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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25

everybody, too, gets to Washington either in
person or in writing.
'How do people usually address the Secre-
tary?" was asked the private secretary OF .
cabinet officer the other day.
ANY way and every WAY, and hardly any two
alike. was the answer.
Further inquiry showed how true this was.
Some men call him sir" or ''dear SIR" and
others call him by his name It il not infre-
quently the case that the writer doesn't begin
the letter at all, but plunges into the middle Of
his subject, and having finished signs his name.
Ignorant people inclose stamps for q reply, en-
tirely forgetting that the government doesn't
buy stamps from itself, but uses its own envel-
the mails. Then there are many Of
departments correspondents who don't know
the Secretarys name, but address ]. I. Blaine
as Secretary Of State and Richard Wanamaker
Is Postmaster General. They are apt to recall
to his recollection that they went to school
they think establishes claim on him and 10
q good reason why he should send them su-
thentic information as to the height Of the
Tower OF Pisa Sometimes they are jocose and
serious and deal in threats. OF all the thou
sands OF people who write each day, COM
paratively few over suppose that their letters
are not read personally by the cabinet officers
TO whom they are addressed. It is really as
tonishing what varied assortment of mail
goes through the Washington post Office
TWO COOP FORMS.
1t is not easy to lay down rule for address
ing cabinet officer in writing, for the reason
that it has never been thought worth while to
establish one. In official communications be-
tween two heads of departments either Of these
two forms Is used: 1.-The honorable, the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, Sir" or 1.-THE Honorable
Charles Foster. Secretary of the Treasury
Sir" Etiquette requires that you should
start of by saying II have the
honor" and not infrequently the closing
lines say again that you have the honor.
Sometimes one Secretary tells smother that he
Is his obedient servant, but then, again, he
simply declares that he is very respectfully his
The different forms are simply regulated by
the opinion of the Secretary for the time being
Some heads Of departments are very par
ticular and others are very. indifferent on the
subject. OF course the State Department.
always adheres to good many frills,
because of the diplomatic company
that it keeps, and the Treasury and Post Of
flee departments, on the other hand, have not
got the time to bother with these matters. II
the ordinary citizen who writes to q depart
ment chief will simply get his name correctly
and put honorable before it and address him as
SIR he cannot be far out Of the way.
But in writing to the highest officer in the
land, the President of the United States, it 10
we'll to be careful and to avoid the stupid mis-
takes that are so constantly made. Address
him, In all simplicity, as Mr.. President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25

ritten for The Evening Star.
What Is Lovef
What Is Love7- rainbow glory,
Graded in stormy cloud;
Glow-worm of a fairy story,
Spangling beauty's winding shroud.
Born in smiles, but nursed in sorroW,
Love the child of weeping skies,
Though the roses bloom it borrow,
Soon the nleeting splendor dies.
Yet with all of evil round 1t,
Like jewel darby set,
Dear as loving hearts have found IT,
How can they its life forget.
There's a sweetness in its anguish,
There's music in its sigh;
Hopes may wither, joys may languish,
Still it lives, it cannot die.
Though relentless fate may sever
Hearts that love would fain unite,
Memory's star shall linger ever
Ger that fount Of young delight
All things fade away and leave us;
Youth, and health, and fortune wane,
Hopes betray, and friends deceive US
Still we hug Loves rosy chain.
Like the clustered vestal telling,
Every holy bead with tears,
Love. in gentle bosoms dwelling,
Counts the Joys of vanished years.
ROGERS j. McELHnNRY.
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Always Wore women's Clothes.

From the Pttsburg Dispatch.
A man named Signol, seventy-two years old,
employed as a cook, was taken to the Hospital
OF Saint Antoine, Paris suffering from gas
tritis. Mistaken, on account Of his dress, for
a woman, he was taken to the ward reserved
for members Of the weaker sex. When they
found out the mistake he was put into another
ward.
The strangest thing about the whole case IL
that Signol says that he never wore male attire
excepting on the day he was examined by the
conseil de revision in order to determine
whether he was tit for military service. When
he was seventeen years old he went as servant
girl to farm in Lin-sur -Mer. He remained
there eleven years. He learned to cook at
Caen and went to Paris, where he was employed
as cook for forty years either in private families
or in boys schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25
Progressive HammockA

One Of the newest things In outdoor games
Il progressive hsmmockA The one getting IN
the affair swings Lot Of hammocks In shsdy
places, and then gets . lot Of pretty girls 70
wing in the hsmmocks, and rigs MP q bell
The young fellows pay % much 70 get in, and
then pick . hammock. Every time the bell
rings they are obliged 70 move 70 another
hammock. After that they vote for the best
conversationalist, snd have 80 pay for ssch
vote. The game may have liz good poinsa,
but VII never achieve the popularity Of ~
combination formed BY single hammock, .
dngis ',spoony" couple snd fuu nooa-
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Ssys the editor Of an exchange: I'VE spent
e600 ,O00, 900 In tobacco in 1890" II this isn't
exaggsrstion We should hate 10 BE- his vifs.-
Boaon Tronsuipe
10 you are ambidextrous?"
Yea. sir; I can writs With both Asnds q
once"
But don't - how you can naks that
talent useful IN journalism7"
Don't your I didn't know but you might
to Mr.. B1aine's health. "-DutO9 Fres Preea.
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A Champion knight
Good Dir knight Of the shaft Of steel
Whose lance made royal errant reel,
Thy legal lore and thy logic brave
Shall haply nations honor savei
Shame, o prince of . naughty crest
With every bounty Of fortune blest,
Gods amounted on earth to reign.
No act Of thine should thy country ssasA
Royal lives should be ruled BY right,
Thoughts Of wisdom and deeds Of miRhs
No blush be brought to Q subject cheek
By f0ll''' even in niDiOn' wean
Bold sir knight Of old English OAK
Who doughty words to people spoke,
Thy battle ~ and thy strong cross bow
In British court laid calprit lowi
DAVID 0RAnAM ADK1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25

From Good News.
Old Friend-"Why didn't you marry Nh.
Nicefello?'
Sweet Girl-"His father Objected
Old Friend-"I shouldn't have cared for
that"
Sweet Girl-"Y-e-s. but he said he would cut
him of with shilling"
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dition to four other
attaches of the legation,
Mr. Yung KwaA Mr.. Ii
Yung Yew, M. Yaw
Lung Chi, Mr.. Lu Yen
HUI. These celestials
are picturesque in ap-
pearance, especially
when assembled, as
they may usually be
seen upon every pleas
dnt afternoon OF the
pres ent season in scat
tered groups through
lout the park or seated
upon the benches
twithin the front in
closure Of their dwell
ling, their gorgeous
costumes Of bright
hued silks making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25
From the New Yorf World.
LONG ISLAND rAByEA



pumpkin which was growing In the midst
Of field Of corn got the big head one ssay ana
began Dragging itself up.
II am not only fine vegetable 20 look at OBJ
served the pumpkin with great compiacency.
''but am nourishment fer both man and
beast Made into pie I am welcomed all over
America, and even kings have condeeoenJed 20
eat me. Az food for the bovine tribe moth
ing can take my place. In Emo, take
il all around, the world could not do with
out me-"
Just then the owner Of the 6eld and his hired
man happened along snd the owner caught
sight OF the pumpkin and cslled out:
Here. Bin, this thing is taking up room
wanted BY the corn Root 10 up and throw 10
over the feneer'
The man who thought he owned the earth
died several weeks ago, but the big wheel hasn't
even skipped cog yet
Tho Householder and the Rat
householder who had been greatly annoyed
BY rats in his cellar brought home . trap and
set II where he thought il would do the most
good Next day he was made glad by finding
that he had caught very large rat. He vas
about TO put the captive to death when the ret
protested:
This is BY no means fair and lust lem
tered this trap TO prove nv confidence in your
integrity. No one could be more surprised than
i was when found myself prisoner"
After due reflection the householder iiber-
sted the rat, but only 20 find, two or three days
later. that the number had greatly increased,
by Wholesale. Catching sight Of his formes
prisoner he said:
You depended on my integrity and ~
stored your liberty"
Exactly"
Il depended on your integrity. and Won have
wrought still further damage 20 nv property"
| "oh, but Won must understand NV dear str
that rat IN q trap is heap different from red
at liberty"
MORAL
You'll see Il whenever . ,uage .u,,sca.
reform.
| The Peasant and the Sage.
once upon time q peasant went to Q sage
who Was celebrated for his wisdom and said:
20 sage, j have sn enemy who constantly
speaks Ill OF me and dis;urbs nv peace Of
mind He has even threatened to do me per-
sonal injury"
Have you ever injured hiul?'
''IIas your wife ever criticised his wife's plush
| Never"
Has your dog run his cat over the sence7"
| my dog is old and blind"
DO you play the accordion In the back yard
Of an evening""
II have none"
But have you never suggested to your
enemy TO run for alderman in your ward on the
reform ticket Have you never asked him 20
come over and give an opinion on a sick horse?
nave you never had the wit 20 see that he Was
invited to deliver the Fourth OF July Grafton OF
draw up petition to the legislature?"
| "Alas! no.
Then go hencel You have only sand in your
| MORAL
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The CHINESE EMBASSY
Something of the Life of the Lega-
ton at Stewart Castle.
THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE
FOR the Conduct of All His AssIstapts-why
He Has Placed Greater Restrictions ON
Their Movements Than His Predeccssor-
The New Arrival and the JOY Over the
Baby's Birth.



NONSP1CUOUS AMONG THE NUMEROUS
N|handsome foreign legations in this city Is
the Chinese embassy, which occupies the large
building on Dupont circle. Familiarity known
IS Stewart Castle, 1t having been built and for
many years occupied by Senator Stewart o.
Nevada, during which period it attained dis
tinct prominence among the hospitable centers
OF Washington. and was known far and wide
for tho brilliant entertainments held within its
walls
few winters since. when the financial
crash came that deprived the millionaire of SO
considerable portion of his wealth, largely in
vested in silver mines, the necessity for re-
tronehnent in their style Of living compelled
the family to give up their beautiful home
enthusiastically fashioned after tho style of pal
ace once visited by Mrs Stewart during her
travels abroad. and furnished with ali the ele-
ganee Of Old World splendor. Since that time
the mansion has been successfully occupied by
representatives of the orient, with whom it will
ever be associated by visitors as one of the
points Of local interest always sure to attract
attention among handsome residences in the
new West End
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immunity from surveillance and take no advan-
tage Of their unusual liberty, finding their hap
piest hours those during which they may stroll
at pleasure beneath the leafy shade of Dupont
circle, or sit in quiet content upon bench
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25
A Seen by Unaccustomed Eyes.


From the Detroit Free Press.
Whats the matter with your" demanded q
patrolman the other night Of . man who was
running down Croghan street.
"RunawayF' replied the man, - he came TO
q halt
'Where?'
about block up"
"Any one hurt?''
NO; got away from him."
What do you mean?" asked the officer.
why, Teller hauled of to punch my head
ana ran away from him. No one hurt--fully
issured-good night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25

According to ancient custom in the east the
ascension of each new king upon the throne
marks a fresh epoch Of time, and that the past
holiday was reckoned as the seventeenth year
of the reign of the young emperor, Kaunv
Gu. During the several days devoted to feast
ing and social intercourse the men visit from
house to house. at each Of which the hospitals
ties of the board are extended. Tie callers
present cards differing In size and eoloring
according to the rank of the individual
On New Year night all truly devout China
men ascend at midnight TO the roof of their
dwellings Tor the purpose of paving their ma
tional tribute of worship to fair Luna, in
which celestial body they profess to see. in
lieu of our proverbial man in the moon, life
sized jack rabbit sitting in an upright attitude
in the act of knocking fruit from of a tree.
This conception is invariably truthfully carried
out in every copy of their sacred pic
ture. At this elevated position beneath
the open canopy Of heaven the elder
male members of each household sit in
solemn conclave in silent alteration of the
queen Of the night, whose changeful phases
combine to regulate the date of the celebra-
ton This custom is obligatory and Is faith
fully Observed by the distinguished representa-
tlves here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25

Scented Bear.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
eve have no use for bear stories" said the
editor. 'Our readers demand something
spicy"
well" said the man with the manuscript
"this story 10 about cinnamon bear.'
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distinction of being the first child Of Chinese
nobility born on American soil. and her name
was called ME I'm" translated, Beautiful
America" in honor of its nativity. The present
subject of SO much gossip must therefore be con-
tent with taking secondary rank in Importance.
During her period of retirement the mother ia
allowed to receive gifts of rice and dainties of
al kinds. but none may enjoy the privilege of
entering her apartment within a limitation of
thirty days, at the expiration of which she will
be allowed to receive the congratulations of
the members of tho embassy.
CAUGHT ON THE FLY
Shortly after the arrival of the wife OF the
minister and other ladies' Of her suite in Wash
inston an amusing incident occurred in con-
nection with the determined effort on the part
OF some ambitious photographer, who had
been engaged by the writer of magazine ar
tlcle to secure pictures of these strangers. For
nearly two weeks the camera was daily erected.
ready for instant use. Not even a chance
vision was obtained of the ladies in question.
AT length commotion in the street attracted
the royal prisoners to the upper windows. In
stantiy two smiling female faces were safely
caught and carried away between the lenses of
the prying camera. 1t was nearly n year
later that Mrs. Tsui first made her public ap-
pearance at the theater, modestly seated in a
box by the side of her husband. From that
time forth, though she has never been per-
United to assume the social obligations of her
position or even receive visitors at the en-
bassy, Mrs. Tsui has been constantly encoun-
Tered upon her daily stroll! In and around the
nelghboring parks, always in company with the
two other ladies of the household and her
maid.
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y
One only of their large family OF children &C.
companied them to Washington. their youngest
son, ''Youli Mish-Litsle Tsin," as he rs called,
an intelligent youth Of fourteen, whose bright
mind and aptitude for learning have unfortu-
nately brought him under paternal displeasure
and deprived him of much of his highly priced
freedom Finding that the boy was rapidly be-
coming imbued with the Independence of
thought and action. natural to his American
plsymstes, the stern father forbade his longer
mingling with his young companions of the
neighborhoOd and restricted his hours Of exer-
else to formal promenade with some one or
more members of the legation. diversified by an
occasional stroll with the ladies of the embassy,
and the little fellows world is today confined
to the four walls of the legation
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THE NEW CHINESE BABY.

The interest of every member of the estab-
lishment is just now conferred upon the newly
arrived addition to the establishment in the
person Of the infant daughter Of Minister
and Mrs. Tsui, whose birth was the occasion Of
the customary formalities surrounding such
domestic event among the higher classes. On
the thrrd day thereafter the baby was daintily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25
AMERICAN FREEDOM.

All Americans can communicate directly with
the President, but the representative of for
eign country cannot Represents his credentials
to the President, makes a speech. shakes hands
ana that is the end of his direct official COM
munication with the head of the government,
1t would be considered presumption in him to
write to the President. He can Communicate
with him only through the Presidents Secre-
tary of State. If Sir Julian Pauncefote,
for instance, should send letter direct
to the President about the Boring sea seal fish
cries it would be the last letter he would ever
write to him. He would be packed of to
England in twinkling. It would be lust ms
bad if our minister to England, Robert Lin
coin, were to write directly to the queen. She
would regard it, just as the President would.
as an unwarranted piece of impertinence, The
head of a government cannot write to or re-
ceive a letter from the representative
OF another government. The only person
whom he regards rs his equal is the head
OF the other government himself. But this
leads US into the subject of diplomatic usage
and etiquette, and it is too vast to be discussed
here. Books have been written about it by the
score and nations have quarreled and gone to
war over what appear to be silly trifies of pre-
cedent Diplomacy itself is the science of
trifes and the French story teller about defines
it as the art of tying ones cravat.'
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Now, stepping down from the President
Office, you come to the correspondence Of the
several departments. Although Washington Ia
not among the first ten cities in the country In
point OF population, its post Office does a bust
ness nearly a. large as that of Philadelphia and
considerably larger than that OF cities Of double
its size. This Is on account of the government
mail Such an office as the pension bureau re-
ceives letters by the ten thousand every dsy.
and the Treasury Department gets bushels Oh
them with the arrival Of every mail. One man
has . claim, another wants information. an
other wants an Office. College professors must
write and men 20 ignorant that they sign by
mark. Everything, sooner or later, and nearly
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lmpeQueQ II EeQQlSn Gay ana OVergrOWn
with weeds. The convict colony was established
as soon as Chill gained her independence, aud
sometimes more than Q thousand criminals were
here. OF course, after the manner of the Chi
Gans. they were subjected to the most barbarous
treatment in these gloomy dungeons, which are
dug into the brow Of the bluff facing the har-
Dor, and extend several hundred feet under
ground in the form Of vaults and passages,
somewhat resembling the Catacombs at Rome.
The gates by which the entrances were secured
disappeared long ago, and the passages that
have not fallen in are pre-empted by wild dogs,
ture inside, but one who did describes them in
these words:
Rank ferns hung upon the sides; the walls
overhead dripped with death-like sweat, slimy
drops coursed down the sides and the air was
damp and cold. Thick darkness reigned within
the depths, penetrated by no wandering CLEAN
from the Light of day, for heaven never smiled
upon these dreary abodes Of sin and sorrow. A
few Of the inner dungeons for the worst crimi-
mails were dug still deeper under ground,
reached BY rough stairways OF earth. shut out
from the upper vaults BY strong doors. These
long by four feet high, and from their size one
may form some idea OF the sufferings endured
by tho poor wretches loaded with irons, crushed
down by impenetrabls walls Of earth, in utter
darkness, starved and beaten BY their cruel
guards, with no living soul to pity
and no hope Of release but in death. By the
aid OF . torch We cav deep holes scratched in
one OF the walls, bearing the impress of human
fingers. Perhaps some unhappy murderer,
goaded to madness by such tortures Of mind
and body .: drives men 70 tear their own nesh
when buried before the vital spark II extinct,
had grasped out the earth in his desperation
and left The marks Of his death agonies upon
the clay that entombed him A We sounded
the walls deep echoes breaking upon the heavy
air seemed ystto minGls with his eurssa. and IL
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-03
MAYOR SARGENT. His Message Stirs up the Nutmeg
 State.

Mayor Sargent's message awakens quite a ripple of interest, not only in New Ha- ven, but throughout the state. Yester- days Hartford Courant says of it:
 Liberal extracts from Mayor Sargent's message delivered yesterday in New Haven will be found elsewhere. It is a very re- markable document. MT. Sargent pro poses that the community own and oper- ate the water works, gas works, electric works and street railways, taking the profits that now go to the private owners and putting tracks, pipes and wires where as we observe, no device for keeping the thousands of ''places" thus created ct of politics; perhaps he would bring then in Then he goes on to discuss taxa tion, and he plumps right at the people of New Haven the single Qand) tax theory. He thinks capital should be en- tirely untaxed, and labor, too, and that if New Haven would follow that policy and just put the load on the land, it would New Haven cannot do any such thing, the proposition needs not upset the Yale pro- fessors; but it would be worth the price of admission to hear some of the accom- plished Yale theorists who have cited and quoted MT. Sargent's free trade talks for years past as the common sense, practical man-of- business views, discuss the present message of that same practical, common sense, business man.
 Last evenings Bridgeport Standard says: Mayor Sargent of New Haven opens his administration of the affairs of that city with an address which fills nearly six columns in the Palladium. One not ac- quainted with MT. Sargent.s ways might cOnc1u6a that fhia ynap wae ooca If. uoy ct preterera nihil, but it is not. Mayor Sargent will act as we'll as talk, and the deeds will follow the words in due time, and with all proper connection.
 MT. Sargent's ideas on the tax question will be found original, at least, and how they will suit the people of New Haven re- mains to be seen. As it is impossible that his theory of single tax upon land should be put in operation in New Haven, it is a question what good comes of his discussion of the topic. Is he posing for something more than mavors