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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
where There IL No Afternoon.

From the Indianapolis journal.
Strangers to Washington often remark
upon the custom of addressing one at all
times of the day by the uniform salutation
Good morning." 1t sounds odd to a west
erner to hear one address him with GOOD
morning" at 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
This custom is as old as the Congress OF
the United States and the hours of execu-
tive business in the various departments.
1t is said to be directly due to the morning
hour in Congress. The standing rules OF
the two houses Of Congress provide for a
morning hour" which extends from Il TO
o'clock. and that provision has made IL
common to refer to morning business in
Congress, which occurs before the regular
order" Frequently the regular order is not
resumed, and the morning hour is extended
until or O'Clock, especially in the latter
days of Congress and when there is a great
jam of business. In the executive depart
ments reference is made to the morning S
work" during the entire day. This is all.
of course, official parlance. The custom has
grown SO that ii extends throughout social
life/hnd in all sorts of private business
until ii is morning until ali government
business is at an end in Washington. When
the sun goes down and twilight sets I'm il
IL Good evening" 1t is never afternoon
IN the national capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
WHEN THE EARTH Is DEAD.
The Ultimate Extinction of All Life
and How 1t VIII Come About.

From the Chicago Times.
The probability that life will become ex-
tinct on earth in the remote future appea rs
to be a fascinating theme of study with
many speculative scientists Recently a TO-
markable little volume was published in
London. In that book its writer. T. Mullet
Ellis, drew a forcble picture of the CON-
djtion of the earth when its atmospbere
and life shall pass away and the bare ruin
Of this world shall go circling through the
heavens as barren, as nfeless and as air
less as the moon is today.
More recently a writer has been endeay-
oring to estimate the time when life shall
cease on earth. Solar physicists and as
tronomers are in tolerable agreement in
fixing the period when the sun will begin
to finally set at from 25.00O.O00 to 30 OOO. 600
years hence. But earthly vitality Is likely
to have still more limited existence. and
science, we are told by the writer in uues-
ton, can even prognosticate the causes Of
its decay. When the spots that now fleck
the equatorial zone of the sun have become
sufficiently large to cause serious interfer-
ence Of light and heat higher life will ha
come impossible.
There is also cause within the earth
which might anticipate this crisis. Grad
ually. but surely, the erosion Of coast line
by the sea and the f1attening of noun
tains by torrents and glaciers are reiuc-
ing dry land to the level Of the ocean
When the leveling is complete the earth
Will boone one vast swamp, unsuita BILE
for human life. Four or five million wears
is the period given to the earth by geolo-
gists wherein to reach this stage
But these speculative theorists do NOT
seem to take into consideration the impor-
tant physical fact that nothing is waste1
on earth. If rocks and mountains are
eroded or depressed In one part the detrt-
It's takes part in the work Of CONSTRUCTION
at another, for the destructive and con-
structive elements of nature are ALWAYS
uniformly potent.
Matter destroyed merely undergoes CON-
version. and whatever force there NAV he
in the superstition that the sun will ma ri
with its heat In the course of time there
seems no good ground for the theory that
the extinction of life may be anticipated
by the conversion of dry land into a desc
late swamp through any natural process
of geologic evolution,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
A Rich Arabs Attire.
From Harpcr's Magazine.


A rich man among the Arabs dresses
richly. His shirt is fine linen. His inside
vest IL buttoned. the outside one worn
loose. A long paletot often takes the place
of the latter. II is cut part way down from
the neck and the loose armholes allow the
arms to be held in or outside. The wide
trousers are bound about the waist by q
rich scarf Over all is frequently worn the
long loose tunic. cut V shape at the neck.
and with short sleeves low down.
The hands are frequently kept inside-in
winter for warmth-and an Arab reaches
out from the at the neck for anything he
wants handed to him with a peculiarly
limited motion which at first you fail TO
comprehend. The burnoose is an out-of-
doors garment, and the fez may or may not
have the turban cloth. The swell wears
European socks. and his slippers. usually
trodden down at the heel by the common
or careless, are handsomely embroidered or
Of fine morocco. red or yellow.
The calf is naked. Parts Of HIS dress
are dropped at intervals. according TO the
weather or habit There are few persons
more really magnificent than a well dressed
Arab sheik or a man of wealth. In our
days of business suits, which cloak the
godly and ungodly alike. the dress is un.
commonly attractive-on an Arab. That A.
would suit our habits one will scarcely al
lege But the trousers have one manifest
advantage. They do not cannot bag a. tho
kpoA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
ALCOHOL AND SPARROws.
How the demonstrating Birds Were
Made Drunk and Captured.
From the Galveston News.

From the Galveston News
The English sparrows have proved
nuisance in the cotton country, for as soon
as the bolls open they pick out the cotton
and carry it off, and some planters have
lost, as they claim. hundreds Of pounds in
this way. There is one man, however, in
De Witt county who has not lost much.
When he found the sparrows were COM
hitting depredations he procured a guam
tity OF wheat, soaked IL in sweetened
whisky, and strewed ii along the rows
The sparrows found 1t, and thought they
had a picnic. So they had, but in fifteen
or twenty minutes there was the tipsiest
lot OF English sparrows ever seen on the
face OF the earth. They rolled about the
ground. falling on their sides and back
and kicking their heels into the air like
parcel of drunkards. all the while utter
Ing the most comical squeaks They did
not have long to squeak, however for the
boys gathered them up and threw them
into bags. The first day they gathered
two bushels Of drunken sparrows Three
or four days later the experiment was re-
peated with almost equal success, and from
time to time since. They made excellent
pot-pie, but the survivors have come to
regard the plantation as hoodooed for now
very few come about IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
TO LIFT THE LID OFF.
Congress to Go Over the Worlds Fair
Awards Bureaus Work.

From the Chicago Herald.
There are rumors Of an investigation by
Congress Of the worlds fair bureau Of
awards. The rumors have been secretly
discussed for some time. They originated
with number of dissatisfied exhibitors
who became tired of appealing in vain to
the awards committee and now intend to
lay their grievances before members Of
Congress The rumors had rather SUBJ
sided during the busy period Of packing up
exhibits but with the announcement that
the awards bureau was to be moved to
Washington they were revived. The ex-
hibitors are congratulating themselves that
when few persistent Congressman open
fire on the awards committee at short range
they will be able to get what they are en-
titled to from Acting Chairman Thacher
and his associates
The proposed investigation Of the bureau
of awards has been frequently mentioned Of
late by national commissioners in confiden-
tial conferences. They regard it as one Of
the inevitable results of allowing a commit
tee, with practically no restrictions to ex-
pend such large appropriation as was at
the disposal of the awards bureau. Congress
appropriated 500. $50 to pay the expenses
of the awards, and the money has been
checked out on orders of John Boyd Thach-
er, who has been very busy this summer.
Mr.. Thacher had so many other things to
look after that he could not sign the big
pile of vouchers that went out of his office
every day. One of his clerks attached his
signature with a rubber stamp 1t is be-
lieved that this Is the only instance on re-
cord Of government funds being paid on
rubber stamp signatures.
Motives of the Investigation.
While the investigation Of the awards
bureau is regarded in every direction as a
foregone conclusion, those responsible for
1t are actuated by entirely different mo-
tives. The exhibitors want to lift the lid
off of things and find out how and why GER
tain judges were appointed and what in
huences, If any, operated to get certain
awards. This class of directors is not par
dcularly numerous, but If 1t is sufficiently
active, II may cause a good deal of annoy
ance. The idea of the exhibitors seems to
be that with the awards bureau in Wash
ington, the proper avenue of approach to
bers of Congress, and that while they are
getting rehearings on contested cases they
might as well dig up some of the secrets
Of the bureau. There is no doubt that
few exhibitors can make the life of all those
Identified with the bureau a burden. A
single appeal to a Congressman might do
the business.
The national commissioners want an in
vestgation of the bureau for quite another
purpose. They say it is only proper that
any doubts existing with regard to the bu-
reau should be inquired into and believing
that the awards committee would come out
rious than a mild censure for spending too
much money, they want the inquiry to go
on. They think it will clear the atmos-
phere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
High Tides and Earthquakes.
From the Tacoma Ledger

From the Tacoma Ledger.
During the nineteenth century the ques-
ton of earthquakes has been the subject
of much earnest investigation by scientific
men, and much hard study and research
have been given toward the solution of this
phenomenon" remarked Prof Fred G.
Plummer Prominent among these STU
dents are the names of Falb. Fuchs. Hol-
den, Dutton. Percy. Won Geldern-names
which are Of themselves sufficient guarantee
Of the thcroughness Of the investiga tions.
"As the result of much of this research.
1t appears to be demonstrated that the
nearness and positions of the sun and moon
have effects favorable to Acknowledgement
the same influence as these bodies have I'D
on terrestrial surface tides. The conditions
which are favorable to an extremely high
tide at Puget Sound are five in number, viz:
First, perihelion of the earth: second, peri
gee Of the moon; third, opposition (fulD of
the moon; fourth. the moon running high: :
fifth, the ocean winds. For the purpose of
a calculation aiming at prediction, this last
element is to be omitted. Condition No /
occurs once year. and conditions Nos. .,
and occur about monthly.
Now, by reference to an almanac II NAV
be seen that on the 22d of next December
all the conditions will occur together ex-
cepting No. 1, which will be eight days late,
but as this would hardly be appreciabl
they may be considered as occurring alto
gether. 1t may be predicted accurately that
on or shortly after the 22d of next December
we shall have an unusually high tide, and
for the same reasons Of the earthquake
theory Is correct) the conditions will be
ripe for earthquakes. While it would not
be advisable for a scientist of reputation to
predict such an event, 1t NAV be said that
the theory will be put to a very severe test
next December. and its advocates will have
a chance either to rejoice or mourn. The
same conditions will not occur together
again for 1856 years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
STRUCK THE WRONG MAN.
He Was Not on Average Farmer, OF
the Other Fellow Was Mistaken.

ne was NOT on Average Farmer, OF
the Other Fellow Was Mistaken.
From the Detroit Free Press.
We were talking about human nature IN
general, and the human nature OF farmers
In particular when the man who was travel
ing for button factory sagely observed:
Yes. the average farmer is a queer man.
They talk about his confding disposition.
but he hasn't got #. On the contrary. he
suspects everybody OF intent to defraud him
in some way"
We'll. L dunno about that" said one of
the crowd
Il think can prove IL to you In ten min
utes." replied the button man. Now, then.
look at this watch and estimate it's value /"
He handed out watch and chain and they
were passed from hand to hand. The watch
was fine one and the chain was solid gold
and the lowest estimate was 800
Il paid $500 in good money for the outfit"
said the man. 'one OF you come along Into
the smoking car and we'll find a farmer.
III offer him watch and chain for $50. ana
he'll Just think ! am trying to beat him.
If lose i pay for six dinners. IL I win
somebody pays for mine"
He started out in company with the man
who had expressed his doubts. and about
the first man they came to in the smoking
been 10 Cleveland and had two new az
helves in the seat beside him. The button
man held out the watch and said:
My friend. l am hard up and want 10
sell this stuff. Look at it."
Don't want IT. replied the farmer
But i must have money. Watch ana
chain cost me $500. How much will yoa
give me?'
Don't want to buy"
But take them in your hand ana ex-
anime them. Even child could estimate
their value. 1 ought TO get at least half
cost, but as 1 want $50 awfully bad right
away this minute IN make that the price
You may take me for a travelling sharper.
but i assure you that"
You needn't assure me tall" interrupt
ed the farmer Il think / know an honest
man when 1 see one"
Thanks. Then you are not suspicious
of me?'
And you'll take the watch and chain nj
sJO?'
Il WILL" replied the farmer as he slipped
them into his pocket and felt for his calf
skin. Just got paid fur my wool today
and here's your cash. l see you've got a
diamond pin on your tie. I can't tell q
diamond from a rhinestone but I'm willing
to chance SIS on it. Has the other Teller
got anything for sale cheap
1t had to be explained to the farmer that
Il all came about on a wager. but he was
had TO hand him a SO bill before he would
call the bargain on.
You contended that the farmer hadn't n
confidin' disposition. did youe" Queried the
toiler as he pocketed the greenbacks Wall
I guess you know more about buttons than
you do about farmers. \ on Jest come down
my way and offer me a windmill fur s2a
a pianer fur $50 or a mower and reaper fur
that you can't keep your heels on the
airth!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
Where Columbian Stamps Are I'm De.
mand.
From the Detroit Free Press

A gentleman asked for some postare
stamps In a Woodward avenue drug store
yesterday, and when the proprietor handed
out a bunch of the oblong Columbians the
customer said he could not use them-be
wanted some Of the old-style letter carriers
The druggist asked why the great Chris
TOPPER Columbus would not do-they would
in haste" all right as far as he knew
The gentleman said he wished to send a
letter to France, and he had been advised
by his correspondent to use the old-stvle
stamps. as every one had gone philately
mad over there. and the Columbian stamps
were such a temptation that the chances
were the letter would never be delivered
If the mssive were intact when IL left the
general post Office It was louis d'ors to sous
ii would disappear before II reached the
addressee as to secure the stamp the COL
lection fan, be he letter carrier, concierge
or servant, would not hesitate to destroy
the letter. Every effort was being made by
the authorities to protect the mails, but the
amateur philatelsts needed the pictures in
their collections, and madame, mademoi-
selle or monsieur could go epistle hungry
for all they cared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
The Camel is a Soldier.
From the Evening Wisconsin.
The camel Is a good soldier.

The camel Is a good soldier.
1t may be stupidity and 1t may be brav-
cry, but camel is as steady under fire as
a tower. The Persans mounted small can
mons on the backs of their camels, and
called them zambwahs or little wasps."
This fashion was adopted in India, and
after the battle Of Sobraon 1000 of this
artillery camels were captured. In the In
dian mutiny the British had a camel corps
of $50 beasts, and on the back of each
camel sat Scotch Highlander in his kilt
In 1S4j Sir Charles Napier had a camel
corps in Sindh, and in one day he marched
seventy-five miles, defeated a brigand chief
and marched home again. In 1873 the Brit
ish used canals against the Afghans and
the government paid for $1,000 camels that
died in those campaigns. Many of these
were driven to death by their owners in
order that they might claim the govern
ment bounty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
Easy Stairs to Climb.

From Exchange.
There Is a great deal Of stair climbing to
be done here before we shall "climb dem
golden stairs" and those who are about to
build would do well to see to it that all
the stairs be made as easy as possible.
The very acme of ease is reached in stairs
that have threads" twelve to fifteen inches
broad, and "risers" five to seven inches
high. The run or distance in most houses
is too short to allow of this, but they should
come as near 1t as the architect of the
house will permit. 1t is so easy to climb
such stairs that one hardly is aware of any
effort. Numbers of incurably broken down
women owe their bad health to the steep
stairs which they have been obliged to
climb daily,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
ENGLISH WITCHES.
They Are Stin Regarded With Respect
in Some Districts.

From the Manchester Mercury
Superstition is by no means a defunct
anomaly In the customs and Characters
tics OF some Of our smaller towns and
villages. First and foremost Of West Coun-
try superstition comes an entire and thor
ough belief in witchcraft. Every Yves,
Country village has an old woman who Is
good deal more feared than the village
policeman.
No one dares to contradict her will in
anything. II she takes fancy to the fin
est head Of cabbage in a mans garden she
may cut IL as IL II grew in her own. Though
1t should be the very pride of his heart he
must not try TO stop her proceedings: 81
he does far worse thing is bound to be-
fall him His pig will be seized with sud
den and deadly wickedness, or his daugh-
ter's hair will fall off. or shower of
rain will spoil his hay just when it is abou,
to be carried. The West Country's term for
witch's power is Overlooking"
If witch has evil feeling toward YOU
she is said ito overlook you" One indubi-
table sign by which you may know a witch
Is TO bring her into the church and try 10
make her stand with her face toward the
east. No real witch can do IL for a mo-
ment. However much she may strive she
VIII stand as firmly fixed as frozen
weathercock. No West Country farmer liy-
ing near a witch will doubt the cause when
his horses or cattle fall i'll.
Next to their belief In witches is their
faith In the power Of a seventh SON or sew
enth daughter to cure disease. 1t is in vain
that the clergyman breaches, that the
schoolmaster teaches, that the parish doc
tor demonstrates, the West Country matron
bears on her sickly baby In triumph TO the
man or woman in the neighboring village
who happens to have been born the seventh
son or seventh daughter.
Inese privileged persons have but to
touch the diseased part and the cure is
certain and immediate. There are also
some wise women who can cure various
complaints with a charm, which they speak
over the patent In the neighborhood OF
Exmoor these things are far more trusted
In than all the medical faculty put together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
Snatched n Purse.

A colored boy named Edward Bolden was
tried in the Police Court Saturday on a
charge of larceny from the person. 1t was
charged that he snatched pocket ook from
some person unknown The proof was that
he snatched the pocket book and threw 1t
away when pursued. He was held In $500
real estate security for the action Of the
grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04

fding people the most scrupulous care and
to pledge my willing support to every legis-
lative effort for the advancement of the
greatness and prosperity of our beloved
country.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 4, 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
She Got n Sent.

From the Buffalo Courier
a young woman who is pewholder in
the cathedral was refused adrnittance to her
seat last Wednesday by another woman
VINO was occupying a portion of her pew
ana VINO SAID that she was reserying the
other part for some friends Tho p,,n ot1r
stepped INTO the next seat, and from there
over the back of the seat into her own new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
A special dispatc

A special dispatch to the London Standard
from Paris says it is believed that an
Anglo-French commission will be nomina ted
aiming into and deciding unon a -. !
zone between the French and British DOS
sessions SSS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04

Among the latest distinguished persons
In England who are suffering from infiu-
snza Ii Lord Randolph Churchill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04

tons permit
The Proposed Legislation
i am satisfied that the reduced tariff du-
ties provided for in the proposed lesisla-
ron. added to existing internal-reyenue
taxation. will. IN the near future, though
perhaps not Immediately. produce sufficient
ment-
The committee. after full consideration.
and to provide against a temporary de-
hciency which may exist before the bust
ness OF the country adjusts itself to the
new tariff schedules. have wisely embraced
In their plan a few additional internal
revenue taxes. including a small tax upon
Incomes derived from certain corporate in
yestments.
THESE new assessments are not only alb
soiutely just and easily borne but they
nave the further merit of being such as
can be RENTED without unfavorable busi-
ness disturbance whenever the necessity Of
their imposition no longer exists
IN my great desire for the success of this
measure can not restrain the suggestion
that us success can only be attained by
means OF unse!fish counsel on the part of
the friends OF tariff reform and as a result
OF their Willingness to subordinate per-
sonar desires and ambitions to the general
good- Inc local interests affected by the
proposed reform are so numerous and so
varied tnat II all are Insisted upon the legts-
lation embodying the reform must inevita-
bly, fail.
IN conclusion, my intense feeling oF re-
spOhslollty impels me to invoke for the
Aid interests of a generous and con-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
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A Democratic Platform

The Australian ballot system to in
sure to the poor man independent suf-
frage and to save him from the poll
bully.
A low tariff, to reduce the cost of
clothes, plows and all necessaries of the
laborer.
State Banks of issue to give us all a
currency flexible and plentiful and not
proceeding from the "money centers."
A graduated income tax to remove
the burdens Of taxation from labor and
to place them on capital, thus checking
the growing ascendancy Of wealth and
with it a tax on inheritances to serve
similar purposes.
On these lines the Democratic party
is working with relentless energy for
the relief Of the masses while Popu-
lists and Qcalaites persistently obstruct
and hinder their endeavors by shouting
for schemes whose worthlessness their
leaders are entirely conscious of.