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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
A GOLDEN DREAM.
FROM Which the Horse Editor ..
Rudcly Awakened

SAy awakened.
II was the moment of breathing spell
III Tie ousy mum OF industry in the news
paper ohce' and the horse editor, having
SUI INTO position where the electric fan
could blow Its spice-laden breezes over his
leVered brow. composed himself TO day
dreams Of the gold fields. The icy trails.
me 1ozen victims Of greed, the limitless
stretches of snow, the gaunt ghosts of
starving miners wandering over the desc
late and unyielding valleys, the awful suf-
ferfng of men and animals and the inter
horelessness and helplessness of thousands
Ead faded out of his vision, and he sew
only the yellow metal cleaning and CLINT
ing to his touch and felt the triumphant
exuitation of newly acquired wealth The
world was his, and in his fancy he had
bought the newspaper on which he had
worked for SO many years, and in his mag
hanlmlty had offered the job of horse edI-
TOR TO the very man who had offered it to
MN SO many years ago. He was driving
down to the Capitol in his elegant gilt
ecged carriage to take his seat in the
United States Senate, and he was doing a
Thousand other things only the rich can
do; and one thing he was doing which the
rich can't always do-he was enjoying 1t
all as If he were a boy with a new drum
and pair of red-top boots.
Suddenly he was awakened by some one
rudely pushing his feet off the desk, and
he fell back to earth with a sickening
thud.
What the" he began, and stopped
Say said the puzzle editor. for It was
he "can you tell me the difference between
q Holland dyke-you know what a Holland
dyke is-well,. can you tell me the differ
ence between Holland dyke and Klon-
dike?" --' ~
The horse editor rubbed his eyes, 1t was
Klondike he had been dreaming of. y
what iS?" he asked groItify
Il might stand you off a while" said the
p. E., but seeing it's you I won't. The
difference Is that one Is q dam wet, and
the other is that cold See?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
HABITS OF THE BuMBLEBEE.
The Big Queen Searches for a Home
I'm the Early Spring.

The Big Queen Searches for a Home
I'm the Early Spring.
In ea-ly spring. when the meadows first
take on a tinge of green and the apple trees
put fol- tn their rosy buds, we may often see
single large bumblebee flying low and
swiftly back and forth across the lawns and
pastures, says a writer in St. Nicholas.
These great bees are queens who have
Just awakened from their long winter s
sleep, and are now seeking some favored
spot wherein to commence housekeeping
and found a colony; for these insects. like
their cousins, the honeybees, live in colonies
"drones," or males; queens" or females,
and workers" When our big queen has
at last discovered satisfactory building
site, usually deserted mouse hole, she
cleans 1t Of all rubbish and litter and places
within a ball of pollen. in which she lays
Ter eggs. The young grubs hatch out pos
sessed with enormous appetites, and, feed
ing on the pollen, eat Tito 1t In all direc-
lions. At last, when fully grown and their
craving for food is satisfied, they spin CO.
coons of silk in the remains of the pollen
and change to pupae. While her family Is
thus sleeping quietly within their silken
cells, the old queen is constantly at work
building up and strengthening the cocoons
with wax.
Finally, their sleep being over, the pupa-
cases burst. and the young bees come forth
in all their glory Of black and golden livery
and gauzy wings. --.-.i----..
The first brood consists entirely of work.
ers. who Immediately fall to and relieve
their tired mother queen Of ali work and
duties with the exception .ofz laying eggs.
They fly hither ard thither. always busy
and Industrious now plunging into the CEN
ter of a gorgeous hollyhock or a sunny
dandelion, or buzzing about among the mod
est daisies. or diving head first into some
sweet-scented artistocratic lily or rose, al
ways emerging from their quest for honey
covered with the golden dust of pollen. The
honey and the pollen thus gathered are
stored away, and the eggs laid In the wax
en- cells from which the workers issued
and the next brood. composed of drones
and young queens. feed upon this store of
nectar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11

II is companions
looked at him in as
constituent. 1t was
the first time he had
ever admitted not
knowing much about
anything.
Il reckon, then,
that you're not think
ing about going to
dig for gold" said
one bystander.
NO"
"Metbe, though. as
the stories of sudden
wealth keep pouring
in, you'll change
your mind" said
another.
1T won't be posi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
Jubilee Stamp.
from the Chicago Record.

From The Chicago Record
There is q curious complication in regard
to the stamps that were issued to commem-
crate the diamond Jubilee. They were pro-
posed by the Duke Of York. were engraved
and issued by the treasury department, but
the post office department declined TO rec
ognize them for postal purposes because
the proceeds of their. sale were to be de-
voted to the hospital fund of the Prince OF
Wales The edition was comparatively
small and the plates were destroyed by the
Duke OF York I'm the Bank of England the
other day. While they lose much Of their
value to collectors because they were re-
pudtated by the postmaster general and
cannot be used for postage. II Is predicted
that they win be all the more precious in
future years for the same reason. They
are the only stamps that were ever issued
by one department. of the British govern
ment and repudiated by another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
a STARTLING TALE.
Four Brothers Meeting for the Ffrs
Time I'm Fifty Years.

Four Brokers Meeting for the First
Time I'm Fifty Years.
On the register Of q hotel uptown. not
withstanding the slow September rush to
Washington, were inscribed these names
and addresses not long ago:
Henry Dobbins, Piftsburg, Pa
@. II. Dobbins. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Thomas J. Dobbins. Chicago. m.
r. L. Dobbins, Denver. Col.
And when q well-known correspondent
for q western newspaper incidentally drop
ped into the hotel to see what treasure the
register might yield to his delving, the
clerk. .timidly and obsequiously. stuck the
diverse end Of his penholder down into the
list of names as above and remarked:
See them?"
What of themr' inquired the CORE
spondent.
''What7 Got back from Klondike with q
million apiece in their grip?'
Nothing remarkable In that"
Didn't get back with q millionf'
What is 1t, thenr'
They're brothers, and they met here this
afternoon for the first time in fifty years
or more"
Great Scott! exclaimed the correspond
ent. whacking out his pencil with Unsuitable
avfdity. Here, send my card up to them
and let me get at them before the story is
STALE"
The correspondent was visibly excited
and grabbed up at least half quire of
hotel paper, which had been inadvertently
left on the counter.
Haven't met before in fifty years." he
said, as he waited for the bell boy to come
for his card. well, that Is remarkable.
How did 1t happen?"
BEG your pardon" responded the clerk.
81 didn't say they hadn't met before in
fifty years. said they hadn't met here
here in Washington, you understandable
fore in fifty years. Indeed, think heard
one of them say they had never met here
before, and he thought 1t was rather
strange that they had not, as all of them
were past fifty and had been commercial
travellers ever since they had been In bust
ness
card, STRIP put in the bell boy.
NO." growled the correspondent, scowl-
ing at the clerk. mo. you needn't take my
card up" and the clerk gave low, ill-bred
chuckle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
Higgins.

Higgins.
ooh, yes" said the man behind the bars
to the reporter, "I know Higgins. know
ed Higgins ten years ago. hadn't been
fer Higgins, I'd never been in this snap.
You sect as how 1 was the elevator boy
in the same buildin' where Higgins was
janitor. ] was bad boy. but 1 had a good
mother. She used to teach me to know
little more'n other boys like me. She
wasn't like other women down there. my
mother wasn't. She used to cry when /
used to ask her If she ever had any ia
Their and mother. l guess she had better'n
she'd say: She was wildly. my mother
was, and Higgins used to sneak round her.
kinder maxim love to her. l thought it
would be all right, for Higgins was gettin'
fifty month and had a fiat on the top
floor. But Higgins was too good to be de-
cent. One day there come q chance for me
to pinch five hundred dollars out a gents
pocket that was going up in the elevator,
and pinched it. Nobody knowed l done
it, and got off for a day to have a good
time with my find, intendin' to give my
mother whole kitchen full Of good eatin'
as soon as I had all the sport wanted.
said was bad 'un, and 1 was. but that
wasn't my mothers fault. But they kick
ed up row about that money and they
begun to git the markers on ME, and 1 got
scared and went to Higgins. 1 thought
Higgins was good man and thought a
heap OF me. told him had the mon., or
most of it, for sixteen-year-oldb boy hasn't
got the millionaire habit yet SO he can blow
that much all to once, and II he would get
me out Of the scrape, I'd give him two
hundred dollars. maxim a divvy with him.
see? That was fair. wasn't it? Higgins come
near havin a fit when put it at him, but
1t was a sure thing, told him, and nobody
would know anything about it, and I
couldn't never blow, for my own skin was
on the hook. wasn't it? Well after while
Higgins said he would take care of me and
get me out safe, but 1 must give him his
two hundred right away. let him have it
that night at o'clock, and at the police
had me bigger than wolf. Higgins was
there. He didn't do a thing He didn't
say word. He just put his hand on my
head and weeped like wilder woman at
wake. Then the police took me away and
told them where had hid the money all
but the two hundred that 1 had coughed
up to Higgins. I wasn't going to give Hig-
on earth and was riskin' his reputation to
save me. Besides, wasn't Higgins goin to
be my stepfather some day? Well, guessed
yes. But was he? Was Higgins the man 1
took him for? Well. guess nit. You know
what Higgins done? He's nice one, he is.
He told the police l stole the money and
give him fifty dollars to help me git away.
Then he give the police the fifty, put them
on to me and stuck the hundred and fifty
into his pants and went to prayer meetin',
did Higgins. Oh, 1t didn't do no good for
me to talk. Higgins was good and I was
a thief nipped I'm the act. See? No, no. My
mother couldn't stand it. She just cried
her eyes out and broke her heart and died,
that's what she done. Do know Higgins?
Don't r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
A Friendly Sarcasm.

Rafferty," exclaimed Mr.. Dolan, hes
boick.'
Who Is il We mane?"
who is 1t thots wort talkin' about7
Who is the leader iv art, literature. music.
shport and craftsmanship in this country?
Make a guess. now. Who's the man thot
how furnished the artists wild more sug-
gistions fur pictures, the editors wild more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
Manifest Destfny.


"Charley!" exclaimed young Mrs Tor
kins.
What is it?'' inquired her husband, as
the newspaper slid from his startled grasp
Il have thought it all out"
Il don't know what you are talking
about"
The baby's future. You know how i'm
portant 1t is to watch a child and see what
his bent is. so that you can get him started
on the right road in life
Yes But isn't our baby rather young?'
The younger the better. There is no
telling how early character may begin to
be nodded. You may thank me for taking
a great responsibility on your mind. You
needn't worry about his avocation any
Fore"
And what, may 1 inquire, do you pro-
pose to make of him?'
"A grand opera singer"
You're going to let him go on the
staPe?"
Il think that when nature especially fits
any person for some particular calling it is
dangerous and wrong to compel him to do
something else"
opera?' go s'-- =
Because. every time he opens his mouth
ne yells at the top. of his voice and you
can't understand a word he says"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
An UItimatun.

EfOM
Brown-.I see that the seal question has
come up again.
Jones-"Oh. yes! My wife notified me last
night that shesmust have complete seal
skin outfit next winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
CnHnswernbIe.

Sm0nBvver0Ole.
I reckons rs lazy as lazy kin be.
nebber gifts riled when dey's blamin' OBJ
When dey tells OBJ de way dat rs got ler
behind.
mind.
an night.
Sos ter pay cr de mawgidge an git stahted
right.
Dey KANT make me jealous; an when dey
gifts through.
I half shets my eyes an says, "spos'n
dey do"
sees how de laughter has froze in de eyes
Oh men dat has studied an toiled fob de
prize.
I hyahs 'em a-talkin' while folks gathers
round
Ter 'plaud 'em an learn FUN dab teach
ms profound.
Relations, dey comes wifi q voice oh conn.,
Bout whut some people is. an about whut
amt
Dey tells bout de giories dat yuthuhs
pursue,
An quietly answers 'em. "spos'n dey dol"
Dey talks on de luxuries some people gifts.
Ny clothes. dey ain comfo'ble. tall when
dey its-
De corn dat raises makes mighty fine
bread,
An de shucks b Is good as a spring bottom
bed.
h.somny kin come an de spepshy kin go.
Dey'l nebber ketch me. Is happy ter
know.
So de doin's OBJ great folks rs wllin' ter
view.
wlfout no femahks excep' -spos'n dey dor.
ts4
szss MefhOd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
Frightened Away.

No.. said nan who was sitting on a
tox In front ct a grocery store, Il can't
say as know very much about Alaska {"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
A Moment Of Gloom
On cruel. sultry evening. when the world
with woe is fraught,
And humanity seems tried beyond its
powers
With what enthusiasm do we seize the
nectar brought
By that affable and aproned friend Of
ours!
And how the crystals sparkle when the ice
with generous chill
Becomes saccharine and soothing mass.
Then suddenly We hear it with a meIan-
choly thrill
The gurgle at the bottom of the glass.
Like the swan that pours the music of a
lifetime in the strain
Which tells us that its placid joys are
DER,
This oaten pipe in exile sobs a sorrowing
refrain,
And then in stiffness rests forever more.
Another cup may cheer us as completely,
it Is true.
But untried friends prove treacherous.
alas!
1t marks the passing of a steadfast COM
forter and true
The gurgle at the bottom of the glass.
And yet the song Is sweeter than the song
that sirens sing.
Or Orphean melodies that charm the
stones.
A sad farewell it is: theme where tender
memories cling,
And speak to us in fond, regretful tones
1t tells how pleasures vanish and how
blessings fade away
Unvalued. till we see their giories pass.
And We sigh in sad reflection DER the les
son and the lay
or the gurgle at the bottom of the glass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11

bic. I've been there"
And come back without getting rich?
yes. 1 didn't much more than cross the
boundary line before 1 turned around and
struck for home.''
"Scared?"
That's the answer"
What Of? Polar bears?"
"No"
Supplies give out?"
No. / had plenty of food. What chang
ed my plan was seeing a man digging a
hole. 1 had these ideas about gold being
found any and everywhere, and 1 went
up, thinking to get some points about
mining. I asked him. in an offhand way.
whether he had struck pay-iirt yet and
he turned around and glared at me and
said, Young Teller. what do you think I'm
doing this forT 1 told him 1 thought he
was digging for gold. He glared at me
again ard said, Gold nothing! I'm doing
tbs for fun. I've been living here for four
years. and there's one thing that my
curiosity has never been satisfied about
I'm going to dig this hole good and deep SO
as to allow plenty of room, and then find
out just how far down this climate will
make the mercury CO."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11

Want" ads. In The Star nay because
they bring answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11

He Goes, but VIII Return.
From the Fliegende Blatter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11


Geysers. hot springs and hot flowing
weiis' the source of which has been so
little understood. are mysteries no more
10 science" explained a scientific GENTLE
man to Star reporter, though they are
as interesting a study as ever and new
Facts are constantly Icing discovered about
them- a paper read before the National
geographical Society here last winter by
capt Frank W. Crosby Of this city. ana
who is now in Norway making further in
Vestieations into the same subject has fur
hlshed FOOD for great amount of confec-
tcre among biologists throughout the
world He discovered on the island of
hephaionia. Greece, that the waters of the
Mediterranean sea were constantly running
inland and disappearing down into a series
OF crevasses under the sea- At one place the
water went with such force that II ran a
mill. known on the Island as the sea mills.
every one knew that water would find its
level, but II was supposed 1t would stop
there and not seek place under its level.
which was supposed to be the sea- There
IS q mystery, of course. as to where the
water which has thus disappeared for ages
goes 1t is supposed-that is. Ii Is a theory
for as yet science has not explored under
the bottom of the seas. though IL will not
be long before this kind of explorations
viii be made-that the water runs along in
channel possibly hundreds and thou
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS,

An ounce OF persuasion is better than
a pound OF compulsion.
You can always Judge a man by tho
cigarettes he doesn't smoke.
Methusaleh completed his nine CEN
turtles and he never even saw a bicycle
In the human barometer smiles mean
sunshine and frowns mean frost.
II you would be happy and content
never borrow trouble or lend money.
Perhaps some children are naughty
because they have heard that the good
die young.
More than half the time when a wo-
man betrays a secret a man is at the
bottom of 1t.
A boy never gets much comfort out Of
his first cigar. but he gets lots OF ex'
p~erience.
When n man speculates on n large
scale he always has something on which
to weigh the consequences.
History repeats itself, with the OK
ceptlon Of our own private history,
which liz repeated by your n%elshbors.
1t would be a good idea for some peo'
ple to hold their tongues occasionally,
and give their brains n chance to catch
up.
II Ia an unsettled question whether
bleaching the hair leads to softenlng OF
the brain, or softening of the brain
lends to bleaching the hair. = Chicago
News,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-15

terest in the welfare OF the workers was
back of certain agitation which was go
ing on among politicians. who, II the
strike Is prolonged viii lose all interest
in the matter after the election.
The point at issue seems to be the COM
plant that the wage scale should be
based on the output Of the mill. The
company claims to have offered TO ad-
just this on the basis Of other mills in
the business. The difference does not
seem 20 have been 50 great that it could
not have been settled by a conference,
had 1t not been thar the dissatisfaction
of the men was aggravated by Popo-
cratic politicians whose stock in trade
is to keep the ranks Of labor In a state Of
unrest To be sure they are finding 1t
very hard work, and In many instances
have failed in their efforts. for they are
dealing with intelligent w%age-earners
who know we'll the difference between
present conditions when they have
steady work on full time, and the condi-
tlon OF idleness six months ago,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-15

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional dis
ease, and In order to cure 1t you must
take internal remedies, Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, and acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous SUI.
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a
ouack medicine. It was prescribed by
one OF the best physicians in this coun-
try for years. and is a regular pre-
scriptlon. 1t Is composed OF the best
tones known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect comblna-
tlou OF the two ingredients Is what pro-
duces such wonderful results In curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
F. ], CHENEY & co, Props, Toledo.O.
Sold by druggists, price 75 cents. Y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-15
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Lditohal ROons~"..Js25 cOuntiag ROOm--"..s22
THE INTELLIGENCER.
wHEEIINo, OCTOBER IS, 1897.


Elsewhere in this mornings Intelligent
Ger will be found the annual address of
Captain John L Vance. president of the
Ohio Valley Improvement Association,
delivered at the annual convention in
Evansville Ind, last Tuesday. The ad-
dress Will be read with the deepest In
terest by all who are interested tn the
great movement OF the Ohio river and its
tributaries, 1t reviews the work already
accomplished In the brief dime since the
organization of the ass~ociatton-the
freeing of the Monongahela and the APP
preparation to slack that river to Fair
mont. and the survey of the Ohio from
Pittsburgh to Marietta, preparatory to
securing appropriations for locks and
dams TO make the river navtgable all the
year.
Captain Vance also outlines the pro-
gramme for the future and shows the
enormous benefits the entire Ohio Valley
will receive from what is to be done. 1t
may not be generally known. but 1t is a
fact and statistics bear it out, that the
tonnage of the Ohio river from Pitts
burgh to Cairo is greater than that of
n river In the world. except the lower
Mississippi, to the tonnage of which the
Ohio river contributes,
This being the truth, the Importance Of
enlisting the interest Of Congress in the
needs OF the great waterway cannot be
oyerestimated, and every citizen OF the
great valley is directly interested in the
matter. No Industrial community is
more largely interested than ours, for
ours is the most important point on the
river between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
We direct attention to President Vance's
address because It contains information
of great value to the citizens of the val
ley.
President Vance incidentally pays a
glowing tribute to the work of Captain
Dovener in Congress, as a member of the
rivers and harbors committee, in behalf
OF the Ohio and the vast industrial region
OF which 1t is the natural highway OF
commerce. Captain Dovener deserves
the tribute, for through his untlring en-
ergy as a member of the committee. a
great deal has already been accom-
pllshed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-15

John II, Mclean has not issued one Of
his withdrawals" from the field as a
senatorial candidate for several days,
but that doesn't signify anything. One
will come along In short time, when the
word goes to him that another with
drawal" Is necessary to pull the wool
over the eyes of those who continue to
believe he Ia In the field, and that the
Warner move is only to catch the un-
wary.i John is shrcwd, but he cannot
deceive the voters of Ohio. In spite of
his withdrawals" he is stlll a candidate,
and. as the Columbus journal has Il, ho
will not withdraw In earnest until after
tho Republicans elect u majority Of the
assembly.