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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
Japnn's Learned Soldiers.

From the London Daily News.
1t appears that notebooks are quite COM
mon in the japanese army among both
soldiers and coolies; they keep regular
diaries, and take copious notes of every
thing they see. "It is surprising" writes
a war correspondent to the China Mail.
what a lot they know about the great
west Several of them talk intelligently
of Spartans and Persians. Napoleon and his
march to Moscow, and even compare the
abolition of feudalism in England and
Japan They fully understand all that is
implied in the contrast between old-fash-
toned hand-to-hand warfare and modern
long-range maneuyers, and they speak
scornfully of the Chinese tactics at Ping
Yang, in trying cavalry charges against
massed bodies of riflemen without first
using their machine guns, as the French at
Waterloo did their field pieces, to throw the
ranks in disorder. All this from the Jap
anese must be surprising to Europeans, De-
cause we do not know them. Their pro-
gress is greater and more real than Tor
eignerS imagine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS.
A Suggestion to Bring Thanksgiving
Nearer TO the Christmas Date.

A Suggestion to Bring Thanksgiving
From the New York Times.
A suggestion sent by a teacher to the
Boston Transcript is we'll worth setting
forth in other places, though it will prob
ably avail nothing. would it," the cor
respondent asks, Offend very deeply those
who love New England to suggest that
Thanksgiving day be changed from the
usual last Thursday of November to Fore
fathers day December 2D, day strongly
allied to Thanksgiving and quite generally
observed already? In the days of the Pill
grims. when Thanksgiving was established,
Christmas was held in no esteem whatever,
and Thanksgiving was the only holiday for
months"
The change is advocated on the strongly
practical grounds of doing away with the
doubled travelling expenses to teacher and
student who wish to spend both holidays
at home and the double interruption in
one month of the school term
Every teacher" this one says truly
enough, knows how disheartening it is to
find, on opening school the Monday after
Thanksgiving, several pupils who were in
sound health absent for reasons directly
traceable to the Thanksgiving vacation"
The combination IF the two HOLIDAYS in
one vacation, she argues, would reduce the
expense and inconvenience of travel and
insure a better attendance through the
month of December. There would be two
terms of fifteen weeks each, and one term
of ten weeKs in the school year. schools to
begin the second Monday of September and
January .
The suggestion is a radical one to minds
to whom Thanksgiving on the last Thurs
day in November is almost religious be-
lief, but 1t has some good arguments to
sustain it, and in an age that has seen the
college commencement grafton abolished
what iconoclasm may not be expected?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

controversy between the United States and
Spain, with the uncertainty of it's out
come has had most depressing effect on
the business of the island Some Cubans
took hope from the situation, believing
that it must lead to the commercial indie
pendence of Cuba.
In Havana among Spaniards and Cubans
Il is common to speak of Cuba as IA good
cow" The island has been MIXED and
MIXED by Spain and the Spaniards. until
II has nothing left but the wonderful fer
tihty of it's soil. A government which, to
an American, seems to have been designed
more for the purpose of draining the coun-
try of it's wealth than for promoting the
welfare of its people. is probably respon-
sible for the fact that hardly one-ffth OF
TINS productive land is under cultivation.
and natural resources of great richness
have been left untouched.
Since the revolution was ended many
concessions have been made to the Gu
bans. Now they have some share in the
goverument-that is, they have a right to
vote for a few senators and deputies to
the Spanish cortes. But the island is full
of Spanish officials and Spanish soldiers
The Cuban, as distinguished from the Span
lard, is not recognized in the distribution
of patronage. An army of office holders is
sent out from Spain. and il seems to be
generally understood that they are to en-
rich themselves in Cuba. Especially is
this the with the customs officials
Many millions of dollars of goods of all
kinds are imported into Cuba, and the i'm
port duties fixed in Spain, with view
more to the needs of the Spanish exchequer
than to the interest of Cuban trade, are
excessive.
This has resulted in a sort OF general
understanding that goods can be entered
under false invoices or appraiSementS III
the official shares with the merchant the
financial benefit of such a transaction.
Some years ago a man was sent out from
Spain collector of customs, who really
tried to he honest and to collect for the
government every cent of duty due. Under
the system prevailing he receiy ell a com
parativsly small salary. The merchants
declined to pay the duties or to land the
goods, so for some months cargoes were
held by the government. Merchants be-
Heved that in course of time the official,
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people could scrape money enough together
to make more drawings profitable to the
government Everybody buys lottery tick
cts. One effect is TO give to the people. as
a rule, the recklessness of gamblers. They
live constantly in the hope or even the
expectation of being enriched by the next
lottery drawing. 1t is said the government
nets from one to two million dollars
year from the lottery. The "billetario or
lottery ticket peddler is one of the familiar
objects of the streets of Havana, and also
of the railroad stations and towns through
out the island.
When one first lands IN Havana he is
pressingly invited to buy lottery ticket
Probably the first welcome he receives as
he steps from the little boat that carries
him from his steamer to the landing quay
will be from trampish-looking Individual
furnishing d pair of scissors in one hand
ard sheet or two of paper In the other.
He has a sing-song cry in Spanish which
simply means that he has lottery tickets to
sell. A lottery ticket is big thing--as big
almost as a three-shcet poster, and it is
printed in forty coupons. These lottery
ticket peddlers seldom. if ever dispose of
q whole ticket at a time. A whole ticket
costs $40 for an ordinary drawing or $40
for an extraordinary drawing. The ped
Sller sells usually to one person the fortieth
part of ticket. represented by one of the
coupons. and he has his scissors ready to
cut off the part purchased.
Then in addition to these street peddlers
there are scores of offices given over to the
sale of lottery tickets. At every cigar
counter, every SODA FOUNTAIN or lemonade
booth lottery tickets are sold. In the mar
kets there are many stands devoted to
the sale of lottery tickets as there are
butchers stalls.
The "billetarios' are of all colors ages
and sexes. Formerly they used to sell
their tickets on commission. The night
before the drawing they turned in all of
their unsold tickets and the money received
for the tickets or parts of tickets they
may have sold. The billetario was per-
mitted to charge an advance of 10 per
cent on the regular price of the ticket as
his commission. Now the billetario has
to buy his tickets outright. If he does
not sell all before the drawing he has
them his hands. OF course he has the
chance. that he may hold in his unsold
stock a lucky ticket. Many of the bill
letarios look like beggars. They are ragged
and dirty wan of face and often crippled.
They make piteous appeals to the way
farers In the street to buy their tickets.
Many of them go through the streets like
fish vendors, looking into the house win
dcws and crying their wares. The Spanish
law forbids the sale of tickets for any lot
terry not conducted under Spanish super
vision and tributary to tho Spanish treas
ury. Tickets for other lotteries are sold
here secretly. but the traffic in such con-
traband goods Is attended with some risk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
WHEN you FEgL LANGUlD.


Dull and heavy, it's your liver that's at fault. A
sluggish, torpid liver deranges your stomach and
kidneys and bowels. II poisons your blood You
feel it "all over
The best known remedy in the world is Carls-
bad. People go there, not only for disordered
liver, but for all the diseases that follow it, and
for jaundice and chronic liver complaint and every
ailment of the kind
There's need for you TO 60. You get pre-
cisely the treatment in the Carlsbad Sprudel
Salt Ghe water soidfed at the Spring. or in the
imported waters. In catarrh OF the stomach, dys-
pepsia, habitual constipation, diabetes. or any
equity or rheumatic affection, they have been q
specific for hundreds of years.
Take only the genuine imported article, with the
signature of 'EISNER & MENDELSON CO., Sole
Agents, New York. and the seal OF the city Of
Carlsbad every bottle. Beware Of the many
worthless limitations sold he improved or
artificial Carlsbad Salt, which consist only of o
mixture of common Glauber Salt and Scidlitz Pow
der, and in way have the same ariion the
genuine natural remedy Of Carlsbad Insist upon
the genuine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
Love and Life.

Love and Life.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Perhaps to many who seem to admire.
but are mystified as to the meaning OF
Watts picture. Love and Life" now or
exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, Mrs
Browning's beautiful poem may be reve-
lation and add new light to the study of
both picture and poem. l give it in
whole:
LIFE AND LOVE.
EAST this life of mine dying,
Blind already and calm death;
Snowfiakes ON her bosom lying
Scarcely heaving with the breath.
'Iove came by. and having known her
In a dream of fahled lands,
Gently stopped and laid upon her
Mystic chrism of holy hands.
DREW his smile across her folded
Eyells. the swallow dips,
Breathed as finely as the cold did.
Through the locking of her lips.
$50 when Life looked upward being
Warmed and breathed OH from above,
What sight could she have for seeing,
EvermOre-but only Loye:'
j. A. CALVERT.
Ian1arv II 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
The Difference Slight.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Whats this?" demanded the guest,
pointing to one of the side dishes the wait
had brought.
''Sausages, SIR" answered the waiter.
Il didn't order any,"
81 thought you did, SIR
Il ordered sauce. Can't you tell the diff
ference between sauce and sausages"
Yes sir" said the waiter, gathering up
the rejected dish with unrutfled dignity.
Between sauce and sausages there is
merely a difference of ages. Wish coffee,
sir?"
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n narrow street IN the Old Quarter.
finding his salary Insufficient to maintain
himself, would be compelled to treat with
them, and they appear to have been cor
rect. for eventually all the goods were adj
mitted, and no more was heard of that
particular spasm of honesty. A business
man here explained to me the ordinary
way of dealing with the custom house. A
broker or "capitas'' is employed as the
medium through which the transactions
are made. The merchant does not come In
direct association with the customs in
spector. He may not even know the name
of the man he has bribed He prepares
two invoices for a lot of goods. one genuine
and the other bogus, calling for only a
fractIon-Say, one-half-of the duties that
would be honestly due. The broker takes
the two invoices and makes the best ar
rangement he can, which means, 1T is said
that the merchant saves half of the duty
that could legally be collected. Half of the
amount thus saved goes to the broker, and
of the brokers' share. it is said, some Gus
tom official gets a half. An Englishman
who Is Interested in the management of a
railroad here had a few days ago to pay
$1,000 duty on an American locomotive,
He told me that he could have saved half
the duty by making an arrangement with
the customs officers but he was unwilling
10 do so, as he represented a public COM
pany.
Result of Spanish Rule.
Although the Cuban has more political
rights than he had before the revolution
the Spaniard dominates the island more
today than ever Business of all kinds is
I'm the hands of the Spaniard In the cities
every commercial employment is controlled
by the Spaniard. Formerly it was the case
that the Cahans were the planters and land
owners but now even this interest is COM
ing more and mere under the control of the
Spariard There is a marked race differ
ence between the two people. The Spaniard
Is dominant and the Cuban seems to be
taking the place of a dependent or inferior
people. 1t IS said the Spanish government
eucoura ges the race feeling between the
two a safeguard against successful revo-
luton. If the SpaniaTd in Cuba and the
Cuban should cast their lot together. and
make their interests common. against the
Spanish government. they might accom-
plish whatever they chose. The Spaniard
is proud of old CASTLE. ard not inclined TO
favor any movement toward political indie
peudence. The onerous burdens laid upon
Cuba 10y the Spanish government however,
are felt now as much by the Spaniards as
the CuhanS. and this has given rise to the
hope that Cuba may before long gain it's
commercial freedom. The proposed tariff
commission TO meet In Havana in March,
some members of which are to be repre-
sentatives of the island. is regarded as a
of course all Cubans want home rule and
many SPaHiaTdS are faVUriDg ii. although
they do not give that name to il. The bill
now under consideration by the Spanish
cCrtes providing for local administrative
council is the proposal of the Spanish home
rulers.
one can always hear mysterious talk
among young Cubans of revolution. That
the Spanish government fears revolution is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

L l. IL ~ ~
prince of that inter-
esting land, Siam,
died a few days ago.
His name was no
less sonorous than
s o m detch Chowfa
Ma!la Vajirunhis,a and
he lived in the cap
ital, Bangkok, a city
that all eastern tray
elers try to visit.
The first view of
Bangkok shows one
a unique place. Most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

II Il Y y D<h-N iA AC
in the hope OF some
day having a close
commercial u n 1 o N
with the United
States. Uncle Sam
Is practically Cuba's
only customer for
sugar, and the sugar
interest is the great
est in Cuba. W hen
il Is threatened buSi-
ness all over the is
land is paralyZed.
The recent tariff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
At the Matinee.

From the Judy.
Miss Worcester-"Oh, that was a lovely
playi And yet they say that nothing good
is produced at morning performance.
Why, / have been crying my eyes out at
the pathos of it,
Miss White-"And so could I have done,
only | knew the dye in my veil would have
come off on my face"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

URING THE PAST
week I have been
working in the in
terest of women who
want to be widows.
/ have found how
the obstacle of a
good husband may
be overcome in Sc
curing a divorce, and
/ have located a bar
gain in funerals. This
/ have done to no
frivolous end, but
that the cause of
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The Value of True Proportions.

From the indianapolis Sentinel.
Bridget, the coffee you are giving us IL
very good What kind is It?"
Its no koird at all. num-" said Bridget
tits a mixture"
How do yoL mix it?"
Ell make it one-Quarter Mocha, one-cuar-
ter Java and one-quarter Rio.
"Rut that's only three-Quarters. What
do you put in for the other quarter?'
ST put in no other quarter at all, mum.
That's where so many spiles the coffee.
mum-by putting in a fourth quarter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
The Policy of Spanish Rule in the
Island of Cuba.
MANY OFFICIALS and HEAVY TAXES
The Corruption Of the Custom Ser
vice and the Lottery Curse.
TALK OF REV OIL U tt O n

STAFF Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HAVANA Cuba, January 20, 1895
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A-"What! You call me a swindlery
B-"No; but / am prepared to give ten
marks to any one who proves to me the
contrary'-Deutsche WeSpen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
TO BECOME A WIDOW
Pauline Pry's Interesting 1nvesti-
cations as to the Cost.
DIVORCES AND FUNERALS COMPARED
Resorting to Legal Methods Less
Expensive Than Death.
LAWYER AND UNDERTAKEN
DIVORCES AND FUNERALS COMPARED
LAWYER AND UNDERTAKEN

Written Exclu ;ively fo- The Ev, ming Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
In THE TROPICS
Visit of an American Man-of- War to
Slams Capital.
RECEIVED IN State BY HHE KING
Picturesque Scenes in a Country
Little Known to Europeans.
ANTApI n AND HAIR CHA d


Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

January II, 1895.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
A new CHARGE
Preferred Against the Alleged
Brutal Nurse in the
MASSILLON CASE.

The Old Affidavit Withdrawn and
More Severe Charges Made-Re-
arrnignment and Bend for Trial
Monday.
Robert MoGivern, the male nurse in
the Edith Uncle case at Massillon, whom
Coroner McQuate in his verdict recon-
mended should be proceeded against by
the Humane society, has been discharged
on the original affidavit brought against
him, and rearrested. The affidavit under
which McGivern was arrested on Tuesday
simply embodied assault and battery was
the charge preferred. Tho charge was
thought too weak by the attorneys of the
prosecution to apply. The affidavit was
therefore amended to include torment ana
torture. In consequence Robert McGiv-
ern was rcarrested by Humane Officer
Shepley. Before Justice Folger the de-
fendant gave bond Of $500 for appearance
Monday. Justice Folger had been given
to understand by DIR. f. G. Jones that
possibly ex-Supreme Judge Boynton or
x-Common Pleas Judge Hale would be
employed in the defense, but from present
appearances it is apparent that a brother
of DIR. +. g. Jones, practioing attorney
In Akron, win have the defense in hand
Officer Shepley will begin ut once the
work Of srmmoning jurymen and wit.
nesses.
The statute under which McGivern will
be tried is very severe. II provides for q
common law jury of twelve, and gives
the magistrate final jurisdiction. The
maximum penalty is 5000 fine and SIX
months In the work house
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
SOLID SILVER
In Large Quantities Secured by
Burglars Sunday Eveningat
H. D. McCREA'S RESIDENCE.

The Crime Committed in the Early
Hours of the Evening, With Mr.. and
Mrs. McCrea Absent But the Domes-
tic Upstairs in Her Room.
A bold robbery was executed Sunday
night at the residence of Hugh MoCrea, at
No 731 North Market street, between the
hours of and o'clock.
About o'clock Mr.. McCrea and his
wife went to spend the evening with his
mother on North Walnut street. When
they returned they found the back door
standing open. They soon discovered
that burglars had been raiding the house
and that all their table silver ware was
gone A domestic was up stairs at the
time the burglars were below, but she did
not hear them.
The silverware was taken from side
board in the dining room and consisted of
the following articles One dozen solid
silver spoons, one dozen pearl handle
solid silver knives, one dozen plain solid
silver knives, one dozen solid silver forks
two dozen solid silver teaspoons, one doz-
en- souvenir teaspoons in solid silver and
several odd pieces of tableware.
All the knives, forks and spoons had
the initial name of Mr.. McCrea in full in
scribed upon them. There was lot of
fine brio "a -brac in the dining room which
the marauders overlooked. Mr.. McCrea
thinks they were not in the house over
five minutes, and that the burglar or
burglars were parties who were waiting
on the outside and saw them leave.
Tho burglars effected an entrance
through the back kitchen door, which was
broken open. The matter has been re-
ported to police headquarters.
Mrs. McCrea states that the loss in solid
silver alone will be 800, not to speak of
those articles made her present and SOU
venirs of many pleasant occasions, the
her loss keenly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
WAS HE A BIGAMIST?
Letters That May Lead to More
Trouble For

James Herbst the High Street Man
Who Has Left the City Suddenly
Was He Married During His Long
AbsenccT
James Herbst, the High street meat
dealer, who so strangely disappeared Mon
day without leaving a trace, seems TO have
lived double life. In addition TO his al
legged embozzlcmcnt last summer, q more
serious charge is likely to be preferred
against him. Some time ago letter was
received by Marshal Reed, from justice
of the peace in Henderson, Henderson
county, Ky. The justice desired informa-
tion in regard to a man named John ID.
Horne, married and having child seven
years old.
The description given by the justice so
nearly Tailed with that Of James Herbst,
that Constable Krumlauf to whom the
letter had been given, replied by giving in
formation about Hert st.
A short time after this, letter was re-
ceived by Constable Krumlauf from the
same place. The letter was signed by
ELIZA Horne, and asked for informa-
tion concerning the person of James
Herbst. The writer had evidently heard
of the former letter and was apparently
seeking to shield Herbst, as in her letter,
she was careful to state that though
Herbst was the father of her child, they
were not legally married. Constable
Krumlauf replied to this by a pumping
letter, which evidently frightened the wo
man, as no answer has been received.
1t Is now thought by those who are in Q
position to know, that Herbst during the
twenty-sevcn years he was absent hat
been sailing under false name, and thai
he had married the woman under thC
name of Horne
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
LIKE Welded BLISS.
Two Divorced Wives VIII Marry Two
Brothers.

Mary Yoder Will Wed Henry Psriso,
while Anna schramm is to Marry
Peter Pariso-were Divorced This
Week.
Two wives who were divorced by Judge
McCarty during the present week, were
on Saturday granted licenses in probate
court to wed two brothers. Mary Yoder
asked for q divorce from her husband,
Grant, but he was granted the decree on
his cross-petition. She will wed Henry
Pariso.
Anna Schramm was granted divorce
from her husband, John. She will marry
Peter Pariso. When questioned regard.
ing the matter, one of the brothers said II
would not be double wedding, as both
he and his brother were going on their
own hook
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
THE ANNUAL TREAT
Prepared by East Liverpool For the
Children at the Home.

At the office of the township trustees in
East Liverpool, there is n table, and it is
loaded with all sorts of nice things for the
little ones at Fairmount home. There
are dolls and other toys, books and PAM
phlets, and miscellaneous collection of
articles which will make the youngsters
smile on Christians morning. Liverpool
thinks she has prepared the finest treat
the children have ever had. The treat is
ready to be sent today.