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The Claremore Progress
A. L. Kates, l'ublliba
CLAREMORE,
OKLA.
OKLAHOMA STATE NOTES
The state treasurer his withdrawn
• II state fiiiiiIh from Hip national
luinliH uf Oklahoma City who would
not comply with I In* stnto guaranty
law, This has reduced (he stale
^uii<1 h in Oklahoma 01 ty troin over
fit),two to f 10,0(1(1. There urn u lew
stale .banks In the metropolis thu(
have complied with the state law and
these retain their mate deposits.
The official returns of the county
neat elections in McIntosh, Grant and
Wiigouor counties has been filed with
Governor Haskell. The victory In Me
Jntosh Is claimed by Cliecotah, by a
majority of c;t votes, in cirant Med-
ford won by 250 and in Wagoner (lie
town of Wagoner wan I7() voles to the
good. Medford was made the tempo-
rary county neat of Grant county but
luter l'ond Creek wax substituted.
Governor Haskell has named as re-
Rents of the girls' industrial school
created by the Stewart bill, recently
passed, but not yet located, Captain
A, 8. McKeiimm of McAlester, Mrs.
Katllerlue Patterson of Muskogee,
and Miss Anna H. Stewart of Antlers,
Upon his arrival home from the
legislature, Senator J. J. Williams of
Weatherford was met by a brass band
and a large gathering of citizens. The
occasoln for this celebration was the
appropriation of the $100,000 for the
erection of a new building for the
Southwestern Normal located at
Weatherford.
HER HUSBAND
By MABEL HERBERT URNER
(I'npyr
The Oklahoma Central railroad, op-
erating 180 miles of road between
Lehigh and Chickasha, has gone Into
the hands of a receiver. President
Carter of the company says radical
legislation is the principal cause for
the assignment.
The state corporation commission
has issued an order abandoning all
railroad hearings until after July 15.
The reason assigned is to allow the
railroads to recuperate the tremen
dous losses from the recent floods.
Governor Harkell has appointed
these engineers and coal operators as
members of the state board of mines.
W. T. Evans, of Dow; T. W. McLaugh-
lin, of Haileyville: P. R. Allen, McAl-
ester; David C. McAlpin, Chant; Al-
exander Mount, Henryetta.
Mrs. M. E. Parnes, wife of ex-gov
ernor C. M. Harness, died at her lionu
in Guthrie last week. Mrs. Parties
was one of the leading.club women
of the state.
Two hundred and fifty members of
the order of Elks attended the annual
meeting in El Reno last week. The
next meeting will be held at Shawnee.
H. L_ Prowder, who was recently
appointed liquor dispenser at We-
woka. has resigned, lie declares that
the job does not pay a man to devote
his time to it.
It is rumored that the superintend-
ent and his force of clerks and the
dispatchers and trainmen of the Rock
Island now stationed at Geary will
be moved to El Reno .Tune 1.
The Rock Island has re-instated
nearly all the men laid off at the
shops in Chickasha during the months
of March and April, it is believed
that the re-instatement is permanent.
Superintendent Cameron rules that
women are entitled to sit on school
boards In Oklahoma. He maintains
that the right to vote at school elec
tions carries with it the right to hold
school offices.
"Of course, dear, suit yourself about
It, If you think you would like the
Hotel — — better, why, we will go
there. Hut 1 Imagine you Will find
these large hotels very much the
same,"
"Yes, 1 suppose so," she answered
listlessly.
The waiter came up now, filled their
glasses and placed the menu before
him. He looked at It a moment, then
handed It over (o her.
"Perhaps you hod hotter order—"
his voice was strained,
She flushed, a deep, painful flush, as
she took the card and gave the order.
When the waiter bad gone, she leaned
back, tier eyes wandering ovor the bril-
liantly IlKhted cafe.
It was becoming intolerable—this
thing between thorn, this conscious-
ness that he knew—that for weeks he
had known. She felt now that from
the first, even before she had admitted
It to herself, with the quick intuition
of his love He had known—that she
was ashamed of him! Ashamed of his
awkwardness, his ignorance, his In-
ability to act and dress and look like
the men around them!
No word had passed between them;
In no direct way had either of them
referred to It, yet she knew It waB
never quite out of thir minds.
It begun with their first week In
New York. She had chosen to live at
the most quiet, the most exclusive
hotel In the city, a place rarely in-
vaded by the western millionaire; and
It had come like a blow—the contrast
between the men there and her hus-
band.
She fought against the feeling that
was aroused in her; she told herself
of hi sterling worth and manliness?
and yet she was constantly comparing
him with these men of the world,
these clubmen with their air of ease
and nonchalance; with the way they
"Perhaps You Had Bttter Order."
Governor Haskell says that four
hundred Oklahoma convicts will be
brought from the penitentiary to work
en the roads of the state
Oklahoma Gets Additional Judge
WASHINGTON: Under the provi-
sions of an omnibus bill passed by
the house, three additional federal
judges are authorized, one each for
Alaska, Oklahoma and New Mexico;
the pay of district attorney and mar-
shal of Oklahoma is fixed at $4,000
per annum, and certain records of the
territorial court of Oklahoma and In-
dian Territory are directed to be turn,
ed over to the federal court of Okla-
homa.
Bank Increases Reward
ALVA: An additional reward of
$1,000 has been ofTered by the officials
of the Hank of Commerce for the ar-
rest of J. H. Westfall, who was con-
nected with the bank and who left
here last January. The first reward
was $;,H0 and the hBnk officials have
waited for the state to make an offer,
but having been informed that the
governor has not that authority, they
Increased their own reward.
Sent Obscene Matter Through Mail
CHANT: For .-ending matter,
through the mail that contained state-
ments derogatory to the character nt
Mrs. Wiliam Poterous. Peter Kistui-
lis. a Pole, was arrested at Port
Smith and brought here. He admitted i
writing the letter containing the I
statements that are a basis for his
arrest and was released on bond
pending grand Jury investigation.
At Lawton, Lulu Itemer, a pretty
seventoen-year-old girl, charged with
boot-legging, was acquitted by a jury.
Man Charged With Assault Returned
HOBART: Deputy Sheriff Billy Bra-
lier has returned from Amarillo, Tex.,
bringing with him .1. M. Hembree. who
Is charged with having committed as-
sault upon a young lady near here.
Hembree was traced through Arizona
and New Mexico and with the aid of
Santa Fe officials was located in the
railroad yards at Amarillo. He stout-
ly maintains his innocence.
City Clerk Kerr, or Hobart, has re-
signed and the council has selected
J. Field to fill the unexpired term.
walked and stood and lounged about,
the way they wore their clothes—the
countless things that made up their
bearing.
It was an infinite relief when the
dinner was over. 4
In their own room, still with avert-
•d eyes, she drew a chair to the light
and picked up a magazine. Put her
glance remained fixed on one short
paragraph.
He made no pretense of reading,
but stood at the window looking down
at the street below. For a long time
he stood there. Then he entered his
own room, closing the door after him.
The light burned in his room until
long after midnight. In her own
darkened room she tried In vain to
Bleep. Tossiug restlessly, her thoughts
went back over the 14 months of their
marriage.
The first year had been spent on h<=
Montana ranch, and then some mi*
ing interests had called him to New
York, for only a few days, as he
thought, nut the days had lengthened
into weeks, and still he was detained.
With a marvelously quick adapta-
bility she had acquired the style and
air of the New York women.
But with him it had been different,
perhaps because he had never felt the
need to be anything but himself, and
perhaps because he had been too busy
and indifferent to think of it. Put
gradually he had come to feel her un-
spoken criticisms and his self-con-
eciousness became infinitely worse
than his previous careless indifference.
Now he was constantly trying to
please her. and only succeeded In be-
ing more consciously awkward than
ever.
As she lay there in the dark, watch-
ing the light from his room, there
came to her a great longing to blot
out these two months in New York.
They had been so happy In that year
on his ranch. She had gloried in his
strength and manhood; his very crude-
ness and simplicity she had loved
then.
Tear* of contrition and tenderness
came to her eyes. She would go in
to him now, creep into his arms and
tell him that she loved him; that noth-
ing else mattered.
She slipped out of bed, threw a I
loose robe around her and knocked
softly at his door. He was still dressed,
lying on the couch, shading his eyes
from the light. He had heard neither
her knock nor her quiet entrance.
For a full moment she stood there be-
fore he saw her. Then he rose quick-
ly.
"Why, Elizabeth, 1 thought you were
asleep."
| "No—I—" She started toward him.
| but he made no movement to meet
her: his face reflected none of the
tenderness that she felt was In her
own. And in that second she realized
what the past two months had done—
the extent of the alienation it had
brought.
"I—thought perhaps you had some
of those bromide tablets; my head has
been aching."
"Why, yes, I think I have some."
He got them for her. "Is that all? Is
there anything else 1 can do?"
She shook her head. "No, this will
probably put me to sleep."
In her own room again, she crept
into bed with a miserable sense of
failure and a vague feeling of dread, j
right.)
Where was this enstriingenient lent,
lug them? How would It end? It was
nearly dawn when at lust she slept.
That morning lie went to his ofllec
early, lie did not come Into her room
until he was leaving; he was carry
Ing his hat and coat, lie came up to
the bed and kissed her quietly good-
by,
She had wanted to put up her nrms
and draw him down beside her; to tell
him good-b.v with all her old love and
caresses. Hut she had. not; she had
lain very still, answering quietly that
her head was better. A moment later
she heard the click of the elevator
down the hall, lie had gone.
The day dragged painfully. She fell
strangely alone and desolate. Even the
shops failed to Interest her. Once she
started to telephone her husband, and
then In quick fear had hung up the
lecelver, What was there to say?
When he came home that evening
later than usual, she felt It was pur
posely to avoid their accustomed chat
before dinner. He went immediately
Into his room to dress.
In half nn hour they were seated
at their table In the cafe. They had
reached the entree when (he woman
whose dress had been torn last night
swept In and was seated by the head
waiter at a table next to theirs. She
saw the color In her husband's face
deepen.
And then—confused and embar-
rassed by the sudden appearance of
this woman, his hand hit against a
slender dish of tartar sauce near the
edge of the table and sent it splashing
to the floor.
In one agonized glance she saw the
bespattered, ruined gown of the wom-
an and the furious anger In her face.
Then she bowed her head that she
might not see the wretched mortifica-
tion of her husband. She heard his
pitiful attempts at an apology and felt
the frozen silence of the woman. The
waiter came up hurriedly, removed the
broken dish and wiped up the floor.
A scream—shrill, piercing—rang
through the room! Another and still
another—screams of agony and terror.
People started to their feet. Through
the swinging doors used by the walt-
ers rushed a figure enveloped in
flames.
Some one screamed "Fire!" There
was a rush for the doors. Then above
the din and confusion rose her hus-
band's voice, clear and stern.
"Stop! There is no fire! If there is.
you are perfectly safe—on the first
floor. Help me with this girl! Quick!
Rugs—coats—something!"
There, in a far corner where he had
caught the girl, was her husband-
alone, rolling her on the floor, his coat
around her.
With something like shame in their
faces for their instinctive cowardice,
two or three men now rushed to him
with their coats. There were no rugs
and the strips of carpet between the
tables were fastened to the polished
floor.
Someone tried to pull off a table-
cloth, with a loud crashing of china
and someone jerked down a lace cur-
tain—all the needless, senseless things
that people do in such cases.
Put it was her husband, unheeding
their useless efforts, who was still
beating the flames that clung to the
girl. At last he had them smothered.
And then, still unmindful of his
hands that were cruelly burned, her
husband carefully unwrapped the coats
from the poor, blackened creature that
lay there. The people stood back,
watching him breathlessly. They
seemed Incapable of action or speech.
Some one whispered that it was a
pantry girl who bad overturned an al-
cohol lamp as she was placing it un-
der a coffee urn.
A few moments later a doctor made
his way through the crowd and then
two white-coated ambulance attend-
ants lifted the still unconscious girl
on a stretcher and carried her out.
The people were now crowding
around her husband, praising his cour-
age and bravery and presence of mind.
They pressed forward to shake hi
hand, and were horrified to find that
his hands, his wrists, even his arms,
were burned.
Some one touched Elizabeth on the
shoulder. She turned. It was the
woman who had sat opposite them.
Her eyes were full of tears.
"I haven't the courage to speak to
your husband, but I want to tell you
how sorry I am for my rudeness in—
in ignoring his apologies. I—I am very
sorry. I wish you would tell him
that."
She was pone before Elizabeth, in
her embarrassment and agitation,
could find any words for a reply.
Later, in their own rooms, after thti
doctor had left, and he lay on the
couch with helpless, bandaged hands,
Elizabeth came over and knelt be-
side him. For a while neither spoke;
then he realized that she was sobbing
quietly.
"Elizabeth, what is it, dear?"
She made no answer, only crept
closer to him.
Clumsily he tried to smooth her
hair, but she took the poor hand in
both of hers, covering it with kisses
and tears. Perhaps be understood, for
he only said, tenderly:
"Elizabeth—dear ill tie Elizabeth!"
CANTON-CHRISTMAS
ABOARD SHIP
Tbe Funny Thing i On* Sees
in
Smiling Round the World
By
MARSHALL P. WILDER
Canton, In spile of its dirt, In spite
<>f Its myriad and Insistent smells. Is
fascinating. Beside the ordinary
sights of street life that are like a
kaleidoscope for change iind color,
there is a tall and stately pagoda to
be seen, the "llow-ly" pagoda, your
guide will tell you, Another, known
its the five-Btor.v pagoda, built In the
year 1400, stands 1 the point of the
citadel, the culminating point of the
city wall, the rnmpartB of which are
decorated with grotesque little cannon
of a bygone age, resting In worm-
eaten and rotting wooden gun car-
riages.
Another sight of Canton is Examina-
tion hall, an Institution peculiarly Chi-
nese. Here are 7,500 cells In rows, (he
fronts open to the air. They are only
four feet by three, and their only fur-
niture a couple of boards, laid cross-
ways, one for a seat and the other for
a writing desk.
Here the civil service examinations
take place for the whole province.
Students who wish to compete enter a
cell, where they remain for three days
and nights, absolutely alone, and
guarded by Boldlers to Bee that they
have no communication with eacii
other, or with anyone outBlde.
The examination lasts nine days al-
together, in groups of three, with In-
tervals of three dnys in between,
when the students may go outside. It
1b exceedingly arduous, for there is
not room for comfortable sleep, and
the tests are very severe.
It is, however, the ambition of every
man to pass this examination if he
can. Some old students have been
known to go there every three years
for 30 years without passing. Out of
perhaps 6,000 or 7,000 never more
than 300 pass, generally much less.
A man who passes is then eligible
for any magisterial office in the pro-
vincial government, and if he is still
know what his neighbor held. This
mode of procedure provoked heitrly
laughter and much curiosity as to th
ulllnmte fate of the gilts, each one Ih
Ing securely wrapped until the event
I'ul day should appear,
The IMIli of December dawned—not,
as we should say In America, clear
and cold—but "muggy" and hot
Clothing, even of the' (hlmiesl sort,
seemed superfluous; exertion, even
the mildest, sent little streams ol
moisture trickling down towards one'
shirt collar. Hut, never mind. It win-
Christinas—(lear old Chrlstmus evr
and II' we were (1.000 miles—more o
less—away from home, we were not
going to have any less pleasure ami
happiness out of the orcaslon. So w<
donned our bravest attire and, sum
moned by the bugle, made our way
with the rest of the passengers, alsi
In full dress, to (lie dining saloon
Here a scene of marvelous beauty
burst upon our eyes; but don't ask nn
to desei I he that table. Running tin
whole length of the gorgeous sitlooi
It was decorated and twined and Ida
zoned with potted plants and vines
garlands and (lags, the whole being
set off by a most Ingenious and beuu
tll'ul arrangement of electric lights,
tha( peeped out from every leaf ant!
fold and dish as though some fairy
wand had touched them Into glittering
wonder. LlttleSwIss chalets, set amid
snows of eolton and spangled ice
fields, gleamed with lights In every
tiny window; cascades ran down
through little Ice-gorges, lit up with
firefly gleams; the hearts of Chrlstmus
roses sent out flashes of beauty, while
at the head of the tablo was a snow
man of life-like size and proportion,
whose smile was as broad as his am-
ple form. Truly a wonderful sight.
And the dinner—well, I have eaten
many dinners, and many Christmas
dinners, but this was absolutely
unique. The cuisine of the German
steamers Ib world-famed, and justly
so. The celebrated P. & O. line
starves you to death in (he most
highly genteel manner. The Insular
excluBiveness of this ancient lnstltu-
tion, like (hat of the much overrated
Cunard, has wrung the Stomach and
bled the pocket of the wayfarer for
nearly half a century, while the chilly
hauteur of its officers has sent many
a passenger to his berth with a frigid
heart. Rudyard Kipling says that if
you want a favor of one of these mag-
nates you must stand on your head
before the chief officer and wave your
feet supplicatingly in the air.
The serving of the Christmas din
ner was truly gorgeous. The proces
slon of walters reached from the din
ing table to the kitchen, and each
course was brought in with as much
pomp as though it were a banquet to
TO LIVE AS ESKIMO
GERMAN SCHOOL TFACHIR WILL
BEGIN ODD QUEST NEXT YEAR.
Bernhard HantiieH le the Man's
Name and He Will Live Among
the Natives of the Froien
North for Three Years.
msms
THE PROCESSION OF WAITER8.
more ambitious and can pass the ex-
amination at Peking, as well, he is
eligible for metropolitan offices.
So that in Chiua education is the
only patent of nobility, In this re-
spect it is one of the most democratic
coun(ries in the world, for a man may
rise from (he lowest rank (o a high
position.
Only (hree cas(es are prohibited
from competing in the examinations,
barbers, actors and chiropodists, who
are prohibited from most things, as
well as their descendants for three
generations.
The good ship Prinz Eltel Frieder-
lch bore us bravely from Hong-Kong
on our way to India's spicy Isles, and
also furnished an experience the like
of which we had known neither be-
fore nor since. I refer to our Christ-
mas dinner, which we ate amid sur-
roundings bo truly novel as to seem to
us now almoBt as the passing of a
dream
The Eitel Friederich was not merely
a good, staunch ship; she was a mag-
nificently appointed steamer — in
short, a floating palace, and the din-
The Five-Story Pagoda.
It Never Quits.
"Cheer up." he urged. "We'll come
out all right yet."
"It is all very well to be cheerful."
his wife bitterly replied, "when there
is anything to be cheerful about, but
in our case there doesn't seem to be
any hope. You lost your own fortune,
to begin with, and now they have
taken from you what money 1 in-
herited."
' I know; but why give up? Learn a
lesson from the peach crop."
One of Dickens' Truths.
Throughout life our worst weak-
nesses and meannesses are usuallv
committed for the sake of the people
whom we most despise.—Charles Dick-
ens.
ner which we a(e—each smallest com-
ponent part thereof, from soup to cof-
fee—was laid in at Bremen before the
steamer sailed. The splendid tree, a
big green fir. had been cut in Japan
and lay strapped to the lower deck,
lest some sudden cataclysm of the ele-
ments might roll it overboard and
cheat us of what proved tp be the
most enjoyable part of pur Christmas
feast.
It was understood before leaving
Hong Kong that tbe most important
part of the festivities, i. e. the pres-
ents, must be purchased there; so a
pool was formed and the presents—
having been selected and purchased
by a member detailed for the purpose
—were handed up the ship's side in
packages on tbe end of sticks, or
dangling from strings, or in small but-
terfly nets, so that the lottery effect
was maintained and no one could
Old King Cole as we see it pictured in
the children's holiday books.
The oysters, the soup, the flsh, each
had their separate procession, and the
turkey—ah! that turkey! borne aloft
on a platter, accompanied by all the
"trimmings," each with a separate
bearer; while the gravy!—words fail
me. How shall I describe the gravy-
bearer? A youth with solemn brow
and stately step, who bore aloft upon
one hand the dish of gravy, as though
it were an offering to royalty. In the
matter of style he certainly was all to
the gravy!
With the dessert and coffee song
and merriment burst forth. Every
conceivable Christmas glee and carol
—not omitting the good old "Tannen-
baum" or the Vaterland. which these
German officers rolled forth with a
volume that made the dishes dance—
was sung. And then, the tree!
This gorgeous piece of upholstery
reached from the floor up into the
which lantern, which is the nautical
name for the open dome which rises
far up almost out of sight from the
saloon. Every year the decorations
are brought out from their storing
place and hung upon the tree, and
most gorgeous are they to behold,
glittering with electric lights and
swaying to and fro with every motion
of the vessel.
The distribution of presents was a
jolly ending to the evening's festivUy.
Some people got their own presents,
that they had bought in contributing
to the pool, but they enjoyed them
Just as much. One of ours was a
handsome silver spoon, engraved with
Chinese characters similar to those on
the cane which was presented to me
by Mr. Wei Yuk in Hong-Kong, and
which mean "long life and happiness,"
or something to that effect.
The next day we arrived at Singa-
pore, and it was with indescribable
/eellngs that I stepped ashore in a
glare of tropic sunlight, saying to my-
self, "Christmas day! It is impossible
—I cannot believe it!"
But It was. and I smiled as I Bald to
a friend: "Well, we're certainly in for
a hot old time, all right, if nothing
else!"
To become an Eskimo In manner of
life ui*l language for at least three
years is the plan of Bernhard
Hnutzseh, a German school teacher,
who nex( year proposes to affiliate
himself with one of the Wandering Es-
kimo tribes and live with them, adopt-
ing as far as possible their customs
and habits, nnd should ho survive the
experience be hopes to make Ills way
northward along (he western coast at
(he end of (he three yenrs and meet
with some whaling ship that will bring
him back to Europe,
Herr Hantzsch will pay part of his
expenses and part will be assumed by
the members of the scientific societies
of Dresden, Vast stores of facts re-
main to be assembled, If the world of
science Ib to be endowed with a com-
plete record of the material lives and
the social customs of the Eskimos,
doomed to so speedy an extinction.
And this record will have scientific
value only as It is gathered at first
hand by some bold, hardy, studious
adventurer, willing to consecrate a
considerable part of hia life to the dif-
ficult Investigation.
A writer, describing experiences
with the Eskimos, In 1900, In connec-
tion with Peary expedition work, re-
marked that some day there will be
given to the world a fund of scientific
knowledge regarding them which must
be of absorbing human Interest.
It Is just that complete Identification
which Herr Hantzsch will seek to
achieve, and his Interest will be al-
most exclusively occupied with the
humanity of the Arctic highlands,
rather than with the land and the sea.
He will know the fierce Joy of the
walrus hunt as no other white man
has ever known it—in the fashion of
the native. Even to the many ex-
plorers to whom the animals of the
Arctics have been the sole resources
against hunger and often the timely
protection against sheer starvation,
the test of hunting by sea and land
has been a passing Incident, its risks
minimised by the overwhelming
weapons their mighty, though distant,
civilization affords. But the Eskimos,
equipped chiefly with the crude har-
poons and light kyacks of their own
devising, and wandering leagues in
their wild, almost aimless Journeys,
represent the extreme of man's rash-
ness in adventure.
TJie white man—with his alcohol
which has so long poisoned him that
he is a walking arsenal of poisons for
his own defense; with his germs of
disease that thrive in him and can
wreak upon hit Immune body but 11$
tie harm, so muny microscopic sen
pents multiplying In their native btb*
Hal; with his morals that give the ln
stlnotlve lie to every baptism of moi*
ailly (hat has vulnly consecrated hie
unregenorate flesh—has done his evil
best to ruin the virtue and the health
of the Ignorant, hale, pure-blooded,
clean-minded children of the Arctloi,
Yet the schoolmaster from Dresden
will find ample subjects for his ven>
turosome study—men and women of
the uiiconluuilnuted, ancient race, stIU
i
/j//
i
Dr. T. S. Dedrlck, Who Spent a Winter
with the Eaklmos.
clad In the warm sealskins the wives
of the hunters have chewed with their
strong, white teeth until every fiber in
the sun-dried hide has been broken
down, and the garment is as soft and
pliable as the broadcloth of the bur-
gomeiBters.
He will learn, In their full, priceless
value, the simple directness, honesty '
and loyalty which make the pure-
blooded Eskimos the finest quality of
gentlemen that are to be found on
earth—which. Indeed, from the mag-
nificent expeditions of Peary to the
lonely year of exile spent among them
by Peary's surgeon, Dr. Dedrlck, made
them the sole dependence of the white
man In his siege of the still unattain-
able pole.
IN HIGHEST ROCKIES
The Precious Stones.
The pearl is nothing but carbonate
of lime, and vinegar or an? other acid
will eat away the polished surface in a
few moments. As for the opal, hot
water Is fatal to it. destroying its fire,
and sometimes causing it to crack.
Soap Is a deadl;- enemy to the tur-
quoise. If a turquoise ring Is kept on
the hand while washing, in a short
time the blue stones will turn to s
dingy green.
How Is Julia on Splitting Wood?
Miss Julia Cbapman won a set of
silver knives, forks and spoons in a
board sawing contest given by a medi-
cine show In Stelwer ball Wednesday-
evening. She went through her board
before any of her competitors had got
well started—Fossil (Ore.) Journal.
The Ames monument on the highest
point of the Rockies was erected In
memory of Oakes Ames and Oliver
Ames, who are known in American
railroad history as the builders of the
Union Pacific railroad, and Is, with
tho single exception of the statue of
the Christ of the Andes, the highest
monument on the continent of Amer-
ica.
The monument, both as to location
and design, is perhaps the most unique
and imposing in the country. It stands
upon the highest point on the Rocky
mountains that is crossed by the
Union Pacific and was built to last till
the crack of doom.
The monument stands near the
town of Sherman in the state of Wyo
mlng and is 8,360 feet above sea level.
It is pyramidal in shape. It Is 60 feet
square at the base and CO feet high. It
Is built of large granite blocks whose
symmetrical but rough faces are as
impervious to time and tempest as the
mountain on which they stand. On
the east and west sides of the granite
pile are two large ba. reliefs, one, of
Oakes Ames, facing the Pacific, the
other, of Oliver Ames, looking toward
the Atlantic, the idea symbolizing the
linking of the oceans by the building
of the Union Pacific railroad.
Carved In the granite blocks, on the
north and south sides, is the Inscrip-
tion, "In Memory of Oakes Ames and
Oliver Ames." That is all. Like the
epitaph to Sir Christopher Wren In
St. Paul's, London: "If you want to
Bee his monument, look around you,"
so the brief and modest lettering on
the Ames pyramid seems to suggest
the message: "If you desire to know
why this monument is here, look upon
the mighty work their enterprise and
courage made |>ossible, and reflect
upon what it has done for the political
and commercial development of the
United StateB."
The monument was erected In 1873
by the directors and stockholders of
the railroad, aided by some personal
friends who were permitted to Join in
the tribute,
This Ames pile, standing In its silent
majesty on the western mountain, Is
not the only memorial of the name of
Ames. Out in the thriving and pretty
town of North Easton, Mass., with
whose prosperity and progress the
name of Ames has been associated for
generations—for these men were na-
tive sons of the state of Massa-
chusetts—there stands a splendid
town building, which in Its way, both
as to plan and construction, Is as in-
teresting to the student of memorial
architecture as the Ames pyramid of
the Rockies.
The building was dedicated as a
monument to the First Citizen of
North Easton November 17, 1881. The
exercises were attended by many of
the most prominent men In the com-
monwealth and the nation.
Of the part played by Oakes Ames
In carrying through the Immense task
of building the Union Pacific railroad,
ex-Gov. Boutwell said:
"Of men of wealth and capacity for
action he was among the first, and
conspicuously he was the foremost In
measuring the necessity and In com-
prehending the feasibility of establish-
ing railway communication between
the valley of the Mississippi and the
Pacific ocean.
"Upon his own broad shoulders he
laid the weight of that vast enterprise,
and he assumed, and for months and
years he earried, responsibilities and
met obligations altogether beyond the
capacity of ordinary men. The mag-
nitude of the undertaking may be
measured, and the honor of Buccess in
it may be estimated, by the circum-
stance that, since Mr. Ames and his
associates showed the way to the Pa-
cific ocean, corporations and men
plethoric with superfluous wealth have
struggled through long and weary '
years to overcome the obstacles they
found in their path."
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT.
"Pa, what's a psychological mo-
ment?"
"We will suppose that your mother
wanted a new $30 hat. and that I was
downtown and had Just met a beautl
ful young lady wbo found It exceed
Ingly difficult to keep herself from
falling in love with me. We will sup-
pose also that I greatly admired this
young lady, and that we had paused In
front of a candy store and said a lot
of complimentary things to each other
and that I had finally invited her In-
side and bought her a big box of candy
and that we bad looked at each other
and done a lot of sighing, and that
then the girl had sadly said good-by
and started out and that I bad fol-
lowed her. We will BUppose that, hav-
ing reached the street, I was about to
start after the young lady when I
heard your mother's voice. Remem-
ber this Is all a mere supposition, but
we will say that I paused with a feel-
ing of guilty fear and, turning, saw
your mother only a few feet away and
hurrying toward me. 'John,' we will
suppose the said, wait a momenL 1
wish to speak to you.' You may easily
Imagine what my feelings would be
in the circumstances. But we will
suppose that I paused, expecting her
to tell me that she had been following
me for hours and that she would place
the case In the hands of her lawyer at
once—say, you understand, that this is
merely a hypothetical case—that it ia
merely a fictitious case constructed
for the purpose of illustration, don't
you? Well, while I was turning over
In my mind such thoughts we will sup.
pose that your mother came up to m«
and said: 'John, I—I really don't look
well In anything but that 30 hat
Don't you think you could afford to
get It for me?" That would be" a psy.
etiological moment. She would get th«
hat."
— t
Feminine Consistency.
First Bridesmaid—Dear Mabel Is
nothing if not consistert.
' Second Ditto—Well?
First Bridesmaid—You know she
was the president of the Rainy Daisies,
so she insisted at her wedding on can
rytng a shower bouquet.—Baltimore *
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