The Comanche News. (Comanche, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1907 Page: 2 of 4
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THE WOMAN IN THE CAR
Washington 1 Day by Day
New Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital
By J H LEONHARDT
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ItntrbrblB- stood on the steps or
(he Casino He hail just tempted For-
tune aad fur once the jade had proved
at prude and he was left with a broken
(mine To describe his remorse would
he Impossible : he wondered dully
what his mother would think when he
' mould seek her out that night in their
unpretentious' hotel that overlooked
(he hay of Monoca and tell her that
the trip would have to be jtostponod
that they must hasten home without
delay He knew very well what she
would do-how she would take his
head on her shoulder and lay her soft
faded cheek against his ruddy one and
way "Never mind boy" He cursed
himself for a fool and then chuckled
rrimly as he thought of the surplus-
age of money he would have when he
had pawned various articles of ap-
parel the proceeds of which would go
to buy tickets for home
“Just enough for a box of cigar-
ettes” he muttered as he stumbled
down the steps to the street
‘‘Fir can you not understand even
English” spoke a delicious musical
voice Bracebridge scrambled slowly
hack to earth from the realms of de-
spair Into which he had descended A
Mg red ItmouHine car stood by the
curb and from Us window protruded
a vision of pink and gold and flufflness
that caused Bracebridge to uncover
with a haste that was more worshipful
than graceful
“Eh! What do you want” he asked
rudely for his dulled brain was not as
quick as It was wont to be nor his
tongue as smooth but the next In-
slant he blushed in confusion at his
own gruffnesa “I beg your pardon
madam can I be of service to you?”
“Ah you can” she sighed relieved-
lv “Come Into the car” and she
threw open the door making room for
him beside her
“But” said Bracebridge hesitating
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“Come If you are going” she spoke
impatiently at the same time rising
and grasping his wrist and trying to
tug him inside Bracebridge though
It may aouud paradoxical could not
resist that Ineffective tug on his arm
he stepped from the curb and dropped
on the seat beside her i
“Away Adolphe!” she cried sharp-
ly The chauffeur started the machine
with a ruah
Bract-bridge had a sensation of a
swift journey through the night but
lt was a dim one for he was busy
drinking in the woman’s beauty as she
sat bmide hint her neck encircled by
a pearl collar an expensive opera
cloak thrown over her nude shoulders
Surely he had never Been the equal of
this wotuia for beauty she seemed
almost s- aside from bint a goddess
lie could rv converse with her Once
he tried ti speak but could get no
further than “Madam — ” whereat he
became confused and stammered him-
wlf into silence again The girl
laughed mischievously at his sorry at-
tempt then looked at him sidewise
out of the corner of her violet-colored
eyes and said lowly “I am human
you act afraid as though you might
lie in the presence of a deity 1 would
not barm a living creature and surely
not you Besides I am smaller than
you you see” She ranged her tiny
gloved band in white kid beside Brace-
bridge's larger ones
And then the eternal masculine as-
sampflveness of soul arose in Brace-
bridge He could nut tell from whence
came his sudden courage but with a
Iionnce he captured her fingers and
threw his muscular arm around her
she struggled hard to release herself
but saw it was useless She stopped
panting
“You are mussing my frock I will
call Adolphe yon Insolent man" she
mid between gasps
Bracebridge let go her handa and
grasped her bare arms facing her to-
wards blot His eyes were burning he
felt a weakening sensation as he
touched her white flesh a feeling of
longing— longing and desire that he
could not control To know that this
M-antiful creature was at bis mercy
exhilarate 1 him he leaned slowly to-
ward her nearer and nearer he
could feel her shortened breath on his
check He gazed Into her eyes and
she bllnkM then shut them tightly
inartnurtag weakly "Your shining
eye— they blind roe" He bent still
closer to her and pressed his lips to
Lera In one shuddering ecstasy of joy
and love He could have sworn that
those two rosebuds returned the pres-
sure of hU Ups She gave a surren-
dering sigh and laid her bead upon
bis about Mr her arms slipping around
bis aerk He crushed her to his breast
victoriously
Their oi-e little second passed
quickly The car ran to the curb and
stopped wuh a Jerk and they slipped
psrt When the door was ' opened
Braeehii tge war saying "I am clum-
sy madam In arranging your cloak
and I greiMy fear your ruffles will be
spoiled " He stepped out and looked
around they were back In front ot
tho Casino again
"J thank you greatly that you will
aid at all air” ehe said smiling
“I abducted you on a wager air that
I oowtd carry off the flrat gentleman
saw at the Casino”
“Ami may I see you to-morrow?" he
asked bis soul la suspense
"The heart cannot be controlled"
she whispered softly "Drive on
Story Pub Co)
Adolphe” The machine whirred
away
“And now to purchase those cigar-
ettes" said lli-acebridge Something
crackled in his coat pocket he felt
and it was a newspaper
“How did I get that” he asked him-
self oitening it absently The flnming
headlines caught his eye:
WOMAN IN RED AUTO
ROBS ENGLISH LORD
Moat Oaring Scheme in Years— Lord
Algernon the Victim
He put his bind In his change pock-
et where reposed his last five-franc
note “a remnant of the lat battle”
"The devil that girl has touched
me!” be cried "I was a fool not to
think before wbat her game was
But thank the gods that 1 am only
a common person: they'll never know
whut a fool I've been as they know
about the Englishman 1 don't believe
I will smoke cigarettes to-night" ho
added as an" afterthought He pulled
out hta old briar pipe lighting it in
silence then he slowly took his way
toward the hotel
“ ’Tis sad to lose your money and
your Ideal on one summer'a eve” he
quoth very crestfallen £
INDOOR PARTY GAME
Musical Terms Can Be Made to Give
a Pleasant Half-Hour
In playing this pretty game each
guest Is given a dainty card to which
Is fastened a small pencil by a cord
or a ribbon They are then told that
the "music room” is full of articles of
Interest and that they are to discover
them and write down their names
They may hunt singly or in couples
working their lists out separately or
together as the hostess desires and
the best answer receives a prize a
box of candy In the form of a musical
Instrument being appropriate
Their attention is called to the
articles about the room which are
numbered and opposite to correspond-
ing numbers or tbelr cards they must
write the nam -s
Each object numbered must have
some musical significance and one
need not be nm-!cal to guess them as
certain terms :re so common that
every one knows them
Here Is a list of articles that might
be used in the game with the sig-
nificant answer to each:
1 Quire of i aper (Choir)
2 Three dolls dressed alike (Trip-
lets) 3 Carpenter's brace (Brace)
4 Watch (Time)
5 Razor (Sharp)
6 Chin-rest if a violin (Rest)
7 Card bearing the letters XL
(Forte)
S Some one’s name (Signature)
9 Pair or scales (Scales)
10 Base of a table bell (Bass)
11 Peck measures containing two
beets (Two beats in a measure)
12 Heavy siring (Chord)
13 Flatiron with the letter B on Its
face IB flat)
14 Cardboard letter C hung on
chandelier (High C)
15 Iutnp of tar (Pitch)
16 Pipe stem (Stem)
17 Half-tone picture (Half tone)
IS Bank note (Note)
19 Baby's shoe with an O on the
sole (Solo)
20 Stout cane (Staff)
21 Necktie (Tie)
22 Bar of soap (Bar)
23 Door key (Key)
24 Tape measure (measure)
25 Quarter dollar with a black
court plaster dot on it (A dotted quar-
ter) MADAMS) MKItKI
The Pace That Kills
Attaches of the British legation In
Washington are beginning to wonder
how long Ambassudor Bryce will he
able to keep up hta present puce In
the matter of public dinners and ad-
dresses Since his arrival in this
country about two months ago he has
been Involved In an endless chain of
auch affairs The demands upon his
Btomach and vocabulary have been
incessant and while his accomplish-
ments are niapy his versatility great
and his rapacity for productive
achievement large his friends re-
member tliat he is nearly 70 years old
and that perhaps it la time the ven-
erable diplomat should be relieved
from such a test of hla endurance
Sagacity of Ancianta
Many quotations came from the
works of Thales the Greek philoso-
pher and one of the seven wise men
It was he who said "Know thyself”
“Few words are a sign of prudent
judgment” "Search after wisdom and
choose what Is most worthy" "There
is nothing more beautiful than the
world” "Time la the wisest thing for
It inveuts anil discovers all things”
He also said that It whs the hardest
thing In the world to know oneself
and the easiest to admonish another
In his youth Thales was urged to
marry but he said “It is too soon”
and later In life upon being urged
again he said "It Is too lute”
An Insinuation Faarsd
- Clergyman— Madam you must be
consoled with the thought that your
husband Is at rest '
Widow— I)o you mean that be didn't
have any before he died?
The flrat Important work In build-
ing la the excavations for the founda-
tion walls All complete plans speci-
fy that trenches Bhould bis left with
natural bottoms level and smooth for
the reception of walla piers etc
Not long ago m workman in digging
a trench for a center wall In a large
city block miBread the directions and
got the excavation a foot deeper than
the specifications designated The
contractor called the owner's ' atten-
tion to it ns an honest man should
and offered to build the wall from the
bottom up If the owner would pay the
bare cost of the extra stone hut this
the owner refused to do whereupon the
contractor very naturally dumped In
loose earth enough to fill up to the
original depth The building was com-
pleted and accepted by the owner but
after a lapse of five dr six months the
center wall settled sufficiently to
crack the plaster in every room above
It clear to the third story
It was a block of flats occupied by
six families Three of the families
moved out because they thought such
a building was not safe to live in
This led to a law-suit between the
owner and the contractor which Is not
yet settled and which may last for a
term of years in the courts and cost
each party a good deal more than the
excavations and walls for the whole
building
1 mention this simply to call atten-
tion to the necessity for the exercise
of a little coinraou sense In connection
with the different parts of the build-
ing reaching all the way from the bot-
tom of the trenches to the peak of
the roof It is wot always best to
stick hard and fast to the strict terms
of the contract even when you know
you are right Of course a man don't
want to be run over by anyone Every
one In business finds out early In life
that he must stand up for hla rights or
have them taken away from him The
old Bible admonition which Instructed
everybody to accept a whack on both
cheeks won't work in this country as
society is constructed at present
Another thing the owner needs to
have an eye to Is the excavation for
drains catch basin cess pool etc The
workmen are not Interested in the
little details the same as the owner
and the health of the workmen and
their families la not at stake after-
wards so the escape of a little sewer
gas here and there dries not mean the
same to them that It does to the own-
er of the properly especially If he ex
pects to live there hlnisclf You may
makes solid eontraht and the contrac-
tor may live up to It but you have
no guarantee that he will do so and
you cau’t get at the underground de-
tails after the trenches sre filled so
the only way to know whether the
jolt Is done right or not Is to Inspect
It as the work progresses Of course
you can hire a man to do this and gen-
erally you can depend iion a man
hired for such an especial purpose
especially If be Is not too Intimate
with the contractor or foreman I pre-
fer to have an Inspector who la a
stranger In the neighborhood a man
who Is nut personally urquulnted with
suv other man on the job I am not
a iieaslmlst and have not last faith
(n humanity but there are so many
different opinions of what constitute
right and wrong that I prefer to be on
the safe side at every stage of the
game
I once stood In the doorway of a
cooper shop where Slack work was
being manufactured flour barrels
were being turned out in great quanti-
ties One cooper working directly in
front of me fitted a hoop very careful-
ly over a knot-hole in a stave I watch-
ed him do it and he saw me Immedi-
ately afterwards He excused himself
by saying' ‘'There are tricks In all
trades but ours coopers are all hon-
est" Well some carpenters are as honest
as the day Is long and it has been my
very - pleasant experience to come in
contact with a great many auch men
in the building trade I think 99 per
cent of the mechanics that have work-
ed for me are upright aad honorable
men but I am all- the time looking for
the one-hundredth man because I
have a deep-seated conviction that he
is tricky You might happen to meet
him first go off The little rascal
might be the first pea out of the pod
when you open your building contract
bids
This house la 35 feet wide and 45
feet long exclusive - of porches
Where everything la favorable the
house could be built -without furnace
mantel or gaa fixtures for about
92300 say 92500 complete and ready
to live in
The house hr many features to rec-
ommend 1L You wiil notice that the
rooms are especially large and that
every room la bright and sunny Of
course it is expected that the bouse
will face the south or the east ff I
should build auch a house on a lot fac-
ing north or west I would reverse the
plan because I think the beat rooms
in the house should be continually
used by the family and they should be
as bright and cheerful as it Is possible
to make them
The unfinished attic room over the
kitchen Is a convenience that every
house-wife would appreciate In the
winter time when she Is obliged to
hang the family washing Inside be-
cause of snow and rough weather A
good many conveniences are required
in a modern house aud tome of the
things are never thought of until after
the house la finished Then It is easy-
enough to see how things eouhj have
been different
Origin af American Coffsa
In a recent lecture Charles Barwise
a coffee Importer related a romantlo
incident concerting the Introduction
of coffee on this continent
"Louis XIV” said Mr Barwise
“was presented by the magistrates of
Amsterdam with a fine specimen of
the coffee plant Thla was nursed
carefully and sprouts from it were
ent to Martinique being committed
to the care of a French naval officer
named De Clteux The voyage waa
rough and long the supply of water
failed and all the young plants died
for lack of nourishment except one
With this one De CUaux divided hla
aeanty allowance of waiet( and ar-
rived at Martinique) with it alls This
little shoot afterward flourished and
It la alleged became the parent plant
from which the now almost Innumer-
able varieties found on the American
continent were produced”
CAPTAIN HOBSON TO TRY
NEW POLITICAL SCHEME
WASHINGTON — Capt Richmond
Pearson Hobson of Merrimac
fame la going to play some practical
politics for a change The former
naval officer and advance agent of a
billlon-dollar navy la thought by many
to hare become a rather astute poli-
tician ' Hla latest Is the develop-
ment of a scheme that promises to
make no end of trouble for the scien-
tific departments of the government
The captain has borrowed from the
agricultural department an expert on
road building one on soils one on
cotton growing and one on forestry
From the post office department he
has obtained the loan of a rural free
delivery expert
With this menage and accompanied
by hla wife the captain la going to
make a month’s tour of hla Alabama
district There will be a careful
booking of the aggregation and where
people wish Its advice they will get
lectures and practical demonstrations
A GRAND total of 13319 new govern-
mental positions was created by
congress at its last session with $8-
851759 in salaries Moat of the In-
crease la taken up -by an addition of
C439 coast and field artillerymen
1541 seamen and 4770 additional em-
ployes In the postal service leaving
a net Increase of but 569 for all other
branches of the public service
AU the various acts of the last ses-
sion created 18993 new government
posltIon8 but at the same time 5674
places were abolished
Final figures show the total appro-
priations at the last session of con-
gress were 992079814380 In addi-
tion authority waa given to make
contracts aggregating 907934349 In
this way the total expenditures al-
lowed fell but little below the billion-
dolar mark being 1988732492
The total appropriations by the
Fifty-ninth congress were 31800387-
32896 Those of the second session
CARNEGIE LABORATORY TO
BUILD VOLCANO FACTORY
THE moat dangerous thing in Wash-
ington is the new geophysical
laboratory constructed with funds of
the Carnegie Institution It Is dedi-
cated to making rocks and for this
purpose It proposes to reproduce pent-
up volcanoes and the frightful pres-
sures and heat of the earth's Interior
It is the only building In the world
devoted exclusively to high pressures
and temperatures
"We don’t know Just wbat we will
be able to do" said Prof Arthur L
Day “We shall have to deal In very
high temperatures and' pressures and
it may end by our all being blown up
But if we avoid that we hope to dis-
cover some Interesting things about
the cruet of the earth”
- The new geophysical laboratory
has been located at a aafe distance
from residential Washington It ia
1000 feet from the nearest car line
fcfJETE” the famous bull terrier of
T the White House has at last
been vanquished He met his Water-
loo the other morning in the jaws of
an unknown white bulldog who made
a meal of Pete's front leg and shoul-
der with a good bite out of hla ear
for a chaser
The secretary of the Interior will
resume hla pathmaking across the
White House lawn M Juaaerand will
cease practicing tree climbing the
chief forester of the government has
dismissed his athletic trainer and
has announced he will now take hla
morning aprlnta through Rock Creek
park and a general look of relief
la noticeable in the demeanor of every
member of the president's official fam-
ily as well at hla kitchen cabinet
Among the newspaper correspond-
ents there la general rejoicing aud
they swarmed over the White House
grounds to their heart's content all
day and long into the nlghL
But In the president's household
there Is much sorrow over Pete's dis-
tress "Pete” was put under the ban
because he chewed up a navy depart-
ment clerk and he waa In disgrace
generally Next thla feeling gave
way to one of genuine 'sympathy for
“Pete” who surely needs friends now
B lie ever did
In all the subjects the experts repre-
sent Capt Hobson will do the hand-
shaking and political solidification
act
Alabama people' happen to know
that Mrs Hobson is one of the best
women politicians in Washington
She drove with him over every coun-
ty In the district They got acquaint-
ed with everybody explained their
desire to go to congress convinced
folks that they were justified in It
and when primary day came bore off
the nomination in triumph over Mr
Bankhead who had held the seat for
20 years '
Other representatives are casting -envious
eyes on thla Hobson pro-
gramme and are beginning to prepare
applications for the us9 of govern-
ment experts If the departments al-
low the enterprise to be generally
copied there will be a dearth of ex-
perts and the - scientific departments
have to conscript them before long
MILLIONS APPROPRIATED
BY THE LATE CONGRESS
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exceed those of the first by 341208-
953 During the last session 16434 sal-
aries were increased at an annual
cost of 92949352 ( This Includes the
vice president speaker nine cabinet
officers 90 senators 396 represents-
tlves and 34 employes of congress
Contracts were authorized for pub-
lic works requiring future appropria-
tions aggregating 907934349 of which
almost 916000000 Is for battleships
torpedo boats etc The largest appro-
priation carrjed by any one measure
waa 9212091193 by 'the post-office
bill The naval bill carried 398958-
607 the army hill 378634682 and the -pension
bill 3146143000
A comparison of the total appropria-
tions made at the second session of
the Fifty-ninth congress for 1908
9920798144 with those of the first
session of that congress for 1907
9879689185 shows an Increase of
341208959
and there la only one house -within
that range '
Other reasons than the danger of
explosions led to Its isolated location
It was necessary to remove It from
the danger of electrical and Jarring In-
fluences In order further to do this
the building ia constructed on special-
ly Insulated foundations and with no
connection between its walla and
floor The walls are anchored in deep
sand and the floor of each room Is a
cement Island set In a lake of dry
sand i'
This branch of Mr Carnegie’s In-
stitutlon has already solved one prob-
lem It has made quarts glass Its
second problem is still unsolved
namely what Is Portland cement and
why?
The new laboratory with Its vol-
cano machines will begin to do busi-
ness next month
BULLDOG “PET?’ AT LAST
MEETS HIS WATERLOO
“Pete” was allowed to take some ex-
ercise early In the morning pter hav-
ing been chained all night as a pun-
ishment for hi work on the navy de-
partment clerk He evidently had a '
“grouch” against the world for being
tied up like a common ordinary dog
and he waa in search of trouble sure
He raced around the White House
grounds for a time looking for ex-
citement and it soon hove In tight
In the shape of a husky fellow bull
terrier "Pete" tackled him without ‘
ceremony but the other dog waa too '
quick for him lie made a grab for
“Pete'a” foreleg under the shoulder
and got a magnificent under hold
Luckily the stranger got tired after
awhile and gave the White House ter-
rier a chance to adopt the discretion-
ary part of valor retiring In a mad
rush to safety under the White House
hedge Hla superior knowledge of
the holes through the thicket stood
"Pete” In good stead and he got away
alive thanks to the policeman on
guard at the White House who cover-
ered his retreat and chased away the
most admired dog In the capital
If the owner of "Pete's" vanquisher
will send word privately to a lot of
officials high In the government serv-
ice he will receive the finest collar
aad dog tag that money con buy
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