davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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allovers designs. Various patterns
choose from in black and white All IS inches wide
Excellent FOR trimmings for yoes and waists 30 and 49c
usually. Monday, in aisle l, yard, 25c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
Corset Covers 69C

They are made of soft muslin, deep yoke
trimmed with several rows of val. lace
beading and ribbon, some with wide EN-
broidery trimmed yoke and lace edge
Second floor.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
SIPS Blankets CSC

Full ia size double blankets in white, tan gray
shell stitched ends long soft nap, pink blue Dor
ders The kind you want for cold nights now. SIZE
values at csc Monday Third floor
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january Clearance-The Seco
Joining Forces With Many Trade

o O
o OF
O. thof he o OF organic
o January OF
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CHULD'S SLIPS 23c-Madc Qf warm
tlannelette. Mother hubbard style,
yoke finished with plain bands and
narrow wash braid. Sizes to
years. Clearance price 25c Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
A Suit Opportunity SS.75

First the trade happenings 40 that remarkable
joined number of
ock
sp1endy
collar The lined
sySM light and
E blacks in the lot You've paid $500 for better than
~ wish
to II $S75.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

90 dozen waists in the new fancy
madras cloth. White grounds. with
black stripes, pleated in front with
front fastenings. Also wa ists of dark
blue percale. white polka dot, open
front, long sleeves. A good many of
them would be underpriced at S1.00.
soc Monday. second floor.
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Ready Made Wells ACC
35c and ACC AIlOvers Csc

They are good colors in black, /
opportunity for Monday in aisle l
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

Sl.25 BROCADED SATIN BOc-3U
pieces to choose from in rose, pink,
lavender Nile, yellow and pale blue
Many pieces worth $l.25. Aisle o.
Monday yard soc.
lack extra heavy. It's unusual for we
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Cozy ones, covered with good S
white sanitary cotton. hand kl
$1.50 regularly. Monday, third I
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$3.50 Hand Bags and Purses SIS

Hand bag and strapped back purses. reguar
made of imported seal and walrus leather,
Choose from black, tan, brown, gray and green.
3, each $500.
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$2.4S Hand Gags $l.75

Cream colored medallions, but
for dress and coat trimmings.
and excellent values at 25c.
price, each, PIC; aisle l.
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Black Panama $l.29

It's 54-n width, the kind that sheds the dust spen-
did for $14S the regular price Clearance
Monday, aisle g. yard, $1.29.
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$500 Comforts SEAS

Large sized ones with best grade Of silko-
line filled with white cotton, hand knotted New pat
terms too. $500 ones for $24s Monday, third floor.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

0sc SKIRTS 75c--Long and knee length
skirts of good fannelette, with wide
nounce, trimmed with deep hem and tucks.
Unusual values at CSC. Clearance Sale
price, Monday, 75c, on the third floor.
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Skirts at $l.75

That's a remarkably low price for cloth skirt
There 100 of them to be sold at this price Mon
day. Medium gray and checked tweeds nine
gored styles. with peats 3S to 43 in. long. A flyer
for Clearance Sale Monday. Second floor, each
$1.75.
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Saving Prices on Silks

BLACK TAFFETA 0Oc-27 inches
wide. It's an unusual quality that
will give satisfactory wear. Janu-
aisle 5. yard 69c.
r. January Clearance price Monday
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200 Waists Go at SIS Eacf

great gathering suitable for dress and evening wcar2O0
them, ready Monday a Clearance price of $500 each.
Plaid silk rich combn OF black, brown white
red, gray and then a number of odd plaids.
Also taeta silk pink blue gray black and red in just
styles waists elaborate
lingerie For quick choosing Monday the second oC
each $500
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VOLUME Lxxvr.-No. 2s2.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1907.
CONGRESS AND THE SITUATION.

Congress after Congress has beer be-
sought to do something to reform our
currency system, n Congress has
done nothing. Scheme after. scheme of
currency reform has been offered, and
either rejected or ignored. Every year
the same trouble occurs as to the
stringency in the money market. There
is not enough currency for the purposes
harvested in the West the Eastern
banks are stripped of money to be used
for moving the crops, and the banks
are unable to give proper accommoda-
tons to business men. Something oc-
ours, as happened recently, to create a
run on the banks resources, the supply
of money being limited. great sacrifices
are made, dangers are incurred and a
situation like the present one is created
Our currency system is one Of the
worst in the world. 1t has no elastic
ity. 1t is unsystematic, it is u%nscientiic
Ia ~ 10 AAiOQ6AiiCS6lihCs IL - u Al-
tional peril. Year after year stupidity
and Indifference squat in the capitol at
Washington and jabber for months
over matters that have no vital bearing
on the national interests, and they
leave the finances of the country and
many other precious interests to take
care of themselves. Talk of a call for
an extra session of this body to deal
with the financial situation seems farci-
cal. That body is neither competent
nor willing to deal with the subject.
To call its members together at this
time might indeed serve to create need
less alarm, and there doesn't appear to
be n necessity for such a step. II the
Secretary of the Treasury and the ASSOC
ciated banks In New York, and the
Morgans and Rockefellers. backed by
the wealth of the West and the gold of
Europe, cannot avail to straighten out
.sfairs. Congress certainly can do moth
ing at an extra session.
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THE WATERWAY PROBLEM.

1t was observed by a member of the
Inland Waterways Commission when
the commission made it's tour in the
West that the river fronts of the prin-
cipal cities on the Mississippi had been
monopolized by the railroads, a fact
that served to explain the d~ecadence OF
river transportation. Twenty-Five years
ago there were 100 steamboats, and
$50 fi%atboats, with a capacity of 415,000
tons, on the Mississippi, and last year
the report showed only 1851 tons.
The decay of waterway transporta-
ton all over the United States is
duo to the same cause. On the
Great Lakes the railroads ave had
a harder nut to crack. The commerce
Of the Great Lakes is enormous, and
the railroads cannot compete with it in
cost Of carriage, and cannot strange 1t.
In Germany the River Rhine now car
ries nearly 8 5000, 900 tons annually, and
the River Volga in Russia has a tom
mage of $4,000, 900 tons. Germany's nav
igable inland waterways have a total
length of about 5000 miles.
II Germany and other countries OF
Europe they are rapidly charging and
Improving their waterways. In the
United States we are just waking ur
TO the enormous importance of this
method of transportation. n the time
IL opportune because there is vastly
more business than the railroads car
handle. The project of water front de
velopment which is to be submitted tc
the voters of Newark in the election
tomorrow is directly in line with the
new national enterprise.
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A VOTING MACHINE AUTHORITY.

The insulting statement by Assistant
Secretary of State Smith recently pub
lished to the effect thai the whole OPP
position to the use of voting machines
in the State arose from those who are
bent on fraud and corruption. has pro-
voked considerable feeling against this
salaried public employee, who traduced
many of the best citizens Of the State
and even whole communities by mis-
emanating from the office Of a man
like Samuel D. Dickinson. who is ac-
cused by emb of his own party of
misusing the voting machine in ways
to prevent independent voting, is try
ing to the patience. Dickinson's facto-
tum now tries to qualify his statement.
He says that he didn't mean that "all"
were corrupt. He makes an exception
of "a small percentage composed al
most entirely Of elderly gentlemen
whose minds are so fixed that they do
find some difficulty in learning how to
use the voting machine"
A palpable falsehood such as this is
seems easy for Dickinson's assistant
to utter. The promise by Assistant
Secretary Smith that he will now pro-
coed to educate the State on the voting
machine, and that If the State is not
capable of imbibing his knowledge,
that he will then proceed to give to
the state the best system of ballot that
can be devised, shows a -self-confdence
that some people might regard as in
i1ated conceit. The influences that i'm
posed the voting machine upon the
state at such a heavy cost and have
conspired to have 1t retained in spite
of popular protest, have revealed Them
selves within the last yea But the
voting machine is destined to an early
departure from this State and Assist
Secretary Smith had better begin
study up anew on new ballot sys-
so as to be In time to ave one
adopted when the machine is finally
kicked out of every voting precinct in
the State.
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EXPENDITURE AND ENTERPRISE.

New York city's budget for 1908, just
approved, is SAB, $40. 266, a colossal sum
for a municipality, however large. The
Increase since 1898 is SOS, 9S1, 1874. The
budget has been nearly doubled in ten
years. At the same time there has been
an increase of hundreds of millions in
bonded indebtedness. But notwith-
standing this enormously added ex-
pense of government. New York is
prosperous beyond any other city in
tho world and The tax rate is not above
the average. While many of the ex-
pe%n6itures of New York are extrav-
agant and wasteful, the mere size of
the budget is no evidence of ~misgovern-
ment. The debt in New York very
largely represents investment that has
made rich returns. Some Of the trans
actions of the Tweed regime, which
were bitterly denounced, have proved
to be immensely profitable and OF the
highest benefit to the city.
Not mary years ago Boss Sheppard.
of Washington, who spent millions in
improvements, was bounded out Of
office and held up in execration for his
policy. Washington has since been dis
posed to canonize Sheppard as a pub
lie saint. His improvements made a
new Washington. II a city can borrow
the spirit of large enterprise, united
with foresight and good business judg-
ment, without borrowing with 1t the
corruption that too often attends pub
lie expenditures. 1t is bound to forge
ahead and become wealthy and pros
porous.
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SIartInmas.

NAoA
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
When does Martinmas or st. Martins
Day come and what Is the history Of the
day? TWO READERS.
lit occurs on November IL. The ~associa-
lions Of Martinmas are a survival of pagan
festivities. religious observances and popu-
lar customs. At the festivals held in
Athens in honor of Bacchus. the one which
was the vintage festival proper was held
about this time.
In the fourth century of the Christian
era there was a great and good bishop,
afterward canonized as "St. Martin"
whose fete was observed on the 18th OF
November. and tradition has it that when
Martin first heard Of his being elected to
a bishopric he hid himself away for a
considerable time UNWILLING as he was to
accept so great an honor until at last his
place of concealment was found out
through a goose.
1t also happened that probably the best
known mart or fair, In old England was
held also just at this time, 1t being the
mart at which people purchased their
meat provisions for the whole of the en-
, suing winter. Thus 1t came to pass that
st. Martins Day was celebrated with I'M
usually copious libations of wine, not only
In the wine-growing districts of Europe,
but even among our Saxon and Danish an
%cestors; that before going to bed on st.
Martins eve, children were taught to lay
out a vessel full of water, which water
would be changed to wine by the following
morning; that ST. Martin became the
patron of repentant drunkards; that In
the far North his effigy is always accom-
panied by that of a goose, and the fatted
goose is the piece de resistance on the bill
of fare of November II, and that in Eng
land all the doings connected with both
the saints day and the autumnal fair were
grouped under the name "Martin-mas." 1t
is a popular belief that IF November IL
is cold and clear the winter Is sure to be
severe."-Ed.1
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A nImcuIt situation.

Nine. Nervo was one of those women
whom 1t is very difficult to please. Her
husband took her one summer for a trip
into Switzerland and by dint of much care,
managed to keep her in good humor until
they had nearly reached their destination.
As the train commenced the last and steep
est ascent, it stopped a moment or two
and Nine. Nervo put her head out Of the
window to ascertain the cause. When she
withdrew her head, M. Nervo saw with
dismay that his peace was at an end.
What is the matter, my dear? ne
asked.
Matter enough" replied his spouse.
There are two engines on this train now
one at each end. You know | can't SIT
with my back to the engine without being
i'll, SO what shall l do now, pray ?"-Peie
Mele.
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LOCAL OPTION IN DELAWARE.

The State of Delaware is in the
throes of a local option fight, and 1t is
predicted that in the election to-
morrow will be polled the heaviest
vote ever recorded in the State. The
option is to be exercised in four terri
torial divisions comprising Kent and
Sussex counties, rural Newcastle Coun-
ty and theeGity of Wilmington. The
result in one division will not affect
another division. If a division votes to
60 dry the aw will go into effect on
Thursday night after the election, and
that division will then become dry.
The sale OF all kinds OF liquor will then
besinade a misdemeanor.
50 It is natural that the State should
Be all torn Up, and that every man
and woman should be a politician. The
churches are in politics with both
feet and the c~onventicIes ring with
political d%iscourses. There is a large
negro population in Delaware. and, as
in all the Southern States where the
race question is in evidence. there is a
strong sentiment for prohibition to
keep negroes out of the saloons. Prob
ably If the whites in Delaware could
devise a plan of prohibition for negroes
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THE THIRD AND FOURTH PARTIES

The Socialists have made no great
ado in this campaign, and probably
there will be no appreciable increase
in their vote. Last yea the total
Socialist vote was S,915 and in 1904 1t
was 1884 for Governor and l2,267
for President. Tomorrow his vote will
not be less than 10000, end may be
larger. Fol the first time it may have
some effect in shaping results. The
Prohibitionist vote last year was only
AHA, or less than half the Socialist
vote. 1t was 6,6S7 for Governor in 1904
and 6.S45 for President. In all three
elections it limped far in the rear Of
the Socialist vote.
This year the Prohibitionists will no
doubt Increase their vote. and 1t may
reach 5000 or 10000. This also will be
a factor in the general result in the
state. II the Prohibitionist vote was
drawn from the Republicans and the
Socialist vote from the Democrats one
would fairly offset the other, but In
fact they are drawn indiscriminately
from both parties. The Prohibitionists
and Socialists are likely to elect the
next Governor of New Jersey, but he
won't be a Prohibitionist or Socialist.
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To the Editor of the Evening Start
Who was the author of the words ana
music Of Yankee Doodle?"
INQUIRER.
1.-THE words were written by DIR. Schuck-
burgh, a surgeon in the army of Lord
Amherst during the French and Indi9
war. The origin of the air is involves
obscurity. 1t is generally thought to&
an English tune. introduced into Arnerit
by the British troops about 1775. 1t wa
printed in Arnold's opera, Two to One
in 1884. Bartlett's Dictionary of Ameri-
canisms' says: There has been much
discussion as to the origin of the term
Yankee Doodle and of the well-known
tune which bears this name, without COM
ing as yet to any satisfactory conclusion.
In England the air has been traced back
to the time Of Charles l.; and it appears
that the doggerel verses that are sung to
it can claim nearly as respectable an
antiquity. The song Is said to be identical
with one sung by the agricultural labor
ers in the Netherlands. Kossuth and his
fellow Hungarians, when in this country,
are said to have recognized it as one of
the old national airs of their native land"
Ed
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Amusing epitaphs are common enough
but 1T Is not often that a tombstone in
scription is meant to carry a business
advertisement. A West Virginia man
tells of a singular one which may be
seen in a cemetery of Wheeling. 1T
was the idea Of a widow of a man
named Perkins, a partner in a COM
mercial house known as Perkins &
Parker" soon after the decease of her
Gus Mrs. Perkins married Mr.. Par
ker. her, late husbands business asso-
ciate.
The inscription reads:
Sacred to the memory of James Per-
kins, for thirty years senior partner OF
the firm of Perkins & Parker, now Par
ker e. Company."-Harper's Weekly,
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they would be much better salts

done they would be much better satis-
fed.
What the result will be in Delaware
is clouded in doubt. Wilmington will
doubtless go wet and also rural New
castle, but the local o~ptionists are eon
fdent of carrying Kent and Sussex,
which would make Delaware half wet
and half dry. There is this much con-
ISOLATION for the vets: The State is
small and they will not have to travel
far to get a drink.
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stnc,k To M Facts.

Judge-Your wife wishes to have a
separation from you because you hid
from her the fact that you had been
five years in prison before you were en-
gagged.
"Well, l gave her a very strong hint
about it. In my advertisement l put,
Young man, very tired of being alone,
wishes to marry."-Fliegende Blatter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-04

A traveller tells of two odd entries that
he saw in the visitors book of a fashion
able resort on the Rhine. A few years
ago one of the Paris members of the
Rothschild family had registered as fol-
lows: "R. de Paris" It SO CHANGED that
the next visitor to inscribe his name in
the book was Baron Oppenheim. the
banker of Cologne, and he wrote his name
beneath Rothschild's in this wise: %. de
Cologne .'-Chicago News.
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AND THESE ARE ONLY SAMPLES OF THE CRIMES FOR WHICH
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS RESPONSIBLE

SYRACUSE, Nov. 4.-Chanceilor Day Is revising the second
edition proofs of his great book on the glory and beauty Of
Trusts and how necessary they ire to the cause of religion and
education. In one of the chapters he demonstrated, in that
calm, dignifed and logical way of his, that there Is no such
thing as tainted money" That has been rewritten because
the Chancellor has found in the University treasury a counter
felt $Ioo bill. He is quite sure that President Roosevelt is RESPONSE
BILE for this-so sure that he says it would be an insult to the
intelligence of his hearers r readers if he were TO prove it in
detail. 1t is apparent to the meanest intellects, he declares,
that if the President hadn't caused the financial sringency there
would be no need of using counterfeit money.
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"when I met Mabel today I had my
new fall gown on. OF course" said
Miss Dowd, Il expected her to say
something about it, but she pretended
not to have seen It,"
Yes replied Miss Pert, >"she's an
awfully considerate and tender-hearted
girl"-Philadelphia Record
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the proper one for discussion at this
time. It all rests, with Cannon; he is
the boss of the situation. But if Con-
gress once begins to chew the LIQUOR
question rag there will be precious
little else done at the session.
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How, Indeed:

The most extraordinary thing about him
is that he always attaches Importance to
the most insignificant things"
Yes. that is plain to be seen. II IL
were not so, how else could he have such
an opinion of himself?"-Rire.
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Cruel.

Tn developing quite a passion for
motoring" said Miss Hoamley. II won
der If it's harmful"
quite the contrary" replied Miss CUT
ting II should think 1t would be very
becoming to you"
How do you mean. becoming
"Well. you know. dear. you a wear a
mask while motoring Philadelphia Press.
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EXPLAINED.

Now. then" demanded Luschman's
wife, the next morning, what's your
excuse for coming home in that condi-
ton last night?'
well. to tell you the truth, m'dear,'
he replied. none OF the hotels would
TAX me in."-Philadelphia Press.
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He Plnxed the Horaes.

Did you ever make anything playing
the horses?"
Once. l worked a week initiating
hoof-beats in a melodrama at fifty cents
a night."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
AL orthodo1 E.pIanalIon.

A mother was giving her little girl
a bath. when she said, 7 wonder where
this dust on the water came fromY
Small Girl-Perhaps ! leak some
where, mama. You. know, I'm made of
dust.-The Circle.
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Young Wife, can't see what you have
to object to In my singing lessons. Papa
pays the fees.
Husband-Yes, but who pays for all |
have to spend in the club while you're
practising? -Meggendorfer Batter.
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An Insinnntion.

Said Hell don't believe in pretense.
When I don't know anything ] say at
onoe: II don't know"
Said She-How awfully monotonous your
conversation must be.-Chicago News.
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If the liquor question gets into Con
gress at the next session good-by to
everything else unless Speaker Cannon
shall decide thai that question is not
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In all previous campaigns in this
State the talk of a negro Democratic
vote has been much cry and little
WOOL There has been talk this year
about a large g Democratic vote
in New Jersey, but that remains to be
seen.
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Lets see," said Dudley, whats the
rest of that old saying, don't you know,
that begins, Mar proposes and
why" replied Mugley, its Man pro-
poses and the breach of promise suit ex-
poses isn't it?"-Philadelphia Press.
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They do not ask me how I got 1t,
Or where / got It,
Because, dod rot 1t,
The fates to me failed to allot 1t.
/ haven't got It.
Louisville courier-JournaL
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Count Won Moltke had no business to
choose such a name if he couldn't live
up to it.
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and registered with the required afh-
davit. The sequel proved that G. l..
Holland was a woman.