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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-12

COR. 18TH AND F SITS. NV.
Formerly occupied ov Julius Lansour0h. Ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
No other house DOEs-EvER DID-or
EVER wILL-sell such STERLING QUAIL
tiles at such Low PRICES as WE quote.
SAKs AND COMPANY.
POINTING Our The Poss,.
BIIITIEs.
Il OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HHH urging the FALL snoEs-
II Low cuts"-light colors-and
thin soles won't do for this end Of
the year-No matter If they are
not played out."-Keep 'em for
next time.-Do you know the most
eminent physicians say that one Of
is to keep the feet ,rarnt-and dry
Well. you can't do it in Summer
Shoes.
What we want is to sell you that
new pair-we've got a bigger Shoe
store than we had last season-Got
things more conveniently arranged
nearly double the variety-and can
serve two people where we have been
serving one.
Our stock is made for us-and
that's the mex. thing to making it
ourselves have all to say as
to uhat and ho,o We know what
takes-for we keep our ears open-and
when you drop a word-give a hint
We turn it to good account. That's
why you see here Just what suits
you-The country is full of shoe
rnakers-but there's certain set"
that have got the best Of it-and
they're our suppliers.
SHOES are something we don't
lob" around for-because it isn't safe
But We don't skip any Of the good
things-Its Us that always have the
famous successes in FOOTwEAR-
Here's that PERFECTION SHOE for
points-besides being made Of the
very best Of stock-Comfort is its
cardinal virtue-with a shapeliness that
makes it fair to see."-Its in
two grades. 1915 and $3.50.
Another one is the FRENCH PRO-
CESS. "-Comfort is what it was
made for-and it comes up to the
highest e1pectations-That it is
only $1.9S is the astonishing part
1t looks double the value-wears
like it, too.
As a parallel for the Men-there's
our Celebrated 81. 9S BLACK BOTTOM
KANGARoo-that never has been out
done.-$2. 80 and 90 are two other
specially interesting grades.
OF course we've costlier sHOES-but
that isn't the point--It's how much
satisfaction We can give you for
little.-The stock is full of sue
cessful illustrations.
A GIVE Away.
To every lady patron We are CIV
ing away one Of those dainty little
Royal Jap" Ware Cups and Sau-
GERS It's good description Of
the decorations on them to say they
are ''natively unique" We sent
right to japan for them.-we want
you to have one-and you'll want it
when you See it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-12
FoR The Mex.

A SHOE worth every cent asked for
Il. It's Shoe through dna 'hr0ugl,'
Solid. SeryiceAble. Satisfactory. all
styles ana sizes. Lace snd Cangres.
SHOES a. good a. are sold elsewhere
for 81. Oar price.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-04-15
A New Kind of Plaster,

Samples of a new composition known
as negine are exhibited at the museum
in the royal botanical garden at Kew
This substance consists of powdered
cork mixed with fine plaster in the pro-
portion of ten per cent The cork con-
fers upon the plaster solidity, dura-
bility, and, above all, lightness which
it does not possess when used alone,
and the new composition can, there
fore, be used for mouldings on thin
partitions and ceilings without any
danger of overweight Legine is also
made into brick. 1t can be used as a
non-conducting coating for steampipes,
and finds ready employment in various
other ways. This new material is a
very good illustration of the utilization
of a waste product; for it is obvious
that the very smallest cuttings of cork
can be used up in its manufacture 1t
may be added that the cork is reduced
to powder by the action of horizontal
grindstones Cham ber's Journal
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Wen, ne did marry, and he took his
beautiful young bride to the home that
he had prepared for her at Glenmere
There they lived happy in their love,
and when, few years later, their
child was born they called her Dorothy
Mrs Hallowel's maiden name was
Margaret Lyford. She had an adopted
brother, Richard, the orphaned son of
a very distant relative of Margaret's
father. AS Richard--he was more COM
monty called "Dick"-came into the
family when but mere child, the two
children had become as much endeared
TO each other as if they were actually
brother and sister They grew up to-
gether, and three years before Marga-
ret married John Hallowell, Dick we'd
ded Mary Thornton. This young wife
was not destined to long enjoy her hap
piness, for when her son came into the
world, she passed out of it, leaving a
husband stricken down by a grief from
which he never recovered. His child
he cared for, but could not love so
dearly because he always felt that lit
tie Willie's life was poor compensation
for his wife's death.
1t was not long after the birth of lit
tie Dorothy Hallowell that Dick Ly-
ford, broken-spirited and broken-heart-
ed, ended his young life The little one
was left without home, and it was
then that he was brought into the fam
lily of John Hallowell Thus, like her
mother Dorothy had a companion in
her childhood.
That was a happy home for six
years. Not n shadow crossed the light
of happiness of its occupants. When,
however, IA certain important case
compelled John TO stay at his law Office
two or three nights a week for several
weeks, the first light white cloud of
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AT EASTER TIME.

Fresh airs through the heaven are blowing
Soft vapors melt in the blue;
In music the streams are flowing,
And the world is clothed anew.
Life everywhere is waking,
And winters woe ia done:
Dat of their prison breaking,
The flowers laugh in the sun.
o look abroad o listen.
Sweet songs are in the skies:
God makes earth glow and Cistcu
Like the folds of Paradise
o the delight before us
As the fair days onward g,idel
The birds delicious chorus,
The splcndor far and wide
From the grass that is stealing slowly
To mantle tho meadows in green,
From the crocus springng lowly
Where the golden daffodils lean,
To the rainbow's delicate glory
Spanning the vast of the sky.
NTis the same old heavenly story
or beauty that cannot die.
Give thanks for the Easter gladness
With humble and grateful hearts;
Forgotten are doubt and sadness,
And the shadow OF death departs
Celia Thaxter, in N Y. Independent
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'It's hard night, mum, but guess
can make it ."
"You must get back before Mr. Hal
lowell returns"
Sure and will, num-"
The wind was now blowing such a
gale that it was with difficulty that the
footman held the carriage door open
for Margaret and Willie to enter. Oh.
1t was a terrible night. The weird
shrieking of the wind and the beating
of the rain against the roof of the
carriage filed Margaret with sort of
vague fear and trembling.
Michael cracked his whip and they
were off. Down the driveway that
led under the two naples they went
A terrible blast of wind made the
trees groan. Another more terrific
and-my God, man, hasten for your
lives. That's right! Cut your horses
with the whip! for see! the tree is tot
tering! All, thank Heaven! You are
safe now-with a crash the tree falls
headlong to the ground.
1t seemed hours to Margaret before
they reached her fathers dwelling, but
the ride finally ended, and Michael,
leaving his precious load, fastened
home again. Poor Margaret, overcome
by fear and excitement, fell fainting
into her fathers arms as he met her on
the stairs. Then the fever, the days of
delirium, the slow recovery.
1t was eleven o'clock before John
Hallowell returned TO Glenmere&~.H 4
went directly to his wife's room nut
snc was not there. Upstairs and down
he went, but no one could be found.
What did IL all mean? lie rang for
the servant and when she appeared
he asked her, excitedly: Where is my
wife,"
IL don't know, sir, Michael drove out
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One Sunday not long since deer and
her young fawn were drinlAng from a
stone ditch near Banning, " H., when
the fawn lost its balance and fell in.
The water was very swift and the Ii tile
animal was being rapidly hurried to a
watery grave when the doe, running
ahead of it for some little distance,
plunged into the ditch with her head
down stream and her headquarters
toward the fawn. She braced her fore
feet firmly in the crevices of the rocks
to resist the rush of the waters In
second the fawn was washed up on its
mothers back, and it instinctively
clasped her neck with it's fore legs.
The doe then sprang from the ditch
with the fawn on her back. She lay
down and the baby deer rolled to the
ground Chicago Post.
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unhappiness appeared on the horizon
of Margaret's life, for neve r until then
had he left her for n single night.
When she asked him why he stayed so
long, and he said that he could not tell
her then, the little white cloud became
a large, dark cloud of suspicion. And
when she heard at last, by an anony-
nous letter, that the case was in some
way connected with a woman to whom
formerly he had been engaged, the
cloud of suspicion took the black and
hideous form of jealousy.
1t was hard blow which some
home, but IL did its work well. Poor
Margaret was overcome by grief and
anger, and in her hour of despair she
took the step that brought dreariness
into two lives for many years after.
Where could she go? TO whom could
she turn? There was only onc-her
father. He would share her grief
The wind was bowling dismally
without, an appropriate accompani-
ment to the storm that was raging
within Margaret's heart. She went to
the window and drew up the curtain
The pitchy darkness awed her. The
first great drops of a shower were
splashed against the window pane and
they startled her. With no light in the
room, she stood gazing out into the
ominous darkness of the night. A ter
rible sense of her loneliness was steal
| ing over her. for she knew that her
| husband would not return for nearly
| three hours. She was startled from her
, dream by a flash of lightning, and then
the harsh clap of thunder which fol-
| lowed made her recoil and draw the
draperies of the window about her.
Another flash soon followed, and by its
sudden light she saw their carriage
coming up the driveway. She started
and muttered: YES, Just the thing"
So, turning quickly, she rang the bell
for her maid.
Tell Michael not to unh arness yet, "
she said
Yes, madam" replied the maid,
with an incredulous stare.
mo. You may rather tell kim to be
at the porch door in ten minutes"
"Shall return to you them"
| No. do not need your help"
With that the maid withdrew, and
| Margaret FASTENED to her room.
Throwing on her cloak, she started
down the stairs, but, remembering the
children, she FASTENED back. The
little Dorothy was sleeping in her crib,
quietly, peacefully. Stepping up to
her, the mother kissed her softly on
her cheek and babe her "Good-by, my
pet until tomorrow" Willie had no,
yet retired, and Margaret said to her.
self: shall l take him with me-?
Yes" He would be company for he,
on the ride; and, besides, his grand
father would be glad to see him. SO
hastily pulling on his coat and hat
! she hustled the astonished boy down tc
the porch door, where she found the
carriage in waiting.
How far is it to papa's, MichaelY'
she asked.
Near siven miles, num-" was the
answer
Can you drive there and back in TIVE
hours?"
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with her near three hours ago." she re-
piled.
"Send Michael to me-"
When the old coachman came, the
distracted husband repeated his ques-
ton: "Where is my wife,"
AT Mr.. Lyford's, sir"
Hallowell was losing his self-control.
"Why did you take her out on night
like this, you idiot?"
"She told me to. sir"
"What of it? Haven't you got any
sense? What else did she tell you?"
THAT ! must get back before you,
sir"
John started as if struck. "She told
you that? Wen, you may go now"
A note was living on the table. Was
it from her? He took it up and read:
my DEAR MRS. HALLowELL; Forgive me-
but must warn you. Ask your husband why
he stays at his Office every night He will not
tell you. SO you must watch and find out fer
yourself. A FRIEND"
With groan he sank into his chair.
1t was all clear now. His wife thought
him faithless and had left him. Well,
let it be So He would not follow her.
All night he sat there in this stupor,
and when morning came he looked as
if twenty years had been added to his
life. His former jo.lity had gone, and
in its place had come a wretched NOR
bidness Looking out on the lawn, he
saw the tree which had been blown
over by the wind. A bitter laugh es-
capped his lips. "Strange" he said,
but it will make me remember" So
he caused n fence to be built around
the two trees, one standing, the other
fallen And thus they are to remain"
he said, las long as-but perhaps she
will always stay away"
A month passed, and still his wife
did not return. The suspense was be-
coming unbearable, and John could not
give attention to his business. What
| could he do? He might travel Yes,
that was just the thing! He would go
abroad and take Dorothy with him;
and in a week all save the gardener
and the housekeeper had left Glen
mere.
The fever that had Frustrated Marga-
ret ragged for many long, long weeks.
Many times was she near to deaths
door, but the end was not to be vet,
and she recovered, only to find that her
husband and child had left her Oh,
! how she regretted the outcome of that
| fatal night. But it was too late now
to retrace her steps. No. She would
not humiliate herself; and the next
| year, even after the travellers had re-
turned, still found her and her ward
occupants of her fathers house.
Fifteen years passed away, and still
| there was no change in the relations
to each other of John and Margaret
1 Hollowell. In fact, they never had
seen each other since that last parting;
but the old love, though dormant, was
not dead.
1t was Palm Sunday of the year
| 1S-,when John Hallowell and Dorothy,
the latter now beautiful miss of
eighteen years, were sitting together
in the parlor of the old mansion of
Glenmere. Hallowell himself was en-
gagged with volume of Edgar Poe's
works, while Dorothy was looking
through pile of photographs Sud
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A Bore's Reception. -Smithson-
"Anytaing l can do for you Brown
Brown-''Yes, call again" - Yankee
Blade.
-He--'I should hate to be refused by
any girl" She (meditating
is only one sure way. Don't ask any
one N. Y. Sun.
-Edith-"Lord English said my inn
age was photographed on his mind"
Ethel-"Yes, photographs are usually
MADE on blanks Yale Record.
You seem to find serious objection
to the gas" said the clerk. Yes sir"
replied the customer, very serious.
Its nothing to make light of, l assure
you. Washington Star.
-Jones-"Neither labor nor capital
bothers me; 1 get my living by my
brains" Robinson-''Of course not;
you have nothing invested. Truth.
-She-"Don't you think Mr.. Morris
is an extremely graceful MANI" He
Il can't say that do" She-"Did you
ever see him enter a drawing-room?"
He-"Yes; but have you ever seen him
leave bar-room?"-
-Cumso-"Old Soak had a terrible
fall last night and was taken home in
sensible" Bumso-"What did his poor
wife say when he was brought in?'
Cumso-"She simply said chestnut.
N. Y. Herald.
-Servant-"This room will be rented
only to an artist" Room Hunter
And why not to another man?" Serv-
some-they never want their room put
in order. "-Fliegende Batter.
--Tattle-"l see you every where with
Miss Menibowe nowadays You seem
to be very friendly with her, but you
don't say much about it." Rattle-"No.
Wherever / go find you've saved me
the trouble kate Fields Washing
ton.
YES" said young Rudgl>ins, who
sat in calm disregard of the clock, Il
may say that am fixture in our Of
fee now" II know, Mr. Rudg&ins,"
she answered gently, but this isn't
your office, you know "-Lansing News.
Mrs. Snaggs was bewailing the fact
that she had no library. Look at me,
my dear, said Snaggs, swelling up with
pride, lam | not a whole library, in"
GLIDING dictionary and encyclopaedia"
Yes" answered his wife. looking at
him discontentedly, bound in calf
Detroit Free Press
Must Have Been Ill -Tomson-"A
celebrated physician declares that the
real secret of good memory is good
health" Openhand who loaned Tom
son a twenty about year ago.
where does it hurt you most old
man?"-Boston Post
Biggs-''Let's start a newspaper
You furnish the money and I'll supply
the brains" Diggs-"Agreed. If we
both put in our whole capital, we shall
have the satisfaction of knowing that
we can never lose anything boston
Transcript
Got Beyond That. Alarmed Wife
surely they don't suspect you of hav-
ing been bribed," Alderman from the
'Steenth Ward (righteousy indignantly
My reputation for honesty, Alvira,
is-h'm-is away beyond suspicion!"
Fire Hurry, Brown; there
isn't moment to be lost if those peo-
pie are to be rescued" The old pile is
burningvery slowly. Why in thunder
don't the inmates walk out of it and
save themselves?' Walk out? Great
Scott man, that is the headquarters of
the messenger service Chicago Mail.
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THE CONDITION OF CHINA.
It's Loose and Unstable Form of Govern
ment.

ITS Loose and Unstable Form of Govern
ment.
To describe Chinas condition in the
political terms of the west is very diff
ficult task, so inadequate are these
terms to express the different phases of
oriental life. The government is patri-
archial, and is sustained by the accumu-
lated force of centuries of use and
won't The emperor is lin theory the
father of the people; his subordinates
are little fathers. The officials, high
and low, are supposed to govern accord
ing to established customs and to a good
code of laws founded on the precepts of
Confucius. But there is no strong ma
tional sentiment The empire is an ag-
gregation of states, with few of the
connecting links hy which, in the multi
form corporate life of the west, prov
ince is knit to province. China leads
sort of polypus life. The provinces are
separated from each other by spoken
languages, diverging from a common
source, as widely as do French,
Italian and Spanish; and within
one province there are variations
of dialect SO strongly pronounced as to
make the speech of one district almost
incomprehensible to another The
means of communication are slow and
costly. There is no highly-vitalized
energy throbbing from one end of the
land to the other The blood circulates
very slowly through the corporate body.
Strong clan jealousies and mutual dis
trust keep the people apart and force
them to live sectional, disjointed lie.
The Chinese system of government
lacks entirely the progressive and uni
flying element of popular election. The
people have no voice in the choice of
their rulers and the rulers consider the
people as so many sheep to be fleeced.
The officials are paid starvingly low
salaries, and many offices are openly
bought. Corruption and extortion may,
therefore, be said to be almost sane
toned, the only restraint being the
dread of instruction and the power of
guilds clans, and secret societies. There
is imperfect protection from robbers
and pirates, many villages preferring
70 subsidize robber bands rather than
to have to deal with the worse form of
robbery practiced by the officials
Westminster Review.
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the passing cloud,
The feeling OF a sorrow gone
presence pure and gentle-browed-
There comes the bloom OF morning rays,
There passes all Of gloom and sin,
And down the dew-bejeweled ways
The god Of summer enters in
The past is but shriveled leaf
written scroll to fade away,
With all It held OF JOY or grief
Merged in the glory of to-day.
Sweet hope goes down into the tomb
And takes from death n grandcr life,
Joy rings across the voice OF doom,
And peace is gained by every strife
Tho egg expands Its pulslng wings,
Tho twig awakcns into flowers,
And from the soul OF man there springs
The perfect age OF fullest powers.
Over and over all is told,
The stars their orbits still repeat
[ Season TO season buds unfold,
And worlds and atoms meet and meet
{ There is no loss, there is no gain;
There is no waste OF time or force;
And every act and thought and pain
Are meeting points in natures course.
And death is not, the very rocks
Await the resurrection morn;
And fire or storm or change unlocks
The old, and thus the new is born
So may we live in perfect trust
And in the tempest stand serene,
For God will re-create the dust
Though countless ages intervene.
Tho wrong shall vanish in the right,
The evil melt into the good:
For as the day includes the night,
The false is true when understood.
Thus all is rounded in song
The song Of hope, the song OF YOUTH
The music of mighty throng
On the eternal hills of Truth
70 Spirit OF the Easter time
To all the sweet assurance give,
And swell the sound in voice and chime:
Though We be Dead, yet shall We Live"
Richard Lew Dawson, in Chicago Tribune.
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Resurrection.

Through the length of the year the grave must
take,
tbs the Easter earth that can only give;
Then bury the meaner self, and wake
To the life that the nobler self may live.
Before the dawn of the Easter sun
Hide deep in the mold the dearest sin,
The unnoted lie or the wrong begun;
Let the shadeless right once more begin
Bury the pride that has sprung from naught
The envy and hate Of Il blackened hour;
Arise to the Christ-life purely fraught
With love as white as the Easter flower.
M A. De Wolfe Howe, Jr., in Youths Com
panion
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Gus De Smith, dude, has been pay
ing his addresses TO Birdie McGinniS
The other day Brides little brother
Tommy said to Gus: Il say, Mr. De
Smith, why do you wear such high
collar?"
Gus De Smith somewhat en- bar
rassed)-Because it's the fashion
Tommy-That's what said, but sis
ter Birdie says you wear high collar
because so you will not have to wash
your neck.
As Birdie was in the room at the time
there was painful silence for several
minutes. -Texas Sittings
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suburbs of Boston stood, many years
ago. large, attractive residence,
which to every passer-by formed the
subject of a careful observation Its
queer architecture and the large and
magnificent estate which surrounded
IL, served To draw ones notice to this
stately old mansion. Another object
in front of the house attracted even
greater attention. This object was
nothing more than a plot of ground,
right in the middle of the spacious
dawn, while in the center of the plot
were two trees surrounded by a low
iron fence. The first of these trees was
q tall, stately maple. The other was
also a maple, but it lay fiat upon the
ground, uprooted. as il by some strong
wind and AS it began to show signs of
decay, one was forced to the conclu-
sion that it had been lying there for
many years But why was it left
there? And why was it so carefully
guarded? These were questions which
occurred to every one who beheld this
PROSTATE tree, and to which few were
fortunate enough to find the answer
The house and the lands which sur
rounded it were the home and property
of John Hallowell. The land was left
TO him by his father. but the house he
built himself after he had made a for
tune by risky but lucky speculation
risky, because he staked every cent of
the little capital which he inherited
from his father. Had he lost he woul d
have been little better than a pauper.
He was also fortunate because he was
soon to be married, and he could give
mis- wife an elegant home.
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AS the years roll on and the holy day
returns, it brings joy and praise into
many hearts. But 10 none is it day
of greater gladness and thanksgiving
than to the four who always bless the
anniversary of John Hallowelrs Easter.
Charles Emerson Cook, in Boston
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