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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-04-18
a Tragedy in High Life.

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"Madly!'
The two men who stood facing each
other at the moment when this brief
conversation occurred were excellent
specimens of American citizenship. The
wealthy banker, Peter e. Gotrox, port
ly, suave and well grooned, and Jerolo-
mon Parkinson, the inventor. poor as
yet in this worlds goods, but bearing on
his thoughtful brow the promise of great
achievements.
"Harkinson." said the banker, Il was
poor once myself | respect IA man none
the less on account of his lack of money,
but | cannot throw my only daughter
away on man of no financial standing.
You are an inventor. If within three
months you shall have invented ma.
chine, an appliance, or what not, that is
worth $4,000 Gladys shall be yours.
| would gladly give you more time, but
my wife is insisting every day upon my
buying Gladys a prince"
For ninety weary days and an equal
number of sleepless nights Jerolomon
Harkinson toiled until the product of
his genus stood complete-a flying ma
chine that positively would fly. Then
he invited the banker to be his guest on
the initial journey of the Aerial Queen"
Floating above the city at an elevation
of 1000 feet the two men, the man of
money and the man of genius, clasped
hands. For a moment not a word was
spoken Then the capitalist broke the
silence:
MY boy" said he, fame is yours.
And fortune.
"And Gladys?"
Yes. But it is growing late Let us
descend"
The inventor gasped and turned white.
Tin dinged," he said, in broken
tones, 'if didn't forget all about that
part Of it. There is no descending at.
tachlnent to the dod-dasted machiner
TO be continued. )-Indianapolis Jour.
nal.
Letting him Down.
Husband won enough money last
night at poker to buy you new dress.
Wife (sobbing)-I think you might
stop playing those horrid cards, John.
You know what it may lead to in the
end, and to think that should ever be
the wife of gambler. This is t-t-too
much. What kind of dress shall
get?-Cloak Review.
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Spoons FOE :-oCyENIRs-
Original Method Adopted by a Washington
Lady for Securing a Collection,

Original Method Adopted by a Washington
Lady for Securing Collection.
ssSPOONS, LIKE PINS AND PENNIES.
~ are among the things which have a way
OF mysteriously disappearing" said Washing
ton housewife to STAR reporter. Il have
never understood why this was so until re-
Gently Tho other day 1 found that a silver
spoon which l particularly valued because it
once belonged to nv great-grandmother had
vanished. l looked high and low for it. but in
vain. People are often inclined to suspect
their servants under such circumstances, bat I
make it rule never 20 indulge such suspicious
If can possibly help 1t, because nv experience
has been that in ninety-nin cases out of one
hundred they are unjust. However. my prec-
ious spoon was gone and there seemed to be no
way OF accounting for it.
MY next door neighbor suggested that
should ask the garbage man if he had seen it.
did SO, and his reply surprised me very
much. He said: Good Lord, ma am how do I
know? l have fifty spoons that I've found at
dinerent times. May be yours is one of them
fIfty spoons" l exclaimed. Where on
earth did you ever collect so many?
oh said the garbage man. I often find
EN- L on see, ma am. the servants scrape off
the plates carelessly into the swiIl pals and
now and then 1t happens that a spoon goes
with the scraps. Sometimes l have found forks,
but they are bigger and are not SO easily lost.
II asked the garbage man if be would mind
bringing to my house his assortment of spoons.
He said he had made a collection of them with
the intention to sell them some time. / told
him that would pay him the value of the one
lad lost. If it turned out that he had it. So,
Two days later, he made his appearance with
considerable quantity of miscellaneous silver
ware done up in cloth. Unfortunately, my
particular treasure was not among the lot
However, bright idea occurred to me. I
picked out the spoons which liked best, about
fifteen In all, and asked him what he would
take for them. The price he asked was less
them. 1t was an excellent bargain, and 1 am
pretty sure that have now the most unique
collection Of souvenir spoons in Washington
Or course, did not buy those which had
monograms or initials on them, lest possible
recognition of them by their former owners at
my table might lead TO embarrassment"
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NrAxraY BsRRacEs. xoyrEy1pyo.

Uruguays struggle for freedom WAS long and
erduous- and in the midst OF IL Buenos Avres
captured Montevideo by superior force and an
nexed the territory to her own Then Brazil
concluded that the fertile corner between the
rivers ought to belong 10 her; thereupon an
other fierce contest ensued. during which the
poor little bone of Contention
nearly destroyed At last Great Britain settled
the difficulty between Brazil and Bdenos Ayres
bT mediation. and in 1880 Uruguay was
formally proclaimed a free and independent
state. But then her troubles were only begun
Tor every patriot in the new repu bile wanted TO
be prssidentand during more than half q CEN
fury revolution followed revolution in rapid
succession. These intestine quarrels were at
their height when Juan Manuel Rosas. the
dictator Of Buenos Ayres. Of whom everybody
has heard, not satisfied With the enormous
Argentine territory that he ruled like another
Alexander and slghing for new worlds to con-
9uer, oesie sed Monteyideo for nine long years.
The siege continue 4 from 1912 TO 1851 and dur
ing that time new town sprang up some dis
tsnce from the old one, which nestled close to
che foot ofthe Cerro. with churches, shops stores
and factories established for the convenience
Of the besiesers After peace was restored the
inter mediate space between the two towns was
laid ont BY French engineers after the most
approved models of modern times thus max
ing one city. Whose Central portion is by far
the most beautiful
BIOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE
Geographically considered few places have
greater advantages than Montevideo, situated
On limestone ridge stretching far out into
the river, something as New York occupies
Manhattan Island. This ridge Of solid rock
rises in the center like the roof Of house.
thus s6ording perfect natural drainage and
giving 10 every casa q splendid view Of sea and
river. Being constantly washed clean by
rains, Independents Of the lax sanitary reguls-
t.ono Of the people, perhaps accounts In part
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A CHURCH IN MoSTEyIDso.

Uruguayan history is older than ours. for il
dates back almost four centuries to the day
when Don Juan de Soils sailed into the estuary
OF the majestic river that was afterward named
La Plata. but which he called Parana Guazia-
the latter word signifyIng sea Hke"-and
landed about seventy miles east OF the present
capital At that time the country was densely
populated by Indians. among whom the domi-
nans tribe was the Cherruas-a people now al
most extinct, described as exceptionally strong
Weil-formed. dignlned and endowed with nat
oral nobility of character. Doubtless thew be-
Ionged TO the great family of Pampas Indians
t6at stlil inhabit vast tracts to the north and
west Like them. they were a yellow-skinned
rsce. tanned black by sun and wind having no
boards nor eyebrows. but with remarkably
heavy, lustrous black hair that never turned
gray These savages seem to have been sim
guiariy devoid of superstition. they had no
form OF religion. nor any idea of an invisible
power, potent for good or evil They sub-
sisted entirely upon fish. venison and wild
money, and their only weapons were stones,
bows and arrows.
FERoCroUs, CNcoSQCERABIE PEOPLE.
In the Guarani language Charrua means
feroeious, unconquerable, and the name appears
TO have been well applied to the ancient
Cruguayans- Don Soils was killed by them on
The occasion Of his second visit, in the year
15la Eleven years later they put 70 flight an
army led by one of Sebastian Cabots lieuten-
ants, and in 1903 DESTROYED . larger force of
spanish veterans under tie celebrated Gen.
laavedla- During the next half century the
spaniards made several desperate attempts to
suodue them, but always without success. The
hnsl conquest of the country was not accom-
plished by force Of arms, but by the gentler
Persuasion OF religion, and was brought about
by the jesults, whose first miss. oIs were esrab-
hshed here during the reign OF Philip Ill The
good work Of the fr!ars was gradually consum-
mated BY the commercial and military settle
ments Of the Portuguese. who made their cap
1tal at Colonia- The Spaniards subsequently,
returned to the fray, established themselves al
Aontsvideo in l729. and tifty wears later drove
out the Portuguese aud destroyd the rival cap
ttaL Early a. 1850. though still a spanish
colony. hontevideo enjoyed a provincial gov
ernmsnt independent of BuenOs Ayres
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for the fact that il is one Of the most healthy
cities in the world. Throughout South Amer
lea few weeks residence in Montevideo is
considered a panacea for invalids. especially
for those suffering from nervous prostration.
General debility and material complaints II
Montevideo only had decent harbor one would
see room for little Improvement. A it is ships
at anchor in the roadstead. just outside the
cerro, are entirely without protection from the
frequent pamperos or strong winds that cor
T 9spond to ''northers' on the Pacific side.
Here. near its estuary. the River OF Silver"
broaieus out 1j0 miles but its ave,age depth
not more than fifty feet and there are so
many rocks and shoals that to reach Monte
video from the sea ship must rass clear across
ia month in q portheasterly direction and then
turn abou- due west at the point where the
river abruptly narrows one half. In this bay
the depth of water has diminished five feet
within the last fifty years. and does not now re-
cede fifteen feet. At that rate it does not re-
quire an oracle to foretell the time when ships
can no longer approach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
The Mathematician.

Early and late with his pencil and slate,
He tolls over angles and squares;
WHAT can't he evolve and what mysteries solve,
For which not another soul cares!
With homologors lines and queer symbols and
signs,
Hypotenuse, poly gon, base;
With some few trapeZoids and as many rhom-
boids
He deals with serious face.
What cares he for time when things so sublime
As apothegms new may take sprcutg
Equations and such, well, 1t just beats the
Dutch,
How fast he can figure them out.
Percentage and fractions are not his attractions,
For they are too simple by far;
The calculus more than less difficult lore
Delights this log rithmcal star.
He cannot more learn from the leaves he may
turn,
So versed In the science IL he;
But one thing doth elude his most scholarly
And oils him with uncertainty.
No rules can he had in or out OF his mind,
The secret to gain spite his strife;
working early and late he can't demonstrate
That most wonderful problem called Life.
-LRoN MEAD.
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midnight rs late rs or 2 o'clock in the morn
ing. be would see the apartments lighted up,
could listen and hear the busy chatter of the
typewriter, and if he went upstairs would wit
ness a busy scene
This is the Washington home of the Red
Cross Society. Tt is from here that Clara Bar
ton directing shut goat work of charity
winch is pouring hundreds of car loads Of
grain into the A.an;l. cost Elevators for ship
ment to starving peasants of Russia. and is fur
ni"hing the cargoes for three ship loads of food
now loading and en- route TO the hungry ones
across the sea.
Ioday there hundreds OF freight cars
speeding eastward rcross the country whose
sides are tagged with the red cross and whose
interiors filed with the fat Of tho land with
corn and flour from the Mississippi valley and
beyond,
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sNoopKrNs OK A JAMpoxxx
Nood'ss Fieds utsa An rnpie~sans y,s,ss~
During a Peac~fui Eseninr.

During q Pesc~fni Eseninr.
I'D You EVER KEEP ALIIGAroRs,,
said Noodles last night AZ the Platypus
Club They are not very entertaining net,
ont 1t happens that rich aunt Of mine. nov
travelling IN Florida. has sent me pair Of them.
ont OF respect for her keep them IN lsre,
'no an the yard. However. have no IN tentiou
OF giving YOU lecture on their habit. end
pretty ways
What l was going 10 say relates 10 our
friend Snoopkins, whose addiction 70 period.
Cal oyerstimalstion you are well ACQUAINTED
WITH 1 was alone in what call my den Al
home last evening in the second story q, the
rear Of the house. practicing upon my violin.
IL IS a vice which have adopted recently. and
mean 10 become an expert fiddler II nv
nelghhors die IN consequence 81 the as.ernpt.
Ny i string was a little Cat, and "a. iu,,
screwlng Al mp and giving il an erpsrinentsl
scrape or two when heard the door oman 4
looked around ana there was Snooplius
1t was not 50 much the fact that be vxs
very drunk which surprised me. He was also
completely soaked a. to his clothing, with
wafer. apparently. The night WIS clear ana.
anv wav. II could hardly have been possible
Tor N-n TO become 90 thoroughly saturated
by rain.
"'aelSr exclaimed, in astouishmsnA
" He'll ic-lo" he replied.
"'A hat does this mesnT asked
"'Fullkergost' he said.
80 see l assented. But how did yos
get 30 aw,rlly wetg
lie made no reply. but sat down in the mid
ole OF the noor. steadying himself by clasplng
OF water flowed from his clothing in every
alrectlon over the carpet I felt annoyed
lhls as a nice condition in which 10 mako
SFist! ! said low did you get in2'
Tack shtairs, he answered
me deuce! j said. But You look 9 q
yon had been in swimming
rho have, he replied, just ~ 10 vNs
9u III. ran a matter OF course:
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TO HELP HIS SICK WIFE.
a Young Man Driven by Frenzied Desper,
ton to Burglary

Young Man Driven by Frenzied Despers-
ton to Burglary.
1t was really frenzied desperation at the suf-
ferings Of his sick wife and his own novertv
that drove young man to burglary at the
house Of the Rev. DIR. Clark Wright on Sunday
morning. says the New York H,7,aId. His uame
is Frank England. 1t is true that he comes of
an excellent family, and the story he told the
clergyman in the police station is less and not
more than the truth. DR.. Wright satisfied him.
self OF these facts Monday morning. In the
afternoon the young man was arraigned before
Police Justice Meade at the Tremon,
police court. DR.. Wright Lad become
SO much interested in The siu,TI,-
lar prisoner that he appeared in the
court not as a complainant. but 10 intercedo
In the young mans behalf. England looked
very young, very pale and careworn when lie
policeman brought him before the bar of the
court DR.. Wright stood up beside him and
ssio: nave no desire to press this charge
egainst me prisoner, your honor. He has told
me his full story. / have been at pains to
verify it and I am convinced that he has been
very unfortunate. In my judgment tine ends
OF Justice would be better served by an ad-
ment."
You have done a very dangerous thing"
said the justice to the prisoner ITO attempt
crime to obtain food could not help your
wife. 1t only disgraced her. yourself, your
family and your friends. You may thank DIR.
Wright Tor not pressing the complaint against
You and also for your discharge
Eng'ands father. who lives in BROOKLYN, 10
SAID 10 be worth $500, $40. bnt the young man
has never known him, having lived with his
mother, who was separated from Der husband
many years ago.. Recently he has been out Of
employment, and his wife being III and starry
ing, he determined in bis despair to rob Rev.
DR.. Wrighfs house, bat was caught in the act
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Washington Conference ~. n. Church.

Methodist Episcopal church at Lynohbasg
Yesterday Rev. Robert Steele. presiding eldss
Of the Wheeling district, submitted bis snnusl
report The report shows marked inCreass II
every department OF the work.
Rev. III. IL. J. Nayior and A ii. 1iighman were
received into full connection Keya l. L s.
Nash, Edward Moore and g. II. Arnold were
elected to elders order.
The election OF delegates to the general
conference took place at 40 q M. Ress. Benz
Brown OF Baltimore. J, A. Holmes of staunton,
Va, and 4. A Carroll Of Alexandria, Va, we're
elected ministerial delegates; l. Garland Penn
of Lynchbu-g and J. h Griffin OF Frecerick
city. Nd. lay delegates. with c. q. Key, W. r.
Rymer, J. II. Norris and n. u. Penn, ressrvs
delegates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
BREAD FOR MILLIONS.
Ships That Sail Under the Flag Of
the Red Cross,
HOW THE WORK DONE.
Hundreds Of Carloads Of Grain Now ON Their
Way to Russia-Wheat From the West and
Money FROM the East--A Talk With lGiss
Clara Barton.

CARELESS PASSER-
by on 14th street prob
ably does not know
that in the second story
Of that little brick
building on the west
side OF the street be-
tween New York ave-
nue. and II street Q
great work of charity is
being carried on. If
the wayfarer should
glance up at the second
story windows after
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To ATLANTIC Crrr wa ROYAL BIurr LIN
Trains leave Baltimore and Ohio station daily
st 405 and 10 An and IL m Round-trip
rate ESQ. Tickets good for six months from
day OF sale baggage checked from rtsidsnce
70 hotel NJ Atlantic City. Street cars sad eab
service from haltinors aud OHIO citation az
Philadelphia 70 beading pier foot q CAasanna
street-AdpI
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most devoutly religious manner. Years ago
the name of the saint was dropped in gen.
eral conversation, presumably for sake of
brevity. and thus it now stands as Il see
the hill" The hill which the discoverer
saw is nowadays spoken of as merely Ell Cerro
(the hill, with no reference to the forgotten
apostle 1t rises some distance back of the
town to the height Of about 40 meters. and
IL topped by light house. a signal station and
. picturesque old fortress which was built for
the protection of the harbor Immediately
after the capitulation of the English in lsJs
but Ii now used only as prison.
By the way, We ought to know something of
the history of this little sister Of ours. espe-
ciaily as il is Cruyuay's boast that cur reyolu-
tonary war first put her patriots in the mod
to rebel against Spanish rule; that her repub-
lie owes its existence to the successful issue OF
that early contest, and her constitution was
closely patterned from that Of the United
States.
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Anxious Eeighbor-'.Your husband being .
minister Of the gospel, 1 have always been curl
Gus to know what he does when his collar but
ton rolls under the bureau"
Il madam, always attend to my husbands
collars myself would not think Of throwing
hin upon his own resouross tnss way. His po-
sition IN he church cannot b too carefully
guaedod"-0os1os Pet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
VISITING THE WHITE HOUSE.
Remarks People Make After Being Intro
duced to the President,

duced to the President.
GIT Is VERY CURIOUS TO LISTEN TO
- the remarks which strangers make after
having shaken hands with the President at
reception" said an sttache Of the White House
to STAR reporter. II have stood on more
than one occasion beyond the line and have
amused myself by paying attention to such OBJ
servations. One visitor will say, He is not
such a very little man, after allr Another will
calculate, He doesn't look at all like most of
the caricatures Of him in the comic papersr
Still another will remark, what a pleasant old
gentlemanr And SO it goes. each person hay
ing his or her own impression to express.
1T seems to me very queer that compara-
lively few Of the strangers who come to the
White House know how to address the Presi-
dent. OF course, the proper form is, How do
you do, Mr.. PresidentT But am constantly
asked by people who feel nervous about meet
ing the chief executive what they ought to say
to him. Many are SO embarrassed that they
make no remarks whatever. remember that
on one occasion an elderly person, evidently
from rural parts. rushed up to me and cried,
1 voted for your grandfather years ago. and
voted for you in 1883. Hope 1 may have a
the Harrison family to the presidency some
day" Doubtless, he had prepared the speech
carefully in advance.
1.-The brides who visit Washington siway.
want to be introduced to the President Newly
married couples are apt to hunt up Congress-
men from their district and Ask for points
on this subject among other things. The best
politicians among Senators and Represents
tives are always attentive to such couples.
They often 60 out Of their way to zee that they
have q good time at the capital, because they
know that such services will never be forgot
ten. The people will 60 back home and tell
all their neighbors how nice their Congress
men have been to them. There is many 3 leg.
islator for the nation who. without any abiii-
ties in the way Of statesmanship gets and
keeps hn place through cultvsting popularity.
TO remember people, names is great thing. 1
know a man in great wholesale establishment
in Chicago who gets $1,000 . year lust for
remembering nsmss His business il 70 speak
to every ONE who comes in by name and to in
troduce the customer TO the clerk Of the de-
partment sought II he does not introduce the
person to the clerk by name, the CLERK is az
pected TO find out the name and commuuioat,
1t quietly to the gentleman near the door. Who
bids him or her goodbye by name. This Al
ways fatters people and they come back again"
Teacher of Physiology-'whst inerediept
which IL highly essential In the comnosition
Of the human body does sugar posssssY'
Pupils Gin one voice)-''Ssnd." -PAmmo-
cesdicai Et0.
~
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URUGUAY'S CAPITAL.
An Interesting Description of the City
of Montevideo.
HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC.

About the Original People Who
Inhabited the Country-Iow the spaniards
OBTAINED . FoothoId-A long Struggle for
Frssdom-Advantageso of the Chief City.
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BE real name OF Uru-
guay's capital is San
Felip, de Montevideo-
Il see the hill of Saint
Philip" a queer title
indeed, but worthy
those pious old Span
isrds who perpetrated
their atrocities in The
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Teacher Of Physiology-"what inRrsdient
which IL highly essential In the composition
Of the human body does sugar posssssY''
Pupils Gin one voice Sand. "-PAosuu-
cesGticoi Etd.
One reason Why there are not mora rsviva,s
!. bscause % httie Of the preaching = $500 q
the sims Of the people who seo lo6suine "a ~
preaehee.-R0M's Horn
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Prom The Star. Travelling Commissioner.

MoSrEvIDEo. URUGUAY, Jan. g.
he real mama NJ Urn.