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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-18

vealing themselves. She had set her
doll on the tie and leaned II up against
the rail opposite There sat the doll.
and there sat the girl, and wished
there were a thousand dolls and no
girl,
| '"The train moved slower and slower
till 1t got within, say, a hundred feet
of the child. She didn't seem to care
any more about 1t than for the breeze
that rustled the leaves about her. She
didn't even look at US. think she
was talking to her doll. Here was l
moving on to kill her without any pow
err to keep from doing so. Every sec
ond the great mass Of iron was getting
closer. asa
"Just as got within about forty feet
OF her she turned and looked at me.
And what do you think she didl Just
sat there and-sm!led.
There was the baby figure, a lot Of
fax hair tossed over her forehead, a
pair Of blue eyes. chubby cheeks, a
dimple In each, smiling at me. jerk
ed on the lever. l prayed and cursed.
l stamped like a mailman.
Suddenly there was a streak Of
something darling from the house in a
straight line for the child. was too
taken up with her and the thing was
going too fast for me to see what 1t
was. But 1t wasn't man nor a wom-
an nor boy nor girl. 1t wasn't any
thing human. The first knew what 1t
was was seeing dog seize the child's
dress In its teeth and give her a pull.
Then the engine went past where she
was. looked out Of the window and
saw mass Of child's clothing, hair
and shoes right under the cab. jump
ed out and picked her up.
"She smiled at me.
'Then came her mother tearing out
Of the house like mad after her dog
nurse had saved her child, snatched the
little thing out of my arms and took
on like as II she was beside herself. I
jumped aboard, but had to let my
fireman take the engine for a spell. l
was completely done up. There Is the
tree out there ahead Of us. / never
pass It but / feel the shock all over
again"
"And the dogY' I asked after we had
passed the place.
"Oh, the dog. did all could to get
the chlld's father to sell him to me,
but he said nurses were unreliable
around these parts, and he wouldn't
sell him for a fortune. However. he
moved to town after awhile, and when
he did he gave him to me. I've had
many an offer for him, but no money
will buy him."
BEVERLY WoRTHINGToN.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-18

The president has sent his message
to congress giving the results Of his
visit to Panama and observations re-
garding canal work. He sticks to
his idea that Chinese labor must be
employed and says that conditions
generally are as good as can be ex-
pected under the circumstances.
His message is backed by picture
demonstrations which is an innova-
tion in transmitting such documents
to congress.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-18
THE DOG NURSE

was standing one morning on the
platform of a railway station watching
the engineer of train was about 70
take oil his engine when a dog appear
ed carrying in his mouth n tin dinner
pail. The engineer took the pail, put Il
in his cab, and the dog trotted away.
IAN intelligent dog that" remark
ed. r-
"You bet. replied the engineer. HE
brings me my dinner every day. But
be did bigger thing than that once"
What was III"
T haven't time to tell you now, Get
Into the cab and ride with me-there's
q long straight stretch about ten miles
out, with no stops-and I'll tell you.
It's against the rules, know, for any
one to ride on the engine, but they let
me do pretty much as / please. I've
been on this road long while"
Glad to accept the invitation, got up
into the cab, sat on the left seat and
the engineer told his story;
81 was driving the Lightning express
over the road one day and was moving
along at a steady gait. We'd come to
this part of the road, where there are
few houses and the cattle guards are
all In order. It's the only part on the
line where l let up in keeping my eye
on the rails every second. At least II
was then, but 1t isn't now and hasn't
been since that day. I'll talk going
over 1t, but won't take my eye from
the front.
well. as said, was running along
pretty glib when l wanted some tobac-
CO out of the box on the side you're oc-
cupylng and concluded to go over and get
1t. glanced up the track, and 1t was
clear of everything for mile unless II
might be In the shade of a tree about q
mile ahead In front Of a farmhouse.
left my post and, going over. opened
the box. The tobacco was in a vest
pocket, and the vest had got mixed up
with some Of those things, so couldn't
find it right, of. but couldn't have
been hunting more than a minute. Al
any rate soon got back to my place
and 1t seemed to me that something
dog, suspected-was on the right raj
under the big tree that was casting the
shadow.
II went on. The thing didn't move
and 1t kept getting palmer and palmer
till saw II wasn't dog, but what II
was / couldn't tell. 1t wasn't as big al
a big dog, and 1t was bigger than a lit
tie one. II the sun had been shining or
It could have seen what It was al
once, but the branches OF the tree
above were thick, and the leaves were
thick. and the shadow was thick.
"All Of sudden saw what 1t was
a child sitting on the rail, very small
child, not much more than old enough
to walk. For a few seconds stopped
wondering what 1t was to shut Off anC
reverse. Then my eyesight came bach
to me, and there sat a little girl.
ut all depended on whether she wai
old enough to see her danger and ge
up. knew the train would come to {
stop just about where she was; but
great Scott, II 1t didn't stop before 1
reached her, 1t didn't matter how SLOW
1t was going, II would crush herl TIT
picture before me then Is before mi
now, and for months after I'd wake VI
toward morning to see 1t again, tn,
"hlld's figure becoming more and NOR
distinct and her features gradually re
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-18
Quarantine Law Invalid.

Washington, Dec. ls.-In decid.
ing the cases OF the Illinois Central
Railroad company versus I. G. Ed
wards and ]. U. MoKendroe, OF Ken
tuckey, the supreme court today held
10 be unconstitutional the agricul-
tural departments quarantine order
because the line fixed by II was made
applicable to the state as we'll as to
the interstate movements OF cattle,
The opinion was announced by Jus
tice Day. The decision distinctly
holes the act invalid because OF its
interference with interstate com
merce.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-18
immigration OmlCial Dead.

Seattle, WASH, Deo. 1e.-W. B.
hsteIl. chief Of the local immigration
once, died here last night. he was
formerly prominent In political cir
-Olss In Pennsylvania and New York.
He had been In charge d he looal
s....ss...st.,.a. ainna Inlx. 1908.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-18
The action Of the Interstate com

The action of the interstate com.
merce commission and the. promise of
the railroads to supply coal to the
sufferers along their lines shows what
can be accomplished when the proper
effort Ia made. The railroads claim
ed to be unable to haul coal to North
Dakota points until the interstate
commerce commission got after them,
when they promised the delivery Of
the supply within twenty four hours.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

and better disposition of the com
forts of life.
1t would be ungracious to say that
all this is due to the influence of men
from the North, and it would be un-
true as well as ungracious, but 1t Is
nevertheless a fact that the ideas
which dominated in the old days
were not adapted to the best use OF
Southern resources and opportunities
for development, and that these old
ideas had to surrender to new and
better plans and methods before the
South which is now rapidly develop
ing could be possible. One of the
strongest forces in the new movement
is the stream OF Northern blood and
capital which has flowed into the
beautiful Southern land since the
days of reconstruction. And l repeat
because it cannot be said with too
much emphasis, that Georgia knows
this, appreciates it, and wants more of
1t.
These are facts which may be prop
erly taken into consideration by North
ern people who are looking for homes
They are quite as important as soil,
climate and markets. In this connec-
tion, | am tempted to make a final
quotation from Mr. Hunt, because II
has an important bearing upon the
social life of the region and is dis
tinctly in line with my own obserrs-
tion.
"The caste instinct is always resi-
dent in the brain Of the white man,
North or South, be he Catholic. Prot
estant or Quaker. In the North, this
finds expression in social distinction
based on the possession of wealth and
culture. South, the caste instinct
finds so much greater differences in
inherent civilization, in the white
race, against inherent barbarism In
the black race, that the caste senti
ment justifies itself in dividing the
white from the black. Hence. there
exists fuller democracy among all
white people in the South than else
where. Here, minor social differences
are anuulled by the one great caste
distinction This condition gives freer
play to altruistic social usage among
the white people here than in other
parts Of our country"
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

climbers to secure the pet bird afforded
much amusement and considerable ex-
citement to n crowd Of hundreds of
on-lookers. The fact that the mistress
of the bird had offered a large reward
for his safe return spurred over score
Of men of all conditions of life to cap
ture the feathered truant.
Polly. escaping from his cage, made
Decline for one of the trees near the
Treasury Department building, and sat
there looking around, gorgeous bit
OF green and red. The fun commenced
when rather corpulent individual es-
sayed to climb the tree and secure the
bird. "Isben" is an accomplished
talker, and as he flew to the next tree
he called out very distinctly may!
nayi" A colored youth climbed tree
number two, and, after nearly breaking
his neck through the rotteness OF a
limb, succeeded in getting within about
| two feet of "Isben."
Put salt on his TAIL" said wag in
the crowd. The youth showed his aptl-
tude for going after birds that roasted
high. such. for instance, as chickens,
but he was not used to the flying kind,
and just as he reached" for "Isben"
the bird flew up TO the top of a tall
telegraph pole. At this point there SAL
lied forth Walter Perry, who claims
to be the best coon hunter in Alabama,
and scrambled up the pole in record
time. Then with stout wire, crooked
at the end, he hooked Polls leg, and
vast futtering ensued, with a yell Of
triumph from Walter. The crowd
cheered, but "Isben" had apparently
been lariated before for he quickly dis
engaged himself and with cheerful
hee-haw! flew away about block and
alighted in large cottonwood tree.
"Send for Santos Dumont and his
air-ship." piped up one of the crowd;
then q telegraph messenger boy. three
or four colored men. jack-tar from
the Navy Yard. and a college athlete
climbed trees and poles to secure the
reward. The parrot kept up q more or
less continuous conversation with his
would-be captors, but 1t was noticed
that his remarks were OF a quite proper
nature, hot air" being the most OBJ
jectionable.
After flying around sightseeing for
an hour or so, ''Isben" flew into tree
near a police station
"Isben," when last seen, was roost.
ing In the branches of big elm tree,
apparently asleep. One old and very
black darkey remarked. confidentially.
to companion, 'Lijah. when 1t gifts
real dark, l sure will ketch dat bird.
case I argues dat no bird, whether he
! parrot or whatsoever. can see man
OBJ my color on sure dark night
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

esr Of aeeiSszt ALREADY 900 cars are
run on Broadway between and 6
o'clock in the evening. and block-ups
occur every few minutes.
To provide greater accommodations
for people crossing from Brooklyn and
sther Long Island cities and towns,
two new bridges are under way-the
Manhattan, to be finished next year,
and the Blackwelrs Island bridge, to
be finished in 1908. The East River
Tunnel to connect the New York sub
way with Brooklyn may be completed
IN 1916 The experts say that these
two bridges and the tunnel will ac-
commoiate IFS. 900 per hour. The pres
ent traffic by bridges and ferries be-
tween Long Island and Manhattan Is-
land approximates 100000, the rate OF
increase last year being about 80 per
cent There Is no reason to expect a
smaller increase in any one of the ten
years before the East River Tunnel will
be opened. 1t would seem, therefore,
that the Long Island side Of the prob
lem is hx no means solved.
As for the nineteen new subways
With which It is planned to honeycomb
Manhattan, it will be years and years
before they can be put Incorporation,
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

and ln the meantime the population is
increasing to astounding numbers. Its
travelling portion IS also increasing. In
tie fiscal year OF 1904 the elevated
roads alone carried 2S6.634,1 1875 pas
tgugors, while in the fiscal year Of 1905
TIE 'Ls' and subway combined carried
t5a 1O4 $50, an increase of over $4,000
GOO. The greatest number carried by
"Ls." eurface lines and subway IN one
hour was 142,500. all three systems be-
Ing taxed to the limit of their capacity.
transportation experts estimate that
II will take an expenditure OF at least
$500 100000 to so increase the traffic
facilities OF New York City as to meet
present necossitles. and the normal
growth Of the next few years, In q sat
lsfactory manner. IL the future large
terminals will be abandoned, and no
ous line of travel will cross another. To
divide traffic and run each line as an
Independent artery are the purposes
FOL which money will be expended In
the future In the effort TO transport
millions of people from their homes 10
their business in the mornlos and back
again at night.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27
4 WOman's Prophecy.

Nine. de Thebes, who predicted the
Paris charity bazaar fire and Presi-
dent Carnot's assassination, has fixed
up a bunch of trouble for 1906. Ma
dame. pleasantly, even gaily, states
that 1906 will be a wild year, full of
strange, extravagant. incomprehensible
and astonishing madnesses. She pre-
diets that Germany will be threatened
with general smash early in the year;
that South America is to be torn with
upheavals that an unconquerable epi-
demic is to sweep this country; that
Belgium will play a curious part in
the transformation of Europe; that the
attention of the world will be centered
on Turkey and the near East; and that
there will be serious losses in the art
world.
How refreshing it would be IL some
Of these people who read the future
like an open book would see something
pleasant sometimes and tell about it.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27
a Host of New Subways.

To relieve the elevated roads. sur
face lines and subway of New York
City itself. nineteen new subways have
been proposed. Greater speed or a
larger number of trains on the is"
end subway is impossible without dan
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

that the North has not sent many
men down South who have accom-
plished as much in raising the eco
nomic standard as Benjamin w. Hunt
has done, it is none the less true that
Southern cities and towns, and par
ticularly Atlanta, are full OF Northern
men who are injecting a new spirit
into the life of the region. And IL
is vastly creditable to the native stock
that they welcome enterprising men
from north of Mason and DiXon's
Line and glory in their achievements.
IL they are less proud of the new
conner than of the old-timer they GER
tainly conceal the fact. The truth
seems to be that the whole community
ia permeated by the spirit of enter
prise which these Northern men have
brought, and it seems TO be reflected
in the buildings, the stores, the no.
tells. and in the faces and bearing OF
the people themselves.
The population of Atlanta and its
immediate suburbs is now probably
about 10000 and is rapidly growing,
at least twice as rapidly as the pop
ulation of tho United States. But its
tslsipess. as evidenced by bank clear
ings and postal receipts, is growing
much faster than its population.
This business is largely in the form
Of manufacturing. although the whole
yale trade is also expanding TO enor,
nous proportions. The growth of
railway, telegraph and telephone sys-
tens naturally keeps pace with trade,
manufacture and population. All this
requires constant activity in building
operations and the employment of an
Increasing army of labor. In other
words. Atlanta. and the great State
of Georgia of which it Is the metrop-
oils, are enjoying an era of extraor'
dinary prosperity.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27
Science Supplants Chance.

This prosperity is due in large part
to the extent and value OF natural re-
sources, but 1t is also largely due to
the new methods which have been in
troduced In recent years. Beginning
with the farmer and going on through
he line of industrial factor. men are
working in the light of science in
stead OF depending on chance. What
Mr.. Hunt has done in connection with
live stock, cotton culture and fruit
growing, everybody is doing to some
extent. They are getting the aid or
State and National Governments, and
thus asserting their control over the
forces of nature in a way which ap-
proaches ever nearer to perfection.
This means less waste, more efficiency
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27
GOTHAMS STREET CARS.
THE GREAT SUB WAY OF NEW
YORK 4LW1YS CROWDED FOR
STANDING ROOM.

Forty Million Dollar System Proves
Entirely Inadequate to Transport
Crowds.-Need for an Additional
System.
New York's underground street rail-
way. the subway. has been in full op-
Grafton lust about Il year and ahalf. The
relief which this s4O,0O0,T00 system was
expected to give the elevated roads
and surface lines has proved made
Quate TO meet the needs Of the increas-
ing trafic. Within month from the
day the first subway train carrying
paying passengers made the trip from
City Hall to Harlem. the crush on the
elevated and surface cars during the
rush hours was as great as ever.
Owing to the peculiar elongated form
OF the city, the bulk of the traffic trav-
els north and south. 1t was estimated
that the subway would relieve the
north and south daily rush by $4,000.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27
xs Double the Cotton Crop.


His effort hos been to find a hybrid
plant, between the long staple which
is raised successfully only on the
coast and the less valuable upland
coSton, which can be prodIably pro-
dnced in Middle Georgia, By patient
experimentation, in cooperation with
the Department of Agriculture, he has
made areat progress in this direction
and is gradually evolving a cotton
plant which promises to bring q much
higher average return than the far
mer has realized in the past. This is
the sort OF work which few men have
the patience TO do, but which confers
its benefits upon all when once ac-
Couplished. 1t Is a wonderful thing
10 lift an entire industry, and thus
10 elevate the standard OF living for
tens OF thousands of families-more
wonderful. far, than building rail-
road or q cotton mill, as | have said.
What he has done with live stock
and cotton, Mr.. Hunt has also done
with fruit culture. He has taken the
lead in planting orchards. and In DEM
onstrating what varieties of peaches,
apples and pears are best suited 10 the
soil and climate and to the markets
open to the Georgia farmers. He has
done the same with grapes and ber-
rles, and thus again achieved results
which have benefited other growers
as much as himself. In the course
of his studies he has visited the most
famous fruit-growlng and wine-pro-
docing districts of the world, includ-
ing those in California and in France,
and has necessarily become a man of
science. In this way he has made the
acquaintance of the foremost scien-
lists of the world and on the occasion
OF Herbert SpenGsr's visit to the Unit
ed States he was the only man out
side the ranks of professional scien-
lists invited to meet the worlds
greatest thinker. incidentally, 1t may
be mentioned that he Is an enthusi-
astic collector of Indian antiquities,
and that his search for rare speci-
mems has carried him all over the
United States and Mexico, and even
to distant islands of the Pacific.
No Antagonism to Northern Men.
Although it goes without saying
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

Paris spends 100000. year to
keep her trees in order, and to plant
new ones. Every street of certain
width is entitled to a row of trees on
either side, while every street of a
certain greater width has a double
row.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27
rmLsbenv Loved Liberty.

An accomplished poll-parrot, known
as "Isben," belonging to well known
member of Washington socisty, es-
capped from captivity the other day,
and the efforts of number Of intrepid
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

In the states of the Middle West
there is still large trade in the pela
of muskrats. skulks, racoons. pos
sums, foxes, minks and weassls.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

Senator Depew has the longest bios-
raphy in the Congressional Directory.
Tim Sullivan of New York has the
shortest
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

the South was not making the most Of
its possibilities in cotton culture, and
SO proceeded to make a thorough
study of ''the most valuable plant the
earth has ever produced" as he "uts
It
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

Express trains in Russia seldom at
tain greater speed than twenty-five
miles an hour.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-04-27

Great quantities of salt Is still taken
from the Dead Sea. 1t is a very ancient
industry.
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