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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28

he wanted 1t. Standing In the garden. he
took on his hat. smiled. and said. This
Is my Eden" little dreaming that IL would
be his Gethsemane well.
Just as the successful htterateur dis
courages young writers did this successful
miner discourage prospectors.
Stick to your quill" he wrote to a friend
who had asked him to buy a claim at Grip
pie Creek. land you have my friendship; 20
prospecting and you lose it" After a Sc
we're and long illness this same friend wrote
sioomiiy. and Creede replied: Never give
for" e' ~ "'e
SIX months ago he wrote his friend who
was tnen IN Washington, a cheerful letter.
ana IL chanced to be the last: I'VE too
nave a baby-a little girl, and do you know
mat have never known such pleasure In
All my HE as the pleasure of caring for this
III cnlia; ike to dress her and undress
her, as little girls do with their dolls"
RMS was the little girl whom he had
accepted 1T seems to me that that letter
alone shows that Creede's heart was in the
night place. What a loving father he might
have been: what a happy home he might
nave made; IL things had gone just a little
dinerent Very few people knew Creole in
timateiy- He avoided people. He was con-
stantly ashamed OF having changed his
name. He exaggerated this bit of foolish
ness into crime and brooded over it and
the bitter disappointment of his earlier life
stayed In his heart and kept it sad.
Unkind Cuts.
Ana so people who never knew Creole
oishked him. This is especially true of
those who conceive it to be their duty or
VINO think Ii smart to hate the rich and
fortunate Here follows a sample of the nm
KIND cuts that are aimed at the unfortu-
nate dead:
The death of y. C. Creole removed from
tnis earth rather harmonious case of Idiot
that never aspired TO anything higher than
eating morphine and figuring conspicuously
IN divorce SUITS
NOW. SO far as know. he had never fig
urea IN a divorce court, and / make no
doubt his first dose of morphine was taken
upon that awful afternoon when he gave
up the ship and went into his garden to
die. ~
10 use the expression of an old prospect-
ing partner of his, Creole was a white man
ana ne was liked best by those who knew
him best.
Among the papers and letters left hv the
dead prospector they found the original
Ms OF the following original verses and
tney snow that he had at least one friend
VINO remained so to the end:
My Dear Creole:
II were to write for the papers to print
What here indite I opine
That my critics would say
1t was written that way
For so many dollars a line
And so. with the view that I'm writing to you
Where no critics lances are hurled
Ill touch the taut string Of nv Tyre and sing
Oi the best-hearted man In tn, world
Hark back 10 the prospect in Poverty Gulch
Before you found dirt that would pay
When the hope in your breast, like the gold in
the west,
Burned brightest at close Of the day
We're but rich or If You We're still poor,
And We sat where your cabin smoke curIad
Then in unstinted laws could pour out the praise
or the best-heartcd in the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
Don't Wear Starchcd Linen.

From the st. Lo1ls Globe Democrat.
Prof Max Rubner, who lectures on n.y.
giene at the Berlin University, has pub
lished a very interesting article on the use
of starched laundry in summer After ex-
tensive and careful investigation he has
come to the conclusion that starched linen
forms a very strong obstacle to the dis
charge of heat, and this influence becomes
stronger in the same proportion as the out
side temperature rises. This seems to
prove that the starching of shirts Is a
rather unreasonable custom. In winter.
when we try hard to retain our bodily heat.
the protection given by 'starched linen is
very small, on account of the low temper
ature Oh the outside, and in summer. when
try as hard TO cool off as much as pos
sible, starched linen energetically keeps
the heat in. 1t is true enough that with
the rising temperature perspration will
dissolve the starch. but even then it is
very cisagreeably felt. In this condition it
closes up the pores of the linen and rem
GERS difficult the entrance OF dry air to
the skin. ard il is just the fresh and dry
air that gives GOODNESS in summer Prof.
Rubner closes his argument with the ad-
vice to leave off the use of starched linen
entirely in summer, and, il possible. also
in winter, although he admits that custom
and fashion will hardly allow starched
linen to disappear entirely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
An Intermittent Lake

From the Gainesville tFla.) Sun
Payne's prairie. three miles south of this
city covers an area of fifty thousand acres
"A large portion of the prairie is now coy
cred with water, but there are thousands
OF acres around the borders Of the lake
which has been formed on which horses and
cattle Craze. There is no way of estimat-
ing the number of cattle, but there are
many thousands. and they are in fine con-
dition. The prairie, or savannah, which
1T really is. occasionally goes dry. the water
passing out through a subterranean pas
sage called the sink. Where the water
goes 10 has never been determined When
the sink is open the lake goes dry, and
when the outlet becomes goreed or choked
lax from five to seven miles wide and
about eighteen miles long ia formed. When
the waters of the lake suddenly leave it,
thousands of alligators. snakes FISH and
turtles are left with nothing but mud for
their places Of abode. The fish and tartles
perish. but the saurians and reptiles seek
and find other quarters. For miles along
the northern border of the lake there Is a
succession of sinks. averaging in depth all
the way from twenty-five to one hundred
feet. Subterranean passages run i'm every
direction. leaving the ground in the shape
of a honeycomh The ground is liable to
give way at any time. creating a new sink,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28

estly dressed man of middle age, medium
size, with blue eyes looking out of a sad
face. He had tainted, he guessed, and then
the conductor asked his name. "Creede."
said the man, and that was our first meet
ing.
My interest in the man began when
IT ct an old comrade of his Who had served
with him In the Sioux wars on the plains
in the eos. After that Creole and 1 be-
came very good friends. He was born On
a farm not far from Fort Wayne, Ind.
How cid a man is Creede?' asked the
editor of the New York Sun of an ac-
quaintarce during the boom days Of the
silver camp.
:, He's just fifty was the reply.
.'Oh, he's a young fellow" said the great
Journalist. SO. If we measure a man s
life as Mr.. Dana does, he was still young
man. p,i,. &c.
The Shadow ON His Trail.
Creole put in seven years as a scout and
Indian fighter. and helped with his hands
to open the overland route to the Rock
les. Some of his adventures have already
appeared in these columns. and many
have not been told. most important
event in his life was omitted at that time,
an event that lost to him all the glory he
had gained in the Sioux wars. and put a
shadow on his trail. After the war he went
back to his old home In Iowa, where he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
THE KISSING BELL SILENT.
Old Custom Done Away With in a
Galveston Passenger Station,

Old Custom Done Away With in a
Galveston Passenger Station.
From the Galveston Tribune. s--..-t
Colonel Scott, station master of the new
passenger station of the Santa Fe is hay-
ing no end of trouble educating passengers
up to the modern ideas which have been in
troduced In the station. It has been a time
honored custom in this town for all Of the
sisters, cousins and aunts of a traveller to
follow the departing one into the train. In
this way half a dozen passengers and their
friends have been known to so overcrowd
whole train that extra coaches have been
hastily ordered out in order to provide
seats for what was supposed to be an I'M
usual rush of travellers. They would fix
themselves as comfortably as you please,
the attendants upon their friends, and chat
ter as pleasantly as Q May morn, until the
kissing bell rang, three minutes before the
starting of the train. Then a commotion
would follow. Women would fall over one
another in their frantic efforts to do the
osculatory act, garnished with tears and
hugs galore. An exodus from the train
would follow, and empty coaches would
pull out of the depot with lonesome head
here and there bobbing good-byes at the
multitude on the depot platform.
The thing was a nuisance, a delusion and
a snare It-has been abolished by the Santa
Fe by gate system, which prevents any
ez cept actual passengers entering the trains
anu now the goodbye Kissing Is done
through the iron bars of the partition fence
or before the passenger gets through the
gate.
But the people. OF at least. some of the
people, do not take kindly to the innova-
lions They rather prefer the good old
way and kick vigorously at any change
even though it be for the better This
morning young man showed up at the
depot with his mother. He saw the gate
nan stop troop of young girls at the gate
ana politely inform them that they could
not enter the train without tickets
I'll put my mother en-. that train or
know why" observedfhe.e Young man. .;;And
I'M mere to ten yoTrhere amt policemen
enough IN this town - step me-. he added.
starting for the gate%
why he wars stopbed: sfns safeman Very
politely informed him of the rule which
was made for all alike, and he gave il IN
f Msh l %hc s1R pre- The very foolish
After all this buster there were several TO
laugh at him. and he lost no time in MAX
ing MS escape and losing himself in the
cfoWd ! .soSA ID JIi5G5S "a; ~ -.
Inc kissing bell Is done away with at the
rev depot, and thestraveling public is grad.
eaiiy' very gradually. learning this fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
NINETY CoNvrcTs EATING MELONS
Remarkable Scene Witnessed I'm n
Georgia Field.

Remarkable Scene Witnessed in a
Georgia Field.
From the Atlanta Journal.
There were ninety happy negroes wear
ing the stripes of convicts in Georgia YES
terday.
All their happiness was caused because
Deputy Sheriff C. p Trimble has a big
heart, and also big watermelon patch
Mr.. Trimble's watermelon patch is situ-
ated in East Point. and for some days
squad of ninety negro convicts has been
working on the road that runs by the for
hidden fruit. For days the song that the
poor devils would sing to the rafting of
their chains was something about the in
feriority of all the fruits of the earth COM
pared to the watermelon, ending with the
plaintive Chorus:
"Oh, gimme. oh, gimme, I really wish
you would, dat watermelon groin on de
vine"
Yesterday their song was answered 1t
was raining and they could not work, and
Mr.. Trimble ordered Captain Duncan, who
has charge of them, to turn them in and
let them eat their fill Captain Duncan
knew better than turn ninety hungry con-
vfcts right into field of melons, for he
wanted to save the vines, and he knew
that they would eat vines and all so he
selected several of the TRUSTEES and sent
them up to the field with a big two horse
wagon. Those TRUSTEES knew what they
had to do. and If one wagon ever had a
load of melons that one did. When it roll
ed into camp there vas a kind of lula that
comes before a storm, only moment for
the melon-hungry niggers to grasp the sit
uation, and then the massacre began
There were no knives to cut them I'D
with. There were no dainty slices like
one sees in a boarding house. 1t was like
swarm of locust turned loose in a grain
field. There was one long swish and a
swush. blur of red. universal grunt of
satisfaction and the wagon was on the
way back to the field for more.
Oliver Twist wasn't in 1t when it came to
calling for more with these hungry con-
v1cts. When the wagon came back with
100 or 300 more the melons that had gone
before had been forgotten and the second
onslaught began. 1t was more stubborn
and little longer, but the victory was
just as complete.
Old negroes that had not tasted n bit of
the red fruit since last year would grab
melon, give 1t one affectionate hug and
then let US draw curtain over the scene.
No mortal man could tell where the niger
began and the melon left off. The rinds
went the same way that the meat did and
there were enough seed swallowed to give
the whole United States appendicitis if
properly distributed
When the last reports were received last
night the wagon was still making trips to
the patch, and Mr. Trimble's melons were
disappearing at the rate of about ninety a
minute.
In spite of the recent investigation of the
convicts, there are at least ninety of them
in the state whose condition has been very
much improved already, and there were
ninety of them who went TO sleep last
night swearing that BOSS Tyimble he was
good white man." and thinking that be-
ing a convict was not so bad after all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
Pushing One Thing.

"A shoemaker makes a good shoe be-
cause he makes nothing else says Emer-
son, and the idea may be taken up with
advantage in almost any line of business.
a merchant tailor in a town of G0.o0o popu-
lation made some cassocks for a few local
priests. Now he is advertising himself IN
the Catholic papers and by circulars to the
clergy of that church as a "cassock maker"
and sends hundreds of these garments all
over the United States and is kept busy
the year around. At home he is simply a
merchant tailor doing a good business.
while his out-of-town customers know him
only as man whose particular business
is making cassocks. and who. making n
specially of this feature is enabled to sup
ply a better cassock and at lower price
than they can get elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
A Samoan Bathing Pnrty.

John Harrison Wagner in Barper's Magazine.
By and by the visitors, one by one. re-
tired to their houses. and at about 10
O'Clock. the rain by this time having ceased
and the moon coming out in all her SPLEEN
dor. the girls suggested aEbath. So of we
started, singing, la1shing and .chattering
like children just released from school, till
down by the beach We came to a miniature
fresh-water lagoon. sb Each girl. as she
reached the water'soedge UNFINISHED the
lava lava, or linen wafstcfoth, that formed
her only garment, and as'ft fell, to her feet,
diyed into the pool. Having improvised
bathing suit with towel I followed, and
there in the moonlight WE splashed about
and dived and swan, the girls with their
1.-THE, graceful figureSe sdripping. gleam-
ing locks. looking Ike . band Of dusky
water nymphs from some old pagan para
disc. After the bath th9sgirls ran races,
and i was Initiated infto the mysteries of a
game that was the samoan equivalent of
the old English distinguishing All went
merrily, till the shouting and laughter
brought an angry odd gentleman on the
scene. who informedI0s that 1t was quite
Hmev that an decent peopleg Samoan ors
otherwise, were asleep. Not altogether
sorry to- take the hint, retired under my
mosquito nets. while the girls stretched
themselves out on the mats around the
house, and soon we were all asleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28

II that came to be Immensely popular EN-
Revenant de Robinson Gin Coming Back
from Robinson'). the archtype of many an
imitation. as the years flowed on to suit
the needs of newer drinking rendezvous
beyond the walls.
Most of them had faulty rhymes for it
Is only Robinson that rhymes with mon
pompCn,
En- reyenant de Robinson,
Javdis mon pompon,
And whether pompon had its original
siSnifcation of a cockade (and if so of
grass or wild howers) or its present
soul-saddening meaning of an independent
drunk il mattered little.
There were always also those touchinp
lines:
Quand nous partimes d'Ia rue d'Melun
Nous etiCns un.
En- arrivant a Robinson,
Plus persOnne,
When we left the rue de MeIun our
party consisted of one: (but) in arriving
al Robinson there was no longer anybody
=" men goes TO Indicate that in those days
Parisians had the right pronunciation Of
the name of Fridays friend and benefactor
Modern Facilities.
The old railroad, with its curves exists
no longer; in lis place fine, straight line.
With its new station at the Luxembourg.
shoots out through tine Partisan laborers'
quarters. past the Notifications through
the Kitchen gardening. past the clustering
scape, and then on up, with never a pun
at such trifiiLg climb. AT Sceaux. the
nearest town. there is private lunatic
asylum: but We do not stop The Iunatics
are taken on by foot TO Robinson on Thurs
day afternoons by keepers in plain dress.
Ihey soon melt into the crowd and are not
noticed
The original old tree is stiu there. but =,
also, is lost in the shuttle. For there are
perhaps. TWO dozen great trees, and ali
now are tree-restaurants. This is the
original, The only true originaIy' Mais
flute. alors. The tourists only care for the
original Which gives the fullest Hire the
longest menu and the shortest price? The
student is not rich
There Is an Independent railway station
for Robinsons." Around the station are
all kinds of drinking taverns, small. with
immense double piazzas, initiating the tree
Restaurants. some three stories high The
Rendezvous of Scholars'-"'The Sign of the
Blushing Grisette!'-"The Rabbit in the
Pot.---The Inn OF e-LorraIHei--so
that no motive OF emotion is left unappeal-
ed TO. Then struggling up the hill there
Is street. quite wide. quite bright with
colors. very noisy. very gay. 1t Is a street.
because IL Is a space between two rows of
houses But the houses are not houses
only taverns. So IL Is no street. but only
q broad road. with taverns on each side.
Were they not there-the taverns-it would
- sweet, romantic climb up to and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
IL You Are BEAD ,DrslknI Own I'm Liz
Little Man-It Helms

- u III
Little Man-It Helps
From the Ciheifdiati Commercial Tribune
Dead broke is not an accurate term. It is
relative. millionaire considers himself
dead broke when he finds that he has on1y
v In his pocket Men of less means think
they are dead broke when they can find
but a quarter or half in their pockets
But with the mass OF people who haven't
very much. even when at their best, dead
broke means that condition in which man
finds himself without q nickel In his
pockets. Pennies don't cut any ice. Even
three or four of them won't pay a car fare.
and when man hasn't car fare the walk
TO Cumminsville at midnight seems long
awfully long. o., go, D..
That's what allied me the other night"
s SAD RESIDENT OF that suburb. Il didn't
nave nickel to my name-not a nick And
you bet 1t was warm. So F tried to work
the conductor. When he struck me I felt
In my pockets. first one, then the other,
and then looked dazed.
had a Nickel said, but blame me
II know where 1t is
Toe thin, old man. said the heartless
man In blue. You'll have to walk little,
Think of a man getting Oft a joke like that
walked, but not far. Tried another
conductor with the same racket. Didn't
work He was heartless also. 1 knew I'd
last car would be due soon- Then thought
Of the old motto: Honesty is the best of
policy I'll try 1t on
II got on the car and held up my head
When the man with the badge came along
said:
I'm dead broke. cid man. Let me take
sneak home, will you? ,Walking's awful
hot night like this.
THAT worked to charm. He was the
best conductor I ever saw. He knew was
telling the truth. The others thought was
lying. and was, but not in the way they
thought. All he said was:
All right. old fellow. Don't give me
away, though
Not on your life,' said. Then curled
up and slept the sleep of the just and the
righteous Hereafter I'm going to tell the
truth, cost what it may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
THE WINDOW GARDEN.
Some Excellent Advice to Amateur
Plant Growers.

U
Plant Growers.
In. little pamphlet on Floral Culture,
Miss c. H. Lippincott of Minnesota gives
some valuable advice for window garden
ers. She says that the beginner usually
makes the mistake of having too large a
collection at the start and that it is cas-
Ter to begin with a few easily grown
plants, proceeding to greater numbers and
choicer kinds by degrees. Miss Lippincott
thinks that too much stress has been laid
Upon the matter of suitable soil and that
amateurs are frequently discouraged be-
cause they find it impossible to obtain the
leaf mold so often prescribed. The truth
Is, says sne, that any good fertile garden
soil in which plants will grow outside will
Go for the window garden. especially If
little sand or leaf mold or street sweep
ings. be added to 1t to make it lighter and
more porous.
plants grown in the house are best
kept In good shape by pinching the end
buds of those shoots that grow too Wig
orously. This is much better than allow
ing a few shoots to grow until they need
support. and then cutting them back.
In taking up plants from the garden
for house culture. 1t is best to cut back
at least one-half, and, after potting i'm
good soil. water at once. and put in a cool.
shaded place.
Amateurs. as rule, repot too often.
and keep their plants in too large pots
1t is of no use to give a plant fresh soil
before its roots have pretty well occupied
the old. There is a proper time to repot.
and that is when the ball OF earth is well
surrounded by roots. state that can be
determined by tipping the plant out of the
pot.
Another point to be remembered is, that
II large flower pots are used there will be
more leaves than flowers. Often plants
have refused to blossom simply because.
having so much space. their energies were
bent upon forming rootlets and leaves
1T Is essential to give the plants an
abundance OF air. but caution is required
in SO doing. A draught of cold air should
never be allowed to blow directly on the
plants; the window should be lowered from
tie top for a few moments daily unless
the wind blows strongly from the direction
In which the window Is located.
s'The amount OF heat required by the
ordinary class Of plants in the windows
h sometimes . source Of great anxiety
to the amateur. Ny experience has been
that the amount Of heat may be governed
by the effect upon ourselves; for example,
u ~ are comfortable N . temperature Of
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from 65 to 40 degrees during the day and
Do TO go degrees at night. the same heat
will be just right for our plants.
Probably more mistakes are made in
watering window plants than in any other
part of their culture. IL is. of course
quite natural that the heat of the ordinary
room VIII have drying effect on the
plants: II is not advisable to keep the sau-
GER filled with water constantly. as il has
a tendency to induce sourncss of the soil
The best method with which | am familiar
Is the practice OF setting the pots in a box
ntanlng an inch or two of sand: moss
viii answer the purpose equally as We'll