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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Palma and Roosevelt.

People who have listened. and in part
leaned. TO the proposition of a third term
for Mr.. Roosevelt on a no-party basis
democrats and republicans uniting to put
him I'm Office and thus to enjoy an era of
good feeling-should ponder Mr.. William E.
Curtis letter to The Star on the subject OF
Estrada Palma's failure in Cuba. America
Is not Cuba, but certain traits are univer-
sal. They are found in all men.
Mr.. Palma was chosen president of Cuba
by a unanimous vote. He possessed the
confidence of the people. and. besides. was
much respected in this country where the
Cubans were looking for further sympathy
and support. The government. 1t was well
understood. was to be one by party. but
necessarily. at the outset. party spirit was
in allegiance. II was a glorious time
Then none was for a party;
Then all were for the state"
Mr. Palma took office in the spirit In which
IL was offered. His one ambition was to serve
the state. and he set about his task patri-
oticaily and inteiligentiy. But party spirit
arose. and he found 1t absolutely necessary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Foolin' Round,

When de song bird chirps and hollers
On sunny day,
l don't want no million dollars
Fob to make me gay.
Lemme go out whah de trees is;
OATS whah comforts found,
Listenin' to de whisperin' breezes;
Jes' a foolin' round.
Leaves is buddin' way off yonder;
Ivy stahts to climb.
ain got no cash to Squander,
But Is heaps O. time.
Though / ain piled up no treasure
Fun dis earth, is found
You kin git heap O. pleasure
Jes' a foolin' round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
A Wireless Theory.

An imaginative French wireless teleg-
raphy expert advances an ingenious theory
to account for the destruction of the battle
ship lena a few days ago. He says that
Il Is known that at the time of the explo-
sion wireless currents were passing. He
believes that the vessels isolation In a
drydock shortly previous to the disaster had
resulted in an accumulation of secondary
Hertxian waves In one of the magazines
from the ships wireless apparatus, and that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
The Alamo.
From the Galveston News.

From the Galveston News.
While the Alamo is situated In the city
of San Antonio, 1t Is the treasured prop
erty of the people of all Texas. There Is
no Texan who does not possess In 1t an
interest which he has legal as we'll as
sentimental and patriotic right to assert.
There will be a general protest and uprls-
Ing against any scheme to commerciaize
any part of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Very Wise.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Mrs. Sage has won golden opinions from
all sorts Of people of late. She is not the
first woman to attract regard and admira-
ton by great benefactions, but she has
shown such veritable craftsmanship and
such notable forecast. Her late husband
was very wise to select her to be the best
Interpreter of his life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Back to Facts.

From the New York Evening Post.
We are gratified to see in the stock ex-
change community itself an intelligent eff
fort to counteract the hue and cry which
ascribes the whole trouble in Wall street
to railway legislation, and which assumes.
with some newspapers, that the end of all
profit from railway investments is in sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

UIn order to avoid delays on account OF
personal absence letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the once. but simply to
THE STAR. or to the Editorial or Bust
ness DEPARTMENT., according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
American Progress.

We are going fast upon our way, we peo-
pie of the United States. We have built
higher deeper, faster than ever nation built
before. Yesterday we were as a pauper
amid industrial magnates, calling upon the
gold of England for the opening of our
mines, our lands, our forests: today the
banners of our commercial vanguards float
above the SHOWS of Siberia, the jungles of
the Amazon, the forests of the Congo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Incidence Resented.

as that mule Of yours an intelligent ami
mal?'
"Yassir.' answered Mr.. Erastus Pinkiy.
de only trouble is dat he's too smaht. He
Cite jealous cause 1 ain helpin' an den I
has to do as much work beatn' him wifi a
barl stave as he does haulin' de load"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
An Open Confession.


do you like insincere people?''
"Frankly,' answered Miss Cayenne. II
must say that i do. Whenever any one
tells me she is going to speak straightfor-
wardly as a friend. l know 1 am going to
hear something disagreed ble''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
SHOOTING STARS.
The Crucial Test,

THE impression a statesman makes de-
ponds on his speeches in Congress, does it
not?"
ITO soy extent. But not as much as on
his lectures in summer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
The "Ins. {"
rom the st. Louis Republic.

England's new armOred cruiser the In
domitable, has been launched, and soon the
Inf1exibie and the Invincible are to be given
to the waves. The Impossible may be ex-
pected next. II there is anything in names
England is going to clean up the other
navieS Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

A number of the people whose names
were whispered in the Thaw trial instead
of being spoken in open court are not wait
ing till next November for Thanksgiving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Anticipating Trouble.

OF, let's be gay and loot aloft
Since joyous spring is here.
Ere long the butter will be soft
And house-fiies will appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

1t is one of the ironies of fate that a
race meeting should have so much better
chances with March weather than an
Inauguration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
The Same elsewhere.

From the Buffalo News.
The man who Insists that Buffalo suffers
on Sunday from a parched and unrelieved
throat must be very blind and totally with
out friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

There will be new horses. new people and
new betting methods at Benning. But it
will be the same old game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

The sights to be seen ia Washington will
constitute some of the most notable fea-
lures of a trip to the jamestown expo
sition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
What She Called Luck.

'Was your husband lucky during the race
meeting last year,
YES" answered young Mrs. Torkins.
He had tonsilitis most of the time and
couldn't attend"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

With Richard Croker and President
Castro both off the sick list events should
liven considerably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

Senator Foraker's mind evidently con
tinues to be on Brownsville and not or
booms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
No Chance for Papa.

From the Tacoma Ledger.
There is no chance for dad to escape
just when he can buy an oyercoat for q
song along comes the Easter bonnet and
floors him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

The Wall street panic may in time be-
come as harmless as the French duel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

The trunk and the timetable are essential
portions of an eminent officials outfit these
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

viii see you in Panama" may pres
emily become customary farewell for
mula among government officials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

Sad experience shows that warm spring
day occasionally serves merely to give
the pneumonia germ a running start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

1t is quite evident that Hetty Green and
Mrs. Russell Sage are not exchanging
advice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Choice or Necessity
nphIs News Seim.tar.

From the Memphis News Seimstar.
Mr.. Rockefeller is going to leave his
money behind him when he dies. He has
recently made will to such effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

Judge Alton B. Parker does not even take
enough interest in politics to write for the
magazines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

]. r. Morgan already has great record
as an adjuster of differences
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
LIKED HIS STYLE.

Mr.. Spudlong," began the youth,
hanging his hat on the back of the
chair, Il will occupy only a few mo-
ments OF your time. have come to
ASK you for your daughter. T."
Young man." said the elderly bank
er. do you"
Yes, sir; I realize fully that she
mas been tenderly nurthred, and that
she is very dear to you; also that
her home is one in which abe has
oeen surrounded by every luxury.
But she is willing to leave it."
Can you"
No, sir; can't quite maintain her
In the style to which she has been
accustomed, but have good salary,
and | am ready to chance it. So Is
she"
"Will you"
Yes. sir: l will keep my life in
sured for sum sufficient to provide
Tor her If l should be taken away"
Would you"
No, sir; l would not expect to live
with the family. l am able to buy
and furnish modest home for her"
Young man." said Mr.. Spudlong,
looking at his watch. 81 rather like
your style You can have her.
Good"
Morning, sir"
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# -
Too Rich to SPELL,

Il WISH" said Mrs. Parvenu to her
daughters teacher, that you would
drop spelling from the list of Janet's
studies"
Drop spelling!" exclaimed the
teacher. "Why?"
1T is SO common" replied Mrs.
Parvenu. Everybody learns to SPELL"
But your daughter will need the
knowledge" protested the teacher.
She'll need 1t for her correspondence,
and"
Enough" interrupted Mrs. Parvenu
haughtily. Evidently you cannot rise
above the common level My daugh-
ter will move in the highest circles
OF society, and will be rich enough to
have private secretary to write any
thing that she does not wish to have
printed. l do not wish to have her
time wasted. Royal Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01

In the end. / have faith in tn coun-
try. an in the people that live here
an nobody's sick baby is a goin' to
suffer If / kin help any
We'll. it was the same thing at
Harlow's grocery, an tn coal yard.
everywhere in tn town. 'Cert'nlee,
Mr.. Williams. we'll see y through on
this It made me feel mean an small
some way, though I don't know why.
An often when they'd put in a few
oranges or somethin' like that, sayin'
in 'pologizin' sort of way, little
somethin' fer tn sick baby, Williams,
why somehow 1t made a hard lump
come up in my throat, an I had a
queer feelin' in my eyes, kinder achy
like, y know.
We'll, to be short about It, fer eight
weeks you KEEP a gittin' weaker an
weaker, an we KEEP feelin' more n
more hopeless. 1t was a sad Christ
mas in our home that year. Your ma
was jest wore out with watchin' an
tryin' to do her work between times,
an was so nigh sick with trouble an
encouragement t ust to 60 around
by the barn an jest cry like baby
But l never let on to your ma though,
ner she t. me. We tried t. encourage
each other though we knowed in our
hearts t all our cheerful words was
lies, an each one knowed the other
knowed 1t too.
well, Jest tn night before New
Years Doc. called us outside your
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
A Journalistic Phenorn1lenon.

Hack Writer ION Daily Blowhard)---
Please don't disturb me now, dear.
Eve got column editorial to write
on "The Marvellous Success OF the
Daily Blowhard, the Phenomenon Of
Modern Journalism"
His Wife, only wanted to ask you
for a little money to buy bread and
milk for the children.
H. W.-very sorry, my dear. but
haven't a cent. The Daily Blowhard
hasn't paid any salaries for three
veeks.--N. =. Weekly
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
NEW INVENTIONS OF NOTE.
Hen That VIII Not Scratch and : Piu
That Never Runs Away.

1t may have escaped the attention
OF the people, but 1t Ia nevertheless a
fact that the last summer has been
extraordinarily fruitful in Inventions,
says Judge.
A farmer in New Egypt, N. j., apply
ing the methods of Wizard Burbank
to the poultry yard, has evolved a
scratches hen which promises to rev.
olutionize fancy gardening.
The New Egypt hen Is set up on the
usual hen plan. with this difference:
One leg is two inches shorter than
the other BY reason OF this shortage
one side of the hen goes at q slower
pace than the other, which has the re-
suit of curvature In her locomotion.
In other words, this hen, starting for
the freshly seeded garden in a direct
line, as hens will, finds herself mys-
teriously shunted aside. When she
thinks she has arrived at the garden
she Is most nightly mistaken, for she
has merely gone the circle and arrived
back at her own doorstep. Simple
as this idea Is and effectual in curbing
the nomadic propensities of the hen,
the invention has laid dormant In the
human brain for all these countless
million years. A mere two-inch d.
versity in the underpinning circular.
ICES the motion of the hen for time and
eternity.
A man in Pugwash. Me-, has hit upon
an idea SO like that of the New Egypt
man that he might almost pass for the
same. The pugwash man has sue
ceeded in breeding what he calls the
fenceless pig. This is a pig with one
eye eliminated. and 1t is found that
the single optic affects the pig just as
the short leg affects the hen. Each
tends in a circular course and conse.
quently never wanders far from home.
The invention is said to be worth mil
lions to the western farmers and
herders. doing away entirely with the
necessity for fences.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
Folk Denounces MaiI.order Idea

Addressing meeting of retail mer-
chants In Jefferson city recently. Gov
ernor Folk, of Missouri, said:
I'VE are proud of our splendid
cities, and we want TO increase wealth
and population, and we also want our
country towns to grow. We Wish the
city merchants to build up, but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. I do not believe in tho mail
order citizen. II a place is good
enough for man to live In and to
make his money In, Its good enough
for him to spend his money In.
"No merchant can succeed without
advertising In one way or another.
Patronize your town papers, build
them up, and they win build the town
up In increased trade and greater op-
portunities. Do not be afraid that
business Is geing to be hurt by the re-
cent exposures of wrong-doing in the
world"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
One Declined.

Many years ago Philadelphia cloth.
ing manufacturer received a contract
for making uniforms for the telegraph
operators along the line of one of the
railroads. In order to measure the
operators along the line he sent tele
grams asking them to meet him on the
station platforms.
He sent this telegram to the opera.
tor at one of the small stations:
Meet me on the arrival of the 2:15
p. m. train. Wear nothing but shirt
and trousers"
At the appointed time he reached
this station and inquired for the opera.
tor. He saw young woman looking
embarrassed. She said. in answer &c
his inquiry:
Il am the telegraph operator arr
am here In response to your summons;
but I decline to comply with your In
structions as TO appareI. Boston
Post.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01

taken; but Alice laughed at the idea,
and declared that she was competent
to guard her pocket If Mabel was not
They went shopping, and Alice insist
ed on putting her purse in her pocket
1t had been there for five minutes
before Mabel, from pure love of mis-
chief, took 1t out unperceived by Alice
and put 1t in her own pocket. The
girls became separated ON Broadway
and the purse must have fallen out of
Mabels pocket when you saw her.
Alice did not miss 1t till she saw 1t
in your hand; and then-what could
she thirk?"
"Oh, Mr.. Felix" exclaimed Alice.
please forgive me! Mabel and had
a tiff over those wretched pockets. and
we did not speak for whole week TIL
this morning, when she came to make
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01

room. Oh. how my heart sunk then!
I don't want to hold out any false
hopes to you people, he says, but
think with proper care from now on.
your little girl is goin' t. git WELL
Elsie, 1t seemed jest like a ton Of
hay had been lifted off my chest right
there. AS fer your ma, why she Jest
busted down an cried as hard as she
could. After Doc. was gone we went
out to the kitchen an kneeled down
right there an thanked God fer the
most glorious New Years gift he ever
give t. anybody in tn world-the
health of our baby girl. You know
your pa amt no ranter er shouter;
yer ma bein' Baptist has furnished
most of tn r'ligion fer our house, but
jest then I seen how 1t was that they
comes times in peoples lives when
they've jest got to have somethin'
bigger an greater than anything hui
man t. turn to with a great joy er
great sorrer.
well, 1t was long time yet before
you was strong enough t. play out
doors, an 1t was a hard winter.
burned every post of the fence around
the south eighty fer firewood afore
1t was over. But 1t seemed like we
had so much t. be thankful fer that
we was strong t. care fer any any of
tn smaller troubles that we come
acrost.
at really hain't so bad to look back
at 1t now after tn trouble Is over. but
them hard years in Kansas drove
nearly all our neighbors t. give up
their land an move away, broke in
hopes an pocketbook. Them of us as
stayed is purity well fixed now, but
we fit fer everything we got, an fit
hard, too. An, o. yes, about tn caty-
logs. Well after you was well an
things begun t. take a turn fer tn
better, one night ma brought out that
Chicago book an laid 1t on the kitch-
en- table an says: .Ezry, what do you
want t. do with this?' An / seq: Les
burn it, An your ma seq: Jest what
l was thinkin', too An SO we did
burn it, an what's more. we amt
never had one in tn house since, an
we never send away fer anything we
can git at any of the stores In Huston,
cause we want to deal with them MS
has an interest in the country we live
in, an In us people that live clost by.
why. you needn't Of put yours In
tn stove, too, Elsie, didn't mean
yes. don't know but what It's Jest as
well y done It after ALL"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
Twas Ever Thus.

The girl I am engaged to-" re-
marked Singleton, SIS an earthly an
gel. I imagine can see a halo on her
head"
"Oh. Of course" rejoined Wedderly.
But shortly after marriage you will
find the halo transformed into an ex.
pensive bonnet" Chicago Daily
News.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
Bruised with Ideas.

Your husband Is not looking well
tonight. Mrs. Rhymer."
He isn't, and I'm not at all sur
prised at it.
mo? Has he been overworking
himself lately?"
1T isn't that so much; it's his orig
inality. Why, that man is struck with
SO many original ideas that his mind
must be one mass of uises."-Royal
Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
Home Affair.

rome AFFAIR.
Gunner-You look worried, old man.
What's the trouble?
Guyer-Terrible gridiron accident.
Gunner-You don't say. Some of
your friends killed while playing foot
ball?
Guyer-Worse than that. MY wife
scorched the steak to crisp on the
grfdiron and now I'll have to go with.
out my dinner.-Chicago Daily News.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01

1t up. To my horror she presented
me with another purse in place of the
one she had lost. and then saw what
a fearful thing / had DONE"
There was a short silence. AND
then ! laughed. heartily and long. ]
dined with the Featherstones that
evening. And-er-well, to put the
matter In nutshell, my wife has blue
eyes. clear and bright. like glimpses
of heaven. To some extent i deserve
my Rachel. Did I not serve seven
days for her?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
Wasted Efforts.

"One is as foolish as the other" re.
marked the audible thinker.
What are you talking about?"
queried the party Of the interlocutor's
part.
The woman who is married to a
man to reform him and the man who
marries woman to inform her." ex-
planned he of the noisy thoughts
Chicago Daily News.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
A Serious Matter.

Young Wife-What? Do you mean
to say your brother and his wife have
given up housekeeping and gone to
boarding?
Husband-Yes; but what difference
does that make?
Young Wife-Oh, nothing; only In
about week or so they'll be dropping
in every day to meals.-N. Y. Weekly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01

for. We hadn't been tradIn' much
with the stores In Huston, buyin'
mostly from the catyiog folks y know,
an so we didn't have any credit there
to speak OF. But went T. Foster, tn
druggist, an told him how things
was. didn't have no money T. pay
fer tn medicine an things. an the
prospects fer the next year was as
poor er poorer than tn last.
why cert'nlee, Mr.. Williams he
says. Jest let us know what you want
an we'll carry you along till times
come better fer you. We're all In a
tight pinch now. but If we hang t'geth-
er things is all goin' TO come out right
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
Repartee.

Pa" said little Willie. cant you
spare enough money to buy me
gum"
MY son. am going to get you
gun when / can spare boy--not be-
fore. Royal Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
Mixture Of Many Nations.

Louis N. Parker, the dramatist, was
born in France; his father was an
American. his mother an Nnglish
woman; his first language was italian
and he was educs ted in Germany.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
He'd CHANGE His Tactlc..

Collector-This is the last time
shall ask for the amount Of this bill.
Delinquent-Yes?
CollectorF-Yes. The next time I
shall stand out In the street and yell
for it.-Royal Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
The Modern peflnitlon.

"Pa, whats genius?"
Nowadays" replied father, ITS
man who succeeds on . large scale"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
a Slam.

Puff-Who do you think was after
me when you saw me running down
the street yesterday?
Miss Cayenne-Can't imagine Didn't
know that anybody ever wanted you
badly enough to run after you.--De-
troit Free Press.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01

Proprietor-Where is the premiere
dansuese?
Stage Manager-She sent word that
shc has a cold in her head and can't
dance.
Proprietor-And where is the prima
donna?
Stage Manager-o, she got cold
feet.-Philadelphia Press.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01
lK4AA z 81 aIzE%lD zAA|,
GEyUC11[a[5D~ SE]O[l[5 IS
A Good conundrum.

A Good conundrum.
Il have a conundrum for you
What kind of dog is the dog starr.
Il give it up"
"A Skye terrier, of course. Royal
Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-01

I The Purse and the Prisoner I
By ALFRED HURRY 8

By ALFRED HURRY
Observation-Disclosures

Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles.,