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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
THE NEW EDITORS CRUSADE.
What May he Heard in a Twentieth
Century Newspaper Office.

Century Newspaper ONCE.
From the Chicago Times Herald.
In an absent-minded way the editor CT
the future surveyed herself in mirror set
into the wall of her office.
IT must quit that tailor she said at last,
with a shake of her head. "She said she
was tailor to the queen. but If she is. all
have to say is that the queen is in tie
habit of wearir 6 bloomers that do not fit.
She then took her seat at the desk and
prepared for the more serious business Of
the day.
Helen she called to her private secre-
tary. 'send the city editor in to me at
once"
When the city editor appeared the man
aging editor picked up some memoranda
that were lying ON the desk, and, after
glancing over them, began giving her in
structions for a great crusade she wished
to begin.
I'VE must get after those matinee girls"
she said. "They stand around the corners
near the theaters and insult the young men
as they come out, until i; is not safe for
any seif-respecting young man to go to the
matinee alone"
II have noticed it," admitted the city
editor.
I'VE care too little for the regulation of
our boys" continued the managing editor,
"cr we would drive these creatures out
of the city. Put one of your best girls on
the story, and hammer away at the evil
every day until further notice."
''Shall we roast the police!
Certainly said the managing editor &C.
cidedly II saw an able-bodied woman in
uniform actually laugh at the efforts of
shy young fellow to escape insult
"All right, ma am
"And, incidentally, 1t would be cool
plan to work in something about the dan
gers of letting our boys go bicycling by
themselves after dark. One of them was
stopped by girl on a lonely road and
only escaped from her by making des-
perate struggle and SCREAMING, for assist
ance. Our boys cannot BE- watched with too
much care"
Eyes, ma'am."
1--WE must look into the matter of these
flower boys, too" added the managing ed
itor. "They are on the street Al all hours
enough to have the little newsgirls out at
night, but it is terrible to think of these
boys and their probable fate
I'll see to 1t, ma'am,' sad the city editor.
"AEd, by the way. had IN application for
a job from promising young girl today"
1--WE need another good reporter. don't
we?" asked the managing editor.
eyes"
well, try her, If YOU think she is any
No"
The managing editor shook her head.
That's bad she said 1.-The girl who
has husband to LOOK after IS generally
more steadfast ana reliable than the on.
who has not However, do as you think
best about the matter"
Then the managing editor turned again to
her desk to peruse all editorial that had
just been handed her on 1.-The Poor Sewing
Boys Temptation.
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A Petrined Queen.

From the Victoria (B. c. Letter.
A curious tale is told by passengers just
arrived from Alaska on the steamer City Of
Topeka of the discovery made by one Of
their number, Seattle man named Bren-
nan, on Prince of Wales Island. On a re-
cent expedition he CHANGED to visit one Of
the least accessible villages of the isolated
tribes on Prince Of Wales Island, and there
saw the mysterious divinity that is sup
posed to keep watch and ward over the
tribe, a former priestess or queen, who by
some rare action of the peculiar soil In
which her burial place was made, turned
her into solid stone. Years later the rude
grave was uncovered by chance, and the
petrtfed body was found. The natives
enthroned it in a place of honor in the vii
lage. Brennan claims to be the first white
man to see the statue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
chance to make $500. See page IA
High Reinsurance Rates.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Reinsuring risks on vessels long overdue.
and supposed to be lost, is game Of chance
in which speculative marine underwriters
have been indulging. One of the vessels on
which such big odds have been taken was
the British bark Commander, which sailed
on April II from Chittagong, India, for the
West Indies and the Delaware Breakwater,
and has been given up as lost. Both vessel
and cargo were insured as ordinary risks,
at the rates then current for vessels trad
ing on long voyages. After three months
had elapsed without the arrival of the YES
sci, the original insurers placed their risks
with other companies, paying two guineas
premium, and escaping the payment of a
total loss. Those who took the new risk be-
came alarmed at the continued absence of
the vessel and, to protect themselves, they
reinsured the vessel and cargo at forty
guineas premium. AS the loss of the vessel
now appears to be beyond doubt, those who
last took the risk will be called upon to pay
q total loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
The TaiIOr's NIistn'Se

From the Chicago Post.
"John!' There wers tears In her eyes as
she spoke
Eyes, my dear"
II think it's just too mean for anything. /"
what is, Nary"
With an effort she choked back a sob.
"My boomers" she said.
What about thcm?" he asked.
II sent them to your tailor to be clean
ed" she explained, "and-and"-
well, what did he do?'
"He-he-creased them'
And she tearfully teld up pair Of creas-
ed boomers for his inspection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
The Fathers Advice.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
"And now. my son. said the loving
father. "as you are about to go into BUSH
ness for yourself. it is well for you to re-
member always that honesty is the best
policy"
Yes, papa" said the high-browed youth.
"And.' continued the old man, eff you
will study up on the laws. you will be sur
prised to find how many things you can do
In q business way and still be honest"
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A chance to make $500. See page IA.
Prairie Schooners in the South.

From the Macon (Ga.) News.
long train of prairie schooners" passed
through South Macon Saturday en- route to
Ocala, Fla. There were sixteen wagons in
the train, each containing a family of emf
grants. One of them stated that they were
al. from Michigan, and were emigrating to
the land of flowers, and would settle at
Ocala. They have spent six long weeks in
the hot months of August and September
traversing the dusty and rocky road from
Michigan to Georgia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
Curiosity Collections.

From Tid-Bits.
"Oh, yes, my husband has been q col
lector of curios and such things for a num-
Der of years."
WAS he in that business when he mar
ried ycu?"
Eyes, indeed"
II thought So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
Mystery story on page IA.
Very Promising Pupil.

From the Chicago Record.
At the riding academy:
Teacher-"Have you ever been on q BIZ
cycle?"
Pupil-"No: but took new baby car
riage home the other night on cable car"
Teachcr-"Ssy, I'd like to engage you as
an assistant teacher here before we 20
any further!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
Colony of Retired Organ Grinders.

From an Exchange.
A whole village of well-to-do Italians,
speaking English with an accent, is one of
the most astonishing things that Italy Of
fers to the tourist. They are retired organ
grinders, who have acquired comfortable
fortunes in various countries, and have gone
back to their beloved native land to live in
aff1uence with their families in this strange
little colony, which they have founded
among the mountains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
A Bright Thought Valuable.

The first installment of the mystery story,
when the War Was Over" will be found
On page IA. Five hundred dollars in gold
for the correct solution of the mystery by
a woman reader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
Mystery story on page IA.

Spring Chickens.
From the New York Morning Journal
Erasmus, are you sure these are spring
chickens?"
"Yes, missus. Dey war broughten up
right under my own eyes,"
"You watched them growing all the
spring7"
YES missus.and all the spring afore
that. Yah. dey Is spring chickens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07

$500 for an Imagination.
On page IA will be found the first install.
ment of the mystery story. when the War
Was Over"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
A Valuable Member,

From the Indianapolis Journal.
De Hamme-"That base tall player yoA
tock on last week any good?"
Barnes Tormer-"Yes indeed. He catch.
es every egg that is thrown at u.s."
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KEEP YOUR
SHOES ON

All the time-sleep in them for that
matter, and you'd never have an
ache or pain ii they were the Wilson
$3.50 True Comfort Shoes. You can
live in the Wilson Shoes-and YOU
can bank on their durability. Some
OF 'em wear year-but that de-
ponds on who wears 'em.
WILL SON,
Shoemaker for tender feet,
90 = St oc5-sed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07

A chance to make $500. See page IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
WALL PAPERS.

Electricity is not only a better
light than gas, but it is a safer, better
and more reliable power than steam.
There are dozens OF printing houses
and manufacturing concerns in town
who Use electric power.
When the Zine" is ready phone Us and
We'll turn out the current.
O. S. ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO.,
PIC 14th st. Phone II. se27-2od
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
Prudential Candidates.

Among the republican candidates for the
presidency Allison Of Iowa is undoubtedly
the choice Of a majority Of the California
republicans. Mr.. Allison Is typical west
ern republican, a man Of high personal
character and great ability, with a clean
record and strong sympathy with the in
terests and ambitions Of the west
There has been no concentration Of opin-
ion among the democrats of California
upon any presidential candidate. Vice
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
CULLINGS.

Mrs. DELASD has finished her neg
aovel, but no date has been set for its
publication.
BAsRELIEF memorial me iallions Of
Oliver Wendell Holmes are being wosn
by Boston people.
ATHIRD edition has been called for of
MIR. Stockton's Adventures of Capt.
Horn" and yet the book has been out
only six weeks. The number of copies
'old has exceeded 5000.
The long promised volume of Mat
thew Arnold's letters, written between
1sis and 1855, will soon be brought out.
George w. L. Russell has carefully col
lected and arranged these epistles.
ALL the personal memorials of Car
lyle contained in the Chelsea house,
lately turned into a museum, consist,
according TO Truth. of a battered trunk,
a walking stick, a wretched tin bath, a
marble top washstand and a ~stovepipe
hat under a glass case.
MIR. SrEAD's latest enterprise Is
bringing ont an edition of English
poets, and each volume, complete in
itself, Is 20 COS only a penny. He has
begun with Macaulay's Lays" and
the little book is excellently printes
md got up-for the price.
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nrtistic m~agnihccnce Of the national
capital. One of these committees
passed n resolution to place the govern
ment printing Office in Judiciary
square, adjacent TO the city hall and
police court. There ought 4 be some
power in the land To control such mat
ters.
The capitol building stands upon the
brow of n splendid cminence, and its
sit gives much of its charm to
the exquisitely studied proportions of
the magnificent Legislative palace. Tho
artist from whose brain grew that won.
derful cdifice undoubtedly appreciated
the advantages Of the site, and consid.
cred the location as a part of his de-
sign. The landscape gardener but full.
filed the functions of his office I'm add.
ing to the beauty Of the building, just
as the stone masons fulfilled their func.
tions in making visible the thoughts OF
the creator of the structure.
The artistic beauty and proportions
OF the city can be married, as stated be.
fore, by the incapacity and careless.
ness Of the future. As an example.
an illustration of this assertion, the
editor of the American Architect called
attention TO the fact that in the treas,
ury, ut the other end of Pennsylvania
avenue, we have n building little in
ferior to the capitol in simplicity and
beautiful proportion, and at least equal
To anything else of the kind in the
world. Somerset house, in London,
with which the treasury compares in
IL l.. a.. - nr,a l., ls. lAs.-
squat and broken: while the colonnade
of the Louvre, although longer han
the east side of the treasury and much
higher, is hardly more dignifed and
not so well pro~portioncd. The white
house, next to the treasury, agrees
with it in scale and style, and is n build
ing of which we have at least no reason
to feel ashamed; but here the architec-
ture of the first reservation ends; and
as n pendant to the treasury, of nearly
he same size and occupying n position
exactly similar on the other side of the
white house we find a huge, fussy,
bullying carpenters creation of little
straddling porches, pavilions, dormers,
domes. roofs. pediments, chimneys and
trimmings of all shapes and sizes. Such
a building would be offensive enough
anywhere, but as n balance to the
beautiful and quiet treasury it is re-
voting. The building itself is evidence
enough that its designer had no archi-
tectural feeling or training whatever;
bat it is amazing that so wanton an in
suit to the symmetry and stateliness of
the front of the reservation should
-. - -.t ,-.1A, tln a,.Ae ~
the principal officials of the govern
mcnt without objection.
There is IN example of artistic care
lessness or ignorance. The mar who
located the state, war and navy build.
ing. and designed it, paid no respect
whatever to the work of the preceding
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

Missouri in 1890 had 1879, 7oo acres
sowed in oats, which produced $780,
.S9 bushels.
Missouri grew in the census year
thirty-one tons Of hemp from seventy
nine acres.
The first rye producing state is Penn
syivania, with $3.50, 04l acres and $751;
l64 bushels.
NEBRASKA, according to the last CEN
sus, had iis, COS farms, having 81, 593, 444
acres,
ILLINOIS claims the largest number OF
improved acres on her farms, having
. ,669, 900.
The farms OF Kansas produced In the
census year an estimated value Of eos
O7o, $50.
THE increase In fruit farnis In this
country hns been nainly in the west
and southwest.
NEVADA has the smallest number of
farms of any ~state-i,2T7, with LOCI 4l6
acres.
THE best sugar manufactured In this
country in 1893 amounted to 27,0S3,322
mounds
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
CHARLOTTE.


CHARLOTTE Russo. Dip . mold IN
water; line it with small sponge cakes;
put glace cherries on the bottom; mix
a tablespoonful of sugar with = little
lemon juice and brandy. Add two
tablespoonfuls of cream and whisk to a
stiff froth; stir in a little gelatine dis
solved in milk. Fill the mold, cover
with cake and stand in a cool place to
set.
CoRNUCoPIAs. Mix well together
three eggs, half a pound of sugar, half
u pound of flour, two tablespoons of
water, one teaspoon of baking powder.
Drop in tablespoonfuls on a pan and
bake in n moderate oven; when done,
take out, and while still hot roll in the
form of a cornucopia and hold in shape
till cold; ill the cornuco2ias with
whipped cream.
GoosEBERRY CHARLoTTE.-PicI two
pounds of gooseberries. Wash them
well and boil with half a pound of
sugar until reduced to a pulp. Dis
solve a little gelatine in half n cupful
Of hot water; mix it with the goose
berries and pass them through a fine
sieve. Line a mold with small sponge
cakes and pour in the gooseberries.
Stand aside to set. Turn out on u dish
n serve with cream,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
ODD AND

FoRTy-Two per cent of the population
Of Rhode Island are wage-earners.
SCALES for weighing diamonds are so
accurately poised that an eyelash will
turn the balance.
A FRUIT which Is a cross between a
n peach and a plum grows in the yard
of James M. Long at Paducah, Ky.
OVER three hundred and sixty mil.
lion passengers have crossed the Brook.
Ign bridge during the twelve years it
has been open to the public.
CANNING horscfesh is one of tho In.
dustries of Oregon. 1t is difficult TO
distinguish picked horseflesh from
canned corn beef.
Two-THIRDs of all the letters which
pass through the post offices Of the
world are written by md sen to peo-
pie who speak English.
ALUMINIUM burial caskcts are said tc
be almost indestructible. They are
light. and the cost is about the same as
that of the ordinary metal ones.
A SORT of asphalt pavement made OF
molasses and sand has been laid in
Chino, Cal. Strange to say, the heat OF
the sun does not soften but hardens it.
AN electric railroad, suspended from
the roof of n railroad station in Manches-
ter, England, is used to convey luggage
IN basket trucks from one part of the
station to any other.
A EtGH couple were recently wed.
ded in Chicago by Justice Martin. They
were George Hayes and Lettie Kelly.
The room weighs 800 pounds and the
bride 2S6 pounds.
A REMARKABLE apple tree flourishes
near the residence of Oscar Wells at
Mount DIN, Ky. One half of every APP
pie that grows on the tree is very sour,
while the other half is very sweet.
THE Partisan dressmakers rub lyco-
podium powder on their hands, and
thus prevents the perspiration from
soiling the delicate ribbons and silk
fabrics that they are constantly finger
ing.
A ROUND trip of one of the ocean
steamers, like the st. Louis, entails an
expense of about $4,000. The coal
consumed costs nearly SIS, 900, the
provisions So, 900 and the breakago
$1,000.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by NOR, promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because il acts On the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every questionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for 1ale by all drag
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is a
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
Too Old a ltIrd.

Hobbs felt an Unborn hatred of tele-
phones and never would use one for
fear of exhibiting his ignorance of the
machine to the younger clerks in the
Office and Illus expose himself to chat
fng. One day when out on a commits
sion he wanted to communicate in
stantly with the office, SO was forced
into using the dreaded machine.
Hello, central! Give me ninety
eight spring." he called into the
phone.
Busy" laconically responded CEN
trial in n curt feminine tone.
~ know better" roared Hobbs i'm.
patiently. 1--WE only just left the of
fee. and there were half a dozen lazy
fellows sitting around there doing
nothing. Judge.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
figs AND THlSTlES.

No PRAYER ever hurts a prayer meet
ing by being Toe short.
THE more an enemy hates us, the
more our kindness will hurt him.
MORALITY is only the polish on the
candlestick. II is not the light.
THE best views are sometimes right
at the end OF the longest tunnels.
WHEN we come close to n giant. he
often turns out to be only a common
mar on stills.
LOVE sees danger afar Off, but the
loved one loo often turns n deaf ear to
the warning.
WE may not all be able to do great
things, but we can all be faithful in
little ones.
THE man who isn't religious enough
TO do right when he isn't watched, isn't
religious when he is watched.
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architects. That one fact alone, indif.
ference TO the work of others, is a
manifestation of inferior artistic in.
stinct. The various architects EN-.
ployed upon st. Peters, Westminster,
and upon our capitol, worked with re.
spect TO the original plans. They sought
symmetry and approximated perfection.
The original architect of the capitol,
the builder of the central structure,
was succeeded by others who erected
the dome and completed the wings, in
harmony with the original design.
The editor referred o above says that
the architect who spoiled the Pennsyl-
vania avenue front between Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streets, instead of
repeating as nearly as possible the
treasury facade or the other side of the
white house, which would have made a
group unrivalcd in the world, throws
away this splendid artistic opportunity,
and, TO the irreparablc loss of the coun-
try and Of art, thrusts upon us n costly
connection of stone, sheet iron and slate,
ugly, ~inconvenient and expensive to
keep in repair, which even in his own
eyes, could hardly have had any other
merit than the fact that he invented il.
this work has been done, and cannot
be undone. The example, however,
should be a sufficient deterrent OF
future grotesqucncss in the architect,
aral development of the city.
SMITH ID. Fry.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
Good REASON.

Two lrishmen, drivSsg through the
country, noticed that many of the
barns had weather in the shape
of huge ROSTERS.
Pat, said n to the other, "can you
tell me why they always have a rooster
and niver a hin ON the top av thin
barns?"
"Shure," replied Mike, IAN IL must
be because av the difficulty they'd have
in collecting the eggs"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
A New Telescope Idea.

After laborious toll at constructing
and complex m~echanisms by
which TELESCOPES can be directed TO any
quarter Of the heavens astronomers
have all ut once bethought themselves
of the plan OF leaving the big tube i'm
movable and horizontal, and throwing
the image of the desired star into II by
neans of a reflector. This surprising
ly simple plan is to be followed in
mounting the great telescope which is
to be a feature of the Paris exposition
In 1900.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19
Penetration OF Bullet. in snow.

Some curious tests have beer made
lately of the penetration of projectiles
in snow. According to the report in
Cosmos Paris the Lebel rifle was the
weapon used, and some snow heaps,
from one to two wards thick, were
placed on the firing range, situated
near Aurillac and fired at from a dis
lance of fifty yards. 1t was found that
the bullet had stopped at a depth of
about five feet. 1t is believed that the
great velocity of the, projectile and it's
rotation $500 turns) attracts to it par
ticles of frost and minute ~icicles, which
end by forming a ball and practically
annihilates its penetration.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-09-19

be traced by she lines in the woman's face.
Dull eyes, the sallow OF wrinkled face and
those feelings of weakness" have their
rise in the arrangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
rangeinents, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses Of women, can be cured with
DIR. Pierce's Favorit Prescription. For the
young girl just entering ~womanhood, for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in "the change of life, ("
the Prescription " is just what they need;
Il aids nature in preparing the system for
these events. It's a medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by DIR. r. V. Pierce, chief
consulting physician 20 the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.