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Evening star., 1898-07-30
Light Employment.

The Deutsche Zeitung, San Paolo. Brazil
gives some shameful particulars of the
"spoils' system as it prevails in that coun
try. One story, translated in the Literary
Digest, has an amusing side.
Some time ago a general was sent to one
of the northern states to investigate the
belonged to the set of men who have made
themselves obnoxious by their endeavors
in the service Of reform, and here are some
of his experiences:
The very first day he found in one of
the rooms of a railroad station a strong
young man who was doing nothing Think
ing the young fellow had come to see him
he asked:
DO you wish anything, my friend?"
mo. sir. 1 am employed here"
so! What are your duties?'
Il have to fill the water jugs in the office
every day
The general was a little astonished In
the next room he discovered another able
bodied young man. smoking a cigarette
Are you an employer he asked
"YeS, sir. am the assistant of the
gentleman in the next room"
But that was nothing to what was to
come. The general had already been in
formed that the road employed eighteen
engineers, while only eight were working
He ordered that in future these men should
at least take turn about. The next day
one of these engineers a beardless
youth, came to him and told him that he
could not run a locomotive to save his life.
Then how did you get on the pay roll?''
Wel, you see, general, it's this way:
My family are poor, but L wanted to study
law. We've got some pull, so / managed
to get an appointment as honorary en-
gineer, to make a living while L pursue
my studies"
Evening star., 1898-07-30
AMERICAN SAYINGS.
Phrases Originated I'm This Country
which VIII Live.

From LONDON Truth.
Don't swear: fight" The phrase has the
ring of sound metal
The American army of invasion advanc-
ing upon Santiago de Cuba was preceded
by a body of rough riders. Suddenly the
Spaniards who " ere lying in ambush, fired
a deadly volley, and the startled rough
riders replied with an outburst of curses.
Don't swear; fghtr' called Col. Wood.
Tie phrase will live.
America IS a big country; II Is destined to
become a great country, for there is manli-
ness and vigor in the memorable phrases
coined by celebrated Americans. 1t was
Stephen Decatur who originated the toast,
"Our country right or wrong Henry
Clay said. "Sir. I would prefer to be right
than be President" The last words of Ma
than Hale were, II only regret that have
but one life to lose for my country" Will
lam Penn coined the phrase, Il prefer the
honestly simple to the ingenuously wick
ed" And 1t was Henry Ward Beecher vino
uttered the words. The mothers heart Is
the child's school ROOM"
When nations become artificially refined
the phrases which their great men coin are
generally either cynical or f1ippant. Thus
to Talleyrand is attributed the phrase, Mis-
trust first impressions, they are always
good" Voltaire declared that, Ideas are
like boards; children and women never
wear them" To which might be added,
except when they are monstrosities." An
tome Rivarole said, 1T is an immense ad-
vantage to have done nothing, but one
should not abuse it, Samuel Rogers said,
when 1 was young l said good-na tured
things and nobody listened to me- now that
/ am old I say I'LL atured things, and
everybody listens to me-" To Sidney Smith
we are indebted for the following ungra-
cious description of a fashionable woman:
"Do not mind the csprices Of fashionable
women. They are as gross as poodles fed
on milk and mullins"
Whether Col. Wood uttered them or not,
the words, Don't swear; fight" will ring
for long in the memories of many genera
tons.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
MEXICO AND THE PHILIPPINES,
The Latter Territory Was Long n De-
.pendency of the Former.

.pendency of the Former.
From the Contemporary Review.
From the foundation of Manila in 1911 I'D
to the year 1919 the colony of the Philip
pine Islands was a dependency of Mexico.
During that long period there was abso-
lutely no direct intercourse between the
mother country and her far eastern colony.
Everybody and everything destined for the
Philippines passed through Mexico until the
American colony threw off the Spanish
yoke. Thenceforth, for fifty-one years COM
munication with Spain was via the Cape of
Good Hope The commercial history of the
Philippines would be too long to relate
here in extenso; suffice it to say that 1t is
series of struggles between the colonists,
who sought liberty to trade freely with
Mexico and China, and the Spanish king
and his councillors and the trading COM
munity in Spain, who persistently deter
mined to curtail that freedom as much as
possible. The policy of the Spanish msr-
chant class was to hold Mexico as their
exclusive market. They opposed Philippine
traffic with China because this necessitated
silver dollars. which they knsw must come
from Mexico surreptitiously, II the island
ers were not openly permitted to give goods
in exchange The famous galleons, which
were SO frequently interrupted and seized
by British privateers from the days of our
Queen Elizabeth onward, formed the only
connection between Mexico (AcapuIco) and
Manila.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
An Island of Flowers.

From the Youths Companion.
The Scilly Islands may very justly be
termed flower islands, for large part OF
their surface is given up to the cultiva on
of flowers, and the great majority of tn, =
people spend their lives in attending to
the plants, from which all the wealth of
the islands is drawn.
The Inhabitants have had other occupa-
tions before they settled down to flower
growing. at one time they were wreckers,
and at a later period they went into more
legitimate business and devoted themselves
to the raising of early potatoes. There was
money to be made out of them, and the
Islands prospered until prosperity bore its
usual fruit in the shape of competition
Inc Channel Islanders took to growing
potatoes, and the potato trade of the Scilly
Islands was killed. Thereupon the island
ers betook themselves to flower growing
giving the greater part of their attention
TO the narcissi
In st. Mary's alone nearly a quarter OF
the cultivated area of the island is ds-
voted to flowers. In the month Of Febru-
ary last year 322 tons of flowers were ex-
ported from this one island About 200
boxes go to the ton, and as each box con-
tains from three to twelve spikes of flow
ers, IT is easy to see that the number OF
mowers sent out from the island was not
trifiing. ~
me inhabitants of these islands area
wise people. They do not believe In vast
ing tlme. AS soon as the forcing of the
narcissi is over the houses are filled with
tomato plants, and for months there is a
coh'hiuous supply OF this popular dainty
Evening star., 1898-07-30
When the Post Band PIays.

Richard Stillman Powell In. the Criterion.
Oh the sun is on the rivers and the sky is gold and
And the moon its light is gaining in the azure over
And the band is playln syeetly, as Old Glory fiut-
And there's nG IS pretty girls ahany the quarters
Oh the he sunset ms gun is boomin, and the echo rum
In the dim and purple dlstanca it is lost behind
the hill; N
And it : Just pipe till supper time so fill and
Say, who wouldn't be soldier when the Post Band
plays!
oh' there's hurry and there's hustle. and there
- forty head of mules
10 be loaded IN the carkiess while the steaming
coffee coos; -''4 = -i-
And the caissons bulky, and the gangplank's
And there isn't any wonder when bIoke is half
asleep.
oh' there's orders to go somewhere. and to go
there mighty quick:
And II nothing 10 the orders that the horses rear
and kick,
Ihat the stock.car doors won't open, that the
sergeant's in daze;
Say, who wouldn't be a soldier when the Pos.
Band playsi
Oh the women they're a-weepin'. same as women
always do
And there's hearts a-fecln' heavy underneath the
army blue;
And there's shoutin' and there's cursn' and the
bells a-riDgin loud
And there's kisses rYm the mothers and the sweat
hearts in tn crowd.
Oh, the darned oil band Is tootin' and the fife 5
a-shrillin' high,
And The Girl Left Behind Me- mskes a fe,lsr
blink his eye
For We'll not be back, my dearies, to you all for
many days. N
And some will be a-missin, whom the POST Rand
plays.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Eye Language.
From the Popular Science Monthly.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
No part Of the human countenance en-
cages our attention so frequently as the
eyes. When face to face in conversation
we do not look at the lps-although, as a
rule, the attention is very quickly taken
by any movement-but at the eyes of the
person with whom we are speaking. So
much is this the case that the habit of
many deaf people of watching the mouth
always strikes us as peculiar. In fact, one
usually feels that there is a sense of in
completeness in the association of mind
with mind by means of conversation If
there is not a continual Interchange of
glances making a kind Of running COM
mentary on the words spoken. The same
may be said Of ordinary greetings when
two people shake hands; unless there is at
the same moment a meeting of friendly
ing.
Now why 4. there this continual meeting
of eyes accompanying all kinds of human
intercourse? Partly, no doubt, 1t is attrib-
utable to certain habits of comparatively
recent date. The eye, 1.-The window of the
SOUL" is more truthful exponent of the
inward thoughts than the tongue, and see
ing that speech is very frequently used
not to tell the thoughts, but to conceal
them, we look to the eye for confirmation
of the reverse of what our ears are TAX
ing in.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
HAD TO BE TRANSIATED
fhe Bowery Boy Mixes Shin Lipro
and Slang.

From Golfers Weekly
On board men-o'-war all offenders against
the rigid discipline of the navy are drought
10 the mast" There In the presence of
the oHlcer Of the deck, the captain hears
complaints and awards punishments. The
Following amusing incident is related by a
naval oiilcer as having actually occurred on
one OF the cruisers now off Havana:
Jes ike dis, capn,' said the Rowerv
recruit who had been brought to the mast
1or hght1ng, "as l trows me divan in de
oitch pipes de spud peeler plantin' his
teeiers on me swash can, and
Hold on!-what's that?" said the cam
tain.
He means to say. captain" said the Of
ncer OF the deck, that, as he was slowing
MS hammock in the nettings, he saw the
COOK trying to steal his water bucket"
he hangs de bluff agin me dat it ia
hls'n' continued the seaman, but 1 digs
squeeze de bone"
Which is equivalent to saying" said
the orncer OF the deck, that the cook
would have him believe that the bucket
was his own, but the seaman, refusing to
De hoodwinked, started to recover his prop
erty.'
Il digs him in de stoop wild me stiIt. and
plants me SqueeZers in his ticklers but de
~ Stei uc hi-yl, wien 1OltS In
de mask
That is to say said the officer of the
deck, that he gave the cook a kick, ard
commenced to pull his whskers, when the
latter started to yell, whereupon the sea
man hit him in the face
Il breaks brace of tombstones and lets
de geezer free-when he plants a stall agin
me wind, and starts de fizz at me sniffer,
and"
stop! stopF' said the captain.
Il take it, said the officer of the deck
that he knocked two of the cooks teeth
out, and then let him go; but the cook not
being satisfied. commenced to choke the
seaman, and gave him blow which caused
his nose to bleed"
We'll, now, my man. said the captain
If hear any more Choctaw spiel like this
I'll caress the stomach of your jeans in a
way that will remind you of Hindoo skate
on the Midway; and in the meantime I'll
give you a boobie watch with bracelets.
in the refrigerator, for a seven spot"
Which MEANS" observed me officer of
the deck to the seaman, that any more
mutllation of the English language by you
Will cause the captain to kick the stuffing
out of you, and meanwhile you get a week
In the brig with handouts and shackla.''
Evening star., 1898-07-30
SHAKESPEARE'S CHURCH.
Some Interesting Relics Found Dur
ing Work of Restoration.

From the st. James Gazette.
An unusual amount of public interest is
just now being shown in the restoration
work at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-
on-Avon. Workmen are engaged in taking
up the floor of the nave, side aisles and
transepts, preparatory to the laying down
of new block floors and pavements.
Having to excavate some depth for the
purpose of filling in with concrete and ce
ment, some curious old vaults, quaint epi-
taphs and tombs are being disclosed, and
are being treated with the greatest care.
portion of the present church dates back
nearly 100 years, al all authorities agree
that upon the same site stood a much
older church of the Saxon period. AS a
place of sepulcher the site has no doubt
been in use for 1.0W years. The floors of
the nave, and particularly the transepts,
are honeycombad with vaults, and it will
be necessary to lower the crown of the
arch OF many so as to excavate to the
proper depth. As interments inside
churches are not now permitted. all the
vaults will most likely be filed in. They
are not being entered but in the course OF
the work collins, mostly of lead. are seen
and skulls and bones are being turned up
occasionally. These are treated with the
utmost reverence and will be reinterred
IN the church yard
A group of vaults in the south transept
mas been exposed. They contain the
bodies of the Mason family the interments
dating from 1859. The family is now ex-
tinct, but old Stratfordians tell of a re-
markable. yet horrible, act of self-destruc-
ton committed by one of the Mason fam
lily some sixty seventy years ago. Co
ing into hovel IN the paddock at the back
OF the house he put together a great ouan-
tity of straw, and, lying down on top of it.
he set the heap on fire and was literally
roasted alive.
Quaint inscriptions are being brought to
light in removing the wooden floors that
covered the old stone paving of the tran
septs, and it is satisfactory to know that
all Will be carefully preserved and shown
in the random pavement" which will bor-
der the pews.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
occupations of AmerIcans.
m Mines and Minerala

Interesting data about the occupations
OF the American people is given in the bull
letln OF the eleventh census recently made
public. 1t shows that the total number Of
people engaged in occupations of all kinds
in 1890 was y, 735, ,a61 OF the whole num-
Der OF working people the females form
1I2 per cent Divided by classes the
working people of the country are as fol-
lows: Agriculture, fisheries and mining.
9,O13.336; professional. 944 333: domestic and
personal service, 1890, ,517; trade and trans
portation, 3,326, IL; manufacturing and me-
chanical industries. 5091 293 Considerably
more than four-fifths of the jlHterate male
population OF the country and over one
fourth of the illiterate female population
are working. Over 80 per cent of the work
ingmen are married. over 27 per cent single
over per cent widowed, and one-uuartsr
of per cent divorced In manufactures
and mechanics the carpenters ana toiners.
numbering 61l,4S make tip the greatest
element, with dresSmakar5 and rnfllfners
following with 400. $50. There are a little
over 100000 bookkeepers, clerks and sales
men, 69o6oS merchants and dealers PSI >
5oI farmers. planters and oyerseers ard
3.Oo4,G61 agricultural laborers; 34a 500 min
ers, and only a little over &C. 600 fishermen
and oystermen. Professors and teachers
asgregating 347. .344. form the mcst numer-
Gus of the professional classes. Physicians
and surgeons. 104. S05, come next: then law
yers. S9,6so; cierSymen, sos; government
officials, 1904; musicians, &c, 62.l55. en-.
gineers and surveyors. "a, XsS: artists and
art teachers. z, 406: journalists. zl, $40, and
actors, e.728.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Spanish Indifference.

At Malaga they never welcome you when
you come or speed you when ycu go. They
are Indifferent which you do. You may pay
your bill to the cay If you like or leave
1t If YOU had rather wait. Nobody will
touch a coin or a valuable If you leave it
on your table, but if you lose pencil or an
eyeglass no one will ever find tit is too
much trouble. Never hope to have letters
forwarded, for you will see them no more
and few registered parcels escape the post
entire. A year ago-for we 'wil.tered twice
Il wanted to send a telegram, and went
to the principal office. Malaga is fourth
or fifth in Importance among Spanish
towns The office was only open twice a
day. for an hour or two at a time. Not
a clerk could speak anything but Spanish
so 1 had to go back to the hotel for the
INTERPRETER to translate my message When
returned with it ! wanted note for
twenty-five pesetas Qrancs) changed. All
the clerks at all the pigeon holes were
very kind and civil. and smoked cigarettes
while they looked for change. But The
whole Office could not muster it, so I was
left to pay next time.
Evening star., 1898-07-30

scme of the Burmese characters IN which
the Pail text is engraved.
This is certainly the largest known copy
OF aEy portion of literature. Even the
National Encyclopedia of China In 5000
volumes occupies a comparatively small
space. To reach the other end of the
limits of the printers and eng-avers art
We need only remember the Smallest BIZ
BILE in the World and the diamond edi-
tions of Catullus Tibullus and Prooerius.
To engrave the Bible of Buddna on the
marble slabs in the temples OF kutho-
daw must have cost many thousands of
dollars, but these sermons in stone are
easily cutclassed By a copy OF the New
Testament, which. beautifully printed. can
be bought for - cents, and f carefully
cherished will last many genera aions.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
THE LARGEST BIBLE.
1t Is the Buddhist Sacred Literature
Engraved on Stone.

1t fs the Buddhist Sacred Literature
Engraved ON Stone.
From the Boston Traveller.
In 1857 Mindon-min. King of BURNS.
erected monument near Mandalay called
the Kutho-daw. There he built 100 tenn
pies. in each of which there is a slab Of
white marble. Upon these 700 slabs is
engraved the whole of the Buddhist Bible
a vast literature in itself, equal to about
six copies of the Holy Scriptures.
This marble Bible is engraved in the
Pail language, thought to be that spoken
by Buddha himself 500 BIC. Phorogra phs
of some of the Inscriptions have reached
Ell gland, and Professor Max MuIler-per-
haps the greatest inguist in the world
has examined them. But, alas for all this
human ingenuity and perseverance. IF
his majesty, Mindon-min. thought to per-
retrate the teachings of the Great Ruddha
by causing 1t to be craven on the rock he
nourished vain ambition
The climate of Burma is moist, and it's
effects have already wrought havoc On
the surface of the white marble, and 1he
photographs show partial effaeement Ct
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Horse. Remarkable Journey.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nine horses, owned in Ventura, CoI have
just made a remarkable journey A few
months ago 7. S. Cook took them to Inyo
county, 800 miles from here. on account of
the lack of pasture here. A few days ago
they reached home, having escaped from
the pasture and travelled the entire distance
without driver or herder. They were seen
travelling on a trot, and must have covered
the nrst 200 miles or more from the pasture
without water, feed or rest. as there is ah-
solutely no feed on the way, and water
must be bought and paid for at q good
round price.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
The Eve Before the BattI.

From the Southern Orphans Journal 1855.
Sing us song" soldier said,
AS by the camp fire lying m
he watched the smoke-wreaths slowly curl
And the golden sunbeanis dying
Come, boys, song. let Us be gay,
Iheres time enough for soriflw;
We lead the charge at early dawn
And may not sing tomorrpwYt
DC. IC
Then cut upon the evening airh
There came sweet music ringing
10 sflvery cadence loud and clear
And the veteran troops Were Singing.
They sang the song of Hcfie Sweet Home,
- And memory's faithful fingers
Tqrned back times rage 10 long ago
Where recollection fingers. T
They sang OF home by thei Rapidan,
When rifle pits were ya yyning2
But shot and shell were aII forgot
As well as battles morning
That song recalled familiar scenes,
Brought back each gentle feeling;
Down cheeks that battle he 'er could blapch
Teardrops were slowly Stealing
They saw again their own loved homes;
Received theis mothers blessing,
Warm kisses thrilled upon their lips,
Dear ones were them caressng.
Deem them not weak-they lied the charge"
Amid the cannon's rattle:
Yet tears bedswed each manly cheek
Ihe eve before the battle.
Evening star., 1898-07-30

Elizabeth L. Gould in st. Nicholas.

iHapetH Il. GOulu IN st. Nicholas.
My teacher doesn't think l read
- so very special we'll
She's always saying, What was that
Last wordt'' and makes me spell
ana lhen pronounce 1t after her,
AS slow as slow ca, be-
You'd better take a little care',-
Ihats S what she says to me
or else m really 'fraid you'll find.
Some one of these bright days,
You're way behind the Primer Class"
That's what my teacher soys.
But when I'm at my grandpa's house,
He hands me out book,
And lets me choose place TO read.
AND then he'll sit and look
AT me. and listen. jusr as pleased!
l know it from his face
Ana when l read a great, long word
he II say, Why. little Grace,
1Su u nave to teach our deestrict school
Some one o. these bright days!
Mother. you come and hear this child"
That's what my grandpa says.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
A Knot of Blue.

'. R. A. Wilson in the Puritan
In oiden days, for lady's praise.
knight went forth 10 war
With aims cGmplete, his cAaIge fieet
Ard pennon fiuttering far;
While On the field OF biazoned shield
Hung, pure and fair to view,
A simple band from woman's band
tiny knct of blue:
true knot, blue knot
lovers knot of blue.
Did foeman bold. or robbers gold.
Or Paynim blade appear,
For God, st. Clair and lady fair
Went forth the ringing cheer.
Mid weapons flash and deafening clash.
As man and teast he slew
An omen clear danced ever near
tiny knot of blue;
A true knot, a blue knot
lovers knot OF blue.
LENVOI.
Today your knight goes forth to fight.
Oh, love, my love, true
God gives him grace his foes to fags
With your sweet knot If blue,
A true knot, blue knot
lovers knot of blue.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
The Women Who Wait.
Minna Irving in the Criterion.

lima Irving in the Criterion.
He went to the in the morning
The roll Of the drums could be heard
But he paused at the gate with his mother
For kiss and a comforting word
He was full of the dTerms and ambitions
That youth is so ready to weave
And p-oud of the clank of his saber
And the cheyron5 of gold on his sleeve
He came from the wa In the evening
The meadows were sprinkled with snow.
The drums md the bugles We're silent
And the steps Of the soldiers We're slow.
He was wrapped In the flag of his country
when they laid him away In the mold,
with the glittering stars of a captain
Replacing the chesrcns Of gold
with the heroes who sleep on the hillside
He lies with flag at his head
But, blind with the years of her weeping.
Ills mother yet mourns for her dead
The soldiers who fall in the battle
May feel but a moment of pain,
But the women who wait ir the honest eads
Must dwell with the ghosts of the sl1in.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
RANDOM : VERSE.
An Old Family Portrait.

Frem Chambers Journal. ~
II you could think, If you could speak.
l wonder how your voice Would soundi
And what opinion you would hold
OF those who idly crowd around,
Why are your eyes, with passive gaze,
Fixed on us as we laugh ~ weep,
As though you seemed 10 stand aloof
And mystic self-commuuiod keepy
Can all we say and all sFe do.
And all we are might have been.
Be naught to you as thu ugh we were
Unknown, uncered for and, unseen?
'Tis ages since the artists brush
Upon q snowy carsas drew
Your features; then reSered and loved.
Now only known by name TO few.
1t may be ages since you left
To enter on your endless trance;
But day by day we leve to build
Around your face scme fresh romance.