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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
LOndon's Expensive Foxs.


Fogs are costly infections. Figures taken
from an official source show that the ex-
cess In the days gas bill would represent
the supply of a town with 10000 to 10000
inhabitants for whole year. The total
consumption on one foggy day was $780,
100000 cubic feet, the excess In the output
by the Gas Light and Coke Company alone
being 35,000,0 cubic feet. The total cost
of the gas consumed was $4,000, of which
$4,000 was due to the fog In addition
there must be added the cost of electricity
and oil. and the loss of business by stop
page of traffic and lack of custom is seri-
Gus matter for the west end shopkeepers.
That there is other loss than the mere
worldly one is demonstrated by spiritual
list. who gives striking testimony that Lon
don fog interferes terribly with the mani
festations to the faithful. The lady spirit
ualist relates that after twenty years de-
privation mediumship returned to her I'M
sought Immediately on her arrival at Bath
from smoky London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Hail to Our Country.

frank L. Stanton In the Atlanta Constitution,
Across the land from strand to strand
Loud ring the bugle notes.
And freedoms smile, from isle to isle,
Like freedoms banner fioats.
One song-the nations hail the notes
From sounding sea to sea-
And answer from their thrilling threats
The song Of liberty!
They answer and an echo comes
From chained and troubled isles.
And roars like oceans thunder drums
Where glad Columbia smiles.
Hail to our country! Strong she stands,
Nor fears the war drums beat;
Tie sword OF freedom in her hands,
- The tyrant at her feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29

One Of the cleverest Of the woman writer's
OF England. Miss Betham Edwards. has
uttered some wise words concerning mod
ern juvenile literature. She said the other
day that she got her own education from
an old copy of Shakespeare. and she added:
IT disapprove Of children's books. had
few In my own childhood. and read only the
Engiish classics. and found them enter
tanning enough. The present fashion of
writing story books specially for children
II, think. . mistake. It tends to weaken
their tzste Tor literature. and when they
grow older thoV are not able to apprectate
the best forms Of literary sty1a~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Where the Needle Points East.
From the London Standard.

Observations were taken over a strip Of
country between Moscow and Kharkoff, or
extreme points, north and south. distant
from one another as the crow flies about
eight hundred and fifty miles. The great
est alterations are found in, the province of
Kursk, the capital town of which is some
six hundred miles almost due south of Mos
cow. In the northern part of the province,
rear Tim, the needle defects twenty de-
grees; further south. in the district of
Staroi Oskol, up to thirty degrees, while in
the southeast of the province, about one
hundred and fifty miles south of Tim, the
detection is over ninety-six degrees, the
needle standing almost perpendicular. and
pointing east and west instead Of north and
south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Rhyf.e es Rhymes.
Andrew Lang in Longman's Magazine.

ndrew Lang In Longman's Magazine.
Wild on the ShDuntsin peak the wind
Repeats ttaISld fpfrain.
Like ghosts ofGmor4als who have sinne0,
And fam woald sin again.
IN.
For wind II do not rhyme to mind"
Like many mortal men.
Again twhen one reAeets) 'twere kind
To rhyme as II ''agen."
I never met a single soul
Who spoke OF wind as 'swfned,
Aud yet we use 1t, on the whole.
To rhyme to find and blind. ("
We say. NOW, don't do that agen,s
When people give MS pain:
IN poetry. nine dmes IN ten,
1t rhymes to Spain" or Dane"
Oh. which is wrong or which IL rightl
ID, which 10 right or Wrungy
The sound In prose famIliar. quite.
Oh those we meet IN songf
To hold that .1cye'' can rhyme to '.pepve"
Requires some force Of WIN,
Yet - the ancient lyric groove
We meet them rhyminG stfn
This Was 0ur learned fathers won't
In peehistorfc timeA.
We FOLLOW II, oe Il " donst,
Ne 81 np sheet q ds ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
They Saw the Real England.
From the London Globe.

A. New Year calm seemed to have fallen
upon a certain village not twenty miles
from Lordon as three American tourists
strolled through 1t. Not a soul was abroad,
save the geese and fowls on the common.
''This," sad the Americans. lis real Eng
land" And they turned UP a muddy by
lane to sniff England's New Year peace to
the full. In doing so they stumbled upon
an antique cottage with a quaint board
over the door. They approached to inspect
the board, and from the inside of the cot
tage came the sound of about twenty yo-
kels' voices, all singing different tunes to-
gether In voices all differently drunk
"This," said the Americans, rs more real
England"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29

From the Cincinnati Tribune.
Il want" said the excited Chicago woman
to the telephone exchange. my husband,
please, at oncer
Number, please" said the polite opera
tor.
"OHly the fourth, you impudent thing!'
snapped back the fair telephoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
To n Dancer.
Anne Virginia culbertson in Munsey's.

ne virginia Culbertson In Munsey'B.
! watch you as on waves of sound
You seem to softly sway and float:
Your little feet scarce touch the ground:
i watch as by some weird spell bound
The music hath wild, strange note.
You white arms DER your head entwine,
Your full. dark eyes are fixed on mine,
And as your 1.-the form bends and sways
A name wells up from out the maze
OF bygOne things, and DER my lips
In h1lf unconscious murmur slips,
'HerOdias! HerOdias.'
Thus she Of old bespread her net
And danced before the mighty king.
T. Your red lips smile, and yet, and vet
Methinks they are a trife set.
Al purpOsfng some cruel thing.
The fire your heavy lids enfold
Some baleful purpose seems to hold,
What ear IT be? Yet stay, know!
The same as hers Of long ago.
Who for the king her net bespread-
YOU mean man shall lose his head.
'Herodias! Herodias!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
A Little Surprise for the Parson.

From Tt-Bits.
A clergyman, who was very particular
about his personal appearance, went to
preach in a country parish. Finding there
was no glass in the vestry, and fearing his
hair might not be quite as smooth as ii
should be, he asked the clerk II he could
get him glass. The man was gone some
minutes, but at length returned and pro-
duced a parcel very mysteriously from un-
der his arm. To the establishment of the
clergyman, when 1t was opened it contained
a bottle OF whisky, with water and tum-
bier.
said the clerk, 'for 1 got 1t as a great ia
vor. an / shouldn't ha' got it at all. bein'
church hours, if hadn't a-said 1t was for
you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
/. CONCERNING the Voice.

HHeOFIeh COhcerHiHB tne VOICE.
From the Chautauquan.
One very interesting theory held by some
vocalists is that the natural register Of the
speaking voice indicates the individual
character of the speaker. as do the lines
on the palms of the hand. For instance. q
high soprano voice expresses joy and mer-
riment. Complex natures. who carry on
two qualities Of thought at once. speak In
harmonies, with several notes at time,
and have magnetic voices. The minor
voice betrays lack Of confidence, the major
voice indicates intense vitality. The mem
tai attitude shows itself In q voice with a
aiding downward scale, as In most teach
ers' voices. Other instructorS methods go
90 tar AZ to say that all who can talk may
sing. II willing faithfully To devote their
time ana energy to the Gauss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Now.

want no pledge Of joys to be- an
No false, uncertain vow;
That friend, alone, is kind to me =.
Who proves his friendship now.
life's changing year Is brief, so brief,
And I shall slumber long.
When autumn binds the yellow sheaf,
And winter ends the song
Then, sweetheart, come today and bring
Loves flower IN perfect bloom;
I shall not care what wreaths you Aing
Tomorrow on my tomb. :, 81,
ANDREW DOWNING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29

The room is dim. the logs burn low,
But In the ftful fash see
Upon the wall the sunbeams glow
Through the green branches OF the tree.
The backlog sputters, and I hear
The forests leafy summer note
And IT the waves Of smoke appear
The blue pool Of the wood remote.
Then like a. spirit. witching gay,
Ascends throbbing golden spark t---
A FREELY drifting on its way
Across the lonely marish dark. y.
r.. K. MUNKITTRICK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
SOME LITERARY FErIcHEs.
1dtosyncractes to which We Ow
Much Good literature.

Much Good literature.
From Tit Bits.
Charles Dickens had curious caprice
He professed that he could not write with
ease and pleasure unless certain quaint lit
tie bronzes were upon his desk. When they
were there. the shuttles in the wonderful
web Of fiction new with magical rapidly.
He needed three things-blue ink. qufn
pens and his fetiches.
A lady who has visited the Norwegian
dramatist. Henrik Ibsen. ct home. has In
formed the world that In precisely the same
manner he uses q queer collection Of copper
animals. They crowd upon HI tah1e-gro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Who Are the Happy:

From the London Times.
Who are the happy. who are the freef
You tell me and IN tell thee;
Those who have tongues that never lie. d.
Truth on the lip, truth In the eye;
To Friend or to Foe, '4s:- ';s'
To all above and to all below:
These are the happy. these are the free.
So may 1t be with thee and me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
A Quick Retort.
From Household Words.

Lord Norbury and Councillor Parsons
were passing by the Mas jail In the
judges carriage. when Norbury, noticing
a vacant gfbbet. observed: parsons, where
would you be II that gallows had It's due?''
Without second's hesitation Parsons re-
sponded, Riding alone"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
MAGIC WROUGHT BY Ram.
BRrren Australian Plains Suddenly
Tramnformed,

Transformed.
The whole of the interior OF Australia
is not, as some people appear TO think,
desert. 1t is trayersed by river
courses, such as those of the Finlke, Bar.
coe and Warburton, all draining south
ward toward Lake Eyre.
Nothing could be more striking than
the contrast between the dry and the
wet season, states Prof. Baldwin Spen-
GER who visited central Australia on a
scientific mission last year.
In the former. one travels mile after
mile over bare, stony plains, with
scarcely sign of plant or animal life.
The sun beats down holly on shining
fields OF brown and purple stones,
crossed every now and then by thin
bands of dreary-loolsing mulga trees.
Such plants as there are are com
paratively few and far apart. As to the
animals, they have to survive as best
they can; ants, flies and grasshoppers
exist in countless numbers, and afford
food to lizards. end perhaps smaller
marsupial rats and mice.
In the rainy season, which may only
occur once in IS months, everything is
changed. From the highlands in the
center, and from every range of hills,
the water rushes down in torrents.
Vast areas, previously impossible by
reason Of drouth, now become impass-
able from flood. Within few hours
the whole scene is changed. The wa GER
has loosened the hard ground and
countless animals have appeared
Clay pans and water holes are noisy
with the croaking of frogs; crustaceans
hatch out with wonderful rapidity from
eggs which have lain on the dry ground
for, it may be, many months; small
mollusks buried in clay are released
and every inhabitant of land and water
sets to work to make the best of its
short life.
The ground within a day or two is
green with the leaves of countless seed
lings, which grow rapidly; birds an
pear as If by magic, and the once dry
and silent country is now bright with
flowers and foliage and animals, all
decked out in their liveliest colors.
After perhaps a few days the rains
cease and the waters quickly become
confined to the river channels, securing
out holes here and there, where a small |
supply will remain for time after the
shallower parts have all dried up.
AS the water disappears everything
returns 10 its arid state, and it is only |
those animals and plants that have sue
ceeded in reaching sufficiently far adj
vanced stage of growth that have any
chance of surviving. The Weddings
among the plants are quickly killed off.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
A st. Louis Chemical Expert Claims He Ci
Make Wool from Stone.

A st. Louis Chemical Expert Claims He Can
Make Wool from Stone.
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 22-C. c. Hall,
a st. Louis man, brought to Alexan-
dria to take charge of the Union Steel
company's chemical laboratory, has
made most remarkable discovery
whereby he is enabled to convert
limestone into mineral wool. In
making experiments a month ago
in hopes of finding chemical
solution needed at the steel mill
he found that certain kinds of
limestone were converted into a
lava when subjected to chemical
preparations and heat instead of be-
coming brittle. On this he began to
work and has succeeded in making the
purest white mineral wool that could
be found. In refined state it can be
used in the finer textures and in the
rough state itpartakes of the nature of
asbestos
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
BrRdstreeta Report Gives Cheerful View
OF the Status of Commerce.


OF the Status of Commerce.
New YORK, Jan. 90. -Bradstreet's
commercial report says:
large measure OF activity In business and
Industrial lines, with In some instances pre-
vious records surpassed, and very general
steadiness In prices Of staples is perhaps, the
most notable feature OF the trade situation
this week Quotations OF cereals show the
most aggressive strength while those Of some
makes OF pig iron betray rather more decided
weakness than they did q week ago Mid
weather Is frequently mentioned as an influ-
ence tending to check retail distribution of
seasonable goods, chiefly because OF the effect
on country roads Spring trade opens slowly
as usual at this time OF the year. but conf
dence is still unimpalred. AS already init
mated the immense current production Of pig
Iron, amounting TO fully 100000 tons per
month, has begun to exercise an influence upon
the price OF that staple, but decreases report
cd are still only fractional The outlook in
the steel rail trade is reported as fat
tering one, Large orders for railroad
account already booked have been increased
within the week, an example OF this being
furnished by sales Of $4,000 tons reported from
Chicago at full prices, Higher prices for wool
abroad, based partly on short yield reports, are
reflected in the firmness Of domestic quota
lions, although demand, while comparing well
with most proceeding years, is smaller than it
was at this time in 1907, when tariff changes
were being anticipated The industrial situa-
tiOn, with the single exception of the cotton in
dustry, is one of exceptional strength. As yet
the strikes in this branch Of trade, however, are
largely confined to Massachusetts,.
further falling of in the number Of BUSH
ness failures is reported in the United States
this week, the total being only SO9 against 1923
last week. 429 in this week year ago, 3l4 in
this week OF 1906 Sl2 in 1895 and 33S in 1894
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27

difficult TO preach, and concluded 10 try
DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The first bottle
gave me great relief; the second, which
am now taking, has relieved me almost
entirely Of all unpleasant symptoms. To
ministers suffering from throat troubles,
recommend Dr. Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Prevention Is better than cure.v A
bottle Of DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectorai kept
in the house, will efectually prevent the
roofing OF cold and its consequent devel-
opement into some dangerous malady.
This remedy has no equal In Bronchial
troubles The most stubborn cases have
yielded to its use. II Is equally effective
for Asthma, Group, Whoopipg Cough, and
every disease that attacks the throat or
lungs, For years Or. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral has been put up only In large size
bottles. at a price OF 500. TO meet an
increasing demand for a smaller sized
package the remedy can now be obtained
in half-size bottles, at half price-so cents.
send ior DR.: Ayers curebook (free) and
you will get clearer idea of the great
value OF DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectorai. Adj
dress JIG. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
FLOOD IN INDIANA.

AT English Three Bridges Are Washed
Away and Much Live Stock Drowned.
ENGLISH, Ind, Jan. 22.--One of the
most disastrous floods ever known tc
English was felt Thursday night when
three OF the five bridges over Little
Blue river were washed away. Fifty
persons on Court street bridge when
the bridge went down were saved with
difficulty by old citizens. The town
during the night was pandemonium
with the cries of horses, cattle and
hogs turned loose by their owners.
Many horses and cattle were drowned.
Many of the houses in the low grounds
were four and five feet deep in water.
The loss to loggers will amount to
many thousand dollars.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
FOR AN EIaHT-HouR DAY.
Gov. Pingree Says Present Lack of Employ.
ment Makes 1t II Necessity.

Gov. Pingree Says Present Lack of Employ.
ment Makes 1t Necessity.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 30. More than
200 members and guests of the Alger
Republican club enjoyed the ninth an
nual banquet Of that organization in
the Hotel Cadallic yesterday evening.
Features of the occasion were the adj
dresses of Gov. Pingree and ex-Con-
gresham James O'Donnell, both of
whom are aspirants for this years GU
bernatorial nomination. Gov. Pingree
remarked that, as governor, he had "a
license, not franchise, to offer sug-
gestions" His principal suggestion
was that, in view of present lack of
employment, caused chiefly by concen-
tration of wealth and business, uni
versal eight-hour working law had be-
come necessity. AS an employer, he
favored this and he had written the
governors of the various states urging
consideration of the question by the
Legislatures and asking their views.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27

now published another article about il in
which the original reports are completely
verified, the cure is permanent, and they
publish fac smile Of the check given BY
the Canadian Mutual Life Association for
$l,6500O amount of total disability claim
paid by them to Mr.. Petch.
The first account stated that the patient
lsee address below had been a paralytic for
five. years, and there was such total lack of
feeling in his limbs and body that a pin run
full length could not be felt; that he could
not walk or help himself at all; for two
years he was not dressed Furthermore, that
he was bloated, was for that reason almost
unreeognizable and could not get his clothes
on. The paralysis was so complete as toaffect
the face and prevent him from opening his
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
FAMILY OF CRIMINALS.
At Frankfort, Ky, Five Members OF One
Household Begin Serving Sentences,

AT Frankfort, KY, Five Members OF One
Household Begin Serving Sentences.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 90. Five mem
bers of one family were received at the
state penitentiary Thursday. Their
name is Bush. Three are men, one of
whom was convicted with his wife;
the other prisoner is sister. One of
the men is serving his fourth term for
housebreaking and larceny and the
other two are serving their third terms
for the same crime. They were re-
leased from the prison upon the ex-
piration of previous terms only last
year. They came from the eastern
Kentucky mountains, on the Virginia
border.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
A Total Disability Claim Of $1,65O Paid 10
a Man who was AfterWard Cured.

The Monitor, newspaper published at
Meaford, Ont, Canada, first discovered this
case two yearsago, andpublisheditatlength
which now seems, owing To the cure Of It, to
be miracle. The facts were so remarkable
that many people doubted tho truth of them.
They said; ut is too remarkable; it cannot
possibly be true; the paper ia mistaken, and
the man, although he may think himself
cured, win soon relapse into his former con.
ditlon," etc., etc, The accuracy of its report
called in question the Monitor deter
mined to find out definitely whether the
fncts were as stated and whether the man
would really stay cured. They accordingly
kept close watch on the case for two years
after the first article appeared, and have just
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j.
Cheney y Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case il
fails to cure Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address f. j. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
The Theater Hat in Paris.

NJ. Blanc, the new project of police
In Paris, has begun his administration
by the issue of a stringent ordinance
against women's high-trimmed hats in
the parquet and balcony seats of the
metropolitan theaters. This rule does
not apply to women in the boxes. Curl
ously enough, similar rule was en-
acted at the close Of the last century
BY the chief of the Partisan police, whose
name was not NJ. Blanc, but NJ. Nois.
The same edict debarred all women, exc
cept those of the aristocracy, from APP
pearing in theaters and places of pub
lie resort with rouge on their cheeks.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-27
SKI RUNNING,
A switzerland Sport More Exciting
Than TObOgganinr,

A Switzerland Sport More Exciting
Than TObOsganing.
Tobogganning is very we'll till one
has tried ski-running- pronounced, by
the way, she-running.
Aperson sails majestically along with
nothing to help him but spiked BAN.
boo pole and long narrow sandals on his
feet. DR.. Conan Doyle is the pioneer OF
the sport in Switzerland, where the
English people enjoy the run every sea-
son to the surprise of the natives. For
a beginner the difficulties are much
greater than in learning to toboggan,
Let anyone tie a board six feet long
by three inches broad to each foot and
try to walk about lawn. He may shut
file along, but let him turn a corner, 90
down slope or alter his course in the
slightest and he will realize the diff
culties to be met with. The sport is
practiced on the natural snow-covered
hills at an angle of As degrees or more.
The fun of sliding along 20 yards
second can be imagined. Skating can
not for moment compare with such
or tobogganning.