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The evening times., 1898-11-26
ZIlDER ZEE PEASANTS.

T'ne great feature Of MaIken Is the COS
tunes of the people. The Marken girls
when they take service away from home
in the ueighboring cities Of the Zuyder
Zee still tenaCiously cling fast to their
native costume in all its oddity.
The men of Marken wear full black
WOODEN knee-breeChes. with black wOolen
stockings, and at home wooden shoes
Above they have on wide blouse fasten-
ed at the neck with pair of gold but
tons. and underneath this is red flannel
shirt which shows at the waist The wo-
men outdo them They wear. one and all
a black bodice. over which is stomach
eT, or "bahbeJje' in the vernacu'ar, of
bright figured chintZ often of large and
pronounced pattern Their black woOlen
skirts are short and full. and show at the
bottom the edge of red flannel petit
coal; their stockings are black and thei-
shoes. at least out-of-doors, are the wood
en- KIompen that the Dutch name 50 eX-
pressively describes. The head-dress. as
everywhere in Holland, is the most dis
tinctive part of the whole 1t consists OF
a high cylinder-shaped cap of co,ored
linen, covered in its turn with a muslin
cap and an edge and insertion of lace. all
most carefully and elaborately made.
From under the edge of the cap projects.
stiff and straight, a long bang of bond
hair. and from each side over the ears
! hangs down thick curl 10 the waist
These curls are the particular feature
( of Marken. Old and young wear them
through all the varying degrees of luXu-
rance of growth from the young girl
who assumes this whole costume when
| she arrives at maria ageable age
through the plentiful abundance of young
womanhoOd, TO the stringless and ulti-
mate paucity of age. The Marken chill
dren it is utterly impossible to distin-
guish as to sex at an early age since all
wear skirts and tight-tittins caps The
boys. however. have star-shaped crown
in the latter, which is apparent when it
| is pointed out When boy is five years
old he lays aside these garments for the
garb of his father whom he straightway
resembles in miniature. The Marken cos
tune is one of the brightest and most va
| riously colored that can be found any
| where out of more Southern lands cir
| cumstance that renders Marker
| clothesline a glory to behold.
Marken is not the only fishing village
along the Zuyder Zee where the folk life
| is interesting and full of color. These
| characteristics are particularly true OF
| Nolendam. which lies on the coast of the
mainland just beyond. The women here
| however, are not SO striking. but the
/ men are more So because of the fullness
! of their long black trousers, which make
! them look, particularly as seen from the
| back like the be-bagged women of the
! Orient
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Pictures of Dream Life

In the mirror of dream life. with its radiant sky,
What pictures faip drawn!
How mists drift on as the years pass by
The strange, cold mists whore the dear dreams
die
Till naught but the scattered fragments lie.
And the hallowed visions. with sob and sigh
With the halcyon days are gone.
In the mirror of age, where the msts have lain,
Are the pictures fair as dawn
The years that were filled with care and pain
Have each their mission at last made plain.
Like landscape swept by the summer rain
And the hours throbbing with sad refrain
And the days when the voice of tie tempter came
To each is the sad, ford past again,
And beautiful now, though gone,
The mirror OF dreams with its mimic ways
Small wonder it seems so sweet.
God sends bright dreams into life's drear maze
To Tighten the burden his wisdom lays
On him whose lips are attuned to praise
And him who close to his sorrow stays
And the dream life youth and its age portrays
Will be real and grand in the day of days,
When we with the truth shall meet.
Boston Journal.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
PECULIARLY BUILT CHURCHES.

\ church in Hepburnville. Pa, has the
distinction Of being the work of one pair
of hands. says the Youths Companion.
Those hands quarried every block Of
stone OF which it was constructed. cut
each into shape and Laid il in its place.
The stone was taken from Brobst Noun
tain and the builder. George Taylor by
name. spent six years in completing the
building
1t is a sood-sized church, 80 feet long
and Is feet broad; it boasts of tower 90
feet high. Before the church was quite
finished sickness overlook the builder, and
he was compelled to reIinquish his task.
BY his will he left the church and all that
pertained 10 it To the congregation
There is a church in California that
though not built by one man was almost
as unique in its construction; il was built
OF one tree, and Is, Notwithstanding. a
large church. the largest in the part of
the country where it stands.
Ii is in Santa Rosa. and all the timber
used in its fashioning was taken from q
single redwood tree that grew in the
neighborhoOd. The interior of the church
is paneled and finished with wood. NO
plaster being used. For roof pulpit floor
and every other part the tree was made
In do service The great wooden building
is simply tree metamOrphosed.
In connection with churches peculiarly
built. Christian Work cites the case Of
one in Waterloo. Ind The PreSbyterianS
there wanted a new church but there
was no suitable Ston, 10 be had and no
quarries near ny where IL could be oh
tained There was however. one great
bowlder standing on plain about miles
away. From this one howIder the church
was constructed. II is believed that in
its natural state the bowlder weighed 80
tons. II was converted into building stone
and then into q church
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Regulars and Volunteers.
CFrom the Chicago Times-Heraldl

NrIolH NhlcdBO ilnleo-nefalQ.l
One OF the most important lessons learned in
conflict with Spain was our absolute Slepen-
dence upon the regulars in aggressive military
operations. This is said in no disparagement of
the State troops which did good service in Porto
Rico and at Santiago, but it observed that
the initiative in all effective operations was
taken by the regulars. 1t is also noted that
the guardsmen have been fervent and yocifegou9
in their appeals TO be mustered out since the
They have clamored for release from The
routine OF camp and garrison.
No one blames them for longing for the home
the shop and the counting-room. They enlisted
for two years, but they have been in service only
six months and not willing TO remain in
Porto Rico go to Cuba or the Philippines
All of which teaches that the volunteer
guardsman is not safe reliance for the Gov
ernment for military duty in a great emergency.
no matter how brave loyal he may be- We
need army OF 100000 trained regulars, but the
reorganization of the army upon this basis should
place no obstacles in the way of the develop
ment of the State militia
The evening times., 1898-11-26
THE JANS0NISTS.

-
A very readibie story of the rise and
decay of the Jsiisonfst communistic colo
ny at Bishop Hin. H.. is told by writer
familiar with it's history. The Jansonists
have been interesting figures in Illinois
for more than half century They de-
rived their name from their leader, Eric
Janson. a Swede, born in Bishopskulla, in
1908. AT the age of twenty-six years Eric
Janson. who was afflicted with rheuma-
tism, experienced what he regarded as
miraculous cure and thenceforth devoted
himself to a religious life in obedience
to voice which he declared spoke to
him. telling him he was cured and bid
ding him to rise and serve God. Janson,
though uneducated. seems to have had
peculiarly effective eloquence, and re-
jecting all ritual forms of worship taught
that the scriptures must be accepted lit
orally, in which belief he soon had nu-
merous following. The +JansOnites, as
they were soon called early met with
persecution in Sweden, and Janson deter
mined to remove to America Olaf Olson,
one of his followers, was sent ahead 10
find suitable location. reaching Chicago
in 1s45 He soon found a spot that seemed
suitable a few miles from Galesburg,
Knox County. Here he was Joined the
following year by Eric Janson and 9TH
ers, but the location was changed TO Hen
ry County at a spot near Galva. Colo
nists from Sweden followed by the ship
load until more than 1000 had reached
the settlement A tract of rich land was
purchased in common and frame and log
dwellings soon put up.
The cholera in 1S49 reduced the colony
to less than 1.00 people, but they were
not discouraged, though their efforts at
propa eating their beliefs were noc very
successful. Through their relations with
the communists at Pleasant Hill. Ky,
the Jansonists soon learned to raise ex-.
cellent stock which became renowned
through the northwest. The colony pros
pered in other respects also. A great
brick building was erected with COM
mon dining room extending its entire
length of 450 feet and $50 feet breadth.
Everything went well with the colony un-
til the celebrated Root tragedy, which
made such a sensation nearly half cen
tury ago and cost the life OF Eric JansOu.
The excitement and misrepresentation
connected with this event gave the settle
ment wide and unfavOrabie notoriety and
were the beginning of its decline. In 1873
the property held in common was divided
among the remaining members of the
community. \ few. however. have chosen
To remain and still occupy the great brick
building They are mostly aged people.
who seem TO have remained wholly un-
touched by modern influences and ways
Though living within a few miles of CAL
va on the Chicago, Burlington and Quin-
cy some OF them have never seen a rail-
road or a train of cars. They are al
ready, as il were of the past and few
years will probably end the romantic his
tory of the Jansonites.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
WOMEN AND LIFE INSURANCE.

Life insurance for women is compara-
destined to become very popular in the
near future. The movement has grown
very rapidly In the East and is gaining a
strong foothold in the West II is esu-
mated that there are at this time in
America less than 10000 women who carry
life insurance policies. y list Of the wo-
men who are insured for heavy sums is
headed by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst insured for
$, 60. This list also includes Mrs F. +.
Crocker and Mrs. Wallace, OF that city,
each with $4,000 insurance According to
the Chronicle, another Pacific Coast wo-
man. Mrs. w. c. Hill of Seattle. has a
S1faClo policy and Denver lady Mrs
Eckert, one for Sl25, 600. Two ladies' in the
Chronicles $l09,G00 class reside in Chicago
Mrs. Sarah Hackett Stevenson and Mrs
Gage c. Tarbeu the last named being the
wife of Vice President TarbelI. of the
Equitable Life Insurance Company. Two
North Carolina ladies are we'll insured
Mrs. J. S. Carr. of Durham for s15S. .0c0
and Mrs. J. NJ. Hall, for s1c0,@o. In list
published by the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, Mrs. Carr is put
down for only $l00,C20. but that is prob
ably the amount she is insured for in that
company. The name there too is given
Mrs. Mamie G. Carr. The one in the
Chronicle is presumably her husband 5
name. The slo1.oo0 class has each OF the
Misses Lorillard, Mrs. Martha J. Cramer
and Mrs. j. Sloat Fassett. The Mutual
1ife's list is headed by an English wo-
man. Lady Henry Somerset, with an in
surance of $4,000. 1t credits Mrs Sarah
2. Duke with s150,cC0 to North Carolina,
and Mrs. W. NJ. Lux. Alice White and
Henrietta a. LOngley. all in the slO0. 600
class, TO, respectively. California. Maine
and Rhode Island. Missouri does not fig
ure in either list. and it is said that the
largest amount of life insurance carried
by woman of that State is s20,G13
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Hard I,uck

legs and arms, newspaper writer late
ly discovered man of decidedly curious
experience. His story has two or. three
different morals-differing with the
point of view.
Some years ago this man, a natural
lied Russian citizen of this country.
was run over by cable car and lost
both legs. He had no money to buy
wooden legs, so he set about peddling
lead pencils and other small articles,
hoping to earn living thereby. Sym
pathetic buyers enabled him to make
from thirty to fifty dollars per
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Avoided the Anarchists.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)

new explanation of the frequent changes in
the kalsers itinerary and the roundabout route
selected for his overland journey has been given
i'll Berlin 1t is suggested that since the assassi-
nation OF the Empress of Austria, and the dis
covery OF plot against his own life in Alex
andria, the Kaiser's movements have been gov
erned almost entirely by considerations of safety
For this reason the time of his departure from
any place and the route of his journey to the
next stage have been kept secret until the last
moment. The explanation is unofficial hut it
bears the marks of verisimilitude The project
of a visit to Spain may have been ruse to de-
ceiye the anarchists
The evening times., 1898-11-26

General Butler. of the Cuban Evacua-
ton Commission, will have an interesting
time explaining the impotence of that
body, which allowed Blanco TO ride rough
to violate the letter and spirit of the
protocol. 1t is TO be said, however, that
General Butler was never willing victim
to the red-tape methods of Admiral Samp-
son, and that he appealed to Washington
for warships.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Who Are the Gamers.
fFrom tho C1ore1,nd pooo,Io,. ,

OF course stocks and bonds are going up They
started right after election. II was thought by
those interested in stocks and bonds that ii the
Democrats should win there would be a panic on
Wall Street. The result of the election is sup.
posed by the monopolsts ana coupon clippers 10
be big thing for them. But meanwhile what
has 1t done for the masses? Do they thrive by
an upward tendency in monopolistic watered
stockSE Has anyone heard OF any Iise in wages
since election? Does anyone know OF any disposi-
tion 10 assist worklngmen TO obtain the reward
due them for their toll? Was not the election
forging Of the rivets of government by in
iiInrIinnl ~
The evening times., 1898-11-26
SuppIN md DemRnH.

(from the Chicago News-l
The old man =at in his easy chair,
Smoking his pipe of clay:
Thinking OF the dozen daughters fair.
Al home. unmarried. this dry.
He thought of those who counting came
In search OF a bonHy bride
Many have called. but Just the same.
Few have chosen" he sighed.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
why the South Is Solid.

Fl.
When it was made impossible by the Repubii-
party in nearly every Southern State for
white men to divide politically without incurring
the risk and danger Of black supremacy the
solidity of the South assured. The whites
have been driven together for protection Until
the negroes shall do away with the color line in
politics by dividing themselves as other citizens
divided on questions OF public policy there
can be no change for the better Massed at the
polls, they compel the INSTRUMENTATION that
makes and keeps the South solid.
The evening times., 1898-11-26

II is some measure Of satisfaction to
learn beyond all doubt that the instruc-
tions which the Spanish commissioners at
Paris receive from Madrid will be obeyed.
What these instructions will be We are
told with minute care, but it happens that
the several statements do not. harmonize.
We shall know on Monday.
The evening times., 1898-11-26

For at least a month after the burning
OF the Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco
the guests at all hotels will see that the
fire escape appliances are in their rooms
and the public inspectors will keep a
sharp lookout for evasions of the hotel
laws. Then everybody will fall back into
the old Indifference.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
New Sort of Heater.
(From Un,scLlld v-nrI.

(trom Household Words
You will observe said the professor. that
the higher the altitude attained the colder the
temperature becomes
But isn't il warmer UP in the mountain, -
asked the youth at the foot Of the cll-s, whose
father Was in the hardware line.
Certainly not. replied the professor. Why
do YOU think it would be warmer there
II thought the atmosphere would be heated by
the mountain ran.es,' answered the youHg-ttr
The evening times., 1898-11-26

The war on Mr. Bailey, OF Texas, is get
ting pretty warm ana there is growing
cause TO think his confidence IN bis fu-
ture leadership is not warranted ty the
state of the Democratic Dind There is
a disposition not to allow Mr.. Reed 10
choose the man to lead the Democratic
minority.
The evening times., 1898-11-26

Nirdlingers airship did not fly, but he
did, and all eyes are turned toward the
clock hands that are reeling off hours to
end the century of science. Are we to
enter the next century with the flying
problem still unsolved?
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Saw Her Game.

(From the Chicago Tribuncl
You spoke suddenly. Alfred" the Young
woman said, with downca>t ewes. that wasn't
prepared for it, Perhaps ! didn't know my own
mind. And and if you viii ask me agaiu-somc
time-I might,
But Allied not to he PIacated.
Il see through your wileS,' he responded.
You want me to ask YOU again, 81 YOU can
boast that You have rejected two offers ot mar
riage in one season. Well. I'm not going 10 do
it. See?''
The evening times., 1898-11-26
nhat they Called Her.
(From Harper's RazarN

tFrOm Harpers Blz9T.l
The kindergarten trying to teach a Lesson
of mothcrly love to her little charges
What do you call your mother said she
TO little Ethel. who was twin.
We replied little Ethel, speaking Tor her
sister as well as fof herself-''wc call nllmma
dear mamma dear. for il we don't call her
mamma dear mamma dear will spank u -
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Small Loss.
(From the chicago Nevs.

IFIUTl tIIt NfItdsU NtN--I
Miss Cutting-Did you witness the Football game
last week. Mr.. Softleigh2
Softleigh-Yaws; and the excitment waS 50
gwate for time that | aW-actually Lost me
head. doncher know
Miss Cuttng-Reallyi But I'm at a less to
understand how you happened to miss it,
The evening times., 1898-11-26
The New Order in Porto Rico.

tFrom the Hartford Times.)
Much may be done by the United States gov
ernment for the people of Porto Rico, by send
ing wise and clearheaded men TO exercise the
supreme authority there. But even if we do our
best it will be a long time before a peaceful, Or
derly and truly democratic system OF government
is established throughout Porto Rico.
The evening times., 1898-11-26

Next thing General Wood will prohibit
Sunday cock fighting at Santiago. Then
the Cubans will go in boldly for the ex-
pulsion of the Puritanical Yankees from
ihnir soil
The evening times., 1898-11-26
The Open Door.

(From the Albany JournaI.)
The American Government, it is safe to say.
will continue to enforce the policy which has
brought it to the forefront of the nations and
has enabled it to ahead OF England in the
race for the trade OF the world.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
The Savage BacheIor.

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer
AN old friend of mine," said the Young
member, writes mC that nc j. going to marry
theatrical woman.
Theatrical woman? repeated the savage
bachelor. Did YOU ever see one that wasntr''
The evening times., 1898-11-26
A Side Affair Altogether.

(From the Binghamton Lcader.)
So far as have had opportunity to observe
there was absolute unanimity in the forgetful-
ness of the American papers to observe that the
late canvass was the skirmish line of 1900.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
Between the DeviI and the Deep Sea.
fFrom the Omaha Bee

Mountain districts in Mexico ane, pleasant
places in which to travel ii the experience OF
two Indiana men is any criterion. You have two
equally cheerful altern3tives-iet the bandits
who infest the country Kill you or kill the
bandits ard be imprisoned the charge Of
murder.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
No, tn. Kind TIM, stic..s

tFrom PuncE.i
Cockney Butler-'Ow do you like the cham
pagne, Douga?
Dougal-NO vera much man There's no ,Iurg-
tiOn about her.
The evening times., 1898-11-26
CURRENT HUMOR.
An Apology offered.

iFrJm the New York JournaII
Molly You are only an apology for q man
Cholly unahI>hodJ VIII YOU av-J,cer1 The
apology Mis- Molly!
The evening times., 1898-11-26

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Piteous.
lFrnm tho Tnnck;

(From tho Topeka State Journal}
John Lawrence sullivan visited ST. Louis last
week aad not woman attempted to kiss him.
The evening times., 1898-11-26

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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-28
Mozart.

Some interesting things are record
ed of Mozart, who. like Mendelssohn
and Beethoven, was great at impro-
visation. At party OF musicians one
day he invited Nine. Niclas, the vocal
list of his day, to suggest a theme,
which she did, and from the refrain
she sang he evolved brilliant and
charming fantasia. jain. in his
Life" mentions that when as child
he eXtemporized a song on the word
"Perfido." he became very excited,
struck the clavier like one possessed,
and several times sprang. up from his
seat. After rehearsal of his
"Idomeneo," writer says the oboe
and horn players went home half
crazy" so delightful to the musicians
was Mozart's music; while during the
rehearsal of lie Nozze di Figaro"
when Benucci was singing Non pin
andrai," the orchestra and listeners
were all at the same moment so eX-
cited and enthusiastic over it that
they rose as one man, crying "BravO,
bravo maestro: viva, viva grande
Mozart" When the composer of the
immortal Twelfth Mass produced his
"Entfuhrung aus dem Serail' in 1882
the emperor of Austria expressed the
opinion that it was "too fine for our
ears. my dear Mozart-too many
hottest" To which Mozart replied,
Exactly as many notes as are re-
quired, your majesty London
Standard.