davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1897-02-11
Fortunate Nr. Dancy.

According TO a special dispatch to- The
Star from. Raleigh n. G., yesterday Presi
cent-eiect Mckinley has solved what prom,
lsed TO be one of the most puzzling problems
OF his administration. This Is evidenced Inv
the positive announcement of Mr.. John c,
DARCY OF Salisbury, that he is TO he tine
HeXt recorder Of deed: for the District of
Columbia Mr. Dancy's claims to recop.i-
TOR for this office seem 10 be frst that no
Is "a cotored man. second that ne has rem
uet+d ms party certain services in an
emergency and third. and apparently in his
mind most conclusive of all. that he Is not
a resident of the District. Mr. Dancv has
every right in the world. in view of tn. re-
cent past. TO regard himself as fully ouali-
ned tor this local post. paid FOR by local
money ard dealing exclusively witb local
affairs. That is mis- view of the situs,ion
as II Is the view of large number of
other politicians OF both races regarding
the District Offices. But it is not the Wow
OF the people of The District and il SURELY
is not the view OF Mr.. Mckinley. who. was
chosen president on a platform which spe-
ciiically declared in favor of home rule in
such territory of the United States as The
District OF Columbia. Maybe Mr. Dancy.s
hopes have supplanted his information on
this subject II not. he has been honored
lar beyond even his great deserts by being
not only chosen in advance but by being
notified thus early.
Evening star., 1897-02-11
The On lpinet.

Although the cabinet is as yet ir COM
plete. enough is known about 1t to warrant
comment on its strength and acceptabiIit
when the last name shall have been added
Some OF the praise heard is warm; some is
qualified On the one hand are those who
think that Mr.. Mckinley has made the yery
bes1 of his opportunity. They like not only
the nen he has selected. but the particular
assignments he has made of them Safe
Practical. and substantial results are conf
oe1tIy expected On the other hand are
those who offer comparisons between this
man who has been taken and that man
who has not been taken and in this way
give themselves up to a degree OF appre-
hensio1. They record themselves in what
is known the hopeful column May
be Is word to which they cling
Ar. Mckinley. there is every reason to
believe. will be judged by the country at
large in this matter according to the cir
cumstances that have surrounded him. His
entire party has not been at his command
Some men whom he probably would have
been glad 70 call to his side have preferred
stations they already are filling Others
have been barred by factional uuarreIs at
home. which. however depIorabIe and in
the main unworthy of consideration in ma
ttonal affairs, must yet by the rule of DO
htical organization be taken into account
So that these men. for the one cause or the
other. must be eliminated before the metes
and bounds of MIR McKinIey's actual field
OF selection can accurately be determined
But. waving this point. it can truthfuliy
be said that the selections made are excel
lent The men of experience in public
affairs. we'll known 20 the country. and we'll
situated geographically. They represent
their sections and their party They ought
10 work well together. and they probably
Will There does not appear any good rea-
son whatever why any republican should
Upon broad grounds lensthen his face or
wrinkle MS forehead in contemplating the
machinery provided for executing during
'he next four years the policies OF his
party
Evening star., 1897-02-11
The District BIZ.

Hearings are about to b.gin before the
Senate subcommittee on the District appro-
priation bill and in the coming three weeks
much hard work il to be done The bill
is TO be reframed more generous lines
by the subcommittee and then submitte ed
to the full committee for approval. 1t
has next to go through the Senate, where
IL is sure TO receive more than the usual
share of scrutiny. Thence it will pass into
conference. where the hardest and fire.
quently lorgest fighting is almost always
done. Even after agreements are reached
in conference there may ne further de-
lays as these compromises are not always
accepted by the houses and further confer
ences are often ordered. All these processes
take time and just now time is consdera-
tion of unusual Importance in connection
with congressional work AT noon on the
4th of March all bills that have not be-
come laws eithe" by Limitation or by sig
nature fail utterly. The fact that an extra
session will be held in March does not
materially aid the situa ton, for in the
remote event of failure of the bill at
this session there would De no possibility
of picking up the work where it was left
and completing IL. 1t would be necessary
for new bill to be framed in the House.
End there would be no guarantee that the
diminished measure would be taken even
as general guide. The expectation now
Is that the extra session will be exclu-
sively devoted to the considerat ton of
tariff bill No general legislation Is antici-
pated- OF course the houses would PROB
ably supply the absolutely necessary de-
hciencies in the appropriations, but under
all the circumstances they would be more
likely merely to continue existing laws
TO cover the coming fiscal year in case of
failures to pass new bills than to COM
plete in detail the undone work of the
present Congress. Such expedients would
be generally Gnsatisfac tory so it Is alto
gether probable that by hook or by crook
the budgets will all be laid before Presi-
dent Cleveland before the hour of noon
March 4. This will involve some very
haSty work at the end. and from present
appearances IL looks though the District
bill would be one of the very last meas
ures TO pass. To avoid the usually awk-
ward and often unsatisfactory compro-
misses that result from such rushed agree
ments it is to the interests of all the citi-
zens to aid the Senate committee by mini
mzing the demand on its time for hearings.
The bill ought TO be reported to the Sen
ate early next week in order to have
fair chance in conference.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

The present trouble In Crete is merely the
latest of a long series OF occasional re-
ligious cor flicts and over-boilings Of a peo-
pie harassed by a rule which Is hateful to
its subjects. The Turks present title to
the island is fawiess from a political
point of view, but the Greeks claim the
right of Intervention on moral and senti-
mental grounds. dwelling strongly on the
feature of race sympathy and affiliations
There is 70 organized rebellion on the ISL
and at present. But Greece itches to pre-
cipitate full-ledged war with Turkey,
her hereditary enemy, and IL not held back
by the diplomats of Europe she will prob
ably cause trouble. If there were no pos
sibilities in the premises beyond a mere
struggle between Greece and Turkey Eu-
rope would not be so much concerned, but
there are far greater interests at stake
than the Island of Crete. The conditions
are such just now that the least fracas in
Europe will probably bring on that gen.
eral war the shadow Of which has hung
threatenrgly over Chrstendom for nearly
a quarter of a century. This is especially
true of an imbrogiio involving the sultan
who now seems to be the keystone of the
arch of European peace The powers are
shrewdly hinting to Greece that bit of
patience will probably be profitable in the
end and the suggestion is pointedly made
that in that long expected division of Tur-
key Crete will fall to Greece as her por-
ton. The situation Is the more delicate by
reason of the bad feeling recently re-
vived between France and England over
the occupation of Egypt Sir Michael Hicks
Beach spoke in commons a few days ago
in such defiant tone that France Is in
clined to resent the suggestion that Eng
land owes no accounting to Europe for
her administration In Egypt. and particu-
larly in regard to the length of her stay
there. But these war clouds are continu-
ally gathering and being dispelled by
favoring breezes. and the probabilities are
that this latest menace to European quiet
which has suddenly arisen will quickly
disappear.
Evening star., 1897-02-11
Highly sympathetic.

The meanest man" Is a person who
seems so frequently encountered that it is
pleasure TO run across the most tender
hearted man. He was standing just out
SIDE his office, when friend stopped to
inquire:
How is Diggles getting along? 1 haven't
seen him for long time"
Worse than usual" was the reply in
tcnes OF the deepest sympathy VERY
much worse than usual, poor fellowr'
Are you sure of that"'
certain l recently had my salary re-
duced and 1 can't lend him nearly as
much IS l used to-"
Evening star., 1897-02-11
to the announcements the mic

According to the announcements the mid
die west through Hahn Of Ohio has
won the District marshalship, and the
south, through Dancy of North Carolina,
has secured the District recordership Of
deeds. There still remain the position of
local register of wills for New England.
and SUPPLEMENTARY of the local dog pound
for the Pacific Coast. Concerning this pro-
posed distribution of the local offices it is
to be remarked that neither the District
of Columbia nor the home rule plank of the
republican platform is to the slightest ex-
tent in it.
Evening star., 1897-02-11
More Difficult Now.

George Washington" said the enthu-
siastic man, never uttered anything that
was not true.'
Yes, replied the politician. 'but that
poiicy was easier in those days. He never
got mixed up in arguments on free silver
and arbitration and lot more of things
that you have to take so many chances on
when it comes to a question of fact"
Evening star., 1897-02-11
A Moral Crisis.

Honesty" said Senator Sorghum. ..is the
best policy, very frequently
You have-er-you have tested that
maxim. have your
Yes. sir. l may say that 1t laid the
foundation for my subsequent career. The
first time 1 ran for Office l was approached
by an active worker in practical politics.
He asked me whether / would refuse to run
IL a certain course of procedure were
adopted. and whether l would go back on
them in case things should turn out wrong" :"
And then you remembered that honesty
Is the best policy
Yes. l searched my inner consciousness.
and then, looking him full in the eye, told
him the truth. ! said that l would not
refuse''
Evening star., 1897-02-11
Another European War Cloud

The peace OF Europe" Is threatened
anew This time IL is Crete that alarms
the conservatives and excites the radi-
Gals as possible cause Of war. Crete Is a
Turkish province with a practically solid
Christian population. 1t Is essentially
Greek in its characteristics and Affiliations
and the goyernment at Athens has for
years viewed the island with longing eyes.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

The Bradley Martin ball is, socially
speaking. an accomplished fact. But the
best part of the enterprise, so far as the
general public is concerned, is yet to come.
The formality of rendering the bills is next
on the program.
Evening star., 1897-02-11
Sunday Morninu

The bells sound clear across the sky
With warnings. deep and grand.
Policemen loudly tap their clubs
For order in the land.
The engine-whistle screams above
The rattle of the train; -.
Societies go marching to
The lusty bands refrain,
Then fiercely come the horrid shrieks
or cars around the curves:
And changing gongs play havoc with
The most enduring nerves.
But still we lightly smile and VOW
Peace has not wholly flown;
For you. oh, naughty newsboy, are ~.
As mute as any stone. .sasl
Evening star., 1897-02-11

The Queen of England has ordered a
steam yacht for herself. 1t is hoped that
the British government has not been so dis
obiiging as to refuse her the use of a light
house tender.
Evening star., 1897-02-11
The Reason.

He sighs for flowers and birds that sir
Sweet notes of vernal glee;
It's six long weeks till gentle spring.
The coal will last bat three.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

To Mr.. Havemeyers mind 1t seems moth
ing less than vandalism for the govern
ment to suggest interference with SO pros
porous business as that Of the sugar
fruSf
Evening star., 1897-02-11

There are great many kings and
queens at most fancy dress balls. For
some no doubt sufficient reason these are
invariably the only court cards considered.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

1t is safe TO assume that the wings OF
riches were little more tired than usual
in New York this morning
Evening star., 1897-02-11

There was retrograde movement al
the city post office building today, only
two dozen men being employed.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

Great Britain and King Oscar of Sweier
are both willing to discuss the treaty with
out going into executive session.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin will now
Rave the fun OF paying the piper. Accord
ing to all accounts the piper will put in a
goodlY bill -
Evening star., 1897-02-11

Riso now realizes that the way of The
transgressor is hard. He doesn't even get
any aIimony.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

Neylers recall and his final triumph both
seem to be permanently in the future tense.
Evening star., 1897-02-11
SHOOTING STARS.
The One Tonic.

If l were you,'' said the, girls mother,
Il would not allow the acquaintance with
young Mr.. Slabsley to proceed any fur
ther.''
But If he insists on talking to me 1
can't stop the conversation without being
rude
oh, yes, you can. Pretend that you are
not in the least interested in the bicycle"
Evening star., 1897-02-11

INC Tor 25c Japanned Chamber Pails with
cover. And lie for the Japanned Slop
Evening star., 1897-02-11

A0C for 59c Full-size Slop Jars. made M erxt
quality stone china. Every one r1,aran
Evening star., 1897-02-11

tnZT, each for 1880 Buating Flags. guaranteed
fast color. Mounted on 5-foot pole. en-
.isted, with gllded spear hetsd.
Evening star., 1897-02-11

"A - yard for warranted best of All-wool and
AVN Fast Color Bsnting- 1S inches wide.
3EZr yard for the Bunting usually sold ut &c
.OHS aBd &c yard. 1S inches wide. Not
Evening star., 1897-02-11
Fourth of rNarc11 Supplies.

81 HW for 81. so Decorated China Cham,..r
n...- Sets. which include full size njtcher
oasin' covered chamber, mug and soap dish
Evening star., 1897-02-11
4 1000 Remnants

OF BLACK AND COLoRFD DRESS GOODS.
SILKS. &c. IN LENGTHS FROM To 10 YARDS,
AT ABotT HALF REGULAR PRICES, AND IN
MANY INSTANCES LESS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

ciety she created a furore. Her beauty and
apicmb made her at once a belle. Barely
her taper fingers. with Il radiant beauty re-
markable even in Il family as bountifully
blessed with feminine loneliness as the
Vanderbilts. She is of medium height. with
a slight swayins figure. the perfection of
grace in every movement. Her features
have none of the characteristic severity
of the Vanderbilt outline. They are del
ioately nodded and the contour of the face
is a soft oval. The large hazel eyes, limpid
as a child's, full scarlet lips and waving
chestnut hair just touched with gold. give
her the indescribably youthful charm of
her cousin-german, the duchess. though
greater strength is indicated. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Herman Caesar, the eld-
est daughter of the late Captain Jake
Vanderbilt.
The Mahoney valley. near Shamokin,
boasts of a coal mine worked entirely by
women. There are seven employed. and
they are all related, being the daughters
of a German miner
named Hans.
WOMEN Katie. the eldest
COAL dmmties nsnaiiy ase
MINERS. signed to an outside
foreman. supervising
the running of the
breaker in a highly
satisfactory manner. and selling the fuel to
the hundreds of farmers who come to the
mine.
The second girl. Mary. has charge OF
tA1 iAiH' Nv uaI oIS Tic va U
the bowels of the earth. and works it as
well as any man in the valley.
Annie. who has turned ont a very fair
mechanic, runs the pump that keeps the
mine free from water. and the boilers and
engine that supply the steam for operat-
ing the machinery.
The other three girls pick and sort the
coal. and &c about the work in a very
business-like manner. All of them are
over six feet in height: and. although en-
gagged in such laborious work, have very
fine figures.
According to the New York Journal. 1t is
the intelligent working woman. and not the
woman of leisure and the devotee of fash
ionable clubs, who is advancing the wom-
an movement in a
useful direction.
FIRST Miss Clara J; Fisher.
WOMAN last week chosen to
ARBITRATOR. act as expert assist
ant to the Massa-
chusetts state board
of arbitration and
Cancellation In a difficulty between the b.
II. Spalding Company. of Milford, and its
employees.
Miss Fisher is the first woman ever
chosen to act as an arbitrator in this
country, and she performed her difficult
task to the satisfaction Oh both sides.
Miss Fisher is about 30 years old. a work.
ing woman. and well educated. For nine
years she has been overseer In the straw
factory of the B.. II. Spaulding Company.
and has had charge of a department of 100
women. When the strike was brought
about the factory employees chose Miss
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
Love and the Flower.

You have heard It said-and I believe
there is more than fancy in that saying.
but let it pass for a fanciful one-that
flowers only flourish rightly in the gar
dens of some one who loves them. 1 know
you would like that to be true: you would
think it a pleasant magic if you could flush
your flowers into a brighter bloom by a
kind look upon them; nay. more: if your
look had the power. not only to cheer. but
to guard-if you could bid the black blight
turn away. and the knotted caterpillar
spare-if you could bid the dew fall on
them in the drouth, and say to the South
in frost. Come. thou South wind, and
breathe upon my garden. that the spices
of it may flow out" This you would think
a great thing. And do you not think it 4
greater thing that all this land how much
more than all this) you can do for fairer
than these-flowers that could bless
YOU for having blessed them-fiowers that
have thoughts like yours and lives like
yours, and which, once saved, you save
forever.-John Ruskin.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
with both men and women a great paucity

Will poSh 4IS oAAN SAAS " o.NS1 beANANy
of linen.
The various forms. fabrics. colors and
worn by gentlewomen, az we'll
as those worn by all grades of officers.
are regulated by sumptuary law. down to
the throat latch. The emperor even is
sues a decree twice a year to indicate upon
what day the winter hat shall be changed
for the summer straw. and vice versa.
Mime. WI has the little feet which char
acteTiZe the women of Southern China.
and of which the minister. despite his en-
lightenment. seems not a little proud. The
custom of binding the feet Of ladies does
not prevail in the northern part OF the
empire, which accounts for the fact that
the feet of Nine. Yang Yu. the preceding
minister's wife. were not thus deformed.
1t is all a mere matter of fashion, but has
such a tremendous hold upon the women
where it prevails hat no Roadway can
seem to be made against it. The only in
fluence tina has ever amounted to any
thing in this direction is that eXerted by
Tie CT. tholic missionaries. As a reward for
their pains. however. they have been called
upon to provide husbands for their follow
ers. whose large feet have made them un-
desirable parties in their own circles.
Women whose feet have been thus bound
have literally no leg development below the
knee. They are obliged to wear bandageS
for life as q support, and the foot and
limb are quite too ~unsightly in appearance
to be exposed to view. Over the bandageS
they wear little socks and the tiny en-
broidered shoes which are made in the
Eouse by maid or friend. Nine. Wu's gar
ments are all made in her own home by
the tailor which Mr.. WI brought to Amer
lea with him,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
OLD MAIDS IN BERMUDA
feits Her Right to Real
Estate,

In spite of the pre-eminence of the spin
ster in New England. the proportion OF
unmarried women Is greater in the
island of than anywhere else on
this side of the Atlantic. The semi-tropical
climate of the islands. together with their
isolation. has made of the white inhabitants
of English stock q quiet, almost sluggish.
people of a simplicity nearly Arcadian.
The women especially. many of whom
have led very circumscrihed lives. never
leaving the islands. cultivate old-fashion-
ed hospitality and possess a natural ease
of manner that seems 10 rise from per-
feet faith in other people. Crime is rare
in Bermuda, partly because II is extremely
difficult for a criminal to get on the
islands. says the New York Tribune
Bermudian women are excellent house
keepers. and bring up large families Of
children. the favorite chicks of the flock
being sent; IN some on eases. TO ths S.a,es
these folks are much more exact than
Americans. They are a comfortable. WELL
TODD set of people. with here and there q
family possessing ample means. As in
England, property, especially real estate.
remains in the same family for a long
period, some of the descendants of the ORR
ginal settlers still possessing lands that
never have passed out of their families.
1t is conservatism as to real estate owner
ship that keeps up the supply of spinsters.
No alien can acquir a title to land in Ber-
muda, either by purchase or inheritance
This law is directed mainly against the
Portuguese. who have fiocked to the colony
dait IN W 80
these intruders own no land they have no
vote. and the difficulty Of naturalization
and the property qualification combine to
make a double barrier, protecting the IA
tiveS in their control of things.
But the law provides. further. that f n
woman owning land marries an alien she
forfeitS her real estate and becomes incapa-
BILE of inheriting any. They have no
'.squaw men, in Bermuda. This law is
not very popular with young women. who
see their brothers and sweethearts paying
court to American girls with comfortable
incomes. The number of Americans who
have become residents of Bermuda is small.
er than it would be under different land
laws. but the winter colony IS a large one.
and the most energetic business men Of
Hamilton. the capital Of the islands are
from the States. Marriages result of Ber-
mudian men with American girls, but in II
community where SO large a proportion Of
all property is land. ~Bermudian girls are
prevented from retaliating. There are in
stances where girls renounce their BIRTH
rights. but %penniless bellies are not uni
yerSally attractive.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

To the memory of Guy de Maupassant
there has been erected in the Pare Man
ceau, Paris. a monument which is thor
ougbly French and 'fin de steele" On d
high pedestal is a bust of the author, ard
at the base of the pedestal a marble rep
reservation of a woman of modern Paris
~reclires on a couch. resting her head
upon one hand and looking sac. In ner
left hand is a book which she has evidently
beer reading and, presumably. 1t is a booh
by De Maupassant. She is mourning for
the author in a dress which must have beer
designed by Worth and her shoes evidently
came from designs by the "swellest' Par
isian bootmaker.
Raoul Merlet was the sculptor and Henri
peglane the architect of the monument.