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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
A LONG FALL.
never would Have Believed 1t If He
Had Not Seen If

Inc man with a bunch of t2rine por
whiskers was shaking his chin at the conn
pany Of listeners. one Of whom had short
~ before read from a newspaper a story
OF man falling down a well and sustain
ing no very serious injury
"hlch reminds me, gents" he said
That what am about to relate to Won 10
a fact, clam cold fact, that I wouldn,+
think of telling you if it was anything else
1t happened out in one of the deem mines
OF colorado where there was a straight
I smart so ieet deep. Some said it was S75,
Dut, gents, L m a truthful man. and I know,
IL was twenty-five feet one inch short of
that' Tor measured 1t myself Well. to
make a long story short, one day there
was d man out to see the mine from New
YORK TO buy 1t. He had pot OF money
and he looked like he carried it around
under his vest, for he was as big through
as base drum and built on them pronor
lions guess he weighed 300 pounds,
though it might have been onIv 2qS An
now, he was standing around the mouth of
the smart one morning, and by some chance
or other he toppled over and down he went
was looking right at him when he top
Pied and l never want to see anothe,
mans face look like his did then gents
indeed dol't. Not much. Well. to make
a long story short, we looked at each other
Tor q minute as he went down the hole
and then We broke for the cage, which was
down after him, expecting to find him a
manglcd mass at the bottom. But we
didn't and as we began to near the bot
tom we heard him yelling like cyote ia
hold UP or we'd mash the life out of him
That scared us worse than the other and
we wanted to go back. but we couldn't
do that, so we went slow and got down to
him all right. Well, to make a long story
short, by gum, do you know that we found
that he had gone down that hole so fast
and he filled 1t up so full that he had com
pressed the air in II to such an extent that
by the time he got pretty near to the bot
tom he wasn't moving faster than he
would have moved through that much
water, and he had really stopped ten or
fifteen feet from the bottom and couldn't
set either way, which was what scared
him so as we come down on him in the
cage. very peculiar occurrence, gents, and
If L hadn't seen 1t with my own eyes I
never would have believed it in the world
Never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17

Guilty In pronouncing HIS name, was a port
~ gentleman, who ordered Frankfurter
sausages and potato salad.
so! exclaimed the latter; "our emperor
the papers," "
of course not. Only with Nicholas it's
ulnerent. He means business"
The other gave a short, sharp laugh
BUSINESS! Asking all the nations of the
earth to come forward and make a scrap
Pile or their arms and battle ships You
, call that busness?'
That's what IL is"
Did he think for a minute that they'd
90 II! inquired the German.
No"
How many months ago is It that your
emperor was out himself trying to get mill
itary equipments?"
don't kI ow for sure. But I guess It
isn't many"
AND now all OF a sudden he changes HIS
MIND and wants universal peace
L don't know whether he wants II or
not, answered the Russian, but he knows
that whether he wants IL or not he isn't
going TO get IL. That peace proclamation
Oh ms was one OF the best pieces of busi-
ness strategy ever attempted. The ear 10
a young man. But he's a wonder. He
DOESN'T have to buy ticket on the board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
Called Himself Squav Man.
From the Denver Times.

At a recent reception at which the fash
ion and beauty of Denver were assembled
one OF the ladies found herself seated next
to Gen. Sumner. He had been presented to
her earlier in the evening, but she had not
quite caught his nams-certainly not his
title.
Beamingly, she asked: May I ask what
is your occupation2 Don't think me rude,
for I have made a study Of determining
such matters without asking questions, but
I must confess that you puzzle me. am
at complete loss to place you.'
Madam" replied the commander of the
department of the Colorado with his most
serious countenance, 81 am squaw man"
IA what?" she managed to gasp.
"a squaw man, madam"
'T am afraid I don't quite understand
yet," said the fair interlocutor after a few
minutes cogitation, in which she took in
the generals whole tout ensemble and de-
cided that there must be another meaning
to the term besides that to which she had
been accustomed.
why, that Is easy enough to explain In
army parlancs a squaw man Is an officer
who, when the rest of the officers are at
the front fighting and winning glory, 10
left at home to guard the women. Madam,
l am such an officer"
ooh, that's different" She calculated And
then the whfrl of tina throng carried them
apart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
Weeds as Food.
From Meehan's Mont

From Meehans Monthly.
What is even regarded as a vile weed
can, with a little stretch of imagination,
be turned into an ornamental plant or de-
licious vegetable. This is especially the
case with the common burdock, Lappa ma
jor. School boys all know it from gathering
the burrs and ccmpressing them together
by the curved points of the floral involucre.
This is all they know about It, 1t is diff
cult to see anything more to be despised in
the burdock leaf than In the leaf of the
rhubarb. 1t appears that it is largely used
in China for food. But 1t is stated that if
the stalks be cut down before the flowers
expand and then be boiled the taste is rel-
iShed equally with asparagus. The leaves
when young are boiled and eaten as we eat
spinach In Japan it is in universal use.
Thousands of acres are devoted to its cu-
ture. But in this case the root is the OBJ
ject. 1t requires deep soil to get the roots
to the best advantage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
HORSERADISH TIME.
Uses of This Pungent Root Perhaps
You Don't Know About.
ha Nav YnrkH

Uses of This Pungent Root PERHAPS
You Don't Know About.
From the New York Herald
OF the itinerant merchants whose raucous
cries are just now particularly penetrating
none Is more insistent than the purveyor OF
hors eradish, vender almost peculiar to
the east side and upper sections of New
York. He comes a tride early this year,
perhaps, but he says on being questioned
to this previousness that the horssrad-
ish crop is very much ahead of it's time.
Properly" said one the vendors to me,
The season does not begin until oyster
time. but since The crop insisted on coming
10 perfection some weeks in advance and
horseradish is mighty good as relish for
all sorts of cold meats. why. l reckon no
one objects TO that fact, LeaStWays not the
restaurant keepers.
Good cooks always buy plenty Of horse
radisn of US hawkers, for you have no idea
how many are the fine dishes which may
be made with the root. Lots of people make
a very toothsome sauce by covering one
pound of sliced horseradish root with spir-
its of wine and keeping the mixture tightly
corked. Then this Is added drop by drop
to the white sauces used for meats or fish
When mixed with little fresh mustard
and red pepper the horseradish and spirits
of wine make a great sauce for broiled
beef or daviled chicken.
"HorSeradish vinegar is another concoc-
ton much used in New York, and the way
to make 1t is to soak a cupful of freshly
grated root together with an ounce of
minced onions, piece of garlic and pinch
of red pepper in quart of cider vinegar
After this has been kept corked I'D for A
week 1t is strained through a cloth and
bottle for use. 1t is a pleasant addition to
a number of salads
MANY of the restaurants uptown where
the cooks ara foreigners grow a very fine
salad from horseradish. They take the
crowns which are left after the roots are
dug up and bury them upright in moist
beds which they keep specially for the pur-
pose in the dark warm CELLARS under the
restaurants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
IsIPROMPTU GUNS,
One Hundred Made From Handy
Trees Did Good Work.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
A confederate veteran who fought at
Fort Blakely read the other day of the
dummy guns used by the Spaniards around
Santiago de Cuba to humbug the American
troops.
All" said he, that reminds me of old
times. 1t also reminds me that wooden
guns have been known to serve better pur-
poses than making believe.
wooden guns did deadly work before
Fort Blakely. The Yankees fixed them I'D.
and they shot just as well as If they had
been manufactured of iron. The opposing
lines were 500 yards apart. The confeder-
ates were behind the walls of the fort, and
the LIBERALS were strongly intrenche6.
Gen. Candy, the Yankee commando.
was without artillery. What did he do but
manufacture one hundred mortars from
black gum trees. Black gum trees grew
everywhere in the vicinity. He bored them
out, put iron bands around them and fired
S-inch shells furnished by Farragut's fleet.
The lines were so close that light charges
suficed. and the eXtemporaneous weapons
cid all that was asked of them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
THINGS SEEM DIFFERENT NOW
His Views Have Changed Since He
Came Back From Cuba

Before went away with the regiment -
said Mt. Pleasant boy. who is now fatten-
ing up again, II was beginning to entertain
an exceedingly small opinion of this town
IN particular, and of this whole stretch of
country in general. Washington was rapid
~ becoming too contracted a sphere for
me- was falling into the habit of lying
awake at night and thinking of chucklng up
my JOB and getting out of here 1 wanted
10 roam L wanted to go out west, first of
all My idea was to take a hack at Chi
cago first, then get on out to Denver; then
on to San Francisco. After few months
OF pipe-dream life in Frisco and down in
southern California l figured on running
over to the Hawaiian Islands 1 even had
my mind sort O set on shaking Japan up a
bit. l didn't particularly know how 1 was
going to 60 all this, but the idea of doing
it all haunted me. This thing of living at
nome In Washington palled me 1t
struck me as being altogether too common
place and prosaic'
The young man paused to sample the con-
tents of seven more plates full of appetiz-
lng-looking stuff that his mother and sis
tiers placed before him. and continued:
But l guess, upon the whole, looking at
the matter from all sides and from every
point of view, that Washington will be
good enough for me for the next 112 years.
That's what the trenches of Santiago have
done for me. 1 don't want to roam. I've
completely cut out the roaming idea
There's nothing in it. 1 want to be COM
monplace. l want to be prosaic. I want
to be, and am going to be, what the funny
ducks call home guy I'm going to hang
on to my job here. 1 don't think I'm so
many as l did before 1 went down below
there with the boys. / had chance to see
how dead easy it would have been for the
world to continue going around had been
just wiped clean from the map some old
morning there in Cuba. I don't banker for
any more excitement. just want to have
the weather get cold and rainy and dismal,
so that | can emphasize the delight I take
in clinging to my own fireside-snugglng
up to the latrobe that / didn't much figure
on ever seeing again very few weeks ago
Washington is a comfortable old town. and
you hear me. Every night since I've been
back, after taking a nice cold ducking in
really-and-truly and sure-enough porce-
lain bath tub, and getting on well-aired
nightshirt preparatory to going to bed, and
hearing my mother and sisters and the
governor talking downstairs, and hearing
the darkey boys singing up and down the
street, and the cars changing by once in a
while-well say. I've just gone to the win
dow of my room, and looked out at the
stars, and thanked the good God that it has
all been arranged this way, and that I've
got home.
That's what the Santiago trenches did
for me, and it's about enough"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
A wOMAN'S CHARITY,
And After All She Found She Had
Made a Mistake.

naCe n Mistake.
The Mt. Pleasant man dropped off the
yellow car and hurried along down a west
side street home as if he thought it was
the best place on earth. And it was to him.
for he has wife who is one of the best
and kindest women the Lord ever directed
into the pleasant paths of that suburb
When he had reached the house and had
stretched himself in a comfortable place to
have bit of otium cum dignitate ere the
dir ner hour, his wife came out to see if he
were all right and to chat with him a mo-
ment on the affairs of the day
Anything happened to stir I'D the coun-
try out this way since 1 left?' he inquired
good naturally.
placidly. Yes she added, % a soldier call
ed this morning and asked for something
TO eat or little money"
"A SOLDIER repeated the husband. How
DO you know he was a solder?"
He had on a brown linen coat like the
soldiers wear
That is hardly safe sign, my dear"
But he tod me he was one" she in
sisted. and there was a tone of pain in her
voice. as II she felt hurt that her husband
could think so harshly of one of the ma
tons suffering defenders.
w nat did he tell you, dear?" he asked
He told me he was with Devev At Cav
tlago, she said almost triumphantly.
How was that?" asked the man.
why she ran on, "he told me he was
how the battle was won and how he ~. =
a cavalryman and his horse threw him and
famed him, but he still fought on and the
nag noated at last over a defeated enemy.
qon think l ever heard more thrilling
tale, and l gave him all he could eat. the
poor. brave fellow, and half dollar be-
secs. II was all I had or 1 would have
given him a dollar"
smiled tenderly. "
ooinethi there was in his manner that
made her suspicious, and for a moment
Sh 20, looked at him fixedly and thinking hard
george, she exclaimed at last. Clutch
ing at his sleeve, lit wasn't Dewey at san
tlago, was it % 49, 'ii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
An Episode Explained.

There was no installing the nationalities
Of the two distinguished foreigners who
had entered the restaurant. The converse
ton soon showed that the man with the big
beard parted In the middle had name
which sounded like q sneeze with "ski" at
the end Of it. He was Enthusiastically Rus
sian His companion, who had some din.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
Cut Down His Turn,

FIom the st. Louis Globe Democrat
rs your minister going to take a yacation
this summer
NO; but he has cut mis- turn down to ten
minutes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17

been made they will be informed, and they
will have the first right. Most of the tent
ing is in good enough order to put out into
another war, but it is not likely that 1t
would ever be used again, for 1t Is cheaper
to issue new than prepare and repair a lot
of old stuff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
Noted by an Observer.


Seth Haskins-"Thets suthin' like tnet
game of Skinny We used ter play. amt it ?"
Lem Pusiey-"Them sticks are like 1t,
but the clothes amt, by gumr'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17
The First Person Singular.

It's only line written straight up and
down.
But it worries the country and startles the
town.
The small letter "T" causes prospects once
fair
To tumble chaotic, the mischief knows
where.
When harmony gently assumes to COM
mand,
Ego bluntly steps forward to manage the
band.
Peace blossoms serenely. IT'S but for
day.
The first person singular scares It away
In art, war and statecraft the question we
Ever pushed to the front is, whats in it
for me?'-
And time which is needed for building true
fame
Is spent hunting big type to blazon a name
And that's why the pessmist mournfuIly
sings
About the eternal msitness of things.
With ashes Of glory earth's history is thick
And the first person singulars what did the
trick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17

A Protest Against the Trite.

Mr.. Blykins was in a skeptical frame of
mind. He had been sitting glum and
silent for some time. His wife essayed
conversation once or twice, but her efforts
met with no encouragement. She realized
that his own thoughts We're of more import
ance to him than any which might be
suggested by an outside consciousness, and
relapsed into silence. She had some Gu
riosity, but she knew from experience that
the easiest way to have it satisfied was
to wait until his overcharged intellect be-
gan a spontaneous disclosure. This soon
occurred.
They make me wearyi" he exclaimed.
as he closed with a bang the book over
whose reading he had fallen into irate rev.
erie.
VINO do. dear?" she inquired disinter-
estedly.
People. Folks who write things These
essayists and poets and philosophers who
start out to make you think that If you
will only buy their books and read 'em
life will be a path of roses with all the
thorns neatly shaved off the stems"
The book you were just reading was
written by very wise man." she ven
tut ed to suggest.
That's what you say he answered.
That's the way they fool the public and
get their publications sold on all news
stands. This man has a piece about the
value of time. Among other things ne
says, Take care of the precious minutes.
They never will return"
81 hats perfectly true" commented his
wife.
How do you know" he inquired
Because it has been said SO often be-
fore"
THAT explains the whole process Say
something short ard say it often enough
and people will take it for granted. How
does he know the precious minutes never
will return? It's like that old nonsense
to the effect that the mill will never grind
with the water that is past"
That's perfectly true, too" she an
swered with conviction.
NO it amt. What becomes Of the
water after the mill is through grinding
with it? The clouds take it I'D and pour
it down in rain somewhere. 1t flows
through springs and creeks and rivers and
into the ocean, and the clouds take 1t UP
and drop 1t again. It's constantly going
the rounds. 1t may take a long time,
but If it's a good durable mill it'll keep
up the same old grind with the same old
water That's the way nature works.
She uses old material over and over again,
sometimes in one shape and sometimes in
another. But it's there. How do we
know that these are new precious minutes?
How do we know that they amt the same
old minutes being worked off on us again
like the water that runs the mill ?They don't
care. so long as they can make it all sound
nice and get their books sold. But when
you come to put what they say to the real
thought, with punctured life preserver."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
cHIcAGoANs AT OMAHA.
Thousands Go to Celebrate Chicago
Day at the Trans-Nississippi
Exposition.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 3.-Several thou
sand Chicagoans arrived in the city on
special and regular trains to take part
in the celebration of Chicago day
at the Trans-Mississippi exposition.
Among the specials was one carrying
Mayor Harrison and the Cook county
marching club, another with the Board
of Trade on board, third with the
Union League club and a fourth with
the Marquette club. The arrivals were
met at the depot by thousands of
Omaha citizens. The train that Gre
ated the most interest was one of 10
Pullmans that carried Mayor Harrison
and the Cook county democracy. They
were met at the depot by the mayor
and city officials of Omaha and the
Jacksonian club, and marched through
the streets to their hotels. Thousands
of people witnessed their progress.
The formal exercises at the exposition
grounds came off as scheduled.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
|R[FUSED 70 OBEY SHERIFF
Officer In Charge of Militia at
Pana Is Emphatic in His
Position.
GETS HIS ORDERS FROM GOV. TANNER.
Soldiers Are Only to Protect the Citi-
zens and Property of Pana-Their
Sympathies Are with the Striking
Miners Indiana Negroes Are
Sent Back

Pana, ILL.,, Oct. 3.-ENcitement never
ran so high in the little village of Tow
Ell Hill as it did Friday night. Two
hundred and fifty armed and deter
mined miners guarded the Indiana ne
groes at the little station. All the aft
ernoon these stalwart, brawny men
had stood the vigil awaiting the $3.50
B. & o. S. w. train that was to bear
the negroes away. AT $3.50 the Big Four
eastbound accommodation steamed
into the station. Both these roads
run parallel from Pana to Tower Hill.
From the latter train there alighted
another large number of union miners
and their friends from this city, who
knew the deputies commanding num-
Der of the negroes were en- route to
the village, but the latter stopped at
the county line two miles west. All
the union men returned to the city
in the morning, their guns being
boxed up and struggled into town in
wagons filled with hay. Large crowds
were congregated on the streets of
Pana, but they were orderly. Not
negro appeared in the city, and the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
FINISH THEIR WORK.
Civil Engineers Employed by the
Nicaragua Canal Commission
Are Dismissed.

Washington, Oct. 3.-The civil engi-
neers who have been in Nicaragua since
the beginning of the inquiry by the
present Nicaragua canal commission
into the feasibility of the projected
canal, have reported in Washington, to
Admiral Walker, the president of the
board, and have been permitted to re-
turn to their homes.
These engineers, who have been en-
gagged in making actual tests and in
spection of the country which will be
traversed by the canal, have brought
with them an enormous amount of field
notes, filling no less than II packing
boxes. These have been turned over
to the commission, which Admiral
Walker says is now ready to proceed
with the collation. of the material col
lected, and the preparation of the final
r,aporf
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
BAYARD FUNERAL.
man Consigned to Their Last
Resting Place.

Wilmington, Del, Oct. a.-With flags
at half mast and draped in mourning,
with the closing of business houses
and with other demonstrations of sor-
row, Wilmington Saturday committed
to the grave the mortal remains of
Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard.
A multitude of people early az
sembled at the quaint and historic Old
Swede church.
The hour Of the funeral was two
o'clock, but before that hour the little
church was crowded with those for
whom admission had been reserved.
They comprised the pail bearers, mem
bers of the New Castle County Bar as
ISOLATION, representatives of the Della
ware society, Sons of the American
Revolution, and committees represent
Ing the Bayard Legion and the Young
Mems Democratic clubs,