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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

Hd for that purpose. But, scorning
saest, upon his temperance he in
ftantly began again, though there
were no dancers yet, as If the other
fiddlcr had been carried home, ex-
hausted, on shutter, and he were
p brand-Lew man resolved to. beat
Him out of sight, or perish.
There were more dances, and
there were forfeits, and more
dances, and there was cake, and
there was negus, and there was a
great piece Of Cold Roast. and
there was a great piece of Cold
Boiled, and there were mince pies
and plenty. O; beer. But the great
effect of the evening came after
the Roast and Boiled, when the fid-
dler ian artful dog, mind The sort
of man who knew his business bet
ter than you or could have told it
himD struck up "Sir Doger de Gov
erly." Then old Fezziwig stood out
to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. Top
couple, too; with a good stiff piece
of work cut out for them; tire or
four and twenty pair of partners;
people who were not to be trifled
with; people who would dance, and
had no notion of walking.
But if there had been twice as
many. .ah, four times-old Fezzi-
wig would have been match for
them, and SO would Mrs. Fezziwig.
AS to her, she was worthy to be his
partner in every sense of the term.
If that's not high praise, tell me
higher, and I'll use it. A positive
light appeared to issue from Fezzi-
wigs calves. They shone in every
part of the dance like moons. You
couldn't have predicted, at any Civ
en- time, what would become of
them next. And when old FeZzi-
wig and Mrs. Fezziwig had gone all
through the dance-advance and re-
tire, both hands to your partner,
bow and curtsey, corkscrew, thread
the-needle, and back again to your
place-Fezziwig "cut''-cut so deft-
ly that he appeared to wink with
his legs, and came upon his feet
again without stagger.
When the clock struck eleven
this domestic ball broke up. Mr..
and Mrs. Fezziwig took their sta
lions, one on either side the door,
and shaking hands with every per-
son individually as he Or she went
out, wished him or her Merry
Christmas. When everybody had
retired but the two 'prentices, they
did the same to them; and thus the
cheerful voices died away, and the
lads were left to their beds, which
were under counter in the back
shop
(To be continued
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

shutters-one, two, three-had EN-
up in their places-four, five, six
barred 'em and pinned EN-
seven, eight, nine-and came back
before you could have got to
twelve, painting like race horses.
"Hilli-ho!" cried old Fezziwig,
skipping down from the high desk,
with wonderful agility. "Clear
away, my lads, and let's have lots
of room here! Hilli-ho, Dick.
Chirrup, Ebenezer!"
Clear away! There was moth
ing they wouldn't have cleared
away, or couldn't have cleared
away, with old Fezziwig looking on.
1T was done in a minute. Every
movable wwas packed off. as il it
were dismissed from public life for
evermore; the floor was swept and
watered, the lamps were trimmed.
fuel was heaped upon the fire, and
the warehouse was as snug and
warm and dry and bright a ball
room as you would desire to see
upon winters night.
In came fiddler with a music
book and went up to the lofty
desk and made an orchestra of 1t
and tuned like so stomachache In
came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast
smile. In came the three Miss
Fezziwigs, beaming and lovable.
In came the six young followers
whose hearts they broke. In came
all the young men and women EN-.
ployed in the business. In came
the housemaid, with her cousin, the
baker. In came the cook, with her
brothers particular friend, the
milkman. In came the boy from
over the way, who was suspected
of not having board enough from
his master; trying to hide himself
behind the girl from next door but
one, who was proved to have had
her ears pulled by her mistress. In
they all came, one after another;
some shyly, some boldly, some
gracefully. some awkwardly, some
pushing, some pulling; in they
came, anyhow and every how.
Away they all went, twenty couple
at once, hands half round and back
again the other way: down the mid
die and up again; round and round
in various stages of affectionate
grouping; old top couple always
turning up in the wrong place; new
top couple starting off again, as
soon as they got there; all top
couples at last, and not a bottom
one to help them! When this re-
suit was brought about, old Fezzi-
wig, clapping his hands to stop the
dance, cried out, well done." and
the fiddler plunged his hot face in
to pot of porter especially provid-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
WIRELESS ON TRAINS.

Wireless biography has scored an
important victory in a new field, as
a result of experiments which are now
being made by several railroads show
ing the possibility of maintaining con-
tinuous wireless communication with
moving trains. Plans to ultimately in
stall such signal service are now I'M
der consideration by at least one of the
large roads with terminals in Chicago,
with a view to increasing operating
efficiency and as a precaution against
wrecks The first experiments along
this line were undertaken by the Grand
Trunk system, to which is due the
credit of definitely proving the posi-
bility of continuous communication
with moving trains between stations
DR.. Everett Rutherford, now professor
of physics at the University of Man.
chester, England, conducted the work,
in association with several members
of the faculty of McGill university,
including DR.. H. S. Bovey, now rector
of the Imperial Institute, South Ken
sington, England. A special train was
placed at the disposal of the scientists,
equipped with wireless apparatu and
the demonstration was made on a run
between Toronto and Montreal 1t
IN, IN
tempt was made to cover distances
comparable with those attained by
Marconi and others, but with COM
paratively simple laboratory outfits it
was found possible to keep the train
in touch with a station for from eight
to ten miles, although running for part
of the time at the rate of a mile a
minute. st. Dominique was selected as
the transmitting station where two
large metal plate vibrators, 10X12 feet,
connected with an induction coil Of the
usual pattern, We're situated. On the
train itself the waves were received
by collecting wires connected to a
coherer of nickel and silver powder.
The relay operated electric bells in
three cars. The collecting wires were
run through the guides for the train
signal cord and extended on both
sides of the coherer for about one car
length. This pioneer work of the
Grand Trunk has reused the interest
OF railroad men in the practical posi-
bilities of wireless telegraph for dis
it is only a matter of time, it is I'M
derstood, before some system of the
sort will be installed on American
lines
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

censure passed upon their conduct Dy
the democratic caucus in response 10
Mr. Clark's appeals, the boilers are
said to be exceedingly indignant and
declare they will not recognize Clark
as their leader in future. Congressman
Fitzgerald. whose amendment to the
bouse rules was turned down without
a hearing by Mr. Clark, in the caucus
and again on the floor of the mousse
announced in the house the other day
that he would leave it to the country U
Judge which of the two democatlc
members of the rules committee (Clark
or himself) properly and capably rep
resents the true democracy of the
country"
This defiance of Congressman F1tz-
gerald and his supporters is susceptible
of but on explanation, namely, that
a division has arisen in the ranks OF
the democratic representatives in con-
gress which is likely to spread to the
party at large and become perman-
ent. These % dissenting democrats
represent the conservative element, or,
as Mr.. Fitzgerald intimates, the true
democracy, which has protested from
the beginning against Organism and
all the term implies as represented by
Clark and his followers. These pro-
tests have hitherto been confined to
individuals like the democratic sage,
Senator Daniels of Virginia, and other
old tiLle leaders who have viewed with
mingled feelings of grief and disgust
the disastrous leadership of Mr.. Bryan
and the populistic tenets which he has
insisted upon grating on his party's
creed. Now, however, since the con-
they may find the courage to fight in
the open, and a country wide split In
the ranks of the democratic party will
be the natural result. The split was
inevitable, anyway, sooner or later, for
oil and water are not more antagO-
nistic by nature than the Old-fash-
toned but still vigorous conservative
democrats and the latter day democ-
racy as exemplified under the term
Bryanism The old democracy was q
party of the strictest constitutional in
depreciation. Bryan democracy means
a ship without a rudder.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

over the securities of a railroad is well
founded. 1t does indeed make little or
no difference to the people in what
manner the corporations are financed
as long as they are financed by good
legitimate methods The railroads, says
Mr.. Hartman, are the peoples and,
although of course the government be-
longs to the people, he would have
them take a great deal more interest
in the finances of the government.
IF the wasteful extravaganza of
governmental methods should be ap-
piled to any other business it would
speedily bankrupt it," he declares.
"The administration should be regulat-
ed so that it will learn to conserve
it's revenues by cutting down expenses
and by taking sufficiently sound pre-
cautions to prevent the terrible and
utterly useless and uneconomic deficits
that are occurring with altogether too
much frequency. The financial meth
DDS of the government should be the
greatest concern of the people.
81 am a protectionist in theory and
in practice. where protection is need
ed; but the tariff ought to be revised,
for as the law now stands it is out of
date There are many things that are
enjoying the blessings of protection
that should not enjoy them and there
may be many things that should be
under protection which are not; but
the theory of protection is all right.
The point I wish to make is that
every new administration eagerly and
Immediately begins to devise new
means of filching money from the peo-
pie without knowing the first rudi-
ments of economics as applied to the
expenditure of money!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
QUICK RICHES KILL TRAMP
HOBO SPENDS
$4,000 IN ORGIES.
Fortnight Of Joy With Boon Compan-
ions as His Guests Ends In Death
From Alcoholism.

COLORADO SPRINGS, April s.
| Sudden wealth and dissipation that
! followed the acquisition of riches
, caused the death of II. P. Craig, known
as the millionaire tramp"
Craig's death came as a climax to
a night of revelry which had been pre-
coded by a series of drunken orgies,
and it is believed was directly due to
alcoholism.
For years Craig had been a hobo,
making his winter quarters here and
tramping the country in summer.
The recent death of his mother
| brought him a fortune, of which he
received $4,000 in cash a few weeks
ago. He invested a portion of it in a
cheap lodging house, which he called
the "Tramps' Retreat"
| He let out beds for Is cents a night
and surrounding himself with knights
of the road who had been his pals for
years The crowd INDUCED in nightly
orgies in evening dress, while the ban
quet table was piled high with cut
glass and floral decorations. An or
chestra furnished the music, and 1t
was the gala OCCASION in the lives Of
all present.
Monday night Craig became ill and
called for a glass of beer. His crav-
ing for drink resulted in his finally
being taken to the hospital hopelessly
into commissions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
COST OF LIVING FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE

expectation of life at birth, being Al
years, and the cost of keeping him $3.50
a year, the estimated cost of his whole
life would be about $600-a sum which
would purchase life annuities for two
paupers instead of one.
Similarly, if you could have bor-
rowed in babyhood the $4,000 which
you will have spent in maintaining
your existence, you and those depend
ent upon you would be much better off
than you are. In short, we could all
wish that we had come into the world
with a few thousand dollars in our
pockets-at the expense Of other peo-
pie, and the idea of the government
acting as fairy godmother to every
American baby undoubtedly has at
fractions for those of us whose faith
ers omitted to pile the dollars for on
benefit.
Unfortunately, the idea is as mr.
practicable as it is fascinating 1t is
referred to here only because it was
solemnly put forward during the briee
reign Of the commune in Paris. a
moments reflection should convince
the least intelligent pe.s"n that, alik.
on political and financial grounds, the
argument for state endowment Of the
individual is unworthy of further con-
sideration, unless as possible basis
f, rthe rlot of comic opera.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
HARRIMAN'S VIEW.

A more peSSemiStic view of the tar
iff situation than is held by Mr.. Harri-
man could hardly be imagined. Plac-
ing the present system at the root
of all prosecution of corporations and
especially traffic concerns he even goes
so far as to maintain that it was the
cause of the recent Lands decision.
Although the magnate denies that he
has ever criticised Roosevelt or his
policies his words do not bear out the
assertion for within few minutes he
goes off on a harrangue on government
tai regulation of railroads and failure
of the administration to give adequate
protection to them in return for reg
ulation. Not satisfied with this he ad-
ministers another rap to the recent adj
ministration in the form of a severe
criticism of the tariff policy, declar-
ing the people should insist, that the
first aim of the administration should
not be to wiring money out of the peo-
pie before it had learned to expend it
wisely. Evidentally there is a schedule
in the new bill before congress which
strikes home to Mr.. Hartman and he
is probably just now getting busy in a
crusade to protect his own interests.
| In way his suggestion that the gov
eminent should have no supervision
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

Has it ever occurred to you to try
to calculate the cost of a mans pas
sage from the cradle to the grave?
1t is one of the essential character
istics of a civilized community that
its members are mutually dependent
upon one another for the means OF
existence, says an exchange. Even
the agriculturalist, who grows his own
food and whose wife spins and weaves
not live upon his own labor unless he
has surplus. The man who lives in
ever taking money from one set of
men and giving some of it to another
set. Fortunate is he, indeed, if the
dollars come in a little faster than
they go out, for they are hardly got
and too easily spent.
1t costs money to come into the
world-for the doctor and nurse have
as much right as the baby to a liv-
ing. Nature ordains that a man must
eat to live; civilization ordains that
he must pay to eat. The law and the
climate demand that we shall have
roofs over our heads and clothes upor
our bodies; neither can be had with
out money or the equivalent of money
From infancy to old age one is sur
rounded with other peoples hands out
stretched for dollars. and even wher
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

the efforts of others for their support
even he costs at least $4,000 to clothe
and house and feed
The man who spends his life in pris-
on costs more, because he has to be
more securely housed and because
the cost of catching and convicting
him must be added to the cost Of
keeping him.
Even the nomadic hobo costs not
less than 800 for every year he lives
his wasted life. He spends little, it
is true, upon clothes, but if all the
goods that he gets by begging, bullying
and thieving be added up, together
with the expenses entailed in prevent
ing him from getting more and in
moving from place to place, it will be
found that his life from first to last
entails the expenditure of sum which
if expended at his birth, would have
procured him an annuity large enough
to have maintained him decently.
Regarding Annulties.
The question may be asked whether
in view of these facts, it would be
worth while for the community to adj
vance to eevry individual, either at his
birth or on reaching the age of 81
years, sum equivalent to the total
estimated cost of his particular life. II
may be suggested that the pauper's
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
GRAFT CONVICTION.

In the longest drawn out trial in the
history of graft prosecution, the pre-
liminary steps in an effort to bring
Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads, to Justice for alleged
bribery, are being completed. There
is unquestionably something radically
wrong with laws which will allow
case to be extended over II weeks
without the acceptance of a jury. 1t
has apparently become not matter
of laws and legal rights in the mat
ter of securing conviction of a big
CRATER; but instead, mere battle in
technicalities. A fight for time, prob
ably with a hope that in the end the
cost of such a trial and call a halt
to the proceedings, thus letting the
man who faces the charge escape the
penalty of the law. From it's begin .
ming the present San Francisco trial
has been marked by a continued vo!-
ley of sensations. Sprung, several of
them By the prosecution in an attempt
to mete out justice and outwit the
clever manipulations by the attorneys
for the defense, and the others by the
defendant and his corps of assistants,
showing the shady methods to which
one already stamped with crime Will
resort in an attempt to save himself
from paying the penalty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

the end comes the dead mans purse
is opened to pay for his interment.
Result Is Surprising.
Strike an average of the annual cost
Of your life till now; multiply it by
the number of years you are entitled
by human calculations to suppose that
life may last, and you will be surprised
at the result, says the New Bedford
Sentinel
You are perhaps young profess
sional man earning $4,000 a year. You
are only 81 years of age, and you an
ticipate, of course, that your income
will increase every year. Consider,
however, only the bare cost Of your
own personal maintenance; the money
spent in your education, in nursing
you through the ills of childhood, the
cost Of board, lodging, clothing and
other essentials to your health and
success. Suppose we take it at an av-
erage of $1,000 a year. The insurance
company tells you that from it's point
of viewyou have another 81 years to
live. If that is so, when you depart
from the world at the age of 81 you
will have paid $4,000 for the right to
live so long.
Cost Of Pauper.
The pauper who begins his days in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
Hard to Understand.

Whats Johnny been doing asked
the patient father.
He had an alteration with the
leighbOr's children, was warned by
the police, broke the cellar window.
tried to put cartridge in the furnace
and that's all / can think of just now -
Its absolutely marvellous, isn't it?'
What is?'
THAT anybody should have the
nerve to kidnap a small boy!"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
THE DEMOCRATIC SPLIT.

The revolt of the % democrats VINO
voted with the republican organization
in congress against the leadership of
Champ Clark, is likely to prove the
thin edge of a wedge which will even
tually split the democratic party in
twain. AS a result of the vote of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
Perfectly Proper.

"The stationary dance is the latest
How nOW?"
THE young man sits in the cOnserv-
atory with his arm around the girls
waist. The chaperon is there, too
"Why the chaperon?"
''To see that he removes his arm
when the music stops"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
Sure Thing.

Sure Thing.
eff take the place, num-" inquired
the prospective cook, "kin 1 eat WIN
the family?"
81 should say SOL" exclaimed Mrs.
Subbubs. why I'll give a dinner IN
your honor every week"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
Supersensitive?

Supersensitive?
Spit ball sounds coarse to me.
I'd rather hear
Pitchers allude to the
Saliva sphere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

attic meet, but will rmain at work
on the track getting into condition.
So far the old men individually are
up to form, and the new material is
coming out rapidly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
A Melancholy Law.

A Melancholy Lay.
This is no time for songs and jokes,
The state Of things forbids;
With grip for all the grown-up folks
And measles for the kids!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
So Unromatic.

% OnSOmdtC.
Her parents are very unreasonable
How SOP"
"Give her no excuse for feeling Ill
used Want her to marry the feIlo"
~ne's in love with"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

The pauper who begins his days in
the workhouse, and ends them there
at 80-for those who depend upon
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-11
DENMARK.

Copenhagen has now, including its
suhurhs, a population Of not less than
$4,000 people, No Scandinavian cap,
ital Ia increasing In population at the
rate that Copenhagen Ia geiAg new, In
apite Of rather depressed times, there
was q seed deal Of building activity
last year and the tndieatieAs for hWlld,
ihg operations this spFiAg are the very
best,
1ehaAhe elauseA, a popular GepeA,
hagen singer, has been arrested and
sentenced To eight meRtha' impriaeR,
iheht fer alleged participation In the
GaptFh Lumber eempaRy's swiNales
during the past year, Her arrest has
caused establishment ameAg the must,
cal and theatrical circles Of the city,
The Edward kipp Butter Exporting
company was compelled 10 make an
assignment the ether day, The ee,a,
pany'e debts are estimated To exceed
a millien erewAs, whereas It's assets
amount 10 eAly $4,000 crowns, AbeN,
a year ago It was regarded IA one al
che selid firms Of the city,
Winter tourists are not few in tina
city at this season Of the year, es>
peeially frem Germany, and the land,
lords Of the various hotels wear the
smile that refuses to come on, An
the cafes OF the capital city are de,ns
an excellent business,
MARION s. NoREtlus.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-11

Ex-Sheriff Swan Torkelson of Bel
trami county has been sentenced Ia
two and q half years in the state prison
for assault with a,,emp, to commit
rape.
ST. Cloud is considering tho advis,
ability of changing i,a present form
Of city government TO that Of tho com,
mission plan, 1t IL said that strong
sentiment In favor Of the change Il
prevalent,
An action which was begun In lsss
In behalf OF the state by W, h,
Douglas, attorney general. % recover
s,lS"A, from ST. Louis eaaAty, al,
legged TO be due a. state taxes col,
leessa, was on Friday decided Ia
iaver Of the state by The supreme
eearh Sas,lee Elllen wN,e the
epiRieA,
ELLA Reetasea, an laaiAA maiden
feem the SisseseA, ., d., reservation,
IL eeMeaAiag the tate OF M,s0a and
her acquaintance with q white nan,
with when she Smoked the p,pe al
peace and paNees excessively Of
champagne and lsesteN The mSiaee
Il kAewa 10 her tribe AZ priseess
Shatew, and she appeared al police
headquarters, Minneapolis, and made
kaewa her plight She said she ne.
eeivea a,Seo OF the money dispensed
by Maj, Mclaughlin In 81, Paul and
then CHANGED 10 meet y a&pper young
paletAee, The two set out TO celebrate,
The aiaay wAirl was too much Tor the
mNtaea. and when che aweke she was
minus both money and companion,
The police Of both cities are leokins
for the young man, who 10 supposed 10
have annexed her wAnpum, TIE rirl
10 we'll educated and elAlms 10 b.
= graduate OF CArltsle>