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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

CORNELL PROFESSORS THINK THEY ARE-rHI RE-
sULT OF AN INVESTIGATION.
From the New York Tribune
Much prejudice Is often manifested against in.
tercolegiate contests, as 1t is claimed that they
are detrimental TO good scholarship. In order to
discover the real state Of the case, thorough ex.
animation was recently made at Cornell UnIyersi
" or the records OF all the men who had engaged
In intercollegiate contests since the opening OF
the Institution. The reslk showed that the aver
age scholarship for the year OF each man who mad
rowed In the crews was 20 per cent. that OF the
ball players 73 and that OF the track AT hetes 76
standing OF 40 per cent being necessary for grad.
uation Firty-rour per cent or all these men grad.
uated, which Is per cent above the University
Fate or graduation. The base ball and track aIh
letes graduated "a per cent Of their numoer with
an honorable standing 80 per cent,, which is
about In tne same proportion as the university
rate. very lew OF the crew men, however gra du.
ated with honors. In physical development the
reverse order was found 10 hold, the crew men
coming first, the base tail players next and the
track athletes last The total average was con.
sideraoly above that Of the University. The re-
suits would seem 10 show that INTERCOLLEGIATE
contests, when kept within reasonable limits, do
not interfere with the general scholarship or edu
cationai institutions. and this Is the attitude
which the presidents OF Cornell have always held
toward the subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

From the philadslphis Sunday school Times.
That there u truth 70 be found In all the books
Of the outside religions OF the world cannot fairly
b questioned But In all the books OF al the ages
there Il not TO b found moral principle enun-
ciated o. moral precept laid down that the Bible
does NOT contain; while many OF the moral princi.
Piles and precepts OF the Bible were nrst formu-
lated In lts pagea This fact In itself ought 70 be
sufncient 70 prove the unique position OF the Bbie
who knows most about the religious boors OF the
ages - Gureet 20 confirm the cofTectnen OF thu
oGatement q Tact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
An Ounce Of Prevention the Chinese
Rule.


One OF the medical colleges has in its catalogue
and prospectus that the medical student and ply
stefan "must be quite as well acquainted with the
science OF health he Is with the best methods OF
treating disease As he ministers to the SICK lead
ing them back to health, he must instruct his
patients in the all-important act OF keeping we'll"
II Is plain as pikestan that IL the doctors come
TO any such millennial ways Of doing things as
that, they will starve TO death. On the whole,
is not the Chinese system the correct one? to hire
doctors TO keep US well, and not to cure US after
we have blundereQ into sickness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

foFuLoUs NATION WHERE EVERYTHING rs ON A B.-
wuDERNo SCALE
Tor eighty years at least writer's have endeav-
ored to bring home TO the outsads world . knowi-
edge OF the vastneas Of India but % Tar - can be
perceived have failed. The average man, says the
Fortnf0htty Review, reads what they say. learns
up their ngures. tr1es to understand their descr1p-
ions. but fails for all his labor, 70 realize what
"a continent large as Europe west OF the
ancient nations OF great cites Of varieties OF CIV
iization, Of armies, nooilities priestnoods organ
s'1 ss.s
murder. There are twice as many Bengalese as
there cs, are Frenchmsn; the Hindostanes properly
states; the Mahrattas would NIL Spain; the people
Of the Puntab with Scinde are double the popuia-
s.0n OF turkey, and have named four OF the more
Everything is on the same bewildering scale
Inc nghting peoples OF India, whose males are as
than ourselves. number at least 120, 600 600 equal
70 Of he population Of the Ro-
diers in native service. Of whom we hear perhaps
once IN ten years, and at least 1000 600 men who
tnlnk their proper profession Is arms, who would
land never hear q word II the Prussian con-
scrpuon were applied In India, we should,
msa0u not c0Sn1ng Or land weir or
goo soldiers actually in barracks with 800, 900
recruits coming up every year-a force with which
There are tens Of millions OF prosperous peasants
whose noardings make OF India the grand absorb
ent OF the precious metals; tens OF millions OF
peasants beside whose poverty feLahs or Sicilians
OF Connaught men arc rich; millions OF artisans
ranging from the men who build palaces to the
men who, nearly nakec and almost without tools
90 the humblest work OF the potter.
Every occupation which exists in Europe exists
also In India. The industry Of the vast continent
never ceases, for India, with population in
places packed beyond European precedent, im-
ports nothing either to eat or drink, and but for
me europeans would import nothing whatever.
herself
yer. Amid these varied masses these 25O, 900 OOO
whose varied descriptions would I'LL volumes, the
tlde OF LIE lows as vigorously as in Europe. There
Is as much labor, as much contention as
much ambition, as much crime, as much variety
OF careers, hopes, fears and hatreds. 1t is srin
possible to moneyless Indian TO become vizter OF
dynasty older than history, or finance minister
OF new prince whose personal fortune In hard
cash Is double that OF the late Emperor william,
or abbot OF monastery richer than Glastonbury
ever was, owner OF an estate that covers county,
mead OF urn whose transactions may vie with
those OF the Barings or Bleichroders One man,
Jute Pershad by name, fed and transported the
army which CONQUERED The Punfah
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Deficient Mentally.

From the New York Sun.
Dumley whose credit is not irst-class)-"I say,
Brown, can you lend me SO for a few days?"
Brown reluctantly pulling out a roll or bills
Ter-s'pose I'll have to- Dumley."
Dumley-"Thanks- You seem TO have plenty Of
money, old fellow"
Brown-"Yes, seem to have more money than
brains"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Belitlling Literature.
HOW TExT-B0oK MAKERS HAVE DESTROYED KNowL-
EDGE AND TASTE.

nel1utl1nR A1U0Tatufes
HOW TEXTBOOK MAKERS HAVE DESTROYED KNowL-
EDGE AND TASTE.
b. E. Scudder in the Atlantic
The disposition to separate the reading OF the
young from the reading Of the mature is OF very
modern development, and It has resulted in the
creation Of q distinct order OF books, magazines
and papers. Not only has there been great
industry in authorship but great industry also In
editorial work. The classics OF literature have
been drawn upon not so much through selection
ness lay much in their perfection of form. have
been diminished and brought low for the
use Of the young. The accumulation Of this
scare scarcely esl it aerat s been Largely
In consequence OF the Immense addition to the
reading population caused BY the extension Of the
nation are taken ut the age OF nve Or six and kept
eight or ten years at school, and this schooling be-
ing their activity and determining tue character
OF their thought II is natural that books and
reading should be largely accessory, and that the
Kind OF speech which Is addressed TO it. In gen.
eral way this great horde OF young readers In
america has created a large number Of special
writer's have been governed BY the American life
which they lead.
vailed in our schools have come under this infu-
ence-an influence persuasive and unstudled
rather than acute and determined. The Quantita-
tive and not the qualitative test has been regarded
By no preconcerted signal, but in obedience to the
law of their social and literary life the makers
OF reading books began 10 disregard English stand
ards and 70 Mi these books with the commonplace
or their own writing and that OF those about them
They lost their sense OF literature fne art and
looked upon 1t only exercise in elocution and
the vehicle for knowledge, or, at the highest for
ethics and patriotic sentiment They lost also
their apprehension OF the power OF great litera-
ture in It's whoes and made their books collec-
lions OF fragments. There are two facts which
signally characterize the condition Of the popular
mind under this regime-nrst, that literature is
relegated TO the higher grades as something to be
studied, and, secondly, That the newspaper is ad-
vocated as reading book in schools. So remote
has literature come 70 be In the popular conception
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
UNPRECEDENTED ArrRAcrroN
OVER A MILLION DIsrRIuurr,
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY

Incorporated by the LEGISLATURE IN 1s6s for r.,n-
cational and Charitable ptrpO-ss and franrhis.
made part OF the present State a, IN lss
by an overwhelming popular NoteL
Its GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAWINGS ,.l.
rl1ce semi Annually. dune and Duc.nlerl ana 10
GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take place
on oh Of the other ten months year An ID ~.
all drawn IN public al the Academy vi Muse Nes
Orleans. Ia.
We do herehv cevtig fh1f s,Iperrfsr s arv1nc--
uffifs for oil fhr MONTH aud SeFlf
The Louisiana State Lottery oBEdnb. ava u. f.rsa
MANAGE aud control The DrautCs fhsussrss ad fbaf
The sdnas are conducted Ifh honesty, yairlsss aad 70
good dtfh tOr0-d all parties. AID atifAoTss ~ Iowa
gang u ase hs oeytYroats nth ydcsiDes VI Ota s-
ssafpTes attached. a as adUeTg.seHnSHgS"
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Effects OF Mental Oyeryyork.

from tne MEDICAL ClasslcA
Some interesting observations on the symptoms
OF mental fatigue were discussed at a recent
meeting OF the Anthropological Society," The
result OF these Investigations goes to prove that
welrIness or mind, the result OF work, like other
forms OF exhaustion is recognizable under the TWO
different though related aspects or irritapiily and
ihcapdclty. Further Careful inquiry into tue same
subject would probably show That here as else
where, the former OF these conditions Is intro
ductory to the latter, and Is the natural sequel OF
that stage OF apparently successful overaction
when Is seen when an organ still fully capable is
unduly stimulated.
series OF reports by school teachers, and Included
details or their own SENSATIONS as well as or tine
ehlldren under their care. The signs oil mental
uriaolllty were apparent In Sleepies,nesS and
nervous laughter o. Iallgue In sleepiness and In
capacity Tor task work. Loiling, yawnlng and a
languld manner told Ihat the VIII was idgg1ng
Headache suggested oversrrain In study, Continued
Win detective ventilation, and perhaps too spar.
ing diet; While some curious facts bearing
somnamDullsm were also noted. Thus in
one case the 0.ue-color perception was for time
Solterated anu the sufferer from his defect found
neiseli painting Ivy leaves bri1hL orange, while
IN another student having retired 10 rest on The
eve vi an examination, awoke at his desk to ind
lhstt ne had been ousily engaged In drawing hu-
nOrouS cartoons rel ting 10 former conversation
here We have an Instance or cerebral Irritation
uue 70 o'erSorK, which suggests a somewhat close
anu enords elew 10 IKE physiology OF
the latter condition. Overwork, both mental
senera! ana the least regarded form OF
Illness 10 which we are liable In the present age
DO nat we may, II Is next to impossible to escape
Io ~ out there Is, Ut all events, certain salts
faction In being aOle 10 recognize its features we
must not forget, however, II Is also 10 con-
slueraoie extent preyentable evil am 1t is GER
tdihls matter Tor satisfaction that this fact Is
not Ignored by the reIorners. Its treatment
~ AnuNIuudi cases requires chiefly that
uue attention De paid 10 the two great es-
SehliaiS OF timely rest and wholesome diet
WORK, however rksome, may, IL Is generally
aAo"eu, DC undertaken on very liberal scale
oniJ ~ Is not TOO cont .uous, but Is broken
oy Timely anu adequate intervals OF rest. Tue
value Oh plain ana liberal dietary Is hardy less
and we may take II as a maxim Tor the Ilmes that
ionS as appetite and sleep are unimpaired there
Is no dangerous degree OF overwork and conyersely
that islure 10 either VI these respects should be
IesarIeu as warning signal, 10 nich attention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Hints for August.


Don't hurry. The man who died in hurry died
In August There Is no more poisonous mixture
than hurry diluted with humidity
Beware OF your funny friend during the dog-days
unless you delight in hearing that the sun Is strik
Ing for fewer hours that the wayfarers in the city
are fast becoming heather because .hey are HOT
entottering, or that this the kind Of weather In
which peace and goodwill TO man Is less desirable
than q universal coolness
II you can anord II, stay at home In the summer,
where your mosquito bar Is SO arranged as 10 let
In bu one songstress at a time and where q pro-
moitory tarin is not placed upon the bathrub
Do NOT demonstrate with q man who prefers
wearing a white collar In summer 70 Appearing in
flannel shirt, which may be more unbccominR TO
his style OF beauty than horse-collar would be
Dress Is more or less matter Of habit and II men
nad ueen brought up 10 wear sealskin oyercoals In
August and duck trousers In winter those that
liked that sort OF thing would be QLiLe as well sat
isned as under the prevailing fashion
When you meet 4 mad dog In the street remem-
Der that discretion Is the better part OF valor and
give the teleg, aph company the thanks due them
need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

what 10 Take ON . Sea Voyage
From the Omaha World.
Take your passage ticket. You may be asked
for 1t before you go ashore.
Take q square meal before embarking Sea-
sickness on an empty stomach is not an enjoyable
affair.
Take leave OF your friends and relatives
Take q fat pocketboOk with yoz. The chances
are that you may often need 1t.
Take the best berth you can get for the money.
Take your food as regularly as you can.
Take notice how more experienced travellers
compOrt themselves.
Take fast hold on the companion rail in q
storm
Take a walk on deck every day when practical
BILE.
Take the prettiest young lady passenger down to
dinner
Take few notes In your diary the first three
days Out-after that you needn't trouble.
Take joke In the spirit In which 1t is given.
Take care you tip the steward before going
ashore.
Take no liberty with the officers or crew.
Take yourself away from q couple who are
spooning on deck. They don't need your COM
pany.
Take to the floor If you haven't strength enough
to reach your berth.
Take some matted milk when you are seasick.
TAKE solemn avowal every time you feel bad
That youu never venture to sea again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Grant, sherman, sheridau.

From the Hartford Courant.
What a wonderful trio they were-the three
generals whose names are are as inseparably asso-
ciated In our thoughts as they will be for all time
to come on the page of history Unlike in many
ways each Of distinct, strongly marked indjvidu-
atty, how they yet supplemented one another,
and how loyal they were in their friendship for
one anotherl 1t Is pleasant now to think Of that
that our great soldiers were so free from selfish
Jealousy and re1oced 80 heartily In one another's
successes and rewards. There Is only one OF them
LETT now, the oldest Of the three. The day when
Sherman follows Grant and Sheridan-may 1t still
be far distant, and may the Intervening years be
as full OF peace and happiness as OF honori-w1ll
mark the close OF splendid and heroic chapter OF
the nations story,
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Address Registered Lettersto
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans "A

FFNrNPrR fhst Tire presence Of Generals Beam y.
gard and Early who I'm charge Of the drswinss 10
hguarsntee Of absolute fairness and integrity tntt
chances are all equal. and that can sosslD ~
divine what number will draw prize.
"REMEMBER also. that the payment % r-1zes "a
GUARANTEED Bl FOUR NATIONAL BANKsof y, ~
Orleans. and the tickets sned by the President 81
an Institution whose chartered r.hts are rocogniz "a
IL the highest Courts. Therefore DesAre VI any
toils or anOnymous scLeusean N s-w&s5x'
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Seorge, she said, as the hammock sacoed a
nseie us way and neighoorfng hand-organ Struck
W lailnar tune, '6eorge, darling, why was Il
II don't know precious said caorc,a q. Id, or
disappeared In the cleaning unless i, w. "a
Gallagher wouldn't letter go"-lfinneaDoiis Tri.
btote. ~''-
Fifteen communists, Including Two Belgians ana
one German, have been sentenced 10 inprisonmepr
IN Paris FOR terms varying from ntteen days 10
four montns -
Mrs. Madge ID. Ould, widow OF the late IudDe
Robert Ould, died In Richmond, at her late resi-.
dence. yesterday afternoon
The Leary timber rait, from Joyyfns 6
August i, In tow OF steam tuxs Underwater and
Ocean King. has arrived IN New York harbor
Al Natick, Mass, two sisters, Ellen and Mary
heagner, thirty and thirty I'VE years old respect
veiy, vale walking on the railroad tracg werr
sssucS BY train and Instantly killed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

the New York County Democracy held q big
senator Aenna was the principal speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Points About Jeyyelry.

HOW WATCHES AND RINGS AND GOLD TRrNKKTs
VARY IN MAKE.
From the New York Sun.
man who wanted TO buy q good gold watch
got into an argument with two friends recently
about what was the standard OF gold used In first
class watches. He commended that the cases, as a
rule, should be made Of 14-karat gold The argu.
ment was referred by a listener to Expert Edwin
A. Thrall for decision. In answering IL he gave
the reporter some interesting facts not generally
known outside the trade about gold Jewery.
"Ihe quantity OF gold In the cases OF watches
varies he said, but 1t is certain that jewellers sell
twenty-five 14-karat watches TO one lS-karat
time piece. Therefore It might be said that the
l4-karat watch is the standard. Pure gold is
reckoned at "a karaIs, so that in the popular
standard or watches there are ten parts OF alloy.
The 1S.karat watch is a little more expensive, but
the 14karat Is the more durable and the color Is
detect the greater alloy OF the 14karat time piece
"There Is an excellent patented watch In the
market that assays at 10 karats. The inner caps
and trimmings OF the case are Skarat go.d and the
outer covers 14-karat gold. IL makes a irst-class
time-piece, and win last lifetime. Extra finish,
OF course, Increases the value OF watches materi-
ally, but In these days OF fine machinery and
skilled labor a watch that is q flrSt-claSs time
piece and has a I4-karat case can be bought for
from $50 to SIS, and 1t is every whit as good
umeplece as the more expensive watches, the fine
points OF which are such as seldom meet the eye
OF any one but the jeweler who cleans the watch.
"Fourleen-karat gold is also used as a rule In
the manufacture OF nrst-class miscellaneous jew
cry because OF its elasticity, tou hness. and dur
ability. 1t makes an excellent and substantial
setung Tor stones. The standard for wedding
rings is always eighteen karats, though In eXcep-
uonai cases twenty-two-karat gold is put into
tnem III makes sort ring. Rings and gold jew
elry OF the average style and finish contain ten
karat gold. The stamp does not faithfully indi-
cate the relative f1neneSS OF the jewelry except
where IL is made by nrst-class manufactures
Lots Of the Jeweiry stamped fourteen karat is in
reality only eight karat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

HANGED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE AND CHILD
Charles Henry RIedel was hanged at New Castle
Del, yesterday FOR the murder OF his wife and
Child Riecel died as he had lived unrepentant
aud In the belief that death ends ali. When asked
H there was anything the Associated Press repre-
sentative could DO for him, he replied: Nothing
unless you could get HE some strong poison" he
mounted the scanO.d. attended Oy Rev. p. b.
Lightner, OF Emmanuel Episcopal church; Sheriff
Lainoson, and two wardels. The Clergyman
prayed IN language that Indicated Rledel may nave
al The very last lett the need or religious consola
Ion. When asked II he had anything 10 say,
kledel simply shook his head. he struggled but
Httle, and fourteen minutes after the drop Tell LIE
was pronounced extinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Glover Lore.

THE CHARMING FANCIEs THAT HAVE SPRUNG FROM
THE TkEFOIL.
From the St James Gazette.
1t Is generally known that the three-leaveu
clover is an emblem Of the Trinity, the legend
being that st. Patrick FIRST used 1t to illustrate
how three separate objects, such as its leaves,
could yet form one. But according TO j. B. Fried.
reich, 1t was q very ancient symbol, expressing
religion among the ancient Germans as setting
forth the three grades OF Druids, Bards and Neo.
ton begets many, SO there grew from this q num-
Der; which. however, all refer TO the clover with
belief that 1t would bring good luck to the one who
carried IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

ODoSoyAS Rosa BRFoKE THE EMIGRATION IN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rosa, In testifyIng De-
lore tue Emigration Investigation Commission IN
New YORK yesterday, told what he knew ABOUT the
sehtins OF ex-eonyicts from English prisons. He
was sent 70 prison for life In 1866, but upon his
promising 10 20 10 America he was pardoned. He
served SAX Years He said that the worst thieves
anu conEletS OF England were anxious 10 come 70
America The governors OF the prisons persuaded
tasta 20 60 Rosa began a bitter attack upon the
Saonel al W ashington, but Mr.. Ford shut him OF.
49, tnen read copy OF letter which he sent 10
vi Saoihet az Washing on IN 1855. IN which lie
enaised that the English spies were over here
cause OF the Irish people
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The Telephone Sharpens the Hearing.

nv ASsSPssVuc SuoH penn tuC e
From the Philadelphia Record
'The idea that persons hearing is impaired by
the constant use OF the telephone is ridiculous,
said General-Manager Plush, Of the Bell Co.. yes
terday. II see that professor in Berlin has laid
claim to having discovered what he calls 'tele-
phone deafness, but it is my candid opinion that
he is looking for public potorety. Come up stairs
and talk TO the girls yourself" The reporter
walked up flight or stairs and passed INTO room
where score OF girls were sitting in front or
swltchboardS and operating tables What the man.
ager said was fully concurred In by several or the
young ladies who were spoken TO.
81 have been working in this ofice for three
years." said one girl, land feel quite sure that
my hearing has improved since came here.
can distinguish the iainteSt sound on the wire or
anywhere else, and l have great deal OF fun
sometimes listening TO the conversations or peo-
pie who think am not within hearing distance
l have never had any trouble with my ears, and a
doctor who Was treating me short while ago said
the gentle current OF electricity that passed into
the ear was highly beneficial" An eminent spe-
cfalist In diseases OF the eye and told the
porter that gentle current or electricity could
not fail 10 be OF benefit TO any or the human func-
tons II Is good for rhe amatism, and when ap-
piled to the ear 1t makes the tympanum more
acute, and has q tendency to put greater life and
vtgOr into the brain.
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.LzzSn1zsv@ss
NEss<S

NOinnlissoneryL
We. Oe undersigned Rdnts and Bdskers. triU Edv al
Pyfxes drdtcn an The LOtsidnd STATE Lotteries soA.ck
mag Be presented at e0,inters.
MALMsLEY, Pres. Louisiana National Bank
llEkkE LANAlA- Pres state National EAIk
A BALDWIN. Pres New Orleans National bank
SAhL hOA>. Pres. Union National Bank