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go wei together. and tales of disgust can
be told by every one who has ever attempt
ed long trips on that vehicle. But now that
tne Wheelnlan rides on air the disagreed
DieheSS or the rough and sand roads Is
ABOUT ABOUT o6viated TO such an extent that
low beads of perspiration to chase each
other down his curved spine. TO say naught
OF ire time consumed in blessing the county
tive ease
=. The bad roads still exist. however. and
IL one would wait for better he had better
give up the idea of touring.
Inc writer spent a week Of pleasure on
the roads from Washington 10 Pittsburg
ana along that route. through the Potomac
valley 10 Cumberland and on the national
PIKE 10 Pittsbure- Not a mile was unrida-
twenty miles OF hard, smooth road as good
as a track, tempts one TO test his speed,
Out when out for pleasure jaunt he
wants no interference from this city idea.
Better count that time lost that is used for
scorching through the beautiful country.
ne enjoyment of tour can be had by
all except those who go racing over hill
and dale with their eyes riveted on the
ground before them: W no get on the road
night; who eat their meals because it is
meal time and stop unwilingly only long
enough % munich necessary food.
i made no itinerary and left Washington
without a route / did have a macintosh
also a determine ton; the latter was to
make enjoyment for myself and to make
IL ratned on the morning OF leaving, but
the asphalt on lith street had dried and
that with the knowledge that il had not
been raining long, made me expect more
OF the pike than l should have expected
and until reaching the 18th street road I
was br1mmlng over with courage But as
i left the asphalt and struck the road
something OF a sudden gave way and
found myself skating around through the
mud trying to keep my equilibrium. But
II availed noe nothing. for the whole road
way gave a lurch and /, with a grand
sweep and mighty plunge. was lowered
To earth. with my spirits and the bicycle
on top of me.
A little incident like that was Of course
necessary, and with that assurance / partly
raised my spirits II took less effort to
raise the wheel. so. with a tinge of eau
ton, / remountcd and slipped. splashed and
rounGered along to Brightwood. What a
sight / was when 1 reached there. / was
bespattered with mud from CAP to pedal
pushers and nearly tired TO death.
i sat down to rest and reflect. Presently
an electric car came along and with IL
thrill and few ungallanr lodgings to re-
turn.
The idea OF giving way to such feelings,
to think OF returning II the city in an cleo
trio car, | went behind the blacksmith
shop and shamed myself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19

Gen. Stonewan Jackson and his men, who
were Leaving the city for the Cumberland
valley In september 1862.
followed their route across the valley
ana uD the mountains. and at the same
time followed Gen. McClellan's course. for
with his 5000 men he went in pursuit over
the same road week or so later.
Inc grade was heavy and 1t was tire
some pull I'D the steep mountain side
put was amply compensated for the ia
tigue II cost The views obtained even be-
tore reaching the summit were of rare
could be seen peeping from behind the in
tervening woods, while the undulating fields
and woodlands stretched for miles and miles
through the blue and purple atmosphere to
hazy distance.
Sparkling springs of the purest icy water
intervals and formed little rivulets, which
went trickling down the mountain.
grateful fountains. while I loitered in the
delightful atmosphere. gazing on the splen-
dor OF the outspreading miles Of nature and
ridge
Soon 1 rounded turn in the road at the
summit. where the descent began. The sight
valley. would have been sufficient cause for
great delight, but it was the sight that met
my gaze that held me spellbound 1 was so
Thoroughly enraptured that / could with
difficulty refrain from uttering aloud my
feelings of delight; IL was of such surpass-
ing beauty, and all so sudden and unex-
pected.
A Beautiful View.
1t was the charming little Middletown
valley. peaceful and quiet, spread out below
me like a huge piece of crazy patchwork.
To nothing could II be more truly 1ikened.
for the different colored fields and woods
orchards and meadows, rejecting streams
roadways, farmhouses and villages. stitched
together into a whole of odd shapes and
sizes, with the hedges and fences, and the
bushes which grew along the small streams,
gave it that appearance. only on grand
scale.
The village of Middletown lies nearly op-
posite, half way between the two mountain
ridges, which hem the valley in SO effect
The rich well titled farms nestle closely up
to the village. and stretching away in piano.
ramfc beauty up and down the valley, till
the sky.
About on a level with my position and i'm
mediately over the center Of the valley
clouds. So evenly were they strung along
and so slowly did they travel that II would
not have been a hard matter to imagine
them made of something more substantial
of the two mountain ridges.
The sky above was clear and the sun was
shining brightly: but from somewhere came
little clouds which joined at the head of the
bank. I watched II for a time and saw It
grow darker as 1t expanded; soon the mass
began to tumble about and move to the
thunder. followed with a sprinkle and then
the shower. l had the novel experience OF
seeing a rainstorm manufactured!
The rain didn't last long. So. reluctantly
quitting my position, 1 coasted slowly down
the mountain side. enjoying the landscape
as rode.
ridge was anything but tiresome after a
scene like that. and with the partial knowl-
edge already had of what should behold
when reached the summit again to look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
MONEY AND MARRIAGE.
why Jewesses Are q Glut I'm the Mat
rimOniai Market.
From the Hebrew Standard.


Thousands of pretty, young and accom-
plished Jewish maidens who are languish-
ing for husbands may be found in every
portion OF this city and Brooklyn, because
eligible 1sraelites demand that their brides
shall be equipped with a n dau, or dowry,
according to their stations in life AS a
majority of the girls cannot furnish the re-
CURED marriage portion and will not alb
jure their faith by wedding those of other
creeds. they virtually place themselves ION
the shelf, and thereby largely increase the
old maid brigade.
1t is estimated that there are over 10000
young Jewesses in this city employed as
saleswomen, milliners. typewriters. book
keepers, stenographers and public and pri-
vate teachers. who are eager to marry, but
rents well as Jewish leaders are seeking
to solve the great domestic problem OF
Gotham's Israelites
During the past twenty years there has
existed a great rivalry among Hebrews in
regard to training their children: conse-
Quently majority of the girls have been
overstrained, and thereby have become I'M
fitted to be the helpmates of young Hebrews
OF moderate incomes. These young ladies.
after graduating at college, have been piled
with music, painting and all ornamental
studies, to the detriment of their knowledge
OF cooking and housekeeping. A iove Of
ease and luxurious display has often be-
gotten extravagant tastes which are an
tagonistic to the simple methods of life so
conducive to home comforts and domestic
There are happily exceptions TO. the rule.
but these cut a very small figure in the
grand total of those who scare of rather
than attract matrimonially inclined He.
brews of moderate means
Those who possess wealth estimate in ad-
vance the cost Of maintaining establish
ments BETTING their means. and insist that
their prospective wives shall contribute
their financial quota to the inevitable ex-
penses of welded life. so that 10 matter
what station in life a Jewess may occupy.
IL she desires TO marry she must ieossess
considerable cash.
To alleviate this unfortunate condition of
affairs hymeneal. the professional schat-
chen has had a temporary vogue, but en-
lightened Hebrews shun these INSCRIPTIONS
marriage brokers. In their place the
matchmaking mother or widow abounds.
and is more successful in securing victims
by reason of her facilities for pairing"
under cover of social courtesies.
London also has a suDerabundance Of
maria geabie Jewish girls who tack the re-
quisite cash contributions. but this evil has
been ameliorated by the rCanizatio. of
wedding portion societies and dover Clubs
These are sustained by weekly assessments
upon the young lady members. and at stat
ed periods lots are drawn fo~ the dover
prizes. so that the luckiest girl is the first
TO be married.
There are a few like associations In Chief
Rabbi Jacobs diocese. which includes f.r,,'-
low. Essex, Mott and Rayari streets but
here there are certain impressive RELIGIOUS
formalities attending each matrimonial en-
gagement so as TO make them legally and
enthusiastically binding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
STRANGELY MARKED ny LIGHTNING
A Negroes Strip of White From the Tin
OK Ais Fingers TO the Sole of His Foot
From the Pomona Progress


From the Pomona Progress
Sharies +. Thorpe, from Oregon, tells
very remarkable incident that happened
recently when he was going from Yuma 10
tucson, Artz.. on the Southern Pacific rail-
road. Said he:
happened to take a seat in the car lust
behind plainly dressed but good-looking
Soiored man The train had nearly reached
tucson wnen the colored man happened TO
throw MS right arm over the back of the
seat, with his hand in plain veiw and was
almost am thnnderstruck at what saw. could
scarcely oeneve my eyes. and eagerly
leaned forward to get a closer look at the
hand and be sure that / was not the vic
UNI OF an optical illusion. / satisfied my
self that there was no mistake. The third
ana Fourth fingers Of the colored man ;
n nana were as white as lady's. and a white
streak over an inch wide ran back of his
hand and Up his arm as far as / could
see.
Il was sure had seen that hand before.
after drink Of water simply that might
get a look at the mans face. Every doubt
was then removed. He was George Wal
dron. the man who had been my coachman
in Philadelphia for over five years some
twenty years ago. Though paid him well
Tor his services, in an evil hour he stole
over $500 from me and fed TO parts un-
known. l never made any effort to find
him outside Of the city. and had never seen
or heard Of him until that day. When 1
blushed through his black skin at the
recollection of his crime and fngratitude
He told me that he is now living an honest
NE In Texas, where he has a family and
home and small tract OF land.
Though ! have read stories of similar
cases 1 don't believe there is another man
In the world marked in the same way that
Waldron was. My house was on a hill and
he was standing in the barn during a severe
thunder storm, with his right hand uplifted
and resting against the side of the build
ing, when lightning struck the barn on the
side where he was and passed down his arm
and body. 1t burned his clothing wherever
II touched his body, and tore the shoe from
his right foot and threw 1t nearly across
the barn.
of course the shock Knocked him down
and rendered him insensible for a moment,
though he suffered no lasting injury. But
IL there ever was a scared darkey he was
the one. He was too frightened to pray.
and he looks half scared even now. He
will always bear on his right side, from
the tips of his two outside fingers, which
were next to the building. TO the sole of his
foot. the white streak which marks the
track of that flash of lightning. 1t is the
most remarkable case / have ever heard of.
and have asked physicians and scientists
how lightning could produce such change Of
color in the skin. but have never received
a satisfactory explanation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
A JACKSON PARK skETCa
A Tough Day mt the Fair With ett,e-
Train.
From the Cllicnrn He-.la

From the Chicago Herald.
a lat man in a light suit OF clothes ana
wearing gold-rimmed spectacles stood de-
9ectedly at 18th street and Cottage Grove
avenue at O'Clock last night
toughest day L ever put in," he saii
YEARLY
Been out TO the fair?" asked a Young Eel.
low who sat astride a firepiug.
Been at the fair, exclaimed the fat man
With some show OF life" Been at the fair1
ICES. I've been .there and / wish Il would
'h $500 np ana 3 out to Of business"
a.. fi s,s but I'm not kicking about that.S
mo: never had one"
Music upset you?"
NO. and II never will You see I have
been out al day with that George Erancis
but Trains autographs ana snini.'ns On
everything on Gods earth. Look at this hat
smashed In crowd where Train was talk
begins with ?. Haven't had time 70
he wouldn't let me eat waen
walk Through the wooded island. ana when
4 mentioned beer he talked about COSMOS
snd that thing that begins with .. ] u bet I
nave walked 100 miles today. I've been
everywhere except home. Visited every
building on the grounds and some that are
Where is Train now"
oh, Il don't know. Just left him 20 shin
for hlmsen got him on a cable train AZ
tar as here and then ] left him. He wasn't
on the car ten minutes before he had tod
everybody who was and what he had done
since he was born. He built more Railroads.
on the front end OF the grin than Gould
ever heard of. and then he talked about
Mooiller, whoever he may be. AMI about .
razzaw and how he CTrain) ialloped round
me world. and the way he became fresident
OF the Murderous Club OF the toombs In New
YORK. out in Midway he broke through tho
renee OF the Java village and began bellow-
ne q ,sr
ne Dragged me up into a miuarct and told
me was full OF cosmos and that thing that
begins with y. When he got down ne want
60 10 roe camel into the temple. Then he
dragged me back TO Java ana talked 90 the
big ape there. He said he could do il and
guess he did for the monkey lust rolled
over against the bars of his cage and said:
'Ack, ack' On the car Train removed tho
vegetables from his buttonhole and cried
out; The fair is gigantic success Ned
nesday, 10000; Thursday 1900: Friday a
little OF; saturday. $4,000. cosmosi New
YORK Is deadern a mackerel
man In the last seat came forward and
laid his hands upon Mr.. Train.
Take that of, Take that or yelled
the citizen.
Then there was a fight See that lump
on my jaw 1 tried to say SoInethiEg and
Ssth street i left the cable train and the
other Train as well Where is he? ] DON'T
know. The last thing he said to me Was
this: Fair gigantic SUGGEST New York DO
is free OF thieves. ! started the first backet
10 England. L own Omaha. Eat cheese.
Meat makes a man turn green. Don't 10
green. Good night. cosmos"
going home and run the risk Of mS wife
asking me IL have gone into the milk
business. It's about time those IAN fellows
get around, isn't it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
Frozen Fruits.
From the New York Mail and .,pres..


A good thing about the banana Is ss,ss -
is imported nearly all the year around, and
is quite as cheap in winter as IL In IN sum-
mer. 1t is especially appreciated I'm winter
in our Climate. because OF the scarcity of
many other fruits. And this reminds me
that my good friend Eugene Bsckfor1, the
eminent piscicuiturist, once undertook at
my suggestion TO put some waternnelons
away In his refrigerat tor In Inidsummer and
see how they would come out at Christmas.
The day before Christmas l received q
solidly frozen watermelon. 1t was a re-
fresh.ng sight ! left IL for hours in cold
watex to get out the frost. and then had 10
chop IL open with Ratchet. Ii was erozen
solidly. The beautiful red inside was stu
solid and sweet, but the moment the warm
air melted IL Il became an insipii. r7ushy
mass. The next year Mr.. Elackfor1 sent
me for my New Years dinner some corn
on the cob frozen. 1t came on the table
looking as toothsome and smelling IS APP
petizing as the hot corn OF October but IL
was ashes 20 the taste. I think this was
the END OF my friends experiments with
frozen fruits and vegetables.
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out over grander valley-the Cumberland.
Old south Mountain.

/ out over grander valley-the Cumberland.
Old South Mountain.
At Turner's Gap, two miles from Boo,tes-
boro'. left the pike to wind myself up on
old South mountain. where the lighthouse
. stands like a sentinel guarding the beautiful
valley.
1t is rather unpretentious in appearance.
but in its whitewashed simplicity shining in
the sunlight, with dark forest trees for
background, can be seen from any point in
the Cumberland valley.
During the battle of Antietam. the federal
, soldiers used it for signal station, and
from its commanding position can now be
seen most of the points of the battle ground
made famous on that awful seventeenth Of
September.
From Pen-Mar to Harper's Ferry the
scene extends; and when this living picture
is once seen it can. venture, never be Grad
icated from the mind.
Following the ridge to the north a giir1mcr
from the lookout at Pen-Mar can be seen.
to the west nestles the prosperous little city
OF Hagerstown: and far and near are
strewn the numerous smaller settlements.
At the foot Of the mountain can be seon the
housetops of Boonesboro', and You can
count them. every one. Sharpsburg lies to
the southwest. five miles as the crow flies
and shines from behind the green hills,
while opposite. across the gap to The south,
rises Elk mountain.
At Sharpsburg.
! coasted nearly into Boonesboro' after re-
tracing my steps from the monument and
after resting and enjoying a cigar at the
tavern rode ON to Sharpsburg over one
of the hard. smooth limestone roads for
which this valley and her sister, the She
nandoah. are justly noted.
In that queer old town, where the in
habitants underground far outnumber the
population. / satisfied the inner man in
tavern opposite the shell-scarred house
vince Gen. Lee had his headquarters dur
ing his stay in Sharpsburg.
visited, on my wheel. Burnside hsidge.
the bloody lane. bunker Church, the field
which is known as the cornfield, and other
places on the grounds where the worst
hShUng was done. Then. from the tower
IN the nations cemetery, L had places
pointed out that / could only reach with
dlihcuity. Lines of battle were shown;
Where the divisions charged and fought
ana changed positions; where batteries were
planted and routed: where reserves were
held; where they bivouaced and camped
ana piled the dead. and where the generals
stood to engineer their forces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
Colorado Gold.

1t is difficult to understand the reported
great exodus of miners from Colorado. II
appears that within seventy-fve miles of
Denver there are rich gold fields which only
require a little more intelligently devoted
county in this belt now has n daily oIItn,t
OF 5000 in gold. Though it's area is less
than LOO square miles, it has ten or fifteen
solu in the quartz veins of Rugge Bear and
pet Is about seventy-fve miles long and
Two miles wide Gold in large Quantities
mas been found on the surface and n few
feet below 1t. Tens of thousands of dolla RS
worth OF gold has been plucked from the
grass roots in this belt of which no record
has been made. Hundreds of claims are
held by poor prospectors who do not know
what TO DO with them or lack the capital to
develop. There is said to be gold enough
within radius of eight miles OF Lake civ
TO pay the national debt There is enough
gold in the quartz veins Of Rugged Bear and
san Miguel guIches to supply the word 5
demand. But 1t needs more capital and bet
ter methods. and the profit will follow
Here would seem to be an ample field for
the silver mine owners and their employees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
Successful Storage Battery Motor.
From the Sacramento Record Union

IFOH the oaCraHtntO
We have information that leads us to
believe that the storage battery problem
in electrical science has been at last solved.
It is source of pride that the solution.
IL the story is true, is the result of the
inventive genius of a Californian.
Some years ago, when the storage bat
terry was tried street cars in this city.
the Record-Union advised against it on
the ground that it was uneconomical. I'M
der the well-known laws of mechanics
relative to the eXertion of force to Great e
horse power that is to be equal to the force
exerted We then said that with the adj
vance made by science to that date the
storage battery could not be profitably used
and the experiment here made verified our
statement.
But we have it now that the difficulties
in the way of building an economic storage
battery have been overcome and that a
car has been running for a week in San
Francisco with the new battery at third
less cost than under the trolley system,
and that the economy of the new battery
has been SO far demonstrated that electri-
clans now concede the great end desired
to have been attained.
Let US hope that all this Is true and thai
before many months the trolley poles and
wires will disappear and the new storage
battery become. as is promised, the chief
motive power for street cars and other
light machinery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
Rare American Coins.
From the London Daily News.

Coin collectors have long appreciated the
difficulty of making complete collection of
American specimens. The United States
coinage of 1913 is very rare, and dollar Of
the year 1894 has often sold for as much as
500. A 1896 half cent is SO rare as to sell
readily for 49, and a half dollar of the same
year is worth sixty times its original value
While the half cent OF 1904 is common
enough. all the other coins of that year are
rare, the dollar of that particular date be-
ing the rarest of all American coins Only
eight are known to exist out OF the 1850
that were coined. The lowest price that
one Of these now changes hands for is $500
These prices are encouraging to collectors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
Billions Of Gold, hut as Yet Unminetl
From south Africa

An experimental boring $500 feet deep
was recently made in the Witwatersrand
gold field, with view to testing the lie OF
the auriferous deposits. The result was
of the most satisfactory character, and the
strike" has led to calculate tons of the hid
den wealth of these fields, and possibly the
following by Mr.. Scott Alexander may he
interesting as showing the rich possibili-
ties of the future: Circumference of basin
400 miles; diameter, l27 miles; area II $50
square miles, or &c., 40, 212 600 square feet,
Taking average thickness of eight series
of blanket beds at feet equal to IS feetl,
equals 1884 0s3, 056000 cubic feet of reef or
at 10 cubic feet to the ton. 1052l 49, 100 0DO
tons AT sos. per ton very low, value of
gold equal to n,57S 196. 224O0o. or one billion
hve hundred and seventy-eight thousand
one hundred and ninety-siX millions two
hundred and twenty-four thousand pounds
sterling. Taking the populat ton of Wit
f39, 454, 905 Us Cd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
The Toast That Caught Them All.
From the Argonaut.

Alphonse Karr, the gardener-poet was
present at a banquet given by the followers
of Hahnemann, the founder of home
opathy. Toasts We're given to the health
of one medical celebrity after another by
different members of the company, till at
last the president remarked: Mr.. Karr
You have not proposed the health of any
one The poet rose and replied modestly:
i propose the health of the sick"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
4 Few Wise Words.
From the Aiel.isan Glole.

rom The AiCllis0n IIObe.
When a man hasn't enough money To
go to law he Is IN luck
Saving money requires much gefIius as
writing poetry, and it is CT a heap better
sort.
some men are stingy that they refuse
to use bait when they fish.
Every man who goes 10 the devil saves
others who are travelling the same road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
A Natural Conclusion.
From Texas Siftings.

Minne-'I had such a shock last even-
ing. Just l started to go into the house
a great horrid man jumped out from be
hind tree and tried to kiss me. What do
you think of that"
Mamie-'I think he must have been
crazy"