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The Washington times., 1906-03-18

Mind you, | am not narrow-mind-
ed; there are circumstances that
alter cases. If there is a servant
who excites your interest in hu-
manity. ii is allowable to talk about
her. Now, We had d maid for a couple
of days last week who had evidently
seen better days and many Of them.
The way she broke crockery showed
that she did not do it with malice
prepense, nor yet out of sheer care
lessness rs an ordinary maid would
have done. She had evidently been
used TO being waited upon and had
no manual dexterity whatever. In
fact she told me that she had never
Lived out before Her name was
Mamie B~annigan
We had one girl who refused TO go
when her day was up She was alb
solutely worthless as cook, but she
liked her room, and she wanted
to board with us. Ny mother want
ed me to eject her forcibly, but
am not a bouncer-and she was.
Anyway, l felt it was a sort of
compliment to our house that she
wanted to Stay, and so we allowed
her to keep the room She paid
board and we handed her money
over as wages to her successors.
Servants are queer any way you
lock at them, but this everlasting
talking about them, when we are
surrounded by art and literature and
The good deeds of philanthropists,
makes me wonder what we are COM
ing to. / think that men are al
most as bad as women in this mat
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DISSERTATION ON COOKS AND PEOPLE WHO WILL INSIST
ON DISCUSSING HORRIBLE MURDERS

II was deplorable the way people
haTped on that case
Then take the affair of the land
lady who murdered all her board
ers because they resented a raise in
the price of board. What a mine of
wealth that was to the reporters
Ny paper had six columns a day
for twenty days, and | just had to
read that because there was moth
ing else, but politics, in the paper;
but l felt that it was no subject for
a person of any refinement. Yet
l knew one man who makes quite
pretense of being mp in the English
classics, and ne knew every point
in the trial / could not trip him up
on single bit of evidence. That
experience just about destroyed my
faith in humanity. My brother said
that | talked Of nothing else but
that trial, and he was quite right.
was completely absorbed in trying to
find some person VINO new nothing
OF it. And at last 1 did find an old
lady who never reads the papers
She wanted to discuss one of Fiske's
books on evolution, but 1 said, See
here, Mrs. Delaney, you're rara
avis. You're the first person I've
met who has not heard about this
unique series of murders. and I'm
just going TO tell you the whole
story so that you may see for your
self what it is that fills peoples
minds in these degenerate days"
And SO l told her the whole story
and she listened breathless; this
The Washington times., 1906-03-18
SANCMOM CLWA NORRIS

mad not dared TO speak again, but,
looking after her. saw her twice
drive old Sancho back when he tried
TO follow her. About l o'clock the
Brockway family were surprised to
see young Mrs: Tyler at the door,
and were amazed when they found
the baby was not with her. oh"
she lightly said, 1.-The girl was at
home; she would look after all the
children"
In those days, unless the mother
died, all babies were reared by the
simple rule devised by mother nature
hence the panied surprise of these
kindly women folk at the alI-day
abandonment of so young a child
As the day wore on Mrs. Tyler grew
more and more absent-minded, and
finally her work fell in her lap, and
she sat in perfect silence. Suddenly
she clasped her head in her hands
she looked wildly from one face to
another-then down to her lap
when with a Shrek she sprang TO
her feet. and. rushing into the next
room began throwing on her wraps,
all the time moaning:
oh. my God. oh. my God, help
me, help me-"
She paid no attention whatever to
remonstrances or questions. They
begged her to wait, they would har-
ness up and take her home. She
seemed not TO hear them, only shiv-
cred and moaned: "Oh, God, help
me- and tore away from them and
out of the house; and one who fol-
lowed little saw her break into a
run as soon as she was out OF sight
Of the windows. The women were
greatly frightened. and, calling one
of the men from work, sent him after
her He took down d gun and easily
and hastily followed the tracks her
feet had left in the soft earth on that
damp November day. Presently he
came upon her wOTkbasket, abandon
ed at the point where. climbing the
fence, she could leave the regular
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horror OF the situation; where, in
the dense underground opposite. he
saw a numbering shape, caught a
glimpse of pig-like eyes, fash of
white. Sarp tushes. and heard a faint
grunt from the brownish-black mass,
as its clumsy. half-trot carried it
into the depths of the forest. There
was one shot sent wild by a trem-
bling hand, and almost in the same
moment a loud. long r-r-rip-r-r-rip
tripping of clothing and of
stitches was heard and woman's
slender figure went flying across the
opening and Mrs. Tyler flung her
self upon her knees. crying: Give
her 10 me, Sancho! Oh. give her
to mel
Yet, before her hand could touch
the child, the dog turned upon ber
savagely. while she, seemingly be-
yond all personal rear, threw her
arms about his rigid neck. pressing
her agonized white face against his
black head and ferceiy opened.
slavering jaws, while she pleaded
humbly: Forgive me, SanehO, /
know l do not deserve it-and you
know just what meant should
happen-but forgive me. Sancho.
for her sake, Give her to me, hon
est, brave old dog, and I will love
her all my life long-I promise
YOU"
He held himself very stiff within
her circling arms for moment or
two. looking hard into her ewes:
then suddenly he frightened Wis
IDLY, gave her one all-comprehen-
siye caress. and gently, cautiously
stepping backward. left the piteous
bundle within reach of her hungry
hands Sancho first looked across
at Brockway and wagged a eour-
teous greeting to him. and then he
stretched himself, yawned great.
loud. thrOat-revealing yawns that
went TO show how long "a time his
muscles and nerves had been kept
taut and on the strain.
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road and make cross cut through
a strip of dense woodland. He frown-
ed blaekly as he picked il up, saying
10 himself: she must be clean crazy
to go through there alone. Why on
earth din't she bring Sancho with
her; he could bluff fou times his
weight in wildcat fox, snake or even
in bearskin. But alone-and sick
good Lord" And so grumbling to
himself. but with one eye and hand
alert, he followed the woman, who
still kept ahead of him. until, as he
was approaching a sudden glen-like
opening in the woods. he was startl-
ed by piercing scream, followed by
the agonized cry Of ~Oh, my God:
help me- help me-" and, plunging
forward, he came upon Mrs Tyler,
who in hastily trying to Chamber
over a fallen tree. had been caught
and as fairly held by her clothing;
and though she fought madly TO free
herself. he noticed she never took
her eyes for one instant from some
object beyond them Following the
direction o. her glance he stood
stupefed Almost in the center of
an opening stood che noble hickory
tree, on the damp earth at its foot
lay a small white bundle, from which
there came now and then faint
hoarse walls OF utter exhaustion.
while with sturdy legs. planted stjfiy
astride of the abandoned babe. stood
Sancho-a dog on guard.
From the base of the skull TO the
root of his tail every separate hair
bristled fiercely; his forehead wrin-
kled wickedly; his eyes glowed with
a hot. red fire. while he drew his
lips back savagely, laying bare every
tooth he owned in the world Just
as young BTOckway was about 10
speak, SanchO half-wheeled about
and gave tongue for the first time
in one snarling, half-st-angled bark,
and. following the movement of the
dog with his eyes, the young fellow
for the first time realized the true
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

Meantime the first loving l;iss-
the fist sweet mother-kiss, that
blesses wherever it rests, had been
given, and under cover OF the all
concealing matronly shawl OF that
period the baby had established
communications with the quick
lunch counter Dame Nature super
intended Mrs Tyler needed young
Brockway's help in getting home,
and at the beginning of their long
walk his horror of her was so
evident that in self-defense she told
him part or her story, and with
such effect that there were tears
in the lads eyes when he tried 10
realize what those dreadful raOnths
must have been during which she
could not recall ever to have seen
the sun; could not remember any
act Of her own during all that
time-save that one awful act: was
only conscious OF one desire. TO de-
stroy this child because its coming
would prevent her husband from
making the regular payment on the
farm. and he might lose il and be
ruined So she watched and waited
for a chance to abandon the baby
10 the wild animals, that she might
thus save the farm and family.
And ne reioiced with her as she
told OF row. suddenly at his home,
she had a loud. rushing sCand in
her ears-the sunlight became Wis
ible 10 her-she had looked al her
lap for the baby. and then re-
membered she had left it in the
woods 10 be deyoured. How she
had rUn-how she had prayed and
God had been merciful, And he
Brockwsy, would not hate and
fear her Tow. would he7 And he
would not speak of this any more
than he could help? And oh,
wasn't Sancho a hero 20 save
her darling's life?
But the boy thought she owed a
good deal 10 the condition Of the
bear. Ii was fat and sleek, we'll
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

ter 4 man is just as likely TO be
interested in our case of the servant
boarder as a woman is, and never
go out anywhere where there are
some strangers present, but 1 am
asked TO take the floor, because we
have had such queer experiences.
/ have time for only one more
anecdote, but 1 must tell that. Sum-
mer before last mother got a treas
ure OF cook. She could cook, she
was respectful and respectable, she
didn't break, and she was honest,
but
Well, her "but" was that she
would not go to the mountains. Now
We take a furnished house in the
mountains every summer. but We
can't get a servant up there. and
Nadjezda (she's 4 POle) could not
be induced to go. So we went with
out her, and she lived in our city
house on half wages all summer
long and cooked for herself. while
mother went TO the mountains and
cooked for herself. Still. IL was q
sort of comfort to think that some
where We had capable cook cook
ing.
l sometimes wish that some of
the incapable ones could be cook
ing somewhere.
The Washington times., 1906-03-18
Washington Man Who Expects Navigate the Air Flying Automobile

and in every respect the aeromobile
will be a full-hedged hGrseless car
riage, differing from the average
machine only In its appendices. Mr..
Bomar expects to tour quietly
through the streets Of Washington,
and when he reaches a suitable spot
for flight, without stopping the auto,
the aero will be brought into play,
and he will soar into the air, to the
mystification of the natives.
Mr. Bomar's conception Of his
aeromobile presents many possibili-
ties and oddities. Heretofore in
yentors who have essayed to navi-
gate the upper regions have done
so for scientific purposes only, and
without any expectation of pro-
ducing a machine adapted for i'm
mediate commercial useA This
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

fed, and. therefore, GOO. n.-,.lr,.-.
Had he been rough-coated. thin
and hungry, Sancho would prob
ably have given his life, and in
vain. Then at her gasping cry at
such a suggestion he had. with rus
tic, bashful awkwardness. reckon
ed he was a plumb fool at talk
ing, an would she please just not
count that in at all2''-and so had
left her safely at her kitchen door.
while Sancho dropped the wood
basket he had carried and escorted
the young man short distance
down the road.
Late that night. John Tyler. tired,
chilled. and anxious. Drove home.
and was met some distance down the
road by Saneho. carrying d lighted
lantern. The man was surprised.
for he felt that only his wife would
have given the dog that light, and
the surprise was pleasant Then he
had embarrassed, watered. fed, and
bedded down the weary horses, Gag
erly assisted by SanchO, who seemed
10 be in absolute puppyish. high
spirits-why, even when he had
with such frantic violence declared
the presence OF a burglar in the far
corner where the harness hung, and
Tyler was compelled 10 pull down
and show TO him the old blanket he
was mistaking for a burglar Ia thing
he had never seen in his lifel. even
then he was neither humiliated nor
cast down, but had. as was his won't
slid down into the stall OF gray Billy,
the oldest and best horse on the
place, and standing up by the manger
proceeded with both paws 10 dig
for some sort OF small game in
Billy's shoulder Then the horse
laid back his ears. opened his mouth
and bit at Sancho, who bit back at
him. their teeth sometimes clicking
sharply together, TO their seeming
great delight This continued until
the low whistle Of the man separated
the friends and pIayfellows, and
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

young Washington inventor. while
fully alive TO the value OF his flyer
from scientific standpoint, should
it prove successful, is at the same
time of a decidedly practical turn
of mind. and he believes that he
can manufacture the aeromobile at
such a small cost as to place ma
chine within reach Of every man
who owns prosaic auto. He is
not alone in this idea. Several we'll
known business men Of this city
have agreed to finance a company
for the manufacture of the ma
chine for the market, and he Is now
enabled to carry on hrs operations
as a result Of the faith of certain
capitalists who hold TO the opinion
that he has a good thing.
Last year Mr.. Bomar secured a po-
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

sition in Washington and as soon
as he reached here he began a can
VaSs of persons who might be inter-
ested in his machine TO the extent
that they would be willing TO lend
him the financial assistance neces-
sary to secure letters patent and con-
struct trial machine Such persons
were found. Snow 4 Co, at
torneys, were employed, and today
Mr.. Bomar declares that he expects
10 be navigating the tractless ether
within the next three months at the
outside
So confident is he of the success
OF the venture that he declares a
sum Of nine figures would not be
sufficient 10 purchase his rights.
He is firmly convinced that the
"aerC mobile" Will prove a feasible
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transport his car TO the testing
grounds and bring il back to its
shed. The aeromobile will be
equipped in such a manner as TO
be on wheels as well as on fan
wings. When the car Is az rest on
mother earth ii will look exactly
like the skeleton OF an auto, with
great fan-tipped sticks projecting
into the air in the front and rear.
The engine can be set in operation,
a sprocket thrown in place, and the
machine will move off just like an
auto. The same lever that directs
the angle of the propulsion fan In
front of the car will be connected
with the front axle, so as TO steer
the machine when used as an auto,
The Washington times., 1906-03-18
THE GAME OF LIFE.

The man who is worthy of being q
leader Of men will never complain Of
the stupidity Of his helpers, Of the in
gratitude OF mankind, nor Of the inap-
probation OF the public. These things
are all a part OF the great game of life.
and 10 meet them and not 20 down be-
fore them in encouragement and defeat
is the final proof OF poYer.-Michigan
TradeSman.
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

means Of everyday locomotion, and
its operation will be as simple as
that of the average auto. with the
added advantages that the chaffeur
will not be put to the annoyance Of
always having to be on the alert to
avoid surface cars, drays, pedes-
trains, and other humble trodders of
the earth
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

Anu, dL lut SJdI l, 1 mdub
TO say that I totally disapprove Of
servants as a subject of conversa-
ton. The trials OF housekeepers
should be a tabooed topic. And
will say the same of murder trials
For myself, l make it point never
to read about murders. | can get all
/ want from the headlines. To be
sure, there are exceptions to every
rule; there was Robin Graves, who
murdered mis- great-grandmother on
a dare from his fellow-medical stu
dents. / didn't read anything about
it, but l heard people discussing it,
and it had elements Of interest in
it. And / always thought that
Probyn-Clew case far from dull.
You may remember that Probyn sent
Clew poisoned caramel on the very
day that Clew sent Probyn a poison
ed peppermint, and the papers were
full of it. | gathered enough to en-
able me to hold my end up when l
encountered a person with bad
enough taste to discuss the subject.
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

UST a heart-to-heart talk upon
the twin subjects of ser
wants and murders. One
naturally leads TO the other.
And. at the start. want
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-09-28

the sun and it will be 23,496 times far
ther from the center of the earth than
the surface is. Now square this 49,
400. Multiply 32.2 by Il and the prod
uct will be 3S6.4-the number Of inches
In 32.2 feet. Divide 1854 by the big
number squared and the quotient Will
be .O00OO07 of al inch, the speed with
which the stone will be falling at the
end Of the first second.
This is exceedingly slow, but then
gravity exerted by the mass Of the
earth 100000 miles away Is natural
ly somewhat weak. But the center of
the earth Is that distance from the cen
ter Of the sun and actually falls every
second toward the sun with a speed at
the end of a second having a velocity
Of .2332S5 of an inch, which is
thing less than one-fOurth Of an inch.
Divide .2332S5 by .O0O0007 and the
quotient is 333,264-that Is to say, there
are 333.264 times more matter In the
sun than in the earth. If, therefore,
we multiply this number by seven sex
tillions we find how many tons the sun
weighs."-LondOn Tit-Bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-09-28
The VIII For the Deed.

After Miss Lavinia Cobb, who had
called in her nephew, Frederic Cobb.
attorney at law, to draw her will, had
made requests to beloved relatives and
friends and to unknown individuals
whom she admired, and had remem-
bered her pet charities, she began on
religious institutions.
Now, there's the First Baptist" she
said enthusiastically. Il don't want
to leave anything to the church proper,
because 1t Is the richest in town. But
l want you to put down $50 for Mr..
Bicknell as a slight recognition Of his
casual service to my soul. And
But, aunty," began the lawyer neph-
ew, who had long been striving to
speak.
whats wrong now, Freddy" de-
manded Miss Lavinia. isn't casual
service all right? 1t is precisely what
l mean. 1 am a member of Mr.. Mar
WINS church-and l shall remember
him handsomely later-but Mr.. Bick-
nelFs m have done me much
good, and 1 have heard him-well, per-
haps ten times in all, so 1 think cas-
ual service just expresses it. But If
you think it doesn't or that it would
make trouble put down the legal equiv
alent."
Its not the p~hraseology, aunty, but
your estate. You haven't sufficient
property to make so many and such
large gifts"
ooh, 1 know that as well as you do"
Miss Lavinia said, with gentle impa-
thence. 81 just want to show all my
friends how 1 feel toward them. You
needn't look so-so-judicial, Freddy.
It's my will, not yours."-Youth's Com
OaOion
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-09-28
A Problem at Cambridge.

When Lord Rayleigh, the British
scientist, was a student at Cambridge
the examiners set among other prob
lens one which they based on an ar
ticle in a German mathematical period
ical supposed unlikely to have pene-
trated to Cambridge. Only two men
solved it, Mr.. Stuff Iord Rayleigh)
and another. The examiners asked the
other nan about this problem. "Oh,"
he said, 81 take the - mentioning
the name of the periodicaD, and 1 was
very glad to find that, thanks to an
article IN the last number, that prob
lem came out quite easily" When Mr..
Struts turn came they expected a
similar answer, but he astonished
them by replying: "The fact is, gentle
men, that 1 sometimes contribute to
. and l could not help feeling great
" iattered that you should have
thought my little problem worthy Of a
place in this examination" He was
awarded the prize.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-09-28
EASTMAN JOHNSON.
He Was Once Invited to BE Court
Painter at The Hague.

He Was Once Invited to BE Courr
Painter at The Hague.
Holland, the country above all 9th
ers to which art owes gratitude for the
creation and maintenance of sane ira
dltions Of painting, rendered a sigma
service to American art in the middle
Of the last century In the solid tech
meal training which it gave to East
man Johnson.
The education of our earlier painters
had been various. When the nineteenth
century was nearing it's middle period
there was a general exodus of students
TO Dusseldorf, and it was to pursue his
studies there hat in 1S49 Eastman
Johnson took ship for Europe.
The vessel on which Johnson sailed,
bound for Antwerp, was detained at
Flushing, and it is to be regretted that
no written record has been made of
the story which Johnson delighted to
tell, and told so well, of how he and
his comrade, George Henry Hall, who
survives him - impatient young pill
grims desiring to plunge at once into
the promised land Of art-left the ves-
sci and, ignorant of the language and
customs of the country, trudged on foot
along the river Scheldt toward their
goal.
On their way each step revealed to
their new world eyes some detail filed
with romance and promise, until after
nightfall they found themselves before
the closed gates of the city of Ant
werp, which was then a walled town
obedient to the old custom Of curfew.
After an amusing parley in conflict
ing tongues the capital of Flemish art
received them kindly, and hencefor-
ward the art of Flanders and Holland
made sc direct and sympathetic an ap-
peal to Johnson that his sojOurn in
Dusseldorf was comparatively brief,
and its lessons had little or no visible
effect on his lifework.
His earlier student stage passed, he
at The Hague, where his sue
cess was so marked that when after an
absence of long duration he determin-
ed to return to the United States his
patriotic purpose was carried out in
the face of a temptation to accept the
formal proffer of the position of court
at The Hague.-Scribner's.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-09-28

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