davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

was not prepared 20 sign statement TO tha' =
feet
This system OF forcing The customer 70 ou!
the result o. a German business principe =
would not be successful i'm America Inc 49,
chants argue that II they can only succesL
foistiug soma article or other u?nH ihe Pul''~..
they have attained their end and that Il d'ss ,.
matter II he is dissatisfied with his purchase sI',.
ward and never comes back 70 their store r.
They seem % he absolutely Indifferent about -
ing his custom. II you so ~ shoe s'o'e'
Will declare that the first pair OF shoes You - =,
is perfect ht. no matter If rhey arc S1'
large. I have made this observation over a'1 -,
again. and can vo2Ch FOR lis accuracy. INV s.s
mans regard this state Of affairs win P''
equanimity ,.,-.,
OF course q great many more or less lss'- \.
tricks are used in arranginS the windows !. rs
stores. in order 70 eutice the public MANY -
display a ready made coat and vest c.eVe'! - 4,
over bale OF The same material t''h We ,,slT
trousers are 10 he made &" order "l'h .,.-ius
low priCe attached 70 the whole tpo" =, sr
the store YOU discover that the price = - "a
the coat and vest and that the trousers " -. az
II goes without saving that they are prs'! ',,,s,
pensive. II appears that a number Of S".s .,,a,ss
have the goods which they place n t'e W, NJ,
specially made Of a better quality than 100
sell In the store. some weeks ago Sa" -'...,s,i
IN window announcing thar the firm u - ,ssr
had no boots specially manufacturer ~
windows ,s
The department stores compare faVo'aS SiS
those IN New York. though they are "o -. A.
The only fault To De found with them sar.rr
rarSement ~ tee goods in the various .~rseri
ments. which is confusing. the lacA % ,,,,sr g
doorwalkers and the cash system. lH0 v,raa
especially defective An once Win uN' .a.s ie
cashier and several packers IS atiachea " nusst
partment and the customer must go t''. ,,srx asi
with the bill he has received from 'lS 80 ssvxr-
pay for what he has purchased IN rssrs
ment before he can 20 on 70 anot~es ns,,. aIres5
usually a long line of customers Win 90, ass
waiting there and the result iS tha' "A. IN par
about fifteen minutes before one S"'
ing and getting ones purchase .s Z, iss'a
Upon the whole Germany stih na' ugh 10 -
from America In the business hiie' n,st ansa
undoubtedly made great progress 'n' s.ss ossns
years Several American stores ha'0 oriiasfr
In Berlin OF late and have all been N, SsrnN
successful in securing the patronase =. ,vs xae
public Perhaps their example wman WI, an rivals -
some effect upCn some OF their oa,. 40 uhts y
help 10 eradicate few OF tae e'
erence has been made.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

TO the works Of Shakespeare was Itself SenScIeSS
My CONSERVATION WAS increased by the fact
that always keenly felt the beauties OF poetry
In every form; then why should artistic works
recognized by the whole world as those 81 a
geniuS-th the works of Shakespcare-not only fan
10 please me. but be disagreeable To me? For
a long time I could not believe in myself. and
during fifty years. in order to test myself.
several times recommcn"ed reading Shakespeare
in every possible form in Russian. in English
in German and in Schlegel'S translation. as
was advised. Several times / read the dramas
and the comedies and historical plays and
invariably underwent the same feengs-repUl-
Sion Woarincss and bcWildermcnt At the pres
ent time. before writing this preface being de-
SirouS once more to test myself. | have, an
old man of SeVeuty-ive, again read the whole
or Shakespeare, including the historical plays
TIE "HenrNs.' "TrOiluS and CreSsda, the
Tempest "CYmbeline' and ! have felt with
even greater force the same feelings. this time
however, not of beWildcrment. but OF firm, in
dubitahle conviction that the unqueStiOnahle
glory OF 4 great genius which Shakespeare en-
joys. ana which COmpcis writer's of our time to
initiate him, and readers and spectators to dis
cover IN him uOu-eXistent mcTitS-theTeby dis
torung their aesthetic and ethical understanding
Is great evil. as is every untruth.
Although | know that the majority of people
that I'm reading this Judgment of mine they will
not admit even the possibility of its Justice and
WI! not give ii the slightest attention, never
theIess. | Will endeavor as We'll as l can to show
why / believe that Shakespeare cannot be rec
oghlzed either as a great genius or even as an
average author.-Count Leo Toistoy in The
Fortnightly Review
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
THE soCIALIsTIC FALLAcy.


l travelled the other day with the manager OF
one of the greatest motor works in Northern
Italy. and he told I1a that his many thousand
workmen were all Socialists
And DO the mur, Slied ones. who receive
higher wages. divide with the Oth,rs?' ! asked
Sympsth hetically.
on. no he SAID. they only all want more"
In fact the only man Of whom I ever heard
that ne acted up 10 SOCialistiC principles. though
he was not one by conviction. was one of the
RothSchidS at Vienna
one day an unemployed workman came to him.
preaching equal division
The baron listened patiently. and when the
man had done he said.
Very well. YOU say I have so many millions
which ought 10 he equally divided in the country
There are so-and-so many inhs bitants in the
Austrian Empire, therefore each person would
receive forms and 20 kreuzers. Here are
forms and 2o kreuzers: they are Your part
GOodhy, and don't bother Inc any more
The lesson the baron enfrrced by his action.
though very simple one is apparently very
difficult for the socialistic mind to master.
The unemployed no better off than he
had been before and had the baron gone with
the just distribution of his money. nobody would
have been the better fer it. The only difference
1t would have made was that it would have left
him beggar.
with the idea Of equa!izing the position Of all
But. much this be tried. il cannot he
done. for there gifts which come straight
from God. which never can be divided. and which
are some of the greatest powers on earth. even
more than money. such. for instance. Il
mans brains. his character. CleVcrnesS and wit.
a WOman's grace. charm and beauty. Factors
such as these will always disturb the equilibrium
of every artificial distribution. The cardinal
mistake the socialists make Is that they are bent
upon levcImg down. when they ought, IL they
have the real veal of humanity at heart. 10 level
up.-Lady Pagot, in The Nineteenth Century.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
English ReUiese,.s for December.
Weares TolstoyBostons Lack of
Socialistic Fallacy--A to a Harem.

aroused far less emotion on our side the ocean
than on the other, and long ago the
events of the Revolution i'm fair perspective
In truth, this inSiStenCe on the past is not
wholly Creditable to Boston's sense of humor
The passionate psans which otis and his
friends sang t. Liberty we're irrelevant. Lib
erty was never for moment in danger, if Lib
erty, indeed, he a thing of fact and not Of
WatchWOrds. The leaders of the Revolution
throw off the yoke Of the fOreigner-a yoke as
heavy as that which Catholic Spain cast upon
Protestant Holland But there was no yoke to
be thrown off be, aUse no yoke was i'm
posed, and Boston might have celebrated
greater events in her history than that which
an American statesman has wisely called the
riSht.'-Charles Whitley in BlaCkWoOd's s Maga-
zine
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
BOsTON'S LACK OF HI,

nave said that Boston loves relics. The
relics which il loves best are the relics of Eng
Iahd discontinue The stately portraits of
Copley are Of small account compared to the
memorials of what was nothing else than a civil
war. Faneu Hall. the Covent Garden of Bos-
Ton presented to the city by Peter Faneuil some
thrty years before the birth of Liberty" is
now nut an emblem OF revolt. The Old South
Meeting Place is eudeared the citizens of
Boston as the sanctuary Of freedom \ vast
monument. erected mere quarter of a century
ago, commentaries the 'ROStOn Massacre" A."
And wherever You turn You reminded of an
episode which might easily he forgotten. To an
Engllshman these historical landmarks are in
offensive. Th1 dispute which they recall
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
COFFEE Foa TIE FIREMEN

There Is talk among local IRE de.4rsfaent oHcas 2
agitating The addition Of coTrsS - -ae eqpa
Of the department IL has proved -eat success :
New York and otrer cities rhs y7hicie IN taose ci
RESPONDS 20 al third alarms AMI -o-s All fires V
long service is sor IN, tra0sT N1sn ne
men are fighting big pazeS caTeS wagon = m as
and from 81 j. served the ECt stnuatinS neFeias7
the ra~Iwo~kFvg rle- The ffAA -av-rahy receN =.
a7,cnz the local frru-eu. who r'V forced 70 WI
without a stimulart-- Philadelphia Be-a-i
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
sHAKEsPEARE WEARIEs TOLsTOT.

SHAhESPEAKE NEAftIfo IVLHIUl.
remember the astOnishment | felt when
first read Shakespeare. | expected TO receive
powerful aesthetic pleasure. but. having read,
one after the other. works regarded as his best
king Lear" Romeo and Juliet Hamlet
and ''Macbeth'-not only did ] feel no delight.
but l felt an Irresistible repulsion and tedium.
and doubted to whether | was senseless in
feeling works regarded the summit of per-
fecton by the whole Of the civilized world -
he trivial and positively bad. whether the
significance which this civilized world attributes
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
BRITISH CENSORSHIP OF THE DRAMA.

BEtI lSf1 Nl1-N NJiNNill1 VI he jfN-NM-A
The censorship of plays was not originally in
vented in the interests Of the unCO' guild. II has
Only been perverted to that use. 1t was insti-
1uted 10 prevent drama lists from exposing the
corruption Of Sir Robert Walpoe's admiuistra-
tion. Its purpose. in fact, was political not
moral and it still ut rare intervals. eXeTts itself
in a political mattet. \ dozen or more years go
ii interVened TO secure the alteration Of comic
song which was held to be offensive To the late
Lord Randolph Churchill. More recently it in
sisted changing the title IT a PLAY Whicn
wounded the susceptibiIities Of the Sultan OF
Turkey But its action in this department mas
hitherto been toleraby harmless. The main pre-
OCCUPATION OF the censorship to-day is With faith
and morals. No modern play dealing with a
Biblical subject containing Biblical charaC-
ters may he publicly performed on the English
stage The censor will not allow il. And there
is large and immensely important department
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
Intense Application to Business
and Extreme Ada pta biiify
to Conditions.

zanEwiu once met ;he query. Why do the Jews
s,:cceede' with these words: - welcome the task
o. the question. IL only for the oppoFu-
rf,y O.. explaining that they do not And he pro
,eesed II argue that even If the Jews succeed As
Individuals they fail rniserahly a people. The
belief thai Jews have monopoly or success las
b,cn widely credited and has become almost
stperStiiion. Rich Jew has grown INTO a
nrorerl and az one time called up In the magma
,3on golden argosies and subterranean treasures II
= : believed that jews natural born hiei-
chants that they possessed The conihlerol'i ~
.,i,, N an unusual degree and their success came
g r.. viewed as something uncanry or ineNltaoe-
,rb,s singular Illusion dates from those uarh "Ees
1e, lows were shut out from the arts and crafts
and were forced by direct legislation INTO ie"
so,a.3 oecupsfions The dense ghettos. with theT
r,oyertv-s,ricken population were not known 10 'e
y-,rls a iarge-only the few great mefchaI'S
- -, ,,,-,el r5r MANY Christians natn-
-sll, ,s,,,a ia contact only with those jews VINO
could -t..d them money. Thus, as the orr! 's
,,-.o,11 1lfc Christians got 10 know were M
rot 50 wonderful that all Jews shouio nav -.
supposed 10 lie rich OF that il." d. 49,
have become d Oywprd.
-. eo-ce5 out Of other vocations and CON
Go % trade and commerce. Being an acute anu
,hrift,- reop1e they did what the shre"o "'He
cid in colonial days-adapted themselves 10 -
-, end cave TO il all their energy ana uouS'''
-, ..,.s,a commercial gift OF the Jew IS
,os~ in which even the Jews joined IL was il1'l ~
rork and an easy p.iahility TO cohol'io"s - -,
r-o,,gl-- results Adaptabity is the secret % 1!e
Jewish people as can be observer n re - -,
grants daily pouring into this 0ou''''S- -. - is
= - sdsntation TO new enNlroIIne'',
= -. y. -ba Jen-s 20 such an extent tha' my
~ live aud thrive IN all climates and under any
pr, nhen orc studies the Jew in AmeFl'7 ..or.
tho Jewish piutocrat. the scion oi ~,ira~v
-o7 <s~r5ry in the o'd country. hn' ue % - -
- ,r,.,-5rrsr- who comes here 10 earn 'He
$50 he cannot make in his native Russia, hu,
rnanfs or Austria-one almost becomes re'o,'eC r,
% the antiouated superstition that the Je" AT a.y
,ste in America always succeeds. NJ 80 e
- ,fse Of the Jew as figure IN the worm u
- .s-e,iaIrx IN New York. seems tn prove
80, ne lew is wonderfully apt in adapting himself
20 American conditions
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
A MODERN HAREM.

Less picturesque than the description IN
Pierre LOFTS "DiSenchanted was my reception
in the hare!n of Besma Hanum. the wife OF
close relative of the throne. was assisted out
If my carriage bv gaunt eunuCh i'm a black
fro ok coat and red fez who gave me the shiverS
as he cIutched my arm with his SABLE paw IN
side the hall was met by crowd OF IetnaI@
slaves who helped me remove my wraps
They varied I'm ge from fifteen To forty: some
of them we're Negresses, but the majority were
;'ircassians The latter are supposed TO be me
most beautiful of all Turkish women on VhlCH
account the slaves Cf the Sultan are always Sc
lected from among them, but IN tals lhstaIce t
7 looked in vain for any trace OF good LOOKS ann
indeed could hardly help smiling at the comic
effect they produced. dressed up 10 the mines IN
the. latest Paris fashions. executed by local
6rassnlakcrs That these women devote much
time and thought =" their appearance was eNl-
dart from the weird results attained by their
sartorfal flights of fancy. The louder the color.
the heavier the trimming. the better they seemed
T3leased. and the hOmclineSs Of the materials
enpIoved Channel seemed 10 have the prefer
ance) was fully atOned for by the length of
their trains and by the rakishness OF the white
muslin bonnets ornamented Win roses anu ahd
other artificial flowers. which crowned ther
heads They conducted me "a the presence OF
their mistress. and stood around offering tea
and rose jam. and otherwise attending 70 our
wants the whole time my visit lasted
Besma Hanum is beautiful and highly edu-
Gated but as I'm the case of many Turkish
women there is about her certain lassitude
born of discOura cement and an unequal struggle
with urcougenal surroundings She spoke of the,
spread Of education in Turkey. and Of the mental
superiority of the educated Turkish woman over
the equally educated Turkish man seeming un-
ahla account a
considers perfectly established -BlackwoCd's
Magazine
CARING FOR THE OLD IN VIENNA.
In most towns there is tendency, in this
our dav 10 deal more generously with desti-
tute children than with destitute men and
women In Berlin and New York. for instance.
both money and thought are laVShed on the
young whom the community supports. wht'N
as for the aged. what is given them is given
only of necessity In Vienna il is otherwise
rEIiP of he old
people are better-hOth more carefully Cons1d
cred and Hberal-than those for the RELIEF
Of children. a fact that says more. perhaps, for
the hearts than for the heads of the authorities.
If manor vOman-dhOVe sixty IS with
out the money wherewtth 70 provide for HIM
self or the strength to earn the money. he ap-
plies the guardian of his ward fOr help.
Then If he has a home 70 five in and some one
10 take OF him or is able 10 take care OF
himself he is granted out relief money allow
anCe if he can be trusted 70 spend II wisely;
otherwise relief in kind. SuppOsing. however.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

illustrated nits.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07
We Lose and Wenatchee Gains.

This week our town loses some of its
oldest and most highly respected citi-
zens, Two families took their depart
ure for Wenatchee yesterday. George
S. and his daughter, Miss Maud Mer'
riam, and VIII II. Merriam, the latter
better known as Uncle Will, by those
who are well acquainted with him, and
Sam Merriam and wife. George and
w, H. Merriam have been residents OF
Leavenworth for more than IL years.
Until a year ago the Merriam Brothers
conducted one of the principal mercan-
tile establishments here during all
those years. BY fair dealing and up
right conduct they not only made
money but they made what is vastly
more enduring, large circle OF friends
who sincerely regret their departure
The name of Merriam always stood fol
that which was fair In the develop
ment and upbuiIding of the town they
always took leading part. We com
mend them to the good people of We
natchee as the best of citizens.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07

| MhFcOnI ana the
The now famous Italian inventor of
the wireless telegraph system has join
ed forces with the Columbia Phono-
graph Co That this will result in
some improvements along the line of
talking machines will be looked for
and may be taken for granted.
He is not only the foremost inventor
of the present day, but he is young,
while his most conspicuous contempt
rariesin the electrical field, have turned
the downward hill of life. They have
practically achieved their utmost while
he has years of usefulness before him
and career of unexpected brilliancy.
A very great deal may therefore be
expected of the young inventor in the
new field he has entered, for Marconi
has shown marked originality in every
thing he has thus far undertaken,
While other Geographic inventors have
developed improved machinery along
lines that were by no means new, he
courageously encroached upon a realm
that was entirely uneXplored and ac-
complished ends, in perfecting his
wireless telegraph, that were thought
to be beyond the scope of scientific pos
sibility. He set himself the task ofcon-
quering the unknown, and how bril-
liantly he succeeded is matters of cur
rent history.
To such man the world may look,
with confidence, for improvements in
the talking machine art that will bring
it still nearer to perfection than ii has
yet been brought, however that may be.
In the sixty years, since Morse invent
ed his telegraph, thousands of patents
in connection with the art have been
granted. Many of the great lights in
the scientific world have contributed a
share to the work of perfecting the
telegraph, and new systems, including
printing telegraphs, have been among
the ingenious appliances for improving
the service. But, thru all these years,
until Marconi came, the one essential
feature-the wire continued to be the
fundamental and indispensable principle
involved in every description OF elect
rical communication both by land and
sea.
A few years ago the proposition to
telegraph or telephone without using
wires was met with ridicule. las we'll
to try to sail an ocean greyhound over
land to California" people said But
Marconi persevered and as the outcome
of his genius we have the greatest Won
der of all the ages the wireless tele-
graph.
1t is the men OF Marconi's originality
who put additional touches upon things
that others have developed to the last
degree that seems humanity possible,
and nothing that comes from his hand
to increase the lustre of the art of re-
cording and reproducing sounds will
surprise those who have watched his
wonderful career and noted his success
in accomplishing what many OF his
scientific contemporaries deemed to be
as impossible as visit to interstellar
space with the bicycle as the means OF
conveyance and a sunbeam for a road
| bed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07
Notice.

Notice is hereby given, that there will be a
meeting of the stockholders OF the LeaVen-
worth Mercantile Company Washington Cor
poration, held on the 9th day OF October, 1906,
at p. m. at the office of said corporation In
the town of Leayenworth, Chelan County
Washington, for the purpose of deciding
whether the capital stock OF said corporation
shall be increased from $4,000 TO $4,000, and for
the purpose OF making such other amendments
to the articles OF Incorporation, as originally
made and filed, as may by said stockholders be
deemed advisable.
IRA ID. EDWARDS.
o. S. SAMPSON,
H. Il, CARR.
Trustees OF the Leayenworth Mercantile
Company. 3lSt.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07

w. Ell. Otis brought to this Office last
week peaches that measured ten and
one half inches in circumference.
They were of the late Crawford variety.
The flavor equaled anything in the line
of peach we have ever seen. The
peaches were grown on Mr.. Otis place
near Peshastin, three and one half
miles from Leavenworth. Mr.. Otis
has over one hundred boxes of this
variety to ship. He would have more
but when he planted the trees he was
told that peaches could not be grown
In this altitude. Now that he has de-
monstrated that they can be grown
right here in as great perfection as
anywhere in the state he and others
will plant more of this variety of fruit.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07
Business Paragraphs.
Buy your furniture at Keating's. 26

Recently the best cook in Leavnworth
and the next best cook in Leavenworth
met, and, quite naturally the convers-
alton turned to cooking. In the course
OF the conversation the best cook said
to the next best cook, "you can make
just as good bread, cakes and pies as I
make # you use Peach Blossom -four.
Your merchant may tell you he has
just as good as Peach Blossom, but If
you believe him and take the just as
good your bread will be inferior to mine,
just as it has always been." 33ti
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07

A special wire was run into Fritz S
place Monday for the purpose of taking
a report of the fight between Battling
Nelson and Joe CAM as each round
was fought at Goldfelds, Nevada.
That the negro won the fight on the
forty-second round on foul is now
stale news but is mentioned to show
that admirers of the sport in this town
were determined to have the news from
first hands.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07

The contract for the building of the
Monitor bridge between Monitor and
Cashmere, connecting Brown and
Monitor flats, was let last week by the
county commissioners 10 the Puget
Sound Bridge and Dredging Company,
ON bid of $7,1l9. There were five
bids offered Work will commence on
the bridge at once and will be finished
this fall. 1t will be of steel and two
spans. The people living near this
bridge contributed $1,000 toward the
cost.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07

The democrats, says L. j. Nelson,
the unterrified, will have their inning
ON the 18th inst. The precinct meet
ing will be held week from tomorrow
night, Saturday Sept. 10, in the opera
house, and elect delegates to the
county convention and also nominate a
constable and justice of the peace. The
county convention will be held in We
natchee on Sept. 22th.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07
Buy your hardware at Keating's. q

w. E. Boston who recently bought
the Matt Mako place in Peshastin val
ley was visitor to our town last Tues
day. Mr.. Boston is from Nebraska,
and says he likes this country. He will
like it even more after he spends a
winter here.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07
Buy your hard ware at Keating's. 2

Harry Dean and his brother Charley
went down to Stratford duck shooting
last week and Harry says they got 20
birds. We can not vouch for the truth
of the whole story but If called on will
qualify to the number of two Not
only that, but will testify that they
were good eating.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-09-07

Old mellow and thoroly matured-it
possesses every essential of a genuinely
fine, Kentucky liquor-that's why |. w.
HARPER whiskey is the most popular.
Sold by j. F. Fritz at the Overland
bar. BOLT