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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-18

sewing accomplished was much larger than
was anticipated, over s100 in cash having
been realized. and $}5 worth of articles
being now on sale at the legion's exchange
and a handsome album, quilt nd other fine
work being now in hand. 1t was decided
to hold evening meetings the first Wednes-
day of each month for the benefit of mem
bers who are busy during the day.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Army
and Navy Auxiliary was held yesterday
morning in St. Johns parish hail. and was
attended by about fifty members of the So
ciety. The exercises were opened by pray
er by DR.. Elliott OF Ascension Church
The first business was the reading of the
reports Of Mrs. Kelton, secretary. and Mrs.
Chadw lex, treasurer of the society. Mrs
G. IL. Davis wife of Commander Davis the
president, presided. DIR. Elliott made a
short address. in which he eulogized the
work that the ladies have been doing since
the formation of the society, which now
numbers $50 members. The auxiliary, as
is well known, gives to the extent of it's
resources, gifts of books, organs, &c, to
army posts and ships, and has been doing
means of education and relaxation to those
who would otherwise not enjoy these bene-
fits. Membership in the society is not con-
fined to army and navy families. but any
one interested in the project would be well
coined. Both Mrs. Lamont, wife of the
Secretary of War.and Miss Herbert, daugh-
ter of the Secretary of the Navy, who had
expected to attend the meeting. were pre-
was regretted.
The Emanon Club of Capitol Hill gave its
first dance Of the year last night at Nc
Cauley's Hall. Pennsylvania avenue south
east. The affair was under the direction
of FIVE members of the club, Messrs. p w.
Roberts, J. S. Steward, II. K. Morgan, Ed
ward Spleet and Robert Callahan, and the
patronesses for the occasion were Mes
DANES p. V. DeGraw w. H. Weidy, A. p.
Steward and r. Callahan. The next dance
of the Cinnamon Club will be given about
the list of March, by which time 1t is ex-
pected a waltz will be dedicated to the
club by one Of the Capitol Hill composers.
Those present last night, in addition to the
above, were the Misses Irene Sanderson,
Julia Ball, Grace Boothman. Maggie Belt,
sic Bliss, Marie Newcomb, Nellie Rich
mond. l.. Brett. Alma Smoot Jennie Griffin,
Nellie Callahan. May Griffin Jessie Mearns.
Eva Steward, Maggie Belt, Hattie Gray,
Bessie Erly, Addie Garges, Blanche Durfee,
Addie Ellis Belle Ingram, Wagner, White,
Penicks, Prather, Springooth, Hardy. Block,
Crystal and Nottingham; and the Messrs.
Archie Wiley. Frank Sheirey. Dave Wall,
Arthur Woodrus. George Harris. Fred.
Oertley, Hume Talbert, Fred. Roberts, Jack
Heady. Harry Bowman, Robert A w. Nc
Keldin. Henry Ashby, Arthur Pennington,
Harry Clarke, James c. Fitzpatrick, Sam
uel Deckman, Alfred Erly Leroy McNeely,
Frank Newcomb. Hume Smith, George Ty-
son, George Barnes James w. Bevans,
William Nottingham. Harold Grant, Howard
Mccullough, Chester MCGOWAN, Robert
Mitchell, Frank Gray Robert Moser, Ed
ward DeGraw. Allie Mckenzie, David Nc
Kenzie Charles Finney. Guy Finney,
Bramwell Davis William Moran. Louis
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30

this year. You ask if the woman suf-
frage movement is not passing out of
the stage when il is treated with ridi-
Guile. Yes, people have ceased to throw
ridicule upon it. That is because peo-
pie are becoming more sensible. The
women themselves have become better
fitted for the exercise of woman sui
frage and are doing good deal of
thinking. Inasmuch as they are al
most the entire support of the churches,
and the charities would be nowhere
without them, and inasmuch as gov
eminent is nothing but an extensive
form of housekeeping, it seems to me
that common sense indicates that the
housekeepers should be represented in
politics.
Who was it that said that 'the more
you see of men the better you think of
dogs?" | cannot recall just now, butt
the more l see of the incapacity of man
as a government animal, the less | am
frightened at the idea of wOman's en-
trance into politics.
1t may have been said that woman is
illogical, that she is impulsive and liza
BILE to be guided more by the heart than
the head, and that, therefore, she would
be untitled for politics. This is the
height of absurdity. It's just as ridicu-
lous to say that woman cannot be logic
al as to say that woman cannot be
mathematician.
If you want to find out the fallacy of
the latter statement all you have to do
is to investigate the public schools and
colleges.
They will afford abundant proof of
what women can do in this direction.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30
A CENTER SHOT.
The Clever RetOrt of an English Physician
to an Impertinent Clerk.

English newspapers, in the days
when advertisements were heavily
taxed. published the titles of books re-
viewed in their columns, but never the
prices, because the excise Office held
that an annexed price was an adver-
tisement. and, as such. taxable. The
custom continued for a long time after
the tax on advertisements had been re-
moved.
The London newspapers also made
distinction between simple notice of
death, for which they charged five
shillings, and a brief obituary, for
which they demanded seven and six
pence.
One day DR.. Thomas Hume, a grave,
satirical London doctor, called at the
office of a morning journal and silently
placed upon the counter the announce
ment of the death of q friend, together
with five shillings. The clerk glanced
at the paper, tossed it one side and
said, gruffiy: "Seven and SIKH
IL have frequently" answered Hume,
"had occasion to publish these simple
notices. and have never before been
charged more than five Shillings.'
simpler repeated the clerk, with
out looking up. There's an added
line, universally beloved and deeply
regretted isn't there? Seven and six. :"
Hume produced the additional half
crown and laid it deliberately by the
others, observing, in his most solemn
tone: Congratulate yourself, sir, that
this is an expense which your ex-
ecutors will never be put to-"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30
WOMAN COMES LAST.
How the Arab Regards His Wives and
Daughters.


Daughters.
An Arab--meaning tent-dweller, in
yam equine sense, the town-dweller is
NO Arab-loves first and above all his
horse. No one need to recite the oft
sung affection he will lavish upon him.
Next he loves his firearm. This, poetical-
" speaking, ought to be a SiX-foot, gold
in-laid, muzzle-loading horror of a
matchbox. which would kick any man
butan Ara b fiat on his back at every shot
but actually. in Algeria or Tunis, when
he lives near a city, it is more apt to be
Il modern English breech-loader. You
must fly from the busy haunts of men
to find the matchbox. Next to his gun
he loves his oldest son. Last comes his
wife-or one of his wives. perhaps.
Daughters don't count: | mean the
Arab doesn't take the trouble to count
them. unless in so far as they minister
to his comfort. dietetic or otherwise.
Until some neighbor comes along and
proposes to marry, in other words, to
make a still worse slave of one of them,
She is only a chltel-a sOulleSS thing.
And yet she is sal 4 to be pretty, anna
bic, helpful beinA SAID to be, for no
one by any hap evir chances to cast his
eyes on one wortla seeing. This disre-
gard women. he Vssaid to their honor,
does not always akulv 10 the Be1c"ins
= .ng Gyrlan arg Arabian deserts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30
/, Railroad Restaurants in Sweden.

d Sweden, the railroad stations
vinere meals are served are known by
tn simple but suggestive picture Of a
tIssed knife and fork against the
fle of the station. On entering the
/ Nug-room the traveller sees that it
A setrnished with a number of small
arietyA,. each with the cloth spread but
,udanItute of dish or food or any article
,arado Aver. In the center of the room is
NJ ,,,os Able on which are knives, forks,
10Th NV md napkins. The traveller helps
;, ,,aioio ITO these articles, and presently
:, . s,.oi ,,,iyent viands which go to make
80 g. Iast are brought in and placed
o' 800 = table. The guest helps him
10 PUt9on :h of the courses as they come
W WIN SUI surprise being felt if the
le Uooh iiioi yfarer helps himself to a
Prof. j. F!elS ~ ~ ~
wv " tow Isal. For this well-cooked
81 ni""en' H0 repast the small sum of
charged.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30
Foreigners 1eas OF America.

adequately apr ciated 10y a great per-
centage of Eu, lpeans. Especially has
this been trur n the past, An English
novel of a feygyears ago described the
glories of the Rockies as seen from New
Orleans. III met a German Brussels"
said an aej haintance Of the writer VI,
when he lie Irned that was an Ameri-
can, and a q on account of a friend he
had in TIE United States. Do you
know hi h. he asked, his name is
Henry Walter The name is not as
commoIIs John Smith, and did know
a HenT Walter. Where does your
friend fve?' | asked. In Pittsburgh
he replied. The Walter CHANGED to be
the safne. But what a remarkable Oc-
curref Zee! That German must have re-
mainfd with very insular ideas of the
areak of this country. He probably
rega.ds it as about the size of Staten
Isld id, or possibly, Hohenzollern.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30
Indians in New York.

There are about $500 Indians in New
York state. The Senecas are the most
numerous tribe, having in 1893 $50
members. Next comes the st. Regis
tribe, with l,l3O. The once powerful
Tuscaroras number +0l; the Onondagas,
AIS; the Oneidas. POO. and the Cuyugas
lGs. As a whole. the Indians of New
York are not falling OF in numbers,
there being rather more Of them to-day
than there were twenty years ago.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30
GREAT PRoHlBlTIoNIsT.
Rev. j. G. Evans, Nominated In Illinois
for the u. =. SenatOrship.


for the U. =. SenatOrship.
Rev. j. &. Evans, who was nominated
by the prohibition party at its recent
state convention in Bloomington, ILL.,,
as candidate for United States sena-
tor, is man of stalwart character and
interesting career, He was born in
Marshall county. H.. ON December 10,
1893, and received his education at the
Wesleyan seminary. Peoria. at Judson
college and at the Ohio Wesleyan semi
nary. His thorough religious training
and serious bent of mind inclined him
to enter the ministry, and in 1854 he
was ordained by the Methodist Episco-
pal church, Eighteen years later he
was elected president of Hedding col
lege, position which he held for six
years. Chaddock college called him to
its presidency in 1878, but he resigned
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30
HARD ON THE MEN.
Kate Fields Latest Contribution to wom-
an Suffrage Literature.

You ask me, writes Kate Field, the
noted journalist, lecturer and agitator,
to the New York Sunday Journal, if
there is any likelihood of woman suf-
frage becoming an established fact dur
ing the life of the present generation?
At the rate at which history is being
made, think it is quite possible that
New York state may have woman suf-
frage within the present generation.
Two states already have woman suf-
frage, Wyoming for the past twenty
years and Colorado for the first time
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30

to again enter the pulpit. Again,
1889, Hedding college called him to til
presidency. He has since been labo
ing to develop true character in a
who come within his influence. D.
Evans was in at the birth of the oil
republican party, casting his first v9
for Gen. John c. Fremont. He v
among the earliest and most zeal,
abolitionists and was vigorously 81
spoken on the platform and in his Il
pit for the union cause at the outbtN !
of the war. Once more, in 1868, M Il
rolled himself among the foundersI ]
new party, being one Of the signel {
the call for the convention at Ito
ington at which the prohibition RS
of Illinois was organized. Simon, !
time he has been one of the Lea of !
his party and an ardent al
equal suffrage. As a pre-
and delegate to three
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-30

Ierences OF mis- church he mas eXerteu a
strong influence in shaping the policy
of the Methodist church regarding the
question of prohibition.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30
MYSTERIES!
The Nervous System the Seat
Of Life and Mind. Recent
Wonderful Discoveries

human life. & has been the leading subject
OF professional research and st adv in IN ages.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30

of ''old country" English-speaking peo-
pie, Canadian French and some de-
scendants of the New England royal
lists of the last century. For many
years the English-speaking people have
been steadily nearing minority.
There are at present but two cities of
any considerable size and business i'm
one, Montreal. in the province of
Quebec, making a population about
two-thirds Canadian-French) of some
what over 10000; and the other, To-
ronto, the capital of the province OF
Ontario, with a population (mostly
English speaking) something below
100000. There are also seven other
considerable towns called cities,
ranging from about $4,000 to GO.O0O in
habitants: eleven from 10000 to about
wars with Tartar tribes in Mongolia
and Manchuria were brought to sue
he admitted to Lord Elgin that he I'M
derstood but little of modern warfare
and relied entirely upon those familiar
with it's principles and practices.
He also opened up diplomatic inter-
course with foreign nations and was
instrumental in establishing many of
the present treaty ports. He was
great friend of Chinese" Gordon. al
though the latter regarded him as
thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS and treach-
erOuS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30
EnglanG'S State Plate.

England's collection of plate for use
at state occasions at Windsor castle is
something fabulous in value. It's dis
play surprised even Russia's crown
prince himself. 1t it generally recl1-
oned to be worth about 92, OOO. 600 and
it is no unusual thing at a state ban
quet at the castle to have plate to the
value of half q million in the room
There are two state dinner services,
one Of gold and one of silver The
gold service was purchased by George
w., and will dine 100 persons. The
plates alone of this service cost over
s12, GOO. On state occasions there are
usually placed on the dining table
some very beautiful gold flagons. cap
tured from the Spanish Arlnada, which
are now, of course, of priceless value,
while the great silver wine cooler,
made for George w., and weighing
1000 ounces, always adorns one corner
of the apartment. AS sideboarl, orna-
ments there are pretty trifcs in the
way of a peacock of precious stones,
valued at 100000, and tigers head
from India with solid ingOt of gold
for it's tongue and diamond teeth.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30
Too Fat to Walk.

Sitting as profession would seem a
novelty. but that is the profession fol-
lowed hy q man in Indianapolis. His
name IS Harry Jennings. He weighs
three h'l9'.cel and sixty pounds and
hi, rs:s' A:.ture is in proportion to his
super; ...'::rcc OF flesh. 30 fat is he,
saws ii, annapolis Sentinel, that
": l,.inr almost out OF the question,
lat H. manages to go from place to
place We're nc serves at his profession.
lic HIS several customers. They are
mon who conduct Offices, cut who en-
ploy no cl4r.1s. and in ORDER to keep
their c1-iccs open while they % to
lunch CT thcr meals. employ jt-liags
to OCCUPY a chair and attend % bust
ness which may drop in during their
abscrce. One of these Offices has q tel
ephore. and jennings takes Q seat at
the teie phone where he will not have
to stir during the hour he is on duty.
Ills .yrecl pleasure IS to sit in 3 reverse
positiu.' IN :. chair with his chin rest
ing on the back. lie will sit this way
for hours without hardly moving. He
draws q pension for obesity.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30
A Valuable Manuscript.

A hitherto unknown work of Maimon-
ides, the greatest Jewish theologian
and philosopher of the middle ages, has
been discovered by Prof. Caster among
a number of Hebrew manuscripts which
he acquired from the east, and is soon
to be published by him. with transla-
ton and notes 1t is short treatise
written in Hebrew, entitled ''Commen-
tary on the Sacred and PrOfane Names
OF God in the Pentateuch, by Rabbi
Moses ben Maimon," intended as a
guide to the scribes of the Sacred
Scroll, who, if they made mistake.
could erase and rewrite the profane
names of strange deities. but might
not erase the sacred names of God, and
SO must copy over the whole column.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30

Recent discover les have demonstrated that
all the organs OF tt ne body are under the con.
troll of the nerve centerS, located in or near
the base of the br; Lin, and that when these are
deranged the Orga which they supply with
nerve fluid are also deranged. When it is re-
membered that serious injury to the spinal
cord will cause pa ralySiS of the body below
the injured point, because the nerve force is
prevented by the injury from reaching the
paralyzed portion. it will be understood how
the arrangement of the nerve centers will
cause the arrangement OF the various organs
which they supply with nerve force
TwO-thirdS of chronic diseases are due to
the imperfect action of the nerve centers at
the base of the brain, not from a derange-
ment primarily originating in the organ it.
self. The great mistake of physicians in
treating these diseases is that they treat the
organ rather than the nerve centers which
are the cause of the trouble.
DIR. FRANKLIN MILES, the celebrated spe-
cialist,has profoundly studied this subject for
over20 years, and has made many important
discoveries in cOnnec ton with it, chief among
them being the facts contained in the above
statement and that the ordinary methods of
treatment are wrong. All headache, dizzi-
ness, dizziness, confusion, pressure, blues,
mania, melancholy, insanity, epilepsy, ST.
Vitus dance, ETC., are nervous diseases no
matter how caused. The wonderful success of
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine is due to the
fact that it is based on the foregoing principle.
DIR. MILES RESTORATIVE NERVINE Is sold by
all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent
direct by DIR. MILES MEDICAL Co., Elkhart,
Ind. on receipt Of price, 81 per bottle, six
bottles for IS, express prepaid 1t contains
oejther opiates nor dangerous drugs.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30
BEAVER FARMING.
A UNIQUE and Thriving Industry
of North Dakota.
The Animals Obtained from TraPpers
and Confined in Ponds Where They
Multiply Very Rapidiy-How
They Are Dispatched.

The industry and sagacity Of the
beaver have often been commented
upon. But those qualities have not
prevented this animal from being
looked upon as a fair object Of capture,
SAYS th>. New York Ledger. It's fur is
valuable. and, therefore, it is much
sought after by trappers. Still it may
surprise some people to know that in
orc part OF this country. at least, there
are mel who raise beavers fer the mar
l1ct, Just as they might do corn or cat
tie it is in Mclean county, n. D.,
that beaver farming is largely carried
on. The soil is very poor and Is not
adj. pSc,i. as ;.Gc other parts Of the state,
to wheat growing. The Missouri river
rg.r:S ;.Iunc. the western border OF the
cGlnty. and numerous streams How
into it from among the hills to the
north and east .CCttonWoOcs and elm
trees crew on the banks Of these
streams. and it is there where the
beaver farms are situated. 4 man who
inter Is t. start this industry purchases,
say. ten acres of land through which a
stream runs. A dam is built at q point
where the stream is narrow and the
banks are steep. All that is needed is
~ fell q few trees across the bed of the
Stream and fill in with dirt and stones.
This holds the water bacl, SO that two
or three acres of land are flooded, thus
for1nlnG' a pond. The next thing to be
done is to erect fence Of wire noting,
from two to three feet high. ;:long the
banks u the stream and around the
pond, incl0Sing all the trees that can
possibly he taken in.
Generally q colony of from twelve to
sixteen beavers is put on the farm.
They are, OF course. obtained from
trappers. They are placed in the pond
i'll the spring and soon become accus-
toned TO their surroundings In few
days they begin to build their huts of
mad AID sticks and TO show their
wood-cD9nping abilities on the trees
There il no return from the outlay the
first year, but by the fall of the second
year the colony has largely increased
in number and the farmer looks for
ward To having a regular income. 1t
is on the last ttay of October or on the
first day CT November that the harvest,
so to speak. begins. First the ponds
are drawn oif by means Of tlooagates
that are covered with wire noting to
prevent the animals from slipping
through. The houses Of the beavers
are thus left exposed, and tho farmer
goes from one to the other. tapping on
them with club. Beavers are readily
frightened. and the noise cause; 4hon
10 r.l:i :.l3. They can only move slow
~ am are soon caught AMI ,:ii)a tohed.
Til beavers which formed TIC original
colony are spared, and the; the Hood
gates are closed and the pond is filled
again. The beaver skins are dried,
prepared and taken to market the fur
being used il the manufacture OF ccats
and capes and trimming garments for
women. a good deal of beaver fur
goes to China, where it is made into
shoes for women who can afford the
luxury
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30
SPARROWS in TEXAS.
Dr'ihg Gut the Mocking Birds and At
lacking Anything in Sight.

Driving Out the Mocking Birds and At
lacking Anything in Sight.
The little English sparrow is becom-
ing SO numerous that there is con-
siderable discussion about adopting
methods OF getting rid of the pest.
Iney are here. says the Galveston
news, by the thousands and are re-
markable for their fecundity, as they
lay from five to six eggs each sit
ting and raise three broods a wear
nhey are no longer considered insec-
.lverous' and owing to their pugnacious
naolts, making war upon the birds that
are desired and destroying their eggs,
as well as making themselves obnox-
ious IN great many ways, and with
their rapidly increasing numbers. their
determination will be a matter of q
serious nature here at an early date.
otner towns are doubtless experiencing
trouble with them, as the bird is mi
gratory IN pairs, settling only where
.nere Is habltation and springing into
the thousands like mushroom. A
prominent citizen here who has num-
Der OF hooking birds in the trees and
ruobery in his yard, and who has
',ne and again watched the onslaughts
0! TINS vicious little bird with an lava
ilaole victory, states that it will be a
question sooner or later of state legis-
lation Dy offering {. bounty for them.
Ihey were introduced into Australia
ABOUT the same time rs their introduce
tlon INTO the United States for the
same purpose OF destroying the tree
caterpillar, and that country event
uaily had tn ''se the bounty method to
get rid of th 4.