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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

a second nomination, in my Judgment he'll
not enter into any contest for the place.
He might accept If the nomination were
given him unanimously.
How about Mckinley?'
Il think Gov. Mckinley would make a
strong candidate" replied Senator Elkins,
though his selection will depend some
what upon whether the party at this time
concludes to make a fight for an entirely
new tariff. He stands asa great leader in
this line. don't think, however, that the
important question now IS that Of candi-
dates. What we want is to secure party
harmony. and to decide upon the issues
which will insure success. 1t is not ques-
ton of men; it is of principles"
Began ms n Poor Roy.
you ask something ABOUT my wealth"
Senator Elkins went on. II began life as
poor boy, with nothing but my college
education. I have made what have with
out aid from any source. I know I am
set down as a man of large wealth. This
Is not SO. I am comfortable. and have
an organized and promising business to
leave my children. I am not rich man
in the sense of the rich New Workers, but
We have great property here in prospect
and a chance to do something. We have
altogether about 100000 acres of coal and
timber land, and we are rapidly building
up a population along the lines OF our
railroad. We will probably extend our
lines east and put in branch south to
connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio.
We are now sending our coal and coke
to the west, to the Atlantic seaboard and
to Mexico, and our supply Is practically
ineXhauStible. When We came into TINS
region with the road, the most Of 1t was
wilderness. 1t now contains tens OF thou
sands of people, and it is just on the edge
of it's development. West Virginia is one
of the richest states in the Union, and l
think 1t has great future"
Senator. you have been very success
full man. You started life poor, and you
have yourself made a great fortune l
want to ask you If you think the chances
are as good for money making today as
they We're when you began"
"Of course they are" replied Senator Ell
kns The universal and everlasting Now
is full of opportunities. 1t fairly bristles
with them. The world is just on the edge
of it's development. Take the matter of
electricity. 1t promises to change every
are inestimable. This country now has
70OO0,00O people. 1t will support 100000 600,
and until it grows to that there will be in
Vulnerable opportunities and unlimited
possibilities for fortunes and fortune MAX
ing"
How about the times? Has prosperity
como to stay?"
That is a question: replied Senator Ell
l1ins, which I am not able to answer. AS
to ultimate prosperity, there is no doubt.
AS to an immediate change, l do not know.
This may be merely squirt, or 1t may pe
a steady race for the better. 1 fear, how
ever that we have before us an era of
lower profits and lower wages, and doubt
whether there will be permanent prosper
ity until after the next presidential cleo
ton FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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For something extremely dressy and
charmingly airy a Marie Antoinette fichu
fills the bill-and takes a bill, a good
sized one, to get up. 1t is of silk muslin,
folded scarf fashion, and has three very
full rufiies Of finely embroidered silk mus
lin, the back being square across the
shoulders and the fronts coming down I'M
der the belt. which fastens in the back
with big bow. A cape like this can be
worn quite late in the season.
Long listers and cloaks are predicted for
winter wear. And 1t Is certain that long
full capes will be worn as much as ever.
Sealskin will be the high-priced favorite:
most as we'll talk of wearing ruffles of
greenbacks. All kinds of fur will be as
much the fashion this winter as it was
last, and that is saying q gpeat deal for
fur
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toes, and they are building model settle
ments away UP there in the heart of the
Alleghenies. They made the railroad with
their own money, and they are developing
the property themselves. They laid out
the towns, and they have caused them
to spring up. like Aladdin's palace, almost
In night. The city of Davis five years ago
was a forest. 1t has today 1900 people
and all the modern improvements. The
town of Elkins four years ago was a corn
field. 1t has now a bank, frst-class no.
tel, magnificent public school building,
a system Of sewerage and water works
and it Is lighted by electricity, which Is
furnished so cheaply to the people that
cottages with two rooms can afford it, the
service costing them IS cents month. The
town has public square or plaza in the
center, filed with trees, and there Is an
other large park at the back, which Sem
'atcrs Elkins and Davis have given to the
People for all time.
On one side Of the mountains rise two
great buildings which. with their turrets
and towers, make you think of the castles
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AStrange Numbness
From Journal and Tribune, Lawrence. Kan.

From Journal and Tribune, Lawrence, Kan. ,
1t was a newspaper article that caused Mrs. n
L. Whipple, who was stopping at 1886 Pennsylvania
e., Lawrence, Kan, to try q medicine for which
were claimed valuable qualities for diseases and
ailments that seemed to fit her case. She was then
living in Michigan, and It was some time before
she got around to taking the medicine but In De-
cember, 1893, she began, and has since that time
become well woman Mrs. whipple never tires
telling about the remedy that helped her so much,
and when called on by the reporter glad to
give the desired information about her case
She said that in December, 1893. she first conn.,
menced to use DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. At times she would be dizzy headed
and so very nervous that she could hardly get
around. She had spells Of numbness, a pin stuck
into her body producing no feeling whatever. After
she took one box of Pink Pills she felt good deal
mad been used, when she found herself completely
cured. She no longer feels any dizziness numb
known to every one her happy experience with PnS
Pills Not only in Justice to the proprietors does
she gladly do this on occasion, but that those
similarly afflicted may learn where TO look for
remedy for every nervous disease. She recommends
the Pink Pills highly and thinks that they also
cured her of nervousness.
Mrs. Whippie is getting well along in years, and
ior a time was almost helpless. When she began
taking Pink Pills her youth seemed to return and
she was strong and he arty again. She lives at her
Michigan home, but has been staying with her
relatives in Lawrence for over six months and he.
sides proclaimng the praises Of Pink Pills from her
nome, She speaks Of them wherever she is acluaint
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain. I'm a condensed
FORM all the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are also specific for troubles pecu-
liar to females, such suppressons, Irregularities
and all forms of weakness. In men they effect q
oyerwork or excuses Of whatever nature. Pink
l.iiis are sold in boxes only at so cents a box or
sin boxes for 81 So and may be had of all drug
cine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
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HATS AND WRAPS,
What Will Be Worn During the Fall
and Winter.

What Will BE Worn During the Fall
and Winter.
The only suggestion of fall hats made as
yet is seen in the felt sailor, which is ex-
actly the same shape as that worn all
summer, short in the back Brown is quite
the favorite, and the crowns are low, with
high trimming. Pairs are still popular
as trimming two rosettes, two wings or
two roses in front. and the rest of the hat
almost smothered under feathers and fow-
ers. Blue and brown are combined, and
blue and black and green and black If
you have blue gown and a green hat
you are quite in the SWIM Walking hats
will be utilized for travelling and general
wear. being Of felt or straw, and but little
trimmed. "A fiat bow and band of ribbon
with buckle on one side and a few stiff
quills on the other, is about the right
thing.
For early autumn wraps are essential
but what to get is Fostering women dread
fully. 1t is toe early for a heavy wrap
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1Iie HeIBHU JrHUOu children, Tor Which they
pay her In pictures from old books and
papers for the wonderful picture scrap
book she is making, and which is almost
her only solace. The little rich child, as a
great favor to the poor one-so her ma nlo,a
thinks-is permitted to go over and talk to
the little cripple five minutes each day, and
they are the happfest moments of her small
pampered life. The lesson of patience and
cheerfulness that she learns from the little
"shut-in" is worth more than all the gov
erness can teach her in a week.
ihat is an example of two of the othes
nalves, and the happy half doesn't belong
to the highest, either. After all, happiness
lies within. The heart that aches is as of.
ten found under a diamond pin as a brass
One. -SS
Down in the slums of South Washington
there is q black mother who has one small
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books number thousands of volumes. He
is one of the healthiest psychical entities
that have ever met He never loses his
temper. He is interested in every subject
that is proposed, and usually has some
thing new to offer upon it, His soul Is
made of the finer fibers, and his language
in sympathy with his fellows. and the
workmen on his place are as much at home
with him as he is in the presence of the
United States Senators. after whom the
stations on his and Senator Davis railroad
are named He is good judge of men, and
he seldom forgets n name or face. He
reads men easily, and decides quickly. He
Is a man of strong character. He knows
what he wants, and usually gets it. He
turns off work easily, never worries nor
frets and at fifty-four he has the heart
and energy of boy. He enjoys life In all
it's phases. and almost goes crazy over the
beauties of nature and the delights of u
country life. He has a big forest at the
back of his home, and he knows every tree
in it, and looks Upon them as his dearest
friends.
He has a dozen horses in his stables,
but he prefers walking above all other
exercises, and tramps his guests up and
down over his estate, showing them his
gardens, his flowers and the magnificent
views which bound 1t on every side Not
long ago he bought a mountain for fear
sc me fellow might destroy one Of his views
or take away its beauty by cutting off the
trees, and he turned a county road in order
to improve the symmetry of his homestead.
The Principally Owned by Elskins
and Davis.
Senator Elkins and ex-senator Davis, in
connection with one or two other men,
cwn tens Of thousands of acres Of the finest
coal lands, and their railroad, which is 100
miles long, goes for nearly 100 miles over
their own coal. They have tens of thou
sands of acres of valuable TIMBER, and
there are towns and factories and great
tarneries all along the line Of their road:
They mine from 1880 to 1900 tons of coal
OF coke daily. some of which is shipped as
far as Salt Lake and some goes to differ
ent parts of Mexico. They own more towns
than you can count on your fingers and
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home at Elkins, with his friends about
him, receiving the returns. He had spe-
cal wire and the dispatches came thick
and fast They were favorable, but the
matter was yet unsettled, when the opera-
tor turned to Mr. Elkins and said:
Here Is a dispatch about some shoes"
"Oh," replied Mr.. Elkins, that must be
one of Mrs. Elkins' store orders. Tell them
to hold that. What we want now Is cleo
ton news
This was done. There seemed, however,
to be lull In the dispatches. None were
received for some time, and Mr.. Elk1ns
said: You might as well take the shoe dis
patch. There don't seem to be anything on
the wire"
A moment later he vas handed the fol-
IS. B. EIkins, West Virginia:
where shall send my shoes?
(SignedD JOHNSON N. CAMDEN.
There was a hearty laugh. Camden was
the democratic United States Senator. He
had received the news of his defeat IN al
vance of Elkins, and hence the d1spatcn.
Mr.. Elkins has already gotten the SHOES.
He has them on and shall be much sur
prised If II ey are not stretched considera-
bly, In the way of national reputation Tor
himself and West Virginia before he gets
through with them.
EIkins, the Man.
The people OF the united STATES khow
but little Of Stephen B. Elkins. He has
rational reputation as politician and
business man, but only those who have
come into close contact with him realize
that he is one of the biggest and broadcast
men of the United States. I have known
him for several years, and have Just re-
turned from a visit to him at his home In
the mountains of West Virginia. He has
strong personality. and his individuality
grows upon you. He Is full Of ideas, and
Blaine used to say that he knew more peo-
pie than any man in public life. Mr.. Ell
kins is of literary rather than Of bust
ness bent and today he keeps up his read
ing of the best authors and the study Of
the classics and the poets. He reads Latin,
Greek and Hebrew in the original, and he
can quote Tennyson and Browning by the
hour. He is thoroughly posted on the his
tory of his country. and he likes to discuss
the leading novels, such as George Eliot
and Thackeray. over whom he, Senator
Allen G. Thurman, James G. Blaine and
Abigail Dodge had many literary fight
while he lived In Washington. He keeps
abreast of the times. You find all of the
latest English magazines, as well as those
of America, on his library table, and his
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An Original Notice.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The following original notice was dis
covered tackled on rural church door:
"Notice-There will be preaching in this
house, Providence permitting, Sunday; and
there will be preaching here whether or no.
on the Monday following, upon the SUBJ
ject: He that believeth and is not bap-
tized shall be saved, and he that beiieveth
not shall be damned at precisely half-past
o'clock in the afternoon
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The Convention of 1880.

"You can't tell anything about conven-
ton, however" Mr.. Elkins went on. Take
that of 1880. We thought we would surely
nominate Blaine, and the convention clear
ly wanted Grant or Blaine. 1 foresaw the
close contest which was bound to come be-
tween Grant and Blaine, and I urged Gen.
Garfield, who was for Sherman, but after
him for Blaine to give us twenty-five votes
from Ohio, If at any time 1t should be
shown that this would nominate Blaine.
He promised to do this. But during the
next ballot his own name was sprung, and,
in order to end the contest, he was nomi-
mated.
You are mentioned as a presidential
candidate, Senator. Have you aspirations
that way?'
mo, have not.'' replied Senator Elkins.
II have, you know, lived long time both
in the east and the west, engaged all the
time In active business. For sixteen years
1 have served on the national committee,
have attended the four national conven-
lions and have taken part in all the cam
paigns. This has given me a wide ac-
quaintance and made me many friends
throughout the country, some of whom, in
their Partially, have mentioned my name,
even in connection with the presidency.
That is all. l do not say that if the presi-
reach out and take it. Such statement
would be very conceited, and no one would
believe 1t. 1 am ambitious, but l do not
believe that am the logical conclusion of
States Senator. 1 see in that position a field
where believe / can work to advantage
and where I think 1 can do good to my
state and the country. 1t is a position
which I think is worthy of any man and
his best energies.
How about the vice presidency, sena-
tor?'
II am not a candidate for the vice presi-
dency," replied Senator Elkins. II don't
know that would like to give up the six
years of my senatorship. which I am now
assured of, for four years Of the vice presi-
dency, even if were sure I could have it.
The position in the Senate is an active one,
and like it for that reason. l would not
like to give up possibility of doing some
thing, which I think have as Senator, to
that of the vice presidency, where I could
do nothing but preside"
LAS to candidates. there are plenty of
good men and great men in the field.
Tom Reed of Maine would make good
President So would Harrison, Mckinley,
Morton or Allison. Although I have 10
right to speak for Gen. Harrison, yet be-
lieve he will not enter into any scramble
for the position before the convention.
Having been one of the greatest Presidents
the country has had, and having received
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foster baby, and when she has pinned the
last fluttering piece on the line she brushes
her hand across her eyes and snatches the
kicking, sQuealing, healthy ypungster from
the floor. and smuggling 1t to her breast,
croons 1t to sleep. She Is oh, so happy In
the thought that when the little white
hearse went hurrying by 1t was not her
own flesh and blood, but only her foster
baby that lay within. covered with costly
flowers. Gold wouldn't bulge the balance
in any mothers heart II the weight in the
other end was one of her children. yet the
"other half" the mother with the gold.
Two young men enter your car. One has
clear eyes and healthy skin, and there Is
no tremor in the hand that passes over his
ticket. There is no odor OF stale tobacco
about him, no fumes of liquor offend you.
But his threadbare garments tell story
of the struggling half of life. and you mo-
tfce a frayed cuff about the hand which
holds The Evening Star. The other man
bears the stamp of good parentage, good
tailor good haberdasher and good halter
But his eyes are bleared and watery, ms
hair unkempt his skin lifeless and nvid, his
hands shaky, and he swears-under his
breath, 1t is true-when the car 1oits SO that
he can't read the vile-pictured paper ne Is
nv,dent,v rreedily interested in, and YOU
wish the wind was blowing his mixed Drink
breath away from instead of on you They
are examples of the two halves OF life, the
rich roue and the refined poor. and certain
lv one would not change birthright OF
health and seif-respect for one OF wealth.
and dissipation. It'll,
Near the Louise Home an old lady hallS
vour car. and the elegantly gowned pretty
girl of sixteen at your side turns TO her
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room and five small
children tumb,ing
about her feet. In
the suds and in the
dirt she Stops all day
long, to get bread for
the hungry mouths,
and as she rubs she
sings of 1.-The kind
and heavenly Friend
who will keep her to
the end" There are
bits of linen and lace
which she handles
very tenderly and
hangs in the sun to
dry quickly. They
are the clothes of her
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giggles. The old lady stumbles over the
feet of the pretty girl, who makes her
climb to the middle of the seat, and TO
save her precious white satin parasol; the
white gloved hand is thrown out, and the
old lady gratefully catches 1T, thinking IL
is done to aid heri
When she is seated, she turns and lays
her hand on the knee of the pretty girl,
and says in her low cultured voice, "Thank
Won NAV need assistance some time your
self" And the girl has the grace to
blush for she knows that she didn't mean
it at ALL but she accepts the lesson, all
the same, from the other half Of life,
which she knows she will reach If she lives
long enough.
How does the other half live? Exactly
as we do, generally speaking, proving that
"the value of all things exists not, indeed.
in. themselves. but mans need Of thems
feeding mans needs"
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wv StA y III
judge what will look
well all winter for
light wear, and so
the trouble Is nearly
making them gray
headed. Here is a
cape that will 20 a
long way toward
solving the difficulty.
1t is made on the
perfect circle order,
but is gored so that
it will accommodate
itself nicely to mar
row silks. An in
genious woman could
faLn On 1ll ~.<r
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The Chickens Age.

From the Halifax Herald y If
Jones-"The chicken is fourteen years
old
smith-'How can you ten the age of a
chicken?" 81
Jones-"Ry the teeth."t
smith-"By the teeth! Chickens don't
have any teeth" >,
Jones-"But I have"
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IN OTHER LANDS
Some Of the Customs and Regulations
Of the Foreign Public Schools.
TIE VACATIONS. ARE SH0RT
Attendance is Compulsory and the
Hours Are Long.
THE MANY REQUIREMENTS
THE MANY REQUIREMENTS
Written for The Evening Star.

UST ABOUT NOW,
when the youth of
the country is think
ing seriously about
the annual return to
study, it will be in
teresting to lie a r n
something about for
eign schools.
A writer for The
Star has been talk
ing to the specialists
of the bureau of edu-
cation and has learn
ed MANY bits of in
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simply can't get 1t on
without running your
big sleeves, but 1t is
certainly a stylish
little affair. Its only
garniture is a row
of stitching. but 1t is
much handsomer II
lined with bright-col-
ored silk. The hat is
one of the charming
new felt shapes that
will be much worn.
1t has an edging of
jet and a band Of
velvet and one fine
oStric h tin on IL
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worn silk skirt, few yards of neat gimp
and bolt of black ribbon and fix a cape
handsome enough for anybody to wear.
The hat that is worn with it is a fair
sample of the flower garden and nesting
bird style now in vogue.
II you don't want a cape here Is a
charming Elton Jacket. 1t will be harder
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equally we'll gowned
C O m D a n ION and
laughs mirthfully at
the quaint Ii t t l e
figure in her laven-
der ard lace finery
of h alf a century
ago. and her queer
little curls, standing
out around her le-
fined, gently b r Q d
face, over which falls
the long, lace veil,
fastened on with a.
draw" string. 1880,
with a vengeance
remarks one of the
girls. and the other
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The Extensive Country Place Of
Senator Elkins Of West Virginia.
FRANK CARPENTER 4 GUEST THERE
He Describes the House and Chats
With the Owner.
PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS
Copyright, 1895, Frank G. Carpenter.)

of the last state cleo
tion in West Virgt-
MIA. T h e republic
cans and democrats
had been having one
of the hardest fights
in their history, and
Stephen B. Elkins,
the manager of the
republican campaign
and now S e n a t o r
from the state, was
seated in his library
in his mountain