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who visits the fields and streams Of July
but this stalk is of unhealthy color,
pale orange and utterly destitute of leaves
And the blossoms, though plentiful, arc so
stunted as to be almost mcroscopical in
size
While, in the meadows the tendency Is
toward massing and away from individual
ism, in the woods the rule appears to be
reversed. Where during spring there were
carpets of bloom we now find isolated bios
SONS. Even the tick-trefoil, which in July
commences to claim the woods as its own
gives the effect Of separate individuals
rather than masses, its dainty pink bios
SONS being strung along tall wand-like
stalks, and these being sufficiently remote
from each other to stand out distinctly and
separately. Perhaps the difficulty of flour
ishing as the shade of the forest deepens
has by the law of the survival of the tttest
weeded out the masses-the rle beian natures
that are content to blend their personalities
together-and left only those that are not
willing to sacrifice individuality to ease.
The tck-trefoil, indeed, is a thorough
eristocrat. Not only is 1t charming to the
eye during its blooming period, graceful,
well-proportioned and dignified IN bearing,
but when it has its seed carefully packed
and ready for transportation it presses into
its service any and all that pass, making
them perform for it the labor of carrying
the package to other, less crowded local
tiles, where 1t Will have better chance
for life. With true aristocratic Gisdain for
all distinctions OF rank outside its own
class it attaches its seed as readily to the
ernlined gown of king to the coarse
cloak of the peasant.
Equally elegant in habit. but less annoy
ing in habits, is the starry campion. Its
oousinship to thu cultivated carnation is
shown in the character of the blossoms it
lifts up Oh its tall, slender stalk, the
spreading, fringed petals, deep set in the
cup-like calyx, easily establishing its re-
latiUnShip. Smooth false foXglove is the
high-sounding name borne by another of
these aristocrats Of the July woods, and it
is worthy member CT the exclusive So
ciety to which 1t belongs. Tall, erect,
naughty and un5eadi lg, and with a pro-
fusion of large. snowy, yellow blossoms. in
shape resembling the foxglove of the gar
den, it stands in its shady home, the en-
bodiment of pride. More modest in mien
Is the spotted pipsisseTa, whose blossoms,
like those Of the false foxglove, are waXy,
but unlike them exhale a delicious fra
GRANGE they hang their pretty white
heads above their clustered leaves. These
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the yellow flowers and mimosa-Ike leaves
OF the sensitive pea The horse nettle,
from whose family resemblance, despite
its prickly stem. its relationship to the
potato can be readily perceived and the
self-heal O. heal-an (Which heals nothing)
with its small blue-purple flowers opening
somewhat seriatim upon its thick head,
which latter may be responsible for this
senseless method of making its display;
these two bright-colored, but short-stem-
med. individuals attain due prominence
only by selecting such close-cropped fields
for their habitat.
Tire common thistle also chooses these To-
cslities. but not from neces sity. Its beau
tlful redd!Sh-purple bloom, set In Its neatly
constructed case, is usually high and con-
spicuous enough TO hold its own In ranker
helds; but vanity, or eXclusiveness, or both.
cause the thistle to prefer spot where II
may be seen IN its entirety. bushy, leafy
stalk. prickles and all Such too Is COM
monty the habit of the evening primrose
also very bushy plant 1t seems to deem
the homely pyramid of foliage it presents
10 pubic gaze fully as worthy of attention
as the dainty lernon-yellow blossoms that
are left open from last nights blooming.
All OF these plants are respectable self
supporting members of the community as
every self-respecting individual vegetable
or animal, should be. But what shall we
say Of the dodder? The dodder is the cow
Dird or cuckoo OF the plant kingdom
Emerging from the groul d In the usual
manner, 1t gives in its infancy no indica-
,loa OF the possession Of that innate worth
lessiesS which il afterWard displays II
Starts life an innocent and reputable seed
n'g But how soon does IL develop its sin
lister tendencies, While IL is yet young and
weak 1t humbly Graves permission of some
oder and sturdier plant to cling to IL so
that II may raise itself above the danger
OF perishing for want of sunshine and air
AS this Request is preferred by all vines
ohd Is a small favor. granted with little in
convenience, the desired permission is read
Ny given Perhaps the accommodating BEN
eiactor is slightly shocked when the young
recipient of his bounty, after securing a
good hold, applies to him small sucker
and by its aid arrests and appropriates
some Of the nourishment that he has drawn
from the earth for his necessities How
ever, he excuses the action because the Of
fender Is so small and so helpless and ne
feels that he can easily spare this small
portion But when another sucker and an
other and yet others are applied, and he
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of early spring. and only one or two de-
grees removed from the hiyh-born rue are
mon which transforms the April woods
with its tender grace. But such it is. 1t is
the tall anemone. 1t Is not as dainty as its
cousins. Still 1t has a certain grace of
its own, and an apposteness to the setting
of the season in which IL blows This
flower recalls many plea Sant woodland
rambles of last autumn, when it's curious
thimble-shaped fruit-it is sometimes called
thimbleweed-was one of the characteris-
tic decorations of the forest July has
many suggestions of autumn.
1t brings with ii torrid days and hot,
breathless nights; but there are occasional
days to be encountered as the month pass
es that are tinctured with a cool breath
under sunny skies, when early autumn
seems to have fallen untimely upon the
earth. The autumnal tints of the corymbed
st. Johns wort, many of which have turn
ed before the month has departed, do not
serve to lessen the Illusion. And during
the later days the thoughts are forcibly
directed autumnward by the commence
ment Of the reign OF the golden rod.
Gently and unobtrusively does this mon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
FROM POVERTY TO WEALTH.
Quick Rise of a HaIf-Breed Paupcr
Girl.

This morning, says a Seattle CWashl
correspondent of the San Francisco Chron-
lcle, Emma KRONER, a half-breed Indian,
was charity inmate of the City Mission
At noon she was informed that she had
fallen heir to $4,000. BY evening she was
in a state of mind which caused her 10
wave newspaper men away and refuse 10
tell her story. The girl comes into her
fortune through the death of her brother
Victor at a hospital In Snohomish, Wash,
last Sunday, and she will lose no time in
shaking the dust of Seattle from her feet
Five weeks ago she entered the CITY Mis-
sion, and, al, hough she objects to any
statement which indicates that she was
financially embarrassed, it was learned
that she was taken as a charity case.
Prior to taking refuge at the institution
Emma tried to make her living by sewing
but it was a hard, uphill road and she
slowly but surely became discouraged. Her
father came to Puget sound from Boston.
Mass, many years ago, when Siwash In
dian women were in demand. 1t Is said
that he was a member of a prominent shoe
firm in the bean-eating city. but that
through a misunderstanding, family trou-
bic, fear and disgrace he migrated and
never returned. After reaching Puget
sound he married an Indian woman After
white women arrived he astonished the ma
tiveS by remaining true to his dusky bride
Three children were born. One of these a
boy, died many years ago, and now only
the girl Emma is left since Victor passed
away Sunday.
KRONER died nine years ago, and the wife
survived him but a short time. When
KRONER died he owned the ranch on which
part of Everett now stands, and his will
gave most of his property 20 his son Vic
tor. The ranch was purchased by Henry
Hewitt from the guardian of the KRONER
heirs about the time a townsite company
commenced to rush things. A considerable
sum of money was paid, but exactly how
much is not known. After Everett became
well-established town the KRONER heirs
began fight to recover the property, but
after awhile the case was dropped. Victor
KRONER lived near Los Angeles on account
of his health at one time during the past
four or five years.
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leaves are nearly, If not quite, as con-
spicuous as the flowers, being dark green
with prominent white markings. They are
evergreen Cor ever green and white, to be
eXacD constituting of the choice bits
of attractiveneSS to be found in the winter
woods
The same charm attaches to the leaves of
the rattlesnake plantain, one of our July
OF chids, but in greater degree. The white
markings on the leaves of this plant, as
they lie in a pretty rosette on the ground,
are very handsome, and invariably elicit
admiration from the observer, whether in
winter or summer. And they are its chief
beauty: for the thick spike of very small
white flowers which it holds up above them
at this season is rather 1ingy in aspect
Still it is an orchid, and that proud title
covers a multitude of detects. There is
often as much difference in different mem
bers OF the same plant family as is to be
noted in members of different branches of
this, ii is hard to believe that these incon-
gorgeous productions of the tropics that fill
our conseryatories, and that are so dainty
that they disdain the earth from which
their ancestors originally sprang, and upon
which these humber relations still depend
and feed upon such nutriment as the air
affords.
Ii is perhaps quite as difficult to realize
that a tall. hairy plant now blooming in the
woods, with somewhat weedy stem and
foliage and bearing aloft upon the tip of
each long stalk gr eenish-white flower is
first cousin TO the delicate wood anemone
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OF IT'S stalk (Which Thoreau so adnired)
are no r1ean gift to the variegated land
scape- The corymbed ST. Johns-wort fills
the fields with yellow, spreading a cover!et
that takes the place of the snowy mantle
OF the daisies which has just been with
drawn.
III wet lowlahds. where hidden stream
flndS its covered way large heads of pink
phlox peep through. while the broad yell
lOw-rayed heads of the rosin weed peep
over. the green that lines the banks. Here
too. may be seen the button BUSH its
. branches hung with round balls of bloom
the small white blossoms being stuck on
their receptacle on every side and so thick
ly that the entire head resembles one of
those little hedCehogs of pincushions that
are 50 pretty to see at church fairs and
so difficult to use is one inveigled into pur-
chasing. Lining the stream on the inside
and in some places conceaiing 1t from view
is the jewel weed, mass of foliage thick
ly dotted with the orange pendants that
We'll earn for it the name by which it is
commonly known.
Tnosa flowers that are not massed in
pCpulous communities, such as | have de-
scrioed. have difficulty in adding appre-
Gladly TO the colors of the field. But they
generally partially overcome the trouble
by lifting themselves up to, or above. the
general level and by gay dressing. Such
is the course of the Deptford pink whose
small flowers are a very bright rosy pink
and surmount stalks that are proportion ID
to the height of the foliage about them
The moth mullen does not wear striking
rObes-they are white or light yellow-but IL
scatters its flowers thickly along its stem
and ereCts itself to such height that the
uppermcst blooms are in danger of be-
coming dizzy.
Not all the meadows are overgrown in
TINS dense manner. Some are kept down
by grazing cattle: others have a soil that
does not suit the cOarser plants. And here
the smaller ones have their opportunity
The kidney beams short naked stalk
with Its two or three pink chocolate
flowers at the very summit. revels in such
barren places. And with it Will be found
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begins to suffer for lack of proper nutri-
tion, his estimate of the character of his
guest unGergoes a change, and when, at
length, the serpent he has taken to his
bosom. finding that he obtain all the
nourishment he needs from that secured by
his host, casts off his roots and depends for
food solely upon this stolen supply, the
hosts surprise deepens into indignation
and alarm. 1t is too late.
The dodder, thriving upon his ill-gotten
support, wakes greater and greater, and
his now Impoverished benefactor has to
work harder and harder. with diminishing
returns, until, finally, the poor victim of
misplaced kindness, stifled by the Judas-l.ke
embraces of the migrate, and unable 20 Sc
cure enough of the fruit of his now unre-
uniting toll to sustain life, succumbs and
yields up the remnant of his wrecked and
blasted existence.
Such are the dodder and it's dishonest
means of obtaining living. 1t Is a pleas
ure to record that the living it gets is not
a very good one. 1t has plenty of stalk, as
may be seen by the most casual observer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
HUNTING FROM ELEPHANTS.
A Recently Tanned Bcast That Would
Stand Any Charge.

Mr.. H. w. Seton-Karr, in the Century,
tells of his experiences when After Big
Game In Africa and India. In the latter
country he hunted the guest OF the Ma
haraja of Kuch Behar. Mr.. Karr says:
One of the first things the maharaja did
after our arrival was to hand each guest
slip Of paper. on which was written the
name of the elephant allotted to him for
shooting purposes, which bore on its back
the structure known as a "howdah." 10
carry the shooter and his guns. AS these
elephants were necessarily large. and the
howdah is high, the oscillation Is much
81 eater than IL one were seated upon a
plain pad upon the elephants back. or on
one OF the smaller elephants which have
smoother gait. We usually. therefore.
went to the cover, or Jungle. upon one OF
the beating pad" elephants, which
afterward during the operations of the day
were employed in long line to force the
rhinoceroses and other animals out OF the
dense thickets in which they live.
The howdah elephant which the mahara-
ia allotted to me was named 'Secunder."
Three years previous ii was an uncapturcd
wild elephant ranging at liberty the jun
giles of Bengal. 1t was fine female, be-
tween nine and ten feet in height at the
shoulder, with short but perfect 'tushes'
projecting a few inches beyond the upper
lip. There other elephants in the ma
haraja's stud which have been tanned more
recently still. 1t WIS very gentle ard
obcdient, and perfectly fearless, and there
fore very valuable as a shooting elephant:
as. for example, on several occasions dur
ing the following three weeks it stood with
out fiincning the charge of wounded buff
falo, tiger and rhinoceros, thus enabling
me to take a steady shot. Almost all ele-
plants show great fear of the Indian rhin-
oceros: there few that will not turn
tail when they scent their enemy. and
fewer still that will stand the crash and
short snorts that precede the charge.
About breakfast time each morning the
elephant told off for each guest was
brought to the neighborhood of his ten, and
the howdah placed upon ii, resting upon a
saddle composed of two cushions of strong
sacking about six feet by two, which rest
ed in turn upon large cloth covering the
whole of the elephants back. The how
dahs for shooting are lightly built Of wood
and cane work, and contain two seats. and
racks 20 hold six guns rifles. three Oh
each side. All this is dashed on 10y ropes
passing under the elephants neck belly
and tail The weight which an elephant is
able to carry Upon its back exceeds a ton:
for short distances they have been known
to carry as much as three thousand pounds
but for long marches half a ton is con-
sldered the limit. Many of the maharaja's
elephants had fire tusks, but most tusks
are cut at regular intervals TO prevent
them from injuring one another. One or
TWO of the fighting elephants however had
pointed tusks.
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Bicycle Parties in New York.

From an official report to the League of
American Wheelmen it is shown that New
York wheelmen will have completed by
1888 continuous cycle path of 100 miles,
extending from Albany west. with a branch
from Schenectady to Saratoga and Lake
George. a large portion of which is now
being built. There were 1854 miles of cycle
paths under contract to be built during
1897. Of which 1877 miles had been complet-
ed. at a cost Of s16,455, out of a total cost
of $4O,941. This is to be distributed as fol-
lows: Chemung county, Is miles, cost
$1,6OO; Kings county. 81 miles, cost s., 500,
already built; Monroe county, 100 miles,
cost $4,000 already built 90 miles at q cost
of $1,000; Oneida county, As miles, cost
$500. already built IA miles at a cost of
s2,2OO; Oneida. II miles. cost s. 900. already
built miles at q cost of 81 200; Saratoga,
Is miles. to cost $1,000. not yet begun;
Schenectady. II milesS to cost $1,422, al
ready built miles at q cost of $1.12O;
Seneca county. IL miles. to cost $3.50, al
ready built miles at a cost OF 8, 400.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
Mark Twain's Political Contribution
From the Hartford Times

From the Hartford Times.
When Senator John r. Hills was running
in the first district some years ago Mark
Twain was called on for a contribution to
the republican campaign fund. His callers
were Russell w. Brown and Frank Bulke-
ley, both Of whom are now dead They
were tiptop republicans, and knew how to
add to the republican funds as well as the
best in the city. One morning they visited
Mr.. Clemens and explained their Grand
The humorist politely assured them that
he was not giving money for political pur-
poses. But" urged the visitors, wouldn't
you give something in the interest Of Mr.
Hills election? He is an old friend and
the builder of your residence here"
WELL" replied the wit, "I'n give fifty dol
lars If Hills is elected. But he can't be-
It's democratic district" The solicitors
put down Mr.. Clemens name for fifty dol
lars in case of Mr.. Hills success In the
canvass. After Mr.. Hills was elected
Messrs. Brown and Buckley took the SUBJ
scription book to Twain, and showed by
their conversation that they expected the
amount. Twain replied that he had fof-
gotten the whole thing. but called in his
confidential clerk and directed her to draw
q check for fifty dollars. What fund shall
! charge it tor" inquired the young lady.
Corruption, corruption" instantly re-
sponded the humorist, with q twinkle in
his eyes.
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growth of green foliage, and SO selects
more brilliant colors and lays them on with
q generous hand With the coming of the
daisies and clovers and milkweeds in June
the character of the canvas changes indi-
vidualsm declines and effects are pro-
duced mainly by the massing of the flow
ers- Groups of day lilies lift their orange
red heads above the grasses and weeds and
color the spot they adorn so that it is
noticeable from afar. Tine hedge nette
and wood sage and steeple bush erect their
pink spires in such close ranks that the
surrounding foliage is fairly overborne in
the struggle for mastery. Clumps of vile.
bergamot, seeming the air with powerful
fragrance, add solid masses of purple to
the meadowland. While the innumerable
blossoms of the shrubby wild SIENNA COM
tine to make great patches of bright yell
low as their contribution to the scene. The
pckeweed has little color to lend so far as
It's flowers are concerned, but it's punches
of dark berries and the bright red purple
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FTOM 81. N1ChOlAS.
When Philip of Macedon approached by
night with his troops to scale the walls Of
Byzantium. the moon. then new or in cres-
cent shone out and discovered his design
to the besieged. who repulsed him. The
crescent was after that adopted as tho
favorite badge Of the city When the
Turks took Byzantium they found tho
crescent in every public place. and. believ-
Ing 1t to possess some magical power.
adopted 1t themselves.
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Written for The Evening Star.

consultations no "
above the horizon at
8 pm. are the Swan,
or Northern Cross,
the Tyre and the
Eagle, in the eastern
q u a d r Int of the
heavens; Ophiuchus,
Sagittarius and the
S orpion in the
south; Leo, the Lion,
6 now setting in the
: west; the Great Bear,
in VANS IN the
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approaches, the dec
orative work of na-
ture grows broader
and broader in char
acter. The fine-point-
ed camel's-hair brush
gives way to the
palette knife. The
meadows are splash
ed with color. Ma
ture, the master-ar-
fist, knows that deli
cate work would be
lost in the rank
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Husband-"Do you need anything for the
housef
Wife-'The cook says there is not enough
china to last the week out."-Life.
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II you want anything. try an ad In The
Star. II anybody has what you wish, you
win get an answer.
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that has been at Veerhor's belongs 20 his
father. DIR. Major of this city. Ernest l..
Major has made for himself quite a repu-
tation in Boston. and those who know and
admire his work are not confined to any
one locality. The painting referred TO is
portrait of beautiful young woman
whose head is turned away so as TO show
hardly more than a profile
Miss Nicolay left Washington a short
time ago for Holderress. y. H.. where she
expects to spend the summer in work al a
recreation. The mountain views of New
Hampshire offer a particularly attractive
held for Miss Nicolay. and she always
sketches
Mr. LeGrand Johnston will have charge
of the rargement of the tableaux. which
week to raise funds for the Cuban hos
pital supplies. There will be eight life
pictures and Mr.. Johnston will pose tho
young ladies and gentlemen who take part
in very artistic groupings. Among them
will be THE Dark Days of the Revolution"
showing Washington at Valley Forge with
Lafayette coming to his aid led by the
Spirit of France; Harvesting Scene" IN
costume in the fields. and The Spirit or
Cuba Libre." with young woman as tho
spirit of CLban liberty in a supplicaiing at
titude, and the United States represented
by four figures. North South East and
West, with their attention fixed upon her.
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during the past spring Mr.. Edgar Nye
shows his ability to cope with some of
the most difficult problems of Landscape
work. Some of the most successful of his
studies are those made early In the year,
when the purplish-gray of the leafiess
branches had not given way to the green
of foliage. Mr.. Nye finds an especial pleas
ure in the effects to be seen on hazy days,
and his studies are always full OF atfnos-
phcre and light. He often executes wood
interiors In very satisfactory manner,
but seems to be most at home when paint
Ing wide sweeps Of meadow with flying
clouds overhead.
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Immense Distances.

A stars distance being known. some idea
may be formed Of Its size from the bril-
Hancy of its light. It has been estimated
that the combined masses Of the two bodies
which form the star 81 -Cygni would make
a single sun about half as massive as ours,
which in their place would shine as star
OF the third magnitude. The most striking
fact in this case, however, is that although
these two bodies appear to the naked eye,
ana even when looked at through field