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RISE AND FALL OF BOOM TOWNS.

NISE AMI UT BUM IOWNS.
Promoters and Investors Invite FAIL
ure by Disreaardinx Ordinary Bust
ness Rules.
There is logical sequence in the rise and
fall Of boom town which, while inter-
esting to watch from an entirely disnter-
ested standpoint, has brought disaster to
many a would-be Spectator who laid down
his money earned and saved in years of
hard work. with the hope of being able to
make enough in one or two transactions to
give him a competence for life. The secret
of the failure of boom" towns, according
to the Engineering Magazine. lies in the
fact that the promoters and investors dis
counted the future while deliberately clos
ing their eyes to the present. They disre-
gard the most common rules of business
with persistence and blind obstinacy truly
marvellous. Never stopping to reason, they
plunged into a sea strewn with half-covered
reefs of financial ruin and allowed the wind
of excitement and enthusiasm to blow them
about at will, and when they finally struck
a rock and were wrecked they blamed not
themselves, their greed or their blind i'm
petuosity, but the town, it's overestimated
resources and everything else which failed
to meet their hopes, forgetting that the
facts were before them all the time. It is
safe to assert that ninety per cent of the
towns doomed in the southern states
which are now failures. would now be in a
healthy and prosperous condition had they
been started and carried on in the manner
usual In business enterprises. A movement
for the better started some time ago. but IL
has been slow, very quiet and very earnest.
This movement Is general and is the pre-
cursor Of substantial industrial growth
which will soon be beyond the reach of
blooms" or any Other undue imitation of
values. The lesson Of the boom will
never be lost to those who were engaged in
1t. but no amount Of preaching will pre-
vent the repetition elsewhere of this sta te
Of affairs. There are still many persons
who believe themselves wiser than all the
rest Of mankind. and when boom" starts
in some part Of the country, as will proba-
bly, be the case within the next one or two
years, there will be found plenty to go into
it with money and hopes. to come out only
with experience and debts
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Rockies. and the Mount of Olives is so small
that you can go out of Jerusalem. walk
past the Garden of Gethsemane and be at
its top in an hour. Standing here you can
look clear across Palestine. On a bright
day you can see the thin. silvery Jordan
tied as string to the great tin pan of the
Dead sea on your left, and the vast, spark
ling Mediterranean away over the plains of
Sharon on the right King David made
great fuss about his all-day's trip from Jeru-
saIem TO the Jordan. but the distance is
only fourteen miles. and the Sabbath DAYS
Journey from the Holy City to Bethlehem is
not more than six miles. The people dealt
In big figures. They looked upon everything
concerning themselves or their people
through the right end of the opera glass.
and their imagery is truly oriental The
probability is that Judca never had a very
large population, and it is very doubtful
whether Jerusalem was a large city in COM
paTison with the great capitals of today. IL
now con tains just about 10000 souls. and
the walls around it inclose less than a half
section Of land. You could crowd the whole
city on a sood-sized farm, and Bethlehem
covers hardly more than d garden patch.
Look ut Jerusalem.
Both towns lie in the hills of Judea, and
they will show you in Jerusalem Just where
Herod lived when he got excited about the
coming Of Christ and mr>ssacred the inno-
cents. 1 walked over the same floor upon
which Pontius Plate stood when he gave
up the Lord TO be crucified. The walls of
Jerusalem are thirty-eight feet high. They
would reach to the top of a four-story
house. and they run around Jerusalem cut
ting ii out in the shape of diamond. Out
side Of these walls the steep hills run down
on every side and across the valleys formed
by these You see other hills, and the whole
country is rolling. The big diamond in
side the wall Is filed with mass of box
shaped limestone houses, built one on top
OF the other and crowded into streets
which cut each other at all sorts of angles.
The roofs of the houses are fiat. There
are no chimneys and no windows. Many
of their rooms look like vaulted caves
those which open on the street are of this
character The streets have no side
walks and the shops are merely holes
In the wall The streets are very
winding. and in going through them you
think of the catacombs and appear to be
going through long vaulted caves. The
town IS so deusely populated that one room
often constitutes house for family and
these narrow streets are packed with peo-
pie OF all descriptions. They are so mar
row that no carriage can enter Jerusalem,
and in going to Bethlehem / had to walk
from my hotel through the city and out OF
David's gate before L could get a convey
ance-
"a Sabbath Days Journey"
The ride from Jerusalem to Bethlehem
can be made in less than an hour. 1t is
one of the most Interesting journeys OF the
World. and il il through a most interest,"
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A CHRISTMAS TREE
For Little Ruth and Esther at the
White House.
TWILL Be 4 HAPPY DAY FOR THEM.
How the Presidents Family Have
Made Their Preparations.
OLD SANTA AND HIS PACK.
TWILL Be 4 HAPPY DAY FOR THEM.
OLD SANTA AND HIS PACK.
Written for The Evening Star.

hRlSTMAS Is APT
to be very much the
same sort Of an occa-
sion at the White
House as at any 9TH
er home in the coun-
try. But IL, as dur
ing the present and
the preceding admin
istrations, there are
children in the house,
hold, there is rather
more Of an event
made Of the holiday
thara than 80 n hoc,a
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A Visit to Christ's Birthplace and Its
Curious Surroundings.
4 PRACTICAL VIEW OF PALESTINE.
AVisit to the Stable Where Christ
Was Born.
CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM.
Written for The Evening Star.

n THIS DAY,A DAY
just before Christ
I want you to
take a trip with me
to the birthplace of
Christ. I visited it
a few years ago, and
the notes of my PEN
Gil and my camera
lie before me. The
sweet face of a Beth
lehem Madonna looks
Up at me from my
table as / write, and
photographs of Beth
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are urgently re-
quested to hand In advertisements
the day prior to publication. In
order that insertion may be as
sured. Want advertisements will
be received up to noon Of the day
OF publication. precedence being
given to those first received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23
The Judea of Today.

Palestine is much the same now as 1t was
nineteen hundred years ago. The greatness
Of its history has magnifled its size. and it
IL hard to appreciate how small 1T Is. You
could lose it in one of the counties of Texas.
You could ride across IT In a few hours on
. railroad train. and today a second-class
ticket from Joppa to Jerusalem costs you
only dollar. Between the seacoast and
the mountains lie the rich lands of the Phil
istines. They are the famed plains of Sha-
ron, and they are twenty miles wide and
sixty miles long. The mountains of Judea
would be lost in the AIleghanies or the
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lehem shepherds in their sheepskin coats.
registered by my camera only a year so
ago, make me think Of those famous shep-
herds who first saw the star the night be-
fore Christ came. They watch their flocks
on the same plains today. and in coming to
Bethlehem from Jerusalem l drove right
over the fields upon which they lay and saw
the star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23

''Well. Uncle Silas. your boy Is home
from college?'
Yes; wuss luck
Worse luck? Why"
Hes harmed so much he can't plough up
nothin' but my feelin's, nor harrer nothin'
but my soul."-Harpers Bazaar
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In Training.
From Truth.

From Truth.
Barrie-"Curry hit me for v today
Strang-"He tried to hit me, but 1 man.
aged to parry the blow"
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a Sabbath Days Journey

The ride from Jerusalem to Bethlehem
can be made in less than an hour. 1t is
one of the most Interesting journeys Of the
world. and it 10 through a most interest
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NEW JERSEY.

Annie Hamilton. years old living with her parents
on the second floor OF lOS Morris street Jersey ris.
turned som-rsault out Of the window at $3.50 IF OK
Yesterday afternoon. and landed on her feet me
slae"ak one or her legs was broken, but the ,for
she will hive. '''
NJ Connolly. builder. had thirty barrels Of lims
storeh IN building at Fourteenth and Provost streets
Jersey city, The roof OF the building leAky AMI
lhe ram poured down on the lime. slRknR II and set
ing the barrels on fire early Yesterday morning TIC
names communicated with the shed hut were oxtIn
Ruished before gaining much Roadway.
John he nnard, the eighry-nr old boy from Gutten
burg who was struck rs motor on saturday after
noon on the North Hudson County Railway COmpAnys
trolley road In West iObukrn died yesterday in 81
Marys Hospital IinbOken. Roth of his legs
on. and he MAS badly crushed county Ihysician Con
verse was notified and directed Coroner o'liara TO
hold an inquest
William DARN of 5!4 ocean Avonue. jersey City.
while passing John ItArlrr'- marble yard. near the
entrance 10 tue New York Ray Cemetery at D:3O ".
yesterday. saw man SIT lrg on me ground with his
head and the upper pHrt "f his body resting against
tombstone. Darn recognized the man A. Henry Rutb,
who lad no home aui Garnet DrrrhrOIr livelihood
b. doing add Ius around the n.lghOOrhOOi, Thinking
lie was asecp DARN raurd MIN blt there was no an
swsr Then he went INSIDE the gate and discovered
that 10th was Fad, lie mast have been exposed to
sat- rday nights storm His clothing was saturated.
George keefe contractor. ~ lSl Rose avenue, for
whom Both nCcAsionHl.Y worked had the body re-.
moved to I-ig.rs Undertaking Establishment and will
have I decently hurled
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shot III. Friend and Er.twh,le Roard.r

MEMPHIS. Aug. ooh. F. McDaniels has
been boarding with Claud Williams and
family. To-day Williams drove him from tho
house. after very stormy scene. saying that
he was entirely too familiar with his landlady.
Shortly after driving McDanels away Will
liams put pistol in his pocket. and proceed
ing to McDaniels's place OF business. shot
him. The murderer and his victim were once
great friends. and the pistol used was pres
ent from McDaniels.
When Mrs. Williams heard of the shooting
she declared that her husband had delibsr-
ntely hunted his victim down. and that he left
home with the intention OF killing him. Sho
her intimacy with the murdered man. She is
As years old and McDanielr was only %.
Williams was arrested soon after the shoot
ing. He says that he acted in self-deience.
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LIKE A ROYAL LEREMONT.
The Celebration of the Engagement OF Miss
Byk md Mr.. stein.

Byk md Mr.. stein.
Yesterdays celebration OF the enlargement
OF Miss Frances Byk to Mr. Henry Stein of
Brooklyn made II sound OF revelry by night in
Hancock street. The engagement ceremony
was patterned after that of daughter OF the
Empress Augusta OF Prussia. and was pictur-
esGue. elaborate. and unlike any seen in this
country in recent years Mr. Morris Byk. the
father Of the perspective bride. II retired mer-
chant. had changed the interior OF his dwelling
at sol Hancock street into a gen uine bower
A canopy Of naples and young trees deity
interviewer extended from the ground floor
out into the garden. 1t was twelve feet high.
and flags were fastened in the boughs in
handsome designs. Coored lanterns hung
from the branches. and birds sang all through
the night amid the greenery. The bower wac
constructed by n gardener from the royal gar
den OF Prussia. who was in evening dress last
night. with sixteen gold. silver and bronze
medals dangling from his breast. An orches
ira played In the conservatory over the bower
and brought the Hancock street neighhors out
OF doors and crowding around the Byk dwell
ing to W itness the novel ccremonials.
1t was 1890 o'clock before the engagement
mer Of the Lafayette avenue synagogue stood
with his hat on before an Illuminated fountain
Young couple stood in front Of him bare.
headed. Miss Byk. who is slender blonde OF
"a Bodice wh
pink brocade satin; Diamonds twinkled in her
ears and glistened Mt her throat Mr.. Stein.
who Ia 2G. was in evening dress. with & pink in
his buttonholc.
Just as the rabbi blessed the engagement
shield OF bunting rose over the heads of the
couple and three white doves descended. bear:
ing wreath. The doves were a symbol OF
happiness. Their descent brought the cere-
mony to close. Miss Sarah Stein n sister Of
Henry. and Miss Minnie Goodwin were maids
to Miss Byk. Mr. Abraham Stein and Mr.. Jo-
seph Byk were pages to Mr. Stein.
One hundred guests sat down TO banquet
spread in the bower. Vases filled with flowers
decked the banquet table. There were
speeches and songs and dancing after the en-
gagement feast.
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women took of their shoes and stockings
One man sat with his knees drawn up to his
chin until tho rising water touched him. 1t
startled him so that he sprang into It. and
| then with yell climbed back to the bench
Another, man stood on bench holding his
| 1O-year-old daughter with one hand and the
sarria !. In which his baby lay with the other
her be lost his hold OF the baby carriage.
which began to float down the stream, The
the water ar and caught 1t in his arms. while the
and was still rising. The women under the
arch, who mad supposed that the water would
Acting Capt DSSn sS S acFSH @ Fs and
ball hall, dozen noiieemen put on high rubber
ground. Two men whom 't the 1si policemen re.
trousers as high as they could, and. with their
their silk hats. hravciy waded ont amid the
cheers Of the crowd.
There is a sewer at 10th street which
drains the cut through which the New York
Central Railroad trains pass bitches a foot
foot Cd The walls enclosing the cut V carry lie
water to the mouth OF the sewer and n man
hole hetween the tracks opens into the sewer.
AZ hiEh tide yesterday morning the Harlem
River rose above the mouth OF the sewer. and
not only destroyed ts usefulness as, a drain,
fountain that within half an hour had buried
the trucks for DISTANCE OF two blocks, under
it's hardest. while tho choked manhole was
shooting n column OF water from six to ten
feet into the mir.
The water in the cut was at it's height about
1O:3O o'clock. when n North bound Hudson
River passenger train reached the spot and
was unable t. run through the 6ooi. Tho
train vas stalled nearly nm hour. The tide
Ind fallen by that time. and the water gradu-
ally drained out through the relieved sewer.
it was over two hours before the mass of water
was drai ncd entirely OF and tho bitches were
able to keep the tracks froe OF water.
In preparation for elrvnting the tracks to tho
grade Of tho. new railroad bridge across the
Harlem OPENINGS about eight feet square have
been dug along the curb on the east side Of
streets, These were rellllcd loosely. and the
sidewalks and paving were replaced. Tho
ruinfall undermined this work. and sidewalk
and pavements tank from one to three feet at
six Of the excavations. while the water. which
forced it's way through the looss, sand and
gravel. flooded the neighboring cellars.
The storm interfered with tho working OF
the cable road at the Manhattan street and
Amsterdam avenue curve, where the cable
divides and where there are several big man
holes. Water flooded these manholes set lad
ders and tools atloat. and overlowed the track.
The engines had to be stopped and travel
over the road was delayed more than an hour
in the middle Of the day while workmen
pumped the water out OF the manholes
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FLOOD At THE PARK MENAGERIE.
Women Carried TO High Ground by Police
m-n-New York Central Train Delayed.

Women Carried TO High Ground by Police
msn-Sew York Central Train Delayed.
The severe thunder storms attended by very
heavy rains. during Saturday night and yes
terday morning were confined to a narrow
strip Of our coast. this city being the immedl
ate centre. In the hour between 1880 and
IL 80 p. NJ. Saturday lao inches OF rain fell,
an unusual amount. which has been exceeded
only on three days-July 20. 1872. when l. 40
fell in an hour Aug. ~ 1880. 40. and Sept.
II. 1850 90 inches. the last being the heavi-
est OH record in this city. Hardly enough rain
fell at Boston. Philadelphia. and Albany to wet
the pavement Indications point strongly to
cyconlc disturbance on the south Atlantic
coast.
The rain fell In such torrents at the Central
Park Arsenal about II o'clock yesterday morn
ing that il looked as If there had been a cloud
burst. The sewer gratings were quickly
choEed with trash. and tho water poured
down the broad asphalt pavement that leads
from tho Arsenal to the Denesmouth arch un-
der the sixty-fourth street transverse road.
More than II score OF persons had sought
refuge under the arch. and they hastily
scrambled to the benches. Soon the water had
risen to the lsvel OF tho seats, and men and
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Drowned In the 81. Lawrence River

CLAYTON. n. Y. Aug 2O-This afternoon M 4
o'clock tho steamer North King, bound for
Charlotte. ran into skif at Fine View PARK.
Just below Thousand Island Park. in the St.
Lawrence River. The single occupant OF the
skin Mr.. Willis Miller. was sailing. and bis
boat ran directly into the steamers way. Be-
before the collision and. although life nrs.
servers were thrown to him and every effort
possible made to rescue him. he was drowned.
Miller * Son.. manufacturers of bicycles, OF
Cincinnati =, His body has not as yet been re-
covered. Mr.. Miller was % years old nm
married. and was passing his vacation at
Thousand Island Park. ~
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Wyoming vii, send . Ere. silver Senate.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Aug. 20.-The vote in the
Senate to- morrow afternoon on the question
OF seating Lee Mantle tho appointed Senator
from Montana, is awaited with much interest
In Wyoming The situation in this State is
the same as In Montana so far as the failure OF
the Legislature il concerned.
Gov Osborne is prepared to appoint Senator
to I'LL the vacancy caused by the resignation OF
A. C. Beckwith as soon as appointed Senators
are entitled to seats. Although the Governor
has refused to Indicate whom he Will name. he
has repeatedly assured the leaders. OF the
Democratic party that his choice will be an
Nothing has occurred to change the general
opinion that A. l. New will be appointed.
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EI.rwhrr. In New Jer.ey.

NEW BRUNSWICK. Aug. 20.-Tho two storms
which visited this city during tho last twenty
four hours were the severest ever experienced
in this city The storm this morning was ac-
companied by heavy wind and lasted nearly
an hour. In that time over three inches OF
rain fell. The house Of Mrs. Thomas Maar OF
Senior street was struck by lightning and
Mrs Maar was stunned by the shock. Roads
leaning into the city were badly washed
ont, and many cellars are filled with water.
The Raritan River is Level with the canal banks
and rising rapidly.
The Il AuE honrs rainfall M
fightning and destroyed with its comforts
unable TO carry of the water. The rain was u
godsend. however. to the Union county farm
Anr hns Been day Of
general rejoicing in Passaic county. which suf-
sey from t tSn long a tonsh The doSSpour
on Saturday night and this. morning filled all
the wells in the country. districts. The rain
torrents Ill considerable damage to most Of
the ro4ds leading from this city, especially the
banks OF the Passaic. The lightning was the
most terrific ever known herS: II struck
OF 5000. and played havoc with the residence
Of James cha bal. .,T on . lami!t"n avenue ,
this morning wrought hnvor in some, parts Of
Grunge. The ravlng in of earth on the eXca-
waited sewer trenches rendered some Of the
streets impassabie. and accidents have been
frequent. MANY 'rces are down. and tcle-
graphic connections are broken. The new
house OF Jacob Birkhofer on Central avenue.
was struck by lightning. and its cupoIa was
destroyed.
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS. Aug. 2O-The storm
yesterday attained great violence. 1t was ac-
companied by high wind ana hail. Many
chimneys were demolished. and tho great spire
OF tho new Catholic church was thrown to the
ground.
John Carlson. Swede employed at the end
OF tho wagon pier. was struck by lightning
and instantly Killed. II. l.. Hurncd OF South
Plainfeld sought shelter under Bentley a bath
ing pavilion. 1t WAS utterly demolished blythe
winds. and Hurned was crushed to DEATH
Many persons were injured by tho collapse OF
the building.
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Damale In Long Island Towns.

The storm OF Saturday evening and yester-
day morning wrought serious damage In New
Utrecht. Gravesend. Flatbush, and Canarsie.
landslide at tho Washington avenue tunnel
OF tho Brooklyn and Brighton Beach railroad
delayed the theatre train. which lott tho Frank
lin avenue station at Lao O'Clock. for an
hour and fifty minutes until gang OF men
cleared tho tracks. Traffic was suspended
for four hours on the BROOKLYN and Coney
Island Electric Road In Flatbusl. The tracks
were covered with mud and water clear up to
the electric motors Of the cars.
The basement OF the handsome new house
OF the knickerbocker Field Club IL flooded and
much damage wrought there. Thousands Of
dead sparrows Uttered the walks and lawns
Of the big county Institutions In Flatbush yes
derday morning The trees and thick foliage
snrI9u1ding the buildings had been thickly
by tho storm. Wheelbarrows and rakes were
used to clear them away.
Many Of tho principal country roads were
converted Sni e into running streams OF water and
telegraph and telephone wires.
oysTFT BAY Aug. 20 The railroad tracks
a. this plRcc were washed out hy III" storm OF
This morning and traffic WAS delayed uuI! the
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damage was repaired by n gang Of work men.
During the storm globular- shaped thunder
bolt shattered tree in front OF Ebert Longs
house on Bayliss Hill and rolled along the
g ound within fifteen feet OF Mrs. Long. who
stood in the door
FLUSHING, Aug, aO-Two OF the largest
greenhouses on the grounds Of the John Hon
derson Company, florists at Parson and Forest
avenues were undcrminded by the flood OF
water that rushed through the grounds during
The storm this morning, and fell in. The
II buses were each 400 feet long, and were filled
W tn valuable plants. The loss will amount to
Soy ycrhl thousand dollars. Considerable dam
ag. was done in other parts OF the village.
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THE ROAD TON'T BE RUTLE
An Electric Traction scheme by a Flying.
machine NJ an CoIlapses

INDIANAPOLIS Aug. 20. - The scheme for a
great electric road running from Chicago to
Indianapolis. with branches to various cities
OF the gas belt. has collapsed. The company
was known the Chicago and Central Indiana
Electric Railroad Company and was the result
OF the exertions Of T. ]. Pennington. inventor
headquarters Of the company was at Mobiles
VILE. and there about fifty men were employed
for two weeks Mt grading. When they de-
manded their pay the bottom fell out and PEN
nington left. as did other men supposed to be
CAPITALISTS from London. Philadelphia. and
elsewhere.
Nobody, is hurt except the laborers who wero
employed and the boomers OF the gns- belt
towns. who We're building high hopes on the
enterprise: The capital Of the com pany was
said to be S4.OOO.0Ou but 1t was never regu-
larly inrorDOratel.