davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
To Facilitate Trade in China.

According to the Anglo-Japanese Gazette
the Chinese minister OF commerce has made
the necessary arrangements for the estab-
lsh1nent of an industrial and commercial
museum at Picking. A site for the erection
OF suitable buildings has already been ac-
quired. 1t is intended TO establish per-
manent exhibition of Chinese and foreign
goods In the museum. No provision has yet
been made for the purchase of artistic ex-
hlbits, and 1t is probable that the museum
will be used more especially for commercial
and industrial purposes 1t Is anticipated
that the museum Will serve as a record OF
the progress made by Chinese manufactur-
ers and at the same time that foreign ex-
nibits Will incite the native industry to still
greater efforts. 1t is probabie that foreign
manufacturers who find place for their
wares In this museum will profit by an tn
creased sale In Chinese markets. The Japa-
nese are taking an active part in the organ
ization of the museum, and, indeed. II 10
not unlikely that they are responsible IN
some degree for its inception. The buildings
are in Japanese style, and Japanese mer-
chants and manufacturers have promised to
cooperate largely. Foreign firms Will lind
1t to their advantage to obtain place IN
the museum. aifording as 1t will an oppor-
tunity to display their goods to great adyanT
tRga
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

buys you will get your commission. With
that she drove quickly away 10 accost an
other stranger who had come out OF the Sta
ton.
American Settlements In Canada
During my travels here have visited
many OF the localities where Americans
have settled. They have come to Canada
In all sorts OF ways. Some were brought
by the trainload. by the real estate agents
and the government. almost depopulating
the little farm communities OF our country
from whence they came. Iowa. for IN
stance has fallen Off 10000 or more
through this and other emigration. Some
of the settlers had crossed the boundary In
canvas-covered wagons. and others nao
driven into Canada IN all sorts OF vehicles.
I have photographs OF men who came In
using oxen and horses TO pull their ehects.
and of some who plodded along for days
with OK teams on the way.
The first Americans to arrive sQuatted
down close to our boundary, getting home
steads and buying farms along the 500
Pacific railroad Soon afterward they be-
gan to take up the lands farther west, ana
now fully 20 per cent of all the settlers be-
tween Moose Jaw and the international
boundary are Americans. They own line
of wheat farms extending on each SIDE
from the railroad back far into the country.
Their homes remind me of the settled por-
lions of North Dakota, and they have
many good little towns such as Weyburn.
which has 1000. Milestone 600, and others.
In such towns the business men are chiefly
Americans.
Another line of American settlements has
grown up along the Prince Albert brancn
of the Canadian Pacific railroad, ana
others along the Canadian Northern. IL Is
on the Canadian Pacific branch that David
got his cheap lands and resold them.
AS 1t Is now there Is a continuous line Oh
unbroken wheat fields running from fifty
miles above Regina to Rosthern distance
of ITO miles. Ninety per cent of the lanos
along that road are owned by Americans,
their farms extending back from the track
for about twelve miles on either side. Some
OF the farmers are homesteaders, many OF
whom bought the lands adjoining them, SO
that they each have all the way from 32o
acres up to 5000 acres They are building
comfortable houses and good barns.
Don't Want Homesteads.
Some of the Americans will not take up
homesteads. although they can get the land
for living on it. They prefer to buy rather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
Dress.
From the Chicago Tribune.

FROM Lne OnlcaSo lflouhe
Not to be especially conspicuous as an
individual in dress has come to be the car
dinal doctrine of the gentleman, and it IL
that factor of good breeding, together with
adaptation for doing the work of a man.
that Is really at the bottom of the much
decried prosaic uniformity In mems dress.
Sameness In style is not necessarily ugl-
ness. nor does II initiate against the
strongest Individuality In character. III
character is not the first attribute of man
hood, or manhood either, II is inpossf-
bic to say what is first. In any hundred
men we will find only two or three varieties
of hat for example, but among q hundred
women we will find probably a hundred
varieties. No woman is content TO have
hat or a gown precisely Hike that OF any
other woman, and she wastes her time and
strength and exhausts her ingenuity to es-
There are millions of American women
most of whose waking hours are devoted TO
shopping and planning and being fitted
This must be. of necessity. an enormous
waste of energy unless dress be the chief
end and aim Of living. In any case Il must
be nerve-nacking, brain-fagging labor.
TO say nothing of its cost in other ways.
When men turned from the barbarities OF
warmakfng and trouba douring and dane
ing attendance on regal courts as the cnieI
business of men who asplreo TO De oener
than hewers of wood and drawers or water
and gave their attention 10 that endless
nrocess of betterment which Is known as
the worlds work, the first and inevitabie
step was the simplifying Of dress. Men
recognized centuries ago that IL they would
help lift the world upward they must cease
worrying over how they should dress Only
a few women yet recognize this, but II the
whole sex could see how the squander
their potential force IN trying to be each
law OF dress for herself and would adopt
some uniform system, apt and ''becoming,
OF course, but asking only a minimum OF
time and labor from each, then they could
do their full share of the worlds work, and
tIli they 90 that they never can accomplish
full
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
FRANCES WORK CLASS
THE INDUSTRY AND UNREWARD-
ED TOLL OF THE PEAsANTRY.
How the Money Is Spent-Magnia-
cent Chateaux, Costly Churches
The Standing Army.

Correspondence of the New York Evening Post
The rapidity with which countries. even
when devastated as thoroughly as. the Pala-
innate, recover from the ravages of the war.
has led economists to compute the accum-
ulated wealth of the civilized world as
amounting to no more than three or four
times the annual production. How comes
IT. then, that, In country like France,
where population Is stationary. and where
peace has prevailed for more than gen.
Grafton, the condition OF the peasantry has
so little improved? Their industry is IN
cessant; not always directed most effec-
lively, but In the main intelligently, and
often attaining high degree of perfection.
Their toll is not only assiduous-even the,
women not ceasing to knit when they are
gossfpfng-but also severe. Even with anti
quated methods, the product of such enor-'
mous-one might almost say such terrible
industry should raise the laborers TO at
fiuence. Yet In the most fertile parts. such
as those watered by the Ipdre and the
Loire, the life OF the peasants seems not
much better than what we read OF In the
descriptions OF the times before the Revo-
luton.
Mode OF Life.
The Installations. both OF man and beast.
are reueraiiv Identical onea then used:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
En- ROUTE TO 5A5kATCHE NAN

than relinquish their allegiance to the
United States Every homesteader has to
become a naturalized Canadian before he
have clear title to this free land. Ii
he buys, however, he get a title upon
paying the money. and the outsiders
have about as many rights as the Cana
dian, with the single exception of being
able to vote run for office, a large num-
Der of our citizens Americans still.
Within the past year the Canadian
Northern has been pushed through the
wheat belt to beyond Edmonton. There
are Americans settled along that line, and
it is probable that some of those who come
this year will take up settlements between
Edmonton and the Rockies, toward which
the Canadian Northern is building. The
latest colonies are along the line of the
Grand Trunk Pacific, and, indeed, there
are Americans in every part of the New
Canada. In another letter / will show the
effect that this large American influence is
likely to have upon the future OF this great
region. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

because Of their solid construction not need
ing much repair, but inconvenient. dark,
cramped and generally the worse for wear
People stump and clatter about in wooden
shoes, and their ordinary garments are of
course cotton cloth. They are starved with
cold. for they have little material for fire.
except their pitiful fagots of brushwood and
dead limbs, such as in our country are
burned as rubbish. To be sure their cook
ing is a small matter; the baker does most
Of it (and very well, too), and not much
fuel is needed to stew few vegetables
and boil that mysterious substance called
coffee. AS there is little reading, artificial
illumination is not of SO much Importance;
but it Is painful to see the women bending
over their needlework in their struggle
to discern the stitches by feeble lamp.
Probably the standard of life is higher
than 1t appears, for the French peasant
has been taught by centuries of OPP
preston to be secretive. and he may have
invisible resources; but IT Is not what his
lal would justify. He has much comfort
in his wine, even II 1t Is only the poorest
that he keeps for himself, and meagre
pleasure in the vile tobacco provided by
the governments monopoly-a pleasure
lessened by the viler matches likewise pur-
veyed; but he does not get his deserts
Militarism.
What becomes of the product of his In
dustry? In part, the eye gives answer. The
magnificent chateaux. the costly churches,
the enormous converts. show what was
done under the feudal system: and the vast
casernes thronged with myriads Of peasant
lads In blue coats and red trousers show
what - done now. This half-mill.on OF
able-bodied men. Withdrawn from produc-
tive industry. must be fed and clothed and
housed and oficered by the labor of per-
haps twice that number of worlxmen--a
burden of appalling magnitude. The naval
establishment, although on smaller scale
and less conspicuous. ID also an enormous
burden. The employees in the navy yards.
exercising a dubious right. have formed
unions and recently struck work because
rome OF their number had been disciplined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
MEANING OF THE INVASION
Loss of $4,000, 900 to the United
States in 1906.
YANKEES STARTED MOVEMENT
Real Estate Agents N the Farming
Section Are Making Fortunes
4 Woman Who Sells Land.
Copyright 1906. by Frank C. carpen,er)

Copyright 1906. ry Frank C. Carpenter)
WINNIPEG.
There are now more than two hundred
thousand Americans IN the Canadian north
west. They number oue-third of the poI,u-
lat!on, and some sections of the wheat belt
are settled almost entirely by them. A few
American syudicates have taken up large
tracts and some individuals have bought
thousands of acres and are holding them
but the majority of our people have set
tied on the homesteads allotted by the
government and, having bought lands ad-
joining. are waiting to grow up with tire
country.
Americans are doing large share of the
business OF the new towns A few are
merchants. others are investing I'm elevators
and mills. and there are Il number at Win
uipeg who have much to say in the grain
exchange and other financial centers
The American Invasion.
Indeed Canada may be said to have a
real invasion of Americans. In 1896 less
than nifty homesteads were allotted to
them. In 1891 the number jumped to
1000, and in 1889 it was $4,000. In 1900 it
rose TO % 600; and last year more than
10000 Americans. an army ten times as
large as that which NeuOphon led on his
march to the sea. came over into Canada
ana are now here bcsicging the God of
Prosperity.
The government officials tell me they
expect to have so 900 more Americans this
year, and ] warn YOU that both they and
the American real estate syndicates, who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

for denouncing miiitarism- The govern
ment, depending for its existence on the
werkmen's votes. was obliged to justify Its
denial Of the right to strike on the ground
that it's employees were a favored class 9th
er workmen must toll ten or twelve hours;
its workmen only eight. Other worklnen
are laid off when they are not needed; It's
workrnen arE paid whether there Is any
thing to do or not. Other worlkTnen are
liable to be dismissed by their masters; its
workmen hold their places until they are
of an age to retire on their pensions, which
are payable also to their widows and chill
dren, and are twice as large those Of
dered to outside worAmen by the bill now
pending. Under these circumstances, the
ordinary workingman can hardly be ex-
pected to think the employees of the gov
eminent need the right to strike.
Extravagant Public Buildings.
Further evidence is afforded to the senses
in the enormous public buildings that have
sprung up in the towns. large and small.
Haunting extravaganza in their gaudy arch
itecture. Here In Tours, for example there
is not only the vast prefecture. but also, in
addition to many other buildings, an enor-
ously expensive new Hotel de Vile. The
population of the town is 65,o00, but this
building would be sufficient for the proper
administration of town ten times as
large Any OF the railroads. constructed by
the government or with its guaranty, are
obviously Improbable; and even the roads
brought through centuries of labor very
nearly to perfection often bear signs of
stupidity and extravaganza of q central
ICED administration. Yet here. we must
concede the peasant receives something
like an equivalent for his tax, and II Is
pleasant to see the draft horses SO aided
in their work AS to the schools maintained
by the government 1t IS hard to make out
that they increase the intelligence OF the
common people; and the quality of the
teaching IS bitterly complained of. Still, the
ability to read and write is worth paying
for. and may be said to be cheap at any
price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
jolly Epfn
q
Party

This is an interesting story
written by John Allen Horns
by. Jolly Eph" was conf
cal bear whose acquaintance
Mr.. Hornsby made at the
foot of the great Taku Gla-
cier up near the headwater
of the Yukon river. The series
of antics with which this
furred practical joker made
fun of the gold-hunting min
ers in his vicinity furnishes
Mr.. Hornsby with a number
of exceedingly laughable little
tales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

The Installations. both Of man and beast.
are generally Identical onea then used;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

are making money out Of buying lands
and selling them again, will do " hat they
can 10 increase that number in the future
This IS q matter of vital interest to the
United States 1t means the loss of some
of the best OF our farming population and
in addition the actual carrying away into
Canada Of millions of dollars of good
American gold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
Cow and SupercoW

This is the second of Martha S. Bensleys mildly satir-
the Settlement House ideas adopted by the
the pasture Miranda the benevolent bovine who
conceived idea of The Settlement the Pasture
completely overcome like many of her human prototypes
with the new education idea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
S ir n i 6 e 1

This weeks instaiment of Sir A. Conan Doyles great
historical interesting preliminary what
promises be of the strongest incidents in the story
for it tells of the arrangements made the gigantic
Spanish fleet in the English channel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

towns of the wheat belt and of the new
country beyond He would Etop at VII
lage hotel. and engage in conversation with
the farmers, asking as TO their crops ard
the prospects. One man would tell him
that he got twenty-seven bushels of wheat
per acre that year, and on being asked as
TO the year previous, would reply that ne
had made twenty bushels then. but that
the year before Re had gotten only fifteen
bushels. as his crop had been failure.
AS Robertson heard this kind of talk
his eyes Dulged out so that they almost
dropped upon his cheeks. He saw the pos
sibflitiss of land speculation, for he knew
the average yield in Minnesota at that
time was not more than fifteen bushets
per acre. When he learned that the men
held their farms at only about $40 per
acre. he was still more excited He heard
the same stories at other villages and when
he returned to Winnipeg he called upon
Mr.. Griffin. the Canadian Pacific railroad
land commissioner and told him that he
wanted to buy 59Go acres along the 500
Pacific. which comes into Canada from the
United States and joins the Canadian Pa
cific trunk line a short distance above the
boundary.
AS the story goes, Mr. Griffin was not at
all anxious TO sell. l am told he looked
upon Robertson as crazy, and advised him
to purchase the lands through the local real
estate agents. This was done. and II
created such sensation in Winnipeg that
the agents employed by Robertson were
accused of Numerically skinning poor
American. At all events. the land was soon
purchased, and within four months 1t was
all sold for so per acre. A short time
after that Robertson and Lynch came to
Canada, and bought a million acres of the
Canadian Pacific railroad grant, IN the
western part of Manitoba, and in what Is
now lower Saskatchewan, They paid,
am told. less than So per acre. That was
four years ago and their land has all been
sold. They have let the land go at all
kinds of prices, but 1t is said that the
that they have made in all probability 81
NO coo out of the deal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
Another Lucky Real Estate Dealer.

About this same time another Minnesotan
bought a big tract of land and disposed of
it at a profit of millions. This was Colonel
Davidson of Duluth. who had made
much money in buying Minnesota lands and
selling them. Colonel Davidson went into
Canada to buy some cattle for farm he
had in the United States He made in
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22
NEWS OF KENTUCKY


Georgetown, KY. August 22. -
In the local option election last Sat-
urday, Georgetown went wet. Yes
terday, in the county court, the pc
tition asking for an election on the
same question, and called next
flonth for Scott county, including
Georgetown, was refused by Judge
]. ]. Yates. This was the first deci-
sion on this point under the new
county unit law, and was expected to
be test case. being watched with
much interest by surrounding coun-
ties. A large attendance heard much
heated arguments by the respective
attorneys. One side contended that
The vote OF any first to fourth class
city only counted when held on the
same day as the county election.
while the vets retoJed that with
the three-year clause still in force,
they could not or need not call for
an election on that same date or any
other within the period of three
years. Judge Yates said: 81 have
considered this question for several
weeks and believe that the cities OF
the first four grades have a right to
determine whether they shall have
license or local option. many judg-
ment, with the three-year clause not
repealed, they have the fright. The
court orders that this election shall
be held September 2S in Scott coun-
ty, to prevail outside the city of
Georgetown"
Although appeal was threatened.
the petitioners today withdrew their
petition.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22
Graves Democrats.

The Graves county Democratic
committee met at the court house
with % members present and five
names were selected and recommend
ed TO be sent to Frankfort, from which
one name is to be selected to act as
one Of Graves county's election com
missiouers. The names selected are
as follows; c. w. Wilson, J. ID. Wat
son, Jesse NJ. Bennett. ]. T. Emmer-
son and J. w. Monroe. The commit
tee called a primary election in Mag
isterial district Nos and s to
name Democratic candidates for con-
stable.
The time set for voting in the prl-
mary election was SATURDAY. Sept. is.
between the hours OF and O'Clock
In the afternoon.
The entry fee was fixed at $3.50
for each candidate to Id IN paving
the expenses of the election. Septem-
Der 9TH is the last day to put up the
money and enter the race.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22
Today's Schedule.
Paducah at Cairo.
jacksonville at vlncennes.
Nation at Danville.

Yesterday was dark and gloomy for
the Indians both in weather and spirit.
They lost double header to Cairo,
the second double header of the series
making Csiro's victory over Padueah
decisive.
Cairo took four on of the six
games.
This morning the Indians eft for
Cairo and will wind up the season on
the road at Nation. The fans had
some hopes that the Paducah team
would win second place, but the article
of ball put up by Cairo seemed to out
class the indians Yesterday and little
hope is entertained for second place.
II the Indians keep from settling in
fourth place it will be a miracle.
Yesterdays games were lost through
inability to hit and the visitors ginger
Miller was wild and walked and hi,
several in the first game. Later the
Hashslingers hit Miller and the In
dams never had show at Johnsons
delivery. He was in too good form.
The second game was lost in the
same way. Woodring kept hits scat
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22
Bishop McCIosky,s Henson.

Louisville August ga The
Right Rev William George McClos-
key. bishop Of the diocese of Louis
vile, last night issued a statement
that the late Spalding Coleman was
denied funeral services in ST. Louis
Bertrand church because II was pro-
posed to bury the body In Cave Hill
cemetery, contrary to the laws of the
church. The Coleman family consid-
er the bishops action an insult and
demand an apology.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22

Philadelphia 1, st. Louis 1. Call
ed in seventh on account of rain.
Batteries, Bender and Powers; Ho-
well and Spencer.
Boston 5, Detroit 2; batteries, Dl-
neen and Carrigan; Slever AMI
Payne.
Washington, 0, Cleveland 2; bat
teries Hughes and Warner; Rboades
and Bemls.
Second game.
Washington 2, Cleveland 1; bat
teries. Patten and Wakefield; Hess
and Buelow.
New York-Chicago, rain.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22
In Fayctte Jail.

Lexington, August "a Under
escort Of the detachment OF state
troops, commanded by Col. J. EN-
bry Allen, which protected the pris-
oner while on trial. Jesse Fitzgerald.
The negro convicted of the murder OF
mrs. Robert Brougtoh ana sentenced
to hang on September 81, was
brought to Lexington Tuesday morn
ing and placed in the Fa~ette county
jail for safe-keeping to await exc
cution.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22
Back 10 Hopfowu.

Hopkinsville. August 22. --Harri-
son Alexander, the negro who was
sentenced to death at Greenville yes
terday for assault upon Mrs. Flor
ence Whltehouse, was returned TO
this city this morning. arriving un-
der escort Of company d.. which
with company G., of Darlington,
guarded the jail and court house
during the trial which lastedthrough
Saturday and Monday. The iate OF
the execution was set for September
21.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-22
SD Coaehes and 100000 People

There were nine sections OF pas
senger trains passed Fulton Monday
afternoon and at night with a total
OF SO coaches full of people from the
south on the great Chicago excur-
sion. over 10000 people were car
ried over the Cairo bridge en- route
for Chicago during "a hours.