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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
NO TAXES IN GLASGOW
e"e"ue OF the City to BE Deriycs
From Its Franchises

Fo" ItS FranchiSek.
From the Chicago Journal
II Is SAID that the city Of Glasgow viii
levy no taxes after January !, 1897: that its
entire income is to be derived from n,,puo
works now in its own possession.
lhere is cheer for other m,Inicjnali..eS g.,
tfis announcement, but for Chicago al leas;
there is no present prospect of a realization
Oh the Glasgow ideal. From the control
lef statement it appears that the total re-
ceipts OF this city for 1925 were somethin,
ever $8O,Tco,oo0. OF this amour; over I'll
Go,VCo came from the tax levy. Ii the CITY
owned all the gas plants and all the stree,
!all"ays the income frcm them would no;
DC onc-half OF this sum. In 1885 the ne
earnings OF the three great street railway
systems amounted to S3,:,9S, 1872 Nobody CT
me outside knows just what the gas com
panieS earn, but from what is known Ct
iie-i capital stock and the declaration O.
IN.ti.ids it is probable that their net earn
irgs are in the negnborhood OF s. U;tppri
Glasgow is less than half the size of Chi
caso, and its growth has been much slow
er. Its affairs are run upon business prir-
clpes and are not tainted by spells politics
fence II was better prepared to face COM
PicahofIs and had fewer compiled tons to
lace. But If we may not follow its eX-
ample IL all respects We may learn of il
end govern ourselves accordingly when
rev applicants appear for pubic favors
1t should be an inviOabie rule with US new
CT to give away franchises without ade-
&C mes 10 the renewal of street car grants
in the rot far distant future the Glasgow
plan may be cited with effect during IN
course of the negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
Highest of all Leavening Power-Latest u S. Govt Report
RH!aa!!! RRskiRS
ABSOLUTELY PURE

wall of hardened steel FIVE and n half
Inc hes thick. and before us stanGs the mid
snip battery OF four six-inch rifies-earh
gun isolated from the others by SPLINTER
bulkheads similar TO that in the citadel
above
sun forward. and just beyond the fourth
gun. we pass again through an athwart-
SLIP or five and one half-inch steel mast a
s'A-pounder. and again We stand by
a solitary six-inch rife. peering. like
those farther aft, through six inches on
oT =. ana g nrlng likewise through an arc
o! 80 degrees Firing five times a min
ute, al each discharge sending a lo0-pound
smell OF hardened steel these seven puns
WOULD greet an enemy in that brief while
WIN 800 pounds of explosive missiles
before which, a mile away. six-inch arrnor
fire. NC
On this same deck a considerable mar,
vi lhe crew OF nve hundred and twenty
VIII De housed, and from this deck We
enter the barbette for the forward turret.
passing through toughencd steel fifteen
nnd SIM, mick. up short flight OF steps.
.iu theh We stand upon the loading and
p rui nihe PLATFORM for those great guns
flece your hand upon the cool breach of
I'm. OF tne p!eces, and IL is hard to be-
ieVe mat they can harbor the posslhil,tIes
OF mat scorching blast which alone nm
Tor the heavy plates upon the deck. could
prush away the planking with the ease OF
cram. Swing open the breach plug and
look forward forty feet through thar shin
ing bore, till the fifty-two rifiet grooves
give a twisted perspective which dwtndle.
10 a seemingly impossible passage for the
i,b-pound proJectle, and one gets some
noton OF the source of that wonderful
power OF penetration and the origin of that
awful force which can carry that shot for
Dombarding distance OF twelve miles and
more and send II undeformed through
twenty-five inches of steel thousand
yards away.
From within this Hichborn balanced har-
bette turret the two guns peer out through
slanting, defective face of seventeen
Inches of steel, are loaded behind the pro-
bctin6 walls two inches lighter and are
turr ed fIcm side to side through an arc
OF 20 degrees. The possibilities of a
broadside from four of these guns, se--
onded by the fire OF the six-inch randi
fire rifles. are something the most vivid inn
agination could not overestimate
ON the berth deck, two decks below this
hghting station, will be quartered the
greater part of the officers and crew, and
way ait will be stationed some OF the six
Founders FOR torpedo-b5at attack and on
tbs deck, too, will I've worked the torpedo
tubes. the sick tended the food cooked
ice made. and the general living routine OF
the craft conducted.
The water-line region will be guarded by a
belt OF armor seven and a half feet broad,
four of which are below water at th..
normal draft. extending from abreast the
after barbette forward TO the stem. From
barbette to barbette this belt will have
maximum thickness at the top OF sixteen
and half inches. tapering TO nine and
half at the edge below water From
abreast the forward barbette TO the stem Il
will gradually taper to four inches at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
A Young Lawyers Dream.

FROM the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Two young Wisconsin lawyers met in Mil
waukee a few days ago. They were the
brightest members Of the University Law
School class of '93. One has been dabbing
in politics, teen a delegate TO number Of
conventions and is head and front of his
party in the city in which he lives. The
other has given his entire time to his pro-
fesson and is laying by a coed deal of
money. While the two We're on the streets
talking politics. a friend of each came
along and entered into the discussion
Finally the friend said to the money max
ing man:
You see. 'Bill is getting to the front
the first thing you know he will be in the
lower house of Congress- while you remain
a plodding barrister."
Yes, that is true" replied Nathan
" Bill will go to Washington; he reelected
three or four times, laid aside, and come
back looking for a practice and chance
to earn some money to pay his debts; while
1. my dear Sir, will have made my little
pile and can buy-let me sea seat in
the United States Senator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
in Milan.

Art Treasures Discovered In Milan.
From the London Chronicle
BY removing from the Archiepiscopal
Palace at Milan number of pictures by
the old masters. which had hitherto hung
IN the gallery of that palace. and therefore
out Of sight of the public, the celebrated
Brera Gallery is enriched by sixteen works
of great merit. among them a Last Sup
per-" by Titan. which is said to be of su-
perlative beauty; three small pictures by
Luke of Leyden duca d'Ollanda); a "vir-
gin and Child" by Paris Bordone, and a
magnificent Correggio. representing the
liberation OF the Magi." These pictures
have been rescued from their obscurity nv
the present cardinal archbishop, Monsienor
Ferrari who in return has received some
decorative pictures of lesser value to FIJI
up the spaces left vacant on the walls of
the palace. This is an example which
might be followed elsewhere by archbishops
and bishops who have fine pictures In their
palaces which no one can see
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
Three Hundred Summer Schools.

From Scribners.
Three hundred and odd summer schools,
The bureau of education is the authority,
and a really formidable array Of circu-
lars, programs and curicula which have
reached the writer would furnish convic-
ton to any who needed visible support for
the backbone of these statistics This
new method of occupying and edifying
ones sell in the vacation months is very
new-a growth of the past ten years-anG
it has only reached these surprising dimcn-
sions in 1896. though Harvard began sys-
tematic summer work in 1869. Some Of
the schools are private ventures, others
are run by corporations or universities,
some are conducted for gain, others purely
in the cause of knowledge. Some give
instruction in particular branch Of
science or art; some are only for teachers:
some are for the general public. This
combination Of the picnic ana the lecture
room has its forerunner in the school
founded by Louis Agassz in Penikese
Island in 1873.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12

crimes against society. Children were sep
arated from their parents, wives from their
husbands. The princess was In despair,
even before the baron made himself known
to her. She had written in the book some
AWFUL secret about her uncle, the prince,
ana had pinned to the page scrap of pa
per- upon which was the proof Of what she
wrote. 1t was the fear Of the publication
OF this secret which made her ready to ac-
cede to almost anything ven Pilsener asked
her: II she could obtain the diary. together
del at least would be safe. as the baron
could do nothing without 1t. This is the
reason of our frantic efforts to get the
diary. I have now told you ALL Do you
blame me for anything 1 have done?.
l talked to her calmly at length, and gave
her such advice as 1 could think of, in re-
!ation to the matter: but it was poor COM
fort that 1 gave her, after all. Then /
spoke OF myself. and told her how much I
mad learned to think of her in that short
time. grew eloquent as I proceeded, end
said more than l intended to. 1 told her
now Perfect and how adorable / thought
her, and, finally, to her great surprise. no
oouot, there having been such short ac-
qualntance, l asked her to be mine.
sne turned away her head and looked to
be IN melting mood. Then, all at once,
she seemed to take a sudden resolution.
ana she glanced up to me and spoke
snail never marry while the princess Is
IN misery. There is one chance for you.
though fear it is a poor one. Get the
princess diary from the hands of the baron
ard am yours"
There was indeed small chance for me, If
It depended upon that. I rose and thrust
my hands into the pockets of my blouse,
and looked at her infiexible, yet lovely face.
IN these same pockets were the two or
three articles which had fallen from the
oarons coat when he was groveling at my
feet, with his heel between the fence nick
cts. My fingers closed mechanically upon
the memorandum book which 1 mentioned
before as one of these articles
hot IirI
the princess lost?" asked her.
oh, 1t was quite small book bound in
red morocco" she answered. ut was one
OF Stephanie's peculiarities to write a very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
Autumn Days.

Written for The Evening Star
What witching spell throag, dreaming autumn da Us
Enthrnlls the world in gold and amethyst;
The distant blue enmeshed In purple mist;
Down whiteHet shores the cleaning sends ablaze
All tremulous and pulsing through the haze
That meets the sleeping waves in mellow tryst;
Where wheeling gulls dip low and uprist
From dripping wings fash back their glnting rays
Oh, peaceful time! 1t is enough to he
Within the silver signing of the pnes
To watch the sapphire verge where white sails
run
In phantom silence to the distant sea.
Such magic every rowing sense confines
Content to linger till day is done.
WILL Ii. CHANDLER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
Englnn1I's Old Trees.
From the Philadelphia Press.

The oldest tree in England is the yew tree
at Braburn,' in Kent, which is said to be
5000 years old, while at Fortignal. in Perth.
shire, is one nearly as old. At Ankerwyke
house. near Staines, is a yew tree which was
famous at the date of the signing of Magma
Charta, 1918. and later was the trystinS
place of Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn
The three yews at Fountains Abbey are Il
least 1, 800 years old, and beneath them the
founders of the abbey sat in 1872 There
are no famous oaks that rival any yew In
age. 1000 years being the greatest age at
tanned. Damorey's oak, in Devonshire.
which was blown down in 1903, had thls
distinction. Cowthorpe oak, near Wether.
by. Yorkshire, is said to be 1000 years old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12

minute hand. and to condense everything
as much possible"
A sudden inspiration seized me- I drew
the baron's memorandum book from Inv
pocket ard. handing it to Hilda Won Wal
deck, said:
How will this answer?'
She took 1t with a perplexed air ana
opened 1t and looked at it's pages Then
she gave great cry of JOY and sprang up
ara threw her soft arms around my neck
and kissed me rapturously a dozen times,
Tor 1t was the princess diary.
month afterward we were married.
The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
WALTON'S "PRAYER..
Easy Terms on Which Nature one
COntentment,

Easy Terms on Which Nature Offers
COntentment.
From the Pittsburg News.
Since money cannot purchase happiness.
nor a great name command 1t, WHY not
study to secure 1t on the easy terms Of
fered by nature?
Ike Walton's Prayer" by James Whit
comb Riley. expresses the sentiment that
Is at the bottom of genuine happiness.
No boundless hoard
or gold and gear
Nor lands kline.
Nor treasure heaps Of anything
Let but little hut I've mine
Wher. at the hearthstone l may hear
The cricket sing.
And have the shine
OF one gsd womans eyes to make
For my poor SAX.
Our simple home place divine;
Just the wee cot-tEe cricket's chirr-
Live, and the smiling face Of her.
Gold. and lands, and ships, and flock.
cut but small figure in tne matter of
genuine human happiness. They are con-
venient II one wants to travel, to dazzle
his neighbors or to buy votes but happi-
ness comes by other means; and that is
why Ike Walton continues to pray:
II pray not for
Great Riches nor
For vast estates. and castle balls
Give to hear the bare FOOTBALLS
OF children DER
An Oaken floor,
New-riLsed with sunshine, or bespread
With but the tiny cGverlet
And pillow for the babys head;
And pray Thou, may
The door stand open and the day
Send ever in a gentle breeze
With fragrance from the locust trees,
And drOwsy moan of doves, and blur
OF robin-chirps and drone of bees,
With afterhushes Of the stir
OF interniinSlirs sounds, and then
The good wife and the smile OF her
Filling the sences again
The cricket'S call
AND the cot,
Dear Lord Of all
Deny Inc not.'
And what could be more clearly in har-
mony with the spirit of true Christianity
than the sentiment expressed in the con-
clusion of this wonderfully human, yet OIL
vinely inspired prayer:
II pray not that
Men trembe Mt
My power OF place
And lOrdly sway
l only pray for simple grace
10 look my neighber in the face
Full honestly from day to day
Yield me his horny palm to hold
Aud Ill not pray
For COLL
The ttnned face garlandcd with mfrth.
IT hath the kingiest smile earth
ire swnrt brow. diamOnded with sweat.
Hath never need Of coronet.
And go l reach,
Dear Lord TO Thee
Aud do lescech
Thou givest me
The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr
Love, and the glad, sweet face of her!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
COAST LINE SHIPS
Bids Will Be Opened on Monday for
Three New Vessels.
DESCRIPTION OF The TYPE
How the Sea Fighters Will Look
When Completed.
s O M 10 T. r q r q IT n &
S o NJ E L A RG E GU n S

ONDAY WILL BE
an eventful day at
the Navy Depart
ment, for then will
be opened the bids
for the three new
sea-going, coast-line
battle ships author
zed by act Of Con-
gress approved June
10 Of the present
year; and then. too,
Ii is said. the names
of these new guard
ians of our peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
A Place in This Country Where Their
Parity Has Been Established.
NAVAJO INDIANS AND SILVER DOLLARS
Used as Money,and Also to Fill
ButteahoIes.
FIRM IN EIR FAITH

! HE SMALL BOY
Is credited with hold
ing the theory that
buttons are quite as
good as coin for the
heather, and has con-
ristently put his
theory into practice
when he was In
structed to contribute
TO the funds Of the
foreign missionary
societies. There are
in this country, how
ever q. cOnSidera hi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
The Dude as u Suitor,
Prem Fliegende Batter.

well. what was the result Of your wooing
yesterday"
II had to give 1t up. The bouquet was too
large. IL could not get It through the
door,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12

And what could be more clearly In har-
mony with the spirit of true Christianity
than the sentiment expressed in the con-
clusion OF this wonderfully human, yet OIL
vinely inspired, prayer:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
How They Are Made.

The manufacture Of these buttons is a
very simcs process. Those OF small size
are usually plain. and generally made d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12

1t remains a mystery. The princess has
never seen him. and she had good reason
to suppose that he had never seen her, ex-
cept at q distance. l have never seen the
man at all. This being the case. it oc-
CURED to me In my great desire to shield
my beloved friend. that, aided by my re-
semblance to Stephanie. might be able to
impose upon the baron by substituting my
self for the princess. and in some way OBJ
tanning from him the princess blank.
Prompted by me. stephanie at last con-
scented. through Jarno, to run away with
Won Pilsener. 1t was necessary, at least
that there should be one interview between
the principals. 1t took place at the masked
ball a week ago. She went through the
ordeal bravely: the arrangements for the
elopement were completed, and through 1t
all he never got glimpse OF her face. You
will now see why. when l met you tonight.
1 supposed you were the baron. and why
was not surprised that you took me for
the princess. There is one thing more; l
promised to tell you what 1t was that the
princess lost. l ain anxious to tell you. as
am tired of Using always that monotonous
blank The one failing of the princess.
which l before mentioned, and a frightful
ard srievous falling 1 acknowledge 1t is, Is
her penchant for gossip. believe she ia
insane upon the subject. There is no nLel-
Gus tale. no questionable episode, no risque
story. about the prominent people of the
principality. which she does not, in some
way. hear and remember. She has. stored
away in her memory. every scandalous in
cident which has happened in and near the
court in twenty years. II this were ALL 1t
would be bad enough. heaven knows; but
1t is a thousand times worse. She would
not utter one of these things for the world;
but she is SO besottedly foolish that she
has. from time to time, written them all.
from be ginning 10 end, In her diary. It is
the diary that she has lost. Do you won
der at her anxiety? A month after the book
had disappeared. some of these scandals
which she supposed known only to herself
commenced to circulate about the court
People began to receive anonymous postal
cards accusing them and others OF heinous
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13

when we visited this old Duncan ranch
The sun was clipping down the western
horizon. It's departing rays ilingng back
lingering, lovely atcrday. The siScry
moon was already hanging In the cast.
shedding u light ,uchnntnent Ger the SKY,
and the Two swcu,ly minGiue into WI
light. poured upou II penciied shadow
Ing and u dcwy light. II softened day anu
half unconscious night. An the memories
of what tt had been crowded upon us lium
the recital by ono OF the Old slaves WIN
has never lert there, and whogc head was
honry with the frosts OF Jos Mintcra, Ne
iuvoluntarily roiuCd up our hofacH nnd Sat
In contomplntvc mood aLniiiug It's de.
portt glory. it's lonely ana dcaulhic APP
Ieutanco there upon the banks of fancy ia
the midst Of a vast forest, wchfo all ilaces
OF former civilization. lie and activity ale
almost ohiteratod, There where the Wild
deer feeds IN what wax once the VOL bett
grove around a. There whore the black
bear has his lair In the cnnohrcak that
was once the Kitchen garden. While thus
mtditating ana CaHing In rapture at the
architecture of such maraion In such
place, uolorcl woman made her appear
nhCc and we were Informed that cnlortd
family occupied two rooms Of the hulldih8
We alirt,d. went Ia, told the woman that
We were hunters cainuod Tow miles below
there and had come up to see this old man-
zion she kindly led the way to the base
mcnt. which was constructed entirely OF
| brick and contained six rooms having N
addition several closets for wine or treas
| urc for In ono Of these stood an old -ihsh :
Ioned iron safe which We wore informed
had many IA time been nllcd with gold and
silver coin one compartment of /, having
hocn used for the family jewels. The second
story as wrll as the third nnd fourth waa
constructed of nolocl cedar aud cypress
lumber. the walls and ceiling having been
plastcrod oven on the outside wall, which
,,na rrn,cc,ch nm tho unrth and south sides
| Nv lang galleries tho full length of the
luildlpr supported by massive turned vii.
| lows which when covered with paint would
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13
..omre An PERSONALS.

number of prospectors have been IN
tho CITY during the past week, a,iu ~
Nc rrnl estate deals are prospective. l.
County CLERK Blanchette this s TIeN end
sue J" n marriage license TO John Ai'oh '-"'
Molle Price .,,,,oc, that
C,,y treasurer Fletcher announces wa,
l., 's rrcnarod TO pay school SCRIP up "
IN u inrlnaIng registered No 2iS, anu so o,
eral fund SCRIPT up TO ana lho'uu'"s 'e
lstercd No. 800 ,,s 40
Street Commissioner Green I r,,,ch ncoded
,,, irtc ofice by making some muen nIooa
rcnoirs on Pearl street near M w. srreets
10y Mr.. Green had CHARGE on w oi,iycns
va ,o,o ,han two years and the ol.i Gu =,
av re noenizant Of his ability to take o'i0 ~
them. p,arcbe,te
hos vary properly decided to ado ,he eo ru,e
n .oS by clerks in all other la doc,i.
,ies and collect recording fees "heh d ''''
ment is fled. ,-,,, his an
H. , III. U TO- his New Jersey home
Can,ain f. I. Kellie. the Jasper , uoe''
,hp,'' vas in the city day this weeA
MIR and Mrs. V. Weiss nave rsrri I'm in
from nm extended stay at thei
Goliad county. .r, Fort
Judge Arthur Springer, pFoin'n'A'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13

Herman Kountze of Omaha and Luther
Kountze of New York, the capitalists who
own the larger part of Sabine Pass water
front property. went to Sabine Pass this
morning to attend an adjourned meeting
Of the directors Of the Sabine Pass Land
and Improvement company When the dis
tincuished gentlemen alight from the train
If they look they will see twelve big ocean
going vessels anchored in the waters OF
the Pass, either taking OF or waiting for a
cargo OF lumber for foreign ports. II they
will also take the trouble to investigate
they will discover that wharf facilities at
the Pass will not accommodate more than
three vessels at the time, and these
wharves were constructed and are main
tanned without assistance from the
owners of the water front property The
government has construed II twenty five
foot channel in front of this property, the
lumber manufacturers have built up rap
idly growing business for the port. all of
which materially increases the value Of
the property owned by the Messrs. Kount2e
at Sabine Pass. and 1t is about time they
We're doing something. But will they
do 1t?