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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20

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'-On the MINUTE Promised Printer"

QUICK PRINTING A SPECIALITY.
More Washington lawyers are finding out
how satisfactorily 1 ont Brief work
te0c. Page, 50 copies. More than usual care
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success of this branch of my Printing bust
Phone 1879
" T. ELLIOTT, 500 10TH ST NV. no1914d
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CENTRAL UNION MISSION.
UNIVERSALIST.

CHURCH OF OUR FATHER, 18TH AND L SITS
Rev. Leslie Moore, notwithstanding by the
pastor at II m. and 7:30 pm. Subject: AN
pm. THIS HUMDRUM LIFE AND WHAT 1T
NIGHT BE- Sunday school at 9:45 YPCU
at $50. All cordially invited 1t
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the printing job IL
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, SCOT
fish Rite Cathedral, 1907 & ST. Sunday
vice, IL am. subject. The Armor of Truth"
Testimonial service, Friday, pm. Mr.. and
Mrs J. +. Iinscott. c. s. DIS, readers. ALI
invited. It,
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PRESBYTERIAN.

LEXINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Q AND
n. Capitol sts.. Rev: George S. Duncan, Id.
pastor.-11 am, The Message of Christianity
to the Obscure;'' 7:30 pm, THE Character Of
Abraham" 1t
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No home should be without Q
bottle Of spirits In case Of sick
ness No whisky IL q better
medicine than Tbarp's "Berkc-
ley" Its absolute purity and
deiicacy Of favor causes ply
sicians to constantly recon-
mend 1t. 81 Q quart at JAS.
TIL ARP'S, 6l2 y Of.
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FOR BANKS AND DRAUGHTSMEN-
SCHOOL ROOMS AND ART CLASSES
the PLANETARY PENCIL. POINTER Is an
invaluable tool. A few turns of the handle
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lasts lifetime. 1t costs very little, con-
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EASTON 4 RCPP, STATIC NERS,
Al nth STREET NV. no19-14d
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Epilepsy.

Suggestions regarding treatment: the result Of 20
years experience in q sanitarium. Bend stamp for
pamphlet. DIR. WILLIAMSON, New London. Conn
noe tn, III, s,l3t
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HAVING PURCHASED THE INTEREST OF MIR.
X. X Burr in the partnership business of Jones
& Burr, 513 9TH St NV, i have associated my
self with Mr. r. G. Jones in the bicycle business
at the SANE stand, under the firm name of Jones
X Fellows. HARRY A. FELLOWS.
Jones 4 Fellows desire to announce to their
patrons and friends that they will continue the
bicycle bus:ress Ell j13 9th ST. NV, where they
will always keep hand a full line of bicycles
suns!ries, and extend a cordial invitation to
their enis to call. nO19-2t
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UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.
MEMORIAL CHURCH, COR. NORTH CAPITOL
Fout at IL am. Lecture at $50 pm. The
Itinerary of st. Paul. illustrated by the stere-
Opticon. 1t
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ALL SOULS CHURCH, UNITARIAN, REV E.
Bridford Leavitt, minister.-9:45, Sunday school
10, unity class; IL am., morning service
Preaching b. the nster, pm Evening ser
vice conducted by tae Young Peoples Religious
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THE SECULAR LEAGUE.

TIE SECULAR LEAGUE.-MEETING AT 3
O'Clock pm, Sunday. in the temple, 513 9th st
NV. will be addressed by Professor Coleman, on
Jacob and His Pottage,' and Capt John Nc
Elroy, on Morals and Religion it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
A school to Teach Gardening.

New York Ledger.
In some respects our foreign sisters are
far ahead of us, If we are to believe some
of the stories that come to us from the
other side of the water.
In Berlin there is q school where young
women are taught to make garden, and
there are a goodly number of pupils al
ready. The girls are taught the business
from its rudiments, and this In the most
uniform, consisting of a dark gray bodice
and a skirt which can be made longer or
shorter at pleasure. The material is wash
themselves as neat and presentable as the
nature of their occupation Will permit.
They do the entire garden work OF the es-
adjustment, planting and harvesting, grow
ing fruit, flowers and vegetables with the
most pronounced success.
The young women have competed with
men at the exhibitions. and have won "A
ma jority of the prizes. What is more to
the purpose is that they have met with the
recognition they deserve, in that they have
been engaged gardeners at good pay.
One of the graduates has just taken posi-
ton as head gardener on a large place,
and is considered as the equal Of any one
in her profession.
With so many intelligent young women
and with such a crying need of good gar
dening as is everywhere apparent, Ii would
seem to be one of the next things in order
to set up schools where our young women
could be instructed in this delightful busi-
ness, and where they could at one and the
same time acquire Information that would
make the world in which they live better
and more beautiful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
A Bit of Common Sense.

w dlltG beSdfll.
L have been reading yet another paper
on the divorce question. / observe I'm all
these papers that a great deal is made of
the slavery of the wife. Now let US nut
the facts before us. If the wife is an
heiress, she afford to keep a house
keeper. If the husband IS rich he can af-
ford to pay for housekeeper. But in the
middle class, to which most of us do real
ly belong. whatever our pretenses the wife
is not an heiress; she has dot at all;
it is considered a great deal IL her father
gives her her marriage a thousand
pounds. Further though her father may
be willing to allow his daughter 10 live at
home. he Will not be able to leave her
enough 10 live upon when he dies. An in
surance or, say 1900. and as much more
saved. is fair average fortune TO leave.
Practically. therefore. all middle-class girls
recognize the necessity of work Marriage
offers them kind of work that 10 most
girls is pleasing. and far more to their
choice than any of the ordinary methods of
making a livelihood. Ask the first girl you
meet whether she would rather marry and
become the British matron, the "loafgiver,' -
the administrator Of her husbands for
tune? whether she would rather become
n postoffice clerk, a journalist, tyDewrit-
er? You know perfectly well-you who talk
so giibly about the wife being a slave
like TO speak or this necessity as slavery
you can. 4 do not. Only remember that
the poor, prosaic husband is a slave as we'll
He goeth forth TO his slavery every morn
ing dull. unfeeling creature-with an inane
smile upon his lips. He has none OF the
finer feelings, you see. To me, however
IL seems ignorant. foolish and mischiey-
Gus TO call the British matron a slave But
then. / am Philistine. Why, / actually
slave as 1 am. sit down every morning
without any resentment or repining TO my
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
Care Of Palms.

Vick's Monthly
Several kinds Of plants are quite suitable
as house plants. and their employment for
this purpose is rapidly increasing. They
appear to do well with very little care
and always malze~a fine appearance They
should be placed where they will have a
fair amount of light-but not direct sun
shine. In parlors with lace curtains be-
fore the windows they seem TO be suited,
though at north and west windows IL would
be best to have no shade between the plants
and the glass They will after time show
failure If kept a table in the center of a
room in dark hall. They are not par
ticular about any exact degree Of tempera-
ture: in living rooms where the tempera-
ture. according to different customs. usual
ly ranges two to three degrees below sew
enty, or three or four degrees above, they
seem to do equally well, the night tempera-
lures being several degrees below those
named. The soil should be kept moist and
therefore. as a rule. daily watering is
needed However, it is best not to overdo
this matter and keep the soil sodden. or 10
have water standing in the saucer or jar
diniere. Better to let the soil become some
what dry and then give good supply of
water sufficient TO thoroughly wet Ii. The
frondS and stems should be kept clean by
occasional sponging. and scale insect never
should he allowed TO fasten upon the plants
and increase. If they appear they should
be promptly removed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14


It is a shame that more women are not
mistresses of their own kitchens. Houses or
even moderately well-to-do people must be
equipped with the apparatus of a gymnas-
sum. that the mothers and daughters may
have exercise Harriet Beecher Stowe long
ago cried out against the necessity or the
pretended necessity OF the masseur for in
dolent women. Women" she say. lie for
hours TO have their feet twigged. their
arms nexed and all the different muscles
worked for them. because they are so 1ac-
cid and torpid that the powers of life do not
go on. Would ii not be quite as cheerful
and less expensive a process" she asks, IF
young girls from early life developed the
muscles in sweeping, busting. ironing, rub
rnestic processes which our grandmothers
knew off, and then adds: Il will venture 10
say that our grandmothers in a week went
over every movement that any gymnast
mas invented and went over them 10 some
productive purpose, too"
But IL is not only the women OF wealth
and leisure who are not mistreSSes of their
kitchens. The slatternly housekeeper whose
kitchen is always in a mess, whose food
Is half cooked. whose dining room is I'M
tidy. fails in her duty as surely as does the
woman who never goes into her kitchen be-
cause the man who supports her can afford
TO keep a cook and butler.
And. too. the woman who is good cook
ana tidy and all that one can desire in that
way makes an utter failure of her work il
she Is tied down to her kitchen and her
household duties all of her waking hours
II she Is her households slave. she is not
its mistress. Mrs. Senator Cannon. of Utah.
in recent interview. gave 1t as her opin-
ION that the women who stay at home all
the time make the most unpleasant homes
while those who think about something be-
sides cook stoves. wash tubs and baby fam
nels make the best mothers a truth that
most people who know women and mothers
will readily assent to.
Whether a woman does her own work or
not. she ought to manage it-not let it man.
age her-and she ought to have time for
other things, for outdoor walks a ride-yes
on a wheel If she wants-for clubs, just so
she is not dubbed to death; for n little
playtime with the children, visit to
friends. a little courtship with the husband
time for new books and old ones. and pa
pers and magazines. She need never suffer
from ennui And that's the kind of wom-
more than -four square walls
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
Max Muller, i'm Cosmopolis.


Concerning Froude's book. the Nemesis
of Faith" which made a famous stir and
did him severe damage In his prospects,
there Is this story: II saw him almost daily
while his persecution at oxford was going
on gaining strength every day He had to
give up his fellowship, on which he chiefly
depended | will not repeat the old story
that his novel publicly burned in the
quadrangle of Exeter College. The story Is
Interesting as showing how quickly a myth
can spring up even in our own time. IL only
there is some likelihood in IL and something
that pleases the popular taste. What really
happened was. was informed
at the time by Froude himself. no more
than that one of the tutors CDr. SewelD
smoke about the book at the end OF one OF
his college lectures. He warned the young
men against the book. and asked whether
any one had read IL. One of the undergrad
uate~, produced a copy which belonged TO
him DIR. Sewall continued his sermonette,
and. warming with his subject. he finished
by throwing the book. which did not belong
TO him. into the fire, at the same time stir
ring the Goals 10 make them burn. OF what
followed there are two versions. DIR. Sewall.
when he had finished, asked his class Now.
what have / doneY You have burned my
COPY the owner of the book said in sad
voice and ] shall have to buy a new one
The other version OF the reply was. You
have stirred the fire, sir.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

slavery. i am bound IN letters and I'm
chains adamantine. i must work. else who
viii pay the baker and the grocer? i must
work. and so besotted am i that j really
work as If l enjoyed II. Fair sister slave.
when have finished this job and got the
money / VIII try 10 weep with thee over
our joint SORROWS. Let US. meanwhile. shake
our chains. they are not unmusical, are
they? To me they are like peal OF har-
monious bells-or would If IL had time-for
thy sufferings undeserved. Poor slave, To
order the dinner-what degradation. The
husband-he has no pity, he cannot under
stand: he went off at this morning; he
will come home at Z: he will work at his
papers from till u at night. Oh. he has
no pity: he cannot understand. lnsensate
wretch
I wonder IL the American girl looks upon
IL in that way? / doubt il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
FOUNDED ON FACT.
An Incident I'm Riiey's "Child World
Traced to Its Foundation.

GAINESVILLE (O) Courier
The latest volume published by the be-
loved Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley,
has a very special interest TO GAINESVILLE
people by reason of the inclusion IN it of a
romantic story which is based on one of
our local traditions. It's site is the old rock
spring on the National pike east near
Greenwood cemetery. and 1T commentaries
the heroic life Of the two colored people
who long lived near by the spot.
The title of the volume is "A Child
World and il is composed of Il number of
stories strung together under gulse or be-
ing told to a company of children. whose
apPreeation of the tales Is rh vlVidi Vie de
styles in which these stories are told well
illustrate the versatility. of Rileys genius.
but in none is he more pleasing than in the
GAINESVILLE tale to which allusion is made.
The rhythm is free and unconstrained. but
always musical. The narrative is put in the
mouth of the Famous Traveller. who tells
of it as the most interesting tale he has
heard In all his traN els.
The local description is unmistakable and
painted accurate enough. except that the
noted spring is put a little farther from
town than 1T really was, even in the days
when the city was only a country village.
The traveller recounts how, in approaching
GAINESVILLE along the National pike, he was
told of the brave old colored people, by the
driver of his stage.
As the poem runs the story unfolds thus:
A slave and his wife were liberated in Vir-
ginia by a master. who. as he died, repented
of his slave-holding. The couples five sons
,
and he could not free the whole family. So
the father and mother came to Ohio and
began to work and save in order TO buy
back their sons.
They settled along the National pike at
the point named, and began truck farming.
They also kept a small tavern, which be-
came q favorite stopping place for movers
going West along the road. The poetic
sign which has long been locally famous. is
Incorporated bodily in Riley's story, and he
goes on to tell how they prospered. At
length. by stern economy, they accumu-
lated enough to redeem their oldest boy.
They travelled to Virginia in little
shackly cart got the son and brought him
home. Then he set to earnest toll with them
to help them save enough TO buy the second
child; and he, being redeemed joined hands
with the others for the same purpose. This
went thus until four were freed.
But the night before the old couple were
ready TO leave on their journey to iberate
their last son. robbers broke into the house
at midnight and tried 10 steal their little
hoard. Providentially three horsemen were
just then passing. and heard the screams
of the old ''aunty." They rushed to the res
cue. captured and bound the burglars and
saved the poor parents treasure.
In the end of the poem Riley pays beau
tiful tribute 10 the native grandeur of char
acter which could show such sublimity of
self-sacrifice and parental devotion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

When Riley sings
We lay aside the thousand things
Which fill our lives with gloom and care.
And all the world grows bright and fair.
Our souls pour forth ike Walton's Prayer.
Pure as the wayside fount it springs
No gold we crave--when Riley sings.
When Riley sings
Our memories, like his take wings,
And soar away TO woods and fields.
Where natures sweetest anthem peals.
To 'swimmin' holes bright fancy steals
Where every boyhood glory rings
With childish laugh-when Riley sings.
When Riley sings
OF joys which only childhood brings;
Or tunes his Tyre to rustic lay,
And sings of some sweet summer day,
Fame vanishes. like mist, away.
Knee-deep in June fond memory clings
To days gone by-1xhen Riley sings.
Huntington, Ind. Fan Boyd Heiney.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
HERETICAL on KILLING.
He Is n Poet Whose Poetry IL Not
Yet Written.
The Independent

The Independent
Most of the pieces in this collection
(NIr. Killings Seven Seas'D are nauti..
cal In spirit. having ships. seamen ann
the seas for subject. Some OF them
less difficult to accept as quite suitable TO
poetic expression: and nearly all OF them
are married by glaring crudities OF ootn
style and taste. After all, however. there
is true gold of poetry I'm this matrix OF
unpoetic substance. We feel that Mr. KIP
ling apprehends, if he does not quite exer-
else the poet's business and that II he IL
very often merely grotesque when he means
to be picturesque. If he Is frequently put
musical when he tries 10 be lyrical. he yet
is sometimes almost absolutely poetical
He has not struck a new chord Bret
Harte gave him the pitch. the tone, the
timber. even the texture OF his work.tnere
is no escaping this conclusion what Is
rev and fresh In Mr.. Kipling's verses be-
longs to subject and scene more than 10
the poets art. His sailors and soldiers are
serio-comc figures. set among influences
and incidents unfamiliar. and somehow
they are although real enough, scarcely
unmasked while they act their droii parts
and sneak their "bloomin'" iargon. IL Is
easy enough for the hurried critic 10 be
misled into overestimating Mr. klping
work; Ii Is easier stll 10 underestimate IL
after a careful study.
Mr. Kipiing is a poet unclassified. unless
we set him with Bret Harte. IL VIII not DO
10 call him an artess genius. Tor no man
has tried harder to be both original and
artistic He comes of artist stock; he Is
not ignorant of artistic limits. nor unaware
of the difference between artlstlc eHects
and bald natural conditions; but he has
aimed at and hit a fair popular mean be-
tween high art and no art. There Is n great
deal i'm this volume and Mr.. Kipling's eSher
volumes to attract instant attention and 10
satisfy for awhile the feverisn thirst Tor
what is sharply spiced and literally Favored
with novelty. We feel sure, however. that
immoral poetry does not come by TINS route
and that no departure from artsuc purity
of form and expression can ever result In
imperishable song. Mr.. KiDling Is poet; :
but his poetry is not yet written. novel,
droll and catchy as his ballads certainly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
A Joke That Has Gone Far Enough.

DR.. Henry 5. Williams in North American
Review.
Under existing conditions. expert testi-
mOny in criminal trials is TO be regarded,
according 10 the point OF view, as a farce
or a tragedy. The expert witness presents
the humiliatine spectacle of the alleged
scientist turned advocate, mountebank and
trckster. He appears as a professed par
tisan-for hire. He hides his true opinions
behind eQuiVOCal or eVaSlVe an
swers-for consideration. He ex-
presses by implication views he
does not really hoid-that he may seem
to earn his fee. In word. he sacrifices
his mistress. Science, at the shrine of Nam
mon. AT all events, he Is openly accused
of all of this, and much more in kind. He
Is rallied at, scoffed at. jeered. The most
charitable of popular opinions to his
character seems TO be that which regards
him us an unmitgated joke And mean
time he is placed in such position that
il is impossible for him TO defend himself
against these allegations. He may be a true
scientist. learned. honest. conscientious, but
under existing methods he cannot prove
that he is such. The populace will judge
him by his company. and as matters stand
certain 10 be bad. Whatever his real char
acter the fate of poor Tray awaits him.
The spirit of the law is said TO be common
sense. But its letter has certainly per-
mitted a wide departure from this
alleged standard. The attempt to add to
the communal veal by utilizing the knowl-
edge of experts has eliminated In some
thing not far removed from total failure.
What should be a most serious function has
passed into joke: and by common consent
the joke has gone far enough.