davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
CIVILIZED sinrnnore.

Stories like those have Just told seem
strange in connection with the island of
Singapore which is perhaps the richest
trade center of its kind. 1t is the great
halfway station around the world, the
chief city at the crossways of the heml-
spheres and our southern gateway to the
Philippine islands. 1t has a harbor which
cost millions, and today something like
$500, ,OOO 900 worth of merchandise comes an
nually into 1t. 1t is the seventh harbor of
the world in tonnage and seventh in the
number Of vessels which call There are
flfty-two different steamer lines which
stop at Singapore, and the English govern
ment is now investing something like $40, COO
600 to make new docks and to improve this
as a naval base.
Singapore is one of the most important
of the commercial ports of the far east
1t is the ganglionic nerve center or rather
shipping center, for the archipelago of the
Dutch East Indies, for Siam and, as far as
the eastern trade is concerned, for Asia
for the pushing of American trade, and we
are fortunate Just now in having an ex-
perlenced, active and up-to-date consul
general. / refer to Mr.. James T. Du Bols,
who did such excellent service as consul
to Leipsiz and other parts of Germany and
who saved the government millions Of dol
lars by exposing the corrupt lace under
valuations while he was consul general to
Switzerland
Mr.. Du Bois believes that our trade in
this part Of the world can be largely in
creased, and he suggests that If an Ameri-
can bazaar were established here by some
of our big exporting houses, with branches
scattered throughout the neninsula II
would be of great value. He tells me that
the balance Of trade is now much against
us. We buy about $40, 900 worth of tin
hides, gambler and other things of thS
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
THE JUNGE6 ABOUT sI6NNpOQE ARE INFESTED WITH TIGERS

you have been talking all day arout
tigers. Now I want to tell you that have
been twenty-five years in India and in all
that time have never seen a tiger"
But perhaps you didn't look for tigers q"
said the hunter.
And perhaps ou failed to look for mis-
sionaries,"' rejoined the dominic
Well, there are missionaries down here
in Malaysia and in Chica Japan and
Korea, and the globe-trotter who does not
confine himself to the ports cannot fail
to see them If he keeps his eyes open
have already written about their work In
Korea and China. They are doing much
in Slam. and those OF the Protestants alone
In India have more than 100000 natives
who are processing Christianity. They
have something like 5000 Sunday schools
going, and there are almost 100000 pupils
In their ordinary day schools. AS to medi-
cal missions, they are doing great good
everywhere the number OF patients treated
last year in India alone being over 2,OOO, 900.
There are something like 900 mission hos
pitfalls I'm Asia, Africa and Oceanica, and
altogether there is Protestant Christian
population among those Of the worlds ma
tions we consider as heathens Of more than
100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

1t Is from this same region that the
greater part OF our pepper comes. There
are pepper estates in Malaysia and in
Sumatra over the way. In fact. this coun-
try was first desired by England on ac-
count of its shipments OF pepper Planta-
tlons were acquired by some London COM
missioners, who demanded that mora and
more pepper be sent. They knew so little
about how pepper grows that they asked
their agents to see that the natives planted
more white pepper in the future, as their
customers preferred that to black pepper
Now every one who knows anything about
pepper knows that the white pepper and
black pepper come from the same bushes
and that white pepper is merely black pep
per we'll ripened.
Shortly after that letter came tho
amount OF silver belonging to the company
in the Singapore office was short, and in
writing about It to London the agent pre-
suming on the ignorance OF the people
there, said that the deficiency was due to
the ravages of the white ants. With their
next shipment the London commissioners
sent basket OF files, and when the ageEt
wrote asking what they were for. the reply
was that they were to sharpen the teeth Of
those ants.
The exporters here say that there Is still
money in pepper, but that for the time the
profits of the rubber Industry surpasS
those Of all other farming.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

The word Singapore comes from two
native terms meaning Lion City" 1t
should be called Tiger City" FOR in the
past the island upon which 1t stands has
been the lair Of these beasts and It is
said that as many as 300 natives have been
devoured by them in one year. The animals
came here first at about the time the col
Ony was founded and some years ago one
was discovered choking to death in the
fishing nets off the shore facing the main
land. He had started to swim the channel
and got caught in the nets
AS sat in the Singapore club the other
night one of the English officials told me
how a man-eating tiger recently slaugh-
tered a Malayan, his wife and five chill
dren, leaving only the sixth, little boy
who related the story. This family was
living on the edges of the jungle not far
from the channel in hut covered with
thatch. The tiger sneaked UP and sprang
upon the roof. He scratched open a large
hole and the Malayans within as they
looked up and saw him were 50 frightened
that they were unable to move. They were
huddled together just under him and be-
fore they recovered their senses he sprang
down and struck the father with his right
paw and Drained him. He then proceeded
TO kill the other members of the family
with the exception Of the boy above re-
ferred to, who was lying in a bunk raised
high above the floor and thus escaped
discovery. The boy says the tiger first
killed his father mother and the four
children, leaving his little sister, a baby OF
years. After he had killed the first he
began playing with their bodies, watching
the little girl as cat does a mouse, II
she attempted to creep away he would wait
until she had moved just outside the length
OF his paw when he would reach over and
drag her close to him. He would then go
on playing with the dead bodies, sucking
the blood and taking a bite now and then
until the child attempted to move, when
the same proceeding was re-enacted. This
lasted until the little girl expired OF fright
and exhaustion. The tiger then bit her
In the back OF the neck and sucked her
blood. After a long time he finished his
feast and walked out of the hut, leaving
the boy. overhead undisturbed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Fortunes in Rubber.

The enormous demand for rubber for au-
tomobile tires. bicycle tires and other
things bids fair to enrich this part of the
world. The jungle is being cut down and
covered with rubber plants. The sultan
Of Johore has just sold his rubber crop
at over 81 a pound, and his plantations
have yielded two pounds to the tree. !
am told he has 1GO trees to the acre and
that he owns thousands of acres. At this
annum.
If this is true, it is no wonder that cap
itsl is pouring into Singapore for rubber
investments. Scores OF plantations are be-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
nohn null,. Rich COLONY.

Indeed 1t might pay our officials to
study this colony with a view to the de-
velopment of our Asiatic island possess
sions. The English seem able to tote the
white mans burden better than any other
Caucasians. They took hold of this island
over ninety years ago, when it was a
Jungle, and they have now made one part
of It the most important commercial cen
ter of the far east They have cut down
much of the tropical vegetation and have
reduced 1t to profitable farms They have
built up on the shores OF the island one OF
the finest cities of Asia Sinapore has
100000 or 100000 people. 1t has big business
blocks of several stories, with high cell
ings double walls and wide galleries, on
account of the heat. 1t is a city of enor-
nous hotels, which are lighted by cleo
tricity and cooled by electric fans. 1t has
numerous banks with millions of capital
and also churches, libraries, museums and
schools.
The white population all told, numbers
only about 5000, the remainder being Asia
tics OF various kinds. But these 5000 are
the lords of creation and many of then
live in magnificent villas surrounded By
botanical gardens of the trees and plants
of the tropics.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Missionary and the Tiger.

Missionary and the Tiger.
And speaking of the wide openness OF
Singapore, such conditions are to be found
without much searching in every center OF
the far east. There is more truth than
poetry in the suggestion contained in this
verse Of Kipling: q.
''Take me somewhere east of Suez
Where the best is like the worst,
Where there amt no Ten Commandments,
And man can raise thirst
At the same time there are churches and
chapels everywhere and as many good
people as bad. We have an American
Methodist Episcopal mission here with
thirty Of our own citizens in charge as
teachers and preachers. I have found
thriving American missions in every
Asiatic country 1 have visited; and big
Christian work, supported by our people,
IS going on in Burma and India
This question Of missions and the uni
versatility of human depravlty reminds me
Of a story 1 heard here illustrating that
one finds what he looks for. The story
might be entitled "The Missionary versus
the Tiger" The incident occurred on a
steamer going up the Bay of Bengal. A
clustering boastful Englishman on board
was blowing about his feats of hunting in
Hindustan. He monopolzed the conversa-
ton and told thrilling stories of his ex-
perlences with the wild beasts OF the
jungle, and especially Of his many adven-
lures with tigers. At one point In the
conversation a quiet, refined man in black
happened to remark that he also had been
in India and engaged in missionary work
there. Upon this the hunter blurted forth
with sneer:
"a missionary in India! Why, man, ]
have been six months in India and ]
never saw a missionary!
well as to that" reJoined the other
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

like $2OOO,OOO worth Of flour, oils, mAchin-
cry. drugs and tobacco in return. This
region is steadily growing in trade and
Importance, and the English and Germans
are nursing their commerce and pushing
their goods in all possible ways. There
is no doubt but that we should use Singa-
pore as a center from which to work not
only the surrounding islands and the main
land, but India and the far east as well.
This is especially so since Singapore lies
right on the main road to the Philippines
and vessels from the eastern United States
could call here on their way,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

ing set out and something like 10000 acreA
OF groves have already been established.
Some of the companies have paid dividend
OF as high as 800 per cent while 50 per
cent Is by no means uncommon. The plants
used are those which produce the Para
rubber. the trees coming into bearing at
their fifth or sixth year. They arc then
tapped, and il carefully bled will continue
to produce for many years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Land of snakes.

AS for me I am more afraid OF the
snakes than the tigers. The latter are
oowardly beasts. and will attack one only
in the dark or when they can sneak up
behind and catch him off guard, The
snakes are so many that one is liable to
step upon them as he goes through the
jungle, or. If he sleeps in a native hut,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27


tunetired and asks her for little tune, he
gets nothing but musical gymnastics. The
whole feminine part of the community, he
thinks, is in a conspiracy to uplift him,
and he doesn't want to be upllfted.
1t is just like father to make COM
plant like that. Father never did take
kindly to culture. He sits disconsolate in
the drafty kitchen, while daughters
Browning circle meets in the front room
1t is mothers idea entirely that he put
on an uncomfortable collar in the even
Ing and hear a missionary lecture on
Borneo. Fathers taste for music stops
short at "Suwanee River" and he knows
almost nothing about the minor poets and
the pre-Raphaelites. His art ideas are de-
rived from the illustrated Sunday supple
ment he will not sit in a Louis XVI chair,
and he cares not whit for the pottery of
the ancient Chaldeans. Shirt sleeves and
carpet slippers are his conception of cor
rect evening dress for gentlemen.
There is little hope that anything per-
manent can ever be done for father
When the millennium comes he will still
be found reading the newspapers, smoking
up the window curtains. impeding progress
and paying the rent.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
The "sineinn DoE.v

In Sammy, a handsome collie, owned by
Ludwig Carlson OF "a Montgomery avenue,
Montclair, N j., possesses a self-educated
canine tenor sololst. Every morning when
the bell on st. Johns Episcopal church,
near the dogs house. begins ringing,
Sammy takes up {. position not far from
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

in East Indian dialects. Altogether. the
town is wide awake. and, I regret to say,
in many respects wide open. OF the latter
feature, however, you must como here
yourself to learn.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Copyright 1910 BY Frank G. Carpenter

Copyright, 1910, by Frank @. CarpenterO
- INGAPORE, 191O.-(special Core
q sDondence Of The Bee This
Malay peninsula offers some
live opportunities for Theodore
Roosevelt and his son Kermit.
- Its jungles are infested with
tigers, and the Singapore government is
now offering rewards Of $50 each for every
full grown tiger killed, and SIS apiece for
tiger cats. Just outside the city are tracts
or dense vegetation in which such beasts
are sometimes shot. They swim the old
channel north Of the island, coming out of
the lahore jungles and now and then pick
up Malay baby for breakfast. Just the
other day the young sultan of lahore,
who Is great sportsman, killed a big
tiger. 1t is the nineteenth he has shot
since reaching manhood. As he showed its
claws, which he had cut off as a trophy.
he was asked II he expected to bag his
twentieth He replied
Il most certainly shall if he does not
bag me-"
In a visit to lahore I saw the tracks of
a tiger in the mud not far from this mans
palace. 1t had prowled through the city
during the preceding night and had played
around sawmill, walking through the
dust in front Of the then quiet buzzsaw.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
where DO They Get Its


Maine for a long time has had state wide
prohibition, but many Of its people get in
toxlcated and arrested therefor Just the
same. Arrests for drunkenness are in fact
increasing much faster than the population,
reports the Lowell Citizen. In thirteen
years ending in 1908 they increased As per
cent, while from 1900 to 1908 the growth OF
population was only IA per cent. Arrests
for intoXication are not an infallibe cri-
terion of the sobriety of people, but they
are often significant. For example, when
records show that in twenty-five cities and
towns in Maine there were G,6OO such ar
rests in 1906 and 9,627 in 1903 1t is clear that
the down-easters are drinking more rum OF
a worse character or that the police are
more vlgilant in taking them to the lookup,
or both. At any rate the figures are not
credltable to prohibition or the way 1t is
enforced in the state. They certainly
would not be so bad under a decent license
system.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

How IL Is Governed.
The administration of the colony Is in
the hands of a governor. aided by an ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Quaint Features of Life

the edifice and begins an accompaniment
that has none of the discordance of the
ordinary canine howl. 1t is a musical voice
which Sammy blends with the deep notes
of the bell and it has been observed that
the dog is exactly in tune with the METALLIC
sounds that come from the church belfr9,
At noon the collie makes tracks forl a
lumber plant, operated by his owner. Here
the dog accompanies the whistle, which is
blown at midday and here, too, he always
achieves perfect harmony. The dog also
joins his voice with the town curfew bell
at 9 o'clock at night.
Persons who have studied the dogs per-
formances say that in the beginning his
voice was harsh and not attuned to tho
bells or the whistles, but devotion to prac-
tice and love of harmony have made him
an accomplished canine vocalist
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Fathera win BE Fathers.

KANSAS man complains that
since his daughter has taken
music lessons, which he paid
for. she insists upon playing
only classical stuff, relates Sue
nnaa NNhnnn hn nnrnna hnrnn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
BRITISH PUBLIC SATISFIED.
Bill Appointing Queen Mary Regent
Meets General Approval.
respondence OF The Star


LONDON, June Is, 1910.
The regency bill passed by parlia-
ment. appointing Queen Mary regent
in the event of the death OF King
George before his eldest son is eight
cen, gives general satisfaction and fol-
lows precedent. The last occasion
on which regency bill was deemed
necessary was in 1870 when on the
occasion OF the marriage OF Queen
Victoria the prince consort was nomi-
mated regent in the event OF any child
of her majesty being called to the
throne while under the age of eighteen.
When Queen Victoria succeeded her
uncle. William ". in 1897. the King OF
Hanover became presumptive heir for
the time being. To guard against any
danger which might arise through the
queen dying while her successor WAS
abroad. an act was passed declaring
that in that event the government OF
lord justices until the arrival of the
new king.
AS still affecting Queen Victoria, IL
may be added that in 1880 an act was
passed constituting her mother. the
Duchess Of Kent. regent in case her
daughter was called to The throne be-
fore she had reached eighteen years OF
age. Ii Will be noticed that all these
acts gave clear recognition in the mat
ter of regency to parental relation
ship. The Duchess of Kent and the
prince consort were each nominated
regent in succession expressly on the
ground of their parental relationship
to the children who might poSSib,3
inherit the throne as minors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
LETTERS TO THE KING.
George the Fifth's Mail Boy Crowd.
ed With Epistles From Cranks.
OF The Star

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star
LONDON, June Is. 1910.
King George while Prince of Wales
was singularly free from the attention
which faddists and others are wont IT,
bestow upon the great ones OF the
earth. Now that he has come to the
throne he is definitely ION the list"
and his queer correspondents are
legion.
Every day. as regularly as the
morning dawns. one amiable but mis-
guided lady either sends or takes a
letter to Marlborough House. Her
idea, or, rather. her claim. is that she
advised the late Pope. Cardinal Man
ming and other celebrities of a bygone
day at critical times in their affairs.
and that with the happiest results.
Her present desire is to aid King
George in similar fashion. and she goes
away after each visit happy in the be-
lief that she bears her share in direct
ing the affairs Of the nation and of the
empire. Astrologers. soothsayers and
a variety of prophets who fail to
achieve honor in their own circle help
to swell the kings postbag.
Just before his majesty left for
Frogmore a letter was delivered 1t
Marlborough House addressed:
The King of England,
George Guelp. Esq.
Marlborough House.
1t was an fntimation that the writer
would welcome the kings aid in Sc
curing for him a change of surround
ings and of occupation. the existing
ones being unpleasant and undeserved.
He based his claim To royal sympathy
on the circumStace that he formerly
knew the kings gardener. The com
bore the address of a we'll
known institution-Colney Hatch Asy-
lum-and the number OF the ward in
dicated that the writer is regarded
as bad case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
IfGOing tOEurOpe

Have your mail addressed care the London once
Of The Washington Star. No. 3 Regent Street.
London. England. II desired. mail will be for
warded to all parts OF Europe and the Conti-
ncnt Tourie's are requested to register at cur
mice upon reaching London,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30

THE LOCKWOOD AND ANNEX. HARPER'S
Ferry W. Va; large. airy rooms; table and
service excellent: rates reasonable.
je15-tf4 A. r. DANIEL. Prop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
SPRING LAKE, n.
MARYLAND.
THE NHBRAH COTTAGE

COLTON'S HOTEL. so MILES FROM WASH
ington Oh lower Potomac. Elegant table. Su
perb Trout and Rock hshing: For BOOKLET al
dress Fl. w. LOVE, Prop. Palmer p. O., Md.
je13-30ts.4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
rHos. ]. OWEN & son. AUcTIOxEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE TIRE
STORY BRICK DWELLING NO. Is RHOI

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE.
STORY BRICK DWELLING NO. IS RHODE
ISLAND AVENUE NE
by virtue of a certain deed Of trust. duly re
corded in Iiber No 1885, folio Pa ct seq. Of
the land records OF the District Of Columbia.
and at the request of the party secured thereby.
the undersigned trustees Will sell at public
suction In front OF TIE premises on MONDAY ~:
FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following described
land and premises. situated In the county of
Washington. District Of Columbia. and designated
as and being lot numbered ~ In block numbered
10 In Moore & Barbour's second addition to the
city Of Washington per plat recorded In
the ONCE Of the surveyor of the District of
Columbia. in Liner County Is. at folio 90 to-
gethcr with the improvements.
Terms Of sale: Sold subject to prior deed Of
trust for 81. 500. due February. 1911. to be as
sumed by purchaser. and balance to be paid In
cash. A deposit Of 500 viii he required at time
Of sale. All conyeyancing. recording etc.. at cost
OF purchaser. Terms Of sale TO be complied with
within hftcen days from day OF sale. otherwise
the trustees reserve the right to resell the prop
erty at the risk and cost Of defautins pur-
chaser. after i've days advertisement OF such
resale in some newspaper published In washing
ton, ID. Z.
HERMANN. HOWENSTEIN.
y. CATESBi R0wZEE.
al ia eSukfyA Trustees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
One Advantage.

From PUCK.
Woggs-Is this Back to Ireland IN
1910 q good move?
Boggs-Sure. 1t ought to give a
crop of '-Two-Irishmen-wh who just-got-over-
to-the-old-country" stories to take the
Mace Of the "Two-Irishmen-w ho-just-
came stories that
we've been hearing for the last fifty
wears,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
THOMAS BOWLING & CO., 'AUCTs.

CHANCERY SALE OF PREMISES NO. 1922
POTOMAC STREET NV.
By virtue OF a decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the District Of Columbia passed In equity cause
No. 2911O. will sell at public auction. in
front Of the premises. on TUESDAY. July
TWELFTH. 1910. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM.
parts Of lots twenty (20l and twenty one Ell, In
square thirty-six $50. situated the corner OF
Prospect and Potomac streets in what waa then
Known as Georgetown. in the District OF Column
bia, beginning for the same at the northeast
corner Of said square and running thence south
ON Potomac street twenty three feet and thirty
three hundredths Of a foot. thence west eighty
two feet thence north twenty-three feet and
thirty three hundredths Of foot thence east
along the line of Prospect street eighty-two feet
10 the place Of beginning. together with the i'm
provements thereon. TERMS OF SALE: One
third Of the purchase money to be paid in cash.
and the balance in two equal installments. pay
able In and two years. represented by notes
OF purchaser bearing interest at six per cfntum
per annum. payable semi-annuai.y. from day OF
sale. secured by deed Of trust upon the property
sold. or all cash. at the option OF the purchaser.
A deposit Of 800 win b. required OF the Dur-
chaser at the time of sale. All conveyancing.
recording and notarial fees at the cost OF the
purchaser. Terms Of sale to be complied with
within fifteen days from day of sale. otherwise
the trustees the right TO resell the prop
erty at the risk and cost of the defauiting pur-
chaser. after five days advertisement OF such
resale in some newspaper published In the city
Of Washington. u. G.
PERCIvAL NJ. BROWN Trustee.
WI. H. HOLLOWAY. Trustee.
leo de- DIS eSu&jy4 Columbian building.