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, 1898-11-21
THERE R OTHERS

Is one of he up-to-date slang express
sions. This refers to railroads as well
as other things. There IN other rail-
roads, we will admit, but there are no
others having Electric Lighted trains
between the Missouri river and CHI
cago. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul railway leads in all things. Elec-
trio Lighted, Steam Heated. v~estibuled
trains running I'VE = stone ballasted
steel rail track give you . service
equalled by NO other fine. Through
sleepsrs from Denver to Chicago.
Through Tourist Cars from San Fran
cisco to Chicago. We are the short line
between Omaha and Chicago. Why not
get the best at the same price You pay
for an inferior article. Try our lins
once and you will . no Other. For
time tables. maps, &C., call on or ad-
dre1s.
L L DOWNING,
Commercial Agent,
III 8. West Temple st.,
Salt Lake City. Utah.
, 1898-11-21
IN THE OMNIBUS.
Shall / give her my seat7

Shall I give her my seat7 -
She is not very pretty q
Our numbers complete. 4
Shall / give her my seatf Z
1t is wet in the street |
If she stands. it's Il pity. I
Shall l give her my seat? j
She is not very pretty. /
II I wait. some one may
Offer theirs in n minute; .
I think l will stay.
II ! wait. some n may
Have politeness and say:
Here is mine; pray sit in it"
II ! wait. some one may
Offer theirs in a minute.
Does nobody stir?
Well. it's really surprising!
/ am sorry for her.
Does nobody stir?
It's too late to confer
Mine. or | would be rising.
Does nobody stir?
Well. it's really surprising.
-Fireside Companion.
, 1898-11-21

Thirsty Traveller (whose carriage is
at the gate)--Aw-can l have q drink
at your well?
Farmers W;fe-Why, Of course,
ma'am. Wait u moment and I'll bring
you a glass.
Thirsty Traveler-Thanks, no. l al
ways carry a cup. One doesn't want to
drink nut of something that everybody
else uses, you know.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1898-11-21

Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself of waste matter. De
Wits Little Early Risers will remove
the trouble and cure Sick Headache,
Biliousness, Inactive Liver and clear
the Complexion. Small, sugar coated,
don't grippe or cause nausea. F. II.
Eggleston, the druggist.
, 1898-11-21

Old papers rs cents Per 100 It Tts
Republican of1cA-
, 1898-11-21

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, 1898-11-21


gold, but all that was in the heart Of
Donegal was the thought Of the blue
eyes and the fair hair of Helen Cam
eron.
wish, said he. ito be able to play
q pibroch!
1T is a small asking said the
thing, but it is u good one, and when
you shall have had your wish there
shall lie no more between you and me.
Your hearts desire you shall have, and
ever shall you thrive. Take these
pipes, said he, bringing a set from un-
der the cloak and handing them to
Dougal, go down to the clachan and
play the best pibroch that has ever been
heard in the four seas, and that is the
| pibroch of the cat of Ben Mhor.' And
he was gone, as if he had never been.
"Now, in the clachan every one had
come together in 10 the great barn Of
Duncan Cameron, the piper, for it was
Hallow Eve. MS ! have said before. The
young things were playing upon tho
floor, the calliaghs and old men wert
talking among themselves Of things by.
gone, and the young people were play.
iuR at the Hallow Eve cantrips and
games, but Helen Cameron sat by her
sell, straining her ear for the step OF the
man she loved aud watching for hii
hand upon the latch.
"Long enough she waited, with tht
sound Of the talking and laughing ant
singing seeming afar Of and meaning
leas moi 70, for her heart was with Don
gal out On the moors on that nigh
when che knew that evil things hav'
powsr. The fear that was upon her va
q kssu ~ pain, % that when she hsar'
lii foot drswine niah 10 The dooe an
Evening star., 1898-07-23
A CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE
The Result Was That She Preferred
to Stay at Home.

''Or one OCCASION remarked the veteran
statesman and oldest representative in
Congress, Galusha A. Grow, congressman
at-large from Pennsylvania, during the
campaign previous to my coming to the
road through one of the remoter valleys
lying at the foot of the Blue Ridge noun
tains. when l came to a farm house, which
looked as If 1t might afford a luscious
drink of cool water from a fine well in the
yard. A tidy-looking woman, not especially
handsome or of superior Intelligence, re-
spcnded to my appeal and while l drank
the cooling draught she talked to me.
L presume there is no dearth of politics
in your neighbcrhood at presents? 1 said at
a venture.
- Yes. my husband and the boys amt
talkin much else these days.
Doesn't it interest you"
No, 1 don't keer who gifts elected so
long as we can git along and keep out of
debt with little to lay by fer the chill
dren.'
That's good enough politics for any
body, madam / said with q bow which
made her blush in embarrassment.
It's the only kind l know. good er
bad,' she said apologetically.
Do you ever have any of the candi-
dates up this way?'
g Not right here but they come down
to the store half mile across the valley
Do you ever see any of them?
/" Not this year, but l have other years.
Why not this year? Are you losing
your interest in the great statesmen of
Pennsylvania?
mo, not that and she hesitated awk-
wardly, but they say there's congress
man-at-large this year and 1 thought may
close around home till after lection and
they took him in
Evening star., 1898-07-23
Afternoon.

The morning-glory hours ago gave up and
died away,
But patient four-o' clocks bloom out to tell
the time of day;
And where the sunlight strikes the gravel
path, again unfold
The long and mingling shadows of the
phlox and marigold
The idle lowering butterfly has paused with
weary wing;
The bird has hushed the melody 1t loved so
well to sing.
For they feel the gathering darkness which
must shut them soon from view
AS they hold their posts, all waiting for the
laddie dressed in blue.
The morrow's sun will find them faithful
as he left them there,
With step so proud and hopeful and a
face so gently fair.
The hollyhocks are standing in line all
prim and plain
To make their salutation when he's march
ing home again.
The fragile morning glory takes fresh cour-
age with the dawn;
The four-o' clocks still strive to take their
places when they're gone,
And the phlcX and marigold are ever
ready, stanch and true
But It's weary, weary waiting for the lad
die dressed in blue.
Evening star., 1898-07-23
The Meaning of the Word.

Mr.. Erastus Pinkley was very much out
of breath. He sat down on the rckety
front doorstep and let his head fall back
against the panel behind him with bump
which brought a large and sable woman
around from the side entrance to see what
the matter was.
Was dat you rappin' on de dog" she
asked.
Il warn rappin' a-purpose." he an
swered. II didn' mean ter come visitin',
case L amt got no callin' kyahds wifi me. -
Den spose you jes' moves long"
''Lemme ketch my BRET"
''I ain nebber heard much bout yoh be-
in in hurry. Dis mus be somefin' mos
partic'lar."
.Oh. jes' been walkin little fas'. l ain
showed my speed yit."
"Whut you been runnin' away fum?"
'.One er-uh-one er desc hyuh immunes." ."
"You's been runnin' away FUN plice-
man. OATS whut you been runnin' away
FUN"
Miss Ann Matilda, does you know whut
an immune is?
Il dunno's L could expressly 1t wifi exact
ness"
well, an immune is one er desc hyuh
people dat ain lfble ter ketch muffin. In
dat's whut dis p'leeceman is"
Evening star., 1898-07-23
Self-Satisfaction.

Oh, chimpanzee
In a tropic tree
Cast telerathic eye
On a scientist
Who his way had missed
And by chance came wandering by.
And they stopped to converse and relieve
the tedium
With thought-transfer as the simple me-
dunn
And the scientist,
With naughty twist
OF his head, remarked, I'D teach
Fen chimpanzes
To be wise like me.
If he had the gift of speech.
But you can't make even lame apology
At articulation or etymology."
Thought the chtmpanzee
That is why I'm free
From each quibble and crafty game.
Fen a scientist
Oft the truth has missed
While the wrong man gets the blame.
When we rise, it is due to our own capacity
And not to a vulgar and cheap mendacity."
Then the scientist
Turned and shook his fist
At the ape who sat aloft.
While the chimpanzee
Grinned in silent glee
At the learned man who scoffad.
Each left with look of calm authority
And sense of serene superiority.
Reading Up.
There had been silence for almost an
hour in and about Crimson Gulch's leading
place Of resort. Alaska Joe. who was tend
ing bar, had pulled his chair out under the
awning which caused his establishment to
rank an abode of luxury.
What am 1 runnin' here?" he inquired,
rather discontentediy. as he saw the array
of newspapers. "A red liquor shanty or a
lit'ry society?"
'Shut up rejoined Three-Ffnger Sam.
1.-THE mails Jest in an We want to read
about this war before it's over. It's the
first news we've had fur days"
There were reproving looks at the pro-
prietor from a long line of leading citizens
who were busily reading.
Excuse me. gents" he exclaimed. diplo-
Evening star., 1898-07-23

The Probabilities.

The publisher of fiction in paper covers
] was not feeling very amiable when the
young lady novelist called on him The
| truth WAS that he had been going over q
| lot of bills, and had been tempted to write
| TO his wife and daughters things which he
would not have the courage to express un-
der circun stances where they could reply.
Il called 0 see about my story" said
the yourg lady novelist.
"Oh, the one which is entitled Marietta's
Marriage, or a Life Story From a Book of
| Cigarette Papers -
Yes: that's it,
well, it's a pretty good novel But you
must bear in mind that as litteratoors.
| we're responsible for the education of the
public to a certain degree. We must not be
| too improbable. Sometimes you have to be
a little improbable, now and then, in order
| to fascinate your reader. but you can be
reasonable a good deal of the time"
But if you try that, isn't your reader
likely to become unfascinated?' she in
quired.
Not if you're judicious. Now. the only
objection 1 have to your story is the Incl
dent which + presents the heroine as jump
ing out of a third-story window onto an
awning over a meat store in order to
escape the abductors who are on her track
It's too much to risk on awning. And
besides. it's more than likely any abduc:or
who knew his business would have a con-
federate posted outside to catch her when
she bounced off. OF course, you've got her
cornered. and she's got to get away some
how. But must say it doesn't sound quite
artistic to me"
She had been thinking while he talked
and she remarked:
Suppose we fix it this way: She was on
her way home from the miliner's, where
I she bought the most fashionable hat in the
window. She was walking through the
park when she saw her pursuers on her
track. She knew she must act quickly.
Without a moments hesitation she took off
the hat, laid it on the ground and then
crouched behind the bunch of mammoth
hyacinth blossoms, which the milliner had
told her would cost 81 extra. How she
reJoiced that she had not carried out her
threat to go without, rather than pay so
much! The men who had so often abduct-
ed her before were foiled last. They
came within a few feet of her hiding place
and one of them paused, but only TO re-
mark that he had never before seen a
Hover bed and shrubbery in that part OF
the park. Marietta was savedr'
And the publisher nodded his head sp-
proyingly and exclaimed:
Now, there's some sense TO that"
Evening star., 1898-07-23
SOMETHING WORTHY OF HIM.
When 1t Came to Fighting He Want
ed the Real Thing.

He was a big strapping fellow, with the
fesrlessness and favor of the wild and
wcolly permeatiEg his rerson and the po-
liceman who found him stretched on q
bench in Franklin Park at o'clock in the
soft summer morning had some doubts
about making any advances without rein
forcements, but upon consideration he ap
Preached him cautiously and shook him up.
The westerner was amenable to treatment
| and yielded without a murmur. He was
| the picture of a Spanish cruiser after
Yankee attack when he sat up and got his
eyes pulled open.
That's all right, Mr.. Officer" he said,
good naturedly. I'm guilty. What's the
price of lodgin' in the park" and he reach
ed for his pocket.
Being it's you,' smiled the officer well
call 1t square If you'll go home.
II will soon's my train comes"
What do you mean by that?'
Il mean that / stopped off of a train
bound fer the west from New York yester-
day afternoon, 1 suppose. and didn't seem
to know much about it till 1 landed in this
park some time in the night. I'm trying to
git to Colorado
What's the matter with your face; have
q wreck on the road?"
"Oh, no. l got in a difference with one Of
them New York policemen"
What did you do that for?" II you
fight the Spaniards?"
"D'jou ever see one of them New York
ccrs?"
No"
Didn't? Well. you ought to. Seven fee.
tall; face on 'em like Eyetalian sunset
in a red undershirt: hands like a octo-
pus; mustache like a Santiago barbed
wire fence; legs on 'em like a sawlGg;
shoulders like the stern end of a steamboat,
and Irisher than bagful of potatoes.
That's them"
.'YeS. hut"
well, you don't have to make no re-
! marks on the situation" Interrupted the
gentleman from Colorado. You don't
s'rose man like l ans goin' clean. down
to Cuby to fight them little snips of Span
niards that takes four of 'em to fit In a
| mans pants, when 1 can git something
right here at home to fight with like them
New York coppers, co you? Well, guess
not. Maybe l amt a hero, and maybe 1
won't git a pension for shedding my blood
on my countrys altar, and so forth, out
don't you forget it that when it comes 10
fghtin' I know what the real. ginnuine
old stuff is, do. Come and have one with
me for the boys in blue
Evening star., 1898-07-23

through with Santiago yet. We've got to
have them ships in front of Havana block
adm the place SOS US Americans won't git
excited an break in an lynch Blanco be-
fore his turn. There's been a good deal OF
lynchin' goin' on lately, an | understan'
the governments gettin right touchy
about it
Hows Sampson doin' now?''
Fine" replied Derringer Dam with great
enthusiasm. Il was tempted to cheer once
or twice while l was readin' about i'm but
didn't say anything fur fear the rest o.
the fellers would get interested an take
the paper away from me. But it's one o.
the most life-like, eXcitin' an truth-Iike
stories / ever run across. That fellers a
wonder, an no mistake They ain'i got
anythin kin stop i'm. These Spaniar1s-I
furgit exackly what tribe of 'em It was
thought they had i'm cornered. He showed
EN- trick that'u last 'em a week or two
You remember that mule that was killed
at Matanzas? Well, when he found tney'd
stole his weapons he grabbed some Of that
mules skeleton an jumped in and smashed
their machetes around their own heads like
they was so much tinfoili'
rs this the paper you read it out Off" in
Quired Broncho Bob.
Yes; an it's a fine paper, too. I'll bet
that one tells the truth about its circula-
ton"
''Of course it does. An the story YOU
got hold of is true enough. But IL amt the
same Samson. Our man spells his name
with p. You've got hold O one o. them
Sunday school papers that the tract society
sends out here every once in while"
Evening star., 1898-07-23
~: H4'HSS T HtEsTRD HtyTI
aY : ,u1S" OEtN'

the prevailing error, probably because he
did not take the trouble to look into the
matter and accepted the general opinion.
The various metallic or wire strings are
improving constantly and are used in very
large quantities and by the best musicians
1hey nave one advantage over the skin
strings when used out of doors in that
they are not affected by the weather. In
damp weather skin or gut strings as they
are generally named, are affected very
much, and, Notwithstanding all the tight
ening, they are very frequently fiat in tone
Ihe wire string escapes that influence
though there is a certain effect a tmbre
technically speaking. that can be got out
of skin string that no wire string yet
made will give YOU
x x x X
There is one pursuit captured by wo-
men, said Washington lawyer the other
day, that has hardly attracted any atten-
ton That is the selling of law books.
There is boundless field of opportunity
for the sex in this line of work. The multi
plicity of courts, the rapid increase of
business and of lawsuits, and the ever
swelling host of young lawyers, together
afford an excuse for a vast amount of
printing There are a dozen or more large
publishing houses running a full force on
new law books which must be sold Some
OF them are indispensable and every good
lawyer must have them. But a large pro-
portion are reports of the decisions of out
of-the-way courts, collections of cases in
special lines of practice, or dtgests of all
manner OF obiter law in every petty court
IN the land. OF course the only way to sell
this stun is to put travelling statesmen out
on the road to get right at the profession
ana cram the books down the lawyer )
throat. Nearly all the publishing houses
employ handsome, bright, quIcl-witted wo-
men to do this part of the work. Some of
lheln are young and attractive and do not
allow their charms to drive away business.
Most of them, however, are middle-a ged
women who have had a good deal of eX-
perience i'll business and know human ma
ture to a dot. They invade the lawyer $
Office and by their thorough knowledge of
telling good stories and dealing out a modi-
subscribing for a shelfful or two of wood
pulp, lamp black and shcepskn that he had
far better let rot in the publishers cellars
And the young student who has greatness,
fame and fortune by the throat he falls
an easy prey to the lady lawbook agent.
one way she does it is to set hold of a pro-
fessor or some bright student, and from
him learn all about every class in the va
nous law schools. Then she sizes Up each
man and knows just who is likely to be an
easy victim. 1t is safe to say that where
there was one law book sold in the prim-
tive and class times of Daniel Webster
and Henry Clay there are twenty sold now.
Every two-year-old practitioner In the
country nowadays has more books than
Webster and Clay ever dreamed of own
ing. The lady book agent is largely re-
sponslble for it,
Evening star., 1898-07-23
2 =
A Mitigating Smile.

The young woman who expresses herself
strongly was commenting on the social at
tentions suggested in connection with the
presence of Cervera in this country.
Il think it's perfectly disgracefulr' she
exclaimed.
Dear me- said Miss Cayenne gently.
81 wouldn't take it so to heart. He may be
very agreeable personally"
''Supposing he isl He's a Spaniard"
Yes. But he's going to be good from
now on
Are you one of those women who are so
fascinated by a title and a uniform that
Evening star., 1898-07-23
MAKING CLOTHESPINS
BY No Means the Least of American
Industries.

There are probably very few people out
side the trade who know anything con-
cerning the vast number of clothesplns
that are annually required to supply the
millions of housekeepers throughout the
United States" said a wholesale dealer in
such goods in New York to the writer yes
terday. 1T is estimated that as many as
so, 900, 900 dozen, or 10000, 600 single pins
are manufactured in eastern and western
factories every year. The product is SUI
perior in workmanship and finish to any
thing of its kind turned out anywhere IN
the world, and is shipped largely to all
parts of Europe, where Il can be sold
cheaper than the rough and poorly home
made article.
"Clothespins are made in this country
principally out of beach and maple. Blocks
of this wood are fed to a very ingenious
and exceedingly rapid-running machine,
which has three separate compartments.
One of these cuts a block of wood up into
dozen or more pieces, each of which is
suitable for forming a pin. 1t next seiZes
and cuts the 'crutel. or place that is to
grip the wash on the clothesline, and the
final operation turns the neck and head
of the pins and smoothes and finishes them
off by the bushel, ready for use. The pins
are then packed into boxes, each contain
ing 720, and the boxes are then nailed up
by another labor-saving machine, ready
for the market
There are two grades of clothespins
firsts and seconds. The best quality are
worth 35 cents and the inferior ones sell
for 20 cents per box wholesale"
If the mission of a soldier is to DESTROY
human life. it would appear TO be an alb
surd mistake to prohibit the enlistment of
ScOrclHrS-KanGaS
Evening star., 1898-07-23
MAIL IN WAR TIMES.
How President Lincoln Frnnked IN
Envelope for Soldier.

Let this go. A LINCOLN"
When the army was encamped In Vir-
ginia, near Washington, in 1S61-62 Presi-
dent Lincoln franked letter in the above
manner for a youthful soldier named
Frank King Of Fond du Lac county. Wis,
and the envelope is still held as a sacred
treasure by the family Of the soldier lad,
who lost hts life at Gettysburg.
Capt. Thomas Jones of the pension office
related the story in this way to q repre-
sentative of The Star:
'Thc boys who have gone to the front
now imagine they have difficult time get
ting their letters to home folks and loved
ones but they have things dead easy COM
pared to what we had in the war of the
rebellion. Paper and envelopes were hard
to get, and stamps were almost as scarce
diamonds. Soldiers who were fortunate
enough 70 be near Washington had their
letters franked by senators and represen-
tatives, and you may imagine that our ma
tional lawmakers were kept busy with
their pens. President Lincoln was even
known to help the boys out occasionally
On one occasion Frank King, a private in
Wisconsin regiment, encamped near Ar
lirgton Heights got a package Of envel-
opes and, with a friend, Harry Dunn,
went to the White House and asked Mr.
Lincoln to frank the envelopes 1t was
easier to see the President then than it is
now, and at certain hours of the day a
soldier could reach him as easily as could
any of the high officials. When the Presi-
dent knew what was desired of him he
asked: Why don't you get your congress-
man to frank these envelopes? l am very
busy The folks at home would like to
see your name on the envelopes replied
young King. Mr.. Lincoln smiled; then,
taking pen, he wrote on one of the en-
velopes: Let this CO. A. Lincoln He
carefully blotted it, and. handing 1t to
King. with the remainder of the package.
said: Now. my boy. take the rest of these
to your congressman, Scott Sloan and tell
him 1 said to fix them for you 1 want
you both to be brave soldiers; and, shak-
Ing the hands Of King and Dunn, he bade
them goodbye. King wrote to his parents
that night and tihclosed the letter in the
envelope franked by Mr.. Lincoln The
young fellow was killed at Gettysburg. but
that envelope is rensIously and lovingly
priced by the surviving members of his
family. Dunn, who was with King when
Mr.. Lincoln franked the envelope, called
at the White HoNse two years later and
asked to have Apme%eDvelopes franked,
MT Lincoln remHmbeaed him, and when
told that King bad been killed his face
wore look of sorrow.
sailing now about their letters. and the
work of the PSE Office Department in
their behalf is 90 doubt properly appre-
ciated by Them.
Evening star., 1898-07-23

matically; Il didn't mean 10 disturb no.
body But If there's anything good gotn'
/ d like TO be in 1t. II any OF you come to
a nugget of startlin' Information Il 'ud be
no more n polite to put IL into circlation
is that there fleet still outside o Havana"
Everybody tried to answer. but Derringer
Dan, who was always ofiiciOus and in much
danger OF being disliked. spoke the loudest
"Of course, it is. We've got to keep it
there"
What fur?''
Fur the reasen that we're a civilized ma
tion. We've got to do everythin' accordin'
to law, an We amt much more'n got