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The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Faithful Coachman
Generously Rewarded

For forty years Charles Ross has
driven the carriage of Mrs Russell Sage.
Ii was he who picked ner an when. ON
the steps OF the old Sage residence on
fltth avenue, near FOrty-sec0ud street.
the bell wire broke in her hand. sending
her backward in a fall that threatened
grave consequences. 1t was he who
drove Uncle Russell down tn Wall Street
When the millionaire. exiled from the
scene Of his labors. had coaxed from
the doctor an hours immunity daily to
see the wheels so around" And faith
Iuilv has the old coachman fulfilled his
trust. Not a word has been said. a
line been printed about the Sages that
he has not treasured up IN memory 10
reward or resent. He has been the
mild-mannered Cerberus Of their house
hold and tyrannous of their comfort
as any czar.
Boss was in the stable at CedarcrOft.
Mrs Sage's Lawrence, Or, ID home
when one Of the servants called him 10
speak TO his mistress. Thinking she was
preparing for A drive. he walked into
the library 10 receive her orders. and,
instead received a check for $1,000
Mrs. Sage smillngIy put aside her old
henchman's 5 gratitude and told him that
IL was her intention to put up a $4,000
cottage for him. Boss and his family
have been quartered in apartments
over the stable. and Mrs. Sage was con-
cerned for the disturbance caused them
by the horses in their stalls below.
William Boss son, now grown to
manhood and acting as second coach
man. was next summoned and rejOiced
over another 5000 check when he came
out again.
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Chronic Kentucky Jag a Myth

- HERE is a popular supersti-
tion to the effect that every
/ Kentucky home is a private bar
and every Kcntuclsian in per
petual state of alcoholic exaltat,on.
As matter of fact. accor ding TO Col.
Henry Watterson, who certainly ought
to know, Kentuckians drink less than
''furriners."
Kentucky is so close to an earthly
paradise that a Kentuckian rarely
"lickers up" TO forget p sorrow un-
less he is in an alien land, suffering
from acute nostalgia. If he gets
drunk at home it is in celebration of
his glorious state and his glorious
State, and except upon fete days, he
usually refrains from giving expires
sion to his feelings in such manner.
1t was a beniehted pack Of the East
who made a Kentucky colonel say.
Gould / be granted what I'd ask in
that celestial CLINE
Ia have horse race every day and
ticker all the time. "
The love of the Kentuckian for his
horse-and for the other fellows horse
who is capable of defeating his in a
turf battle-has not been exaggerateC
Note the words OF a Kentucky writ
er. placing that sentiment above -
Kentuckian's love of and his appre-
citation OF the cup that cheers:
III he were convinced thaa heav~n
would be an interminabie boulevard.
and the transportation of horses as
sured. no Kentuckian would miss IL.
though convinced that it lay through
a prohibition district
According TO Colonel Watterson il
was in sweet charity for the unhappy
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Maine B:a-s Are Wondrous Wise

LODGED ag'm it. That stub was two
feet through. if 60 was ara inch, su II
WAS Jest barely caught 0u the spruce
SOS tie least jcir would bring 81 down
Well. sGs you can believe me or not,
hut it's gospel trutL-that old b. ar she
fiounderei up 10 that there stub an.
pUttin her shoulder a9'in fl. brought
IT down. slam bang. right across the
road seEdin' mp "a cloud of dust high
cr'u tar aGtymotiis stirred up.
well siT. 7 never see the ike, an
fer some time 7 So there wonderin'
"lat the old bar was mp to- Then.
rraIe-IE b. began t0 leak through ne
that she was after revenue on the
sports tnat Killed her cub. She was
a-hiockin' Of the road ag.iu the time
they'd come back.
We'll, / says % myself, saws I.
There's no tellin' when the feUersu
came hack, IL may be a week An SO
havin' other fish 20 fry. and Il bein'
none Of my mess. anyway. kept on.
] was gone couple OF hours. an
when J come back along. cuss me II
that old bar an her cub wasn't a-set-
tim there in the edge of the bushes as
though they expected comp'nv. When
I went past they never budged an.
havin' no gun. ] come right along an
left them 20 tend 10 their own bfz-nlsz.
IT hadn't got mOre'n ten rods fur
ther long toward the village when I
heard the great tootln' an looking
ahead. J see the steam wapc5nf A.
streakiu' il down the road Vow
says 7 - myself. now that there ma
sheen must a-cOst a thousand dollars.
an with as rcspec' TO the bars feel
ings, 'twould be a cussed shame 70
see it so to smash aE'fn an old stub
not worth ten cents so 7 hoTered
fer the sports TO hold up. but I guess
they didn't hear me. for they flew
past in cloud ~ dust.
Here saws T. is where the Old
BAR gets square. an 7 hustled back
after them down the road It's a thick
growth along there. an hard 20 see
anythiu 'cept in broad daylight, SC
fore the sports knew II they y.ere
right onto that biz stub. / was Jest
near enuT t0 see what happened witt
ont gettin' hit with any Of the wSNcz
First / heard a yell, hen a bump. an
then come smasEin an CTash.n' IKE
hTeaEiu' q jam on the West Branch.
That macleeu Jest TIZ up like a bat
teaC on rock. an in a minute the
air was FUN of IT, The two sports.
they shot out ahead an landed face
down in the road. one wheel sailec
off into the brush. an one Cf them
rubbered hoops they have on the -{E-
hoped MP am hung on the hrancs -
was tHe c0mplelest wreck ever 80
of anyJhiug, au. you could sms P-a-
zine mile away.
jest as come up could @a-r a
crashin' away or in the berry patch.
II was the old bar an her cub. gUin'
of satisfied. / s'pose. at havin' done
a good job an got square. This faIl,"
concluded tHe boss hunter II am a.
goin' after that bar. If get her IL
know her, fuT she'll smell Of benzine."
The Washington times., 1906-12-09

ephones. charging eli others one cent
for each call Any abuse OF this monop-
olv will be threshed out before the city
council, TO the development Of boy
oratory.
All boys who own cameras viii be
urged 70 bring them. A camera club
viii be organized TO hold competitions
for the best pictures. once q week the
best picture taken during that time will
be shown with a stere0ptCon. This de-
partment viii bee IN charge OF an expert
cnced photographer and suitable dark
and printing rooms VIII he provided
Every boy who possesses a musical
Instrument viii h- expected to bring
that with him also. A bows band and
boys. orchestra viii be formed ont
Cf the mUs.cEi talent which the manage
meut expects 10 discover. chorus
of from 8h 10 go voices also Is q prob
ability. This department probably viii
be i'm charge of Dr. l. 2. Christensen.
Ct Salt Lake CITY.
\ gymnasium VIII be constructed. with
the aid OF The bows under the direc-
tiOn of expert carpenters. An athletic
field viii be laid out along the lake. and
all kinds of competitions held under Wu-
nicipal auspices This department prob
ably VIII be In charge OF Prof. George
Ehler, formerly physical director OF the
Chicago Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion. ane now IN charge OF the physical
work OF the Cleveland public schools.
Glasses in nature study viii be formed,
in which competent men VIII instruct
the boys I'm all the interesting lore of
trees. rocks. birds, fish and flowers thu
are TO be found i'm and around the lake.
Programs for fTITtheT entertainment an
instruction viii be framed by the man
agement Of the WinOna Assembly. Judge
Brown, the director. Will have charge
OF the religious work, with Dr. Shaw
OF Indianapolis. as assistant
Judge Brown. to whom the novesasHs
Is largely due and who pFesidA4 ,AWsF
perhaps the most remarkable juvenile
court I'm the United States, Will sFrivs
in Chicago today TO deliver a series Of
lectures on the juvenile court movement,
under the auspices OF various churches
OF the city. He has long been prominent
in the work Of reclai.ning the wsyward
youth His court has taken radical
steps in this direction. and his plans for
bringing close 10 nature not only young
offenders, but tffe good boys whose e.r-
vironments might tend t. dwarf theii
natures, have met with wide success.
In connection with the Juvenile court OF
Salt Lake City is a very large farm.
Tiled by the wards OF the court
band OF forty pieces. which has won
high praise in many or the large cities
Of the West, where II has been IN demand
at conventions and fairs. is another
feature.
The Salt Lake City court has caused
comment by the manner IN which all
wards are placed "on honor" II it Is
found necessary to send an errant boy
TO the detention home at Ogden. tx wenty-
six miles away he is given ticket in
structed as to the hour his train leaves,
and the location OF the home tu Ogden,
and sent off unattended. In only one
instance In the history OF the court has
a boy gone back on his promise 10 re-
port AT the home. The plan appeals 70
the Youthful sense Of ''squareness." ;" and
saves the court a great deal OF money
Chicago RecnEd-Herald.
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Mingles With Tartars.

But even my position as coach
driver was stripped from me. N
Kazan city I took you both over into
the Tartar suburbs and suppressed my
soul while / mingled with the Mahom-
etan horde.
'Matriosha, your mother. never
could abide the Tartar koulmial. and
schtann garments. and wore i1.stead
the robes OF the Chuvasse woman. We
were hated as Christian dogs, but the
tribe allowed US TO remain among them.
80 long as we would work for them.
You, little one, made faces whenever
we would feed you peremiadi greasy
meat, pasty, steaming from the petch
or Tartan oven. Then only did we
laugh. Our days were filled with sor-
row.
Then TO Moscow We tourneyed
when one day the Tartar band finally
cast US forth. There your mother and
/ worked In making the soap of muclo.
You helped US, but the enemy WAS
there and again We were spied uDon
FROM post station TO post station. back
INTO the province we went. l now and
then getting elerkship. only to !ese
X when the prosecutor traced NJ
down.
FlnaIly 10 Boutirka we came. You
now bloomed as a young woman. NV
prother Mikhail and my sister Pras-
h"Via, who up 10 this time had avoid
e. me in my trouble. loaned me
.Aough money TO rent from a rich
muzhik the little plat Of ground ".
nave since called home AS any
peasant Of these parts. I attached nv
seif 10 the archbishopric and. in our
To- Ii@.i'.su wooden hut OF many colors,
ire seemed more bearable.
When I hark back. how glad II
makes me that You never had a loverr
HOW. II he could not have taken ,-,,,
as his wife. would it have crushed hin,
10 see YOU sold as I have sold YOU ON
the block. lie would have kilsd me
once, while YOU and your motbar
were working in the field. kniaz ala
stop u'1
but no more OF that. Ire rode on.
with my curses ringing in his ears.
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The Turk tempted me and I fell.
I had become like these peasants
with whom I had mingled. YemelIan
was 10 sell his daughter; Yemelka his.
From my neigh bors' detected faces /
looked upon your wan ones, so c-swn
and blue in the squaIor Of our hut.
IL was enough
"Katya, my Katya. may God forgive
me, l took YOU to the block Your
Bows, black as night, to be the tar
set or the Turks eyes; your form,
stately as the tree, 10 be his masters
pay thing The gnawing OF hunger
ana the rear for the lives OF all Of
US had maddened me. Your mother
was at home. weeping over the alb
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would mako mo hate myself FOR the
coward I had been.
NO. would not die. I would live
to see humbled IN the dust the gov
ernment that had stolen my sons. So
1 worked on.
Soon the spies closed my little shop.
was arrested. but they could prove
nothing. I was released and, TO feed
you both, I. Dmitri TarasievitCh. be-
came an ivoshtshik. driver OF a coach.
Bitter was my cup when noble
loafers would patronizingIy stroke me
on the back with their sticks and say:
'Davai. starlte, Here, old fellow"
know you of some pretty dancer at
the thsater who may be lonely to-
uight2'
"Cursing inwsrdly the while I would
drive about. only 10 tip the drunken
fools sprawling into the street. and
quickly dash away. Those noblesl
How ] hated them Even now. I
blame them for all my wretchcdness.
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Fnthcr,s VOW of Yengeance.

The night I had the message tell
ing Of their death. in the cause of the
srch-butcher. / vowed that I would
do all J could To keep other parents
IN Russia from experiencing the
misery that was miua consecrated
myself 20 the overthrow of a gov
eminent that ruthlessIy shed the peo-
pies blood 10 keep "a clique in power
at court. I Joined revolutionary So
eiety-which one, you ard your mother
never knew.
But I had made enemies while
prospering at N factory. some one
informed upon me- ] thought that no
one would suspect a cripple of bAInr
a reactiouary. was watched and
prosecuted. hai given half Of my
money from the -ather business into
the funds of the society. The other
half soon was spent in our new home
IN the city Of Kazan. We were with
cut food the day I became a cobbler.
IL was either that or starvation
Sometimes I would be seized with a
desire to end my misery. but a look
into your mothers eyes and yours
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Boys On'y VIII People This City

- OYS are 10 have a city all their
- own at Lake Winona. Indiana
a community Of 5.ol0 persons,
ranging ia ace from eleven 10
seventeen years organized as con"
plete municipality. with wares, cliS
council. mayor. and Administrative de-
partnnents. Such is the plan Tor a boys
and professional men connected Win the
VVinora Assembly. which mas been form
ed nv philanthropists Jf that body Ihe
bovs. city IS 10 make its bow 10 the puo-
lie during three weeks in mex August
The movement was started snort
time ago in Indianapolis at n meeting
attended 10y thirty prominent business
ard rrofesSional men connected Win Jhe
Winona Assembly and Winona Technical
school. j. NJ. Studebaker. of South
Bend. is chairman. and Judge w lh.s
Brown. Of the juvenile court or Sal'
Lake city. director of the venture me
81 010 BOYS. who otherwise would spend
their vacation time in sweltering cites.
will be taken to the Indiana lake ana
taught cooperation and discipline. To-
Eether with the more academic subjects
OF the lecture room.
There viii be eight wards i'm the boys
city. each one OF which viii elect a
representative to the city council The
council will meet once or twice a week
A grocery! notion and candy store.
a soda fountain. a restaurant. a photo
graphic supply shop, etc, are TO be
owned and operated by stock companies
of boys each under the charge OF an
adult At the end of the season the
profits will be distributed as dividends
These various enterprises. viii be or
ganized by the management. and will
be ready for business the opening day,
Each boy will be expected to provide
his own provisions. He may bring
them with him or buy them at the
grocery. and may eat his meals at
the restaurant. where the prices will be
only little more than cost. Fuel laun-
dry and other necessaries will be sup
piled by the management.
The boys viii live in tents holding
four or eight occupants These will be
set up by the management without cost
to the boys, the small advance fee
charged each for his three weeks resi-
dence in the city, including his tent
cot, light, fuel and water There will
be five permanent buildings I'm the city
the assembly hall, general store and
supply house, gymnasium. band stand
and electrical and Photographic shops
one of the features viii he a tele-
phone system. by means Of which the
boys will be taught the rudiments Of
telephone engineering This will be
an adjunct of the electrical department
and the boys interested Ia this branch
OF work may purchase and install in
struments In their tents at nominal
fee. II is arranged that the electrical
class shall have a monopoly on the tel
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Police Lose Trail.

For the first few months of o,,-
NE IN the village the spies did NOT
moIe9t us. The acCuTsed hounds seemed
10 have been thrown off the scent PIT
j could not believe this Of the Russi.r,
police They must be pIavinC wait
ing game. thought T.
Our crops prospered. and tbou-h
owing % my infrmity. there was IIftIe
that ] could do i'm the field. vour moth
er, with one hired hand and vo,, Ia
neip' brought as in sufficient TO pay
the mUzhik.
There were trips to the city of Ka-
zan' though always fearful ones lest
the spies. again should pick up the
scent The church people " e friend
ly and the labor was not aard. We
had time TO improve our minds when
winter came I had nearly given up
hope OF spreading the propaganda of
the reactionaries. fearing should
bring down upon your defenseIess
heads The weight of the inexorable
law We thought Of placing YOU In the
Convent Of Cur Lady of Kazan.
would God that We had done a..
or drowned ourselves in the Kazanka
Just as the dawn OF hope seemed
near, With our granarles we'll stocked.
came his bIishting famine. Not only
had the Nolga failed to inundate the
plains over as wide an area in the
province as usual when spring came.
but the weather was unfavorable: the
peasants fell behind in their planting
and the ground refused its increase.
Agrarian difficulties had brought into
disfavOr many OF the folk OF the coun-
tryside and their lot was a hard one
s.. too, was ours.
THE piles of fodder and sacks Of
gain I'm my harms by order of the mil
itry governor. were levied upon FOR
The Washington times., 1906-12-09

this paper may be found and that Il
may be scnt 20 you. that you may
know that through the fire of re-
morse. your father has atoned In part.
May you soon be freed from the
talous of the eEahOmelan- am
leaving directions u my brother.
Mikhal; 10 my friend. Vassih Kou-
drantsen. and to Ivan. all I'm spirit
nay ReMata. my children how there
is a way 20 Iiberate you. First II is
necessary
But here tie strange manuscript
ends. Search about the granary
where Tarasieyitch was found hang
ing failed 10 reveal the missing part
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NO MORE.

This is the burden Of the heart,
The burden that il always bore
We live to love, we meet to part.
And part. to meet on eartn no more.
We clasp each other to the heart,
And part TO meet on earth no more.
There is a time for tears to start
For dews to fall, and larks to soar;
The time or tears Is when we part
TO meet upon the earth no more;
Tile time for tears is when we part
10 meet on this wide earth-no NOR
-FOrSythe Wilson
The Washington times., 1906-12-09

ing. they said why let them toll
in the fields. when they might adoTn
a sultan's quarters"
"Our larder was bare Nights lay l.
staring hot-eyed into the darkness,
thinking. grievinE over our misery
and want. Why die Why not per
severe and keep faith with the re1c-
tionists who were to overthrow the
care Then no more heartbreak.
Then enough for all.
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
Decides on Suicide.

But / shall never face her; shall
never return 10 that home, from
whose threshold you TO- the light
when you departed.
Il have stopped at the home Of
Kabansky the priest 10 write this
my farewell to YOU. and this world Of
wretchedness. ! shall end my mlser-
sble existence.
My only hope and prayer is that
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Temptation at Hand.

Then came the envoys of the Turk
through the province, seeking fair
women.
These peasant girls are fine look
The Washington times., 1906-12-09

the good OF all Again we were penni-
less. We could not pay the muzhik.
This time he was relentless.
The Washington times., 1906-12-09

horrence Of my plan. when the auc-
tloneer handed you over 10 the ac-
cursed follower Of the Crescent.
The Washington times., 1906-12-09
By IVAN PAvLovNA

= AZAN, Province or Kazan.
Russia, Nov. 2.-There is
A weeping In Boutirka.
Famine has hung a gray
pan of misery over the lit
tie village. usually so gay
at this season OF grain garnering.
Where once the voices OF the peasants
were heard calling cheerily one TO an
other as they toiled. now only is the
sound OF lamentauon.
But woe. much more poignant than
the pangs Of hunger has entered the
hearts of the simple folk.
That they may live on and on in
their wretch edness and sQualor, un-
der the baleful eyes OF the governors
troops. peasants here are selling their
daughters.
That Is why tears drip from the
goodwife's eyes into the empty samo-
var
That is why the plowman's gaunt
frame is shaken by sobs as he STUN
bles along, his heart heavier than
the clods upJurned.
The Washington times., 1906-12-09

n the Far Province of Kazan, Russia, In
the Little Village Of Boutirka, the
Daughters of Eight Peasants, a Few
Weeks Ago, Were Sold to Turkish
Harems to Keep Their Families From
Starvation, and the Story Here Told Is
That of the Despair and Suicide Of the
Father of One of These Unfortunate
Young Women.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-04-28
N. P. NOTICE.

The Northern Pacific announce that
effective Feb. 10th their train No. 4
will have a through chair car, stand
ard Pullman sleeper and Pullman tour
list sleeper which will run through to
Kansas City via Billings and the Bur
lington Route, close connection being
made at st. Joseph at 9 40 a. M, ar
irving in st. Louis that evening.
There will be dining car service all
the way through, and connection in both
directions to and from Omaha and
Denver. The service will be first
class in every particular. West bound
this service will leave st. Louis at
Sol p. M, Kanss City the next morn
ing, the first through cars will leave
Billings on train No. 3 the night of
the 18th. This will make double daily
train service in connection with the
Burlington via Billings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-04-28

The Weiser, Idaho, World, has
brought suit to prevent payment of a
printing bill to a Portland firm. The
Idaho publisher is acting in the inter
est of the printers of the state, under
a law which prohibits the taking of
county printing outside the state.
The Bull Bulletin, published by
VIM. F. Gibson at Bull, Idaho, has
made its initial appearance.
Tekoa is today entertaining the high
school athletes of the county and their
friends. The interschoastic field
meet for the county is being held under
the auspices of Tekoa citizens and it
is expected that several hundred visit
ors will attend.
The oil and gas boom which struck
Rosalia several years ago is being
revived. The citizens still have a
lurking conviction that they live over
oil fields and there is considerable talk
of forming a joint stock company to
drive experimental wells. 1t is pro-
posed to sink at least 1000 feet.
The big power dam on the Payette
River, Idaho, was washed away April
"a.
A million dollar company has been
organized for the building of a beet
sugar factory at Ellensburg.
The county assessor of Whitman
county has nearly completed the assess
ment work. The valuation of farm
and railroad property is higher than
last year, but is not yet as high as in
Spokane county.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-04-28
Nei9hborinS News

RoHalia citizens have formed a com
pany to construct recreation park. a
site ne ar the city having been pur-
chased for the purpose.
The supreme court of the state has
upheld the validity of the proviso
placed in all deeds to property in
Charleston, namely, that if at any time
liquor is sold on the premises, the
property shall revert to the townsite
company. This will close the only
saloon now running in Charleston.
The towns of the Inland Empire and
Whitman County responded generously
to the call for relief coming from
California. Carloads of flour. potatoes
and other provisions, as we'll as cloth
ing, were forwarded without delay.
The railroads gave right of way to all
such cars, in some instances regular
freight was refused and the relief sup
plies were hauled free of charge.
Benjamin Stone, a contractor of
Charleston, thinks he has received di-
rect messages from the Lord command
ing him to fast 40 days. Consequently
he has closed up his business and is
subsisting on bread and water.
Walla Walla and Columbia counties
are still sparring over the possession
of Waitsburg, which is seriously con-
sidering the advantages of seeding to
the latter county. One or two public
meetings have been held in which
prominent men from Dayton, Walla
Walla and Waitsburg argued the case,
for and against.