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DANIEL AND EZEKIEL.
Struggling for m Education In Poverty -
Dinhcuity.
From the Youth. Companion.

Prom the Youths Companion
The following extracts from the letters o<
Daniel Webster and his brother Ezekiel Win in
dictate how the young men had to struggle with
poverty through their college davs The
reader will remember that the home farm vas
mortgaged to pay Daniels expenses through
college, and when IL was proposed 10 give
Ezekiel similar advantages the father and
mother had council. The farm 10 already
mortgaged," said the old gentleman, and II
we send Ezekiel to college 10 will take ell ~
have. but the boys think they can take care o,
us"
IL did not take the strong-hearted, sagacious
woman long 10 decide the matter. We can
trust the boys" she said.
SO the matter was settled. Daniel vent back
10 Hanover, while Ezekiel went bundle in
nam, 20 pr. Woods and began the study Of
La.in, LIS expenses being but . dollar veek.
In November, 1902. Daniel vas az home in
salisbury. while Ezekiel was struggling with
poverty al Hanover. Funds were getting Low
IN .he Webster homestead Daniel writes under
Now, Zeke, you will not read half = seu-
tence-no, not one syllable-before Won have
thoroughly searched this sheet for scrip but
my word for Il, you'll find no scrip here We
neid sannedrim this morning on the subjecs
OF cash. Could not hat upon sny way 90 sst
you any just before We went away 20 hsns
ourselves through disappointment il came into
our heads that next week might do.
The truth is, the father had an executiop
against Hubbard OF North Chester for about
slOO. The money was collecting and lust
ready to drop into the hands Of the creditors
when Hubbard suddenly died. This, YOU Gee.
stays the execution tall the long process OF sd-
minis tering is completed
Il have now by me cents in lawful federal
currency Next week I shall send them. h
they be ALL"
We are all here Just in the old wsy. slvsvs
behind and lacking. Boys digging potatoes
with frozen fingers and girls Washing without
Ezekicl.writes 10 Daniel at about the ssms
Tune, the two letters probably crossing each
other:
These cold, frosty mornings very sensibly
INFORM me that l want Q warm sreatcoat I
wish, Daniel, II might be convenient TO send
me cloth Tor cne otherwise / shall be nece.a,-
tated to purchase one here. do not care what
color II anything that will keep the frost
out some kind Of shaggy cloth, think. would
oe cheapest Ieacon Pettingill has written
offering me sl4 month 70 keep school. I be-
heve L shall take it
Money, Dan, money! As was walking
ao"h TO the ONCE after letter I happened 20
nave cent. which is the only money have
mad since the second day after came on. IL
is a Tact, Dan, that was called on for dollar
where owed II, and borrowed il, and have
borrowed II four times since 10 pay those Dor
rowed Of"
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BERIAH AS A PROBATIONER.
Unfortunate Ending Of His First Expsriep
ut n Brooklyn Class Meeting.

Suiortunate Ending OF His First Exp~rioncG
ut n Brooklyn Class Meeting.
From the New York Herald.
Ii happened at a Methodist class meeting IA
Brooklyn. or course it was the unexpected.
1t always is. Beriah Berrian was there. For
most Of the fifty years of his life Beriah had
been very worldly and very profane man. Il
was next to impossible for him to converse
upon any topic for Ave minutes without en-
phasizing and punctuating his sentences with
startling and original oaths. But now ali this
was supposed to have been changed. Berish
had resolved to be q better man. He had exps.
rienced religion and Joined the church on pro-
baton.
Beria is quick tempered and is explosive in
ms wrath. He is also afflicted with a hare lip
his naturally does not tend to make him an v
more amiable nor his talk better understood
That proved to be the case on this occasion.
One after another the faithful had arisen and
told the class leader Of their self-denials and
progress In the new way. Then, after q verse
OF sacrel song had been sung il was Beriah' a
turn to speak. He had never spoken in class
meeting before, and he not only felt timid, bu.
embarrassed. Slowly he arose and faced the
leader. He felt that all eyes were upon him,
and they were. In a low voice, made all the
more indistinct by his personal affection, he
began:
Rec 'eeks ago 'et great 'hange"-(three
weeks ago met great change).
will the brother kindly speak q little
louder9" asked q man sitting some distance
away.
Beriah's face Redeemed. but he bravelv sup.
pressed his emotions and began again, this
time in much higher key:
Rec eeks ago ct great 'hange of cart,
and now stand 'efore you a"
Il beg the brothers pardon" said the same
man who had made the previous inter- uption.
but we cannot hear him distinctly. Viii he
speak just little louders''
Instantly Beriah seemed to be transformed
into o fury. and his eyes we're blazing with
passion Quick as q wink he wheeled around.
glared at his innocent tormentor for o moment.
and then hoarsely but loudly exclaimed:
Rec 'eeks ago ct great 'hange! Dash.
dash your dashety dash soul to dash. Can YOU
ear that?'
Then Beriah sat himself down in his Dew With
a vicious thud, and the meeting was oppor-
timely concluded by the singing Of Q hymn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

The directors of the Olympic Club Of New
Orleans have announced that a match has been
made for feather-weight fight between Johnny
Griffin of Boston and Van Hest. The men
will fight at 122 pounds for purse Of g. 500.
the match to be fought in September. Jimmy
Carroll and Billy Myer have also been matched
for fight to take place in the middle of Novem
Der for a purse of $1,000. the men agreeing not
to weigh over 40 pounds. Myer has already
signed the articles and Carroll has written the
club that he will be in New Orleans in few
days and will then sign
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A Plan to Aid the UNEMPLOYED.

A mass meeting of the unemployed laboring
classes was held last night in Washington
Square, New York. Its object was to devise
means for improving the condition of those
who are out of work. Rev. J. s. Stone said i,
was desired to follow the example of the Lon
don Christian socialists, to feed, clothe and
procure labor for the unemployed, and sug-
gested that every city pastor should hold a;
own church, he said, had free labor bureau
connected with it, which had found work for
900 men during the past six months Other
speakers favored the plan of the churches look
Ing after the unemployed In their several
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Will Challenge Sullivan.

Lee Bin Nam, noted Chinese pugilist.
reached Baltimore last night. He is on his
way to New York from San Francisco. Lee is
stopping with Yong Hoar, the Chinese mason
OF Baltimore. and is being shown the town by
Wong Chin Foo, the New York newspaper man,
who is visiting Yong Hoar. Lee Bin Nam will
In all probability challenge John L. Sullivan to
night. Wong Chin Foo asserts that Lees repu-
tation as fighter throughout the fiowery king
dom IS about on par with that of the Boston
boy in this country. The appearance Of tn.
almond-eyed fighter would seem to bear this
out. he is five feet eight inches tall. weighs
about 200 pounds and is finely built His pig
tail reaches to the ground.
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1t Was . Time-worn Hat.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A funny answer was received by Judge Mac.
Math to query put to q little six-year- old boy
whom he sought to entertain while riding in Q
street car the other evening. The Judge was
on his way home after . hot day and wore his
.'stovepipe" hato the back Of his head. Beside
him sat a middle-aged gentleman with his little
six-year-old boy.
The father of the boy and the Judge carried
on . conversation, during which the boy fire.
quently peeped around his father, evidently
attracted by something. The Judge at length
tried to divert the boy from those occssional
little stares and asked:
And how are you my little boy?"
''Oh, I'm well, was the modest reply.
"Can you tell me your name?"
The name was given.
''How old are your
The boy slyly turned his eyes toward the
judge and remarked: about q old e that hat
Of yours"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

The residence Of Mrs. Parsons will have q
frontage of Is feet and will run back 20 feet to
r street and will be three stories high. The
front will be Of brownstone to the second
story sills with pressed brick above. A circular
bay will extend to the third floor, finished with
a tower with overhanging beam ends support
ing the roof caves The interior arrangement
of the first floor consists Of a reception hall. a
large square staircase hall with high panneled
wainscoting Of oak and some handsome carved
oak screens at the stairway. This forms a nook
before entering the dining room, with seat
under a colored glass window and pretty book
cabinet. The dining room is a large room with
bay overlooking r street and will be finished
in oak. The parlor will be finished in cherry
The house will be heated by steam. 7. F.
Schneider is the architect.
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sere banded together, forming, as it were, the
neuc!eus Of the Swiss federation of today. Six
hundred years is long time and in the six CEN
turtles since this confederation or eidgenossen-
schaf; was formed vast amount Of history has
been acted out in that most interesting rock
ribbed and mountainous country.
The league Of Swiss cantons is not like our own
union Of states. the result. Of single act or Sc
ries Of acts 1t is . growth Of time, but i. may
be said to have taken its start on August 1.
1891, when the districts Of Uri, Schwyz and
Cnservslden entered into q perpetual league
q defensive alliance. Sixty days after the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

SEALS OF CRI. sCHwYz AND uNTERwALDES.
swearing of this oath of friendship Canton Zu-
rich entered into a defensive league with
Sehwyz and Cri and these acts of the union
cleared the way for what was soon an actual
league These early events and those that fol-
lowed are closely identified with those most in
teresting creators OF history, or creatures of
romance or tradition. as the case may be, Will
inn Tell. Werner and Gessler. They are all
figures in the epoch which opened with the
acquisition Of a charter of liberties for Uri in
1871 and closed with the great victory of Nor
garten in 1915.
WHY THE LEAGUE WAS FORMED
1t was no desire fo- sta:tlirg reform that led
these people of three small forest cantons to
band themselves into League Of Perpetual
Alliance IN 1891 The confederation was
formed simply fo- the purpose of checking the
inroads of the Habsbrrgers. beautiful lake
extends between the three forest cantons which
are of themselves separated from the rest OF
the world and makes with them en- extremely
picturesque piece Of country. Tbs lax, was
sort OF central point or common meeting
place for the early inhabitants of the secluded
valleys vi the thee cantons Uri is the most
mountainous and ruCgedly picturesque while
the other two havs mere of a pastoral char
aeter. with rolling me ldows ard green fields
he people are now aEi have always been
sturdy. bold. rersevering. as well self-reliant
and conservative set. and II fror, such
country aud from such me- there came forth
the three famous Eldgeno-seE-Walter Furst
Won Att4nghaGsen, Arnold Won Melchtal and
Werner Staufacher-Nho me; on the Gruetli
eaeA WIZ ten chosen companion. on Novem-
Der IL. 1907. and bound themselves together to
save their country from their cruel rulers.
TIE FIRST AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENT
IL was previous to this. however. that Uri.
ScEwyz and Unterwslden formally reconfirmed
In writing bond to protect and defend their
liberties IN common Before 1921 any such
agreement. IL IL existed at all, existed onlv
verbally This Interesting document in writ
ing virtually coma: tI:tes the first authenticated
evidence OF the founding; Of the Swiss republic
To this instrument were affixed the seals of the
three countries as 9 guarantee Of its genuine
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01
In After Yeara

When I was but q callow youth
And Bingt0wn seemed the world 70 n
thought Miss Dollie Hennessy
A paragon OF girls, In truth.
A being who would take the prize
Among the hosts Of Paradise.
And when she spurned nv proffered han
And took Jim Robinson instead.
Vowed that neer In all the land
Could Hope for me its radiance she'd.
But when some years had passed ana I,
Meanwhile wanderer returned
To bingtown, and, in passing BY
cottage suddenly discerned
A freckled slattern. grossly stout,
From Q dull porch rush wildly out,
Snach up an urchin By the ears
And toss him through the open dooe
Chase from the lot Q yoke Of steers,
Jump rail fence aud hurl q score
OF coobles AZ passing tramp,
Kick Newfoundland dog and staup
Twosnakee 10 bits, then to the cot
Swoop back and yell In accents hot,
You JIM Come here, you lasy Iona
And sweep this measly kitchen outfn
When this saw and heard. then le&rnoA
As from my ramble returned,
The dame was Mrs. Robinson.
This comment through my mind did RIM
"'The saddest words OF tongue or peu'
Are surely not IL might have BEEN"
boston Courts
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A Tran eatIant.c Lire From Toledo

A company with capital OF 81. 500 600 has
been organized in England to operate line OF
steamers direct from Toledo and other Lake
Erie ports to Liverpool. branch line is to
run between New Orleans aud Liverpool to
engage in the cotton-carrying trade. The
Toledo -four mills have arranged to ship two
thirds of their output of 5000 barrels a tay to
Liverpool by water. Col. S. c. REYNOLDS. the
rich grain merchant Of Toledo. who has Just
returned from England, engineered the organ
ization of the new company. and will ACT rs
president thereof
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Millet's Mind Affected by sunstroke.

On last Sunday an insane man was found
praying on the steps of the First National Bank
in Chicago. lie claimed that his name was
Pierre Millet and that he was an artist and the
brother OF Jean Francois Millet, the renowned
French artist who painted the 'Angelus." A
letter was received in Chicago yesterday from
the Rev. Narcisse Cyr Of Boston, who says Mil
let Is undoubtedly what he claims to be and
that he Is an artist Of merit. His present resi-
dence Is III New York, though he formerly lived
III Boston, where he suffered from severe case
OF sunstroke, which has apparently affected his
mind: Mr.. Millet has apparently fully recoy-
cred from his attack on last Sunday. He has
an extremely sensitive nature and his friends
avoid the unpleasant subject Of his mslady
when in conversation with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

A. c. Jones' a section foreman on the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad. was shot and
killed Thursday night by Miss Myra Fancher.
who is only sixteen years of age. For about a
year Jones had paid attention to Miss Fancher
and it was generally understood that they we're
engaged to be married. Two months ago. how
ever, he discarded her and married another.
Thursday night Miss Fancher lay in wait for
him on the street in Setwood and when he an
preached she blew out his brains with a bullet
from revolver She was arrested but public
sympathy is entirely on her side Jones had
been criminally intimate with her under prom
Use of marriage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

SUING tor the JOnnstOWn rlOO0 Domagoo.
A meeting of the subscribers to the fund to
bring suit against the South Fork Club was
held at Johnstown, Pa, last night, at which .
plan OF action was formulated. II was decided
to receive subscriptions until the total losses
represented amounted to or exceeded e5O0, oOO
when an assessment Of per cent would be
levied to collect prosecution fund Of slO, 900.
Ii greater amount Of loss is represented the
percentage levied will be less. The different
points in the proposed suits were discussed and
the plans proposed met the approval Of the
large number Of business men present 1t is
thought that the required amount wiz BE- sub-
scribed within few DAYS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01
Birmingham's Powder Explosion.

The officers Of the Alabama Great Southern
railroad of Birmingham are now certain that
the burning of the depot there early yesterda :
morning was incendiarism. An effort was
made to force the lock of safe and failing they
set fire to the house. The fifty kegs of powder
we're among the first goods to ignite The loss
on the building is about $4,000 and on the
goods $4,000. Other losses, in shattered win
dows, DC, will foot up nearly $4,000 more. A
negro tfaml has been arrested on suspicion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

The trotting races at Cleveland closed yes
tsrday with good attendance and fair exhibit
ton Of speed. The unfinished 223 trot of the
day before was won by Little Albert The SEN
sational defeat Of Mascot in the pacing race,
who was freely backed favorite, and the I'M
expected defeat of Rosalind Wilkes sent the
plnngers home with empty pocket books.
Globe, JustiPa and Belle Hamlin, driven
three abreast by Ed Geers, made mile In Ala,
. wonderful performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

Aunt Hannah-'.Yea. Mr.. Gneissly b . good
appearing man and may make you good hus-
band; but don't know. One cannot iudee bv
Appearances What are his gifts2 Has & gct
Annis-"Of course not yet, aunt Our fris.ds
Won't send them In until our tnvitatious ere
ouk"-DoGloa TnoAaripl
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hearts OF all descendants of William Tell. and
the occasion will be pleasant one to those who
participate. The celebration will consist in a
large family picnic. "a la Swiss" at the farm
Of Mrs Scheitiin. near Lenham's station. on the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad. tits expected
that there will be at least half q hundred in at
tendance and the day will be made as eniova-
BILE as possible to the folks who Co. They will
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Appreciated Its Value.

From the Detroit Free Press.
A little Detroit girl was bidding her boy plays
mate goodbye and on this occasion -
mother told her 70 kiss him. She offered ~
. roguish cheek and whom the ssluSs NJ
eravely given, began 10 rub 10 visorously Vim
her handkerchief
rubbing il off?'
NO. mamma" answered the httls nasAso
demurely, I'm rubbing IL in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

ODAY, THE FIRST OF
August, is . great day
in Switzerland and the
Swiss people the world
over are celebrating it,
much as We in America
celebrate the Fourth Of
July. Six hundred years
ago today was signed
the compact by which
three Swiss cantons
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Stin Unreconciled.

From the Chicao Tribune.
The exchange editor was reading Q hair-lift-
ing account Of . midnight robbery.
Weeping Skies" ~ he snorted, running his
shears savagely through the flaming head lines.
They wept, Of course, because they mist some
thing"
That doesn't follow, roared the f,esl estate
eoisor, taking of his coat. They mi9ht have
been weeping for the dead of nightI"
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THE ISLES OF SHOALS.
Where Care Drops From the Minds Of the
Weary.

THE BRAcINa Ar GIVES THOSE TIRED FROM OVER
WORK NEW vIaoR-cHILDREN THRIVE AND ARE
WkLcoMED-soMETHING OF THE ANCIENT AND
MODERN HISTORY OF THE ISLANDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

Doesn't Sound Any Too Wen ~ Hsns,n
From Judy.
"what Q knave and fool d Rookssf' "WAaSs
hs been doing? Cheating at cardsS' "WsssSa
that" "Impossiblel What" s0ss Ssunl
out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

The La Sale, III, miners, after being idle
since May l, have resolved to 60 TO work sub
stantially on the terms offered them thres
months ago.
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SWISS INDEPENDENCE.
Its SiIHundredth Anniversary Takes
Place Today.
THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.

Three Cantons First Formed q Federation,
Then Others Joined-A Sturdy Peoples
struggle for Liberty-How the Day VIII Be
Observed by the Swiss In This City.
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THE SWISS coAT-oF-ARNs,

thsrmore every person shall render obedience
to his judge and at any time, should it become
necessary, appear and answer charges before
the judge OF the land having jurisdiction
of the case Should any one refuse to obey
such judicial summons and thereby cause in
jury to any Of the confederates all Of the re-
naming confederates are pledged to see to it
that the contumacious member makes good the
adjudged injury. Should enmity and dissen-
slon however, arise by reason thereof between
confederates, and one of the contending par
ties refuse to abide by what has been decreed
as just and satisfactory indemnity, the remain
der OF the confederates shall be in duty bound
to aid their concurring brother confederstes.
The above written covenant. decreed for the
common good and welfare. shall. God willing
be perpetual In testimony whereof, upon re-
quest of the three afore-named parties thereto.
the present instrument has been executed and
verified with the seals Of the three afore-
mentioned communes and valleys. Done on
the frst day OF August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand two hundred and ninety
one.
OATH OF THE GRUETII.
Sixteen years later, on the 18th of November
1907, the popularity well-known oath of the
Gruetlf' or declaration of Swiss independence
was solemnly enacted In the little glen of that
name on the borders of the vierwaldstatter
lake, and but little over a month later on the
morning of the LIST of January. 1903, by com
mon accord the castles of all of the foreign
ball1ffs claiming to rule in that section of
Switzerland were stormed or taken by strategy,
their occupants banished and the structures
forever dismantled. Not even as much as one
stone upon another has been left standing to
tell the story Of the attempted foreign rule over
the sturdy farmers in these Alpine valleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE MADE IN
THIS HIS NATIVE cIrY-A STOCK ACTOR WITH
FOURTEEN CHANCES OF BILL IN wEEK-HIs
GRADUAL RISE IN THE Profession,
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well, but, Maud" The abssns-uindsl
youth Was interrupted BY the horror strisbsa
girl. maud? Ny name 10 not Naudw ThS
situation vas desperate, yet fortune aid not Do
ssrt him But NY darling Lcuiss vhss =.
ually change your name9' She thought b -
prssrranged the joke and - thus ~ 0VsAr-
Phil0do1DAso HU1ao.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

THE GREAT ENGINEERING FEATs IN THE con-
sTRUcTIoN OF THE ELECTRO RAILROAD ALONG
CONNECTICUT AVENUE ExTENDED-soNK FINE
Z BUILDING SITES AND THE PRICES PAID.