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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16

tie daughter was sent with a tin cup 20
fetch some which had Just been drawn
from the well and was left standing In the
bucket.
Her child absent longer than was neces-
sary. the mother looked out but saw no
sign OF her She paid no attention, how
ever. thinking the little one had wandered
on to play. and she herself went and
brought the water. After a while the other
children began to inquire where .Maudie"
was. and then the mothers fears were
aroused Like a fash, a thought came TO
her. and she dashed wildly to the we'll
VINO can describe her despair when. look
ing down the dark depths, she deserted the
loved form al the bottom. No father, no
neighbor. no help-she alone must act, and
that instantly. She snatched off her shoes
and stockings, and with the supreme force
of mothers love impelling her onward, n
prayer on her white lips, she made her way.
clinging to the rough stones. down the
jagged and almost perpendicular sides of
the we'll AS she wildly caught her child
in her arms she realized that her work was
but begun. Here again her womans quick
wit saved her. Catching up the hem OF her
skirt in her teeth. she thus made a safe
receptacle for her charge. leaving her arms
free to scale the perilous height above her.
With infinite labor and caution this was
done. but the child neither moved nor
breathed. Still, hope was not yet dead in
the mothers breast. Quickly she wrapped
the lifelesS form in hot steaming fiannels,
and began briskly to rub the little stifrened
limbs. After more than an hours despair
Ing work she was able. with a handle of a
teaspoon, to force open the frightened jaws
and quickly managed to get a little warm
milk into the child's mouth. At last what
was the mothers joy when she saw the re-
laxing muscles, the quivering eyelids and
the first faint breath of returning life.
The little girl, then four years old, grew
up to be a blessing to her family and
friends, and now lives. a happy wife and
mother. to testify to the undying devotion
and fortitude of mothers love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16

John Muir in the San Francisco Examiner
Good bread. on which your climbing and
digging depend. may be made direct from
the -four sack. with little salt and water
stirred In. After the dough Is worked to
the required firmness squeeze it into thin
cakes about the size of ship biscuits. throw
them on hot Goals raked from the heart of
your camp fire; turn them before they be-
gin to burn. and when firm enough set
them on edge to be toasted until thorough
ly baked through. Or IL the weather is
bad. cut stick about the size Of a whip
handle. OF birch pine, spruce. cottonwood
or willow, according to the flavor desired
and sharpen 1t; squeeze out handful of
dough, coil 1t in a thin spiral around the
stick and set 1t upright in the ground at
baking distance from the fire. giving 1t a
quarter turn from time to time until the
bread spiral is thoroughly baked and
Drowned all around. Wholesome bread
may be quickly made in this way In any
kind of weather, with the flavor of sunny
wheat fields In ii. and that of the stick on
which 1t is baked, while the losses from
smearing OF pans, and the soggy heart of
thick loaves and hampers that must be
thrown away. are avoided. II you must
have your bread old-fashioned and light
bloated into a fluffy mass full of airholes-
then instead of a heavy case of powders
take Quarter-ounce cake of bakers COM
pressed yeast to start with, and after each
baking put a handful of the fermented
dough into the flour sack, and with this
store You may go on raising cerealine bill
lows as long as you like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
He Sang Everything.

One Of the amusing incidents that figure
In preachers experience is related by
Rev. DIR. Mcintyre Of Chicago: IT cannot
sing. unfortunately, and SO whenever /
conducted revival services I used to take
along q friend Of mine named Vincent. a
great, strapping fellow with a voice like
the north wind He never hal hal any
musical training. but, oh, he could sing
Whenever he sailed into a hymn the corn
fields would turn their ears toward the
church. In those days hymn books were
scarce, and 1t was customary for the min
ister to read two lines Of some familiar
hymn. and the congregation would then
sing them. tie tune being generally known.
On one occasion ] real two lines of q long
meter hymn. and Vincent led the singing
magnificently. Then pickcd up the bible
and read my text: rs there NJ balm In
Gilead? Is no physician there 1 laid
down the book: but oesore I could begin
preaching vincents voice arosa. loud and
clear. and the congregation followed him
In singing the text Too mucn surprised to
collect my scattered senses I leaned over
the pulpit and In a Stage whisper said to
Vincent: The words / gave you were the
text. and not hymn at ALL This time
Vincent had a monopoly of the singing for
the congregation had not caught the words:
but he never stopped or wayered until he
had sung every word Of my confidential
remark to him. sank into my seat Fur
the next i've minutes didn't dare open
my mouth for fear Vincent would sing me
down. paid him on that nigat after the
seryicos."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
"MERcBANr PRINCES. OF LETTERS.

Famous Writers Who Have Made and
Kept Fortunes.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
The Grub street tradition was knocked
in the head long ago, but the Pail Mall Ga
zette has completely demolished 1t by show
ing that writers are among the best paid
workers. Indeed the literary aristocracy"
is becoming a sort of plutocracy, whose
members, instead of lurking through the
side lanes in fear of creditors or standing
behind the screen" at the publishers house,
are in high consider alton at the banks.
Tennyson received $4,000 for 1.-The Holy
Grail" During the last few years Of his
life Macmillan & Co. paid him s5O.OOO or
S6O.OOO year. For 1.-The Revenge" alone
the Nineteenth Century gave him 81, 600
Dickens left $500. 90; Lord Lytton. $4GO, 600;
Mrs. Henry Wood. s1so,OOO; Mrs. Dinah
Craik, $500. Victor Hugo left property
in England alone valued at $4,000.
But the novelists of the present day en-
JOY golden harvest unknown to their pre-
decessors. For example, Mrs. Humphry
Ward. who has been writing for only ten
years and has produced very few books.
has earned S30O.0oo She received $4,000
for '-Marcella'' alone. George du Maurier
received $4,000 for THE Marian" On
two books-"The Bonny Brier Bush" and
Aud Lang Syne"-Ian Maclaren's profits
in Great Britain amounted to $35,0OO, and
SO popular IS MS SOIL nOuSCnSe III tulS
country that he must have earned quite as
much again from the American sales.
Rudyard kiplngs profits have been
enormous. Their extent may be judged
from the fact that the editor of the Pail
Mall Gazette acknowledges that he paid
kipling $3.50 apiece for the ''Barrack Room
Ballads" Eleven thousand dollars was
paid for The Seven Seas" For short sto-
ries Klpling receives shilings a word.
Conan Doyle earned $3J,OW by writing
Rodney Stone" Rider Haggard gets 500
for column of 500 words. In one year
Stevenson cleared S35,OOD from syndicates.
The unfinished Weir of Hermiston'' was
purchased for $1,000.
Zola received $229.OOO for his first four
teen books The women writers of fiction
are well up in the race. Edna Lyall's in
come from her books is $4,000 year.
Miss Braddon charges $500 for fairly
long story. But probably the highest
price recently paid for a novel was S20O,OOU
for Aiphonse Daudet's "Sappho.'
Nor are the essayists forgotten in this
distribution of gold. J. Arlington Symonds
left fortune of $315,OOO: DIR. Morrell, the
grammarian, s2OO.OW. The publishers for
Mr.. Ruskin pay him s20.OOO a year. Mr..
Gladstone used to earn $4,000 year by
his PEN
In short. the literary calling is shown
TO be one of the most rennunerative in the
world Even the Underwriters earn COM
Portable wages. Whether the quality of
the output is improved by the remunera-
ton OF whether modern writer's are falling
under the damnation of the checkbook"
is another question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
Uncle Bits Letter.

From the Chicago Tmes-HeraId.
We had a note the other day from uncle way out
Been gore some twenty year or more, an is By
he sent his photograph along, an in his letter
He's Twin on ranch alone an never yet has wed.
L guess the Maynard girl still lives, he wrote.
O.. an pretty still-N
she wno o, was known as Roxey when to her was
we showed ast the photergaph ter her-she read the
An with little sigh she said a little nervous,
We'll hso Mr. Smith deserves good lucka noble
An then her face turned strangely like q white
ana wlited rose.
Perhaps the kind words fetched q chord that
~ str6lghtway felt aithriNE
Sne VINO was known as rRo1ey when to her wss
BILL
All, undercurTents Of all lives! .
Around her children. play;
She n tsat husband das who knan' yet who knows.
When w sss r Of heart In all the
s n saIneS to her in an thought her
She felt s1s.n ps9E of deep for the old
When one xes known as Rozag. an one was known
Bill7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
SMALL SAVINGS.
Advantages of the Proposed Systel
of Postal Banks.

Advantages of the Proposed System
of Postal Banks.
From the Illustrated American
Postmaster General Gary's plan to es-
tablish small branch savings banks in
every post office. with great central de-
posit bank in Washington, ought to take
hold of the common sense of the people.
1t settles very simply the troublesome
question: What shall be done with small
savings?" Small savings worry both pos
SCISSORS and public.
The possessors who have deposited their
money, distrust banks. Those who have
not deposited it keep awake over their
stocking-tip boards or dream of burglars.
In time OF plenty bankers do not care
to receive small savings. Insignificant de-
posts do not pay for the bookkeeping they
entail.
Moreover. there are large numbers of
people who cannot reach banks.
In time of panic small savings do not get
into the banks. They are boarded and
the national circulation Of currency be-
comes anaemic.
tenn will be safe enough to draw forth the
most cherished hoard and will be light
at hand In the most remote districts. The
whole credit Of the nation will be back
of 1t.
Under this plan any man, woman or child
over ten years Of age may fill out a slip at
any post Office pay the postmaster the
deposit and receive q bank book. BY appli-
cation few days beforehand. he may with
draw his money at will. While the de-
post Is in the hands of the government
1t will draw a moderate interest
Thus at small cost the system will &C.
complish q great benefit to the people.
1t will be safe-as long as the govern
ment is safe. Depositors will have an in
terest In seeing that the government Is not
imperiled. Thus the system will stimulate
patriotism.
1t will break up boarding and keep money
in circulation. This has been proved in
England, where the system began thirty
six years ago.
The chief disadvantage Of the measure
proposed is Its possible effect upon small
savings banks in county seats everywhere
about the country. These Institutions will
probably oppose 1t. But their weight can
hardly balance the weight Of the popular
advantages Of the system.
1t Is now upon q firm basis In England
France, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland
Italy, Sweden, Russia, Hungary and even
Japan. In Canada it has proved striking
success.
It's introduction into America il likely to
be one Of the giories Of this administra-
tion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
NOT CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Even Judges on the Bench Are Open
To Reasonable Criticism.
From the Albany Law Journal

The decision of the supreme court of Wis
consin In the LOW famous Eau Claire con-
tempt case, not oaly makes very interest
ing reading. but constitutes one of the
most emphatic indications of the rights
of free speech and free criticism which we
have had from the bench in a long time
II may lie well to recall the salient facts
OF this remarkable case. Judge Bailey of
Eau Claire. who was a candidate for re-
election last spring. objected to certain ed
ito rails and communications in a local pa
per severely animadverting upon his Of
fetal conduct and methods. The writer
and editor having filed affida Wits in con-
tempt proceedings INSTITUTED against them
BY the jGdge) alleging the truth of their
charges OF unfairneSS. Partially and in
capacity against Judge Bailey he angriiy
refused to proceed with the hearing and
made an order adjudSing his critics guilty
OF contempt The offenders were to be
committed 10 Jail, but 6, writ OF prohibition
from the supreme court saved them from
that punishment. The supreme court in
reviewing the case. points out the fact that
the criticisms made upon Judge Bailey had
no reference 10 any action of his in con-
nection with the case then pending. Wheth-
er Just or unjust, they were general in
tneir nature. and referred to past conduct
Ihe court says II is well persuaded that
newspaper comments on cases finally de-
c'ded prior to the publication cannot be
considered criminal contempt, and that
they 90 not obstruct the administration of
justice. however much they may tend 10
prejudice the judge against whom they are
directed. While IL is Of The first Importance
that Judges should perform their grave du-
Ties unimpeded. II Is equally important that
the right of citizens and newspapers to
criticise what they deem arbitrary un-
worthy and corrupt conduct should be ZEAL
ously preserved. The court says: Truly
II must be a grievous and weighty necess-
fty which will Justify arbitrary a pro-
ceedins whereby a candidate for office be-
comes the accuser, judge and jury. and
may within few hours summarily punish
MS critic by imprisonment. The result of
such doctrine is that all unfavorable criti-
ci5m OF sitting judges past official con-
quot can be at once STOPPED by the Judge
himsei!. or IL not stopped, can be punished
by Immediate imprisonment. II there can
De any more efrectual way to gag the press
and suhyert freedom of speech we do not
Ai'ow where to find it, This Is q singing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16

From Punch.
The SIGHTS We've seen! The punds nv wife
Has spent Instead o. bankit!
But Ell! we're back in bonny Fife
Sac let the Lord be thankit!
An Lunnon? Well, We ken, it's gay
An busy, NIGHT an MORN man,
An there's a pickle fouk-but ehi
It's no-it's no Kingdom, man
1e,l wanner on, an on, an on.
Through miles an miles O. men. man.
An, yet in a the croOd like yon
There's dell a face ye'li ken, man,
Ma! Lannon's DOT the warr, ye see,
S, FOR look ye. I'll be sworn, man,
In cecvflized Kingdom, man.
The shops! On, aye, there's shops indeed,
But faith. they're rale unhaundy:
Ane Keeps yer butter. ane yer breid
An, yet third yer braundy.
MOO mere; gin ye be wantin' OUGHT,
Shag. bonnets, breeks, they'll a, be BOUGHT
Ihegither in Kingdom, man.
The fashions? Weel. ye ken, We saw
wheen o giddy hussies
Paradin in their duddfes Draw
Upon the cars an buses.
But dtnna think gre much O, Won
For sure as L am born man.
For style, It's no q patch upon
our loo er show at Kingdom, man.
An. then sic ignorancel Losh me,
But name kent whaur Kingdom MIGHT ba.
mo- onything ABBOTT it.
LIS awIu Yet 'twad seem to ca
FOR peety mair than scorn man
f0r mind We, tisna gi'en to a.
10 i've aooot Kingdom, man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
GUESSED 1T TOO QUICKLY.
Mr.. Bixby VIII Try No More Puzzle.
on His Wife.

on His VIE.
From the San Francisco Post.
There was nothing special to take Bfxby
down town the other night, so he decided
to stay at home and give Mrs. Bixby the
rare treat of his company for the evening
While glancing over the paper, as she sat
sewing Bixby thought how happy she must
be at being allowed to bask in his presence
and later on. in burst of amiable gener-
osity, he decided to even bestow upon her
an intellectual treat. He had after reading
the advertisements. cast his eye upon the
puzzle column of the paper and the thought
was born in him to spring upon her a puz-
zle originated in his own head
After long study he concluded to invent
an enigma. He decided upon the word
Poe, an easy one suited to Mrs Bixby's
The enigma was to recite three words in
which the letters of the name are found
and to wind up with MY whole is a we'll
known poet"
Clara" said Mr.. Bixby suddenly and ex-
plosvely:
Mrs. Bixby started out of her DREAMY
state OF mind and almost dropped her sew
ing.
What is it, dear?" she asked.
Il have three letters" said Bixby, dis
tinctly and impressively. My first is in
pocket but not in box my"
Josiah Bixby," said Mrs. Bixby, sternly
hAiiS Will eye, all the
thoughtless, careless, neglectful, inconsid-
crate men 1 ever saw you are the worst.
One of ems that letter to mamma L gave
you to mail last Friday asking her to see
Aunt Susan and get that skirt pattern l
loaned her last week and a copy OF that
recipe for cough strip that did Johnny so
much good, and to come up and stay
week or two with us, as / need her assist
ance in selecting shades for the sitting
room. as they are faded and not fit to be
seen, even if you do sneer at her behind
her back and make remarks about her that
you never would do if you had any love for
your wife, and I'll be bound one Of them
Is that letter l wrote that New York
agency that offers so day for work in
your own home. samples free. though I'm
sure you'd never give me any credit for
trying to earn money and help you along,
and the other one is the letter / wrote to
my old schoolmate. Jennie Armstrong. who
limited she was going to come and see us,
and l told her that we were undecided
about moving. yet the sly, deceitful mink.
she thinks don't know you were engaged
to her once, pushing herself right in on us,
the braZen creature, and the chances are
she'll be here any day. and you carrying
those letters around in your pocket for
weeks after 1 gave them to you to mail.
and you sitting up here and telling me
about it. as If it were of no Importance in
none myself in this house, shaving and
scraping and saving to try and help
Bixby jumped out of his chair. threw the
paper at the lamp, damned his hat on and
shouted:
Mrs. Bixby. I'm going out to look at the
airshp. When YOU recover your senses,
madam, 1 will return"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
Food Poisoning.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
"A saying that is literally true" re-
marked physician the other day. lis that
setting forth the doctrine that one mans
meat is another mans poison. Within a
short time have treated two curious cases
of what l may term eruptive Indigestion
In the first 1 CHANGED to meet the man on
the street in the morning. He was appar-
emily perfectly we'll At 5 o'clock l was
summoned to his residence. I should not
have recognized him. distorted were his
features from the eruption which COW
cred them. Investigation and the future
history of the case settled beyond a doubt
that The man had been poisoned by CLAIMS
which he had eaten at luncheon, yet the
disturbance was for him alone. other mem
beers of the family who had p1rtaken Of the
same dish feeling no i'll results. fort
night later another patient of mine came to
Inc with marked eruption on hands and
wrists aid between the fingers. A dinner
OF veal was responsible for the trouble
and again, as in the first instance the
sufferer was the only one affected of the
FAMILY who had partaken OF the meat at
the same meal In each case found that
the tendency to distress from the particular
food was known to each sufferer, although
never before had the symptoms been so
marked or distressing. This is perhaps a
word OF warning to persons who know
their poison to abstain from 1t, particularly
when their systems may be from some
cause In non-resisting state"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16

Jay. Me-, claims one OF the biggest trees
In Maine. 1t stands on the banks of the
Androscoggin, on the lawn OF the late Dud-
ley Bean. The circumference four feet
from the ground is 3 feet, diameter Z feet.
About six feet from the ground there are
seven branches radiating from lis trunk
which are from Is inches to "a inches I'm
diameter. The branches spread over a.
space OF ground 27O feet in circumference
or 90 feet In diameter. Where the branches
leave the trunk OF the tree about seven
feet from the ground, there has been
erected a band stand. which seats twenty
five persons. A cooler place on hot DAYS
Cannot be found. A Boston gentleman was
riding by recently, and the tree attracted
his attention. He examined and measured
II, and was astonished at its dimensions.
He went away with the remark that IL The
tree was on his lawn $4,000 wouldn't l.uy
It. II was set out for.y-two years ago BIZ
Lafayette Bean on the day of his departure
fer California. whence he never returnsd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
A disappointed Daushter
From St. Nicholas


Mamma, the girls at our school.
For our Colonial Tea
say quaint old gowns win be the rule;
80 some came home with me-
You're Dame and Daughter both. you see;
And all my schoolmates know
Our attic's full as 1t can be
Oh gowns worn long ago.
chose an armful-just about
To show the girls downstairs
Tney're all the latest style that's out
What everybody wears!
There u our grand French ancestress
Madame La Comtessa B.,
thought, Of course. her bridal dress
Would be the thing for me-
7 shook It out and brought It down,
Mamma, to my dismay,
Twas just white stlk Empire rowu-
One sees them every dayl
And 90 We don't know what to do:
It would vex n very sainti
How, when thinsS certury old look nav.
Can Ne b odd or quaint r.
JULIA TAFT RAyN1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16

rebuke. but justly deserved, and one need
ed TO remind arrogant and Cictatorlai ju-
rists that they are more above proper
criticism than are any ordinary individu-
ais. To slightly paraphrase the poet: mo
divinity doth hedge about a judge" least
OF all at a time when he is a candidate for
Office. The law provides adequate remedies
for unjustifable attacks upon their char
acter. but does not permit the summary
filming and Imprisonment of critics, even
when their criticisms go beyond what may
be deemed proper limits, provided such
aninadversions do not clearly tend to OBJ
struct the administration of justice in a
then pending case