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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
Practical Photography.

i guess" said the Congressman. as he
entered the photograph studio that I'd
better let you take these back and try il
over again"
Didn't your photographs please yon,"
asked the young woman behind the show
case.
YES. They pleased me iirst-rate"
The likeness is remarkably good" she
commented, she held one out at arms
length
1t is. III the resemblance weren't quite
so strong / might have kept them for my
family and myself 10 look az. We have
TOLD the neighbors ii was somebody else.
and have made them believe it. But there
would be no use in trying to deceive .hcm
with that picture"
What is it YOU object to-
The surroundings"
But this is one OF the most popular
understands that such things are only
painted on canvas"
No" WAS the reply. everybody doesn't
understand il. l wouldn't have one of
those pictures get into the hands of the op-
position just before election for ten thou
sand dollars. Gou'll have to give me- some
pictures with another background, even IL
1 pay for having il painted to order. Look
where you have me, Seated on a plush
arm chair. I'm halls of Byzantine archi,ec-
ture, with "A garden of palms in the back.
ground. IT won't do. What III have to
have is perspective showing barn and
hay wagon, with "A hired man in the mid
de distance, while ] stand IN the fore
ground, with an earnest expression on my
face. as If | were telling HIM exactly what
must do if We expect to save the coun-
try"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
ptember Exubernn nee.

There's faint but sweet suggestion in the
early morning air
OF the cooler days of autumn which
Ora " nigh us.
And then we note with bliss with which
there's nothing To compare.
That the months without the r have
lifted by US.
And the cares which darkly mingle
Seem. collectively and single.
To go dancing, like this Jingle.
To oblivion's farthest page.
What ecstatic thrills of joy stir!
How hope hastens from her cloister,
When the reed bird and the oyster
Take the center of the STAGE
The circus days have faced and the clown
has washed away
The pallor of his comical complexion.
And the operate warbler Will lot come for
many a day
To divert our hard-carned wealth in her
direction.
But OR bliss il does not trammel
That the elephant and camel
And he face of while enamel
And the singer halt afar.
But with applause that's bolster
Gus We turn ourselves to rOyster
With the reed bird and the oyster
And the month that wears the X.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
The German Navy.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post
II Is generally supposed that the German
Emperor has become convinced that his
desire for huge navy cannot be gratified
Immediately, but it Is clear that an organ
lied effor: is in progress to awaken public
enthusiasm on the subject This is mani
Tested by the number of articles and PAM
phlets which have appeared in Berlin set
ting forth the danger which threatens Ger
man trade from the insufficiency of the
number of cruisers at the disposal of the
admiralty for protecting merchant vessels
in lime of war. By an elaborate system
OF comparative tables 1t is pointed out how
far behind the other European great DOW
ers Germany is in the relative strength of
her merchant and cruiser feet The figures
adduced in support of this contention are
as follows: England is represented as hay-
ing a merchant fleet of 5000 900 tons and
of siXty-four cruiser tons to every thousand
tons of the merchant service. In Germany
the figures are 100000 tons merchant
feet. and $1,000 tons cruiser fleet a pro
portion OF nineteen; France has 1.09o.OOO
tons merchant fleet, and 145, 600 tons cruiser
feet, Il proportion of 132; Italy has 10000
tons merchant fleet, and $1,000 tons cruiser
fleet, proportion of sixty-nine; Russia
owns 4SS,OO0 tons of merchant fleet and
1000 tons cruiser fleet a proportion of
13l. Taking, therefore, even the English
proportion of cruisers to merchant vessels
as the standard of requisite security, Ger
many, it Is argued, ought to increase her
cruiser fleet hreefold To rival the strong
protection accorded to French and Russian
trading interests, she ought to increase
her cruisers almost sevenfold On the
other hand, official statistics prove that the
German naval budgets of the last twenty
nVe years nave increased much more
rapidly than those of any other European
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
A WINTERS TALE.
An Individual Who In Not a klondfker
Tells a Story

Tells a story.
I've been hearing a great deal about the
cold weather that will drop down on Klon-
dike mighty soon now" remarked a west
ern editor in Washington on business of his
own. land ann sure they are going to have
a dreadful time of 1t, some of them, before
the spring freshets, but I am sure not a
man among them will have a sadder ex-
perience with the cold than ! did in the
winter of 1870 l was printer in ST. Louis
In the spring of that year. with little ex-
perience in editing a paper, and there was
chance for me to go to a new mining
town that started up about fifty miles from
Denver and start a paper, or rather, keep
the one going that had been started there
by the chap who wanted me to come out
and join him.
There was adventure in il and 7 was
younger then than am now. so 1t was that
in May l was the editor-in-chief of the Blue
Guich Gazette, weekly journal OF civili-
Zation. as we proudly announced in our
motto lire. We did nicely all that summer.
and l enjoyed 1t. though 1 was told it
wasn't so pleasant dramatically in winter.
One of the attractions of the office was a
devif that we had got from the newsboy
gang in st. Louis, and he was the sharpest
and brightest little cuss in the state of
Colorado. He was about fourteen years
Old, and he wouldn't weigh over fifty
pounds, but he was all nerve and muscle.
Well the first snowfall was in October
early, and the weather whacked around to
all points of the compass for the next six
weeks. Then it settled steady, and the
week before Christmas it looked as if we
were going to have nice holiday week.
But we were doomed to disappointment.
for three nights before the day. the snow
began falling and terrific blizzard swept
up through the high-walled valley in which
our town was located. Thirty-siX hours
later, when We got up in the morning, the
town was showed under and there was no
getting around at all. l sent Ships out to
see If he could bore through. and he came
for us to eat. Ships and occupying back
room in the office and boarding around.
He told me he had seen two or three peo-
pie at the restaurant who had burrowed
through block or two, as the snow was
light. but how deep it was none of them
knew, as it was above the roofs of the two
story houses. the highest we had.
"Then a brilliant idea came to Ships.
There's our smoke stack. major, he
said its forty-seven feet by the measure,
and just about the size for me to pull my
self up through by them wires inside of 1t,
just like l did when We fixed that guy. Let
me swarm up to the top of it and see where
the snow comes to. j can do 1t easy.
Well gents" concluded the western ed
itor, Il let him go. and he never came back.
some way and got smothered in the snow.
or frozen to death or something. Anyway,
when the snow thawed down in a rain that
followed in a couple of weeks We found the
poor little fellow in the pure white snow
and as black the ace of spades from the
SCOT that he had got on himself climbing up
in that smokestack.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
Adding Insult to Injury.

THE city is very much the same as il
was when 1 left it, said the man who has
been away.
Don't you miss some of the old land
marks?"
"Yes. And to tell the truth, I'm exceed
ingly glad of it. / miss those old-fashion-
ed herdic coaches that used to trundle up
and down Pennsylvania avenue. Their alb
sence keeps me from being constantly re-
minded of a unique catastrophe. 1 had
learned French, German and how to play
the trombone without a teacher, and 1
thought 1 would go ahead and do the same
thing with a bicycle"
"a great many people manage to do
that"
That is what encouraged me- But if l
had it to go through again I'd hire a boy.
1 don't mind the recollection of bruises and
torn clothes. But the personal humilia-
ton is more than ] can recall without an
guish. After a struggle of an hour or two
/ managed to mount the machine. Then
was seized with the traditional desire to
run into anything that happened to come
within my field of vision. But / persever-
ed. The shock of collision with coal
cart was not sufficient to warp my deter
mination to ride that bicycle to my own
front gate or perish. A herdic passed me
and l had an inspiration. 1t was going
near my house. All / would have to do
was to get behind it and passively indulge
the machines ambition to telescope IL from
the rear. Whenever / found / was getting
too close for safety, 1 could slow up and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
A Patent Office Incident

The patent Office official bowed politely
from his place at his desk as the visitor
in clothes of cleric cut and a smooth face
greeted him with a subdued good morn
ing, SIR
Good morning. responded the official
with cheerful, hundred-and-fifty-d ollar-a-
month manner. rs there anything we can
do for you this morning."
Il don't know, really, SIR crooned the
caller softly. ITO know if you can is the
object of my visit this morning, sir
VERY well, state your case and if we
can do anything for you, you may rest
assured it will be done"
The visitor cleared his throat pretty
much as II he were going TO deliver a
sermon.
Il think" he said slowly and with hesi-
tation. IF 1 mistake not. that 1 saw a
statement in some one of the public prints
to the effect that this office would not is
sue patent on Sunday. Is that true,
sir?'
"Quite true. 1t does not
why is that, sir, If I may ask?'
1T Is against the rules of the office is
all / know"
win it issue one on any other day of
Certainly, it will That is what it is
here for"
'Oh, thank you. how NICE" twittered the
visitor, taking a large madras handker-
chief from his coat tail pocket. shaking it
out and wiping his brow with it. That be-
ing the case, If you will be kind enough to
do me a great personal favor. You see sir,
Tuesday is my birthday, and I want a
patent on 1t SO no one can use it for birth
day purposes, sir. except myself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
wEARERs OF WOODEN SHOES.
NOT Conhned to Foreigners, but Are
Used In American Communities.

rSA
Used In American Communities.
Written for The Evening Star
A wagon load of wooden shoes sucb &C
are worn by European peasants, lay in a
heap on the floor of a woodwear deal RS
store down town in New York the other
day.
Who wears 'em?" inquired the writer
as he looked at the stock.
More people than you would think
was the answer of the dealer, land not
only foreign born, old-fashioned folks. but
quite a number of Americans. Their chief
SAFE is IN winter. In fact, there is little
OF OF no can for them at any other season.
our Hur customers are mostly dairymen, gar
deners, farmers. brewers, dyers and mon
employed in slaughter houses Chicken
cleaners in the dressed poultry business
VINO stand in feathers and steam wear
them to save their shoe leather Garden
ers' wives and daughters wear them about
home. and sometimes in the severest
weather In the market
In cold weather car truck and cab driv-
ers in New York and other cities uaor
them Tor the reason that they are warmer
than any other footwear Some drivers
cover them with black cloth. or bIsoksn
ihem, and then tack old rubber or leather
oootiess to the top. Worn thus the thick
soles are great protection against frost
ana ones feet are always dry They are
also worn by street cleaners and men who
work at paving roads. especially when
hot asphalt is used. which is found to he
very destructive to leather"
wooden shoes are now sold by the tbou
sands In New York. Some of them arr.
n ade in Maine, but most of them como
from Holland. They are made of birch
% aSh ana lockwood and sell retail at from
90 cents to S1.2o pair, according to finish
and quality. --
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
Cog. however. was on hand at the proper

Cog. however. was on hand at the proper
time"
II knew Of dog" said a Navy Depart
ment clerk who had been trained to weed
a garden and who did the work as care
fully as the best man about the place. He
was put in the garden once each week.
The row where he was to work was picked
out for him by his master, who was a
cripple. and who moved about with the
greatest difficulty, and he never stopped
torn up roots and ALL Then, after prancing
about awhile, he was put into another row
and effectually cleaned that out. He work
sd over potatoes and tomatoes. and. while
he dragged out every weed, he never tore a
plant or did an injury in any way"
That reminds me- recalled a Treasury
department clerk. that the little terrier
afitnmetlcai problems at the hotels with
Prof. Murray. the lightning calculator, Is
e et a Murray told me he had been offered
S1,OO for the dog. but had declined it.
|. The dog, as we'll as it's mother took
naturally to the training and learned to
DO all the work he did we'll in less than
SIN months. o. course, the calculations
were performed by Murray, though to all
lnlents and purposes they were done by
the terrier l have Occasion to use every
DAY IN interest calculation and multiplied
ton OF and by nines a rule / learned by
seeing the dog do his work. 1t is, besides
time saver and a very valuable rule
II have dog" remarked Mr.. Milliken
OF the supervising architects office. that
is by no means slow. He is descended from
Brian Boru, the famous ST. Bernard. and
Dolly, an almost equally famous collie. My
dogs education runs to the practical,
rather than to the ornamental. and while
he could learn to do calculations carry
mail and work a garden, l have kept him
at other work. In this speciality 1 do not
know that he even has competitor. The
dog is not able to split kindling wood. but If
there is any split en- hand on any part of
my place, and there generally is he will
gather it and carefully pile it UP in the
kitchen, if required. Immediately out
side the door in box have there for that
purpose. The dog Goes not have to be
driven to do his work, like the average
farm boy or hired man, but delights in
keeping the kinding box filed at ell times
AS he notices the pile get down, without
any hint from any of my household, he
goes out and gathers in q supply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
4 UniOue Pine.

novel pipe for transmitting hydraulic
pressure Is in use at the Victoria bridge.
near the mouth of the River Dee, England.
AS described in the Engineering News. 1t
consists IT a solid drawn lead pipe, COW
cred with close coils of copper wire, and
is used for conveying water at $50 pounds,
per square inch pressure from one side of
the river to the other 10 operate the ma
Shinery of span of the swing bridge. Al
first copper pipe one and a half inches in
diameter. Jofnted with screwed unions
was used, but the securing action of the
tide washed out the bed of the river left
the pipe unsupported in two places and
caused 1T to leak. The new pipe made of
lead, wrapped with copper wire, is more
flexible than the old one, and II ia ex
pected it will work more satisfae torily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

get OF. The idea worked admirably until
had almost reached my destination. In
a short time 1 had become sufficiently skill
iui 10 maintain discreet interval of as
phalt between myself and the vehicle. An
Increase OF confidence caused M. to lessen
the pace. and I vas beginning 10 get some
genuine enjoyment from the ride when A
passenger rang the bell. The driver open
ed the doors At the rear and stopped the
coach
WHAT did you doP''
Nothing. The wheel went right ahead
and buck!ed its front rim on the step. Th..
momentum carried me clear inside the
coach"
don blame you for being little SEN
sitive about AN experience # that kind"
nat wasn't the worst of II hv any
means As soon as he saw me the driver
rang ur a fare. pulled the doors shut and
wouldn't let me out until had put three
cents in the box
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
"Sweet Wflliams.-
Summer slppin' by us:
Apples gittin red
Birds have stopped a-singin' an a-swingin'
on de tree.
Woods an fields deny us
Sweetness dey once shed:
Ain no mo- Sweet williamses" a-growin'
fresh an free.
rs been true an steady:
Wicked FIN day ter day
Sos ter lay by sumpin' fob my comfort in
de fall.
Fruit an grain is ready
Ter keep de wolf away
No-account Sweet Williamses" seems
dearer dan dem all.
/ looks back on pleasures
An de friends / knew
Scenes dat I has cherished and dat per-
ished long ago;
And finds l treasures
Jes some triflin' few
Like dem sweet Sweet Williamses'' dat
smiled an muffin mo-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

senator = o I X mum
gave the young man
Of sincere enthusi-
a s m s a searching
glance, and, leaning
back in his chair,
commented with de-
liberation.
oh, 1 don't know. Z"
1T seems 10 me
that there are no
comparisons to h e
dra WI in our favor.
Look at Julius Gaze
Sar."
well. what did
Caesar dog"
He added many
countries to the Ro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
The Successful SuitOr.

Il don't say as how we've went back on
yer wcrd,' he said, as he sat down on the
stump in front of the log house, but the
fack STAINS tibet we've gone an married
another man."
The woman took off her sun bonnet and
handed it to one of the barefoot children
who were hanging about.
Take that into the house." she said:
AN the rest of you all run an play"
Then, turning to her visitor. she exclaimed
defantly. Thar amt nobody. man or wo-
man. as kin say that oncet | gin my word
| ever went back onto it. / told you long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

Mrs Rorer i'll the Ladies' Home Journal.
The soft, fire white flour will not give as
large an amount of muscle. bone or nerve
making food as the whole wheat flour.
which constitutes in itself a complete life
sustainer. In selecting flour choose that
which is dark in color and free from BRAN
The best bread fours in the market are of
a yellowish-white tinge. rather granulated.
and do not Easily pack. They make a
strong and elastic dough- Though not
whole wheat fionrs, they are decidedly the
best of the white brands. After selecting
the flour the next important thing is to
have a coed, strong, sweet and pure Yeast
The compfessed cakes are good and con-
vehient, and will do the work much more
quickly than ten times the amount of
homemade or bakers yeast When setting
bread to rise. stand your bread pan in an
other of warm water: cover the two so
that the moistufe will pass over the top of
the dough at anj even temperature of IS de-
grees Fahrenheit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
Gave, Him Another Chance.

A young man who had been two days
at the Ponce. de Leon on what may well
be called "a combination of business and
pleasure. since The was counting a million
aires daughter-temporarily residing there,
went to the clerk and asked for his bill.
The clerk looked at the young man care
fully for long moment, then made out
and handed over bill for $23s
The young man did not stagger or grow
pallid. He tossed the slip of paper back
to the clerk and said: Guess again, you
chump: I've got more money than that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

ago, when fust they was any prospeck of
my gittin' ter be a wilder, tibet thar want
no use of yer hintin around about what /
might do in case anythin' happened.
'Ye said. though, tibet 1 stood as good a
show as anybody else
An so We did-then."
'.Whut you was skeered about was tibet
you'd git somebody as wouldn't be good
TO the children
THAT was jist the pint"
Amt | allus been p'lite an agree
able to 'em eZ anybody could?"
Sure"
Amt 1 bought 'em candy an ginger
bread bosses an tin wagons
Most liberal"
An on the Fourth Of July didr'. | buy
'em shootin'-crackers an sky-rockars an
roaming candles an lot of other things?''
You done all that. But you didn't stay
ter see EN- touched off"
Cause / halter go ter town. right back
ter town, that same afternoon"
1t was that day l made up my mind ter
marry Jake Spicer.''
And him man weth a wooden legi"
the other murmured Indignantly
Yes, an you'll be surprised ter know
how much them fireworks an that wooden
limb had ter do weth it. / knew how much
store Jake sot by it. He took list as much
pride in that wooden leg ez / do in my
narble-top bureau. 1 give you credit fur
bein' good-natured most of the time hut
childern Is pesterin' an there amt no tel
In now long mans temper is goin' ter
hold out wetn them eZ amt his own. When
l seen the patient an accommodating way
Jake Spicer rolled up his pant-leg an helt
cut that wooden limb for the boys ter tack
pinwheels onto. l said to myself, There's
a man eZ kin take sass an disobejnce an
Eot git riled: eff any body'll make a second
rather ter them young uns, it's him.
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Earned His Reputation.
From Puck.


First Spectator (at the ball game)-"de
is considered one Of the most impartial
umpires in the business"
Second Spectator-''Is hep
First Spectator-"Yes; I've noticed that
in nearly every game he is denounced with
equal vigor by both Sides
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

Yes. That was time when annexation
was great deal simpler than IL is now"
And not content with his political tri-
umphs, he went into literature"
And wrote signed articles for so much
a column" inquired Mr. Sorghum with in
terest.
mo. He wrote great volumes recording
his own achievements"
Il remember hearing something about
that. There's no doubt about his having
been college graduate"
How do you know"
He wrote all his books in Latin But 1
don't attach much Importance to them, ex-
cept. possibly works of art OF course
they may all be very interesting and finely
written. But il l wanted to get the inside
facts about how julius got along in the
world fast, L wouldn't he satisfied with
reading his autobiography. I'd insist On
seeing the stubs Of his check book
Carrie-"He said he would go to the end
of the earth for me-" Maude-"What did
you say?" Garrett proposed that he
and simply go home. '-Phila-
delphia North American.
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photographed.
From Life.


The self-made man was speaking. He
said: my father was a raiser of hogs
There was a large family of us"-and then
his voice was drowned by the applause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

There is no use of denying that the
prcsen; era fails to produce any such great
men as were known to the ancients.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

From Life.

Mrs. Henpeck-"The proof of the pudding
is in the eating
Mr.. Henpeck-''The proof of those you
make is in the post-mortem"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

Want" eds. in The Star pay because
they bring answers.