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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

since they had tasted a cup of good coffee.
They accepted the invitation, and, telling
the soldiers to watch the door well, they
went in and Dorcas introduced them to
her mother and sister, who was even pref
tier than she.
While the rest were drinking the delicious
coffee and eating hot buttered toast pre-
pared with a good deal of fun and frolic
at the dining room fire. Dorcas and the
two dear ones she trying to save
stole out of the cellar door, across a neigh
boris yard which was protected by high
board fence, and got down to the creek
They hurried into a rowboat belonging to
this neighbor and pushed off with trem-
bling hands and hearts beating very fast
But they were pursued-they were only
a few yards from the shore when they
the officers and men running after
them. and several bullets whizzed by them
as they roWed away.
Brave Dorcas steered, while the two men
pulled hard at the oars, and they safely
reached the other side of the creek and es-
capped to the American camp where you
may be sure our quaint little Quakeress
was made much of.
This is a true story: the house where
Dorcas lived is still standing. and her great
grandchildren love to tell how she saved
the two men from the enemy at the risk
of her own life by her quick wit and strong
nerve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
A Quaint Little QuakeresS.
BY NJ. f. AUDUBON.

Dorcas. my little heroine. was fourteen
years old on that day about which l am
writing: but she had had no birthday gifts.
md she had never heard Of birthday
party.
The only thing that had happened to Ter
was that her hair had been gathered up
into a cap like her mothers and her Sis
ter's, and that her new dress came down
quite to her shoe tops.
She had a white kerchief round her
throat instead of a collar; she wore white
apron over her gray stuff gown. and white
stockings. with large steel buckles on her
little square-toed black shoes.
Her eyes were dark and bright, and he"
silky hair would curl in rings On her fore
head in spite of the hard brushing 1t got;
her cheeks were as red as June roses and
her teeth We're as white and even as the
grains on a young ear of sweet corn.
Dorcas was looking out of the window
into the narrow street. which was full OF
men in red coats, such as Dorcas had
never seen before.
The panes of glass in the window she
was looking through were small and set In
leaden frames, and the little girl made
pretty picture she stood there.
A noise behind her made her turn round,
and she saw her brother and her brother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
My primnls spell peril and my finals language.
L. To lack hearing 2. To affirm. 3. A number.
A. smile s. boys name. o. Wealthy.
CONCEALED BIRDS.
l. You do very WELL Ned.
. Frances wanted TO go.
g. The CLEANS like diamonds
f. The truth rushed through his mind.
CHARADE.
NV first is rug MY second is curl OF hair ana
nv whole should be filled with my second.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
l am composed of sixteen letters and spell the
name of a great soldier and President.
Ny T. q II. 10, 10. ii means heayiness.
Ny 5, 3, s, IA is an animal.
Nv 4. g, s, last.
NV o. IA 4, Is, IL. 1 means vigorous.
Ny H. 10 is proposition
DIAGONAL.
The diagonal letters of the words defined below
spell word meaning widely spoken Of :
l. A blaze. 2. A piece Of furniture 3. To wan
der l. Respect. 0. TO guide q. Coarse linen
cloth.
WORD PUZZLE.
FIJI the following blanks with words pronounced
alike but spelled differently.
seemed to be against Nancy when she
arrived at the late.
2 We had TO a liquid into the - OF
the hand
g. He was around the whole
of Land.
while kneeling at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
Robbie and the Sparrow.

'ritten for The Evening Star by W. B. @.
AS Robbie wendell to the school
One cold and snowy morn
He found little sparrow bird
Half frozen and foriorn. $50
He took 1t into school with him.
And tended II with care,
And when mis- MONDAY lunch he took
He gave the bird share.
When school WIS DER he took it home;
Then, oh, the little sinner,
He put 1t in q little pan ~ .a.5si
And cooked 1t for his dinner
That night he had an awful dream!
He felt the sparrow fly 3a
Around about inside Of him,
And thought that be would die.
Then up he got and said his prayers
With all his might and main.
And promised he would never eat
little bird again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

George Washington succeeded in all he I'M
dertook. so did this honored fire engine. 1t
saved the fire heaquarters from the advance
ing flames and added new honor second
only to the one it already had wOn-the
honor of having been hauled by George
Washington to many Virginia fires.
August 13, 1IT4, George Washington or
ganiZed the Friendship Fire Company in
Alexandria. Va. 1t soon became a popular
institution. The first membership comprised
those citizens who, out of mutual friend
ship" agreed TO carry to every fire two
leathern buckets and one great bay of Os-
naburg, or wide linen
In the last year of Washingtens life a
fire occurred near the old market house in
Alexandria. AS he was riding down King
street, followed by his servant on horse
back, he saw the Friendship Company
poorly manned. Riding up to a we'll
dressed group of men standing In the street,
he called out: Why you idle there,
gentlemen? 1t is your place to lead in these
matters"
He threw the bride of his horse to his
servant He leaped off and seized the
brakes of the engine. followed by crowd
that had kindled to enthusiasm at his
words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
SOME NEW NURSERY RHYMES.

BY HARRIET NuTTY.
POLITENESS.
Cook made pudding.
Baker made pie.
Johnnie could you take some?
Thank you, | could try.
SPRINGTIME is COMING.
kickety rag. riekety rag.
Now we'll play ball. and now we II play tag
SKIP the roia and run away.
Oh. but It's lot of fun TO play
FOLLY TALK.
have parrot
Her name is Poll.
And all she Sly Is FOL de roll.
Bat grandma says this
Is not much an,iss,
For some folks talk and say nothing at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
A Snow Suggestion.

The next time the snow drifts into your
yard instead of making a snow man try
making snow pig instead. An oblong
mass of snow forms theb body. and the legs.
nose and ears are madeJof sticks surround
ed by snow. A bit of rope, nicely curled
will make very good tail. Various pigs
can be shaped and carved according to the
skill of the young artist. and will give
lively and social Appreciated Ito your yard,
amusement-at your EXPENSE perhaps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
a Fire Laddie of Long Ago.

Here is a picture of a fire engine OF
century or more ago This engine belonged
Ct one time to the Virginia Volunteer Fire
Company George Washington was a mem
Der of this company. and history records
that it was often pulled to fires helped by
no less important a person than the father
OF his country.
This is now owned by the Baltimore Vet
eran Volunteer Firemen's Association of
Baltimore Md. OF course 1t has been on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
Saint Valentine.
DROP CONSONANT PROVERBS
l. Be Of good cheer.
2. The guilty soul breads death.
RHYMING ENIGMA.
Snow.
PRIMAL ACROSTIC.
I. Idol
2. Canal.
8. Item.
4. Cargo.
5. Lazy.
o. Egress.
Z. Scant.
ICICLES
CHAlADE.
Ten-driii ttendriD.
WORD SQUARES.
Al. NICE b. 90 \
& IRON = OF l.
s. COLD 4 NAME
4 z ENDS 4 0b81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
Anecdote of the Late Queen Victoria

One day, the queen, when little girl. Wis
tied her aunt, the Duchess of Clarence. Her
aunt wishing to give her niece good time.
said: What would you like to DO? what
will he the greatest treat l can give your"
The little princess showed the tiresomeness
of her royalty by answering: "Oh. Aunt
Adelaide if you will only let me clean the
windows I'd rather do that than anything
else -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

During the season he hunted two three
times week. His pleasure was not the
find. but tn. hunt; for he admits in his
diary that the foxes nearly always es-
capped. but the main end in view-excite-
ment and recreation-had been achieved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

the retired list for the last fifty years.
but when the fire headquarters were almost
destroyed by flames, during the great fire
of last year. it was taken from its last rest
ing place and made to help. And it did AS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
ADVERSELY DROVE
WOMAN TO SUICIDE

EVERETT, Wash, July deputy
Coroner Challacombe has received a
telegram from d. A. Sutherland of
Columbus, Ind, directing him to bury
here the remains of his sister, Maud
Sutherland, who committed suicide
Friday night by drinking carbolic
acid and whose body was found Sat
urday night stretched out on her bed
in the Ellwood hotel. Judging from
all evidence available, her effects and
her correspondence, Maud Sutherland
had been a good woman, and had
taken the painful carbolic acid meth
cd of suicide as the most available
means at hand to end bitter strug-
gle for existence.
1t is shown in her correspondence
that her brother had sent her $40
and offered to send her a ticket if she
would return home.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04

Do you know that 1900 kids and
men were hurst last Fourth of July,
1900 that we know about and no
doubt a whole lot more that we don't
know about? That's a pretty stiff
price for noise, isn't it? And that's
where that favor to me comes in.
You don't know, and you won't know
till you have a kid of your own, what
a crimp the sight of a crippled boy
puts into a mans heart. 1t makes
him feel mean all over to see some
kid with only one leg, or only on arm,
or one eve, or a face Scared up for
ever by powder or wadding. It's
tough to see that kind of kid,
even If you don't know him, but to
have your own boy. all blown up,
maybe blind, right before your eyes
all the rest of your life-its almost
too tough to think about it. And the
greatest favor you can do for me in
this Fourth of July business Is to
celebrate it so you'll be all together
on the 5th.
There has been a big change in
fireworks since 1 was a kid, and 1
can't advise you what to buy ana
what not to buy to avoid danger, so
I'm going with you to the fireworks
store and look things over and buy
stuff for you That1l help some.
Then. when we run short of fireworks
on the Fourth, I'll send you back TO
the store to buy what we need.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04

one point. After gathering a small
quantity of the pollen in the tube,
it was inserted into the fig and the
pollen blown in. A number of figs
were treated this way. Full ma
turity of the fruit was the result,
and when dried were sent to experts
who declared that they were equal
in every way to the genuine Smyrna
fig
However, this method could do
nothing for the general cultivation
of the fig.
Advices from the messenger sent
to Asia Minor soon proved the ne
cessity of importing the fig wasp If
the growing of Smyrna figs was ever
to be brought to a successful issue
in California.
Adjacent to every grove of Smyrna
figs in Asia Minor is to be found one
of the Capri fig. The Capri fig serves
as the home of the insect necessary
for the maturing of the Smyrna fig.
What appeared to be a seed is, in
reality, the little fig wasp, which,
after coming to its full growth. es-
capes from the Capri fig, taking with
it the pollen which it carries to and
inserts into the Smyrna fig. This is
called capritication.
Roeding imported many of the
Capri fig trees in the hope of culti-
waiting the insects so much needed in
California and it was only after the
cost of years of time and thousands
of dollars that success came.
The remarkable change in the APP
pearance of the Smyrna fig within 10
days after it has been fortified is
one of the most interesting features
in connection with the subject. The
Capriiied figs are of healthy green
color and of fine size, while the I'M
fortified fig is of an unhealthy yell
low color ribs are distinctly outlined
and as time goes on it shrivels up or
collapses
The Smyrna fig industry in Cali
fornia has now assumed such proper
tions that many think it soon Will
overshadow the cultivation of or
anges and prunes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
A HEART TO HEART TALK BY
THE OLD NAN"

Here, kid, drop that baseball bat a
minute and let me talk to you--nope,
1t Isn't lecture-at least I don't in
tend it as lecture. And 1 don't in
tend to tell you to be good boy,
either; principally because it wouldn't
do any more good than it did when
my father used to tell me to be a
good boy. And besides (say, but
thisll bring a roar from your mother,
your grandmother and all your
aunts). besides, / say, way down in
my boots 1 don't care much for too
good boys. All I ask of you, kid,
is that you don't be too bad-but
that's got nothing to do with what
I want to talk to you about.
1 want to say a few words to you
about this Fourth of July business
and incidentally l want you to do a
favor for me. Have you heard any
thing of this sane Fourth of July
talk? Maybe you don't know what a
sane Fourth of July is. It's a Fourth
of July without firecrackers, torpe-
does, Roman candles, pinwheels, sky
rockets, powder and noise. It's a cir
Gus without elephants and clowns.
What did you say? Fudge on that
kind of Fourth. Sh kid, sh, not SO
loud. That tall gentleman with side
whiskers, a silk hat. stopped Shout
ders and vacuum where his stom-
ach ought to be will hear you. He
has to eat toast and tea for break
fast, crackers and milk for lunch and
mush and milk for dinner, and IL he
heard you he might scold. / don't
care what he says, but / don't like
the sound Of his voice. No, kid, no
sane Fourth of July for you and me.
If I told you not to shoot off any fire.
crackers you'd go back in an alley
and explode a million and burn up the
barn or one of the neighbors' barns.
You'do go round to some place where
you thought 1 wouldn't see you and
shoot off fireworks until you blew
somebody's eye out, or your own eye.
I'm onto you, all right, all right, so
I'm not going to make a sneak of
you 1t would be like pushing you
into trouble. And what l want to do
is to keep you out of trouble, and to
keep myself out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04

John +. Stevens. who succeeds
Wallace as engineer of the Panama
canal. was railway expert of the
tanned an enviable reputation as a
civil engineer and in railway opera
ton. His first engineering service
of note was in connection with the
city of Minneapolis. Later he located
served in the engineering depart
ments of the Denver 4 Rio Grande,
st. Paul. Canadian Pacific. Duluth.
South Shore 4 Atlantic, and Spokane
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04

Notice Is hereby given that the
postponed annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Evergreen State
Fruit company. corporation. will
be held at the office of the company
at its plant on Richland Prairie, near
the city of Spokane, in Spokane
county. Washington. at II a, m. upon
the 10th day of July, 1905, at which
meeting will come up the election of
board of trustees, the subject of
the present land holdings of the COM
pany and of calling into the treasury
a portion OF the stock, and such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting. FRED SETTER,
Secretary of the Evergreen Fruit
Company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04

Of Trade has been after his scalp
for years, but he has continued using
its quotations.
In regard to the new organisa ton
Christy says. I'VE have now 1900
members, representing all parts of
the country. and $4,000 miles of
leased wires. Every member must do
a strictly straight business or he will
be expelled. We intend to handle
grain through the public elevators,
and In three years Will be doing more
business than amy other board The
Chicago Board Of Trade Is nothing
but a bucket shop, and a powerful
one. 1t even controls the courts"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
COOK Will
SELL FOR A
NICE SUM

Francis III. Cook wants $4,000 and
several other considerations from the
city for the unlawful placing of the
Cooks hill standpipe on his property
situated at Fourteenth avenue, Grand
avenue and Tacoma street
Mr. Cook filed his proposition with
the city officials yesterday. who are
taking the matter into consideration.
Mr.. Cook when seen this morning
stated that the city officials wanted
to talk the proposition over before
coming to a settlement. Mr.. Cook,
however, refuses to discuss the mat
ter, saying that he has stated his
consideration and it is now up to
the city to finish it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
BIG ROW AMONG
GRAIN SPECTATORS
AND BUCKETSHOP MEN START A
NEW BOARD OF TRADE.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 4.-War
is ON between the Chicago and Kan
sas City boards of trade and the indie
pendent brokers or bucket shop men.
1t is the outcome of the recent de-
cision Of the United States supreme
court restraining the independents
from using quotations of the Chicago
Board of Trade.
TO fight back. the bucket shop men
have organized the National Board
OF Trade of Kansas City. It is to
rival the old boards. If beaten in
this effort the independents must 60
out of business,
The leader in the movement aid
president of the new organization Is
c. c. Christy. The Chicago Board
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
BRANDS FAKR
ON SAILORS CHEST

NEW YORK, July 4.-Dr Dubois
Hunt has been dismissed from the
INDECENT sailor. Hunt recognized him
as an old-time patient, and when told
by fellow inferno that the man was
a fakir, he says he unconsciously
traced the word on the patient s
chest with the needle which had been
heated white hot.
The branded sailor is now at the
hospital suffering from hysteria.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04

A tiny insect travelling thousands
of miles in a little green fig has
brought fortune to George Roeding
of Fresno. Cal.
Quite a number of years ago a
newspaper of San Francisco wanted
to know why California couldn't rival
Smyrna in the production of the fig
that has made that town of Asia
Minor famous. With this idea in it's
head the newspaper imported a lot
of cuttings from Smyrna and dis
tributed them among it's subscribers.
The cuttings were planted with a
great deal of care and interest, and
visions of wealth spread themselves
on many a mental horizon.
The cuttings grew and hourished
and reached a healthy fruit produc-
ing age and began to bear, but the
fruit failed to mature. After much
discussion ana Investigation the ex-
pertinent was given up and the news
paper ana its idea were roundly
abused
But Roeding held on to the idea.
He wanted to know why the Smyrna
fig tree should gain health and vigor
from California soil, only to finally
fail in the fultillment of its mission.
In order to obtain n correct an
Swer to this question Roeding sent
an employee to Smyrna to investigate
the matter thoroughly. Much trou-
BILE was experienced by the messenger
in making any Roadway tim his in
vestigation owing to the jealousy of
the natives and the prohibitive policy
of the government in not allowing
any trees or cuttings to he exported.
However, with the aid of the Ameri-
can consul, he was finally able to
proceed on his mission.
1t was found that while other va
rieties of figs would mature their
own fruit, the Smyrna would not do
so unless the flowers were fertil-
lied either by artificial means or by
the fig wasp. or course, artificial
fertilization could be carried on, but
only to very limited degree. Roed-
ing experimental for n while with a
glass tube drawn to fine point ut
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04

w. c. Cote, president of the Kan
sas city Board of Trades, refuses to
divulge his, plans for lighting the
rival organization. Asked if he pro-
posed to ignore it, he said: NO, but
time alone will reveal our methods of
fighting it,"
Other members of the Kansas City
board denounce the members of the
new board and say that it will not
last six months. They have warned
the Kansas City papers that if quo
tations from the new board are pub
lished, their representatives will be
driven from their floor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
TWO HEADED
CHILD BORN
(Scripps News Association.)

COLUMBUS, O., July 4.-The path
illogical department of the Ohio
Medical university has come into
possession of rare freak of nature,
consisting of the body of a fully de-
veloped two-headed white male in
FAINT, born dead in this city Monday.
The remains of this babe were turned
over to the institution by DR.. j. +.
Jones, with the consent of the pa
rents, whose names are withheld, and
will be devoted to the cause of sci
ence.
DIR. Ernest Scott, city chemist and
bacteriologist, who has charge of the
museum at the o. Nj. T., has decided
to subject the anatomy of the child
to a searching examination under the
X-rays at Grant hospital for the pur-
pose of determining its spinal forma-
ton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
WHERE DOCTORS AGREE.

If a patient has varying symptoms
but ever increasing weakness from
the loss of flesh and strength, all
doctors agree that gain of flesh is a
change for the better. Weak, thin
people know they feel better as soon
as they gain flesh. DR.. Gums Blood
and Nerve Tonic turns the food into
good, red blood, making solid flesh
at the rate of one to three pounds
per week. Sold by druggists for 75c
per box. For loss of memory, no
ambition and nervous weakness, a
better remedy was never made Write
DR.. Bosanko Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For sale by all druggists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
SUNDAY EXCURSION, ST. JOE.

The Northern Pacific will continue
the Sunday excursions to st. Maries.
FerrelPs and st. Joe during the sum-
mer. Train will leave Spokane 8 a.
leaving there on arrival of train for
delightful ride across the lake and
up the St. Joe river. arriving at Fer
relts about p. m, where stop of
80 minutes viii be made for dinner.
Those prcferring to do so can take
lunch baskets and eat lunch on the
boat. Returning train will arrive
Spokane about 8 y. N. Fare for the
round trip 50.
j. w. HILL, Gen. Agt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
PATENT MEDICINES.

4 man Who compounds or Improves
something is entitled TO the largest
share of the profits from the sale of
the article, so he patents or copy
rights. Patented goods are good
goods. poor goods are never patented.
We have rs years of trial to prove
we have the best medicine compound
ed for the cure OF dyspepsia. sick
headache, biliousness. Indigestion and
all stomach disorders. We protect
the public lay keeping the formula
secret: as long as We make II we
know ii IL made right. This medicine
Is DR.. Gums Improved I4iver Pills,
% cents per box at druggists. One
for dose. Made by DR.. Bosanko Co,
Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by all
druggists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
RATES LEWIS AND CLARK rA1r

The Northern Pacific announces
rate of $14.95. Spokane to Portland
and return. On sale May 20 to Oc,o-
Der Is daily; return limit. 80 days.
Party rate, 10 or more. s1l.2O: limit,
10 days. Also low rates .or large
parties. Cali at city office. Ziegisr
block, for full particulars.
J. w. HILL. y. A.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-04
TREAT YOUR KIDNEYS FOR
RHEUMATISM.

When you are suffering from
rheumatism, the kidneys must be at
tended to at once so that they will
climate the uric acid from the blood.
Foley's Kidney Cure is the most eff
fective remedy for this purpose. r.
y. Hopkins of Polar, Wis. says:
after unsuccessfully doctoring three
years for rheumatism with the best
doctors, | tried Foleys Kidney Cure
and 1t cured me. | can not speak too
highly of that great medicine Sold
by Chas. McNab, 400 Riverside ave-
nue..