davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-30

Over confidence has lost many
battle and we hope bur party
will not contract the malady.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-30

ject after the constitution is
adopted.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-30
THE 0lNcTER.

eUsLisHEO EVERY WEEK ~ TIE INTER-.
ssT Or TIE NEsRo sY ciMETE1 PUe. 90
sNTEREoAT TIE PosT OFFICE At NUS.
koaEE. T.. AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MAT
TER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Nicaragua and Honduras ought to arbi-
trate their differences. There Is not enough
at stake to justify fight.
from the indianapolis News.
In the course of Time no doubt, Mica
ragua and Honduras will duly acknowl-
edge the receipt OF that shipment of peace
we have made to them via the gunboat
Marietta.
From the Baltimore News
Nicaragua and Honduras are not crow
ing so loud and are smoothing their ruff
fled feathers, since all surrounding powers
have been shouting at them to quit.
From the New York American.
Honduras and Nicaragua will have to
abandon their idea Of lighting to a finish.
says the chorus of other republics. and
merely spar for points,
From the Springfield Union.
It IL now declared that Honduras win
not fight Nicaragua Somebody must have
lost the key to the gunrack-
From the Charleston (w. Val Mail.
Now Honduras and Nicaragua want to
engage In \ hair-pulling contest. They are
not big enough to tight according to the
Marquis Of oueensberfy rules
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
The Hat-Pin Danger.

man has just died up in New York
state in consequence OF scratch he re-
ceved behind the ear from a hat-pin. A
woman sitting next to him In a street car
suddenly turned her head and gave him
. rake that later developed blood poisoning.
No one can look over the feminine head
gear in any place Of public assemblage
without wondering at the. slim chance mere
man has nowadays to escape with his life.
Each woman sticks her hat on her head
with at least three pins. and some of them
use five or six. They are usually about
nine inches in length and often longer, pro-
truding in some cases half foot beyond
the hat the hair. If the women wear
them for defensive purposes they are I'M
questionably we'll guarded, for 1t is brave
man who would undertake to rush
chevaux de frise with the woman alive to
the possibilities of her guard. If these
weapons are merely to keep the hat In
place they should be provided with tips
that protect the sharp points. II the
wearers think the little spears are orna-
mental they are vastly mistaken. There
is nothing especially attractive about a pin
cushion. and the average hat-pin- equipped
woman today gives an excellent human
imitation OF that useful but humble article
of housekeeping. Must man appeal to the
law to protect him from these cruel barbs
and points?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Memories of the Old Car System

There is something refreshing In the arti-
Gle of William E. Curtis in The Star of
Monday on Street Car Service" Because
of the criticism of the local transport serv-
ice it is encouraging to listen to a distin-
guished traveller when he says that WASH
ington's traction system is not the worst
on earth.
No doubt Washingtons car service Is
short of perfection. Most concerns whose
management depends on mere man have
the defect of imperfection. Also. no doubt
there are inequalities and irregularities in
the local system which should be and no
doubt win be corrected.
One OF the best guarantees of prompt and
competent street railway service is an out
spoken public opinion-just such as exists
in Washington. Vigorous public criticism
in a city not bound and gagged by gang
rule. produces q salutary effect In keeping
public service corporations up to the mark
1t should not be lost sight of that WASH
ington has made long strides in street trac-
ton service within q very few years. One
Of those strides was indeed. q long jump,
for the city jumped from the horse car to
the underground electric system, skipping
the overhead trolley phase of traction de-
velopment. In this respect Washington 10
far ahead Of many cities that are stu
tangled In the overhead wires.
1t is not a FAR thought hack to the times
when horse cars jogged along the Avenue,
7th. 9th and 18th streets One with little
memory can hear the Jingiing Of the bells
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

on the horse collars and horse hoofs beat
ing lazy clatter on the cobblestones be-
tween the rails. There was the driver.
without uniform and with the inevitable
whip, standing on the front dash grinding
the funny old brake and delivering adj
dresses to the horses In such terms as
whoa" and "Git-ap!' 1t Is not far
reach back to the hill-horse and his boy
driver on Capitol Hill and other steep
grades. Then who can forget the bobtail'
cars. with the little step at the back and
the fare box up front into which the driver
would turn and peep so zealously that no
man should ride free. After satisfying him.
self that the account was right, would pull
a lever and the tickets and change would
drop out of sight. And while thinking
along this line it might be well to recall the
six little dirty and frazzled tickets sealed
in an envelope which the driver would pass
back through hole in the door.
There have been great changes since then.
1t was the change from horse power to
electric traction that made the wonderful
suburban development of Washington pos
sible
Our street cars are too often uncomforta-
Bile, overcrowded and there are frequently
other points of reasonable criticism by the
public; but there are consolation and reas-
surance in the testimony of Mr.. Curtis that
the car system of Washington is luxurious
in comparison with practically every other
city in the world with the exception OF
Vienna and Budapest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
JAPAN AND AMERICA.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The meat Of our japanese agreement
seems to be that we have given coolie for
schoolie.
From the Springfield Union.
The President having requested an amend
ment to the immigration bill excluding Jap
prising if California should deign to re-
main in the Union while longer.
From the Nashville Banner.
If Japan doesn't want war and the
United States doesn't want war. then there
is no reason for worrying them into war.
From the Newark Star.
Japan" says our Washington namesake
will never understand why the President
of country should consult with the mayor
OF a city about treaty" wherein Japan is
no more lacking in understanding than the
rest of the world.
From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
wants to go to war with Japan. 1t might
be a good plan TO let the Cahfornians do
their own fighting. This win be all right
providing both sides will agree to keep
their fight outside the United States.
From the New York Herald.
or course, it has not occurred to Our
brethren In Honolulu who go into fysterics
when Japanese In uniform lands there
that his object Is to earn living and an
other suit Of clothes.
From the Haxtfoed Evening Post
II the Japan war scare incident is really
closed. Why doesn't some friendly power
close Aoo0oAf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Organized Charity in Washington.

II there remain any citizens of Washing
ton who are skeptical of the value of the
organized charities work in this city they
should. in justice to themselves and to the
work itself. obtain copies OF the annual re-
port. issued jointly by the Associated Char
tiles and the Citizens Relief committee II
they are at all open minded they will surely
be persuaded by a reading. They will be
shown by statistics that the ground is
being so thoroughly covered that the I'M
fortunates of the District, the poor. the
sick. the victims Of bad habits, the incom-
petents. the lazy. the dishonest are being
identified and classified and that the pro-
cess OF rescuing them from their misfor-
tunes Is being effectively sysrematized.
The whole purpose OF this organization 10
to open the door of opportunity to the un-
fortunates, TO enable them TO help them
selves. to learn the ways of frugality. to
administer to their own wants. Recognize
Ing that hundreds OF people today are in
competent to solve their own problems, by
reason of old age or ill-health or ignorance
or the accumulated results OF years or even
generations OF sloth and evil living, the
managers OF this work proceed upon the
principle OF caring as far as possible for all
such as can not now care for themselves,
and meanwhile building solid foundations
for permanent improvements In all direc-
tions. The ideal community OF course is
that which contains no poor, In the sense
that no members of 1t ever need material
or moral assistance. The struggle OF or
ganized charity workers ID to approximate
that condition and to continue to reduce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
OUR ARDUOUS PRESIDENT.

From the Providence Tribune.
OF course, the President has thrust him
self into the Thaw case. Nobody keeps
closer watch than he on the location of the
nmeiight.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
AS soon as Roosevelt settles the Japan
problem, and the canal problem. ana the
Cuban problem. and few other little mat
tiers, he'll have a breathing spell to see
what's the matter with Hayti.
From the Pittsburg Press
The President is himself again. He sent
q message Tor was 1t valentine) to Congress
yesterday.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The Hatfield girl who wants q law en-
acted at Harrisburg that will nuke her
young man, and all other girls young men.
go home an hour before midnight instead
OF an hour after. has applied at the wrong
shop. II she will write to the President
about It. he will send special message TO
Congress. demanding a law regulating the
hour at which all STEADY company shall
get through Saying goodnight and shall
depart.
From the Hartford Times.
Is not the President of the United States
in seeking to edit and censor the news
papers OF the country clearly running past
hfo signals?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

the residue Of suffering through education,
suggestion. encouragement and inspiration.
This work Is being well done in Washing
ton Naturally for few years the prime
necessity was to reduce the enterprise to a
scientific basis, to overcome a prejudice
against organized charity effort. to regulate
individual giving. This has been accom-
plshed. Now the real results are showing.
For example, in 1899 no less than 83 per
cent of all the applicants for assistance
were colOred, although that race consti-
tutes about one-third of the population IN
1906 only 80 per cent of the applicants were
colored. showing a material gain in self
help on the part of that class of the resi-
dents who are in the most urgent need OF
moral as well as physical assistance Fur
thermore. the careful, systematic inquiry
conducted into each case enables the agents
of this work to discriminate justly be-
tween the true and the false, to bestoW
aims upon the really deserving while avoid
ing wasting means upon the unworthy. AS
a result of encouragement many who here
tofore depended upon charity for support
now seif-maintaining. In 1899 of 2,4I3
cases dealt with 1,S4S were given material
relief, while in 1866 of 4317 cases investi-
gated 1.G,0 were found to be in need of as
StStance. Inc increase III means OF lnNeStl-
CATION has resulted in wider sweep and a
more minute examination of conditions.
The figures just cited testify plainly to the
successful upbuildng of the Associated
Charities work. While the number of faml-
lies treated had increased q per cent. the
number of the actually needy had decreas-
ed Is per cent in seven years.
One of the most satisfactory features of
H. Of thn 81 "
ing habit on the part of the poor. The
stamp books began to circulate in 1889 and
in that year 81 people saved $37 by that
means or a fraction over co cents apiece
In 1906 savings to the amount of $12,1sS
were collected from 5,121 people, or an
average of over $2.37. Thus over five
thousand of Washington's poor contributed
ST. 1873 to their own succor in time of stress
at the same time acquiring the habit OF
taking care of the pennies and nickels
which. If encouraged, grows into the saving
of dimes and dollars.
Other statistics to great volume might De
cited to indicate the value and success OF
this work. The document itself, however.
Is the best proof of the fact that the Asso-
ciated Charities propaganda is making
headway against the charity problem In
this city The work costs money. The dol
lars given to its support and development
form as profitable an investment in COM
munity uplift as any citizen can make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
The West and Its Prizes.

Mr. Greeley's advice still holds good. The
west is the place for prizes. Young men
and old men with the right sort of move on
them find a capital field out there. Good
things are by no means exhausted. True,
the frontier line has been pushed back
until 1t has almost disappeared. but still
energy and astuteness pay great dividends
in all that country.
Take this news about former Senator
Stewart. He is striking it rich again. and
with his little start of quarter of a mil
lion dollars. just acquired. may soon re-
sumo his place in the millionaire class. All
who know him wish him luck, and good
wishes help.
At seventy-six, after forty years in ma
tional office and making and spending sew
eral fortunes. he retired to private life
with his living to earn. Some men-many
would have dropped in such shadow.
But lie was of different stuff. He squared
his broad shoulders, looked around, felt
the old spirit moving within him, and
headed for his old diggings. From the
west he had come and unto the west he
would return. He knew the country and
the people, and decided that if there was
anything further for him in life he should
probably find it there. 1t was good for
tunes bunch. Something further re-
manned for him, and he has struck the
vein.
Mr.. Stewart deserves his renewed pros
perity and there is something appropriate
in his finding 1t where he is. He is one of
the men who developed the west-one of
those lusty giants who went from the east
into what was either a waste or an I'M
broken forest, and tanned things. built
towns. and connected them with railroads;
opened mines and brought out the rich ores;
organized states, and ushered them into the
Union. 1t was great performance. and
the actors in the drama are entitled to
good things while they live
VIII this old war horse enlist for politics
again? His state at present is under the
control of The. opposition. But politics is in
such a fluid condition now the republicans
may soon have possession once more. Mr..
Stewart is only seventy-eight. Mr. Cullom
at the same age has just been reelected in
Illinois. Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Pettus, both
past eighty. are still the choice Of Alabama
Mr.. Allison. nearing the eighty mark, is
still the favorite son of Iowa. These men
are all active and influential members of
the Senate, and why should not Mr. Stewart
rejoin them? The silver question, 1t is true.
is not good a text for a fortnight s
discourse as 1t once was, but the gentle
man from Nevada might find another to his
taste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Guessing.

Everybody's guessin'; dat is how it pears
to me;
An some o desc we're questions is as hard
as dey kin be.
So many Arguments is handed out, both
day an night.
Sometimes you ism positive dat you knows
black fun white.
1t kind O. jars you when you think yoh
comfort or distress
Depends on how you goes an does yoh
choosin', mo- or less.
Oars weepin an dars smiln'; dar is sor-
rowin' or song,
Cause some of us is guzssin' right an
some is guessin' wrong.
Oar ism any tellin bout de time it's
gwineter take
Befo Fate makes you come an settle
up fob a mistake
Perplexjties an doubts keeps comm up
on every hand
Until you feels jes' like a expert witness
on de stand
So. when 1 sees some fellow creature In a
sorry plight
! amt a-gwinter shake my head an say
at serves i'm right"
De questions keep a-risin' as ives jour-
neyin' along
An some Of US IL guessin' right an some
b Guessin' wronG,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
TO THE GENTLE READER.

The rose Is red. the violet blue
tSlmple the praises that love would prateD,
Sugar Is sweet and SO are you.
Though all Of the world be a gloomy hue
There's no inducement TO rail At late
The rose is red. the violet blue.
Lies cup may hold but a bitter brew,
But what OF that with a boon SO great2
Sugar Is sweet and so are you.
Disquiting notions thrill ne through,
Perhaps you're a man. fat. bald OF pate
The rose IL red, the violet blue.
1t all depends upon who is who,
Valentines comic aren't out OF date
Sugar Is sweet and 80 are you.
So reader take them by either cue
Tine seasons greeting wherein l state
The rose il red, the violet blue,
Sugar Is sweet and SO are you.
-McLandburgh Wilson In the New York sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
The Weakness of the Jury System.

If sensational criminal trials are to grow
longer some provision must, in all fairness
to the public, be made to insure results
and to safeguard against failures through
accident. Take the Thaw case as an ex-
ample of the weakness of the present sys-
tenn. A jury is secured after ten days of
effort. Within another ten days the trial
is suspended because the wife of one of the
jurors has died. A delay of two full court
days and four calendar days ensues. The
trial will proceed on Monday, but without
guarantee against another break, possibly
final. Should one of the jurymen fall
seriously Ill the trial would be brought to q
halt and all the work thus far done would
have to be done over again. The county Of
New York would have been put to a great
expense for nothing, and the defense also
would be burdened with a heavy charge
without results.
If the rule of having twelve men in the
jury box from the start to the finish is re-
tanned, some means Of shortening the trial
must be adopted. 1t is almost certain that
in the course of four or six weeks one of
a dozen men, though chosen with care as
to their good health and habits. will sue
cumb to illness to some extent, and there
is an even stronger likelihood that illness
families Of these men. They are suffering
for a good cause-that Of justice-out 1t is
unfair to ask them to subject themselves
to long Imprisonment. involving business
losses and personal unhappiness. in order
that the complex forms of our cumbersome
process of trial may be observed and the
time wasting maneuvers of defense and
prosecution may be permitted
IF trials were conducted more strictly in
accordance with the principles of good
business. if the court were to take charge
of all technical questions and employ all
experts, it would be easier to obtain good
jurymen promptly. 1t is safe to say that
a majority Of the men who answer to their
names as talesmen In the preliminaries of
a celebrated criminal trial make excuses
for non-service. some of them even to the
extent Of answering falsely the questions
put to them, in order to avoid service.
Jury duty, indeed, has become serious
hardship, which the average citizen avoids
as he does pestilential disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
In THURSDAYS NAIL.

(From q LAWYER to q district attorney
I'm from the wild and wOoly,
I'm from the husky West;
And when l meet Il bully
say, Pull down your vest"
From a yellow editor to a democratic politlcian)
Keep up courage. Mr.. Bryan,
We've been licked, but let's keep tryin
Though vile foemen do their worst,
We are hardened to it.-Hearst.
Anonymous to a Texas Senator)
Oh Senator Bailey,
Nightly and daily,
Sadly gayly,
You say you pure.
For all of your shouting
Denial and spouting,
Resentment and pOuting
The people aren't sure
From an Ohio Senator to President
You think you're mighty fine
Because you have stick;
Accept this valentine
l wish IL a brick.
(From a philanthropist to a phiIanthropist.,
Hoot mon, fu' mony a meelion
I gle fra DOT ma store.
An eef | haed a beelion
I'd gle fu' mony more;
But ye hae set q sweefter pace
God send We oil and send ye grace.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
SPRINGS ADVANCE AGENT.

Oh, sunny days,
You bless our gaze.
Though you be o vagary
And not just what
We erstwhile got
In tickle February.
But we'd not ask
Why, while we bask
In days 30 bland and sunny,
But take the bless
Ings, nothing less.
Which are full worth the money.
But though Il be
Just now that we
Enjoy days bright and new to N.
We can't help won
Der when they're done
Just what old Aarch win do 10 as,
Indianapolis Neae.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
IN THB ILTURE OF WOMAN.

Pretty Peeyy has q habit
On Which nut- folk utght frown-
Never will she stick . sfsmp On
OthervisS tta upsiut down.
Once asked her why. She answered,
Giving me the shysst glance.
Every time she Eets the chancer"
-Douton Evening Transcrip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

Chairman Shonts' declaration that the
need is not so much for cheaper as for
safer and more reliable transportation
shows that his knowledge is not limited
to the canal business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

The prohibition of the sale and manufac-
ture of alcoholic beverages in the District
might give Alexandria an opportunity to
start a new boom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

The statements of southern senators Of
the needs of their territory of laboring
men may enable the Congressional Record
to show some good service in the Help
Wanted line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

No doubt Delmas will get his turn TO
show what he can do in the way of putting
an expert witness on the verge of nervous
prostration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

The bets that are being so freely made on
the Thaw trial must be a great discour-
agement to Jerome In his desire to put
stop 10 gambling in New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

There Is an opportunity to demonstrate
to the starving Chinese that the spirit
preached by the missionaries is practical
factor In civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

Every now and then Europe demands
certain assurances that the kaiser has
really lived down his past as q war lord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Examples.

do you think that the law very often
imprisons innocent men?"
Yes. Look at the people who have to
serve as jurors in capital cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Careful.

Mr.. Pumpus is very careful of his dig
| nifty" commented the observing girl.
Yes answered Miss Cayenne. He nat
| urally has so little that he has to be care
! full OF it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Presidential Heroism,

Though on Inauguration day
All unrestrained the grip germs prancs
A million politicians say
I'm not afraid to take chance.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

The official discussion Of the tipping Gus
tom will result In giving it a sort of author
lied standing which 1t did not before enjoy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

Il suppose" said the studious man, that
the drum and cymbals were among the
first musical Instruments to be invented
Yes" answered Mr.. Cumrox. 1T prob
ably didn't take them long to realize that
they needed something to put a crash In
every now and then and wake people up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

The Standard Oil Companys dividends do
not seem to take any notice whatever of
the extra expense 1t is supposed to incur
by litigation.