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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28

DOBBIE had asked for three dances Ia
X and had been refused four. Three
refusals point blank The
fourth drove him back with scowl before he
could speak; so he retired to the wall with
his hands under the tails of coat not worn
since he left England for the ranching
country. Nevertheless, Bobbie laughed. He
had reached the stage where he could laugh;
and that meant something for the young
est brother of adoring sisters, who wrote
weekly letters of advice the preserva-
ton of his sacred person from wild animals,
savages and matrmonialy designing
His sisters didn't know that the balance of trade
in the West had wiped out the matrimonial deficit,
and that the real difficulty to find partner
with matrimonial design. But Bobbie could
laugh; and that meant that he had quit cherishing
sentiments of profound sorrow for himself SO he
backed to the wall with other dsconsolate bache-
lors, and wondered what his estinable English
friends would think if they could see the dance.
There Hal, his ranching partner, waltz
ing with Mrs Marchmont who had come out to the
West to straighten disspated brother, and
manned in the West as the wife of retired army
There was the Vassar girl, who lived in
two-roomed shanty with piano and a husband
who had come West to harvest the wild oats sown
in the East. There the quondam governess
of Mrs. Marchmonts children, who had married
the village banker and carried herself with
air second only to Mrs. O'Shay, lady-in-waiting
of meat-pies and ham-sandwiches behind the rail-
road lunch counter. From all of which it was
evident that the ranchng- country was still in
that state when everybody good every
body else; and little more For the most part,
the guests appeared in the same costumes they
had galoped across the prairie in.
To this were two exceptions the bankers wife
and the woman of the ham-sandwiches. Though
the bankers wife had in a tweed riding suit,
she swept to the dance-room Respondent in low
cut silk AS for Mrs OShay, Bobbie inquired if
she didn't feel cold.
Charity ball for the ranchers hospital, HEIR"
grumbed range-rider. Guess before they sell
/ tickets they'd better guarantee partners
Try rag doll, laughed Bobbie.
The ranCher hitched astride chair and sat down
with his chin resting the back. 4 might do
and fare better" he drawled twiddling
his thumbs.
Don't you think-um-" questioned Bobbe,
considering the scarcity of ladies here, you'd
find some difficulty dressing your rag partner in
unl-anything but divided skirts?'
Heb? What you driving att" The range
rider sat up. Then he emitted roar of laughter
and smote Bobbie squarely the back You're
the very size and figure with your yellow locks,
my boy! There's Mrs Bankers tweed skirt
won't show in the poor highland Mrs Ham
Sandwiches came here in a tog of some kind that's
somewhere in the dressing room, and"
Just then they joined by Boobies ranchng
partner Hail. and the three left the dance-room.
The ball had originated with the cabinet min
isters wife. Elections were coming on. There
fore, the Government announced the appropriation
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-03-10
MADAME GADSKI.

The coming of Madame Gadski to
Pullman is matter of more than
usual Importance as but few towns of
no greater population than Pullman
have been so favored. The concert is
to be given in the Auditorium on Fri
day night, March, %, and special trains
are to be run over both roads to ac-
commodate the many in the neighbour
ing towns whosswish to come.
In speaking of her musical ability,
Madame Gadski says
1 did not inherit my musical gift.
My mother could not distinguish one
tune from another, but when | was
about seven years old | was sent to
private school in Berlin where we
lived, and every morning the pupils
assembled in big room to sing the
opening exercises. To my intense de-
light | discovered that, although | was
one of the youngest children, my voice
dominated all the others. | tried to
sing louder and louder and became a
sort of show pupil. Before long one
of the teachers took me to sing for
Frau Schroeder Chaloupka, one of the
mots famous singers and teachers of
the day.
q can see myself, a solemnly pom
pous little girl, in a stiff white frock,
with two yellow braids down to my
knees, determined to sing at the top
of my voice so as to sustain my repu-
tation with the great artist. She lis
tened to me a few moments in grim
silence. Then she called out with
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-03-10

horrible sternness, Stop! 1t is such
folly as this that wrecks voices. Of
course l burst into tears, and then she
put her hands on my head and said
kindly, Child, do not cry: thou must
sing little now, in order to sing
much later on.
IS She consented to take me as
pupil, however, and the study | com
menced with her when ! was seven
continued uninterruptedly for twelve
years, until after l made my debut at
the Berlin Opera House.
'Of course on the part of the teach
er as we'll as the pupil there must be
intelligence, the one to instruct, the
other to execute. do solemnly assure
you that the young woman will meet
with artistic disaster, no matter how
fine her voice, who is allowed by her
vocal master to sing a Wagner role at
the end of year."
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-03-10
N. P. NOTICE.

The Northern Pacific announce that
effective Feb. 10th their train No. A
will have through chair car, stand
ard Pullman sleeper and Pullman tour
ist 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, 1906-03-10
THE FEEDING OF BEEF STEERS.


The following article on feeding
beef steers was written by w. D..
Foster, the college farmer, for the
Ranch:
First get the right kind of a steer
before you think of feeding him. You
can make steers of any of the breeds
of cattle, but here is only one kind of
beef steer, and that is the product
of beef sire. l am not going to say
whether the sire be a Shorthorn.
Polled Durham, Polled Angus or
Hereford, these, If correct in type,
will produce caves of beef according
to the individual taste of the farmer.
1t is an absurdity, | think, for any
farmer to try and mature steers from
strictly dairy bull that will never
amount to anything, while on the
other hand Holstein cow crossed
with bull of good beef type will 'oc-
casionally give you pretty fair beef
steer.
Now there is a great diversity of
opinion regarding the best kind of an
animal to use. Some prefer the
coarse boned type. / have heard peo-
pie say if they could give the frame
with lots of bone they would have an
animal to suit them exactly. | do
not agree with this theory, however,
for when I buy beef / want meat not
bone. Allow me to give you a short
description of the animal | would Sc
lect and one that in my opinion would
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-03-10
FOR SALE CHEAP-Lots 5 and 6.

FOR SALE CHEAP-Lots 5 and 6,
blk. SO, Pullman. Shade trees, fruit
trees, shrubbery, etc. Across street
from public school building. Price
$780, Call on P. w. Kimball, or adj
dress L. c. Richardson, Grangeville,
Idaho.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
RELIGION AND BOYCOTT.
It Is the Rule That Moon Cakes Of
China Must Be Made Of Amer
lean Flour.

The fierce struggle to which the boy
cott has given rise has now entered
the sphere OF religion and concerned
itself with ceremonial observances.
Every body in China knows of the
great moon feast held about the mid
die Of September. One Of the spe-
cial features of this feast is prepara-
ton Of peculiar species of moon
cakes, which are very popular with all
classes. In the preparation Of these
cakes for many years the finest quail
ity Of American -four has been used.
It has now been decided by the wom-
en- OF Canton, whose business it is to
attend to these matters, that they will
not buy any cakes made Of this -four,
but will content themselves with fried
rice cakes instead.
Moreover, in regard to the cakes
usually presented to the servants, it
has been decided that money shall be
given instead. Indeed. through the me-
dunn OF the planchette, the far-famed
god Of war has made known his will
in the matter, and has warned all to
keep from the orthodox luxury or they
will incur fierce displeasure.
In addition to this most important
decision, it has been decided that at
weddings and such felicitous occasions
the same rule shall apply.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
WEATHEE-H,lsE WAS HE. J
Delicatessen storekeeper Who Had .
Way Of Calling the Turn on
q Rainy Day.

Il was Z beautiful day, without q
single cloud in the sky. The man who
was buying some food In delicates-
sen store remarked on the weather.
Yes. It's fine, but it's going to rain, y
replied the dealer.
Impossible" said the customer.
"Tll bet you fiver," said the dealer,
shat 1t rains before the day is over,
although hate to take your money
The money was put up and the cus-
toner went away chuckling.
Before night the rain was falling in
torrents. The man who lost the bet
stopped at the delicatessen store to
see the winner.
How did you know It was going to
rain?" he demanded Of the storekeeper.
The latter chuckled.
See that ice chest?" he asked,
pointing to big bo. in the corner.
The customer saw the ice box. Il
was sweating big drops OF water.
THAT chest" said the storekeeper,
sis my barometer. When there is rain
In the air it begins to sweat; when
rain is imminent it sheds those big
drops you see now. I've had It over
two years and it never yet prophesied
falsely
Never too late to learn" sighed the
customer, but sometimes a little
knowledge comes high"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
,OST EYESIGHI
Through Coffee Drinking

have been but few cases of 1ts kind
before, and they have been caused by
whisky Or tobacco. Lsach has never
used either, but has been ) great cof-
1ee drinker, and the specialists have
decided that the case has been caused
by this. Leach stated himself that
for several years he had drank three
cups OF coffee for breakfast, two d
noon and one q night. According To-
the records Of the specialists Of this
country this Il the nrst case ever
caused by tho uss Of coffee.
Tho nerve II ruined beyond aid and
his case II incurable. The fact that
makes the case queer one d that the
sight forward has been lost and the
side sight has been retained Accord
Ing to the doctors statement the
young man Will haze 70 sive up cof-
fee or the rest of his sight viii fol-
low and tho entire negve ~ ruined
Re0tstM. .Gssetta
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

e-.,., -751 5---
Iastidlous ~ these times. and NO de-
mana lne Dest that modern culture
~ music can anord Tor our pleasure.
Inc lauiI q our programs is that
tney are almost invariably much too
long, SO that to the artists It must ap-
pear that we are determined to get
more than the worth OF our money,
while, not contented with this, the
average audience proceeds to encor0
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
EDUCATIONAL ERRATA.

Tho retirement Of Dr.. William A.
Packard . Kennedy professor Of
Latin language md literature and the
s0cience of language at Princeton
marks the close Of IS years Of active
teaching.
4 Granta, the Cambridge undergrad
nate organ, urges reform in the Eng
lish education. It says:
= SRendS ! pnft for business, the only
places open for the graduates are
schoolmastering and the church, and
n the uttermost parts Of the earth
are to be found graduates Of Oxford
ami Cambridge, now become laborers.
beggars and outcasts.'
Prof. 3. w. Clark, Of Ripon coll
Ilege, Wisconsin, has been honored by
the bureau Of university travel IN
Rome In manner which will make
i possible for him to 60 abroad each
summer and secure new stock OF
material for. the lectures he is deliy-
1ering. He has been engaged to COM
duct the teachers' excursions to tho
homes of the ancients and will spend
~ next ten years In this manner.
q step has been taken toward the
Organized athletic training Of Amer
lean schoolgirls by the forming OF .
glxl's branch Of the Public Schools
Athletic league, Of New York city.
Speaking Or this movement, Miss
GR6ce Dodge said that the methods
ok training must be different from
thnse applied to the boys A prize
~ $50 was offered by Mrs. Henry
GfSeel for the best method Of combine
IL the essentials Of moral and ath-
1otic discipline.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
3AssIEo PERsoNALz

Thomas Garfield. tha nn,v hrc,A.r
So marfvrad rrae,aart ,,r.s =, !.
l1t farm about flva milas frnm ma
EDonxt1le. Mich. Ha Il aa vear. ~ 80
md : typical farmer.
lGtse Ellen pollocr ~. tha a,.t,r..
tjoA of being the on,v vor,.r ,,c1,t.
1eal registration axant 4 the r1r,ted
Ki1edom. She n s.crat.rv ~ the
4 etrand Liberal ana Radical ,..oc,.. "a
\ ton and u agent for the nartv n the
4 borough q etrana = -
Former yice president 1.v, . Mo,.
ton M siven Is Rhineci,fr n = near
Nhfeh III home. E1lerslie i. .i+n.ted
IN ffldnstriai. hnme ana rs.a,r ,-rocr.
~ cust 40 .00o Tha rav hn,Id,rr
Nill have : rvmn.sium hath. 800 rs.d.
1nx-rooms lihrarv ana .s.emhlv h.l1
.inAra nnna - n,ovn.v,,,. ...a,-
jaafas ~ n.,nca-.t,a - -..s. ras...s;.s~ - =.
Z, s,envla,.nnr - r,s,n.s... .. :. s,s ...s
A lrssal .s.,-.,,1 - -a.....
eithss cr.v.t - sr.crt;s - ,.' ! r,.s,,or.h,. ~
go. q 80. 7s 3 :
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

Some people question the statements
that coffee hurts the delicate nerves
Of the body. Personal experience with
thousands proves the general state
ment trus and physicians have records
Of great numbers OF cases that add to
the testimony. Il
The following b from the Rockford,
Ill, Register-Gazette:
Dr.. William Langhorst Of Aurora
has been treating ons Of the queerest
cases Of lost eyesight ever 81 history.
The patient Il Q. A. Leach Of Beach
county, and IN the last four months he
had doctored with MI of the specialists
about the country and has &C last r.
turned homo with the fact Impressed
on his mind that his case d incurable.
A portion Of the optic nerve has
been ruined rendering his sight IS
limited that he = unable @ - any
thing before him, but 10 can - plain-
y anything It the i'd d him. Thsrs,
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
MATTER OF PRONUNCIATION
The Word "Frieze'' az Applied 10
Irish Tweed Is Not
Correct.

Is It too late to make stand against
the mispronunciation of the word frieze
as applied to Irish tweed? On the other
side of st. Georges channel, says the
London Chronicle, they know better
than to confuse their wall decoration
with their dress material, and pronounce
the one freeze" and the other '.frise.''
So did we, in old England. Originally
meaning the curling nap on cloth from
the French .friser," to curl; Welsh,
"hris," nap of cloth-frize, as it was
then spelt and pronounced, came to
mean cloth that had nap on one side,
and is now applied to any rough kind OF
homespun. We can be sure OF the old
pronunciation from the motto worn by
Brandon, duke of Suffolk, when, on his
marriage with Henry Wits sister, he
appeared at q tournament on horse
draped half in "frieze' and half n cloth
OF gold:
"Cloth Of gold. do not thou despfse,
Though thou be matched with cloth OF
frtze;
Cloth Of frize, be not thou too bold,
Though thou be matched with cloth OF
gold.''
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Invention Of Whisky.

The name Of the man who first stag
gered humanity by the invention Of
whisky is lost in the mists OF the mid
die ages and all the ingenuity Of counsel
now employed in trying to ind out what
whisky is has failed to disclose his iden-
'tity. The fiery potion was known in
England in the eleventh century, in
Scotland not till the fourteenth. But
Scotland made up for lost time. She
gave the bright liquid its alluring name.
the water Of life, = and made its produc-
ton q cottage industry Of noble propor-
tions. When the execrable exciseman
descended upon the village she carried
the still to the lonely hills. We in these
days are inclined to forget that Glenli-
vet, the home Of the smuggler, would
never have achieved its bacchanalian
fame but for the absurd Georgian licens-
ing laws directed against the individual
still and not against the magnitudeof its
output Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
pou't Wait.

Hanna, Wyo., Jan. 18th Special DE
lays are dangerous. Don't wait until all
the awful symptoms Of Kidney Disease de
velop in your system, and your physician
shakes his head gravely a. he diagnoses
your case. II yoa suspect your Kidneys,
e onfs to the sTsat AAdney Aon speeae
with every confidence. A few Of Dodd'a
/ Kidney Pills taken ip time have saved
many q life. The early symptoms Of Kid
ney Disorder may be the forerunners Of
Bright's Disease, Diabetes and Dropsy. Mr..
w. Fl. Jefries, q resident here, tells below
how he treated al attack Of Kidney
Before I commenced taking Dodd,a
Kidney Pills, had 3lways tired feel
ing every morning when I got out Of my
bed, and my Kidneys were in very bad
shape. There was always dull heavy
pain across my loins, and I had hard work
to stoop. took two boxes Of Dodd,s
Kidney Pills, the tired feeling and back
pains have entirely gone, and am now
cured"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
JUST As he DICTATED IT.
Production Of . stenographer Who
obeyed Orders to the
Letter.

s'What want you to do" said the
man who had engaged the new stenog-
rapher, .'is to transcribe my letters ex-
actly % dictate them. ! don't want
any Of these stilted forms in my CORE.
spondence. What believe in doing il
putting my own personality in my cor
.'Yes, sir," said the new stenoerapher.
meckIy And this. writes G. w Taylor,
in the Chicago Tribune, u the letter that
wen. forward to new customer Of the
firm that afternoon:
Mr.. John B.-what the dickens is the
name Of that fellow down at Bingville-
o, Smith, who was that man at BinR.
vile that asked for prices?-What?-
Skidmore? Sounds like Skiddoo - All
riRnt-Let me see; where was I?-John
B. Skidmore, Bingville, Tex. Dear Sir
Wait minute. Better Jolly him along
. little. My Dear Mr. Skidmore Reply
ing to your valued letter Of the-tvhat
date was his letter? Where is his letter,
anyhow? Here it j.. Writes like hen
walking across barnyard. Can't make
out the date. Looks like 44th. Well,
just say, replying to your valued favor
Of recent date, We take pleasure u say-
ing that we can quote you the following
prices: Say, Smith, what viii this duff
fer stand for? Oh, give IL to him harder
than that. He lives in Bingville. II ]
lived in Bingville. I'd thank anyone for
soaking me 90 hard I'd have TO leave town.
In car lots, IS ton. There, that's about
10 per cent. higher than we'd charge any.
one else. Now, finish it up with Await.
ing your further requests, We be9 to r.
main yours sincerely.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

Let It be remembered that the eyes
may be attacked n one case and the
stomach ii another, while In. others Il
|may be kidneys, heart, bowels or gene
#eral nervous prostration. The remedy
80 obvious and should BE- adopted be-
fore too late. 4sss
Quit coffee. H you show incipient
disease sss y
Il ID easy II one can hare we'll
boiled Postum Food CofIee to serve for
the hot morning beverage. The
withdrawal Of the old kind Of cones
that y doing the harm and the sup
ply of tho elements IN tho Postum
which Nature uses 70 rebuild the
broken down nerve cells, insures s
quick return to the old Joy OF strength
and health, and it's well wprth#while
to be able again to ..do thiuea, Eand
feel well. There's ! reason tor
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Hard Nut to Crack.

An air ship which hovered for time
over Toledo, O., gave school super
intendent Of that city poser to an
swer. He had unguardedly introduced
the subject Of the new invention in his
talk to the school.
81 say, Mr.. Parley," interrupted .
small boy in the front row, ''is tho
world liable to come to an end most
any time p
why. yes, / suppose 3d." said tho
surprised superintendent. &
well, then, suppose lot Of us were
up in air ships when the end came
where would we land when we came
down." Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
SCIENTIFIC SPECIALS.

Two German scientists announce the
discovery Of new anaesthetic having
Ill the virtues Of cocaine without the
latter's secondary Ill effects. The new
substance Ii called ''allypine. e
deadens pain BY local application, and
does not contain poison.
The effect Of ultraviolet rays Of
light on some kinds Of glass ID strik-
ingly shown at high altitudes. At :
mountain station Of the Canadian Pa
cific railway-5,0 900 or 5000 feet high
green glass telephone insulators have
changed to brilliant purple.
Many observations have convinced
Mabel s. Nelson, q British psychol-
oaist, that men hear better than wom-s
en-, and that both men and women
hear farther with the right than the
left ear. Men are clearly superior In
recognizing blue, and women ars pos"
sibly superior Ii recognizing yellow.
The atmosphere contains . great
quantity Of solid matter, usually Inn
pcrceptible, though vislDls when rsy4
Of sunlight enters . dark room. A.
Ditte states that cubic meter Of the
air Of Paris usually contains six to
eight milligrammes Of dust sometimes
% milligrammesb hut away from cit
les there is less. Nearly Z third Of the
city dust Ii organic matter containing
living germs. The dust usually car-
ries q few metals sodium, calcium.
aluminium, and especially
iron. with nickel ana cobalt, the last
three being brought to the air III mo.
toozic dist from space.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Not Plow wise.

Tho head master Of a school IN An.
coats, the slum quarter OF Manchester,
England, told an audience the other
night that the Ancoats lad was essen
TALLY stay-at-home, and his knoWl-
edge Of the country was nebulous. a
plow, according to one boy, was 70
thing for hattening the ground, It cut
the grass short, and was like 8 knife
on cart wheels. =