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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30

among the peculiar society 1t affords. said
family: Il hope You haven't made any enc
mics up here
Before the missionary could answer there
was rap at the door, and there stood my
answer-a feature whose petticoats be-
tokened femininity, but whose voice and
eyes were certainly the devils.
BE you the woman that took John IS
girl away from him. she asked.
I'm the same woman" said the mis-
sionary.
so bad, and he says if you'll come up to
Quackenbush's alley about 7 o'clock this
evening he thinks you kin convert him
afore he dies
The missionary expressed great sorrow to
hear of Johns condition, and sent him a
bundle of tracts. bidding the girl tell him
to read those till she got there. But when
the girl was gone the missionary laughed
and said John would have to die uncon-
verted if he waited for her to go to
Quackenbush's alley to save him. He and
his father and a brother have all three
sworn to have my life," she said, land they
are constantly sending such messages to
me. hoping to get me into their hands,
This was cheerful for beginning of our
day, and, with quaking nerves, 1 begged to
know what she had done to John.
why, soon after l began work up here
last summer a girl came to me and asked
me to get her away from a man with
whom she had been living on the canal for
five years. During all that time she had
worked like a dog, and he had never given
her a cent of money. She was dressed in
rags, and said that the winter previous.
while the boat was tied up, she had worked
a farm and gone barefooted all winter.
John collecting and appropriating her
wages. 1 promised to provide some place
to take her, and was to see her the next
time the boat was in. The following Sun
day-we were having our mission school
under the bridge then-no children were on
hand when 1 got to the bridge so / started
UP the towpath to drum them up. 1 had
sent number down, and. with Ruthie.
started further on to boat that was tied
up just below the mill here. quite a dis
lance from the others. AS l was almost
there l heard screams, and a woman s
voice crying. Don't kill me- don't kill me,
while mans voice was answering Die,
you dirty dog die l left Ruthie standing
on the towpath and dashed on the boat. AS
1 put my head in the window saw man
heating-well. you couldn't tell hardly what
he was beating. the poor thing was SO COW
cred with blood.
"'You let that woman alone 1 cried
I'll have ten police here in a moment,
I said, and at the sound of my voice the
brute looked up and cursed me and said
he would kill me in the bargain, If l didn' t
get out of his way. 1 ran back to Ruthie
and then saw three men standing the
other side of a bunch of mules tied just
above.
For the love of heaven 1 said, don't
let that man kill that woman
It's his woman and his boat, said they;
faint none O. our business
Then took Ruthie by the hand. and back
we went on the boat The man instantly
rushed upon US. and grabbing me by the
shoulder, said, with uplifted hand %
you once. Now I'm going to give you just
three chances to get off this boat and out
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Painless, but Not Profitable.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The dentist was torturing his victim in
the usual double fashion.
The story he was telling at that moment
was on himself.
WHEN 1 was young in the profession -
said he, 81 was working in a country place
for a few weeks to help friend. One day
farmer came ina big, muscular chap,
full biooded-one of the sort whose teeth
come Ike the roots of oak trees.
LAS he sat in the chair, he asked, VIII
1t hurtT
Feeling in rather jocular mood. an
swered Well. if it doesn't 1t shan't cost
you anything Then 1 fell to work
1.-The tooth came even harder than I ex-
pected, so as the man got up from the chair
and pulled himself together-he had not ut
tered q sound-I said, We'll. did it hurt?
: Not Bit answered the countryman.
and strobe out of the office. leaving me
minus fee, completely nonplused. and the
laughing stock of my friend and the two or
three patrons who sat about the office.
II have never tried to be funny profess
sionally since" said he meditatively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
IN SORROW, NOT IN ANGER.
Dunrnycn Will he Sufficiently Pun
ishcd by His own Conduct.
From Life.


From Life.
Let us call Lord Dunraven no more hard
names than is absolutely necessary. His
case is one that may be more advantage
ously dealt with in sorrow than in anger
He seems to most of US a wrong-headed
person, who had, to be sure some hard
luck. but who brought the worst of his
sporting misfortunes down by his own un-
wisdom on his own head. He seems still to
be piling Up troubles on himself, and he
may certainly be trusted to give himself all
the discipline he may need.
There are plenty of good sportsmen in
England who have shown that they have
tried hard to judge Dunravens conduct
and his charges and complaints OH their
merits, and not few of them have CEN
sured his course. 1t is worth some time
and pains to convince such men, If possible
that their representative yachtsman got
just and sportsmanlike trea tment here, and
that such OF his misfortunes as We're not
due to bad luck are attributable to his own
folly. II is difficult to carry so much con-
viction so far across the seas, but with the
earls own assistance, which seems to be
singularly efficient it may possibly be
done.
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LIBRARIES IN AMERICA.
Growth of the System and the Method
Followed In England.

rOHOVeu IN England.
G. W. smalley in london Times.
The Engiishman, it Is said. Is not book
buyer. but book borrower. In America
the reverse has hitherto been the case.
There have been few facilities for borrow
irg books, at least the books which people
want to read, and so genuine booksellers
have been a necessity. Why circulating
Libraries have not long ago made Roadway
in New York or Boston is not altogether
clear. Probably the cheapness Of reprinted
novels. combined with the natural spending
proclivities of Americans. initiates against
their chances In England when all novels
were issued in three-volume form 1t was
pra ctically impossible to read them except
by the aid of Nudes; but in proportion as
the original price Of a book Is lowered the
function of circulating library disappears.
In America there were not enough copy
right novels to support the three-volume
system prior to the international act OF
1891, and now that the system is being dis
carded here it is hardly likely to make
fresh Roadway in the United States. For a
circulating library to be successful its sub
scribers must live within certain radius;
otherwise the cost of carriage makes the
process of exchanging books too expensive.
In America the distances are SO vast that
Nudes library could never have served the
whole country.
They must have established branches in
Ill INC Sfcil CeHtSFS VI pOpuidtioi, ethu lhC
expense and time occupied in keeping their
depots supplied and organized would have
made the business Improbable. Some idea
OF the difficulty even now of supplying
books in large quantities to the far-off
western states may be formed from the fact
that it is not uncommon for New York pub
fishers to send consignments to the Pacific
coast round Cape Horn, and that it is usual
to allow a month or six weeks for transit
by freight trains to the same destination.
During the last few years, however, the
gap caused by the absence of circulating
libraries has begun to be filled by the pub
lie libraries which have sprung into exist
eE ce in nearly every large city. At the
present time there are over 500 Of these
public libraries, which are regarded as
standing sufficiently high to be entitled to
gratuitous copies of all the United States
government publications, and the number
is constantly increasing. Most Of these
Libraries have reference department and a
lending department.
But the lending departments are much
more enterprising and up-to-date than those
of similar English institutions. They lay
themselves out 10 meet the requirements of
the citizens. When a new book is in de-
mand it is not considered a sufficient an
swer to reply that it is out" and leave
you to solace yourself with one of the old
masters. The American librarian considers
1t his duty to supply enough copies to give
reasonable satisfaction to his clients. For
il stance. one librarian informed us that he
had bought thirty copies Of Trilby. sixteen
or seventeen Of Marcella, and so on OF
how many English libraries could this be
said?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
THE ADMIRAL,s pEDoMErER.
1t Recorded Such Curious Activity a.
to BE Early Retired.

1t Recorded Such Curious Activity n
to Be Early Retired.
From Pearson's Weekly.
One of her majesty's cruisers lay at
anchor in the harbor Of Havana, and the
temparture Of that port in July was not
conducive to persistent activity-on the
part OF the junior watch officers, at any
rate.
In fact, comfortable armchair seemed
exactly to fit the exigencies Of the watch,
after the captain and the admiral Had turn
ed In.
One morning the mall brought small
square box to the admiral and that even
ing he gave a small round instrument, re-
officer, saying:
''Mr. Marine. carry this with you OH your
watch, and pass it along to your relief
with similar instructions."'
Marline put the machine in his pocket
ana commenced to stroll to and fro until
the admiral retired. Then he stretched
himself out in his chair, and, lighting a
cigarette, began to watch the lights go
OFT, one by one, on shore.
Next morning Lieuts. Mafline. Mainhold
and Lazarette stood before the admiral
Gentlemen" said that officer, sternly, 81
nave examined this little instrum emit which
you tell me was carried by you three gen.
tlemen in succession on your respective
Watches and l am astonished to find that,
set IL AT zero last evening, II
now records only two and a half miles,
Gentlemen, l do not propose to condemn
you on the unsupported testimony of
pedometer, and 1 must confess that, know
Ing You to be ambitious and diligent Off
GERS, 1 am loath to trust an apparent rec
ORD SO far below the actual requirements
however, 1 shall ask you to carry the in
strument again tomorrow evening. Gem
tieinen, you are excused"
Lieut. Mainhold had the first watch that
evening, and as soon as the admiral had
gone to his cabin he seated himself in the
arm chair and ordered Midshipman Rat
line to appear before him.
Ratline," said the lieutenant when YOU
went ashore today you absented yourself
without permission for half an hour"
AYE, aye, SIR"
You doubtless imagined that intended
to overlook your offense."
Il hoped so, SIR" ---
Not at all. You must take this instru-
ment and shake it violently for four hours,
and shall say no more about it,"
The morning after. the same three officer
again stood before the admiral
Gentlemen" said he. II fear I have mis-
judged you. find, on examining the pedo-
meter this morning, that it records a dis
lance OF eighty-nine miles, walked by you
three gentlemen in twelve hours. 1t is evil
Dent that the machine is utterly worth
less, and a sharp splash was heard AS the
pedometer struck the limpid water of thu
pay. Gentlemen, you are excused"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
Pcnsive PenciIinEs.
From the Somerville Journal

From the SOmerviIle Journal.
When young business man gets his first
check book he usually has a tendency to
get one with pictures in it. After he has
been in business for a while he learns that
nobody ever looks at anything on a
check but the amount for which it is drown
and the signature.
The man who never votes is very often
the man who complains the loudest about
the poor quality of the men who are elect
ed to public Office.
Sometimes It takes nine tailors to make
a man, and a lawyer to make him pay.
To some people it has always seemed odd
that the theaters don't have a candy coun-
ter connected with the box office, and SO
get the full benefit of the matinee girls
trade.
There are always two sides to a story
the outside and the inside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
For the life of me, colonel, 1 don't see
why you persist in maintaining that whisky
Is of any value in the cure of snake bites
W by. all the modern scientists"
young man." answered Col Bluegrass
turning purple, lit stands to reason, sab,
that Sood whisky, being beneficial in every
other complaint, must be of benefit In
snake bites. Wien there is a universal law
In nature. sab. it does not vary for a mere
snake, sah."
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Entitled to Consideration.

From the Chicago Record.
Hotel Clerk-"See here, now, you move
or off this yeranda."
.Jo1 as Deadbeat-"Ain't dis zero place for
guests O. de 'ouse?"
Exactly"
Oats all right, den-de cooks jes
gimme a hand-outr
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companions were a missionary and her lit
tie girl
We were not a particularly lively looking
procession as we trudged Up Wafer street.
the river running black and rnfriendly be-
side us, while a biting, cold wind showed
as little respect 70. our gentle sex as did
the operations of the long line of mills along
which we had to pass, peek-a-booing with
rolling barrels, flying shingles and apollo
giving for our existence in a tansle OF horses,
heavy wagons and busy men. To be perfect
ly honest, was not happy on this excur-
sion. Nor did attendant circumstances per-
init me any reason for believing anybody
has any right to happiness in all this great,
grudging goddess world.
Let me tell you the story of how the mis-
sionary came to start Sunday S, hool on
the canal and l think that for the nonce,
perhaps, even you, Philistine, will fail to
find perfect peace to a full stomach and
cloyed palate.
Founding the Mission.
Late one evening last summer this small
gray missionary and her shadowy little girl
dragged into my house, the most pitiful
pair of human beings 1 ever saw Both
seemed shrunken to about one-half their
Usual dimensions, which are considerably
below the average at their greatest; the
womans face that has the unquestioning
, wise eyes of ones baby somehow set in
the years of loving patience and endurance
OF ones mother, was so white and wrinkled
with exhaustion, her voice so faint, her
footsteps SO tagging, she looked ready to
drop and die where she fell. The little girl
was the least excuse for soul to remain
OF: earth that you can imagine She drift
ed in like a ghost, and her voice in the ef-
fort of speaking was like the last breath
of wind dying in whisper around a
bleak corner.
What in the world have you been doing
now?' / asked, and when the missionary
told me that she had started a Sunday
school on the canal for the children of the
boa tmefi climbed right up on the platform
of my worldly experience and began to
lecture. told her that while the souls of
these children doubtless needed attention
that 1t was well to remember that her body
and that of her own child were not exempt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
Had n General Idea.

From the Chicago Tribune.
my paws goin' into the chicken raisin
br siness,' said Johnny. Hes goin' down
town tomorrow to buy an incubus, or an
indicator, 1 forget which you call it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
Affection Not Too Ardent.

From the Somerville Journal.
Caller-"I suppose you love your new
sister very dearly, Tommy"
Tommy (eyeing the baby coldly-"Yes.
But I'd a good deal rather have a dog"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
Pathetic Scenes Vividly Pictured by
Pauline Pry.
COMEDY and TRAGEDY MINGLED
A Missionary's Life Work on the
Towpath.
ON BOARD MARINE CASTLES

SPENT A DAY ON
the canal recently,
and now If there is
any sort of human
wretchedness or de-
pravity left for me to
see please don't tell
me where to find it; /
have seen enough.
The center of my
canal experience was
a mission Sunday
school on the tow
path a mile above
AQuedrct bridge. My
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A Fall.


The sun shone wsrmly.
"Oh, I'll take fall on. of you," he ex-
claimed, addressing the months of October,
November and she first few days of De-
cemher.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-02-02
How A Great Story Was

The history oi any great and s''ersss.
sul undertaking Ia always interesting.
therefor. at thr risk # bri q aroused ~
violati r pers"nal con6sir"er. We tn
our rraders Vt the origin Of, am"''s
story II thr Iatr war. rhr publiShsfs vi
the Chicago tEDGER wanted story
which, bssides bring . love story of great
merit. should vitiAlv deseribs the thrill
ine s.suts Of ths battle Of Gettysburg
and the siaes Of Richmond. One as
thor afses another failed IN the wosk,
and at laet the famous st, George Rssh'
-a.i pp,o"cassi or the uo3ect'
II. d..,sud 4 u fxbuleas yrice tor tue
work. but 4 ws psiA, And tho story was
actually wristsn to orasr. II y hOWssse'
priutsd uud,r the ~ nsns ef "Hngh
Allsu." Il b AsclsRsa u sFitseA VIA
have beeu shsva the sdsahos shests. To
be the best story Of the war svss written
| Tho nrst iustaineut of Il appeared 10
No 3, Vol. xiii Of tho LsDsEa. and d
orcs attracted tts geesssA sfteuesee
A private letter from the eAftsv Inform
M that In order 70 yeacA IN class ef peo
Die, the pobitsAsrs OF the LEpos1 wl
mail the opening chap'sts OF the ssor'
fsse Of charge to oil who ssnd In thsIl
lunnes d Uhes. fhe LxDex1 II . grea
papsr. and eaeA week sivss stosy mssoe'
70 mahv dollar book. Addves
TIE CHICAGO LEDGER.
Chicago. Illinois.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-02-02

Courtesy to the Aged.

. II .F-a.4
In these hurryipg, money.mak.
ing times, these days of social and
mental advancement. cor young |
people are rather opt 10 forget the
coartssy and respect due 70 older |
persons. Progressive educsticn is
prone TO place The children Of TO- !
day step or two shesd Of where |
yrandma and grandpa left o6, and
they put on airs il consequence.
Now, this 10 all wrong. "Book !
learning" is not everything. Tho
courtesy that springs from . kind
heart is fas more than the disa-
grsssbls showing OF Of superior
knowledge that plsrss the old peo-
pie at . disadvantage, though to
outsiders it is the younR folks who
appear the meaner OF the two,
with their Aippant contradictions
and their manner quite averse to
that which We are taught was the
correct one to employ towsrd our
elders. ....
Old people sre entitled to re.
|spes.t If for nothing else than that
they ore veterans in the war OF
life, and as such to be regarded
With reverence by the raw recruits
who are just beginning their 8rst
skirmish. The dsfereuce due to
gray hair is not sufficiently oonsi'
dered, and when one does c.Sms
across q young man or girl who
thinks it but natural 10 offer the
best chair in the room to any one
Ioldes than they are, who listens
respectfully to words that may
seem dull and prosy, yet merit at.
Itention because issuing from th'
lips Of people Of mature years
then on-lookers cay. ''Thcss youni
people have been brought up q
they should" st,sg ~
At any rata, whether good bree
ding, good sense or kind hear
|prvmpts to these little sttent1on'
lie is always we'll to remember ths
We will some day be old ourselves
in which case We would sppreci
ate he little spontaneous sttsu
ton that are given 70 day careleaa
ly or grudgingly, or are forgctte
entirely by the young people, wh
think that their up-to-date accom-
pliShments cover up their dereli<
tiuns In q matter 90 old-fashione
a. showing the least deferencs
fossils whose opinions and MAJ
. uers belong to another age.-Ex
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-02-02
l.. 6. Ducharnp,
WILL CONTINUE TO SELL AS He
WAS DOING FOR THE LAST
SIX MONTHS.

NAILS at ~ cents pound.
LOADED CARTRIDGES at 80 cents a box.
As for PLOWS and Plantation supplies he will give
the planters better chance than any one. Being I
old planter he knows exactly what they need,
LIME IN lots If ten barrels $500.
HAY best Timothy Is cents bale.
SEED POTATOES in large quantity and cheap.
SALT IN lots Of sacks os cents sack.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

There Is no new developments ia the
railroad situation. The contracts have
not been let and will not be until the
people Of Astoria keep their promise
with Mr.. Hammond ON the depot site
They promised to give him depot site,
but have failed to do so. Some Of then,
are trying to lob" Hammond, as they
did Reid aud Goes, but their work l.
too coarse.-Astoria Herald.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

THE JOURNAL did the gentlemen
who publish the Evening Post an in-
justice IN leaving the impression that
they publish a populist paper. The
Daily Poet is a pureIy independent
paper, and the Weekly Independent
uses from it's columns only such matter
as suits it. Neither is the Weekly
Independent the organ of the Populist
party.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17
Senator McRride favor. the cleo,

Senator Mcbride fayors the election
Of a United States senator by q direct
vote Of the people. Perhaps our sen
ator fears for his own chances next
time and rather prefers to be in the
hands and at the disposition Of the
people than the combination which
works affairs for the benefit Of few.
Whatever might be the senator's mo
tive, his idea is wise and most timely
News.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

The declaration OF Judge Payne thai
"the man who is guilty shall be pun
ished, whether he is too poor to hire u
lawyer or rich enough TO buy the bar, -
nas created u sensation In Chicago. L.,
other parts Of the country 1t is acce ol q.
able as n fundamental doctrine OF
American law.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

Ex-Gov. Fletcher and Frank Toevs,
OF the Daily rOst and Independent, are
Republicans and repel the inference
that they publish u Popullst paper.
We were under the impression that the
Weekly Independent Was the organ OF
the Populist party but such is not the
case, they tell US.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

The census department has show
that the real estate mortgage indebted
ness Of the country amounts TO "a, ,5OO,-
OOO,OOO, or $50 per capita, which is 1915
a family. The speculation in grain aud
railroad stocks are incalculable. But
the mortgage Indebtedness has followed
from real estate speculation.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

Old soldiers of the Mexican and
Union armies and Indian war veter-
ans, come to Salem Wednesday, this
week and meet Senators Mitchell and
Mcbride They are true friends Of
the old boys In blue and 1t will do you
good TO come In and meet them.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

The Eugene register a Republican
gold-bug Dolph paper, copies on article
from the Democratic gold.bug Rose
burg Review signed Republican, +"
which attacks Binger Hermann for
being free silver man. This mixes
man up 81 that he don't know where
he In at.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-17

Judge Hoar's toast to the bar OF Mas.
sachusetts, "First we get on; then we
got honor then We get honest may
have some application to Mr.. McGlnn,
OF Oregon.