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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
ACCORDING TO THE HOTEL CLERK

and said. Gadzooks' and 'Odsfish,' which
Is a kind Of nsh that isn't common any
more, or at least ] never see 1t on the bill
Of fare, and then they d out: with their
swords, and 1t would have been up and
down. parry and thrust. back and forth.
q few times like James X. Hackett and
Kyrle Bellew at a Wednesday matinee.
and then one Of them would have taken
two feet Of cold steel through his delica-
lessen and died In q heroic manner 10
bone-felon music. Ten years ago. even.
there would have been a duel and while
nobody would have suffered seriously. ex-
cept the liveryman who was careless
enough to let the parties have the neces-
sary carriages on credit, stiil honor would
have been satisfied in an honorable way.
But what happened when these
naughty young noblemen met? hate
to tell you, Larry. what did happen.
There was no sword thrust straight
the center lacings of the stays.
no firing Of deadly dueling pistols. no
no challenges. Nothing OF the
kind. The Prince de Sagan passed out
a sample Of the same brand of physical
repartee that the Hon. John Sharp VIII
liams recently used on the Hon. David
De Almond. He reached forth and with
his princely fingenaiir he scratched
nearly all the bloon-of-young face paint
from his cousins right cheek. Where
upon the count retaliated by taking care
ful aim at the lower part OF the princes
and proceeded to violate the
ordinance in regard to splitting in public
places. And then-oh. Larry, think OF
the shame OF it.-they had one another ar
rested by q common John Darn in req
pants. and a p!ebeian magistrate fined
them both In an sccursed police court"
We'll" said the house detective, seems
ike to me that wuxn't such a turr'ble
fined In a police COURT
1T was q terrible thing for the count
md the prince said the hotel clerk.
They had to pawn their eorssts and
sets to make up the amounA"
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encouragement Of smoking in public
among women? Our neighbours beloved
pastor, with cigar in his face that looks
like an ebony clarinet. and both hip peck
cts full of fine cut. Who referees the
friendly bout at the annual smoker of the
young mems Bible class. when the horri-
BILE Hindoo hands a sleeping potion to the
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gists looking like parties suffering from
an impeachment Of the speech. In that
regard he's the prize winning Northern
Spy and the original Early Henderson
Who is 1t that presides over a meeting
to protest against smoking in public by
women? Our beloved pastor. And who is
1t that presides over a meeting for the
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now and then. or the audience will become
irked and begin to clamor for it's money
back.
Nowadays the most popular preacher
is the one who can succeed in do
ing everything with distinction, except
preaching. When 1t comes to being
timely he's got the vaudeville monol-
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That the comic valentines OF a century
ago were supplied with much the same
sort of doggerel to be found on their
present-day prototypes is Indicated by
satirical valentine OF the year 1906 which
is dedicated ITO Lady VINO SQuints."
and reads:
The charming peppers must be delight.
They yield q most convenient sight
Convenient I do not deride.
For you can either side.
The preservation OF the old valentines
in the only collection which has been
brought together has involved not a few
problems that might not at first suggest
themselves. For one thing. most OF the
old-time sentimental valentines were made
from fimsy paper. and inasm,ich as the
lapse OF time and frequent foldings have
not helped the condition OF this material.
II is necessary to handle II with extreme
care. Then. again. the ink in which many
OF the sentimental and sarcastic messages
Of bygone generations were penned has
shown a tendency to fade. and conse-
quently the relics are not exposed to the
light save when on exhibition.
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somewhat on the order Of modern artificial
flowers. However, these ancient counter
felt blooms were 50 slit into iattice-hke
meshes that the pulling OF an attached
thread will cause each flower to unfold.
disclosing sentimental messages hidden
In its depths.
Transformation pictures consisting OF
crude drawings in ink, or at best more
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suffers all sorts of iniquities to go on
among his people.
Yes, he is lazy and neglectful. In the
last heat he was taken sick and ply
stefan was sent for.
".'f want you to tell me frankly he said
to the physician. what is the matter with
me-
"The physician frowned at the fat.
flushed face and. frankly enough, replied:
1.-The trouble with you. sir. is that you
are suffering from underworld and over
pay"
The Smart Boss.
Rudyard Kipling concluded his recent
address to the students of McGill Uni
versity with an attack on ''smartness."
He said:
of your dear little playmates showing
signs Of smartiess in his work. his talk
or his play, take him tenderly by the
hand. by both hands. by the back Of the
neck. II necessary. and lovingly. play
fully, but firmly. lead him to a knowl-
edge of higher and more interesting
things
Afterward Mr.. Kipling told a story
about a smart man.
This man." he said. owned a dry
goods store, and enc day, to his great dis
gust. he heard a new clerk say to a lady:
No. madam: We have not had any
for long time
with fierce glance at the clerk the
smart employer rushed up to the lady and
said:
1--WE have plenty in reserve. ma'am:
plenty upstairs
Lady and clerk looked dazed and
afterward the smart proprietor learned
that the clerks remark had been made
In answer to the lady's, We hauH"'' had
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toned. In a way this is not
strange, for the fimy creations
of lace paper and scrap pictures could
scarcely be expected to stand the wear
and tear of a century or more. Yet 1t
does appear odd that in this heyday of
the collecting fad, when the hobbies of the
relic hunters embrace everything from
snuff boxes to old furniture, almost no
body should have given attention to the
old enthusiastically one of the most
alluring fields for such quests.
A pretty thorough canvass recently
made of the leading museums and libra
ries of the United States disclosed the
fact that not one of them possessed so
much as single specimen of the valen-
tines OF our Observation-Disclosures period.
Even the Library Of Congress at Wash
inston can boast not a solitary sentiment
tai trophy of this kind. and in this respect
1t is behind it's famous rival. the British
Museum. for the institution in London
has a number of old valentines in its
archives.
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Misunderstood.

OF Henry James. who, to the distress
of many of his admirers. is revising
Daisy Miller. the Portrait of a Lady
and his other early works. Chicago
publisher said the other day:
Here is something funny that hap
pened during Mr.. James visit to Phila-
delphia.
1.-TWO housemaids in the downtown
house where he stopped were discussing
him.
Hes very finicky fussy gentle
man." said the first.
. Indeed. you're right he is the other
agreed. warmly. He caught me using
one of his razors one morning to pry
open stiff window with. and kicked up
an awful row. Some folk hate bit of
fresh air.
A Hard Question.
THAT is a complicated question" said
Senator Clay of "A certain practical pro-
posal. 1T reminds me of a question that
was once put to old Squire Briggs of
Marietta.
THE squire was noted for his long.
Solcmon-like head, and he was freque ntly
asked to settle disputes.
Squire said farmer to him one day
at the tavern. there's a difficult point
! want you to settle, and whatever you
say I'll abide by
Well. fire away, said the squire good
hunioredly. and I'll see what l can do for
you
Its like this said the man. .Blankson
wants to trade farms with me, but we
ter than mine. but I've got twice as
many cranberry bushes; his corn is all
stacke,. and mine amt, but I've got
screens to four windows and two doors
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I've wrote the morals of my love.
Thou art the maid and only maid
That hast my honest hart tfapad.
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The Rev. Hypen j. Sidewinders, d. D..
has been making an informal talk to a
mothers congress on How to Remove
Moles from the Human Face Without
Excavating.' or some such congenial
topic" explained the hotel clerk. That's
him going along yonder with the escort
of early spring fashions. i guess maybe
he amt the original ecclesiastical kid?
Larry, il I had my life to live over
again I'd be one of those sporting extra
clersymen.- When / was a kid / had a
different idea. In those ancient days the
preacher was q party in a white cravat
who always looked like it gave him a
deep pain when he smiled But we've
broadened out since then. The hurried
civilization OF a great city. which pro-
duced the self-rising opera hat and the
taximeter cab. is responsible for the
preacher who plays for the headiiners
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ORIGINAL ECCLESIASTICAL KIDS OF THE GLE

among which yon departing party is
conspicuous example.
Back home in the tall rye a preacher
didn't have much to do. All he had to
be was combination Of trained nurse,
bill collector and reception committee on
week days, and on Sundays an illustrated
time card to a warmer climate. He had
to sit up with the sick and down with
the deacons, both of which being hard
jobs to fill without miscuing.s He was
salary in real money and the rest in
produce and dry fodder and moldered
prunes and red wooden wristlets. and
other commodities peculiar to parsonage
pound parties.
You knew just by the way he wore
his whiskers whether he was a conductor
on the eleventh-hour accommodation of
the Methodist road or of the Congrega-
tional limited or the Presbyterian royal
blue. or the Baptist tank line. with
through service via the water gap.
II guess there may be still few of the
orthodox xxx brand for family use
preacher in the back wards of the red
timothy country. but there's not many OF
him under the maintop. That kind
wouldn't make such an awful hit here.
His congregation on emerging would look
like the grand jury going to dinner.
I'm the feverish metropolis. Larry, the
ecclesiastical pfppin with the largest
displacement is the one who knows the
newest parior tricks. His tonnage is
based on his repertoire preacber u,bo
just preached was all very we'll about
the time Lee surrendered. but here in the
town of Merry Widowvile-on-t the Sound
we have learned that to create a concus-
sion that will rattle the window panes
for distance of more than one city
block the dominic has got to have a few
specialties concealed under the skirts of
his black diagona!s. He must be able to
take a white rabbit and few yards of
national bunting out Of his high hat every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
By Irwin S. Cobb.

HERE had been some sort of q
meeting for women i'm the Red
Room or the Blue Room or the
Red-White-a and Blue Room of
the Hotel ST. Reckless and when
it was over those present went f1ocking
through the lobby. chatting freely For
the most part, they were clothed In ad.
vance copies Of the new modes-gowns
which a layman might have said 1t
would take a contortionist to get into and
surgical operation to get out Of. At
the tail Of the procession came the main
attraction. This was a middle-aged per-
son of clerical aspect but not too clerical
The severity Of his ministerial garb was
tempered by vaselined smile and
saucy twirk OF the larboard side-whisker
This gentleman was being conveyed by
eight or ten OF the most spectacular OF
the lady attendants. He wore a smile
like a cash In an August watermelon
Wot's been doin?' inquired the house
detective, as he watched the departing
throng.
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Particularly quaint conceits in the line
IF old-time valentines found in this col
ection are those which represent in each
instance single flower or cluster Of
gay posies. fashioned from tissue paper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

VHE valentines of We olden times
are as rare today as any class
of antiques that could be men
toned. In way this is not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

The charming peppers must be delight.
They yield q most convenient sight;
Convenient I do not deride.
For you can see on either side
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Grandmoher Valentines Trophies of Lace Paper and Sentiment

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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
MAKING
CHANGES
New Company Already
Active on Power
Line.

+. g. Baum and s. N. Naphley
who were In this city yesterday in
connection with the transfer of the
Flsishacker holdings to the Califor-
MIA Nevada Power Company departed
for the coast last evening.
While no statement was given out
as to the future policy OF the COM
pany It Is understood that for the
present 1t will be maintained as in the
past with the same heads Of depart.
ments In charge.
The new company has begun work
on a couple Of the generating plants
to better equip them for the coming
winter In hopes that power and light
srvice can be maintained throughout
the bad season Of the year. The
supply bitches are being overhauled
and everything possible done to in
sure good service.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
Man Of Millions
Now a Pauper

NEW YORK, November 10.-Chas
w. Morse, who two years ago was
rated as being worth more than $780,
100000, to-day swore under oath that
he had not enough money or securi
ties left from his vast fortune to pay
his debts.
This revelation was made when
Morse's attorneys appeared in the
United States Court of Appeals to al
que for the admission of Morse to bail
Morse, who had been sentenced to Is
years Imprisonment at hard labor in
the federal prison at Atlanta, Ca, was
not permitted to leave the Tombs pri-
son to-day, but an affidavit made by
him was read. The motion was ar
gued before Judges Lacombe, Ward
and Cox and the decision was revers-
ed
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
Sues Paper
For $25O,OOO

Diamondfield Jack Davis has sued
the Saturday Evening Post. published
in Philadelphia, for $250,000 damages
for what he terms malicious libel. In
his suit, which was entered in the
United States Court last week, Jack
complains that in a recent issue OF
that weekly he is represented as the
villain in a murder story the scene
Of which is laid in Goldfield The
name of the villain is Diamond Jack
but Davis says he is sure he is the
person meant and that he frequently
receives letters thus addressed. The
circumstances of the story are point
ed out so minutely, Jack says, that
the malice is very evident. James
Hopper, the author of the story, was
formerly a resident OF Goldfield.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
FORMER
RESIDENT
Under Arrest at CHICAGO
and Appeals to Me-
vada Friends.

RENO, November lis. Lund, erst
while Reno contractor and Nevada
mining promoter, is now languishing
in Chicago Jail on the charge of hav
ing obtained mining machinery under
false representation from the Fair
banks Morse Company, according to
reports received from the Windy City.
Lund has written to friends in this
city that ii hey are unable to raise
the sum of $500 he will have to stay
in Jail until the case comes to trial.
1t is alleged that Lund purchased
the mining machinery some time ago
to be used in a mine near this city.
He then we.et east to promote min
ing venture and the Fairbanks Morse
Company, not having been paid for
the machinery, learned Of his trip and
when he arrived in Chicago had him
placed under arrest and jailed.
Several cases are now pending in
the district court here in which Lund
is the defendant. Lund's present res
idence in Chicago prevents the hear
ing Of the cases, and it is unable to
determine when they will lie heard.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
Chinese ambassador May Take
Action Against Reno Council

matter will be sifted thoroughly.
One picture shows the entire dis
trict as it has been destroyed, with
the owners of the destroyed houses
standing amidst the ruins. Another
picture shows the homeless Chinese
standing looking at the ruins, with
their few possessions piled in front
of them. They are very effective
pictures, and together with the data
may result in the Chinese Ambassador
calling upon the United States offs
cials to take some action.
The members of the Washoe County
grand jury, DR.. Robinson, Of the Reno
Board of Health, and Fire Chief Web
ster, are firm in their statement that
the houses had to be destroyed as
,lealth precaution.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
SUM MERS
WORSE TODAY
Relatives Will Arrive to
Take Him to a
SanitOrium.

The condition of J. B. Summers is
some worse today and every since
early last evening until late this af-
ternoon he has been beyond all con-
troll and raving constantly on Social
ism which is his one theme Late
today the opiates administered to him
began to take effect and he finally
went to sleep.
Relatives of the unfortunate man
will arrive in this city on tomorrow
when arrangements will be made to
have the man conveyed to one of the
big sanitariums in California for
treatment.
1t is believed that the mans in
sanity is caused from a blood clot
on the brain and if such should be
the case there is practically no hope
for his recovery
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
WESTERN PACIFIC READY

Passenger and freight traffic on the
Utah division of the Western Pacific
railroad will be opened within two
weeks, according to an announcement
made at the offices of the railroad re-
Gently. Regular traffic will probably
be inaugurated from Salt Lake City
as far west as Shafter. Nevada
where the Western Pacific crosses the
Southern Pacific. More than 100 miles
of the new road is now in operation
from Oakland, Cal, eastward. The
gap between Shafter, Nevada, and the
eastern end of the California line is
being closed as rapidly as possible.
Officers OF the road say that 80 per
cent of the grading and over 65 per
cent of the tunneling of the gap is
now complete. :-...
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
COMMISSIONERS WILL
DECIDE ON FRIDAY
Attorneys Endeavoring to Settle
Matter Without Forcing County
Into Big Expense

One Of the principal ,opics Of COLI
versation today Is the special election
that may have to be held to decide
the tie vote on the assembly ticket
between Dennis Hurley, republican,
and Jas. A. Raycraft, democrat.
A number of attorneys in the city
are looking up all kinds of law on
the subject In an endeavor to find a
way out Of the difficulty without hav.
ing to put the county to the expense
OF q special election.
A special meeting Of the board Of
county commissioners was held last
evening at which number Of local
attorneys were present who presented
a variance Of opinion in regard to
the law on the subject. The commits
sioners after having heard the var
ious arguments took q recess until
Friday at which time decision will
be rendered.
Attorneys Platt and Finch who are
representing the two principals and
District Attorney Roberts are busy
on the subject today and a number OF
outsiders and other attorneys are
taking n chance at 1t.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
After Standard Oil

CHICAGO, November 10.-It was
announced in the office of District Al
torney Sims, following the decision of
the Appellate Court, that additional
suits against the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indianna were fully prepared
and that trials may be demanded with
in two weeks. Two Of the suits charge
rebating in connection with shipments
in Chicago and Eastern illinois and
two in which the Evansville & Terre
Haute railroad was the line shipment.
upon which indictments were return
ed by Federal Grand Juries.
Cases in which charges of rebating
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
1lxIiWc WAS
COLDBLOODED
Woman Killed BY HuS.
band VINO Was in
Drunken ury.

Later news of the killing Of Mrs
Sheridan of Goldield by her bus-
band on account of which appeared in
yesterdays paper shows that the
crime was one of the most cold
blooded in the history of that mining
camp.
1t appears that the wife was en-
deavoring to arouse her husband to
report for duty at the Hotel Casey
where he was employed as bar
tender when he becam angry and
threatened to do her bodily harm. She
kept at him, however, in an endeavor
to arouse him from his drunken sleep
and while doing SO the man leaped
from the bed and rushed to her. In
order to protect herself from him she
grabbed coal shovel ana struck him
over the head with II. This enraged
a frnch bread knife about twelve
inches in length he rushed at her.
She started for the rear of the house
but was halted by the screen door
which was locked. In the time she
lost opening the door the man reach
edher and plunged the knife into her
heart.
The woman opened the door, ran in
the yard and dropped dead. The
husband then ondaayorod tO nr0tact
himslf from the people who had rush
ed to the scene but was overpoWered
before he did any more damage. The
report that he stated he knew moth
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11

RENO, November 10.-Foliowing
the arrival of a prominent Chinaman
and his attorney in Reno last week,
and his investigation of the destruc-
ton of the Chinese novels in this
city, prominent Chinese of Reno had
a photographer take a number of pic
lures of the destroyed district, and
have collected much data concerning
the destruction of these houses. They
intend to send these photographs and
their data to the Chinese Minister at
Washington and petition him to take
some action in their behalf. AttOrn-
eIys Summerfield and Curler, of Reno
have been engaged by the local
Chinese, but decline to duscuss the
case further than to say that the
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ASSEM-
BLYMAN RAISES MANY POINTS
Money for
Terminal Point

RENO, November 11.-While the
Nevada Railroad Commission is hard
at work collecting evidence to be used
in the hearing before the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the fight
for intermediate terminal freight rates
the merchants of Reno are busy col
lecting fund to carrl this fight
through successfully. H. j. Darling
and f. ]. Peck are circulating a sub
scription list among the business men
and citizens in Reno, while business
men in other cities are also collecting
funds.
Prince Catlin was a passenger for
Reno last evening.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-11

The more the lawyers study the
law on contested elections the more
they are at sea. The statutes are
so contradictory that no one can
really tell whether the commission
ers have a right to make a recount
or not Many hold that they have
no right in Legislative case and that
Hurley should have been given the
certificate of election on the face OF
the returns. This seems at the pres
ent writing about the proper thing to
do and then Raycraft can take it to
a higher court or the legislature il
he desires on the showing made yes
terday.
The taxpayers as a rule do not de-
sire the expense or special election
which will cost in the neighborhood
of $1,000 and the candidates are also
figuring on the personal expenses at
tached to another bout at the polls.
AS a matter of fact the entire prop
osition is up in the air at the present
time and the decision of the county
commissioners at their meeting on
Friday will probably settle the affair
so far as the special election is con-
cerned