produce. And one reason for
this Is that all Of the new materials are
20 SOFT. so supple in their qualities, that
they cling and irape in the softest and
most unobtruslve manner, For the tai
Tor made productions there are chiff on
broadcloths and scilliennes, mohairs that
are soft and shiny as silks and in all of
the fashionable colorings.
For the shirt-waist suit, that are to
have such fuTore in the spring gowns
there are silk warp henriettas, ms well as
the mlstral voiles, the raw silk weaves
aud the pongees that have been dyed to
all the new colorings in the fashionable
catalogue. The natural-tint pongee will
SUI be used, but the dyed ones are con
Sinere1 farnewer and much smarter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07
THE REPETITION.

or favors and Ingredients is one
Of the commonest and grossest errors
in dinner giving. a placidly ignorant
hostess sometimes serves Il suffering
epicure with tomato soup, eroquettes
with tomato sauce, aad tomato salad
all at the same meal, and the woman
is familiar everywhere who offers us
celery salad after celery has been on
the table all through the meal.
y particular place for tripping up
is on the sauces. Tartare, mayonnaise,
suedoise and verte all bear n stron y
resemblance to one another, and
should not be used at the same meal.
All sauces favored with Madeira or
sherry bear a likeness to II another,
SO that but one should appear at a
given dinner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07

Suedoise is new and is u combine
tion of m~ayonnaise and ~horseradish,
and il, especially liked for boiled fish
Of any kind. The use of this at a dim
ucr preeIudcs horscradish sauce with
the Gllct, and thus one dainty prohi-
hits another, and in the midst of all
these intricacics the h~ousekeepcr feels
the truth of the statement that dinner
giving is an art demanding care and
study. 1t is attention to the minor
matters that makes dinner giving an
art and eleyates the labor of the mis-
tres, above the labor of the maid.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07
DELICATE cOLORlNG.

The festival of Easter is as much
votes as 5y anybody or anything else.
and for the Easter showing there are
the most fascinating conceits displayed
in the smart shops that traverse the
shopping sections OF Paris. One thing
strikes the eye of the observant woman,
who sees not only to admire, but likewise
to copy and reproduce all Of those clever
hints aud nuances of style in her own
wardrobe later ON. Very dainty tints and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07

There Is one fashion which is al
ways attractive with a semi-elaborato
Style OF coat, and one which is to be
seen again on the spring modes now.
displayed for those shopping for in
tended southern trips. This is the de.
taehable white pique, duck or even
silk on b%roadcloth collars and cutls,
which are fastened to the coat BY tiny
pearl buttons and thread eyes. Two
sets Of these viii be sufficient, for
while one is being cleaned and fresh
ened, the other may be added.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07

after spreading and securing, with
the chopped almonds. The waters
may be tied in three with very mar
row ribbon. or the sides dipped in
caramel. They may be pressed one
against another around q mold. Heat
the mold q little, and the case may be
slipped from the mold to SET in place
about Il Charlotte or Bavarian cream.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07
ALMOND WATERS.

\ half a cup Of butter, one cup of
powdered sugar, Il half a cup of milk,
one tca~poonful of vanilla. two cups OF
pastry loui, half a cup of chopped
almonds. Mix, bake and roll us fairy
gingerbread, sprinkling the mixture
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-07
T The WornaD's Corner


affairs, which are neatly trimmed
withbands OF gold or silver, and since
the hair ha, become mashionable at
the back of the neck they show oil 10
good advantage.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
Help the Poor Railroad Be Good.

few days ago the Pennsylvania
railroad system announced that after
January l no more free passes would
be issued by that corporation. Like
other roads, II has been accustomed
in the past TO provide courtesies to
statesmen and people with influence
In state affairs. The custom has
been subject tc increasing criticism
in recent years, and the aGtermina-
tion of the great Pennsylvania COM
pany to take the lead in looping off
such privileges was hailed by the
great unfayored public as a long step
in the direction of the square deal.
~ r. the public was pleased with
the asdeal, the Pennsylvania poll
ficisns who have been beneficiaries
~ ae iree pass gratuity were not.
ansportation has come to be
cor de ID divine right by alder
ule4 o. Inty officers. Legislators, all
eiasses city officers. and, of course,
bose the higher ranks who have
siatiou- with sthe Federal Govern
ment
From Philadelphia comes an an
nouncement that legislators and
members of councils are already get
ting ready TO retaliate. They have
figured out that strict enforcement
of certain archaic statutes regulating
&operation of trains will cause the
Failroad company large annoyance
Snd inconvenience, and lengthen con-
sNerably the time required To cover
ce&ain important divisions. The in
cideptal fact that the travelling public
willNsuffer more than the railroads
doesn't concern these patriots. The
nnblic. in their view. is entitled to
iAsish1lN tnlaignee n the fate to
which Ysuderbilt cor aended it.
IneN Aas. eestat'nns of official un-
EiliinfuesA 10 permit the corpora
Srefou niss qes suggest what
ught to be an effective method of
getting at the pass evil. Everybody
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
A Canal in the Making

II is generally known, perhaps,
though the memory has become sub
conscious, that there exists an ex-
tended account OF the actual dig
ging of the Panama canal, written
something more than a century ago
1t is true that in the passage of time
the reputation of the author Of this
chronicle, Baron Munchausen, has
not escaped attack, but it may be
said with confidence that the chroni-
Gle is quite as veracious as some of
the more recent literature on the
same subject
The baron's method of construc-
ton was remarkable for its entire
simplicity. The encourage which
surrounded him at the period of his
narrative included Queen Nab in her
chariot, Hilaro Frosticos, Cog, and
Magog. the retinue of the lord
mayor, Don Quixote, the King of
the Cannibal Islands, and other per-
sons of distinction 1t is easy to
titdlI inC SldlcultAI lIdl dllOSCtuCl
we cut very formidable appearance
on our arrival at the Isthmus of
Darien." That, as the Biographies
of our early years informed us, is
another name, with Panama, for the
place where full-fiedged republics are
constructed over night. The ad-
visibility of building a canal there
Immediately appealed to the valiant
Munchausen-and with him to decide
was to act Thus:
For this purpose. ! drove my chariot
with the greatest impetuOsity repeat
edly from shore TO shore, in the same
track. tearing up the rocks and earth
thereby. and forming a tOlerable bed
for the water. Cog and Magog next
advanced at the head of q million Of
people from the realms of North and
South America and from Europe. and
with infinite labor cleared away the
earth. etc. that / had plowed up with
my chariot. | then again drove my
chariot. making the canal wider and
deeper and ordered Cog and Magog to
repeat their labor as before. The canal
being quarter OF a mile broad. and
zoo yards in depth. l thought il sufficient,
and Immediately let in the waters of the
sea. / did imagine that from the rotary
motion of the earth on its axis from
NeSL 10 east the sea would be higher
on the eastern than the western coast
and that on the uniting of the two
seas there would be a strong current
from the east. and il happened just as
expected The sea came in with tre-
mendous magni1cence. and enlarged the
bounds of the canal so as to make a
passage Of some miles broad from ocean
10 ocean. and 10 make an island of Sout h
America Several sail OF trading vessels
and men-Of-War sailed through the new
channel to the South Seas. China etc.
and saluted me with all their cannon as
they passed.
Aside from Ks intrinsic interest as
biz of historical narrative, this ex-
tract from the Munchausen memoirs
is useful from the standpoint of ex-
ample and precedent. The Isthmian
Canal Commission is placed in pos
session of plan of construction at
once simple and feasible. All that
is necessary is to secure a chariot of
the baron's favored type.
The extract carries one further bit
of instruction, and enforces it with a
completeness that leaves no room
for argument. 1t is that if one wants
and needs a press agent. able to ap-
Dreciate his employer and his subject.
it is wisest and best TO do the work
oneself
The Washington times., 1905-12-18

is nowadays agreed that it is a great
evil There are some folks who use
passes and who say privately that
the pass does no harm; but they no
longer proclaim this view from the
house tops, because they have dis
covered that such proclamation
causes suspicion and prejudice in the
narrow mind of the paying public.
Why not have the railroad rate
control bill contain a specific pro-
hibition of the interstate pass? The
pass, of course, is sort of rebate
only different from other rebates in
that it amounts to 100 per cent, while
the others do not usually go above
so per cent. Specifically, to provide
that no free pass should be issued
for interstate travel would, of course,
not be really effective If the rail-
road companies wanted TO violate
ii by issuing series of passes, each
good only within single State. But
its moral effecs would be excellent.
especially at a time when the rail-
roads show a desire to be good and
seem to need some moral backing.
1t would also help Congressman give
a demonstration of the sincerity of
their views about equalizing the bur-
den of maintaining the transporta-
ton facilities.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
KILLED HIS PIG
THEN TOOK POISON

SPOKANE. Wash. Dec 1S--R- A
Brown. a lonely homesteader, commit
ted suicide by taking laudanum today.
He was driven to self-destruction by re-
morse resulting from killing his pet pig
Brown had not intended 10 slaughter
the porker until this morning. when the
pangs OF hunger induced him TO sacrl-
fice the animal. Put he never satisfied
his appetite. The spectacle of the CORY
carcass OF the pig flooded his mind with
thoughts of his ingratitude TO his play
mate. He wrote a note telling about II.
and took the poison.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18

members OF the Restoration Host. but
as soon as we saw that we had been
taken in and began to get critical, we
were called traitors
When l arrived in Zion City" said
Mrs. McGregor II invested my money
in securities and I have come away and
left il behind. DoWie takes charge of
all your money and gives you coupon
IN exchange. Those coupons are worth
less outside Zion and OF very little
value"
I'VE were nine days without fire. T"
said Mr.. Wood land l had TO go five
miles TO Waukegan TO get work Bread
is twice as dear in Zion as in New
Zealand. and wages are only about 81
a week We are all financially worse
off than when we left New Zealand. I
am a wiser but poorer man.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
SCALDED TO DEATH
WHILE ASLEEP IN PIT

COATESVILLE. Pa. Dec 1&-Scald-
ed beyond recognition. the body OF
man was found fioatiHg on top OF wen
twelve feet deep At the COatesville cleo
trio plant this morning. Employees or
the plant say n man was seen around
the building last Monday night, and
he asked for shelter Friday morning
the engineer of the plant found u cap
eight feet from the we'll IL IS believed
the man laid down beside the well,
where it was warm, fell asleep ana
rolled into the pit. which contains Scald-
exhaust. The victim was scalded 10
death.