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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01
PAY-As-Y oU-ENTER CAR.
The Montreal Plan" to ~ Tried on
Chicago Transit Lines.

NV mpWFSAl FlNW ~ 30 lEtSG w
Chicago Transit Lines.
The Chicago City Railway company
has decided to try the experiment of
pay-as-you-enter street car which Pres
ident Mitten promised some months
ago, says the Chicago Tribune. 1t ID
what Is known as the Montreal plan"
and works well In that city. The only
thing bothering Mr.. Mitten is whether
1t VIII work equally well in Chicago. 1t
is one of those things which the people
have to be educated up to, and he Ia
doubtful Of his ability as public edu-
Gator.
The Montreal cars are equipped with
a dividing rail on the rear platform
so as to separate as far as possible the
passengers getting on and off at the
same time. Passengers getting on the
front platform can only get into the
car when the door is opened from the
inside. II is locked to outsiders. The
conductor stands on the rear platform
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01
LINEWTCH'S HOT
shot, FOR JAPAN,
Russian General Warns America
Of Her Peril In the Pacific.
SEES NO WAY TO AVOID IT.

Declares Our Commercial and Military
supremacy IL Seriously Threatened.
War With Japan, He Believes, Would
be Most Awful Experience America
Could Undergo.
when General Nicholas Llnevitch,
commander In chief OF the Russian
military and naval forces during the
war with Japan, was recently asked
b1 tho g. Petersburg correspondent OF
the New York American to express his
opinion on far eastern politics IN gen
eral and on the mutual relations OF the
United States and Japan In particular
No said:
Having spent great part. OF my
life IN the far east, | do not hesitate 70
comply; oil the more 10 because con.
slider THAI what have 10 say Ia In the
interests Of all white men.
America made two grieVous mis-
takes IN her far eastern policy, and
both these mistakes have had the ef-
feet OF weakening her position In the
Pacific. First, America favored Japan
during the late war; secondly, she en-
gineered the Portsmouth peace, The
United States could lose nothing from
the increase Of Ruasia'a authority In
east Asia, America went there for
trade only, aud Russia was not trade
rival, The continuation OF the war
would have seriously weakened Japan
commercially and politically and for a
generation delivered America from a
powerful rival In the Pacific. But Mr..
Roosevelt fiFst helped Japan to victory
and then helped her to'reap the fruits
" victory, as II American patriotism
consisted In making japan one OF the
greatest powers on earth.
l consider that this powerful new
japan now threatens Americas exist
ence as a Pacific power. She win de-
atroy American trade, Her subjects.
n allowed to settle freely In American
possessions. win undermine the eco
nomle prosperity OF the white Amer
leans. During my long residence IN
east Asia hadsopportunltles for study
ing the effect Of Japanese immigration.
The Japanese regarded Russian terri.
tory as sponge 20 be squeezed They
took low wages spent not a kopeck,
many even brought with them boxes
Of rice for their own consumption,
America can suffer even more from
Aaiatic settlers, as the standard of liy.
ang II high
Of course America can exclude Jap
aneae from the Pacific coast. but from
that must arise political danger l
am convinced that any action against
Japanese interests In America, wheth.
or on the part Of tho federal govern.
ment or OF the local authorities or cit
tEens. would be . prelude to war In
which America could gain nothing and
wonld probably lose much. The Phil.
appines she would inevitably lose. All
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01
UNCLE DOE OPTIMISTIC.
Plenty o. Chances 10 Get Money. says
the Speaker.

Plenty Of Chances 10 Get Money, Says
the Speaker.
Speaker Cannon, addressing 5000
people at Tuscola. ILL.,. the other day,
gave an impressive lesson In optimism,
says a Chicago special dispatch to the
New York Herald. He stood on the
steps Of the courthouse, where In the
early sixties he had made his start as
the youngest district attorney for
Douglas county, In part he said;
'some Of the croakers say that the
rich are growing richer and the poor
poorer. This would be bad n true. OF
course there ara some rich men IN the
United States-R Rockefeller. Hartman,
Morgan and the rest have a lot Of
monay-but how many millionaires are
there In this country How many
could you namef Not 4 thousand.
Suppose. though, we say there are so.
600 millionalrea. Even then that leaves
the Eest Of the wealth owned by the
rest OF the eighty odd million inhablt.
ants. Never has any population OF
equal sine accumulated one-thlrd az
much. Why, you young people here
today have a lot more chance for your
white alley than l had when I was q
boy
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BATH POOLS IN SCHOOLS

Washington omslAl Would Have
Swimming IN the Curriculum.
Swimming as part Of the curricu.
lum Of the public schools In washing.
ton Is recommended BY Henry B, Ia
Wis. inspector OF plumbing OF the dis,
triet. IN bis annual report. says the
Washington Herald. Mr.. Davis sug,
gests the providing OF pool baths in
the public schools. which might serve
a. FREE lighthouses when not In use BY
the public authorities.
"Tf swimming had been made com.
pnlsory In our schools some years
ago" says the report. sthe community
would probably have been spared the
series OF distressing fatal accidents IN
the river during the past few years
Mr.. Davis urges the establishment
In Washington Of public baths 20 be
open the entire year. These. he says.
are a ''ciyic necessity as IL shown by
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01

Il calculate to go to the city some
day myself" she said. Tell me about
New York" And Fanshaw, glad Of
such listener, plunged in at once
with descriptions Of Broadway and
Wall street, the rush, the clamor, the
glitter, Of it all. The girl listened, en-
tranced. Even Mrs. Farley hung on
every word.
II often tell Josiah it's a shame" she
burst out, "that we live right here
from year to year and never get away.
Why, the biggest place we've ever
been to is clifford Junction. And
guess that, though the stores there
seem big enough for me, they wouldn't
be anything In New York"
"Oh, don't know" said Fanshaw
quickly, fearing that his enthusiasm
might have sown the first seeds of dis
content. "Pienty of New Workers would
be glad to own such beautiful place
as this"
Mrs. Farley glowed with pleasure.
'T'll tell that to Josiah" she exclaimed.
'He thinks there's nothing like the
farm. And 1 hope" she added, "that
II you're passing by this way you'll
stop in and see us some time again"
Fanshaw promised that he would.
All at once the chattering groups on
the hotel veranda seemed vapfd and
uninteresting. he discovered that golf
and tennis bored him unutterably.
Even the plans for the flower cotillon
to be held three weeks hence failed to
inspire him, though only the day be-
fore he had been one Of the prime NOV
ers of the innovation. The sweets of
popularity had become suddenly taste
less, for the very reason perhaps that
Fanshaw had had more than his share.
Every one liked the broad shoulder
ed, frank eyed young fellow, from the
senior partners Of the law firm where
he was making conspicuous progress
to the freckled urchins that followed
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road. Yet now that he had questioned
his dairy divinity he was once more
alert; his Cleanliness had fallen from
him with astonishing quickness. But
before the girl could reply an older
woman looked from the doorway, and
1t was her voice that answered him.
She was plump and kindly, with a
face like December apple, ruddy and
bit withered. II was evident that
few visitors passed that way, and she
was urgently hospitable in her desire
that Fanshaw should not only refresh
himself with her buttermilk, but that
he should drink It In comfort, indicat-
Ing bench inside the dairy where the
air seemed like a mountain spring COM
pared to the drowsy blaze of noon
without Fanshaw's horse was con-
tentedly cropping beneath the shade Of
a giant oak. and Fanshaw himself
was equally contented and inclined to
hnger. He learned that this pleasant
bit OF rolling country was the Farley
farm, and in return he vouchsafed the
Information that he had come from the
AAAAAAARNA AA0ANNt NAN WIKI ARNGA VI q
summer colony some eight miles away.
AS he talked he glanced from time to
time at the girl.
"a princess OF curis and cream" he
thought to himself. Il wonder how
such n jewel came to have a rustic
settingv'
II suppose you live here with yonr
aunt. Mrs. FarleyT' he haEarded.
The girl smiled.
"Mrs. Farley Is not my aunt" she
answered In a soft, drawing voice.
"I'm an orphan. l work here"
Mrs. Farley opened her mouth as II
to add something to this speech, then.
thinking better Of It closed 1t again
and. rising. went to a shelf near By
and continued her skimmlng.
The girl regarded Fanshaw with
wide. childlike blue eyes.
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The world was full OF snobs. SuppoA
his dairy divinity should be slighta
patronlzed.
"JOve," cried a man at Fanshaw's 2
bow, Il thought that Miss Van Rem
syn was at NewportF'
Fanshaw stared. There, coming 2
ward him. was a princess of curds %
cream-the cream of white, giistenlns
satin, the curds OF biIlowIng lace
"Oh," he groaned beneath his bresn
what an unmitigated fool rye beer
more stupid than the dullest dullard
"Yes." said Miss Van Remsyn, ~
ding, duh enough to prefer the scsk
II Of a poor little country girl-ou-
enough to be chlvalrous, to ignore q
inexperience. her ridiculous attempa
at dress.'
Dull enough to be madly IN le'
with her." cried Fanshaw in half S'
age hopelessness.
Il shouldn't call that dull" murma
ed Miss Van Remsyn. with a huns
Gus upward glance.
''DO you mean that there'd Be
ghost Of a chance for meg" stammeis
Fanshaw. suddenly joyful
"oh, HOLSTER. are you quite, Gun
blindr' said Esmeralia the second
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A Second
ESmeraIdo.
By cOAstanee D'Arcy NAckay.
Copyright. 1907. by N. N. Cunningham.
Copyright. 1901. by NJ. NJ. Cunningham.

When HOLSTER Fanshaw first caught
sight Of her she was standing at the
door Of a dairy, her hands clasped be
hind her head. Her gown Of rose col
ored print accentuated the lines Of her
supple figure Her golden brown hair
was gathered in a heavy coil at the
nape Of her neck. Beside her stood a
Drumming milk pail, its sides cleaning
as the light struck them.
Fanshaw paused. The roads over
which he had ridden we're dusty and
parched under the heat of the July
sun, and suddenly this dairy, set in its
cool expanse Of fields, seemed a most
desirable place. Near by was the farm
to which 1t belonged, a rambling old
fashioned homestead. Fanshaw's eyes
swept 1t In one comprehensive glance
and returned to the girl at the dairy
door. He decided that nothing short
Of a glass of milk could quench his
thirst Dsmounting, he tethered his
horse TO the fence.
Gould you tell me the road to Berke-
ley?" he inquired, for the truth was
he had lost his way twice that morn
ing, not so much from neglect Of read
ing the signposts as from dreamy In
attention to their pointing fingers, for
the spell of the great outdoors was on
him, and he reveled in the air laden
with the mingled fragrances Of wood
and field, the lure of the long white
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period.
They were 50 lnnocently plea.
what Mrs Farley termed 'tg..
Ings" that HOLSTER Fanshaw
the heart to protest. He tactfa
gested that the road TO the ~
long and dusty and would Wort
with such finery and that nv
sprigged muslins that EsmeraIas
every day would do eaualtv
whereat Mrs. Farley merely
and produced two long black h.
zine cloaks antedating even the -
silk and blue cashmere. Thaes
said, would cover them from ~
foot so closely that not a speck n b.
could penetrate,
For a moment Fanshaw waahs,
He had a fieeting vision Of thess
absurdly old fashioned figures am.s.
the ultra smart crowd at the HlIIb,s.s
Then his eyes met Esmeraldas
a-sparkle with anticipation, and x !.
wardly called himself a coward ~ (
snob. Whatever the outward sgms.
Of dress might be, there was not W
at Hillbrook who could compare -
this princess Of curds and cream
The night Of the dance was eIs,.
and cool. A breeze swept across \.
land and meadow. Even the loo-
cious Mrs. Farley seemed to feel n
summer silence and on the way a,
the farm to Hlllbrook spoke hardlv /.
word. Esmeralda, too, was am
From the folds of her all enshroud
black bombazine cloak her neck v
white and slender. Her cheeks w.
family flushed, her eyes like gtsr
Never, thought Fanshaw, had she Nv
ed more beautiful.
Some people on the broad ho.a
veranda paused curiously to watch ~
arrival Of HOLSTER Fanshaw and NJ
guests.
The moment that passed while Nh
Farley and Esmeralda removed en-
wraps was a miserable one FOR III
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end WIN Lena Mennonite.

Nora Cassidy, aged ten years, com
mitted to memory 1000 verses OF the
Bible within one week. The twelve
year-old daughter OF John G, Triplett
committed all OF the New Testament
10 memory within three months, dur
ing which time her study was inter
rupted by an attack OF measles. Both
girls live In North Carolina hamlet.
says a Richmond special dispatch to
the New York World The Rev. John
n. Moore told a Baptist Sunday school
convention about them the other day,
He urged that unless the Bible Is
studied while the memory Is active the
fruits Of the study win not be retained.
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him about the golf course. He had
won his own way up. His friends
were the friends Of a man who had a
seemingly lnexhaustible supply Of ma
tive energy and pluck He worked
hard, and. when time for recreation
came he played hard, throwing himself
into the enjoyment of his present va
cation with all the zest and ardor of a
boy.
His plans now had but one focus
point-the Farley farm. Sometimes 1t
was in the morning he rode over, some
times late afternoon: but, whether late
or early, fate favored him. Esmeralda
was always there, now molding butter
with swift touches of her deft fingers,
now pulling up tiny marauding weeds
from the thrifty flower beds. And. as
always, her talk, beginning where 1t
might, ended with the perpetually fas-
cinating topic Of the city. Again and
again he was forced 10 describe it for
her, while Esmeralda listened with un-
tagging attention, but when, to amuse
her, he talked lightly and cleverly Of
the summer colony at Berkeley she
paid little heed till he mentioned the
flower cotillon, and then she was like
a child in her eagerness.
Would you like TO go?' asked Fan
shaw without waiting to consider the
wisdom Of the impulse.
Esmeralda was radiant, though Mrs.
Farley was dubious concerning clothes.
Yet when Fanshaw rode over next
morning 1t appeared that the question
had been joyfully settled, and ESmer-
aida called to him from the upstairs
window that If he would only wait she
and Mrs. Farley would be down. Aft
er short pause they came, Mrs. Far
ley hrst in brown silk dress whose
sleeves and panniers had graced fash
Ions that held sway some ten years
ago while Esmeralda's pale blue cash
mere BELONGED to an even earlier
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slsSEssgssE 5000

and collects the fares as the passen-
gers get aboard.
At the start only one car on each line
win be equipped in this manner. 1t
will be case Of trying 1t on the
dog" II 1t Is found that the plan
works, then It viii be extended to the
remaining cars. All the new cars
which have been ordered can be con-
verted to meet these conditions II
wanted. The thing feared by the
street car managers, however, Is that
Chlcagoans are 30 armly fixed In the
habit Of getting aboard street car
any way which comes handy that
plans OF this sort viii go wrong.
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puI That Runs J TreadmlII

Thomas Hill, Lawrenceville On. ~
farmer, has returned to the use of oxen
on his farm, says a Trenton On. j.
special dispatch to the New York
Times He says be hnds them cheaper
and better than horses or mules He
has trained q bull TO run a treadmill,
which pumps water, chuFns butter and
does all Of that kind Of work. The
bull, Hill says, beats a windmill or
gasoline engine "an to pieces" Other
farmers are watching the experiment,
and "horseless farms" may soon be
popular.
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Among the many anecdotes rela.
Of the old Turkish joker Nasir Eaa..
KhOdja is the following: khodJa W ~.
one evening TO the well to draw Wan
and, looking down to the bottom y.
saw the moon. Quickly he ran in.o !. =
house and got a rope with a hook :.
tackled to the end of it. This ne -
cred into the well. The hook caus-
fast on a stone KhOdja pulled 80
perately, the hook gave way. ana - -.
was the joker. fat on his back -
ing up into the sky. Upon my 50. :,
he exclaimed, perceiving the moon
have had a bad fall. but | have
the moon back In its place"
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the fact that practically every large
city in Germany, England, switzer.
land and Austria has one or more
baths. some sufficiently large to &C
commodate 100 persons at one time.
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The Earth Beaten.

The old. old earth
For all It's worth
Keeps travelling through space.
And as Il tears
Along II wears
A palned look on its face.
And then Il speaks
As On Il saeaks:
This pace Il makes me daft;
cannot last,
Though travelling fast,
I can't keep up with Taft"
New York omA
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-06-01
Notice To Contractors

Sealed proposals addressed to the County
Commissioners # Cecil Ounty, ElktOn,
Maryland, endorsed proposals for lmprov-
Ing the Public Highway between Elkton and
Chesapeake City, known as the Chesapeake
city Road will be received up to ~ O'Clock
noon, June Srd. 1907 when they will be pub
licly opened and read.
All proposals must be made on forms fur
nished by the State Geological survey Com
mission, to be obtained through its Office in
Baltin ore. Bids otherwise made out will
not be considered
The work to be done includes the grading
and matchmaking OF about one mile of
road, according to the plans and Specitica-
lions on file at the Office of the County Com
missioners.
steam roller and stone c-usher will be
Furnished the Contractor by the county I'M
der conditions named in the contract and
specifications.
Each propose, must be accomp panied by a
certified check for two hundred dollars
200 00), payable to the County Commits
sioners Of Cecil County, which will be re-
turned un ess the successful bidder falls to
execute a contract, in which case his check
Will become the property OF the County.
The County Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD.
may lS3t
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Teachers Examination

An Examination Tor Teachers Certificates
Will tie held at the Howard Street school,
Elkton beginning at - "A. M. on MONDAY
and IT + DA y, June 10th and llth, for Sec
ond Grade Certificates: and on " tDN Els
DAY ana THURSDAY, jane i2th and 18th,
for First Grade.
Applicants for First Grade must mold "A
Second Grade Certificate.
Males must be nj least ~ years Old, females
Is wears.
Trustees must see the teachers certificate
before appointing.
Positively none viii be received who are
under the legal age.
GEORGE BIDDLE,
may 252t County Superintendent.
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WOOdlawn Camp Meeting

The Camp Meeting commences August Z,
and continues two weeks. Persons tenting
can have the use of these tents a week before
the camp opens by notifying the Secretary;
no extra charge will be made for that time.
Rent OF tents as follows:
Canvas Tent 12x16 with floor, So
Canvas Tent 14x20 with floor, $40
Extra Fly for covering The kitchen S.
since water can be procured upon the
ground every part of the ground is desirable
for tentipg To secure tents early, applica-
ton will have to be made to
&. =. ABRAHAMS, Secretary,
Port Deposit, Md,
may lS-l0t X. f. ID. No. l.
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Mr.. Harry Smithson. OF Hayrc de
Grace, spent Sunday with Miss Bertha
Mcdowell.
The annual excursion from Balti-
more to the Silver Gross Home is cX-
pected Saturday, June l.
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Local Jottings


Til, hour oi evening service in
Trinity Church, beginning with to-
morrow. the first Sunday in June, will
be 645 until further notice.
WHY not see about those new car
riapes now, and consult Burns Bros
Havre de Grace, Md. Never were
their carriages better and never was
the demand for them so great. aDr 6-ti
ri, ,-.r, ..,,,,,,, C.a,,,,,..,,.,.,....
w.. 81 Iro~ ~r.,r' CII |
minister will be held Iunc ia with
evcrrisrs each dav Thr mr,Ir,tina
SASS consists al eleven ynnnT mem and
t;f,arn vo,na Indies
1r C.o,'.. a...,....,D r
w. NiI'S ~, "u''l1I.'tI 'II IN, -
'I@oNv, anu .l'Ieit N, 81, lruS-
ICES on Nl"'I''"; i"s'' S"iu inc farm 81
. acres 'T"," i0I,it'y D! Nnar,ea r.
LIhoe a'lI Jo1n ;I,IIr W ~, was
ICsJ ''ss ,, III ;'ie w ~ ~ O''"'''' F.
I'l''ue ana N'iv' ''' F5'5=''
MIR. Nicholas Schmltz, OF the |. ;.
Department OF Agriculture. gave the
WIG very enjoyable and profitable
call, one day last week. Mr.. Schmntz
Is an expert on alfalfa and is placing
plans IN the hands OF a lew OF CcclIS
farmers for the starting OF intelligent
and successful cultivation OF this hay.
We are sure it will be to your adj
vantage to place no orders until you
have seen our stock. As the work we
are putting out this season, for fine
ness OF materials. expert Workman
ship and fine fitting qualities, cannot
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-06-01
Notice To Contractors
w. J. HAMILTON

Sealed proposals addressed to the County
Commissioners Of Cecil County, EIkton,
Maryland, 81 dorset "PropuSa! for improv-
ig the IUhllc Highway between Flkton
and -lngerlv, known a the Plank Road"
viii be received mp 10 II ocloct noon, June
jId, 1907. when they Will be publicly opened
and read
All proposals must lie made on forms fur
niShcd by the state Geological SurNey COM
missions, to be obtained through Its office
in Baltimore Bids otherwise made out Will
not be considered
The work TO he done Includes the grading
and macad mixing of about one mile of
road, according tn T. e plans and Spccitica-
tiuns on tie at the oilice OF the county com
miSSiOners
Each proposal must be accom- panied nv Il
certified cheek iur two hundred dollars
+20L00,) payable 10 the County Commits
sloners of tecil County. which viii be re-
turned unless the successful bidder fails to
execute a contract, in which case his check
viii become the property OF the county.
The County commissioners reserve the
right TO reject any ar all bids
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD.
NAV IL Il
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TO TRESPASSERS
LOS
Proposals for Bridge

The County Commissioners ofCecil County
will receive bids for a new bridge over
Waterford Run, on ElktOn and Chesapeake
City road, al their Office in Elkt0n, on June
~, at II noon. Plans and specifications on
Tile at Commissioners Otlicp in EIktou on
and after June 10. The Commissioners re
serve the right 10 reject any and all bids.
g. a. BENJAMIN.,
June Lit President.
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eg'To OUR SUBSCRIBERS WILL YOU
KINDLY NOTICE THE DATE OF THE
LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND MAKE
US REMITTANCE IN ACCORDANCE
THEREWITH?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-06-01

An Examination will be held at the How
ard Street School, Elkton, on MONDAY and
TUESDAY, June 10th and nth, to begin at
a. M, for those who wish Free Scholar
ships at the State Normal Schools
Books and Tuition Free Graduates re-
ceive First Grade Life Certificates.
GEORGE BIDDLE,
may 22.3t County superintendent.