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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17

See here!" Lander getting fdgety, fearing
there wouldn't be enough left for him. He about
to say more; but was eXtlngulShed by an lnslstent
How much?"
There's thousand dollars in this safe - Landor
about to prolong his comment; but the other
blighted his oratory with wordess stacking up of
cool thousand, then announced:
There's nobody here afraid of anybody. Now,
the simplest plan is the best Every man puts his
money on the bar. 1 cover it with equal amount.
Well let it there till it known to whom each
pile belongs That point being settled, the owner
simply steps up and puts it in his pocket
A articulate murmur of acquiescence went round.
The smile the dark face took deeper signif-
canoe. The tall man and understood. This
thing must be done quickly. subtle odor of the
niger in the woodpile" was perceptible. Already
the red Colonel grew green around the gills.
Hold on!" he shouted. Lets examine that
money!"
Much amused, the stranger grasped the thousand
dollar pile and unhesitatngly thrust it into Landor's
fevered hand. Fay and Filler, evidently relieved by
this diversion from the main issue, crowded up.
Its good as the gold: p" Thus Filler with 1nality.
= The stufs all right" Thus Colonel Fay touch
of disappointment in his tones
1t is, sighed Landor.
The money now lay on the bar in three heaps
The stranger in facetous imitation of Landor, threw
on high, and proclaimed:
Hold on! There can be no doubt of the terms OF
this transaction They very simple. We have
nothing to do even with the other figures on the
selves to the six. This do for the that it
entered into conversation in the manner you well
remember. stake my money that you cannot state
positively the character of numerals you have
dozen or times day for from five to thirty
years. do this primarily to prove the utility OF
human observation. Now" with that blithe up
rightness which went far to promote the growing un
easness " are you ready?"
An inarticulate murmur of assent went round.
Then let each name distinctly the mineral
indicating six o'clock on the face of his watch
wi" Thus Landor.
wi" Thus Fay.
wi" Thus Filler
"All wrong or l lose. Look!',
THREE trembling hands sought three watchfobs
Three pa1d faces looked down at three pallid
CLASSY disks. Inarticulate EXPLANATIONS of dismay
followed. Landor and Filler choked and gasped
Fay first to find lucid utterance:
"There's six at ALL he breathed
1--WE 1ose!'' Thus Filler, gamely.
Number six was always hot medicine" Thus
Lander, recalling cayenne compound of early
childhood
Are you all satisfied" The Cavaliers hands
lowered inquringly above the three heaps.
No one had the heart to speak The three walked
slowly away from the bar The stranger stood wait
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17

chOker wad on the
bar, and, in an excess
of confidence deliber-
ately walked away
from it.
Filler and Fay con-
templated the pack of
bills with evergrowing
covetousness.
Friend, Filler sud-
denly dived his digits
into a vest pocket,
here's a little mat
ter of five hundred
in acceptance of that
proposition. :"
And there Caesar
spoke!' Still smiling,
the stranger stripped
five hundred dollars
from the wad.
A rule of my life
has been to never
bet on another mans
game" said Colonel
Fay; "but this is no
game. l say, open and
aboveboard, that | got
one of the darndest
swattin's l ever had
coming to me for
bothering my dad
about them same four
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17
THE CAVALIER

roll and waved it tauntingly
close to the three men, who
now stood confronting him,
THAT not one of you Wait,
before | state my proposition,
allow me to ask each of you a
question. Landlord, how long
have you carried the watch
you consulted at six o'clock?"
Thirty years. inherited it
from my father. y
And your" The long fate
full finger darted at Colonel Fay
so suddenly that the doughty
Colonel instinctively lodged,
went red in the face, and jerked
out Forty ye-fourteen, I'd
-"
"You?"
Five" returned Filler, an
ticipative and prepared.
FRIENDS, I'll now state my
L proposition. don't believe
that either of you know the
style of numerals that mark
the hours on the faces of your
watches. / back that doubt
with an offer to stake any
amount in my possession that
neither of you can tell offhand
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27
TRAINING OF TURXESTAN GIRL
"Education" That Seems to the West.
ern Mind to Be of Little
Real Value

Dismounting before the uprolled fe't
door of one OF the round tents. |
peered into the smoke blackened in
terror, and found an old white-turbaned
'khoia" teaching three rosy checked
little girls to read.
How is this?" I asked in Turk. sur
prised at such a reversal of Mohamme-
dan customs Aren't there any boys
in this camp"
ooh. yes" answered the teacher.
with shrug of his shoulders: but
what can we do? We are poor The
boys must he off tending the sheep"
The pretty. black-haired girls were
evidently rich mans daughters, for
the broad hrims of their caps were
made of imported fur, and their shape
less gowns were of red. green and
yellow silk. woven in preposteroUs
f1owerv patterns I asked one of them
to read where | pointed. She did not
even glance at the book. but began
reciting something as fast as possible
It was the dsv's passage from the
Arabic Koran. which neither she nor
her teacher understood That was the
extent of her education.-E Ellsworth
Huntin gton, in Harper's Magazine
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

The situ3 tinn of Damascus Is re
markahle- she stands isolated on an
oasis of the vast desert which every
where hens her in You may see
from Damascus the sunset frs touch
with purple the low western hills %
miles away, These hills mark the
beginning Of the great desert beyond
them there is nothing but rolling
waste and the long roads to Palmyra
and Bagdad. The permanence and
prosperity of Damascus arc due to the
presence of two rivers, which have
converted this spot of the dreary
desolate and uninhabited desert into a
smiling and we'll watered plain. The
Pharrar approaches only within seven
miles of Damascus, but by means of
canals and aqueducts sends its life
giving waters to the gardens of the
city The Absna is the stream from
which the cjty's main supply of water
Is obtained. Minerva like, it springs
full born from the base of perpen-
dicular rock at Ain Filth. in the heart
Of the Anti-Lehanons. and runs
course OF ten miles III p gorge, q large
river 20 to 80 feet wide and four
feet deep, its waters always fresh and
ice cold, casting out branches every
where, meating every nook and
corner of the city, until as one has
said: Literally, there is scarce
street. bazaar. khan courtyard or
dwelling house which has not its mar
BILE or stone fountain constantly filled
with running water supplied directly
by the Ahana itself" Thus. the Aha
ma, not fruitlessly wasting her waters
on that thirsty land, saves them in
her narrow gorge till she can fling
them we'll out on the desert. and ex-
pends all her life at once in the crea.
ton of single Biblical World.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27
Washington a
Credit Town

Washington. D. G. Aug. 1S.-
1t is almost impossible for a per-
son to get any sort OF respectful
attention in one of the larger
Washington stores unless he has
an account there. OF course, If
ne looks especially we'll
groOned, it may make a differ
cHce, but the person not running
an account is looked on AS Jude
sirable Several persons were
discussing this a few days ago in
Washington, and one lady de
>lared that she had simply been
driven INTO opening accounts al
though she did not like to do il
at all
Il have been earning my living
tor a good many years, " She said,
and u considerable portion OF
that time | have lived IN Wash
'ngton. | tried to get along by
paying cash, butl find | couldn't
+ 10 1T. The people who pay cash
are not catered to at all. They
are looked on much as if they
were unable to get credit, and
when once asked to have n
small purchase charged until the
cud OF The month | was refused,
although | had been a cash GUS
toner OF that house for years. !
found that | almost had to run
accounts, and finally succumbe.
although | b-lieve ! pay mole
that wav, aud | know | buy
more hecanse 1t IS easier and on,
does not always stop to conside
how much the months bills vii
total"
This helps toexplain why there
are SO many banks in Washing
ton, and why they have SO man>
>mall depositors. 1t might be u
good thing ititencouraged thrift
but very many of these deposi
tors carry their accounts merel,
to impress the merchants they
are doing business with, paving
sums even less than one dollar
by check. The consequence is that
there are SO many bad debts
ind prices of merchandise are
higher than one must pay iii
most other cities in order to re
coup the dealers for those who
do not pay.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27
MARRYING Parson.'

here WAS Il tune when the
gentlemen belonging to the
learned protest. IN" Stunned
no>Orietv and advertising That
day however is passing, and
now some very reputable physl
ctdns and lawyers, as well as
ministers of the Gospel, are using
the press and other means OF
publicity to extend their fields
ot activity and, possibly one
might add, usefulness. One OF the
latest to seek he benefit of print
ers ink is a "a WaSajngton evanpe
list, Rev James Madison Little
who conducts a mission IN tht
Capital He has but lately filed
q long felt want by opening an
office near the marriage license
clerk S office and he remains ther,
daily during business hours to
welcome lovesick couples VIII,
want to be welded with as little
delay as possible. He has par
lor. and with S~es re convenient
He has Just completed his frs
month in this Office, and he has
married 10 couples and hopes t.
do better. On> reason WHY such
a marrying parson seems l.
be necessary III Washingt on l.
the fact that the law require.
that applicants for marrlag,
license must designate The mini>
ter who is t. pIttorln The rGrt
mony, and as many stranger,
come here to we'd they are som,
times at a loss whom to drsi 4
nate. Rev. Little's tame is suie
to spread, and With 1t the tam,
OF Washington as new Gretna
Green.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27
An Ap oIcgy.

Little linn and Pat. the gardener,
had been great pals. and when Pat
went back to the "Culd Sod" to end
his days. and ow wittod Dutch Jan
took his place. Jim was very un-
happy kiddie. After sundry unsuc-
cessful attempts to interest Jan n his
small affairs he waved wroth. a..d one
morning his father heard a temnest
in the garden, eliminating in "Oh
Ian. you're such a fool!" Father took
matters in hand At this point and
an instant srology was next in order
Jim rehelled. hut finally Gained his
ruffied feelings and went TO The ag
grieved gardener, more in sorrow than
in anger. with ian, I'm avfHy
sorry you're fool
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

D. B. Crozier and Dick Duggar
arrived home Saturday night
after a months visit to Pacific
Coast points including San Fran
cisco, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma
as we'll as Vancouver, B. c..
The boys are highly pleased
with their trip and returned
much refreshed for their vaca-
ton.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Jesus Gonzales ran amuck in
the prohibited district last Satur
day night and wound up by
badly cutting Candido Garcia.
He was promptly apprehended
by Marshal Bledsoe and was put
III Jail. He had a preliminary
hearing Monday before Justice
Houck, of Holbrook, and was
bound over to the grand Jury to
await trial Gonzales was taken
to Holbrook Tuesday bv under.
sher fl Guy Mapes.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

There is movement on foot
among residents OF the north
west portion of town to have
what is known as the "red light"
district removed from it's present
location and put somewhere on
the edge of town or away from
It's present location owing to the
numerous families who are now
moving to that part of town.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

DR.. Sw1gert the well known
optician will be here again at
the Navajo Hotel Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Aug 81,
Sept l and 2, if there is anything
the matter with your eyes, see
us now. We were unable to be
here last week as we advertised
on account of illness. This will
be are last visit here until spring.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27
Notice Of the Sale Of School
Bonds.

Holbrook, ArIz Aug. 16, 1910
Office of the Board of Super
visors of Navajo County, Terri
tory of Arizona.
Notice is hereby gwen that the
Board of Supervisors of Navajo
County, Arizona, will reeeiv,
sealed bids for the purchase OF
School Bonds OF District No. ] !,
of Navajo County, at the office
OF the Board III Holbrook Ariz
ona, and said bids will be opened
at ? O'Clock, 2. NJ on October
3rd, 1910. Said Bonds were reg
ularly voted for the purpose u.
building an addition to the school
house Iii said District. ior the i'm
provement of the school grounds
and for the purchase or necessary
iui niture etc.
| he Denomination of SAID
Bonds are as follows:
Two thousand ($2OOO.OO)
dollars payable IN FIVE years; two
thousand ($2OOOOO) dollars
payable IN ten years; and thrc,
thousand dollars (S3OOO.OO)
payable i'll fifteen years, witt,
interest thereon at the rate OF
SIX per cent per anuum from the
date thereof, until paid.
The Board resei yes the right
to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board.
{, Hess, Jr.,
Clerk.
By c. Nj {. Houck.
Deputy
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mrs. Mona Funk returne
Thursday from Los Angeles
and other Coast points. Mrs.
Funk has been touring Southern
and Northern Arizona in her ef-
forts to be returned a winner i'll
the Examiner "Home" contest
and has met with much encour
agement.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Born.-To the wife of E. H.
Bargman, Monday, August %,
a baby boy. Latest reports are
that the mother and child are
getting along very we'll.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

John and George Drumnl. sons
OF ], B. Drumm, were passengers
for Los Angeles last turday.
They we'll meet their uncle Geo.
D. Drumm, at Barstow, he to ac-
company them to Los Angeles
where they will spend a week
ur two seeing the town.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Barnett Stiles
returned Tuesday from San Ia
cinto, Calf. where they have
been for some time past enjoying
the scenery and climate of South
California.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

w. G. Kelly is the happy father
OF bouncing baby girl born
Monday morning. Latest re-
ports indicate that Mrs. Kelly
and the newly arrived daughter
are getting along nicely. The
Mail extends congratula tions.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Pool playing seems to be a
popular amusement in WinslOw
|, Tanaka Il Japanese, has open
ed a pool room, with two tables
in the room next to Hank s old
livery barn and the place seems
to be we'll patronized by the
countrymen of the proprietor.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

DR.. Q. S. Brown, returned Sun
day from Elsi1ore where ne has
been visiting his family. The
doctor has been quite seriously
i'll during his absence suffering
from a severe attack of typhoid
malaria, but he is now well OH
the way to recovery.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Engineer Jack Harper left
Monday morning for Flagstaff
where he goes to run the engine
on the merry-go-round for Mr.
Seegar.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Engineer A. B. Doyle returned
Monday from Flagstaff where
ne had been with Mr.. Seegar as
slstlng in setting up the merry
gO-round.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Engineer AL Rousch, of the
first district, brought No. 7 in
last Sunday and spent the day
visiting w h h is sister,
Mrs. Riley WalcOtt.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mrs. Pillsbury is among the
latest to order an automobile,
she having placed an order with
the Winslow Furniture Co. for a
machine which will be practi-
cally a duplicate of the one own
ed by DR.. Sprankle.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mr., and Mrs. Gilpin and sou
Eustice, of Kansas City, Kans.,
are here visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. WalcOtt.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Vim. Morgan, of Lakeside, de-
mocratic candidate for delegate
to tthe constitutional conven-
ton, was Winslow visitor
Thursday hobnobbing with his
many friends in this vicinity.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Thos. S. Lane, forman with
the bridge and building depart
ment of the Santa Fe, was a
Winslow visitor Sunday.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

J. c. Tehan came in from the
ranch of Spellmire and Lyons
and spent a few days visiting
with friends.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Dick Wiggin was an outbound
passenger last Sunday morning
headed for Long Beach, Calf,
where he will make brief visit
with his family who are summer
ing at the beach town.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Roberts
left Saturday for Los Angeles,
Mr.. Roberts having accepted a
position as locomotive engineer
for the Southern Pacific Com
pany running out of Los Angeles.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

0 B Sutton and family re-,
turned Tuesday from the noun
tains where Mis- Sutton and the
children have been spending the
summer.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

G. NJ. c. Houck. deputy county
recorder, came down from Hol-
brook Monday to visit his many
Winslow friends.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Conductor w. E. Floyd return
ed Sunday from Bakersfield
Calit., having been soIourning
there for the past three months
during which time he has been
busily engaged stalking out some
oil claims in that vicinity.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

w. H. Clark. a prominent busi-
ness man of HOlbrook, was in
town Wednesday on business
matters as we'll as visiting with
his friends here.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27
Clerk,
By c. Nj. {. Houck.
Deputy

Mrs. r Janeway was All
outhouud passenger on No. 10
Saturday night last leaving fol
u visit with relatives at Chatta
nooga, Tenn, expecting to be
absent for at least ST xtv days.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Paul Kelly, father of w. G.
and r. P. Kelly arrived in town
Tuesday on a visit to his sons.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Messrs Bob Powell, DR.. K. c..
Bazclle, Mrs. Gilbert Hathaway
and Miss Bata Bazell were enter
tanned at Dir. C.L Hathaway's :
Monday evening with six o clock
dinner.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mrs. w. 7. Caldwell left Sat
urday evening for q visit with
relatives in Oklahoma, she hav
ing spent a few days visiting
with Mrs. X Janeway.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

O. B. Sutton, left on No. 9 Fri.
day morning for Los Angeles
where he goes OH business mat
ters.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Judge F. H. Waite was an
outbound passenger Sunday
evening going to Los Angeles
where he will make a brief visit
with his family.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Miss Bata Bazelle was enter
tanned Friday at dinner at Mrs.
Harry Asbury's.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mrs. E. S. Clark, of Prescott
was a visitor this week with
her sister Mrs. Geo. Z. Sampson.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mrs. Paul d. Sprankle and
babe lett Monday for visit to
her parents in California.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

W. A. Davis, water rent COL
lector was a business visitor
this week.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

J.J. Thirion, special agent for
the Pacigc Mutual Life Insur.
ance Company, was a WinslOw
visitor this week looking up busi-
ness for his company.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Mrs, E. ] Gibson has returned
from several days visit i'll Albu
qucrque.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

DR.. Sampson, made a profess
ional trip to Holbrook this week.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

LOST.-A purse at the Electric
Thursday night, Gndei kindly re-
turn to Gus, Hansen aud receive
reward.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Guy Mapes under sheriff of
Navajo County, came down
from Holbrook Tuesday OH busi-
ness connected with his office.
Mr Mapes formerly resided here
and was kept busy all day visit
ing with his many friends.
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27
The Mail prints the news.

rtVEnS TIT - r.,sscCuc
Situated in Desert, Town Would {,
Uninhshitahie Were It Not for
These Two Streams
The Winslow mail., 1910-08-27

Ohm Thurman arrived in Win
slow Sunday having been absent
on the Coast for several months
Mr.. Thurman has deserted the
bachelor ranks, bringing back a
wife With him. He is now in
employ of oe kleindienst.
, 1910-04-07

Jack Neff, the old-time stage driver
,rbo returned with G. Nj. Wilcox from
Montana, went up to the Wilcox
,auch Tuesday with Mr.. Wilcox for a
few days stay.
There was a nice neighborhood
dance at the Ryan ranch last FRIDAY
night. Refreshments we're served
during the evening and IA good time
was had by all.
CLAY Kienzle, who has been up for
the past two weeks on a visit to
friends here. left for Denver Tuesday
morning, where he occupies a posi-
tion as one of the pharmacists in a
large drug store at that place.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank J. Cramer,
who went up to Encampment to at
tend the annual banquet given by the
Masonic Lodge OF that place, return
ed Friday, after a very pleasant visit.
MIR. Cramer is a member of the En-
campment Masonic Lodge.
, 1910-04-07
Body Of Dickey Found

Coroner E. l.. Gould was called
TO Medicine Bow last week TO in
vestigate the finding of the drown
led body of a man by the name OF
'Dickey, who lost his life in tb.
Medicine Bow river last June.
1.-The body was found eleven miles
town gu a sand-bar. Mr..
Gould concluded from the condl-
|tion of the body that there had
been no foul play and did moi
bold an inquest. Mr.. Gould was
accompanied by G. E. Jensen, the
from this place.
, 1910-04-07
The Island of |
Regeneration

out mis- mad action OF a moment
since, and l can understand that, my
friend, for | too love, and 1t seems to
me that 1 would brook anything, ev-
erything, for one moment like that
you fain would have enjoyed. But we
are not children, neither are we saw
ages to act like beasts Of prey. l for
give you, l trust you" She cam
close to him and laid her hand upon
his arm. g" respect you, l admir-
you,"
Everything" said the man, but
love me-"
Everything but that" assented the
woman quietly.
81 shan't offend again." returned
the mar. Neither by force nor per
suasion a | effect anything. Kate
he said after another pause. come
back to the United States or to some
civilized land. The world is before
you. I will land you where you please
and give you or lend you money
enough to enable you to get where you
like. You shah be On the, Yacht to me
, 1910-04-07
Proceedings of Town Council

Proceedings of Town Council
Saratoga, Wyoming, April 4, 1910
Special meeting for the appointment
OF Town Marshal for the unexpired
Term.
Meeting called to order by Mayor Pr
Ion at 100 p. m. with Councilmen Ed
wards, Christensen, Huntington, and
Broadhurst present.
Minutes of the last regular meeting
were read, corrected and approved.
The Saratoga Grocery Co. and c. L.
Jensen Il Go. submitted prices on a
new pillow for the city.
A communication from the Babcock
Fire Extinguisher Co. acknowledging
receipt Of order for fire equipment was
read.
Councilman Huntington reported for
the Street and Alley committee on the
action taken to find or replace the city
pillow.
Regularly moved, seconded, and car
ried that the Chairman of the Street and
Alley Committee be given full author.
ty to take such action in regard to a
pillow for the city as he saw fit.
Regularly moved, seconded and car
ried that day laborers on city work re-
ceive twenty-five cents per hour and
man and team fifty cents per hour.
Eight or ten hour day to be optional
with the laborer.
Mayor Pilon appointed, subject to the
approval of the Council, G. w. Maxfield
to succeed w. A. Humphreys az Town
Marshal for the unexpired term. On
motion, the council approved the ap-
pointment and e. W. Maxfield was
sworn.
There being no further business, the
meeting adjourned.
Approved Signed
II. E. Pilon d. NJ. Plaster
Mayor Town Clerk