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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

Our movement toward esthetic perfec-
ton is still very deliberate, in spite of the
energetic effort of many cultured citizens,
but we have at last reached the stage
where we are no longer willing to accept
as art all the products Of all the persons
who elect to call themselves and VINO some
times are artists. The most conspicuous
of recent declarations of independence was
that of the joint committee Of the House
and Senate that declined to permit the cree
ton in the Capitol building of statue Of
Gen. Grant, presented to the government
by the Grand Army of the Republic. 1t Is
reasonable to imagine that had the statue
even remotely resembled the great general.
1t would have been accepted, for the COM
mittee would naturally be inclined to lcok
leniently upon a contribution coming from
such an honored and patriotic body as the
Grand Army; that the figure has been re-
jected is therefore sound testimony of the
arrival of brighter day for real art. 1t
would be entirely proper for the joint COM
mittee to make the circuit of Statuary
hall on an iconoclastic mission. When the
committee got through welding their
sledge-hammers the number of effigies
would probably be reduced, but the ap-
pearance of the hall could not be other
wise than considerably improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

1achtSmen the world over will probably
De quite as much Interested in the comperI-
lions which Will result in the seiect,ou OF
the boat that Will represent America In the
great international contest next autumn as
Itself. For many years past the center
Doard boat has been regarded as the Amerl-
can type, while the British idea of the
proper tmng IN racing craft has been crys-
tailzed into keeis. Now. however, it ap-
pears that the Herreschon boat, which, be-
cause of the fame of its builders is re-
garded by many as having the most
chances OF success, has no cenuerooard: is
planned to stand up on a deep tn-keei. The
preliminary competitions, therefore, will In
some respects closely resemble past inter-
national races and should the fin-keeI prove
victorious the final struggle will differ
materially from the great International
coz tests of recent years. American interest
in the American yacht Will hardly be
lessened should We be represented by keel
boat but we may find it tribe d.iIcult to
explain to our transatlantic opponents our
adoption of a form OF construction at which
we have sneered quite persistently. Up 10
this time, however, We have no real reason
for believing that the keel will prove su-
perior to the centerboard. In fact the
probabilities are on the other side; but
should the fin come out ahead We shall
have to bear the jeers of our rivals with
all possible philosophy and console our
selves with application of Gladstone's
famous aphorism: 1T is better to be right
than to be consistent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

1mpelled to change by reasons doubtless
satisfactory to the controlling authorities,
the management of the Belt Street Rail-
road Company proposes to upset its pres
emit fairly satisfactory traffic arrangements
next Monday morning. The changes pro-
posed are, of course, favorable to what the
company believes to be its financial inter-
ests and have not been demanded by the
car-patronizing public. Just now it is not
easy to see where corporate gain can ac-
crue. but it is safe to imagine that the new
proposition looks to a reduction in the
number of cars to be run and correspon-
ding reduction in the operating expenses
of the road. But whether the movement Is,
or is not, short-sightedly economical is
matter of less Importance than the fact
that under the new order of things there
will no longer be belt line; that to
make a trip over the route heretofore COW
cred by Belt cars Will involve the trouble
of making two transfers and the additional
expense OF an extra fare. Perhaps this is
good business policy. but the chances are
1t Is not; that there will develop so much
of resentment as will make the change
extremely unproftable-as Improbable as
1t will surely be unpopular. Ever since the
Belt line was completed it has been Gus
tomary for many thousands of men, wo-
living in the immediate vicinity of the
road, to patronize the company quite ex
tensively during the summer months.
Every evening the capacious open cars
would be filled with those who in
vested their nickels in securing the fresh
air which was invariably to be had by TAX
ing a round trip. and one of the incentives
to the doing of this was the fact that the
entire circuit from and to the starting
point could be made for single fare.
That there will be anything like so much
of this business as there has been in sum-
Dlers past is not possible, for very large
percentage of those who cheerfully in
vested the one fare will never dream of
investing two, while many of those who
could afford to meet the increase will not
do SO because OF the Inconvenience con-
sequent upon two transfers. OF course the
company will say that 1t is nobody's bust
ness if what has heretofore been regarded
as desirable traffic is discouraged, but even
such utterances as that may not satisfy
people who live near some part of the
Belt road; some of whom may even go to
the extreme of insisting that the COM
pany's charter compels it to maintain the
belt line, which, under the new order Of
things, will cease 20 be. The great trolley
syndicate-which owns the Belt road and
the lexington and Soldiers Home road
has never yet been accused of rendering
the public any other than purely selfish
service, but if it proposes to do here as 1t
has done elsewhere in matters as to which
the public interest Is abiding and sincere,
it will awaken adverse sentiment the like
of which it has not hitherto been called
upon to struggle with; it will discover to
its cost that even SO great corporation as
it is will be compelled to abide strictly by
the contracts made with the people when
valuable charter rights were, through fool
ish generosity, simply given away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

misguided people who seek the advantages
thus offered. In effect this system puts a
limit to loose divorce, by barring out from
Its privileges all but a comparatively
wealthy class. who can afford the expenses
OF temporary residence and large counsel
fees 1t forms sort Of hideous aristocracy
OF divorce, an upper ten Of domestic in
felicity.
The remedy is at hand in the propositions
of the Divorce Reform League. Improved
laws, uniform laws! There may be uni
formity without anything good in the re-
suits, for the laws may be uniformly bad.
The same Is true of excellence in the stat
utes without uniformity, as has been pre-
v,ously pointed out. The results of the
work of the past twenty-four months are
such as to encourage those who hope for a
better condition of things. Nineteen of the
states have. in that period, passed acts
amendatory of the marriage and divorce
laws. All but one or two changes are re-
garded by the managers of the league
as being in the interest of greater strict
ness. The annual report points out the
fact, apparently contradictory of the claims
made by the league, that the stream of Iii
Vorce is increasing in volume in spite Of
these restrictions, but it says: Less rapid
y than 1t otherwise would, just as the
lower Mississippi rises long after the
rains In the north begin to decrease. Law
checks the flow and keeps it more nearly
within proper channels" 1t is to be noted
that the league does not seek to abolish
divorce, but merely to regulate it and to
make 1t less easily obtainable, and SO to in
crease the care with which marriages are
arranged. Laxity in the divorce laws, the
league urges, is little less than licensed
immortality. Regulation by law IS the only
remedy, and it is sincerely to be hoped
tnat before another fifteen years have
gone by the league, composed as it is OF
some OF the best known divines and legal
hshts or the east, Will have accomplished
its purpose and ceased to be through a
lack Of any thing more to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

1t may be news to many people that
there is an organization at work in this
country seeking to reduce the divorce evil.
Like the mole it has been grubbing I'M
seen. unheard, at the root of the system
that threatens one phase Of the national
life and security. Divorce should be SO
guarded that it can not be lightly or too
easily secured, and SO the responsibilities
of marriage will be more firmly impressed
upon citizens. The work of the National
Divorce Reform League, which has just
made it's fifteenth annual report, is to be
commended as one that seeks to strengthen
the marriage tie. to protect the home, to
reduce the sum total of domestic infelicity,
and to increase the average of morality.
The lack of the brass-band element in this
organization does not detract from its use
full ess. Indeed, this latest report shows
that considerable gains have been made by
the league during the past two years. The
league seeks to secure the enactment OF
uniform laws for the regulation of di-
vorces in all the states and territories of
the Union, for 1t is the very tenable theory
OF this organization that, under the exist
ing system of government by united states,
the strength of the whole will be merely
that Of the weakest point in the entire
chain of the laws. &c. while there may he
the most satisfactory laws relating to mar
riage and divorce in all of the states but
one, and lax, loose law in that one sta,e,
there will still be danger ahead for the
hcme and the state. The experience that
has been had in Illinois, the Dakotas and
now in Oklahoma shows how absurd it is
for anyone to hope for permanent divorce
reform as long as such states make high
bids for divorce cases by loosening the
laws relating to residence and proofs. The
constant tide of temporary immigrants into
the borders of these new communities may
bring brief prosperity to hotel keepers and
lawyers and clerks of courts, but the after
effects of such proceedings cannot but be
hurtful to the state, and surely so to he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

There were one hundred and forty-eight
men employed upon the new city post
Office building today-laying. stone and
riveting iron-but there is no promise of
completion during the present century.
Three years and nine days have passed
away since operations were commenced,
but progress has been so deliberate that a
finished structure is not generally expected
prior to August II, 1906.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

Bismarck is quoted as declaring that in
his opinion in the conduct OF public affairs
it is sometimes necessary to diverge pub
licly from the truth. Hence doubtless
these occasional exchanges Of epithets In
Congress, imputing lack of yeracity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

The fact that Congress has rejected a
statue because it is inartistic will be glad
news for a number of critics whose souls
have been embittered by some of the gov
ernment's specimens Of sculpture and paint
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
Those Fashion Plate Poses.

II guess I'll have to stop my subscription
to the fashion paper" she said with a Sigh
to the book store man.
Isn't 1t satisfactory"
ooh, yes. I enjoy 1t very much. But my
husband found copy. and he says that If
there is any chance of good clothes making
me look like those pictures he'll buy moth
ing but calico dresses from now on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

Hard Times for Willie.
Don't bothah me. deah boy" said Willie
Washington; I'm collecting my thoughts,
don't you know"
Rather hard work, isn't itT'
"Y-a-a-s. I find the same twouble that
fathah has in his business. Collections abe
deuced Slow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

With right good grace to Lent he bows.
Rejoicing that he may
Prepare new issues of the vows
He made last New Years day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

The fact that Mr.. Wilson will assume the
duties of his new Office on April LIST will be
regarded as ominous only by the Excess
sively superstitious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

The attention Of financial circles in New
York has been diverted from the bonds of
the U. S. government to the bonds of mat
rimony,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
SAOOIING STARS.


Man wants but little h ere below,
Nor wants it long, they say.
But with the Office seek ec-weIl,
1t works the other way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
AttuneSl.

II am afraid" said the languishing senti-
mcntalist, that your being is not attuned
to welcome sweet spring once more
Yes, it is" replied the practical man. '1
took fifteen grains Of quinine this morn
ing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

Those who have accused Congress of be-
ing asleep will not fail to note that it has
developed distressing symptoms of night
mare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

The Senate Of the 53d Congress does not
even appear to be on very good terms with
itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

Mr.. Platt has perhaps come to the con-
clusion that it's a wise boss who takes his
own medicine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

The United States Senate is determined
not to keep any oil It's skeletons in the
closet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
SreSS.

Lord Rosebery's insomnia is a small mat
ter compared 10 the wake o. the o5d Con
sreSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

From Atchson Daily Globe.
The hard times have touched even Col
Mary Lease. The Wichita Beacon says she
is keeping house while her servant is TAX
ing rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
An APPROVING Voice,

"Dere's a heap O. kickin' on dis Con-
gress,'' said Reginald de Bumme. but eff
what hear is true, I'm right wild it."
What fur?" asked Clarence F'itz Haul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
A Parallel.
There is many a slip

There is many a slip
'Twixt the cup and the lip
So the poets satirica1 sing;
And the world also sees
That there's many a freeze
'Twixt March and the genuine spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
Hard Times for Willie.

"'Cause understand folks complains
cause 1t wouldn' do no work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

$Ho CrepOn Skirt, 81.
Genuine CRETON Cloth Skirts-organ
pleat back-haircloth lined throughout:
full "A yards wide. All sizes, all
lengths. Regularly sold for 5000. {
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

EVER WILL sef such STERLING quail
ties at such LOW prices as WE quote.
SAKS AND COMPANY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01

H2c. Lacess &c.
This lot includes Torcsa,s, Eyerl.st-
ings and Valenciennes Laces, in all
s ~,s'9 7s ' A go soa for is: &c., ss yd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
b. Rich 6 Sons.
Late john e. Little,
HOOP F St.
KINGS PALACE
Beating Price Records,

An abbreviated list of attractions today, but
worthy of the most careful attention. They
right in line with your needs and represent 4 big
saving to customers. Our ads. are always made up
of facts-not fction-and are worth reading and
investigating.
l.ACES.
Our entire stock of Cotton Laces and Linen
Torchons. Valenciennes and Everlasinss-varicty Of
patterns unequaled in the city at unhear-of prices.
For your convenience they're punched in two lots.
LOT l.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
Ono of Jovc's Tricks.

At the entrance to Point Defiance
park, Tacoma, stands giant fir tree at
least 100 feet in height and feet in
diameter at the base. At tho very apex
of that sturdy trunk one day last week
q shaft of lightning struck. From the
point where it first struck the tree
straight down one side for 90 feet tho
bark was torn away from the body OF
the tree, laying bare the surface of the
wood; thence, as though actuatcd by
some spirit of mischief. the bolt began a
spiral course around the trunk, tearing
the bark off for width of six or eight
inches, twice completely encircling the
tree i'll a distance of 100 feet before en-
tering the ground. Tacoma News.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
10 ICE WILL Be SOLD OR DELIVERED BY US on SUNDAYS
THIS is A WONDER.

New York Treasure House to IInvS the
Strongest Treasure box In tho World.
A Now York firm cf safCmakers is
putting tho finirhinS touches on what ia
said to DO the strongest vault in tho
world. 1t will be placed in tho New
York clearing house i'll fcw days, aud
will be both burglar and mob proof. 1t
will weigh $50, 900 pounds, tho outer
doors alone weighing 10000 pounds
each Expert safe breakers could not
force entrance under eight days, oven
if allowed the use Of the highest OK
plosivcs.
The plan of this great treasure box is
p series Of vaults within Il vault. More
than $500, 600, 900 i'll gold can DO stored
in it. Special compartments have been
made to receive bags Of yellow metal,
each having dynamite proof door
There arc $50 compartments, some of
which are for the millions of checks
that pass through the clearing house an
nually.
Tho vault is I feet 6 inches high, "a
feot 311a inches wide and 16 feet s inches
deep. A truck will have to DO built to
carry it from tho plant on the east side
to the clearing house-New York
World
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
A Cows Queer Taste.

A Steubenville Co.. dispatch says
Farmer Rudolph Hook of Gould's Stu
ton, near here, owns fine COW that is
fond of drinking oil, and at every OPP
portunity the gentle creature hies her
self to ono Of the numerous oil wells in
the vicinity Of the Hook farm, in the
Gould oil district, and drinks the greasy
liquid as it flows from the pipes into the
tank. The discovery was made by the
dark color of the COW S milk and it's oily
taste, but it was several days before the
cause was ascertained. Yesterday morn
ing Mr. Hook followed the DOW as she
went of for her daily drink of oil, and
watched her as she drank nearly gallon
OF the raw fpid as it was pumped out OF
the Garth. Tho cow has been tied mp in
the pasture field until broken Of her re-
markable appetite for oil F."
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
A Fluid That Burns on Water.

While guest at Wirschkowitz, En-
peror William was present at an exhibi-
ton given by Herr Fielder. an inventor
Of Berlin. of new fluid The exhibi-
ton took place on the lake near the cas-
tie. The inventor poured some of the
liquid on the waters of the lake, and di.
rectly it ca,ne in contact with them it
burned upward, giving high luminous
flame on the surface. a strange feature
of the exhibition was in the fact that
the flames could DO pushed aside at will
by the boatmen on the lake. The en-
peror was highly interested in the spec
taclc and expressed the opinion that the
invention could be made use of i'll case
of war.--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
PORTSMOUTH NEWS

TO night friday at O'Clock in the
SUNDAY School room. An interesting
feature OF the occasion will be debate
on tho subject: "Does Prohibition
Prohibit?" A fine musical programme
has been prepared and pleasant time
may be expected.
A tramp was locked up Wednesday
night and before morning he had torn
all his clothes to pieces. SO as TO get
some new ones. He told the officer
that he could not be brought out with.
out clothes. He had tried that game
before. he was committed to Jail,
where he will remain for some time be
lore be needs any clothes.
The Rev. Mr.. Powell. of st. Johns.
and tho Rev. MIR. Funston. of Trinity
Church, are attending the Episcopal
Council IN Petersburg. Judge l.. X.
watts the lay representative of St.
Johns Church. and Dol. VIM. RI. Stew
art, OF Trinity Church. also Mrs. Yates
Wilson, representing the Ladies' Aux
Hilary of Trinity Church, are also In at
tendance.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
Americans In 1t.

The Mexican National Exposition OF
Industries and Fine Arts, to be held in
the City of Mexico next year, is to DO a
success, for Chicago architect has been
engaged to design the buildings, and the
construction company that will build
them has been incorporated under tho
laws Of Illinois. Mr.. T. W. Taylor, Sec
rotary Of the State horticultural society
of Nebraska. has been appointed to take
charge OF the transportation and excur.
sion department, with headquarters in
Chicago, to arrange with American rail
roads for the best rates AS to freight and
excursion rates for exhibitors and visit
ors to the exposition. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07

We are giving goods away, or we
might as well, if we continue to sell
them at such ridiculously low prices for
the next few weeks as we've been doing
the past month. But we've got to get
rid OF the stock, no matter what the
loss might be. We have given the
people of this city and vicinity this
season the greatest bargains that ever
went ont of n clothing house. We ad
wise you, if in need of anything in
clothing and suits, furnishings, to give
us call before purchasing. Breslauer
Il Anthony, ia High street. Com.
mencing from Juno 3rd We close at 7
y. N. sharp.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
Mother Nature, Ever Fruitful

In benehciencies to mankind, has given
b'rth to one which. developed by art. has
boon pro ligel in health yielding benefits to
mercikl travler, or tourist seeking piea>nre
sn health should fail to be self-providei
with this grand botanic restorative and
preventive. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
which ceunteracts the effects of mslarious
mir and brackish water wholesome or nm
wonte diet, exposure. the fatigue OF travel
ana the disturbance OF the stomach ca lsed
by rough weather at sea. and sometimes by
IA iwiy travelling o err rough road Eel
Mariners, miners and western pione.rs bar
concurrent evidence to its defensive and
reparatire influence Chills and fever rheu-
matism. ina tiviiy of the kidneye bilious
ness dyspepsil and nervousness are al re-
heved by this III omparably fine Alternative
corrective ana nyigorant, which physicians
highly commend.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
For Paris In 1900.

One plan of entertainment for the
Paris exhibition of 1900 is to reproduce
the boulevard du Temple Of Louis XIv's
time. 1t was there that the fairs were
held, and on it were the Vau1hall, tho
Royal Circus. the Waxworks of Curtius,
Mime, Nicolet's menagerie, the Jardin
Turo, tho Funambules and many cafes.
The proposer, NJ. Bertrand, manager of
tho opera, suggests that to these shows
be joined the old Hotel de Bourgogne,
the theater that preceded tho Comedie
Francaise and Lulli's Opera. New
York Sun.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07

Quito an amusing little episode &C.
CURED at the races Derby day. One of
Louisville's most fascinating bellies was
among tho number composing q box
party. This young lady was exceedingly
anxious for certain horse to win,
whose jockey was clad in white shirt
and red pantaloons. So great was the
enthusiasts excitement that during the
race she persistently wrung her little
hands in piteous manner, bewailing
all the while. ''Oh, where is my white
shirt and where are my red pantsl" All
the time she was totally oblivious to
the fact that her claim to the above
named articles was causing the utmost
hilarity at her expense. louisville
Times