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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
When they arrive they

ports on the way. When they arrive they
die OF like sheep.
Now. It appears that Dreyfus is confined
IN q cage even after reaching the island
Napoleon. on St. Helena, walked free
though the island was patrolled by ships
OF war. He lived the life OF a country gen.
tieman He had horses. servants. attend
anus, secretaries and a physician. He had
all the comforts of home. but the ships lay
in the offing and the island was patrolied
that was all.
In Dreyfus' case the island is guarded, of
course, but even his place Of habitation is
never free from surveillance. He lives per-
petually in the sight of old comrades in
arms now turned into jaiiers. He Is watched
guard of veterans OF the French army
with loaded carbines, and he never leaves
his narrow quarters.
AT first Dreyfus was kept in a hut near
the middle OF the island, and three others
were built near by for the housing of his
watchers. Now great iron cage has been
built entirely about this hut as an addi-
tional precaution. for there were rumors Of
an expected attempt to rescue him. There
we're people who had an interest In getting
him out
1t cost $4,000 to build this cage in that
out-of-the-way corner of the earth. But
having 1t does not mean any relaxation of
the severity of his prison discipline. Day
and night one of the soldiers PAGES about il
with shouldered rife. At frequent inter-
walls he is relieved
sometimes Dreyfrs is allowed to walk
about the island. At such times he can be
plainly seen from any part of it, as well as
from the lie Royale and lie st. Joseph. He
Is permitted to wear only white clothing.
SO that he may be more conspicuous
Al night he is always In his cage
There are six guards and corporal
Each OF the six patrols four hours out of
tne tWenty-four, in two watches of two
horrs each. He has plenty of time to rest
He has good pay and his term is short. If
he were to stay long on the residential
island he would die
One man of this guard did go insane after
year of it. The man on watch is never
permitted to sit down. He must literally
stand his watch.
Dreyfus' term will be short. too He is
railing in health. If he were to attemn.
escape he would be shot instantly. MANY
would like TO nave that happen.
They wait for the climate to kill the man
He was placed on the island In lS.a5. The
island where he Is incarcerated is so un-
healthy that the goats which were once
Kept there have been removed to another
He looks already like an old man with
bent form, white hair and deep-lined face
NO guard ever speaks with him hut no
gets books. clothing and delcacies from hi .
wife. but mental trouble is doing quite as
much to Kill him as physical disease.
An eHort was made some time ago IN
nave Dreyfus wife share his island prison
She Is devoted to him. The governor Of
Guiana refused him this consolation. The
oeVoted woman would gladly have shared
mis- living death. She believes him inno-
cent. 'o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
Architecture and the. sky-scrapers.

y -
s. 81. Capper in the Engineering Magazine.
Perhaps to most of those who are suf-
ficiently interested In architecture to take
heed of contemporary work, the tall
buildings" of NewdYork and other cities
embody Americas chief contribution, to
modern architectural advance. They have
led to new and complicated problems of
construction, solved doubtless with all the
energy, the boldness, and the address char
acteristic of American engineering. They
also present esthstic problems of consider
able Importance.
The problem asking for solution Is an
eminently modern one. Architecture can
not. on pain of proving untrue to her ira
ditions IS living art.-refuse to entertain
1t, to grapple with it, ard eventually to
reach satisfactory solution. We must. I
hold, put definitely aside the criticism SO
often heard: These tall monstrosities are
rot architecture at all; they are only en-
cheering, with a stone veneer" They are
buildings Of our modern city streets; and
IL these be not architecture. where indeed
is modern architecture to find her place?
She is bound to find her own solutiogrs for
novel problems, however difficult. and to
achieve harmony between the require
ments CT today and the accepted canons of
artistic sense. 1t is essentially in respond
Ing to the needs of modern, complex life
In interpreting and meeting them, that the
art itself Is modern and living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
HELPED HIM GET HIS PAY.
President LincOln's Kindness tn
Tired and Lost Soldier.


Tired and Lost Soldier
From the New York Independent.
One day in November. of the year re-
ferred to President Lincoln had been at
the office of the Secretary of War. and was
traversing the long halls at the War and
Navy building, sedate, unassumng and
unattended, when he met a worn soldier.
IN a tattered uniform of blue. evidently at
loss among the many doors along the
corridor. For moment he watched the
man as he wandered uncertainty from
roint to point, and then accosted him.
My good man, whom do you wish to
see?"
The soldier looked at his questioner and.
noting the kindly interest in his face re-
pied that he was just from the army of the
fotomac, having been discharged the day
before, upon the expiration of his three
year term of service, that he wished to go
to his home in Vermont, but that he had
been obliged to stop in Washington to get
the money that was due him, as the regi-
mental paymaster had given him an order
Tor the money, payable in Washington.
For hours he had been wandering about
the city ard the public buildings, looking
Tor the ofncer to whom his order was d.
rected, but as yet he had been unable to
find him. He had been told that the pay
master general was in this building and he
was now looking for his office
The Presidents face beamed. He knew
that the paymaster general was not the
person who actually paid the individual
soldier. and he did not know where the
proper officer was to be found. but he did
know that through his assistance this
fronzed and ragged private. who exempli-
fled the great self-sscrifcing loyalty of
the nation: could be paid. and taking a
blank card from his pocket he held II
against the wall and with a short pencil
wrote upon II as follows:
This poor soldier is in distress because
he can get no pay. Will paymaster gen.
eral please have him put on the right track
to get his pay.
Nov. 9th, 1854. A. LINCOLN"
Handing this message to the veteran, he
directed him where to find the Office OF
the paymaster general and instructed him
to present the card at the door.
1t is unnecessary to state that the SOL
der promptly obtained his pay and left
the capital for his Green mountain home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20

From the Boston Journal.
/ see that that admirable nursery law.
which sensible American mothers insist
upon. of child picking up its own toys
after the days play is over, is also en-
forced by the nurses in the royal house Of
York, in Difference to the wishes of the
duchess. The little princes are made to COL
lect all their toys. while nursey stands by
and directs this first lesson in law and or
der. But the other day all the Workings
were at Balmoral, and little Edward, who
was spending the morning with his great
grandmother. was having lovely time
with his bricks and lead soldiers when the
door opened and nursey appeared to take
him off to his dinner. She glanced at the
toys and then at the child but Prince Ed
ward was not inclined, to pick them up
This. he thought. would be fine time to
break the hateful rules, and he stodd .r-
resolute, looking first at the playthings and
then at granny. AT last a. happy thought
struck him, and. pointing to the stout, in
firm queen, he exclaimed, in tone half of
cntreaty. half of command, You help me
pick them up" There is no doubt but her
majesty would have aided her great-grand-
son If she could have stopped, for the
youngster is the apple of her eye; but, I'M
der the circumstances, Master Edward was
obliged to do 1t all himself, receiving a lit
tie lecture on duty, meanwhile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
Az to Merode and America.

Roswell Field IN Chicago Evening Post
Chicago will not see the beautiful Cleo
de Merode. She has fitted back to Paris
because the Americans have no appre.
citation of true art" We have seen De
Mercde and we must rush to the defense
Of our country. 1t Is impossible to deny
to the young woman a measure of feminine
beauty OF face, although she SO persistent-
ly wears her hair tied down over her ears
that We carnot understand how she should
have heard any sighting comments The
trouble with the young woman Is primar-
lily. that she is an Indifferent dancer, and,
secondariiy. that her lower register vio-
lates all the canons of feminine beauty.
It Is the accepted law of female loneliness
that the region of the femur should be
more extensive than that OF the fibula and
tibia, but Mile. Merode has not followed
this rule and in consequence her appear
ance Is a great shock to the trained and
artistic eye. suggesting the suspicion that
her lower limbs we're inverted when Joined
to her body by the process of nature There
are other reasons why mademoiselle was
not popular. but we think these are suffi-
Client. We desire to say in conclusion that
Americans are reasonably appreciative Of
art, but they are also tolerabIy fond Of
nature. We wave to Mile. Mcrode a fond
adieu. with the sincere hope that she win
speedily take on aesh where II II most
needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
ETON NO PLACE FOR sNoBs.

They Take the Starch Out of Lord
lings at the English school.
From Frank Leslie's Weekly. -.
The recent presentation to Queen Vic
toria of the five youngest boys Of Elton,
of whom Master Cecil IF. IA. Walker.
twelve years old, is the junior. has set
Engiishmen now in this country to tell
ing stories of their Efon days, which put
a new light on the Institution.
The general impression is that an Elton
boy, coming. as ne does, almost 7exclu-
sively from the aristpcratic. classes, of En-
gland, is rather snobbish person. Per-
laps he is until it Isl taken out of him.
in his earlier days, but taken out" it
surely is. -
Some of the stories of the reforming
processes are very funny. There's one
apocryphal tale that is said to be thor
orghly characteristic If not true, 1t might
be.
A new boy, a boy OF great dignity of
manner. IS observed wandering about alone.
Some older boys. having eyed him from a
distance, advance.
who are you?" they ask.
I'm Lord Blank. I've just come
We'll, who else are your
my sister is Lady Blank"
Go on
MY father is the earl Of Blank"
go on"
my grandfather is the duke of Blank"
go on"
Go on? What more do you want?''
mo more! they shout, and straight
way they set upon him and skillfully kick
MIN across the playground.
There's one kick for you, that's lordv'
they cry as they go. And two for your
sister, that's a lady! There's three for
your father, who's an earl, and four for
your grandfather, who is a duke; and If
you ever put on any more airs around here
you'll get 1t all over again. Do you under
stand?"
The present Sir Walter Scott tells the
story himself of how he fell into disgrace
when he first arrived at Elton. 1t seems
that he was very fond Of his grandfather,
the old duke of Buccleugh, and used to
talk about him a great deal. He was not
even sophisticated enough to take warning
from the ominous silence that greeted
every mention of the old gentleman's name.
but prattled on.
Finally one day the beys arose en- masse.
They were at the top of long hill when
Sir Walter lifted up his voice in innocent
praise of my grandfather, the duke"
The first he knew the air was full of fiends
who were kicking him down the hill
screaming at him: Take that for your
grandfather. the duke! Take that for your
grandfather. the duker' r. '' Hi'''
They kept it up" he says. until I came
20 my senses enough to cry for mercy
Then they stopped. Did you have enough
they said All you wanted" 1 said I had.
Well. young fellow. bear 1t in mind that it
isn't half of what you'll get If you ever
mention your grandfather the duke. as
long as you're in Eton! This is a bows
school. 1t isn't school for sAobs'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20

an editor, lawyer, physician. a proof
reader. a draughtsman, printer. type
setter, a cutter n detective, a machinist. a
pilot, a salesman, a secretary, fireman
and widow. 4fs ~
This is essentially a cooperative enter
prise. The company which Is promoting 1t
has a motive, of course, beyond the mere
earning of per cent dividends on its stock.
That II Is a noble, humanitarian and COM
mendable motive should attract both kinds
of patronage-that of subscribers to its
shares and that of purchasers of its houses
Its motive is to indivfdualize the homes of
the provident industrial masses-tO help
them who are trying to help themselves.
They believe that domestic peace, tranquil
ity and happiness are best assured where
the privacy and sanctity of the home are
preserved, amid pleasant and eongenial
surroundings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
RANDOM VERSE.
The slaushtersoS3 the Innocent..
Written for The EvenAe Star.

The Slaughter 81 the Innocents.
Written for The EvenAs Star.
TIo
How strangely love OF ornament misleads
The fairer, better norton of our race,
Till conscience Off to'vanity gives place,
ThouEhtIess accompnSsee in what barbarous
7..f-r ueeuS. 70, III y. -g5s.,
Alas, how many e harmless wild-bird
bleeds, &c 81
That its bright sPeils may female dress
disgrace, IA
While charity in. vain bewaiis it's case.
And science for itscause as vainly pleads!
Ladies, reflect, NOR more yourselves de-
With that which only thoughts of pity
breeds;
'Gainst cruelty arm with frowns each love.
ly face,
And save the warblers Of the woods and
Better than of whole species leave nc
trace,
Go unadorned. or wear bunch of weeds.
.--., ~44e IL as arcs.
When I see Haunting on a woman's bonnet
The wings or stuffed skin of little bird
feel Indignant, and fain would grid
At the vain creature, in a scornful sonnet.
Much marveling how she brings herself to
don IT, a-,',er'tv' 80 @isf
I muse how far from true taste. she has
erred sts
And from fine human feelingin a word
How eyes humane can look with patience
on it.
IT'S said, fair though foul Partisan sim
ner
For such false garnfture first felt a pas
SION
I mean 'mong folks who boast of civili-
zation;
From love of show methinks there naueht
i., could win her:
But our fair danes should hold such
heartless fashion,
Based on the waste of life, in detesta-
ton.
w. L. SHOEMAKER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
Song.
From Black and White.

From Black and White.
II Love be dying. use no tender lie,
Say not his sickness Is brief eclipse
OF the too bounteous sunshine OF his
= bliss; ~
Vex notshis passing, trouble not his lips
y With the sad satire of loveless kiss.
Weep, II thou must. In passing. but go by
And let him die.
If Love be dead. feign not he cannot die,
Nor lay his body where all men regard
head; rs 6
But IN the hearts most sacred spot close
barred u
Save Of the rarest thoughts unvisifed,
by.
There let It lie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
New Law Needed.
From the Chicago Evening Post.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
The bicyclist was limping
II wish you'd call a special meeting OF the
bicycle club to discuss a very important
matter he said to the president Z the
club.
q why? What's happened?'
WELL I tried to rum down a pedestrian
today and he stuck his cane into my wheel
and threw me. / think we ought to petit
ton the council to pass law prohibiting
the carrying OF canes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
Accounting for II.
From the Chicago New..

from the Chicago NeWs.
George Winding is an enigma to me-
Being preachers son It would naturally
seem that he ought to be Wild and worth
less. but, as you know, he is one Of the
finest fellows In this town."
'Still II must not be forgotten sthat the
old gentleman isn't q very good preacher 9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
A Mi.ister's Lapse.

From the Lake City RIa.l Reporter.
At camp meeting recently held near
Lakeland a minister at the beginning OF
his Discourse said he had forgotten his
notes. and excused himself a. follows: II
win h vc 10 lie End npon the Lord for
what say this n ming: this evening I
WI cone better prepa red-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20

adrs. Gableton-'T understand that your
acknowledgements meet his credftors'
Mrs. Fale-''On the contrary, he says he
can't help meeting them at every turn.
That - the reason he goes out - seldom. !"
Boston root.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
Terms of Sale.


There are thirty-five different plans of
houses to choose from, ranging in size from
five rooms and bath to eleven rooms and
bath, the first on a twenty -fve-foot lot the
last on CD feet by 100. and in price from
$2.iUV TO $3,1W. 1t is safe to say that IL
the same houses were attempted to be sold
under any other auspices they would cost
the buyer from % to IS 1-3 per cent more
The price includes all the cost of street and
Sidewalk Improvement and the LAYING of
water and gas.
The company sells these houses from the
plans. to approved applicants upon a cash
payment OF 10 per cent and deferred month
~ payments running through periods Of
ten. fifteen OF twenty years. 1T recon-
mends the longer period. The deferred
payments for the twenty-year period COW
erfng interest and principal amount tn
S7.17 per month for each 81 900 of the mr.
chase price Then the buyer is required 10
carry a life insurance policy equal to the
amount of his purchase, but the companv
has arranged for a very low rate with one
of the strong New York companies. OF
course there Is a speculative feature in this
provided as strongly against speculation in
its houses as possible in the form Of its
contract of sale.
Among the sixty buyers who are to take
possession of these houses on the first of
next month are fourteen letter carriers, FIVE
clerks. three policemen. three bO0kkeepers
TWO superfntendents. two foremen. two Do
lice sergeants. one lieutenant fireman, and
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-26
NOTICE OF SALE OF
"SUWer Improvement Assessment Bonds.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK:
MARIkTTA, OHIO, March 2ith, lS9I.

Sealed proposals win be received At the once
TUESDAY. THE 27th DAY OF APRIL, 1897
at 70 o'clock. M, for the purchase Of twenty
bonds of the City OF Marietta, Ohio, dated
March lst, 1897 payable at the Agency of said
City, in the City of New YORK, with interest,"
thereon at the rate of six per certum per an.
mum, payable semi-annually, and issued by
said CITY in anticipation of the col ection OF
special assessments for sewer improvements
towit; 80 90 , -
Nos. l, ., 3, 4, 3, Is, o. TO- y, 12, 10, "A, ~
10 II. Is. 10 and 90, known as First, Second
and Third sewer Districts-Improvemen
Bonds" being for the sum of $500. 10 each, ano
due in six, twelve, eighteen twenty-four, thlr
ty, thirty-siX, fortytwo. forty-eight, htty'iour
sixty, sixty-siX seventy-two, seventy eight
eighty.four ninety, ninety-siX, one hundred
and two, one hundred and eight, one hundred
and fourteen and one hundred and twenty
months from date, respectively, and being Is
sued under an ordinance passed by the City
Council OF said City, January 26th, 1897, i'll an
ticipation of the collection of special assess
ments made in said ordinance upon property
abutting upon parts of the First, SECOND anG
Third Sewer Districts the amount OF Sald
bonds being reduced from the amount, the Is
sue of which is provided for in said ordnance
by reason of the payment in cash, prior to
March lst, 1897, of the portion OF the assess
ments provided for in said ordinance.
Said bonds will be sold to the highest bidder
for not less than their par value.
Bidders are required to state the NUMBER ol
bonds which they propose to purchase anu
the gross amount they Will pay for the same
and accrued interest TO the date of transfer
ed. ~
Proposals must be sealed and endorsed Bids
for wer improvement Assessment Bonds,
and addressed to the City Clerk.
CARL BECKER, City Clerk.
March %, lS97-5t
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-26
CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts of the Country
lax Tnlarra1ah.

Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
Business on the German Bourse i'm
proved on the rumor that an armistice
between the Greeks and Turks was
being arranged.
Advices received from Havana are to
the effect that the insurgents have at
tackled and captured the port of Bara-
Goa after sharp engagement.
The London Daily Nails Cape Town
correspondent says that the govern
ment of the Transvaal has decided to
build two more forts at Pretoria.
Col. John S Mosby was thrown from
buggy at the University Of Virginia
Friday afternoon and received "A cut,
which may seriously injure one eye.
The order detaching Rear Adm.
Beardslee from command of the Pa
citc station has been modified SO that
he will continue in command until
July.
The Brook Hall Alumni held Its an
nual meeting in Philadelphia Friday.
Mrs. Mckinley, the vice president was
unable to attend She wants the next
meeting to be held in Washington.
1t is learned that the present visit of
a squadron OF eight British warships
in Delagoa bay is intended to Illustrate
the intrigues of Germany, Portugal and
the Transvaal to change the status quo
to the disadvantage OF Great Britain.
1t is reported at Cape Town on relia-
Bile authority that in 1895 Portugal en-
tertained proposals for the commercial
cession of Delagoa bay to an Anglo
Portuguese syndicate, with the duke
of Oporto as chairman, for a considera-
tiop of g1o 900, 900.
Consul General Lee has cabled the
state department from Havana that
John j. Kelley, of Philadelphia, has
been released and will leava Ia is-
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-26

land. Nothing is known at the lie.
partment OF the condition under which
Kelley was arrested.
The American Line steamer st. Paul,
which leaves Southampton for New
York Saturday, will take among her
passengers Postmaster General Swend.
sen, of Norway, and Postmaster Gen.
eral Hyerdahl, OF Sweden, who are
delegates to the international postal
congress at Washington.
The duke of Westminster's Gurnsey
won the Craven stakes at the New
market Craven meeting Friday. Capt.
Laing's Kirkwall was second and Leo.
pold De Rothschild's Brig third. The
race was for 500 sovereigns added to a
sweepstake of 10 sovereigns each for
starters, for three-year-olds
Henry A. Cobaugh, of Pen nsylvania,
formerly captain of the watch, treas
ury department, has been reinstated.
p. S. Talbot, the present captain, has
been transferred to clerkship at the
same salary. Charles A. Stone, for.
merly special inspector OF customs at
Chicago, has been reinstated
Jose S. Gutierrez was legally shot at
Guadala lara, Mex, for the murder OF
his brother-in-law Jose Bobadilla, a
millionaire merchant OF that city.
The crime was committed three years
ago and created q stir throughout
Mexico, owing to the wealth and prom
inence OF the parties concerned.
The United States Ambassador Jas.
3. Eustis has handed to the French
minister for foreign affairs, NJ. Hano.
taux, the invitations of the Philadel-
phia municipality and the Cincinnati
society requesting President Faure tc
attend the Inauguration of the Wash.
ington statue. Mr.. Horner, delegate
of the society, brought the invitation
to Paris.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-26
GAINESVILLE g. OHIO RIVE,
TIME GARD I'M EFFEOr DEC Ind 1-n.

Al Trains Daily except Sunday.
=, NOS. 20 and u make close connections
lanesville with the b. d o. and Pan Hapdi.
'ralns Ior columbus, Chicago and the Weet
=. HOPE SUTOR, Receiver.
Z. c. HARRISON. General Passensersy