davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
The Monroe Doctrine.

He shows how in the twenty years which
succeeded this address the situation had
greatly changed; that the great increase of
power and resource of the new nation had
given it 4 commanding position on this
continent, and that Monroe, without hest
tatng to accept the logic of the farewell
address. applied it by declaring in effect
that American non-intervention in Europe
necessarily implied European non-interven-
ton in American affairs. He quotes Presi-
dent Monroe's celebrated message of De-
CCmber > 1898, and, stating that the prop
osition that America is in no part open to
colonization has long been conceded, he
says that our present concern is with the
other practical application of the Monroe
doctrine, the disregard of which by any
European power is to be deemed an act of
urfriendliness toward the United States
On this point the Secretary says:
THE precise scope and limitation of this
rule cannot be too clearly apprehended. 1t
does not establish any general protectorate
by the United States over other American
states. 1t does not relieve any American
state from its obligations as fixed by in
ternational law, nor prevent any European
power directly interested from enforcing
such obligations or from INJECTING merited
punishment for the breach of them 1t
dc es not contemplate any Interference in
the internal affairs of any American state
The evening times., 1895-08-06
REFRESHING BATHS.

Here is an English recipe for lavender
water which the writer can recommend as
delightful and refreshiug-quite a nee
essary adjunct to the bath on warm day:
Take two aud oue-half quarts of rectified
spirits, two and one-half ounces of es-
sential oil OF lavender, and one ounce Of
bergamot, four drops Of essence of am
bergris and oue-half ounce Of orris root
digestcd with it.
There is also another recipe quite similar:
Three drachms each of oil of lavender
and oil OF bereamot, six drops each of oil
of cloves and altar Of roses, one drachm
of true oil of rosemary, Que ounce of honey,
three scruples of benzoic acid, one pint
of rectifi,.d spirits aud three ounces of dis
titled water.
Still another recipe, also English in
origin, requires four draciims OF oil of
lavender, twenty drops each of essence of
bergamot, essence of lemon, altar OF roses,
one drachIn OF essence of ambergris, three
pints OF rectified spirits, four ounces of
oraugeflowcr water, twelve ounces OF rose
water aud twenty grains OF burned alum
Shake frequently and then put it in cool
place for some days before fiitering, when
you will have lavender water both de-
lightful and refreshing.
There is perfectly harmless prepara-
tion for the skin which is well worth trying
fpon occasions when, for instance, the skin
is dry or has been tanned by exposure to
the sun aud wind.
Almond oil, as every one knows, can
never harm any skin, and this with sweet
and bitter almonds constitutes good
share OF the mixture, which is made in the
following way:
Blanch five ounces of sweet almonds
and one ounce of bitter almonds; beat
them until quite smooth with oue-half
ounce of white curd soap aud one-balf
pint or rose water. Melt oue-halr ounce
oil of weet almonds, two ounces of white
wax, One-half ounce spermaceti and mix
with the other preparations until all is
like cream and strain through muslin.
Then add gradually two pints of rose
water, twenty drops each of oil OF lavender
and altar of roses dissolved in one pint Of
rectified spirits.
This recipe makes a large quantity. so
il you are generous you can share 1t with
your neighbor who has a complexion she is
The evening times., 1895-08-06
MURpERoUs ko LA1 SOCIETY.
Missionary Taylor's View OF the Mas
eapre at XII Chuuv

Missionary Taylor's View OF the Mas
sacre at XII Chung.
London, Aug. CDR. Taylor, o mis-
sionary, VITO he's just returned to Lon
don from the district in China where the
outrages have been committed, said yes.
terday in an interview that all the trou.
Bile had been caused by the secret society,
ko Lai, which has increased in strength
enormously since the war. The society,
DR.. Taylor states, was esta blished with
the object of oyerturning the dynasty.
1t threatens and maltreats Cinnamon
who are not included in its membership,
bat Is especially inimical to foreigners.
The governmnt has been informed of its
practices, but has done nothing, partly,
perhaps, because the Viceroy of Foochoo
hates foreigners. DR.. Taylor paid high
tribute to American consul Hixson at
Foochoo, and expresses the opinion that
the escape of the Americans at Kncheng
was due to hi>.energetic action, and to his
having also proclaimed that If Americans
suffered outrage those responsible for the
crime would be. punished in other ways
than by paying damages. 1t is possible,
DR.. Taylor thinks. that the victims OF the
Chinese were staying in the Kucbeng
district against the advice of the British
consul.
The evening times., 1895-08-06
SLIGHTLY EXAGGERATED.

Lucius Flaccus, the legate, aud Metellus
asserted that they beheld in Crete the body
OF a man thirty three cubits long, or
forty-two feet.
In the time OF Theodorus it was claimed
that in Egypt there was seen a pigmy so
small that he reseinbled partridge Healso
sang diyiDely.
Philippides was, according to the hon.
orable Pliuy, a pair OF sevenleague boots
in himself. He ran 10 1-2 miles in the
space of two days"
Ferdinand Lopez, historiographer to the
king of Portugal, had a man brought be-
fore hun iu the Indies who ''by good proof
had lived $40 years, has grown young
four times, changing his hair and getting
new teeth This prodigy had about 700
wives altogether.
In Rome at the same time there lived a
man who was but 100 years of age, but
was reported TO have grown young and
changed his skin like a snake. Sad to say
after fifty years of his second youth he
suddenly became very old indeed, and
seemed as II he was made of the bark Of
trees"
Francis Battalia was said to have lived
on stones. He was born with two on one
hand and one in the other and on the
physician's advice was fed from three to
four pebbles in spoon once every twenty.
four hours.
The evening times., 1895-08-06
AN 1RREvERENr FARMER.
He Asked for an Agricultural Report
But Was Indifferent as to Date.

He Asked for an Agricultural Report
But Was Indifferent as to Date.
The official in charge of the correspond
ence of the Agricultural Department in
Washington a few years ago wa gentle
man of education and polish, says the New
York World But, above all, he was an ac-
complished, conscientious and consummate
letter writer. All the courteous expressions
of fgovernmentalep epistles were at his fingers
ends, and it was pleasure to him to inn
part to them a gracefulness that gov
ernmental letters sometimes lack.
He received scrawly letter one day.
1t was from Hosea Jones, of Goose Run,
Wis. 1t was addressed to the "A Agryc,il-
trail Deptment, Wash'ntn, d. Co." and it
said: "Sr, want a agreecuitral repo't
an bein' in the farmin' BUSINESS l orter
git it,
Now there are many agricultural re-.
ports, of many dates and on many topics,
and a request for one or more of these alb
sorbing and valuable volumes should of me-
cessity be more specific than Mr.. Jones'
request was. The official, having plenty
of time and seeing chance for harmless
pleasantly, indited an elabora te letter to the
farmer, informing him of the eagerness
with which the government desired 10 give
the hustandmen of the nation all the in-
formation it had obtained as the result of
scientific and practical research. This and
more he wrote Of the Agricultural Depart.
ments solicitude for the farmer, and then,
indicating the desirability of specific
statement as to the date or subject of the
report desired, he closed with the assur-
aDce of the Secretary's esteem.
Mr.. Jones responded promptly and some.
what laconically II don't give -"
he said, what the book is abou or when it
was rote. want it fur a skrap book"
The evening times., 1895-08-06
FOR[I6NERs 1t ATLANTA
Very Cheering Report From the
ChevaIier Antonia Macchi.
EUROPEANS WILL RESPOND
The Energetic Commissioners Gen.
eral for Europe Secures the Hearty
Cooperation of Many Foreign Ma
tions which VIII at Once Forward
Observation-Disclosures

New York, Aug. 6.-Chevalier Antonio
Macchi, commissioner general for Europe
to the Cotton Suites and International
Exposition, and MIR. Horace Bradley, who
has charge OF the European exhibit in the
fine arts department of the exposition, are
both in this city, having just returned
from London. Mr.. Macchi was seen last
night, and expressed himself as greatly
pleased at his success in interesting Euro
pean manufacturers in the coming expo
sition.
FOREIGN NATIONS INTERESTED.
Mr.. Macchi was appointed in February.
and went at once to London. Since that
time he has Travelled through Germany,
France, Italy, Belgium and Spain, and has
visited Russia and some of the smaller
states. He has been devoting particular
attention to securing exhibits for the
department of manufacture and Industry.
In these departments the Atlanta Ex-
position Will be il1nany respects minia-
ture of tie Columbian Exposition, but
will also have original features. Particular
attention will be paid to showing the
special productions of each country in
as compete a torm as possible. Germany
will send large collection. Of pottery,
ceramics, and musical Instruments. France
will contribute many new scientific ap-
piianccs, the collection of electrical in
struments being especially large, and from
Russia will come a large exhibit OF furs
As the managers of the exposition will
devote one-half of the manufactures build
ing TO European exhibits, ii will be possible
TO find room there for statues, bronZes,
china, pottery, and glassware, and these
will make up no small part of the foreign
exhibit From Italy, especially, valuable
works OF art have been obtained.
ART AND BICYCLES.
In household art an interesting display
will be made by a Parisia firm, which
will show a model Paris drawing room.
BY these means Mr.. Macchi expects that
Americans will be supplied with valuable
in the matters of art and ar
tistic household decorations.
On account of the widespread interest
in wheeling, the exhibition of foreign
made bicycles is likely TO prove of particu-
lar interest to many Americans who will
have an opportunity to compare the for
eigh machines with those of American
make. Manufacturers in England, France,
and Italy viii send bicycle exhibits
In regard to the attitude of Europeans
toward the exposition, Mr.. Macchi said
that in Great Britain especially, where the
products of the cotton States are largely
used, they were quick to appreciate its
Importance.
Most of the exhibits from abroad are n IL
ready on their way to New York, and Mr..
Macchi says that his department will be
completed by the opening day, September
IA
The evening times., 1895-08-06
THE SEA LION TOLD.
Discovered Fine Fishing Ina Lake and
Went Back Alter His Friends.

Discovered Fine Fishing Ina Lake and
Went Back After His Friends.
I Once upon time Lake Merced stood
high in the estimation OF city anglers, says
the San Francisco Bulletin. 1t was ac-
cessib!e and didn't require much influence
to cast a line into Its waters. Big fifh
fingered among the weedy depths and
browsed along the sandy shores on the
western end. Cornelius stagg then kept
road house opposite tie old race track and
there was a good dinner for the belated
angler under his roof and a good bed and
a bottle of flagsant aud refreshing claret
Scott Tidbail, the artist; Joha Adams, and
dozens OF worthy fishermen since departed,
have swung their rods over the Iipp.es
OF Merced, and compared notes around the
blazing fire at night, and were, perhaps,
as boastful and mendacious az the anglers
of the generation that succeeded them.
The trout era passed away and was fol-
owed by an epoch of carp. Those mud
grubbers, fattened on the bordering grasses
and led a life eofuudisturbed and igHominious
indolence. Nobody wanted them at any
price and the baruac,es grew up on the
e ders of the gang from simple and unbroken
laainess. Then another change took place
and the fis,, commissioners announced
that they were going to put muscaiionge
in the lake. A month or So aiterward they
uiu IL ana IL was tupIpseu tHdt t.te IelSu
of the carp was over and that those fero-
cicus fresh-water sharks would completely
eXtcrminatc them.
A sagacious sea lion felt recently hat
there must be something worth seeing be-
yoBd the neightorhood of the Cliff House
and Sutro Heights. So he made Journey
10 Lake Merced and found the water ard
the surroundings congenial. lie tasted the
carp and approved OF their flavor, and, be-
ing a genial I'D generous lion. he returned
to the seal rocks and told bis chuns wherehe
had been and what he had seen A n ex-
cursion party consisting of select num-
Der OF gentlemen and lady marine lions
was at once organized, and on fine inoon-
light night the band started for Merced.
Everything was just as the pioneer had rep
resented, and a brilliant season OF feeding
and general enjoyment was inaugurated.
About thistilne the Spring valley Company
drew a net across the lake TO see how the
were getting on. The sea
lions, now permanent residents OF the lake,
laughed beG-tily at the experiment, aud |
waved their fir-e ers to the fishermen to en-
them to keep on with their nets and |
let them know how many IT uscalonge We're !
left. For the muscaIlonge bad got to the |
last dozen or so of carp when the sea lions
came in. and the sea lions had done up the |
when tbs experimental nets |
were cast Nothing but few catfish and |
sticklebac ok now remain in Lake Merced. |
The sea Iiors are still.therc, but unless some /
r or stcc.d3y is done. ard pretty soon at
tua;, they VIII return TO the seal rocks.
The evening times., 1895-08-06
~ s--
JUST THAT KIND OF 4 BOY.

Circus People Steal the Brightest Chill.
drena nd she anew They Had Dave.
The boy was lost at the circus observes the
New York Press.
AT least his mother said he was aud she
ought 10 know Moreover every one in the
neighhorhood knew it, too, for she was pro-
claiming the fact of his sdisappearapce inevery
I grocery aud on every corner, and to every
other mother that she knew.
He went to the circus with me and the cir.
Gus has gone out OF town and he has been
taken withit, know. Those ME mare always
on the lookout for bright children and Dave
istust the kind OF a boy they would naturally
jump at )" she said, with IN air OF conviction.
what does the boy look like?" asked a
man in a sunburned suit, who had plenty OF
time on his hands. is he red-headed, with
visited eyes aud plenty OF freckles on his
nose? Does he look as If he were never
washed, aud are his stockings in holes, and
has his coat been made up of some one else's
old one, and does he walk spiay-toed like q
rheumatic turtle, and is he kind of haL-
witted?"
The man in the suHburned suit was wise
enough 10 edge way as he asked these quesr
tions, and when he finally escaped he NUT
tered: That's all you get for trying to help
woman. She just getsrnad. itmight have
been her boy evc, 4 it wasn't"
Themother spe- two hours chasing upand
dowustreets nd asking a bout her boyand at
last, dead tired, she walked home, heavy
hearted aud wretched.
When she got indoors her husband was en-
Joying his supper and the boy was facing him
at the table, with piled-up plate nd salts
faction in every feature, for the circus had
sharpened his appetite.
As she came in the husband had asked
t., 81. ba,,
replying, with his mouth full of meat-pie:
'Guessshe's lost. Shouldn't wonder ifsome
OF those circus men had stolen her."
And then the mother told the boy that il
he ever left her side when she tookhm to the
circus again it would be the last time.
The evening times., 1895-08-06
THREE BITS OF INFORMATION.

A San Francisco photographer claims to
have completed device by which every
railroad ticket may be made to bear the
photograph of the original purchaser, as
preventive of scalping. The whole process
OF taking the picture, developing the mega
tive and printing the portrait on a portion
OF the ticket, can he adone, he says while
the purchaser is paying for his ticket, or
in one minute at the longest. The apparatus
is elaborate. but the inventor thinks that
il is iniaiiible, and that railway companies
ought to be willing to pay good price for
a perfect method of preventing scalping
by making tickets absolutely nOn-trans-
ferable.
while the silk hat looks a good deal
taller than the derby said the halter,
''the difference is really not very great,
and between some hats it is next to moth
ing at all. Wien silk hats run six to six
and a half inches deep. derbies usually
run about five and a quarter to five and
three-quarters; so that the tallest derby is
very nearly equal in height to the lowest
silk hat" He set out on the counter two
stylish silk hats and two stylish derbies;
the lower silk hat, young mems style,
measured sIX inches. the higher hat meas
ured six and threeAeighths. The lower
crowned cerby measured five and one-hah
inches and the higher five and tlree-quar-
ters.-NeV York Sun.
The In, enaity of man in converting the
useless odds and ends of industry into
articles of convenience and utility is
shown to advantage in the ordinary win
dow sash-wefghts. Without these house
keepers life would be a burden, hut few
have any idea of the materials of which
the weight Is composed. The one quality
on which its utility is based is weight,
and almost every metal that cannot be used
in any other fashion finds its way into the
sash weight. Tin cans that are too far
gone to be pressed out for further preserv-
ing uses, old harness buckles, zinc bath
tub Innings, railroad spikes, rusty tele-
graph wires, broken nails, shattered
screens and a hundred other remnants
spurned by the mass of people combine
there TO serve an Important public USE
Philadelphia Record
The evening times., 1895-08-06
KILLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE.
English People Persist In RObbing
American Tourists.

Never. no, never before, have so many
Americans been seized with the intention
of visiting Great Britain as during the last
few months, says the Gcntlewoman. Dur
ing June and July London is crowded
with men and women hailing from all parts
OF the United States; in the autumn cur
health and pleasure resorts should be the
scene of our annual merrynahng and
..carnping out" And we ought to be
ready TO receive strangers right royalty
and return in some way the bouDdless
Kindness and hospitality which they heap
upon us.
In letter recently read from certain
young English decadent who has aeen do
ing the round of the American cities he
remarks: THE Americans / simply love;
they are so wonderfully sympatheti: TO
one! There is no trouble they will not
take or personal inconvenience they will
not suffer if in any way they can render
one a service" This is true hospitality.
In these bad times of depression in trade it
would BE- as much TO our own advantage as
to theirs not only to welcome but retain the
Americans i'll England as long as possible.
Not all Americans are rich, though most
are generous We are sadly in need Of
their dollars, but need not be eXtortionate
for all that.
Dressmak kers and miiliners have discov-
cred that an American woman is beginning
to like nice London frocks as we'll as uice
Paris ones. But if the London dressmaker
charges her just the same price as the
French one she-the American-will prefer.
from the force of old habit, to give
Partisan her order. Gloves, old silver,
bric-a-brac, pictures, quaint furniture and
leather work Americans are GLAD to pur-
chase here. Though many can afford Ia go
to big hotels, there are thousands who,
accustomed to their own comparatively
modest boarding houses, would be glad
to stay in the English country during the
summer and fall If they could find COM
Portable and decent hotels where they might
stay at from to guineas head a week,
all Included. / am convinced that in a few
years time the innkeepers in the more
romantic parts of England. Scotland, Ire
land and Wales would reap splendid
harvest annually of dollars if they could
prepare their minds to ma king their houses
as attractive and as inexpensive as those
to which Americans resort in their hun
dreds of thousan nds in Germany and swift
zerland every August and September.
The evening times., 1895-08-06
THEY SPEND MONEY.

On Broadway there are twenty lawns,
each worth 81 100000.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has gates from
France, store from the West, gardener
from Berlin, ard plants from Italy
DR.. Webb's home cost So 100000.
George Vanderbilt has spent S5 900, 900
on his country seat in North Carolina and
expects 10 expend as much more in fur
nishing.
John Jacob Astor has bestowed a
81 ,OO0, COO piece of jewelry on his wife.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt received
$25 900 worth of bouquets at her coming
out party.
William C. Whitney has a ballroom in
which the panels of Italian pink marble
cost S. 900 each.
The Jewels worn by New York women
an opera right some time ago were estf-
mated 10 be worth 81 ,3S6 900.
AT the Burden-Sloare wedding there were
$50 millionafres, with the aggregate pile
of 81 900, coo, 900.
Pianos costi-g from SO 900 10 $4,000
are common in the homes of these people
and are rot regarded as luxuries.
The evening times., 1895-08-06
Polite TO the Last.

A friend CT mine who has Just returned
from Italy, where he has been wandering
for several months, told me an amusing
story with regard to one of those railways
that disfigure the high places OF that
delightful country, though doubtless to the
lazy and the invalid they are a blessing
and boon. Ny friend was seated in one of
the ca RS near stout English matron as they
made the ascent or a certain mountain.
And where should we GO. conductor, il
the brake would not work2' asked the
stout LADY, in vile Italian The con
ductor courteously explained that in such
circumstance there was a second brase, a
duplicate safeguard. which might be re-
lied on in such an unlikely emergency.
And where should We go, conductor,
II this second brake would not work." re-
peated the persistent stout one.
'Ah, madame" replied the official, with
an inimitable shrug and smile, that would
depend on what our lives had BEEN
Sketch.