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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13
SWlPED HIS TOOLS,

Gus Ericsson, living at SIS Sec
ond av., reported to the police this
morning that last night some one
stole his tools from under the
Washington st. subway. Ericsson
is a Northern Pacific foreman OF
concrete work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13
PRODS TAFT on
C00LIE QUESTION

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 49,
Hayes, of California, today offered
a resolution calling upon Secre-
tary Taft to inform congress If
it is the governments policy TO
engage Chinese or Japanese on the
canal, and if so how many.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13
SHE WENT TO CoEUR D'AIENE

Miss Anna Belle Gilbert. the
trained nurse who last Saturday
disappeared from her home at
E2522 Fourth av., has been located
in Occur d'Alene, Idaho, wher.
she went for a visit without telling
her parents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13
NEGRO PERJURER SENTENCED

PITTSBURG, Dec. 13-The cour,
today refused a new trial to Hooe.
the negro coachman recently con.
victed of perjury in making false
statements regarding the char
acter of Mrs. Mary Hartje. He was
sentenced to six years and fined
S50
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13
CHILD MURDERS A CHILD.

AURORA, Ind, Dec 13.-Bron-
chic Brooke, aged 5, shot and kill
Cd Hazel Burlington, aged 8, with a
shotgun today. 1t is alleged the
children quarreled.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13
SUPREME COURT
CUTS JUDGMENT

In a decision of the supreme
court filed with the superior court
this morning Herbert L. Williama,
mail clerk Of the Spokane Fails &
Northern railway, is directed to re-
nit $4,000 Of a $4,000 judgment
he secured for injuries or submit
to a new trial. Williams claims to
be permanently paralyzed and has
lost one eye as the result of a
smash-up. The supreme court
holds the original judgment excess
sive.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13

pliments and good wishes at the
Hotel Spokane from the many
friends OF bride and groom.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13

The Spokane Press is the only
penny paper in the Inland Empire
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-13

NEGROES WANT TO RE.ENlIsT
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10
Negro soldiers who were recently
dishonorably discharged for tn.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20
The Color Cure.

A new and picturesque consumption
cure Is foreshadowed. It is a treat
ment based upon the color of the
clothing worn by sufferers from
spnthisis. The results arrived at by
Mr.. Mangat, who has studied the ques.
tion of clothing to be worn by CON
sumptives, is the subject OF an article
in the Practitioner. which states that
light has favorable effect on suffer-
ers from phthisis, probably due to the
bactericidal action Of the rays. DR..
Mangat therefore infers that the cloth
ing of consumptives should be OF such
a nature as to allow the light to reach
the body with the least amount Of in
reference. "The effect of light on the
skin is infnitesimal," a West End
physician declared in discussing the
question. "If in this country one
wears white linen clothes suficiently
thick to keep himself warm his body
must be in complete darkness. there
fore ! do not think 1t likely we shall
see a clothing cure universally
adopted"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20
OLD MANUSCRIPTS in LEATHER.
They Are Remnants Of the Long-Lost
Manichean Literature.

Ihey Are Remnants OF the Long-Lost
Manichean Literature.
In 1908 the German government
sent an expedition under the lead OF
DR.. Alfred Grunwedel, one of the
directors Of the Berlin Museum OF
Ethnology, to Turfan, in the extreme
east Of Chinese Turkestan, says a
writer in Harper's Magazine.
The great find at Turfan consists
OF the enormous number of about 800
fragments Of manuscripts, more or
less extensive. written in an alphabet
which is a modification of the Syriac
script that goes under the name OF
Estraggelo. The notifications of this
alphabet are quite serious. Some of
the Syriac letters are wanting;
others are modified in form, and there
are also some new letters.
These manuscripts are written for
the most part on paper, but one is on
silk and few are on white kid.
These last were found in old shoes,
being cut into the shape of foot and
laid on the inner soles of the shoes,
SO as to strengthen the foundation.
They are all written carefully and dis
tinctly, with calligraphic chapter ini-
tials. Each page, in the manner Of
modern books, has at the top a head
ing, stating the contents Of the page,
in yellow, green. blue or red. Some
few contain miniatures of exquisite
workmanship. The lines are in gen.
eral very short; this Is a noticeable
popularity of the entire collection.
The texts are throughout Of Mani
chean origin; the 500 fragments are
remnants Of the long-lost Manichean
literature. Such as they are they con
tain the sole remnants of the Mani
chean Bible. Our knowledge OF Mani
and the Manicheans up to this time
was at second hand; reports of orien-
tal writer's and Christian church
fathers.
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unless this becomes choked with
wagons, and then they take to the
sidewalks The street is Of asphalt.
but muddy and dirty. Under the damp
Of this southern climate, asphalt
softens readily and the travel does
the rest.
From the highway the life OF the
gay French quarter unfolds. Here
sits vender OF bouquets-lilies of
the valley, violets. roses. Beyond is
shop of dominos and masks, of
spangles and network for the carnival
time. The shop windows protrude just
q bit beyond the walls of the build
ings, but they are bright and clean
and their modern wares contrast
strangely with the surroundings.
A Mania for Oysters.
One thing one cannot fail to note
before he has been long in the French
quarter and that is the fondness for
oysters. Everywhere. along the walks
are great baskets OF oysters. Nor are
these thrown in any wise, as are the
oysters in the north. That would not
be French fashion. Instead. on the top
Of each barrel. the shells are piled in
q neat pyramid. topped with one great
luscious bivalye.
Down on the French market this
love for nicely goes to interesting ex-
tremes. The French market is
modelled after that of Paris. There
are two long arcades. rooted over,
and their pillars. surrounded by
square platforms. On these stands oil
cloth is tackled and this kept immacu-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

Housekeeping in Egypt with Native Servants, Serious
Proposition, According to English Women

should be served. It was Airs way to
throw things into dish without any
attempt at arrangement or neatness.
so instructed him to ask Abdool for
q clean fish napkin. fold 1t neatly.
place It in the dish and arrange the
patties upon II. All was willing. bus
anxious as to how he should fold the
napkin.
Like this" I said; and selling
kitchen rubber which lay near, fold
ed 1t UP in the approved way
OF course should have sought
Abdool. obtained 4 napkin and given
demonstration with that, as l
learned to my cost when. few min
utes later. UP came the chicken pat
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at critical moments: but they were al.
ways cheerful and willing, never quar-
relied among themselves and that
most odious Of all phrases, IT'S mot
my work" never fell from their lips
They judged II every ones work 10
he'D the house to run smoothly and
this made up for many SHORTCOMINGS
Berberin are supposed By many to
be incapable Of affection or Adelity.
That may be. though I ear bear WI.
ness that when We finally left Eeynt
Abdool. after hearing Of our approach.
ing departure. passed a week in tears
But one trait at least in them appeals
to one. and that Is their devotion ~
children Though l would not Din too
much faith on their interest in us'
! am suite sure that any Of our serv.
ahts wouh have laid down their livea
to benefit sur little daughter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20
Picturesque Section Of New Orleans Like Biz Of Old
France Manners and Customs Modelled on Paris
Especial correspondence.)

Tho old French quarter at New Or
leans Is city OF balconies and gal
Ieries. Following out the architecture
Of the older French cities. the second
story or kome and shop protrudes just
a triae. and then from It extends a
balcony-of iron always-and sup
ported by series OF iron pillars along
tho curb. Each balcony vies with its
neighbor in its ornamental railings.
and the scene presented is picturesque
for its hodgc-podge.
Beneath these rorticos the side
walk, narrow. vobbled. disintegraiing.
stretches Through the Quarter Latin.
All Its length there are little shops,
just such as one looks for in old
Paris.
Being French-or better, Creole
all the population walk in the street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

wives is pathetic memorial OF the
Sidneys, an altar-tomb Of simple de-
sign. Sweet Ambrozia Sidney left the
pageantries Of Ludlow for her grave
under this stone when she was only
twenty.
"Heare Iyethe the bodye OF Ambro-
zia Sydney. iiijth doughter OF the
Right Honorable Syr Henrye sgd
ney and Of the Lady Mary his
wyef, doughter OF the famous Duke Of
Northumberland, who dyed in Ludlow
Castle. ye 22nd Of Februarie. 1874"
Fair like her mother she may well
have been. sweet she certainly was;
for we hear that when Sir Henry
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

cooks direction. The first course con-
sisted Of an enormous tureen full Of
thick soup, which would alone have
almost satisfied dozen hungry men.
The next was even more overwhelm-
Ing-a mountain of mashed potato,
with sixteen mutton outlets arranged
round It in formidable row!
He FslIowcd instructions.
The FIRST occasion on which visitors
broke bread in our house was when
two friends turned up rather unexpect-
edly one day to luncheon slipped
down TO the kitchen to have q look
round and to make sure that Ali
served up the food IN an appetizins
way. There were some excellent lit
tie chicken patties as q FIRST course.
but that morning had had no time
70 enter INTO details as 10 how these
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20
AamIrer. PIentIfuI and a.nsr.u..

Nine. Albani's jewel case probably
contains Dsre precious trinkets than
any other artiste's except Nine.
PATHS. Yet her iewelry has cost ber
next to nothing. 1t has nearly al been
given By royal and other admirers,
who. In recognition Of her genius,
have bestowed diamonds and precisus
stones upon her to the value Of many
thousands Of dsllars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

ties. They were lying neatly placed
on the coarse, rather dirty. kitchen
rubber, just as | had left 1t folded.
One Christmas day we determined
on a luncheon party. The menu, Ct
course, had to include roast turkey
and plum pudding, and mutton cut
lets were ordered as an alternative
to the turkey. ALI asked which should
be served first, and | instructed him
to send both up at the same time.
He not only did that, but he put theT
on the same dishl
When Mohammedans Fast.
At one particular time OF the year
most peoples houses are uncomfort.
able. This is during Remadan. the
month Of fasting. when all good Mo
hammedans fast from sunrise to sun
set, BY the end OF the day they
are naturally hungry. and they pass
the night in alternately feasting and
sleeping. AS may be imagined. this
kind of life does not conduce to their
being very bright or lively in the day
time and Europeans generally are glad
the feast OF Bairam arrives, after
which their servants can resume the
ordinary routine Of life.
BY the end Of my second year in
the country l had got to understand
the ways Of the Berberin and hac
really come to appreciate them as
servants. In many ways they left
much to be desired, childish as they
were and liable to fail US hopelessly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

Ludlow Castle in Shropshire FOR Centuries the Scat
Of Famous English FamiIy-Now Ruin
Especial Correspondence }

There are some people who can
charm US as easily across the cen
turtles as they could across the tea
table. One Of these is Sir Philip Sid
ney. whose Sweet attractive kinde OF
grace" has lost little OF its power
since days when his friends found
continual comfort In his face"
There are perhaps more memories
stored IN Ludlow. the home OF the Sid
neys in Shropshire, than in any other
Of that long row of castles that guard
cd the Welsh border. In very early
days history claimed 1t for her own.
and romance took liberties with it.
Every ruined room has its ghost, even
II 1t has no floor-and one must not
expect everything in one room. Kings
have besieged it. princes have lived
IN it, women have loved in II, from
the time when Roger de LacI raised
ITS Norman keep to the day that
George I. made it uninhabitable.
Many ages and many hands have left
their mark upon it: the round chapel
was built by Joce de Dinan in Steph-
ems time. the state rooms date from
the fourteenth century. the lovely
doorway in the keep was added in
in Henry Wits days, the fireplaces
are Elizahethan. Sir Henry Sidney
had yery high ideal of his duty to-
wards this castle Of the Lords Presi-
dent, and left it better than he found
it. He seems to have been untiring
in his buildings and repairings, his
walls @of lyme and of stone" his "fay
re lardge stone bridge" his painting OF
the chapel, his wainscoting and floor
ing, and his 'fayre tennys corte." The
stables were built by his son-in-law
and successor Lord Pembroke, whose
wife was the famous "Sidney's sister.
Pembroke's mother" for whom the
Arcadia" was written by her brother
Philip.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

In the eyes Of some women. who are
neither housewives by nature nor
blessed with substantial means, the
management OF a household is a duty
principally made up Of worries.
In Egypt, however, II one has sense
Of humor. one is largely helped over
minor difficulties OF housekeeping by
the ludicrous occurrences which are
part Of ones daily life; but the sense
OF humor is really necessity. The
woman who lacked 1t and expected
her menage in that country to run on
conventional lines. would have to set
tie down to life OF worry and her
face would be wrinkled and her hair
grow gray in fortnight
Servants, to begin with, in the aver
age Anglo-Egyptian house are natives,
generally of the Berberi tribe, and
very good servants on the whole they
make. But in taking up the reins Of
such an establishment one m lst neces-
sarily drop many of ones precon-
ceived notions and can only learn by
experience how best to manage it.
l had considerable difficulties to
face when ! began sojourn Of two
years in the land Of Egypt. as was
perfectly inexperienced both in cook
ing and in the interior economy Of
the household-in short, totally ig-
norant of the art of management, my
only fixed idea being a desire to learn
and not to be done" by that same ig-
norance.
Our indoor servants, who slept out
Of the house and fed themselves, were
five in number Ali, the cook, was
dark. shifty-looking scoundrel, with
hang-dog expression. His looks, how
ever, were the worst part Of him, for
he turned out a treasure i'll his own
way. There were two suffragis, or
buffers. Abdool, the head one, having
been my husbands personal servant
for many years and being presumably
devoted to him. The "housemaid"
was a quiet. docile young man about
six feet high, the Only Egyptian in
the house, the others all being Ber-
beri. A wooly-headed cooks boy, or
marmiton, named Mahmud. completed
the menage.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

Nor Is there the attempt at defraud-
Ing the customer on the French mar
ket. Lettuce. endive and tho COM
moner variety is sold. not witE tne
leaf turned toward the purchaser
just the opposite. Each bunch Of let
tuce is placed head down in the basket
that the stems. OF which the Creole
are SO fond. may be exposed to view
Side by side. In concentric circles.
there are these lunches Of lettuce, a
striking contrast to the hodge-podge
OF our own market baskets.
Other Queer Customs.
One would linger long on the
French market. but time is fleeting.
All the French quarter is open to ex-
ploration before us.
A milk cart rattles by-unique
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

'Ts II necessary to incisse stsmyss-
asked the poet
Mere necessary. even. than to In
close poetry." responded the editor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20

among milk carts OF the country. 1t Is
buggy, pure and simple, but resting
higher from the ground than any bug
gy we have seen before. Only the We
hicle Is just a bit more dilapidated
than most 5uggies with which we
have hitherto been acquainted. In the
front are two great copper cans Of
milk. strapped tightly to the dash
board. Milk wagons are everywhere
in the French quarter-a feature OF
the place.
Vanity is characteristic of the Gre
ole. and with the men this finds its
outlet in the barber shops. Poor old
Quarter Latin stands sadly in need
Of paint, but the BARRIERS are lavish
with pigments. The two poles sup
porting the balcony over a barber
shop are painted in the red and white
band work. Not alone that. but the
entire street front Of the shop Is dans
in zigzag pattern OF these cclcrs-
The chestnut seller is another fex-
ture OF life in the French quarter He
with his singing, sizzing oven: the
strawberry vender, and the woman
with the comforter around her head,
and the copies of ILLUSTRATION, and
Figaro for sale.
The Old French Theaters.
Three times week the Creoles
turn out for French opera at the old
French opera house. To one who has
not visited France, the building is a
curiosity. One passes up the stairs
from the street to enter, not the lob
by, but the Office of the "Directeur," to
right and left Of which the stairs lead
up to floors above. One does not
speak of balcony and gallery here, but
of stages or stories, and as one sees
these stories from the rear on his
climb to the top. they are mere doors
of dark wood, opening to little boxes,
much as are the doors to the tele- |
phone cabinets elsewhere. Programs /
here, however. are in English, con-
cession to the non-Creole visitor. |
There are the knocks of the stage
behind the scenes before the
rising of each curtain; there Is the
low hiss for silence when some on
locker let's his enthusiasm get the I
best Of him; there is the stamping of
feet by all the house when an inter-
mission is too prolonged Things are
French throughout here at the opera
house.
After the opera, the Creole takes his
family to the cafes. One passes
through a beer garden-we should so
LaTm 1t, at least, to those who are To-
Gated far in the rear OF the dining
room. Then there are oysters once
again, and the absinthe, or the liquors
Of France.
Here, too. gather the wits Of the
French quarter. They chat or else
read the papers. mounted on the same
heavy bars that one finds in Paris
Itself.
Younger folks go to the baIls-caii-
% balls. dress balls, masques-there
8 always something doing IN the
French quarter after midnight.
And yet on the surface, the section
8 quiet The narrow streets are dark
Ind still, and the arc lights rays PEN
.trate but feebly. Now and then some
'reature OF the demfmonde aits By.
he hawk In stealthy porsuit. Dut the
,reoies are not Of this; they resent t.
IT Il the foreign INVASION hey
~, "of our Latin quarter i
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lately white. Not even the Dutch take
such pains as this with their market.
At one end the market, where the
negresses gather while the missus
does the buying. there are the coffee
stands with urns of heavy polished
copper. Just beyond, the meat booths
stretch deep into the market. Meat in
these may not rest upon the stands,
clean as they are-far from It In
stead. heavy iron skewers are thrust
in countless numbers through the
meat and for an inch or two beyond,
and upon these supports the meat IL
held for that distance above 10
boards.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-20
Cook Master Of Situation.

Cook Master Of Situation.
The first conclusion l came to was
that IN catering for the household one
must be to great extent in the
hands of ones cook. No tradesmen
call in Egypt, and. with the excep-
ton of the bread which is supplied
by European bakers, everything must
be bought in the market. 1t is i'm
possible, or rather useless, to go out
oneself to inspect and ask the price
of meat, vegetables, etc. To q Euro
pean there is one price, to native
another. For this reason nobody ex-
cept those who can afford to pay more
than is necessary for their food go in
for European cooks. They are a lux
ury and much enviedS but they are
inevitably cheated more or less in the
market, whereas a native need pay
no more than the proper value for
what the buys. / do not deny that he
generally thinks himself entitled to
put on an extra piastre here and there
III the book he presents to you weekly.
but that one much expect. Even with
what he makes out of you he costs
you less than would European, who,
however honest he may be, is unable
to cope with the cunning of an ORR
entail market.
The cook had no idea Of proportion.
and well remember my first meal in
the country. had just arrived. and
we sat down to a tete-a-tetc dinner.
which had OF necessity been left to the
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lsen quietly taken home by the enter
Using owner of that hostelry when,
b. the Kings order, the lead was
stripped from the castle roof. 1T is
p. ain" was the obvious argument,
that King George sets no store by
this property Of his. l will therefore
Dven help myself"
Other records Of the council are to
be found in the church, fne church
In itself, with "netcher's" or arch
er'H chancel, and seme carved choir
stalls whose designs repay an obser-
want eye.
A Peftetie Memcrinl.
Several members sf the council are
buried in the chaRcel Of this four
teenth-ecntury church. beneath lordly
tonbs - is fitting. Among these dig
niAed gentlemen and their beruffed
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The Ghosts Of Ludlow.

The Ghosts Of Ludlow.
Philip cannot have been much at
Ludlow, l think. His short life was
'ull of incident, full of change.
Shrewsbury, Oxford, travels for pleas
ure and politics, and the Queens
somewhat exacting appreciation Of his
company, left him little time for "go-
ing a mothering." And he loved to
be at Wilton, too, his sisters place,
Yet there must have been times when
he Joined his parents in their stately
life among the grey towers and the
ghosts Of Ludlow, adding one more
romantic memory to its romances, and
enjoying its magnificence in his grave
way. Simple-hearted as he was, he
took calm pleasure in pomps, and
was not altogether averse to vanities.
At Elizabeth's court he entered thor
oughly into the spirit of the thing, ex-
changing gifts and compliments with
the Queens Majesty like any other
young blade, as though he had never
been famed for his "staiedness" at
the age of eleven. He gave her a
cambric smock edged with gold lace,
waistcoat OF white sarcenet, and
jewel Of gold garnished with dia-
monds. She gave him. not only gifts
of gold plate. but even the red-gold
of her hair-more precious doubtless,
than the other.