davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Sust for fun. in a Jap store by
Superior street, and first thing, I
knew that feller had sold me big
pair of flower vases that didn't have
no more use for than a hen has for =
toothpick. More'n leven dollars I
had to pay, too. You better keep
away from them auctions, Trilby
May"
That's dead right" chimes in
Barry Platt. II got rung into one
on Broadway once, and before I got
out they'd wished some junk on me
that had to pay a truckmari to cart
OF and dump somewhere. None in
mine, thank you."
but this II a country auction"
protested. Squire Sweat is going to
Evening star., 1922-08-13

They may be shown, discreetly.
over the Bijou palace which cost
Napoleon III fifteen million francs
(then worth half as many dollars:
todayD Here lived the meteoric
Paiva. The fabulous silver bathroom
still exists. She was a Russian
beauty of the humblest origin. Her
husband was a little tailor. She
came to Paris, turned musical, and
fascinated Napoleon III. A Spanish
nobleman, the Marquis de Paiva,
married her. All went fine, until. one
day, the marquis gave a great dinner
party, and, at dessert. blew out his
brains.
The room where it happened is the
One room of the club to which no
lady may be invited.
Nor ladies only. 1t is the one room
of the club to which no member has
the right to admit any guest, on any
pretext, which is a great vexation
to the ladies. But not on account of
old Paiva. ..
1t has become the club cardroom.
II X II
I>NEh1 member must setue his Cdru
accounts by pm. every Monday,
and shall not play again until he has
done so. If the losing account of any
member at the end of day exceeds
5000 francs. he may play no more
until he has paid up. Winners are
paid on Tuesday evenings. Losing"
bons U. o. U. memoranda) of the
previous week cannot be exchanged
against "winning"- bons of the fol-
lowing week. They must be met by
cash or check. When a member fails
to pay the loss is shared in proper
tion by the winners who have had
money from him during the week.
Members remaining after 2 a.n. are
charged 20 francs each: after 3 am. a
second fine of 40 francs: after 4 am. a
third fine Of so francs, and after 5 am,
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run it. and he's going to sell farm.
and horses and cows and pigs and
everything on it. Might be rather
interesting,fyou know. and we needn't
buy thing il we don't care to. Any
way, Id like to get away from this
hammering and saving for an after
noon. Let's take a chance"
So after more grumbling. in which
even Inez Joined. l persuaded them to
go. They all insisted, though. that
We should stop only half an hour or
so, just to look on, and that nobody
must do any bidding.
According to the handbill which
Squire Sweat left the sale was to
begin at 2 pm. sharp, and by good
deal of proddine I got them there a
few minutes before the hour.
It's one of these squatty. cozy old
Evening star., 1922-08-13

white farm houses, with green
shutters and a red barn and lot
of sheds; a good deal like ours, in
fact. But. then. all over New England
they're like that. They have to be a
sober lot, these pie-belt farmers. to
tell their places apart when they
come home from town. And why they
should run SO strong on red barns
puzzled me a long time, until
finally asked Squire Sweat.
rs it a state law, or lwhat?"
demanded
Don't have to be-" says he. Red
paints cheapest"
** **
IT WAS the squire, that solved
! another mystery for .me--the scar.
Evening star., 1922-08-13

city of lightning rods on farm build
ings up here. j supposed at first that
thunderstorms were few, but since
we've been here we've had three or
four perfect corkers, and once tree
not far from the house was struck.
Yet I don't remember seeing a single
house or barn around Chenwick that
was fitted out with protectors; while
out in the middle west and up in
Minnesota they're the regular thing.
Nearly every set of buildings you
pass will be decorated with twisted
rods and fancy glas globes. Why,
even Paw Dodge had 'em put on our
shack. Course, the company had a
hard time collecting the bill. but that
didn't bother Paw much.
You New Hampshire folks must
Evening star., 1922-08-13
BY STERLING HELlG.

PARIS, august 8.
4 T this moment. the most
~ Americanised club Of Paris
~ the Union Inter-Allies-is
a crowded with the most ex-
allied personalities Of old, exclusive
Paris aiuSs. The Marquis d'AndiEne,
hereditary member of the Jockey
Club, lunches willingly at the table
adjoining that of Mr.. Chatfield Tay-
lor. The Due de Gramont rubs shcul-
ders with young Henry Bedford of
the Standard Oil The dues own
club, that of the Rue Royale, no
longer has any premises. but has to
double up with the Agricoie. Yet
that "of the Rue Royale" was once
the strongest. highest-piaying club
of Paris. -.
Count Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld,
of both the Jockey and Yacht clubs,
cheerfully, takes look-in at the
afternoon tea of the Inter ALLIES,
along with William Crocker of San
Francisco, E. L. Riggs of Washing
ton, D. c., and Harry Lehr of New
York
The Yacht Club, long ago. had to
unite with the Automobile Club, hap
PLY full of new-rich Frenchmen, to
keep up the rent.
And the president, even, of the
''Epatant," Prince A. de Faucigny-
Lucinge, feels more free from club
financial cares in ~ new club gar
den. full of Americans, than on his
own dust blown terraces Of the Con-
corde, formerly the very height of
elegance, and, therefore called "the
astounding"
THE old, aristocratic clubs are fad
l ing away. 1t is a worry for
members to frequent them. just to
listen to endless discussions Of their
problems. But the new Inter-Allies
Evening star., 1922-08-13
Testing COIors.

THE fading of colors in dyed mate
rials and wallpapers is said to
pe caused by the invisible ultra
violet rays in sunlight. Formerly
observed an expert in such matters.
the carpetmakers and dye merchants
in Europe tested the colors by send
ing their materials to be exposed In
the strong sunlight of the south.
Now they get the same results by
using the electric mercury-vapor
lamp and quartz tube. BY exposing
the materials to the ultraviolet rays
thus artificially produced they can'in
a few DAYS and In any climate test
the permanency Of the coiors.
Evening star., 1922-08-13
VenezueIa's Pearls.

THE island of Margarita. on the
coast of Venezuela. is one OF the
most celebrated centers of pearl fish
cry. The Spaniards. in the days oil
Columbus. found the natives OF Mar
garita and the neighboring mainland
decked out with pearls. and the pearl
producing oysters Of that locality
have never since failed in their pro-
ductiveness.
Metal scoops are dragged over the
oyster beds, and the interest OF the
search eliminates when the shells
thus secured are opened. A black
pearl is a rarity commanding high
price. Fine white pearls, If of good
luster, are also very valuable. A com
pany OF Frenchmen enjoys conces-
ssion from the Venezuelan govern
ment to fish for pearls with diving
apparatus.
Evening star., 1922-08-13

Club. housed in the Rothschild palace
beside French White House and
British embassy with grandioso gar
den of century-old trees, in mid
Paris, equal to that Of either) is new
care-free. rich, utterly prosperous:
Also. it is full of Americans.
Eugene Higgins. James Hazen
HYDE. ogden Mills. William Sands tof
the American International Corpora
tion). Edward Tuck. William Astor
Chanler (the explorer). Wesley Conn
(of the Guaranty Trust Company
Fercy Rockefeller and Frank Van
derlip are members. So are Bon
net. director of the Suez canal: Paul
Dupuy. who owns the Petit Parisien:
Leon Levy, director of the Chatillon-
Commentry steel works, and the
Count de st. Sauveur of the Schneider
foundries, greater today than those
Of krupp in Germany.
And a hundred others. So the
Inter-Allies owns it own palace and
garden-which were only loaned to
II. formerly, as the Inter-Allies Of
fcers' Club Among the subscribers
to its real estate fund were the great
French banks, navigation companies
and steel works. along with Anthony
Drexel, the Equitable Trust Company.
the Guaranty Trust Company. Otto
Kahn, Morgan. Harjes & Co, Morti-
mer Schiff and Percy Rockefeller.
While this goes on, the Jockey Club,
the proudest of them all, is under
! notice by it's landlord and humiliated
l nnGter
Deeuville, which runs all around Its
| twenty-seven windows on the boule-
ward and rue Scribe-just above
those proud windows from whose
! balcony Jockey Club members whose
! witnessed every great parade and
| demonstration since the second en-
pire!
NOW, the landlord wants the Jockey
Club to go. The building is for
| sale at 80 millions. The upper floors
have been emptied and are utilized
to threaten the Jockey Club with this
continuous tawdry advertising. A
department store desires to buy-and
| get immediate possession.
| Jockey SkuD HeWUeTS lice thSti
premises. = They cannot bear the
shameful sight-which is. indeed. a
Paris scandal. Rents are up. up, up!
Their old. long lease. from the won
derfully cheap days around 1880
habituated them to an easy rent
and yet it took some raising.
I So, many Jockey Club members
take refuge in the Travellers Club
with which, for a time. there was
talk of an amalgamation..
Think. now. an amalgamation!
/ why. the Jockey Club. in its proud
days before the war. had admitted
only three American members! Gen
Pershing. I think, makes, the fourth
But the Travellers is just full Of
Americans,
Think. now, an amalgamation!
The Travellers isso financially and
socially nourishing that only last
week 1t bought outright the building
which it had formerly : rented-the
Evening star., 1922-08-13

others will have only a settee made
from a discarded wooden bedstead.
This Tuttle place seemed to be the
regulation kind, with the big hay
barn connected with the house by a
series Of sheds, an apple orchard on
one side, and a stone wall running
along the front. But as we drove up
1t looked more like picnic ground
than anything else. All up and down
the road and about the yard were
horses and buggies. with all kinds of
automobiles parked between. and
people scattered around thick. There
were all sorts of folks-farmers
who'd driven up in various kinds of
rigs. others who'd come in fivvers.
and citified persons who were sitting
in high-powered touring cars and
limousines.
TT WAS a chatty. foiksy crowd. too.
They were standing in groups
under the apple trees, squatting on
the grass in the shade, and streaming
in and out of the front door. Every
one seemed to be in good humor and
by the CHEEKY way they hailed each
other. and by the jokes they passed
around. Rather a festive occasion.
And vet I had understood from the
squire that old Ben Tuttle, who had
died only a month or so ago, was the
last of family that had been
prominent in this district. Rather a
pathetic story the squire had told us
about this old bachelor who'd lived
here alone for so many years. doing
his own cooking and washing and
mending, because a girl he'd been
engaged to marry when he was
twenty-five or so had gone back on
him and he'd turned sour on all
females. And he'd finally checked
cut, the village doctor had said. be-
cause he'd eaten his own soggy bread
once too often. They'd found him
curled up on the kitchen floor with
a chunk of it still in one hand.
Anyway. there was no tragedy in
the air this hot August afternoon.
II Ben Tuttle's neighbors had ever
felt sorry for him they'd gotten over
it nicely, and now they'd come to see
if they couldn't bid in some of his
things at about one-tenth their real
value. They were even ready to
make funny cracks about the faded
family photographs stacked In
, careless heap by the front door. For
the only heirs were some cousins who
Lived in Michigan and who hadn't
bothered to come on for the sale. Sc
everything was to go, down to the
dusty old black felt hat which Ben
Tuttle had left hanging on a peg In
the front hall the last time he came
home from q trip to the village
Even the old family Bible, with the
record of births and deaths Of at least
three generations of Tuttles written
in faded and scrawly letters on the
! back leaves. That was tossed into
soap box with a collection of al
! manacs, a third reader. hymn book
! and a treasury Of verse with a tar;
nished gilt cnver. A lot number hat
been chalked on the side of the box
x++ +
| A s we starts d to go into the house
A for a look around two helpers
! came staggeri 1g out with a heavy
| old secretary fesk. and as we step
ped one side drawer slid out ant
| dumped its contents on the walk
| Among other pap.rs was bundle o
| letters, tied up with blue yarn.
| "Aw, never min6 that stun" said
one,' as the other stopped to scraps
them together.
"Huh"' said the first. slowing ths
!. - 1Confinned on Sixth Page,)
Evening star., 1922-08-13

that they cling to the balustrade, as
if the ship were sinking. So much SO.
that husbands now say sweetly:
I'll wait up for you. dear"
This is highly philosophical
story.
Which way will the cat jump?
Which way will the worlds club
dom orientate itself? Because, when
Paris dances. the world turns giddy.
Paris is where they try it on the
dog
Evening star., 1922-08-13
Uncle Nels AS a Plunger-
Lotta Fun, These
Country. auctions

of Picked Sale After i
Lightning RodCiy Folks Dealers
md With
Evening star., 1922-08-13
HI sEwELL FORD.

r IL say we're being rxed up. For
the Millikens. Hi, Lowe and Jack,
have gone to it strong. Ch-huh.
,,,, =. e Tourist ynech,nics that
, 1922-05-17

Municipality of ST. Croix for the fs-
cal year ending June 60, 1922, III
troduced by Government, granting
Frcs. 25,O 600 to Sc st. Croix MUM
cipal Telephone System to extend
and complete the telephone trunk
lines and to install a telegraph system
between Christisnsted and Frede-
iksted and for other needed improve
ments.
Colonial Council Office, st. Croix,
May 13, 1922.
ROBT. L. MERWIN,
Acting Chairman.
, 1922-05-17

LA U4dy 349 AO&GS @C OANA
O'CLOCK P. M
onUened By request Of the CbGirmG1s.)
Election of Councils Officials.
Election of Members of the Munici-
pal Committee and Substitutes.
Election of a Chaplain.
Election Of Members Of the Public
Cemeteries Commission.
Election according to Ordinance Of
18th January, 1908, Paragraph g., of
one member to enter the Board Of
Management Of the Asylum for Lep-1
ers etc.
j. Election of 2 men to take part with
Government u deciding on the ap-
plication to be made of the Golden
Wedding Legacy of their Majesties
the King and Queen.
Election of do. of the Silver Wed
ding Legacy If their Royal High
nesses the -rowD Prince and Crown
Princess
Election of do. of the NuptiaI Fund
of His Royal Higbness Prince Val
']emAr.
EIectiou of do. Of the ?. q. Birch
and wife Rosaline ADtOinette's Lee
gacy.
Election of Members for the Com
mission pursuant to Paragraph / of
Ordinance of Goth September, 1911,
regarding Measures against Diseases
of Cotton Plants.
Colonial Council Bill No. IA.
Continuation Of LIST Discussion on
Colonial Council Bill No. IA, Draft
of an Ordinance introduced by 4th
Memter for Frederik8ted Country
District (FleminQ), providing for the
repairing and rolling of the center
line road.
Colonial Council Bill No, II.
Continuation Of LIST Discussion on
Colonial Council Bill No. II, ResoIu-
ton introduced by Government pro-
viding for the erection of a pavilion
upon the grounds of the Lep1r Asyz
Ium, with Committee Report.
Colonial Council Bill No Is.
Continuation of LIST Discussion on
Colonial Council Bill No, Is, Draft
Of an Ordinance introduced by
4th Appointed Member (Biackwood)
amending Title II, Chapters % and
81 Of an Ordinance providing a Com
piled Code of General and Special
Laws for St. Croix, etc. with amend
n1ept,
Colonial Council Bill No. 10.
Inf rn]Irtion of and 1St DiccI1Ssi00 IN
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
RATTLESNAkE MAKES
BOLD TO EAT BERRIES

Archie Kincade, who lives neaI
the Pompadour Mineral springs, re-
ports having killed a large rattle
snake in his strawberry patch few
days ago. Mr.. Kincade was picking
berries, and his little child, some
four or five years old, spied the
snake and called the father, who
made short work of it. The snake
carried nine rattles and a button.
Bert Smith reports having ran
over large rattler Sunday on the
highway near the summit of the Sis
kiyOus He was driving along and
did not see the snake until he was
almost upon it, and 1t was in such
Il position that both front wheels
ran over IT, Mr.. Smith stopped his
rar aud went back and finished the
job OF killing the reptile. II carried
2 e'sht rattles and button, and put
up a hard fight before 1t was killed
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
S. ?. PETITIONS
FOR REHEAR|NG
ON UNMERGE|NC
NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UN.
TIL COURT CONVENES IN
OCTOBER
Petitions That Application Of Sher-
man Act, Under Which Divorce Of
Central Pacific Holdings Was Or
dered, Be Made in Light of Reason

WASHINGTON. Aug. l. The
Southern Pacific has filed an appli-
cation for a rehearing of the famous
case in which the supreme court re-
Gently handed down a decision di-
reeting the company to divorce itself
from ownership and control of the
Central Pacific railroad. No action
is possible on the petition until the
court cOnvenes in October.
The company in the petition
grouped the grounds advanced for
the rehearing under five heads and
among other things urged an appli-
cation of the Sherman act "in the
light of the rule of reason" insist
ing that under the laws of Califor.
mia there was authority for the lease
made by the Central Pacific in 1885,
which, il valid, constituted the Sou
thern Pacific proprietorship of the
Central Pacific for SO years.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
BURGLAR HELD Up
BY PLUCKY GIRL
IN PAJAMAS

PORTLAND, Aug. IA few
mornings ago, Miss Ruth Walter
daughter of Harley L. Walter, of the
Southern Pacific operating head.
quarters, who with her mother. has
been camping on the Washougal
river, was awakened at daybreak by
burglars flashlight in the tent.
house. Reaching under the pillow
she clutched a Colts six-shooter oi
.S2 calibre, and fired at the fleeing
marauder. Taking courage she pur.
sued him in her pajamas, firing
twice more.
Miss Walter saddled her pony and
made after the burglar. who legged
it down the road, finally overtaking
him and at the point of the gun
compelling him to yield up her
watch and return up the road for
her mothers purse, which he had
cached.
For nearly four hours Miss Walter
held the purglar a prisoner at the
point of her gun, and finally let him
go on promise never again to 60
burgling. She got so tired of hold
ing the pistol, she said, that she de-
cided to let him reform.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
AMUNDSEN WILL START AIR
DASH WITHIN TWO WEEKS

NEW YORK, Aug. Flight
across the top of the world-over
the North pole-will be attempted
by Captain Roald Amundsen within
fortnight.
Radiograms, technical and com
monplace in their wording, but dra-
matte IN purport, were received Sun
day from the discoverer of the
South pole, now at Point Barrow
Alaska, announcing impending start
of the journey
In a metal monoplane, equipped
as no alrplane ever has been before,
the explorer will try to fly from
Alaska across Arctic wastes and vast
snowfields unknown to man, to
Spitzbergen, 1000 miles away. The
flight will blaze a trail for the little
Maud, vessel I'm which Amundsen
hopes finally to effect conclusive
discovery of the pole.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
R. R. EXECUTIVES
.TURNDOWNPLAN
OF PRESIDENT
INCONDlTIONALLY REFUSE TO
RECOGNIZE STRIKERS SEN
IORITy RIGHTS
nhopmen Are Debating the Presi-
dents Plan, Recognizing Seniority
Or Men Pending a Rehear:ng by
Labor Board.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-President
Harding's plan for adjustment of
the railroad strike was presented 10
presidents of 14S railroads of the
country here today by Secretary of
Commerce Hoover. A burst of an
plause greeted Hoover's brief, busi-
nesslike talk.
This afternoon the spokesman for
the railroads announced that the AS
ISOLATION of Railway Executives had
dispatched to the White House a
long reply to President Harding's
peace formula for ending the shop
mems strike, which refused TO ~
cept the plan as whole, but con-
tained an indication of their willing
ness to make certain concessions.
1t was announced that the reply
rejected unconditionally the presi
dents proposal for a restoration of
seniority to all strikers.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
HOLD UP
TOURISTS IN COW
CREEK CANYON

GRANTS PASS, Aug. High.
waymen have instituted a reign OF
terror for motorists in Cow creek
canyon. several robberies having
occurred there Sunday. One party
came In here yesterday, having lost
everything OF value they had with
them. The highwaymen wore red
bandanas over their faces, except
one who appeared to be the leader,
who wore dirty white one. There
were four of the highwaymen.
The only thing overlooked by the
robbers was small gold watch,
which was worn by Mrs. Lama Dol
bro, wife of the driver of the car.
Mr. and Mrs. Dolbro were driving
from Portland to their home at Red
ding, Calf, when the hold-up took
place. They state that the men came
out and pointed their guns at the
occupants of the car and commanded
them to stop.
This occurred about 10 miles on
the other side of Glendale. The
robbers then threw sheet over the
heads of their victims, got in the
car and drove it TO point on this
side of the mountain. They took
them up secluded side road and
then proceeded to help themselves
to everything of value.
After robbing them, the highway
men cut the wiring in the automo-
bile and left them.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
INDICTMENTS Of
GRAND JURY WILL
Be KEPT SECRET
NAMES NOT TO BE DIVULGED
UNTIL AFTER ARRESTS
ARE MADE
Grand jury Now Sitting in Jackson
Vile 10 Consider Evidence and
Is Expected TO Report Its Findings
On Wednesday.

MEDFORD, Aug. 1.-The Jackson
county grand jury concluded its
week Of testimony taking late yes
terday afternoon and this morning
returned to Jacksonville to finish its
work. After the tag ends of testi-
m0ny of one or two witnesses have
been heard. the jury will take up the
consideration of all the testimony
that has been laid before it during
the last week, and begin the consid-
Grafton of possible indictments. 1t
is believed that the report will be
returned to the court late this af-
tenroon or early tomorrow morning.
If indictments are returned they
will be secret and the names will
not be made public until after the
warrants have been issued, served
by the sheriff and arrests made.
1t Is reported that one member Of
the Medford Klan went before the
jury Yesterday afternoon, and again
this M 0rning, to tell what he knew
cf the working of the Klan in this
county. He is supposed to have been
a member of the trial court which
passed spon the Hale, Johnson and
Burr cases andd etermined upon the
course to be pursued against these
three men.
The name Of this witness has not
been divulged, but he is said to have
been the only member of the Klan,
who, going before the jury, gave
anything other than negative testi-
mony. All the others are reported
to have stood upon the advice of
John A. Jeffrey, Portland attorney
for the Klan, not to testify.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-08-02
LAUNCH ATTACK
ON PRIESTS IN
HALL. RECOUNT

SALEM, Or, Aug. Am attack
upon the Catholic priests was
launched here this morning by
Charles Hall forces in the recount
litigation in the Marion county cir
cult court. The Olcott counsel i'm
mediately announced that it would
retaliate by showing. that the Ku
Klux Klan exerted undue influence
over voting in the primary election.
Political leaders here today de-
clared that rulings of the court on
amendments offered by attorneys
for both Hall and Oleott today will
let down the bars almost without
restriction and thht 1t would re-
quire five or six months to try the
case.
The recount of the Marion county
ballots is continuing slowly without
so far changing any results.