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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
TRAGEDY OF THE
Love TEST
BY CYNTHIA GREY,

she tested his love.
Perhaps she didn't mean 1t as
a test, but it was. -...
He proved true blue. The pity
of it was she never knew how blue.
They came on Christmas morn
ing, Hhree of them, three silk
neckties.
One was turquoise blue. one a
rose pink, and the third was Nue
green. They were all four-in-hands
and she had not been stingy with
materials. They were all over
wide and long enough to loop up.
OF course they were handmade,
with love in every one of the
stitches.
The first time he went to see her
he wore the blue one. 1t was not
becoming to his style of beauty
and he knew it. but she blushed so
prettily when she saw the tie that
he lied like a hero, thanked her
in words he had not intended to
use, and in his enthusiasm over
her pleasure pronounced the whole
lot beautiful beyond compare and
(the saints save his soulD swore
that for years he had wanted tur-
quoise blue necktie.
The next time he went to call he
wore the Nile green and looked
like a lemon. That night he waxed
eloquent over his fondness for Nile
green.
She smiled and dimpled so ador-
ably that it was luxury to lie to
her and-to wear the tie.
The pink one was the Waterloo.
It brought out in his complexion
color that was a cross between a
salmon pink and the lobster shades.
Even the girl herself thought he
had fever, and he never could have
forgiven that tie had she not in
sisted upon spending the evening
feeling his pulse and doctoring him.
But the young fellow was true
blue. He wore every one of those
ties to tatters, and only his mother
and two or three of her most init
mate friends know that he took
oet most of the wear by stringing
them back and forth around the
bed post.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09

BERLIN, Jan. 9. - Government
ownership of railways in Germany
has been organized as nearly as
possible in the way it wall have to
be done in the United States if
America ever tries it.
Practically all the railways in
Germany, 10000 miles, are govern
ment owned, but instead of compris-
ing single national system the
various lines form a series of state
systems, cooperating by interstate
agreement. Notwithstanding the
fact that there are II different sys-
tens of state ownership within the
empire, the railways work smoothly
and without friction. A national
convention meets from time to time
in order to secure uniformity of
service.
The greater part of the German
railways, $4,000 miles, are in the
possession of Prussia.
Thirty years ago the Prussian
government Systematically acquired
or constructed railway lines, which
might on occasion be important for
military reasons. The state rail-
way lines were worked with such
success from the very beginning
that surpluses were realized, so that
the government was able to extend
lines into sparsely populated dis
tricts. Extension was not pursued
without opposition within the Prus-
sian parliament, and ultimately reg
ulations weer made for the disposal
of the annual surplus. in order to
prevent the financial side being I'M
duly developed to the detriment of
the economy of the state, or vice
versa. Measures were taken also
to preserve the national credit, for
the requirement of private railways
and the construction Of new lines
doubled the national debt.
BY 1882 the annual surplus Of the
receipts over the expenditure of the
Prussian state railways was approx.
imately $35.OOO.OOO. In 1904 it
amounted to $160,O00,000. This lat.
ter surplus is equal to a dividend
of TIT per cent on the invested
capital.
Up to 1905 the Prussian govern
ment had expended $2.225,730, 402
for Matchmaking the railways and
extending the existing railway sys-
TEN.
All the publicly owned railway
systems of the smaller German
states are not so successful as those
of Prussia. but the majority make a
profit equivalent to or per cent
ON the inveted capital. There Is no
state in which the public ownership
of railways results in q deficit. and
the lowest earning Is equivalent to
3.5 per cent on the capital invested.
Prussia employs $4,000 men on
her railways, each of>whom is en-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
Ten Commandments for
Girls UhO UOuLd Murrv

nipped by the frost. He has a good
income. He looks on the world
genially. So he pets her, and
shields her, and delights in pleas
ing her fancies as he would in buy
ing toys for a child-and better
than all, he slips gradually into
robust white-hairdom while she Is
still in her prime.
No midnight, peace-disturbing,
mirror-in-hand detective, searching
ing for the first gray hairs and
tie first wrinkles as if they were
criminals. The woman who mar
ries a man 10 or Is years older
than herself escapes the bondage
of the beauty doctor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
THOMPSON BEATS THOMPSON

"Cyclone" Thompson defeated
Maurice Thompson last night at
Ogden. Utah, The seconds of the
latter threw up the sponge two
minutes before the scheduled Is
rounds were finished.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09

Tearing down the Marion block
began this morning. Watson Drug
Co., who have been located In this
building, are now nicely situated at
P33 Riverside ave-, a few doors
last OF Washington theater.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
CITY LEAGUE TO ELECT,

A meeting Of those interested in
the City Baseball league will he
held tomorrow night at the 3. A. A.
C. Officers will be elected. The
reelection Of BILLY" Conner as
president, Is 4. foregone conclusion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
EXHIBITIONS AT S. A. A. C..

The athletic program last night
at the 8. A. A. C. consisted of
wrestling between Joe Adams and
DIR. L. G. Callaghan. Ray STAINS
bury and Walter Murray. George
Douglass and Eddie Johnson boxed
three rounds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
DOESN'T NEED AliMONY.

CLEVELAND. o.. Jan. 9-"Don't
you want alimony?" Judge Chapman
asked Bertha McGhee, applicant
for a divorce from John McGhee.
mo, | don't" she replied. 81 make
$3.50 a day, and | don't have to
get any OF his help. All | want is
to he free"
:. She is
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
THE COLUM BIA.

"The Sultan of Morocco" by the
linn Musical Comedy Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
THE WASHINGTON.

Vaudeville with a comedy sketch
speciality with five people in the
cast.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
CORPORATION SUPPLIES.

Seals. stock books, stamps, letter
heads, envelopes, etc. Spokane
Stamp Works. SIS First av., OPP
poslte Hotel Spokane. zee
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
THE AUDITORIUM.

"The Middleman" by Jessie
Shirley's company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
7heQterS
THE SPOKANE.

Helen Byron opens a double en-
gagement tonight in Sergeant
Kitty" The play is purely comic
opera, claimed to be first class in
that line.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09

"The Heir to the Hoorah" Friday
and Saturday, with matinee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09

WARREN w. MATTHEWS,
Fancy skater at the Princess rink
for the next two weeks.
He made his initial appearance
last night. He is claimed to be one
of the most expert skaters before
the public.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09

No. 5.-Thou shalt rather be an
old mans darling than the slave of
the beauty doctor.
"If ever l marry again it will be
a man old enough to me my
father" confessed a winsome little
widow the other day. 'At least a
man enough older than lam to
keep on thinking I'm young with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09
GERMANY MAKES A MINT OF
MONEY OUT OF HER RAILWAYS

Q This is the first of four o
Q articles describing the OPP o
Q Grafton of public ownership o
Q railways in Europe. o
9 - o Q Q 5000 10000
BY HARRY G. FARMER.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-09

The next article in this series by
Mr.. Farmer will be on the govern
ment owned railroads of Belgium.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

her heart her head sank back, her lips grew
white. How happy they were-how happy
And she-there was nothing for her Only
a dreary barrenness behind, desolate blank
before.
Everybody was expecting to hear of their
engagement. The tea-tattlers had prognosti-
Gated 1t weeks ago.
Oh, yes, they said, Oscar Lascelles would
marry Miss Irene Dudley; there was not the
slightest doubt about 1t = none whatever.
Anybody could see how infatuated he was
about her-there could be but one ending.
As the minutes and hours dragged slowly
by, Agatha still sat on. The air OF the room
had become very close and stihing; she
thought she might find seat in the con-
servatory. 1t would be cooler there.
Rising slowly, she smoothed out the folds
of her skirt. Looking up, she caught sight
Of her reflection in a mirror opposite. Her
face was perfectly colorless; dark, weary
shadows encircled her eyes.
Just at that moment a voice sounded In
her ear. She started, and her hands. clasp
ing her fan. trembled; her breath came in
short, quick gasps
May be favored with the next dante. If
you are not engagedY
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

in her soul. She was keenly sensitive to all
that was lovely In Nature. The glory Of
sunset would make the tears start to her
eyes. Those pure eyes would get a glimpse
of the pearly gates Of heaven, while others,
dimmed by worldly desire. selfish pleasure
and qualification, could see but clouds. Her
thought would take lofty flight, soaring to
a world unseen-a world where sorrow and
suffering were unknown, and the flowers were
Of deathless bloom.
This night she was sitting apart In a shell
tered corner, quiet, unobtrusive, weary. All
her life, even In childhood, she had been
accustomed to be apart" from others. She
what had she to do with the gayety, the
glitter. the gladnessG 1t Jared on her. She
could not share it. Slender, graceful forms in
dainty silkcn robes whirled before her tired
eyes, dazzling them. Flowing skirts made
soft swish agile feet kept time to the music.
Often she had sat and envied these fair ones,
whose faces were flushed with exultant hap
piness, whose brows were unshadowed by
pain or care, in whose eyes lay glistening
laughter. But the shadow would come one
day. The eyes would grow dim; age would
creep on. Pleasure wonld not always satisfy.
There would come time when they. too.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

81 cannot believe 1t Who am I that you
should care for me-when there are others
so much more beautiful No; you do not
love met Is impossible !"
There was silence then. He turned away,
fearing tosmeet her eyes. Her lips parted In
a weary smile.
"Ah mol knew 1t was not true. There
is some mistake-it could not be. There,
will go now; nobody need know"
But he stayed her. He took her hand,
and uttered some words to reassure her
words that seemed to satisfy Some fire of
passion made his eyes burning In their
depths, but 1t was not the brightness of love :;
1t was look of wild despair, bordering on
madness.
He stood looking at her for a moment.
What was there In that tlmid attenuated
form, that pale face. to call forth a mans
worship? But, looking at her, he felt more
than a little of reverence. His heart mis-
gave him. What fatal thing had he done?
His conscience smote him for wronging her.
Why had he chosen her out-this fragile
creature-to be the victim Of a cruel lief
He thought of another face, with shining
hair and eloquent eyes-how beautiful that
was Only at that moment he hated 1t he
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

d n DEAD FAILURE
XII GRACE DARvELL =
III

CONTINUED FROM SECTION ONE.

81 should make myself still more noticeable
II attired myself In gaudy finery; 1t would
contrast yet more conspicuously with my per-
sonallty," Agatha answered, in her quiet way.
She could be firm, too, though she was very
gentle and never lost her temper. Perhaps
the lack of a mothers love was the bitterest
drop in her cup. But the countess could
never move her one iota from anything she
was resolved upon.
Children adored Agatha-children Of the
rich and poor alike. She was never harsh
with them; she always had kind word. and
won their hearts. She was mostly among
the poor. The little ones who had few to
love and care for them had the largest share
Of her affection. 1t was right that she should
give most to the humble and despised Their
curly heads would rest against her breast
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

would be conscious of great void. Their
souls would crave for something that passeth
not away.
She looked at them dreamily, not envious
now-till once, as one pair passed within the
range Of her vision, she felt her look ar
rested. Her pulses beat unsteadiy. They
were a well matched pair. The girl was
young graceful, beautiful; her companion, a
man about thirty, of tall and stalwart frame.
How well she knew that strong, dark face,
those deep, tender eyes, that gentle voice I!
She had seen him many times before at gath
erings like these. She had danced with him
two or three times he had been very kind to
her. Nobody else had been like him-nobody.
She remembered that the touch Of his hand
had fingered; there were moments when she
felt 1t again-moments when more than ever
she became bitterly conscious of her unloveli-
ness of her great loneliness.
She did not sit dispassionate now; she
pressed her hands tightly together-they
were damp and hot. Her brow throbbed with
dull, weary pain; her lips were dry and
burning.
As they spun around In the dreamy waltz
her eyes jealousy, greedily followed. Her
breast heaved rebelliously. As they passed
her again sharp, intense agony shot through
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

all earthly voices, in another world where
she, too, might be beautiful.
One night she was at the Duchess of At
waters ball the earls title was passport
into the best society. But the round Of
gayety and idle pleasure, the sitting In hot,
crowded rooms, attending sometimes no less
than three different gatherings in single
night, the mixing with people who SO little
understood her, were very wearying and dis
tasteful to Agatha. Mentally and physically
1t was a strain upon her. Sometimes great
yearning would come over her, a vain long
ing to go far away from 1t ALL to dwell in
peaceful solitude in some sequestered spot.
She could have been happy in a humble, I'M
pretentious cottage. She had no ambition for
greatness she hated the hollow pageantry Of
society life. There was great deal of poetry
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

mo, am not engaged" Her words were
almost inaudible; the hot blood mantled her
brow. Was she dreaming?
"Then l may have it. 1t is a long time
since we have danced together, is 1t not?'
Yes, very long time"
He led her forth. His arm crept round her
waist; her brain reeled. The sea Of faces.
the moving forms around her, became blurred
and indistinct.
Presently she stole look at his face She
was becoming calmer. The walls and the
oak flooring ceased to heave before her eyes
like ship in storm. He talked to her,
but she rarely answered more than "Yes" or
NO. But she felt strangely happy. She
forgot her plainness-forgot to tell herself
that he was dancing with her out Of charity,
not for his own pleasure, as In by-gone dances
with him some jeering voices within had
never ceased to remind her.
She was dancing under spell. People
watched her; not few wondered.
Oscar Eascelles' face was very pale his
eyes had a strange unseeing expression In
them; his lips were rigid. His manner, too,
was constrained-its brilliancy was unnat-
ural Agatha, however, saw none of these
things. She yielded to the intoxication Of
the moment She felt the pressure of his
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

The man had a brutal face, but he looked
cowed at her words.
IT am glad that there is no heaven for
such as you !" she had said; that hereafter
you will suffer, and there will be none to
helpi"
Save for her visiting little pleasure found
Its way into her life. She was very fond Of
reading she would lose herself entirely in a
book that held her interest. Only this pleas
ure brought, too, the bitter with the sweet
probing her soul. The herolnes were always
beautiful. or, at least, fascinating and inter-
esting. Alas she was neither. She told her
self that she was destitute Of one redeeming
quality. Why did others have so much and
she so little? II she were young and beau
tiful, people would love her; nobody, II
seemed near of kin cared for her but her
father. She grew full of vain and terrible
longing. Sometimes she would give way to
an abandonment OF despair. burying her face
In her thin hands and weeping bitterly. The
book would lie discarded on her lap for the
time, to be resumed when the outburst of
grief had passed. when a sense Of calm lulled
her rebelllous spirit into submission, and a
voice within breathed Of peace-peace beyond
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

arm around her form; her
hand was held in his, close
and warm.
After the. dance he took
her into the conservatory.
1t was dlmly lit and cool.
A fountain dripped in a
rocky bed; tall ferns shell
tered low divans from in
quisitive eyes. At any
other time she must have
noticed the strangeness in
his mapner but she only
knew what music his voice
was to her-she did not
see that the gayety was
masking something be-
meath.
1t was perfectly quiet
here. Her pulses beat
wildly. She still believed
she was dreaming. Then
he whispered some words
to her. She shrank back
Involuntary; her eyes,
raised to his face, had the
pleading look of a hunted
animal.
"0h, you do not-can-
not mean 1t You are
hooking me-" she said.
mo, no, Agatha = I
mean It! Be. my wife
promise |"
Promise
She covered her face;
tears trickled through her
thin fingers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17

In perfect contentment,
their chubby arms be
thrown round her neck. At
such moments she was at
her best. Nobody, to have
seen her with the children,
entering into their joys as
well as their sorrows,
would have called Agatha
plain. A tender radiance
of purest love would shine
in her eyes; her whole face
would be beautified. 1t
seemed that she loved all
weak and helpless things
the little ones who needed
30 much guidance. who
were so much dependent on
others to grow up for good
or evil. Even dumb crea-
lures, who bare patiently
with injustice and wrong,
never able to complain, had
found a very large place
in her generous heart. One
day she had noticed a poor,
underfed horse struggling
uphill with a heavy load,
the whip numerically
squirting 1t on. Her eyes
dilating with anger, shak-
ing with passion in every
fiber of her being, she had
gone up to the driver and
dared him to give another
blow: Never had her lips
uttered such scathing, con-
temptuous words as then.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-11-14
IS
1(ITESsI|EY
Oaieb Powers VIII Have Him
Brought Back From the
State Of Indiana ~


GEORGETOWN, KY, Nov. b.
AZ che opening Of the Caleb Powers
4 trial today the defense filed three
{ Important depositions in support Of
his aycwai, bearing ON the validity
OF Tayior's claims to the GOVERNOR
ship. making good his pardon issued
to Powers.
The prosecution asked permission
to ne ! counter ayowal to that filed
~ the defense which was granted
ana vim require until tomorrow in
5reperation.
Being assured by the court CONF
lpnisory process would be employed
TO compel the attendance Of any abb
sent witnesses, the defense answer
ed ready to proceed with the trial.
The list Of the defense.s Witnesses
revealed the fact that former GOV
eraor Taylor and former Secretary
Of State Finley win be brought back
TO Kentuclsy to testify in favor OF
Powers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-11-14
SUTTON GAME
Is To BE Played Next by the Tigers
and Morgantown Comes
to the City.

The Tiger football team will play
their next game at Sutton Saturday.
The last two games that were play
ed on the home grounds lost money
and the locals will not be seen IN
the local gridiron until Thanksglv-
.ing Day when they will play some
good team and try and recoup
their former losses.
The local high school team will
meet the Morgantown high school
ON the fair grounds this coming Sat
urday. They lost to the Morgan
town boys at Morgantown Saturday
and will make a special effort to OBJ
tain revenge this coming Saturday.
The addition of stanfeld ana
Owens to the local team will great
ly strengthen them AID they have a
chance to win and win try hard 10
carry away the game.
Following is the standing of the
league:
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-11-14
PHILIPPI WANTS
BROADDLIS' COLL GE

70
hour county were very much inter-
eseted In the probable removal OF
Broaddus college from this city. He
has assurance that the institute win
be removed apd movement is well
under way to have It at Phi!ippl.
Splendid inducements have been
offered, he says. and he himself will
give $1,000 or more toward 1t, ANY
amount of money can be raised and
all the land given that is desired.
Col. Teter added that some very
beautiful sites could be obtained
there free.
Negotiations have been opened
with the board Of trustees and ID
ofer will doubtless be carefully cq
sidered by them.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-11-14
'MAGCABEE BANQUET
Is Being Contested for By 4 Num-
Der Of Tents with Sincerity
Tent Ahead Now,

Sincerity Tent Of the Modern
Maccabees held very interssting
meeting Tuesday night. sup1ryis-
Ing Deputy Q. D. Robinson. Of PARK
efsburg, was present ana encourage
ed the members with the announce
meut that their tent was ahead in
the 'Husflers' Banquet" race, which
IL being contested for in lively
manner by . number Of the best
tents In the State. This banquet ii
to be given by the great camp Of
ticers to the tent making the best
net gain in membership BY Jan. l.,
in West Virginia.
It Is TO DO hoped the members viii
keep their present good work going.
and secure this banuaet a. II means
wide publicity for the tent through
out the states + MAJ NJ s. i,osntons
great commander and father of the
Maccabees orders. Is to Do present q
this banquet.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-11-14
QUESTIONS
Are BEING Answered by Applicants
For Doctors Licenses Before
State Board Of Health.

Written and oral questions IN
surgery and chemistry are bsina
answered by the twenty-three med.
ical students who are endeayorine
ito qualify for licenses to practice
medicine In the State before the
State Board OF Health in the as
semmbly hall Of the Waldo hotel.
These subjects were taken up at the
afternoon session Wednesday. which
began at 1880 O'Clock:
Wednesday morning the appii-
cants we're examined in chemistry
and medical Jurisprudence. The
afternoon before they took the ok.
aminations in materia medica and
therapeutics. The examinations will
be concluded by Thursday noon.
Tuesday night the board held an
executive session and looked after
routine business and miscellaneous
matters demanding its attention.
Considerable work was attended to.
A committee was appointed consist
ing 81 Drs. Barbee, Warner and Nor
gan. to visit and inspect the big cess
pool near the Loop hotel in the East
End.