davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19

you're buddin' out all right. But tellin'
little episode that 1 was witness to.
When 1 was a kid 1 worked one summer
for an old farmer in Littleboro for my
board, and that was a mighty little, you
better bet. We had beans six days
week and salt fish on Sunday. One day
the old man was mowin' and 1 was right
behind him spreadin' the swath, when
big black snake started up out of the
grass. The old man made a clip at him
with the sythe, and cut off about foot
and half of the lower end of him. The
main part turned about forty different
kinds of somersets and then picked up
the short end in its mouth and got away
into the wall with 1t. The farmer told
me that the snake would stick the piece
on again and 1t would grow there. l
didn't take no stock in that yarn, but
knew it wouldn't be safe to say anything,
SO let 1t go at that and thought no more
about it, A couple or three months after
this l was pickin' blackberries near the
spot and met up with the same snake and
killed it. l knew it was the same one, for
a piece of him had been cut off and stuck
on again, but by some mistake the piece
was on bottom up The under part of
black snake is a greenish- white, you
know. and this one had about a foot and
a half of his latter end with the white on
top
It'll go hard with you fellers," observed
the cobbler, 'if Teddy Roosevelt ever
comes in here and hears any of the yarns
that have to. He'd break up this club
with a big stick. But 60 ON Silas, it's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19

your turn, and don't think Teddy will
be hear tonight"
II went to the circus last year" began
Silas Wright without hesitation, land
they had bear that could git the cork
out OF bottle and drink whatever was
in it, and everybody thought it was won
derful. But l saw a checkered adder do
stunt that put that bears trick at the
bottom of the list l went down to my
medder lot to shake out some hay one
mornin' and took a quart of buttermiIk
along in a glass can with a top that
screwed on. l put the can down on the
shady side of big rock and went about
my work. About $50 l felt kinder dry
and lank and went to git a drink of the
buttermilk. When l come to where the
can was l saw an adder quiddln' around
1t, and l stopped to see what was dom.
The sneakin' reptile had found out in
some way that there was milk in that
dozen times, but couldn't find any way to
git at 1t. At last he seemed to have hit
the combination, and he twisted himself
three or four times around the can and
once around the cover, then he shut his
eyes and give an ALFRED yank, and darn
my stocks, If he didn't start the cover off
a little He perceived that victory was how
erin over his banner, and he got fresh
hold and yanked again and again. and
pretty soon the top fell Off Then he
Strengthened out and stuck his head into
the buttermilk and guzzled up the last
drop. l don't think he could have held
any more If there had been any, for he
was as big and hard as bicycle tire
then. / had been highly interested in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19
w omen's Ticket Pocket

Why cannot female ingenuity devise
some receptacle. approved of by fashion,
asks the Onlooker, which will enable its
wearer to borrow small article say a
penny or a railway ticket or a powder
puff, with some degree of certainty of
being able to find it when wanted at five
minutes notice?
When one is waiting in the tube" lift
the inevitable Hurried female Is sure to
steam up, who, on being asked to show
her ticket, fumbles about in an over
crowded reticule. almost disrobes TO reach
an inaccessible pocket. and in the end
discovers that she has mislaid It between
the palm OF her hand and her glove.
which has TO be removed laboriously.
The time wasted may make all the diff
ference between catching and losing an
express.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19

the performance, but after it was over
and 1 realized that my refreshment was
all gone l was mad, and l made up my
mind that such a cunnn' beast as he was
a dangerous character and 1 took him by
his last extremity and dashed his alto
gether fertile brains out agin the rock
Time to close up!' announced the shoe
maker, and Bunch No. % arose as one
man, closed up, and marched out in three
cornered file
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19

through her country and the canal which
her money and her people practically
built By the original concession viii
Said Pasha she was to receive 10 per
cent of the net profits for the entire term
of the concession, which was ninety-nine
year. But after Ismail Pasha was de-
posed the Egyptian government, finding
itself without money or credit, sold TINS
claim on the profits to the credit foncler
of France for little more than 100000,
and the only interest it now has in the
canal is in the trade which the ships
passing through bring to the country.
Had Egypt retained that 10 per cent it
would have received last year more than
100000. out of the tolls, and WITHIN
few years it could have recouped itself
for all Ismail Pasha's extravagances.
During the term of the concession 1t
could easily have repaid its debt to Tur-
key, and could have made itself the rich
est country of the world. AS it is, the
canal. with all its property, becomes the
possession of Egypt in 1868, when the
canal receipts at the present ratio of
increase will be SO enormous as to make
this little country with it's comparatively
small population about the richest of all
the world.
suez Canal by Moonlight.
I spent all of last night on the Suez
canal 1t was the afternoon when our
ship left Port Said, and as night fell we
were In the heart of the Libyan desert
The air was clear, and the scenes were
weird but beautiful The stars of the
tropics, brighter by far than our stars
at home, made the heavens Respondent
and a great round moon of burning cop
per turned the famous waterway into a
stream of molten silver. We could look
out over the silent desert as we plowed
our way through and now and then see a
caravan Of long ungainly camels. with
their ghost-like riders bobbng up and
down under the moon. Our own path
way was made brighter by the light of
electricity. We had one blazing globe at
our masthead, fed by a dynamo on deck,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19

FILL the Panama canal pay?
IA Ny Investigations at Port |
Nf Said and Suez show that 1t
" will, and that Uncle Sam |
will some raw find il his most |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19
What Egypt Gets.

One would think that Egypt ought to
receive big revenue for the right of way
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
TRIES TO RAISE CHECK

A. j. Gordon tried his hand last
evening in an effort to raise check
of s13 to S73. IL had been given
him at the Thornton Logging camp
on NJ. ID. Wright OF this city.
He had carefully raised the l3
which was written In the corner 20
%, and had written over the "thir-
teen, Z" seventy three When pre-
sented to Wright for payment,
Wright was suspicious from the
checks appearance and from the
mans actions, he being very anxious
to leave on the first electric train.
Through various pretexts he was de-
tanned, although desiring the check
returned, and was induced to walk
up the street with Wright til near the
Dollar block when he was turned
over TO an officer and lodged in Jail.
Gordon Immediately put up a
claim that he was tout of his head"
and not responsible.
The county attorney was notified
and stated he would be on baud at
2 80 .. m. at hearing to be given
before local justice.
When County Attorney Potts ar
rived, NJ. ID, Wright filed q COM
plant charging Gordon with forgery.
The preliminary hearing will be be-
fore Judge Steele or in case Gordon
valves a parliamentary examination
he will be bound over to the district
court. The penalty for forgery Ii
from one to "A years in states pris-
on.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
WHAT CANAL HAS COST
Statement OF Expense Has Just
Been Made Public.

Washington. Sept. 12.-The Pan
anna canal cost America ss4.49O, :
900 up to December 81, 1906, ae-
cording to a statement of the audited
expenditures made as Of that date
and just published. The bulk OF
this expenditure was the $50, 600,
OCO to the French company and the
Panama government for canal
property, right of way and fran
chise, and s3,449,O33 vent for
material and supplies. For general
administration there was expended
81, l24, 200; government and santa
tion. "a, 3s1 .Os9, and construction
and engineering, 90, 729, 554. Other
expenses include 81. 1855, $50 for roll
ling stock, machinery, second main
track buildings, water works, etc.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
EZRA KENDALL
Great Comedian at Auditorium
F., Friday Evening.

Its not the hat that makes them
laugh, its what's under il" says Ezra
Kendall, and be that as 1t may,
theater-goers who want to laugh,
those who want TO see a clean whole
some comedy, sparkling with wit and
humor, and a comedian as the star Of
the play whose unique personality is
laughter personified, cannot afford to
miss seeing Kendall who comes to the
Auditorium for one nights engage
ment Friday. Sept. ID.
Never hns this famous exponent OF
laughter had SO good vehicle for
the exploitation of his funmakiuR.
There is a laugh in every line which
Kendall utters, and the numerous sit
uations and complications of this in
tensely interesting play follow each
other with such rapidity that the aud
fence never Iooses interest for mo-
ment.
Despite the fact that there is a
plot so human and that the charac-
tiers of the little village in Southern
Indiana where its scenes are laid are
such familiar types to any one who
has ever lived in a country town,
''Swell Elegant Jones" does not
claim to be anything more than a
''Fun show" 1t Ia designed to make
people laugh and that it fulfllls its
mission no one who has ever heard
Ezra Kendall in his famous mono
logue 'My Face Slipped Out of my
Hands," which by the way he has IN
Corporated in the play, or has seen
him in anything he has even done be-
fore the foot lights can doubt.
The Kendall play in the Kendall
way is Fun play, and it fulfils its
mission entertainment completed y.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
LUMBERMEN MEET
Discuss Stray Logs and General
Outlook.

The various companies doing log
ging and numbering business around
and adjacent to lake Occur d'Alene
we're represented yesterday afternoon
at the meeting held in the Hotel Ida
no. The purpose of the meeting
was to consider the stray log prUpo-
sition and to consult about the gener-
al outlook for logging and numbering
for the ensuing inter and year.
Heretofore, there was no arrange
ment whatever about the handling of
stray logs. Each company took what
came its way and nothing more was
done in the matter. This year, as
related in the Press several months
ago, an equitable plan had been
agreed upon by the various compan-
les whereby each would be given due
credit for its log which should drift
away, and become mixed with others,
belonging to other companies.
F. B. Newton stated the general
outlook was not fiattering for the
lumbeTmen. This was the prevailing
opinion at the meeting yesterday.
1t was generally thought the stock on
hand was sufficient to meet all de
mands and il was thought best tC
cuFtail the log production for thi:
winter. Some intended to do little
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
PLAGUE TO BE
WIPED OUT
San Francisco Board of Health
Gets Busy

San Francisco, Sent. l2.-1he
new board of health appointed yester
day by Mayor Taylor held its first
meeting today. The board elected
DIR. William Ophuls, president, The
resignation of Health Officer Watkins
was Submitted. In accepting II, the
board adopted a resolution oompli
meutaFy to the retiring officer, who
organized along the lines of the Kit
asnto system the measures for plague
eradication enforced by the old
board. DIR. II. l.. q lun wRa elected
to succeed DR.. Watkins DIR. X.
Laneleyport was appointed acting
chief sanitary inspector.
The hoard selected site at TWEEN
ty sixth and Army streets for the iso-
lation hospital, TO which plague pat
tents not under treatment at the city
and county hospital will be removed
IL was decided not to move the other
patients, numbering more than 700,
from the city and county hospital I'M
til the necessity Of burning that
structure has been determined by ex-
animation of rats caught there for
ARCHAEOLOGICAL inspection. The
board voted to select and equip Its
own ARCHAEOLOGICAL laboratory for
plague research and to appoint a spec
ial plague bactel iologist.
A letter was read from President
Bentley to the chamber of commerce
complaining that the plague condi-
tion here has been distorted and
much exaggerated by newspapers in
other cities, apparently on the
strength of inaccurate reports given
out by federal authorities. DIR. Rup-
ert Blue of the marine hospital SER
vice 1t due here from Washington to
take charge of eradication work.
A resolution was adopted that here
after no plague information shall be
given to the press except by the
president OF the board.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
HINDOOS TO OTTAWl

Seattle, Wash, Sept. IA spec
ial from Vancouver. B. c., says:
with a subscription list started
today, which was headed by Mayor
Bethune with a purse of 800, and
which up to tonight has grown $500,
Vancouver citizens will charter a
train and, placing at least 500 of the
Hindus which arrived in this city by
steamer Monteagle aboard the train,
will ship the Indians, bag and bag
gage, back to Ottawa, the seat of the
dominion government. This is the
plan involved and which is to be car
ried into effect providing the neces-
sary amount can be raised.
On board the Monteagle we're hun
dreds of Cinnamon, Japanese and
Hindus. Hindus formed the greater
part of the human cargo and the
plan to ship the Hindus back to OF
tawa with the compliments of Van
couver is the outcome of recent or
iental disturbances which have torn
NduOOuNtT HUN CbnJSI W GlEtuLl
ference.
That the steamship company feared
trouble landing its orientals Is shown
by the fact that all the japanese but
80 were landed at Victoria. When
the Monteagle arrived the wharves
we're barricaded and roped off for a
distance of two blocks and entrances
were surrounded by special officer
of the steamship company, as we'll as
special officers provided by the city.
From O'Clock until O'Clock Do
minon Medical Inspector DR.. Munro
made examInationns of the new ar
rivals. All we're passed, with the ex
oeption of 100 Hindus found suffer
ing from diseases and one Japanese,
who also was afflicted. They will be
deported. The Hindus are almost to
man ex-soldiers and bring with
them total of $50, 600 in gold.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
The Movement Westward.

Spokane, Wash, Sept. 12.-Col-
ouist travel from the middle western
and eastern states into the Pacific
Northwest is nov we'll under way and
railroad officials in Spokane predict
the movement this and next month
will freak all former records.
Thousands Of persons have already
come into eastern Washington and
the panhandle of Idaho to work in
the mining and lumber districts and
in railroad construction camps, and
sevearl hundred have gone into the
grain and fruit belts, where the de.
mand for labor is far in excess of
the supply.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
LUMP JUMPS BONDS
Peter Jumps Enthusiasm
Peters Out,

Pete Lump became very hilarious
and pugnstious last evening at the
Horse Shoe saloon and concluded the
establishment should be cleaned out
and proceeded to execute his own
wishes about the matter. An
officer appeared at an opportune
moment and considerably disar
ranged Mr.. Lump's plans. He was
let go after depositing a $40 cash
bond with the guardian of the peace.
He failed to appear at 10 a. m. this
morning before Judge Alex Main and
thereby enric he'd the city $40.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
MODERN WOODMEN MEET
will Hold a Special Basket
Social.

The Modern Woodmen viii, hold
at Sander hall, a basket social,
Sept. %, when a general good time
will be enjoyed by one and all.
The woman's auxiliary organization,
the Royal Neighbors and all the
members of the families of both OF
ders, are invited to be present.
Both of these organizations are pros
porous and growing rapidly. The
Woodmen is the largest local secret
fraternity.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and ON their
return paAs several days In Chicago,
Minneapolis and st. Paul, and cities
Mt the head of the Great lakes. The
party is composed of Echo Kincaid,
Lillian Clark, Anna Level, Stella
Perkins, Ruth Seleen, Lilly Ansman.
Irma Dunford aud Grace Crooks.
They are ehaperoned by Mrs. How
ard Bramwell and Philip s. Bates.
Miss Seleen, who is the representative
of the Spokane county, said:
''We expect TO enjoy every minute
of our visit to the various cities In
the east, where we will tell the peo-
pie about what we have in the INLAND
Empire Of the Pacific Northwest,
aud show them what 1t means to live
in the country which God did not
forget In the making OF things"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

or no logging. The bad, disagreea-
bile fall, with the recent heavy rains,
has very much discouraged the farm.
ers and when a blow is struck that
class its effect is felt by the
lumber industry. The harvests
have been more or less damaged
throughout the country.
results of this meeting were not
as encouraging as they might have
been.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
Good Plays at Auditorium

''Thorns and Orange Blossom"
which was given last night at the
Auditorium under the management
of d. York, was a great success. Ii
was an old play given new life.
The characters were all strong and
the scenery was in keeping The re-
cent plays are of high character
and more of the same kind are prom
ised. Ezra Kendall who comes Fri
day, Sept. -, is particularly highly
recommended and will doubtless be
we'll attended.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
WASHoUT TIES UP TRAINS
South Tacoma Cut Off Yester-
day Afternoon.

Tacoma, Wash, Sept. IA
washout and slide on the Northern
Pacific tracks near Tacoma avenue,
on the line between the depot and
South Tacoma, delayed traffic until a
late hour The tracks at that place
are in the Delin street gulch on the
North Side. The heavy rain not
only washed several yards of dirt out
OH the tracks, but undermined some
of the rails.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

The jolly entertainers gave the
Press office a very pleasant serenade
this afternoon. They will give an
interesting program this evening at
the Baptist church under the auspic-
es of the Methodist church. The
children do Rplendidly and the mus
10 was particularly appreciated by
our office force.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

Arthur Stacy, of the hFm Of E. P.
Stacy 4 Son, Chicago, visited last
night with his uncle, d. w. Dor
chester, His company, has nine
large wholesale houses throughout
the country. lie likes the wet
and may invest here. His company
handled 5000 cars of fruit alone last
year.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
BRYAN AT BOISE
Nebraskan and Wife Visit Blue
Lake Fruit Farm.

Boise, Idaho, Sept. 12.-William
j. Bryan made an ldress here last
evening under the ausploess of the
democratic state central committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan will go to Blue
Lake. where for several days they will
be the guests of /. n Perrine at his
famous fruit farm in Snake river
CANYON.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

The A. H. Porter Drug store has
received an extensive and chUice lot
of new fixtures for the store IN the
Wiggett block on Sherman street.
The fixtures are modern and add
materially to the beauty of the al
ready we'll arranged store. This
gives Occur d'Alene Ave fine
drug store fully equipped and up to
date In every respect.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

Paul Sohulty, an employee of Ken
nedy & Son. relates an unpleasant ex-
perience which transpired a few
nights ago. He had left the city
and after landing safely across the
lake, was overtaken by the night in
the woods. While sleeping, he was
reused by the snarling and plaintive
cries of cougar within few feet of
him. He sprang up when the coug-
ar fed. He was excited but much
relieved when the beast had gone.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
|BORAH INNOCENT
SAYS BARROW
Believes the Senator Will be AC-
Quilted at Trial

Spokane, Wash, Sept. 1T
tmly believe Senator w. E. Borah
be guiltIess of completely in Idaho
mber frauds with which he is
sarged, - said Clarence Darrow Of
sicapo, senior counsel for the de-
Sc in the recent trial of W. ID.
wood at Boise, Idaho, who Is in
kane. 'In all my relations with
in the trial of Haywood, in
oh he appeared for the state.
e been convinced of the integrity
enormous mental capacity of the
ator. He is a most capable law
can not anticipate his Gun
ion of the crime with which he is
rged. His argument in the Hay
ID case was extremely clever, his
t. the jury was the most elo-
nt appeal | have heard by any at
hey; he fought his case with integ
and tact, and lost because of the
pre- of the state to gather suff1c-
evidence against Haywood aside
the confession of Harry
hard.
If he is acquitted, which,
will be the result of the trial,
ill continue to act as attorney
the state in the cases pending
nst Meyer and Pettibone; If con-
ed, of course, he nay drop out OF
base. His immediate trial will
no material effect on the cases
oyer and Pettibone," said Mr..
Ow.
torney Darrow is accompanied
Ii wife and client, Charles H..
i of Denver, president of the
I'm Federation of Miners, who
M BEN released from custody on
20 bond awaiting the setting OF
81 ~ Mr.. DarrOw is also attorney
oF steve Adams, whose case will be
tiad next month before the Kootenai
cunts court at RathdTum, a change
{ venue from Shoshone county hav.
Ia n secured.
Haywood trial could moi
ave nlted more favorably for all
leases of people than to have
cquitlsd the prisoner. The cause OF
rade unionism has been materially
treng hened; the workinRmar
hroughout the United States hal
cen made to feel that he will bG
ivan square deal in the courts
Vac erdict of acquIttal has beer
ha eans of installing a sort of con
SIN into the minds of the
Big classes. An era of good
between the employer and
he plyoed has been created ant
ha an existing shortsightedness o
lokh he defense and prosecution ha
d easure been removed.
barrow, accompanied by hi
Ia c. ii. Meyer, will leave to
Rathrdum to arrange detail
> trial of Steve Adams. Tn
Is not yet been set. They will
10 to Boise to be present a
ening of the trial of Petit
hitch has been set for hearing
pber l.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12
GIRL BOOSTERS GO EAST
Ten Typical WesternePs to
Visit MANY Cities.

Spokane, Wash, Sept. a. Ten
typical Washington girls, rosy-cheek-
ed, bright eyed and full OF life, rep
resenting as many counties In the
eastern part of the Evergreen state,
left Spokane today on 1000 mile
trip, to DE completed in 90 days, dur
ing which they will make stops at
Cheyenne, Wyo., Omaha, Chicago,
Washington, Norfork, New York,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

The Glindeman residence to be-
constructed at the corner Of Eighth
and Foster streets will cost about
$4,000. The stone work begins at
once. Perry Smith has the contract
for the carpenter work.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-12

There was not q sufficient number
Of the MissouFians showed" up at
Sander hall to organize a tshow me-
club last evening. An effort will be
made later.