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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
zach strip terminating IA circle near the

each strip terminal ting, ia circle near the
circumference Of the rbed.
This part Of the design IL not unlike a
pair Of scissors. with .pne point Of the star
between the half-opsaed curving blades,
the circles resembling the handles Be
tween the pairs. in the frregularly shaped
spaces thus formed. tie letters of the word
"Mizpah' are displayed. one letter in each
spsce. while in the twelve wheels or circles
on the outside Of the, bed the greeting is
worked in foliage. Welcome. Y. P. s. C.
E." In July. during convention season. the
plants will be in full development. and the
bright silver of the star and brilliant red
of the lettering, together with the rich gold
of the scroll work. viii make this bed one
of the finest and most attractive, as it
now is the largest, Of any in the city.
In the three smaller circular beds In the
apices of the triangular plat, of which the
large design is the principal feature, Chris
tan Endeavor emblems viii be attractively
arranged in scroll work, TO set off the main
design.
The bed in the monument grounds is but
an earnest of what will be seen in all the
principal public parks. In about two weeks
between two hundred and two hundred and
fifty thousand plants will have been util-
tied to work out in accordance with pre-
conceived designs floral welcome to the
Christian Endeavor multitude so soon to be
entertained in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
Couldn't Stand His Support.
From the Lewiston Saturday Journal.

From the Lewiston Saturday Journal
An old gentleman who. was in trade in
Kennebec village for more than half a cen
fury used to relate an anecdote of a bust
ness rival. who was a famous liquor seller
in the days when Everybody kept it," The
temperance agitation of 1874 had changed
the notions of many persons In Maine as to
the propriety of selling liquors, and at
length the matter of Tor or against the
traffic came up for Vote in town meeting.
The seller alluded to was very strenuous in
his opposition to all restraint in his bust
ness and labored heartily with the voters
to resist the encroaChment on their
rights" But in the course of the vote il
became necessary to have q division of
the house. All for the traffic went to one
side Of the room. all opposed to the other
The common use Of alcoholic drinks had
left it's mark upon the faces Of its victims.
and the crowd that assembled on one side
of the Town House to insist on their Gus
tomary toddy was not so pretty as it might
have been. To the surprise Of every one
the famous old seller, after a moment
hesitation, deliberately went to the tenn
perancs side. What are you over here
for?' the astonished people began to ques-
ton. You don't belong here. That's your
side over there. The old man looked around
with disgust and retorted, You don't sup
pose I'm going over there in that crowd Of
scabby noses, do you?" A look at the I'M
canny assembage Of his customers had ap-
pailed him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
INDIAN ENDURANCE.
APnchcs Who Are Fleet and stronx
Enough to Run Down Wolves.


Enough to Run Down Wolves.
From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Captain Fl. L. Scott Of the famous sew
enth United States cavalry relates some
mary elous tales OF the powers of en-
durance and feetness Of foot Of the MEM
bers OF troop l. Of his regiment which is
composed Of Chiracahua Apache Indians
nom Arizona He relates that on one
occasion a fuli-grown and able-bodied
deer ran through the cavalry camp. and
instantly, with a series of wild wells the
IL dams gave chase on foot and by ex-
ceeding swiftness and skill they actually
ran 1t down, caught 1t about nine miles
from camp and brought 1t in unframed.
On one ocC aston nine Of them were re-
turning to camp after a full day Of hard
work, riding upon government wagon
drawn by a mule team. A COYOTE was
seen close by the trail, pursuing a young
calf. Instantly the fatigues of the DAYS
labor were forgotten, the dusky driver in
his wild enthusiasm even forgetting the
team, and the whole gave chase, and
after a wild, yelling. scrambling chase
of two hours, the wolf was captured tied
gagged and carried into camp The mules
had meanwhile quietly wendell their way
to camp.
This seems strange to the average pale
face. and the Sioux look upon these won
derful feats as something approaching the
supernatural. This. in short, indicates the
difference which different methods Of life
pursued through generations, makes in
people of the same general race. The pale
face would fall by the wayside in a mile
the Sioux would shrug his shoulders, grunt
and lie down, would fly to his trusty
pony, on which he will do more work
probably than any other man living, with
out regard to the charaC ter of his mount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
He Reads His Paper A-Whccl.

From thu Kansas City Star.
A man who lives on the South Side and
is an ardent wheelman pursues the dan
gerous pastime of reading his evening pa
per while wheeling from his office to his
home. He comes up Troost avenue from,
18th to 14th, both hands off the bars, read
ing his paper and occasionally looking up
When he comes to car tracks he puts one
hand on the bar and steadies his machine
over. People stop to look at him and
wonder whether he Is really reading or
making bluff for admiration.
man followed him on a wheel one even
ing from l1th and Grand avenue to 18TH
out 18th to Troost and up Troost to l4th.
The man following expected to be In at the
death. But the man who was reading
while he rode went his way recklessly
and without harm until he turned down a
side street. Then he folded his paper, pu,
1t in his pocket and coasted to his front
gate.
That is saving time with a vengeance.
The reading 5icyclist probably had been
in the habit Of reading his paper on the
cars. and when he substituted the bicycle
for the cars he could not give up the news
paper habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
But Seven Impeachment Trials.

Ex-Presi6ent Harrison discusses I'm
parchment in his This Country of Ours
article in June Ladies' Home Journal. He
presents the constitutional provisions for
the impeachment Of high officials, and re-
calls that the process has been put into
operation but seven times. William BIount.
Senator from Tennessee. was the first
ofncial to be tried on Impeachment proceed
lngs- his trial occurred in 1877 The 9TH
ers were: John Pickering, a United States
district judge for New Hampshire In 1903:
Justice Samuel Chase of the United States
supreme Court, about the same time; Jas
n. Peck, judge of the United States dis
trtct court for the district OF Missouri, in
1880; Judge Humphreys OF the United
states district court for the district of Ten
nessee, In 1857; President Andrew johnson,
In 1868; William W. Belknap, Secretary of
War, in 1916. There We're but two conyic-
tions-Judge Pickering and Judge Hum
phreys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
THE WEDDING RING,
Will Women Rebel Against Wearing
the Marriage Symbol and Let Ii Cor

VIII Women Rebel Against Wearing
the Marriage symbol and Let Ii Cor
From PcarsOn's Weekly
For 1000 years, ever since the Romans
plighted their troth with tiny iron band
the magic circlet has kept its hold upon the
world, but will that hold be as firm in the
future? 1t must be remembered that, after
ALL the ring is nothing more than a symbol
that the putting on of ring is not neces-
sary to complete the legal contract of mar
rage.
Nor are signs wanting that its star is al
ready on the wane. The engasement ring
may be regarded as doomed since Princess
May substituted an engagement bracelet for
me conventional ring OF betrothal. She has
not indeed, declined the mystic symbol Of
tne union Of hearts" presented by the
" eish people to the Duke of York but the
REFUSAL OF the engagement ring might quite
larry De resarded as the first step in the
pain toward the abolition of its more i'm
portant successor "
mere is yet another argument against
the wedding ring. The ring was adopied as
.ne outward and visible sign Of power and
authority. In the olden DAYS when mes
sages were sent by word of mouth. il was
me custom. in order to prove the anthem
ucity OF the bearer. to 1ntrust him with the
signet ring of tie sender
Thus. when mali took unto himself .
wire' whom he placed at the head OF his
nousehoid. that delegated authority was
made visible to the world by comforting IN
on her the all-potent ring-the only dis
JUNCTION being that the woman wore her
ring OF the left hand. as being the inferior
hand or the two. while the man as lord
ana master. carried his upon the right or
superior hano.
In a day, therefore, when the woman
claims the authority in her own right. and
scorntully repudiates the idea of being del
egated. 1t would be only consistent for her
10 refuse the symbol. If, indeed. there
should be a comforting Of rings a, all. II
would be more In keeping with the man To
receive it, since the spirit of the age is ali
ity. "'o
III Is not generally known that in all there
are about twentyfour different makes Of
rings and three qualities of gold The
cheap quality is in favor with the Scotch
and Irish. while in the north of England
heavy rings are in demand. OF the two
styles of ring-the round and the broad
sort-the popular taste most approves the
latter as being most SNOWY. The wants of
the United Kingdom in this respect are sup
piled, for the most part, by Birmingham.
where the trade Is so brisk that It Is no I'M
common thing for one establishment to turn
cut patches of from sixty to seventy dozen
week. and, so far as we can see at pres
ent. there seems no prospect of any decay
in their thriving trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
HARD LINES.
THE CIRCULATION OF AN IOWA
MASON.
About to Give Up i'm Despair When
Relief Came From an Unex-
pccted Quarter.


From tha Tribune SIoux City Iowo
ia, ''
~ 10 lenisikAOie what a proportion OF the human
FAMILY Is afflicted with rheuInat ism neuralgia and
kindred disans.s I,,, at, A. -, - -, -,
than son. az ,h - - - e
A.. :. y Nui's "hi'h ha'e beth erected
~ '"eSe cases 10y the use OF Dr. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People case in mint in that nj,
A l. Ioyeless Of S,r,,s I. - a., - -
N, 1902 So -, - WV =" 'iie s+''iuier
''t' AM" WIN an unusually severe
case Oh sclstlc rheumatism. Mr.. Loseless was
recently by a Tribune rerorter ana ,vb., oras
tion,d tu r.,,rd 10 It, -, "a - 49, ~
-, " 5 W mn '"7'' '"'u MS h'oF9 as ioi-
io"s'
Il am plastprer ana brick mpSoD bv ,-,aa
and in the spmrp.r -, ,S,,2 ,,o o,, = -
-; -, a., ~ ~ 'Ae VI "uiu-
e " IA 'ou'se vi CONSTITUTION AT thls place.
ohe DAY had 0Tnson 10 carry part OF barrel
OF lime to the s,-,,nd tur, of the budinc I, Vas
rr,c,ty heavy and 4, ,.uin, 4, ~, - -
-, n'"'!' ann III 'aAihs u up tAe stairs L
"ren'hed my back very severely. I laid IN from
work for q few d,ys and ,vas y.ttiny l,.,t.r ana
woud ,,,,l,,lJr r,, -, - -, 80
been ,nu.ht 90. a., g., - -. ~, ''s tiu = n't
Of which was /, s1.y.ra III $50 i ,S ~ I
scia tie rlpuInafism - 80 49, ~, ~ -. - -.
weeks suffered Tho r,st ''L aOI
back and lower limbs IIc st.,II %, s - IiH ~ iiS
the car. Of friends S,,r,aJ =, i's l'n ,'l4s
and bcgsn 10 think tbat n,i, daa,S ,s 10 I'Il.I
suIfrrin.s tri,d 80 -. ~, t, i'i III.
aid was about To give nm IN a ssi- ,Iia near OF
of Dr. Williams FINK Pills for BAL 1"al H'A'u
Mr. Thos Miller tlrn n r.stdcpt ~ N,r,,s
hut now OF Ads,iiIc la rsIi5 oI ,' Va na'' us
ard said he had used IDr Williams: Ii,, Iatt ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
The Fate of Old Pianos.

From the Kansas City Star.
About eighty thousand pianos are now
being manufactured annually In America.
and they are practically all for home con-
sumption. Last year only SO instruments
were shipped abroad. Most of them went
to South America, but few were sent to
Germany.
We get from Europe far fewer pianos
even than we send there. There has been
effort made among fashionable folks to
introduce here an English make; it is a
fine instrument at home, but it won't do for
America. because our climate is so much
dryer than the English that the wood
shrinks and warps here ruinOusly.
Pianos little need protective laws. In
every case 1t Is the same: changes Of eli
mate affect all makes injuriously.
One famous American firm has met the
difficulty by establishing a factory in Ham,
burg for the German market.
Germany sends some pianos to South
America and to Australia. and altogether
she makes many we do. France and
England only turn out 10000 year. The
growth of the business here has been great,
for in 1860 our output was only 10000.
There are about hundred factories In and
about New York.
Pianos seem to disappear from the world
almost as mysteriously as pins; perhaps
considering their size. the fact that the
streets are not blocked with cast-off pianos
earth fails to be overlaid with pins An
experienced New York dealer says that ne
has known Of but three that were cut up
for kindling wood. Yet they often sell for
little more than so much pine would bring.
One second hand dealer says he bought six
last week for $50. 1t is the custom Of most
houses to take old instruments and allow
something for them. The deduction Is
counted as almost dead loss. but it brings
trade. The old instruments are reftted and
polished up. however. and sold again. To
whom? Where do they go? is the question.
We'll" says the dealer, most Of them
so. but / can't tell why. to Philadelphia.
Perhaps 1t is because there are so many
boarding houses there. Boarding houses
are the chief refuge of second hand pianos.
Then there Is a good deal of business In
Philadelphia in selling them to country peo-
pie all over the land. Men that go into that
branch of trade get pianos pretty
cheap, for the first-class houses sometimes
get so overloaded with them that they are
almost willing TO payrtu have them carted
away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
A Giant HOG.


Kaufman Te1as) Correspondence of the Galveston
News.
There Is q hog on exhibition here which
is perhaps the largest living hog in the
known world. 1t will be four years old In
June and was raised in Robertson county,
Tex, by Mr.. Briggs. When he sold the hog
six months ago 1t weighed 1.430 pounds.
He Is feet inches long, feet inch
high, measures feet around the neck, 9
feet around the body and q inches around
the forearm. His feet iare as large as
common OK. and the leg bone larger than
that Of the largest7steers. He is Poland
China and Red Jersey. He eats corn like
an GA, takes the whole ear in his mouth ut
once and eats the cob as we'll as the corn,
eating from forty to- fifty ears of corn at
time: There seems Ito be no surplus flesh
on him, and physicians who have examined
the hog say he can easily be made TO reach
80 bounds The Present owner, I. Rati
gan, paiu $3.50 for the -hog, and has been
offered sl.5'U for him He has a fire policy
on the anlmal for $500. No other hog. it
Is SAID, ever reached such tremendous pro-
portions. o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
How 1t is Done.



The Spanish general gazed intently at
a map of Cuba.
Poisirg his lead pencil in the air, he
whirled it gently I'm circles
Then. closing his eyes, he began to re-
peat Spanish translation of "Dickery,
diclery dock"
AS the last words left his lips he brought
me pencil down. and, opening his eyes, saw
ahat the point rested on the name Ar
ltyc la Vieja.'
That sounds all right" he observed.
ccmplacently.
%, men. turning to his secretary. he said:
1 nave selected the name of our latest
victory Telegraph that We defeated the
insurgents yesterday in a tremendous ba
lie at Arroyo la Vicja."
Maceo?" "a
uont know" said the general petu-
iahty. Whose turn is 1t to be defeated
IAN you attend to the details without
boihering me? 1 have enough TO do TO ar
@Hse the general plan of campaign"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
Dried Duck as Food,

Cne OF the articles of food most priced by
the Chinese on the Pacific coast is dried
duck. An American in Contra Costa coun-
ty. California, has started q duck drying
business end has a monopoly Of the Chi
nese trade. He buys hundreds of ducks
from hunters. fills them with salt and
hangs them in the sun for six weeks They
become as hard as solelea Their or dried cod
fish eId will keep indefinitely. The Chi
nese USED to import their dried duck from
China but now patronize the home indus
try almost exclusively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
"A child" said the oracular young per
son, can ask questions that a wise man
cannot answer"
There's one satisfaction" said the man
OF family. he cant ask very many of 'em
without getting cent to bed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
InipOssIb1e.

rom th3 chicago EvcnIng Tost.
DO i understand you to say that this
man never msde a statement that wasn't
true?'
That was what i said"
The questioner laughed long and loud.
Impossible" he said. Absurd Pre-
posterous! Why. he's government
weather prophet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

From Harpcr's BGlar
Dawkins-"1 wonder why 1t is that when
woman throws a stone at anything she
is apt to hit something in an entirely diff
fei ent direction"
Jawkins-'That's because she Is brought
up without any airn in life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

From the Philadelphia North American.
Ml!son-"Havea you gone TO house
keeping YETI"
Newly Married Man-"No: we're waiting
to save up enough to live in keeping with
the style Of the wedding presents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
Regular Habits.

From the Chicago Record.
DO You exercise after your bath in the
me rning?"
Yes. l generally step on the soap az
get out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
The Poetry In Fire.

From the Toronto Record
Sho Observation-Disclosures poetry there
is in flre!''
He (sadly)-'Yes; great deal Of my
pretty poetry has gone there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

From the Atlanta Constitution.
A Georgia justice recently sentenced a
20 he hanged. On the lawyer ex-
planning that there was no law which en-
powered him to pronounce the death SEN
tence, he replied: THAT may be. but I've
hung six of 'em jest the :ame!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
HOW TO KEEP COOL
Inventors Have Variety of Ideas
on This Subject.
SOME OF TEE DEVICES PATENTED
Hot Weather Defied in a Number
Of Ingenious Ways.
G o o L IN q BR EEZ S

T IS OUR DUTY TO
keep cool, not only
our duty to ourselves,
but to our neigh
bors and the COM
munity in general,
according to recent
revelations made by
sanitary clImatolo-
gists. Disease germs
within our bodies are
believed by them to
develop much more
extensively in the
heat of summer than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
The Right Thing.

From Life.
when you leave me. dear" she said,
Hiding not her yawning,
Whisper not to me god night
Rather say: Good morning"
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What Washington's Parks Will E1-
press to Endeavorers.
4 FEATURE OF THE CONVENTION
Two Hundred Thousand Plants
Will Be Used in Designs.
A r T S ITO Dew ES
"3O THE VISITOR AS

wen 20 " liiS COL
dent, one of Wash
ington's most attrac-
tive charms is the
number of parks and
reservations scatter
ed about the city.
E 8 p e C tally in the
spring and summer,
when the refreshing
spots are clothed in
natures beauty, with
their broad expanses
OF gr e @ n, t h e ir
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Bangor's Haunted Hotel.

From the Somerville Journal,
First Commercial Traveler-''The boot
black told me this evening that that room
you slept in last night has the reputation
of being haunted"
Second Commercial Traveler-"Wsu, I
shouldn't be surprised II that were %. I
killed a lew there last night myself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
No Wonder.

From the Chicago Record >,
THAT newly welded couple next door
90 not seem to be ON good terms"
NO; she painted the porch chairs and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
An Elaborate Decoration.

Workmen are now engaged on one bed,
and few days will see the entire planting
force setting out emblems. flags and de-
signs In the public places Of the city. Just
east Of the monument, not far from the lit
tie lodge on the edge of the roadway, 10 a
triangular plat. in which one of the most
elaborate of the convention decorations Ia
being worked out. In the center is an i'm
mense circular bed, thirty-eieht feat in
diameter In which are being planted about
2.UO plants of several varieties and
various shades. harmoniously blended and
a large silver star, an emblem which has
been adopted by the convention and finds
conspicuous place in the center Of the con-
vention nag. From between the six points
broad bands OF red and gold gracefully
curving and crossing each other in pairs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

While sitting upon your lawn In the even
Ing you may enjoy the invention of a Min
neapolis citizen who Utilities the water DOW
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-01
ity. He declared 1t a good Democratic
rule to stand hY the will Of the major

rule to stand by the will Of the major
ity when duly expressed.
Mr.. Chairman" he concluded, 'it
seems to me that there is no middle
ground. The only course left open to
loyal Democrats is to stand by the Chi
cago ticket"
Great applause marked the conclu-
sion Of the speakers address. Then
he introduced his resolution declaring
that the executive committee of the
Democratic organization of the city
and county Of New York, in session in
Tammany Hall accepts and approves
the nomination of Bryan and Sewall as
the wise determination of the Demo-
cratic national convention, and pledges
loyal support Of their candidacy More
cheers greeted the reading of the reso-
luton.
Register Sohmer followed with a
speech urging it's adoption, and he was
followed by Henry c. Purroy to the
same effect. James ]. Martin left the
chair to offer motion to defer action
until after the state convention on
Sept. 49,, and spoke in advocacy of his
motion. Rollin NJ Morgan seconded
Mr.. Martins motion, declaring that he
believed he reflected the sentiment of
the majority of voters In his district
State Senator Guy said the masses
demanded that Tammany hall indorse
the ticket. He was followed by Con-
gresham Amos Cummings and other
leaders, who eloquentIy pleaded for
united action in behalf of the ticket. A
vote was taken with the result that
the Martin resolution was defeated II
to 4.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-01

Lumber company, in conversation with
your correspondent today, said: My
mill will continue to run until the end
of the season, although the markets
are overstocked and there is a very
limited sale of lumber. What is sold
brings very low price, lower than ever
before" He attributes the condition of
the market to the unsettled financial
condition of the country" And said
that the free silver plank was not the
worst one in the Chicago platform;
that the worst one was the Altgeld
plank prohibiting the president of the
United States sending troops into
state to put down mob violence and to
protect life and property. Mr.. Carson is
a sound money Democrat. The Daniel
Shaw and Empire Lumber companies
will continue cutting until the end Of
the season.