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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02

hes Eeu Atftas Suastna.
Written FOR The Evening Starby Anna NJ. Laise.
Down where the palm br4Aehes aoat In the breeze
Shadows fall thick 'Heathst,,e arepicaf trees;
Away from the sound of the lannon's boom
Lay soldier dead. In tfenea-iike tomb.
ii oi'
Right nobly they fought aafd bEively they died,
They've reached their reward On the other side;
Calmly they rest where the battles dull roar
And the call ITO arms dssturhs them no more.
sb7s o.
Talk not of heroes of ages long past;
Our own honor roll is filling up fast
With the names of men who for love Of right
Left home and comfort to Jsin ip the fight.
Into deaths jaws. with unfaltering tread,
Bravely they marched on without fear or dread;
Gladly they rushed to the heat of the fray
That ''Old Glory's" cause might prevail that day.
They are dead we say. Yes, beneath the sod
Lie their forms. but their spirits live with Cod
Wen faud then today with tongue and with pen
For they died like soldiers-they died like men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
The Road Through the Marsh.

rAmma defrlck weed IN tne independent.
A murderer fleeing adown the night
20 the road through the marsh Is Wild and wet D.
Has hands red but his cheeks are white
And awful shapes In the gloom alright
For the stars few and the young moon set,
He shfyers and shrlnks at the brier's touch
It's the hand of hend with it's talon clutch!
And the cry of the wind fs bloodhounds bay;
And the low, black clouds fierce birds of preyi
The Wild weird plant Of the whppoorwi1l
Is a votce-that voice that he cannot still!
Far down in the north, beyond the frs,
The Pickering CLEAN auroral stirs.
IT'S the sway of lantern forward and back,
The red avengers his track!
He stumbles-he falls-and bis senses swim
The sinking sands engulfng him.
All pangs-aH fortunes, all fears he hath
Yet the road through the marsh IL a pleasant path
pilgrim journeying down the night
% the road through the marsh Is green and deepD,
One star looks out like beacon light,
By this can he shape his course Alright
And about the ferns and flowers asleep.
How sweet their breath, in the dews of even,
Like the incense cup OF soul forgiven! ..-
Was that the whippoorwilfs timid call
How 1t blends with the breeze In the treetops tall
In the polar sky a soft light grows.
With the dawn's semblsnce Of gold and rose
What mean those beautiful, mystic rites
In the Astral deeIs Of the semmer nights?
God knows, And he knee1s on the soft. cool sod:
How good to leave the unknown with God!
How good to feel when the way is dim,
That the road is safe II we keep with Him!
O soft sweet musings our pilgrim hath,
For the road through the marsh is pleasant path!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
WOMEN IN BUSINESS LIFE
Their Number Has Increased Greatly Since
the Late War.
Unjust for Men to Complain That
They Are Being Driven Out
OF Employment.
From the New Orleans Picayune.

From the New Orleans Pcayune.
One Of the most interesting as well as
important factors in the labor problem to-
day Is the employment of women In the
various departments of labor once reserved
for men, and the competition of women
with men in the struggle for life.
There were some 22.O00,O00 persons of
both sexes engaged in gainful pursuits of
all sorts in 1890. OF these, absut 4,oO0, 900
were females and 100000 males. There
were, according to the same census, about
13.OO0,0OO families in the United States. In
1850 there were about 10,0O0,0 600 workers of
both sexes, and of these one-twentieth, or
900, were females. These were engaged
chiefly in clothing factories, cotton mills
and in shoe-binding, and they were found
almost wholly in the New England states,
whose men had gone away to sea or to the
new lands of the west. and left their wo-
men dependent. In the west and in the
south woman seldom went away from
the home to work. or. II so. they were
occupied with household duties in families.
After the civil war the situation was vast
iy changed. A million men lost their lives
or were so disabled as to be incapacitated
to support themselves. The south suffered
more than any other section, and many
women were left self dependent. 1t was a
new thing to see white women in the
southern states start out to seek work in
avenues that had been previously closed to
women. They could not take domestic
service, because such places were monopo-
lfzed by the negroes who had been brought
UP to that sort of work. The posts of
teaching the young did not afford places
for all who were forced to work, and thus
the white women of the south emulated
their sisters Of the north and west in seek
ing the means of earning a livelihood in
every honorable work within their capac-
lty, srd. however much the necessity for
such a state of things is regretted, it must
be recognized all the same.
1t Is not only unmanly, but 1t Is out
rageously unjust, for men to complain that
women are driving them out of employ
ment. There are 10 100000 heads of fami-
lies in the United States. Some of these
are widows, but the greatest numbers are
men. There are men enough IN the coun-
try to support all the women Il they would
The fact Is that they do not. Ii is their
own fault. If every man who pretends to
De man were supporting a woman as he
should there would be probably 1000 600
places in offices, stores, shops and factor
les that are now occupied by women work
ers left free to men, and the women would
be at home.
The worst feature in the entire situation
IS that the women are put of with about
one-nai1 the wages given to men for the
same service. This is an outrage in many
cases. When the women acquire the power
In business which they have always been
able to WELD in love, they will correct the
eVil OF lower wages, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
JAPANESE SCHOOLS
sunrise Kingdom Has Adopted West
ern Ways in Trimming Children


ern Ways in Training Children.
From st. Nicholas.
japanese children used to sit unon thar
heels in the school room. ,grouped round
their master on the soft mating chanting
together their Iroha or reading In conoer,
the wise maxims from their readers which
generations Of their race. A change has
come, and now they sit on benches befora
desks In western fashion, though they do
not lnink this method of sitting very ce,n
iCrtaple, and are glad, on returning home
70 indulge in the usual squat But thew
sun recite IN concert, in a monotonous sort
or chant, the Iroha (ee-ro-hah), which cor
responds to our alphabet
Ihoer the former system of schooling
al japanese children learned to read and
write the Hlrangana characters and to cal
Culate; and II was an unheard-of thing for
d grown person to be unable at least tn
read and write and do simple calculatio
Ihey were seldom sent to school before
the age OF seven and We're not hard pressed
IN their studies. In learning to write thew
were acquiring the dexterity of finger and
wrist needful in drawing and without
uouDt their method of writing Is one OF the
iraits which have tended to make the jap
ahese a nation of artistic tendencies A
soit paper is used and a brush instead of a
pen. Care and exactness are necessary
owing TO the nature of the materials. and
IL Is impossible to use the hand in a cramn
ed or sum position; hence freedom and
grace of movement result The child holds
the paper In one hand and the brush in
the other; the whole arm works. motion
coming from the shoulder, elbow and wrist
as well as from the finger muscles The
paper, as soon as touched, absorbs the
ltulan INK with which he writes. The
chlld thus finds 1t necessary to touch with
precision and care, and acquires insensibly
certain power of drawing in that precise
touch and in the exercise Of the arm and
hand muscles.
western principles in education, as well
as western school furniture. have been
adopted in the sunrise kingdom. The
ARABIC numbers, ], 2, 3, etc. are used. for
the japanese at once recognized the adj
vantage of these signs for numbers instead
OF their own cumbersome ones Maps.
charts and diagrams are seen on the school
room walls; object lessons are given, and
foreigners, hearing the children's recita-
lions. even though not understanding their
speech, recognize that the young Japanese
are getting some good results of modern
civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
The Banana Trade.

from The London Mall.
Immense fortunes have been made out of
the banana business. Revenues do not ac-
crue alone from the sale of the fruit. for
the leaves are used for packing; the Juice.
being strong in tanning, makes an indelible
INK and shoe backing. the wax found on
the underside Of the leaves is a valuable
article OF commerce; manila hemp is made
from the stems, and of this hemp are made
mats, plated work and lace hankerchiefs
or the hnest texture: moreover, the banana
Is ground into banana -four.
rne Irult TO be sold for dessert is ripeied
by the dry warmth of flaring gas lets in
the storage places In which it is kept. and
immense care has to be taken to prevent
softening or overrtpening. The island of
and money-making fruit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
Orang-Outang vs.. Burglar,
From the London Post.

1rcm the Lon1o1 Post.
Some two years ago retired oficer Of
the merchant service, living in the Rue
d'Alesia, Paris, NJ. Duchesne. brought
home an orang-outang from Borneo. Since
gowfng to its full size the brute is a terror
to the neighbors. Its master won't hear of
Its being chained up. contenting himself
with shutting the animal in his bed room
before going out. This was done Yesterday
but unfortunately for him. Nicolas Bar,
geve, alias THE Devourer," had deter
mined to make a professional call at N.
Duchesne's apartment with intent to bur
gle. Now as this iilustrious Character had
only been three days at large after COM
pleting his ninth term OF imprisonment. he
was naturally unaware that such a pet as
the orang -outang was tolerated In these
particular rooms. Consequently, when the
burglar was suddenly pounced upon by two
hairy paws, he was somewhat surprised
and his screams soon brought help, with
the result that NJ Bargeve was drawn out
OF the room by his feet, In q very irno-
minious fashion. He was taken to the In
Urinary. and It b reported that he has rome
mad and now inaEines himself 10 have
been changed into IN ape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
Close to Ninety.
John Howard Bryant in the Albany Argus.

John Howard Bryant in the Albany Argus.
Here now stand. upon lifes outer verge,
Close at my feet ocean wide ana deep,
Dark, snllen, silent, and without q surge
Where earth's past myriads lie In dreamless
SLEEP.
lis here stand without thrill of fear,
In loneliness allied to the sublime;
The broken links of love that bound me here,
Lie scattered on this treacherous shoal Of time.
But still I cling to friends who yet remain
Cling to the glorious scenes that round me lie,
Striving to stay the haste OF years In vain
As sw1fter vet the winged moments fly
Idly seek the future to explore
/ partly know what Is but naught that is before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
81 Love You, Dear"

There is no phrase 30 worn and old
IN all the world, nor ore so sweet
10 lovers lips or maiden's ear
AS this refrain, ~ love you, dear"
II love you, DEAR"
Lhere ID no change aS efme goes on,
40 new WORDS seem tbsmtan so much
AS when they're uttered fendly near.
Al trembling tones: ~ love you, DEAR
iG5p9
II love you. Idear."
No night SO dark. mo- dsv 40 long
But hope brings comfat To the heart
II only some cne'' asfanaeth near
10 murmur low, Il leyeityuu, dear.'s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
PatriG.:
A WORD FROM THE, soUrH.

WORD FROM THE, SOUTH.
From the Independent. ,ia. ~. J,
Now at thy call we Come
Mother Of States! -
Thou, for whose hurting wrath
The crouched foe waits:
Thine are our swords-,theuswords
Thy dear breast met ~.
Mofher-remember!
Mother-forget! Al "
Thou know'st our battle-rage
Led by Lee!- 49,
Lo! In thy van we charlie
Fighting for theet
strong deeds our faith shall prove,
Not weak regret 2.
M0ther-rememberi 4
Mother-forget! az s'srlf.e
Washington was Of u.s. .;,-s
JEFFERSON gave
Cnallenge ting proud lips flung
Iyrant and slave;
BY Appomattox u ia = II
Yorktown Is set rs
Mofher-rememb.rt ~ saS Il
Mofher-eorget, 81 ~ --9=Sf ,s-sse
To thy white stars unfuri 90
Inc yankee Rag
II nils Gods heaven for us, IL ~ =;
It n our dagl
When With ouf hearts hot blood -
Its folds are wet -
Mother-rememberi ss5
Mother-foeyeti:
Washington. D. @. Va : :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
For the Summer Campaign.
James Barrett Kirk in Life.

James Barrett Kirk in Life.
The maiden glanced around the store
With eyes bright az the sun;
81 want hammock. SIR she said,
Just big enough fos one
Eyes, miss replied the salesman, as
Across the floor he pace2t
t'Heres something in the size you want
How does 1t suit your taste?'
She looked upon the article.
That he exposed to View
fIt's much too frail, she 'shid; II want
1t strong enough for twoI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
What Puszled the Doctor.
From the Chicaxo Post.

THAT man II a puzzle to me-" said the
physicisn. thoughtfuliy. II haven't the
faintest idea what he Is worth"
'What difference does that maker
why. don't know how much 20 charge
him for my services. II he b inside OF q
hundred thousand I want to make q rea-
sonable char0D a prAcktcinG physician,
but II he 10 worth more than that the
proper thing to do n TO cali myself Q spe.
oaalist and make the price b suit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02
Burdened Land Owners,

according to competent authorities. a
iarss proportion Of the old estates are very
heaViIy' not hopeiessly. ineumbered
Ine land owners are. TO a great extent.
feid In the bitter bonds Of desperate debts.
a conoiticn Of things obtains strikingiy
similar to that found half century ago
"a ireland and which called for the dras-
NC measures but the wise legislation OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21
NOVEL REQUESTS.
Demands Made on Board of Works by
Land Owners.

There was a little variation in the hear
ing of park remonstrances yesterday when
.'squatters' who occupy shanties in mo
mans landf near Greenlawn Cemetery, ap-
peared to object to the amounts that had
been allowed them for their property. There
was one woman who wanted the board to
give her all the money due ON the house
she occupies on the grounds that her hus-
band is in the penitentiary A young man
wanted the proceeds of another holding di-
vided between himself and his mother
Whats your mothers name?" he was
asked.
Il don't know. Ma, what's your name?'
he bawled out
He was twenty-one years of age or old
er and the board thought he ought to be
able to establish his relationship better than
he appeared to be able to do. The board
decided to visit the property in question
with the mayor this morning before closing
the assessment roll. The demonstrators are:
Asbury Enlow, Henry Melbourne, B. E.
Fig, Lena Flack, Sophia Herman and
Charles Murphy.
The time of the board was passed in the
afternoon waiting for demonstrators against
assessments on account of the Fall creek
and White river parks, but few people an
peared The hearing was closed at o'clock
1here VIII be no further Sittings. Next week
the board will review the evidence that has
been presented and modify the rolls where
1t seems JuStifable. The rolls cannot be
completed for some time as nonresident
owners have been given notice of the pro-
ceedlngs by publication and the date for
nearing them has been fixed for June l. 1t
is not supposed that much time will he
taken up with them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21

In the report published yesterday of the
previous evenings proceedings of the East
Washington-street Presbyterian Church an
injustice may have been done Rev. A. l..
Hassler, former pastor of the church,
whose resignation was asked by the session
Of the church. Out of the trouble that
arose grew conditions that led the session
TO prefer charges of ''unministerial con-
duct against the reverend gentleman with
the Indianapolis Presbytery A special
presbyterial committee investigated the
charge. It's report was read at the meeting.
While not generating the pastor. neither
did 1.-The committee recommend that the
charge of unministerial conduct be sus-
tained' as said in yesterdays issue. The
charge was not disposed of in the report.
The committee simply recommended that
the matter be dropped by the presbytery,
saying: After mature elaboration, the
committee would recommend that the pres
bytery proceed no further in the matter.
We think that the cGuSe of righteousness
will not be enhanced by stirring up addi-
tional bitterness in the neighborhood where
the two churches are located. Your COM
mittee is of the opinion that the late seceS-
sion of members, while it may seem to
weaken the congregation for a time, will
not be an ultimate evil, and that the people
of the East WaShington-street Church
ought to be eXhorted to proceed with their
work as if nothing at all had arisen to dis
turb the serenity of the congregation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21

Lizzie McCarvery, twenty years old, and
Anderson Wells. nine years old, both col
ored, were arrested yesterday by Detectives
Asche and Dugan on charge of stealing
from Irving Hardy. a pedder, living at 104S
Hamilton avenue, d watch and a diamond
ring, together worth about $35. Thursday
afternoon Hardy went into Nelson Weiss
restaurant, on Indiana avenue He put his
valise on a table and went to the door.
While he was gone the boy who is Nelson
Weiss son, went through the valise and
took out the ring and The watch Hardy
complained to the police of the theft and
telling several different stories the bow con-
fessed that he had hidden the ring under
the back step of the restaurant There the
detectives found it, buried in the ground
with a match thrust above it to mark the
place. The girl, who was cook at the res
taurant, produced the watch from above
safe where she had hidden it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21
BOARD of WORKS ROUTINE.
Contracts Awarded.

For cement walks Alabama street.
from Massachusetts avenue to St Clair
street, next the. curb line, to f. NJ. Dunn
at "A cents a foot for six-foot walks 81
cents for three-foot approaches and IL cents
for sodding. '
For cement walks on Alabama street
from Eleventh to Sixteenth street to F. M
Dunn at Sc cents foot
FOR cement walks on the east side of Col
Iege avenue, from Fourteenth to Fifteenth
street, to f. NJ. Dunn at 80 cents a foot
For gravel roadway and cement walks on
FORREST avenue, from Washington street to
the second alley south, to j. H. Roberts AT
SIS a foot each side.
For local sewer in Davidson street, from
Pine to Michigan street, to w. H. Albeit
IL Co. at $16S foot
For local sewer in Davidson street, from
Michigan to st. Clair street, to H. c. Rooney
at $1.lS lineal foot.
MOrris-Street Bids.
A number of bids were made for paving
motifs street from Madison avenue to the
White river bridge with creosoted block in
three sections, but the board will investigate
before awarding the contract.
Municipal Notes.
The water company was directed to Law
water mains in Meridian street, from Thir-
ty-third to Thirty-fourth street.
The board granted petitions for the vaca-
ton of the second alley north of Market
street, from Noble street to Spring street
and the first alley west of Liberty street,
from Market TO Wabash street.
a resolution was adopted for a main sewer
in Beecher street, from Pleasant run to
Naomi street.
Engineers Plans Ordered.
For cement walks on the south side of
Georgia street, from Pennsylvania to Me-
ridian street.
For cement walks on West street. from
Washington street to the canal.
For a sewer in the alley east of Beville
avenue, from Washington to New York
street.
For graveling the alley east OF East street
from Norwood to Stevens street
Alah
from Ohio street to Massachusetts, avenue
For cement walks on Senate avenue from
Kentucky avenue to South street
For a local sewer in the first alley east
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Rev. Allen B. Philputt, the new pastor
of the Central Christian Church, has taken
a house at 1902 Central avenue.
The management of the Country Club has
established line of wagorettes, which will
run between Mapleton and the club; People
desiring to be transferred from Mapleton
may telephone the club.
Joe Goldberg, who keeps a secondhand
store on Massachusetts avenue, complained
TO the police last night, that a man named
Greenfield. who had been working for him
two days, had stolen from his vest a gold
watch.
Rev. j. c. r. Ewing, d. D., president of
Lahore College. India will preach in the
First Presbyterian Church Tomorrow morn
ing In the evening DR.. Sheldon Jackson,
retiring moderator of the General Assembly,
will occupy the pulpit.
Mr.. Lemcke Friday morning in the hall
of the High School, before the pupils, read
q paper entitled "Barbarossa's Awakening, "
concerning united and imperial Germany,
which he had read before the Gentlemen S
Literary Club in December last.
DR. NJ. L. Haines viii deliver his lecture,
Teachers Union this afternoon, at O'clock,
I'm the lecture room of the First Presbyteri-
an Church After the lecture Miss Kirby
will teach the Sunday-school lesson.
The Central Kneipp Association, at a
meeting last night. presented new consti-
adopted The President was instructed to
go to New York and engage an attending
physician The association claims a MEM
bcrship OF three hundred.
Miss Seegmiler, the supervisor of art in
struction IN the Indianapolis public schools,
will give an address at Plymouth Church
Sunday evening on the Boston Public L.
brary. The address win be illustrated with a
large number OF stere0pticOn views, portray
irg the Boston library building and other