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Evening star., 1898-07-16
Education I'm Finland,

Consul Smith at Moscow has made a re-
port to the State Department in regard to
the education of CEildren In Finland
About 3S per cent of the population OF
Finland" he says, can read and write
There are 1.4o0 schools, supported In part
by the government; twenty-one of these
are intermediate schools. Each Of the <6s
districts has an Inspector besides a board
of directors. Children commence school az
the age of ten; from seven to ten they re-
ceive instruction at home from the parish
priest. Co-education has been most sue
cessful in these schools. In Finland wo-
men share in all industries, and are espe-
c.ally capable as teachers. Both men and
women teachers receive careful Instruction
ard preparation Tney are treated with
the greatest Difference. For are their duties
confined to the school room; they exercise
q supervision over the selection Of books
for home reading, and during the summer
vacations they accompany the children on
excursions, giving them lessons from ma.
ture."
Evening star., 1898-07-16
A Timely Capitulatfon.

My DEAR. said Mr. Blykins enthusiast
tically, as he spread his napkin on his lap.
1T will take only few minutes each day
a half hour at most-and the result will
be more than worth the trouble. To an
educated ear our method of pronouncing
these Spanish names must be something
weird and barbaric. We must not be in
flueneed by the fact that friendship be-
tween those people and us is impossible.
Culture demands that We become acquaint-
ed with the proper mode of speech. And
what's life without culture?"
Are You going to study Spanishf'
We're both going to study Spanish.
came home early SOS to get a start"
When do We begin2'
Right now. One of the hardest things
to remember is that the letter j is pro-
ncunced like H. and that sometimes the
letter C is pronounced in the same way"
Why don't they say H In the first
placer"
For the same reason that Homer's Had
wasn't written in Missouri dialect. It
didn't happen to come natural After din
ner we'H take the book L brought home
and go to work on the alphabet and gram-
mar. But there's no reason why We
shouldn't practice right here in the mean-
lime, so as TO famlliariZe ourselves With
the peculiarity L have mentioned"
something?"
.! suppose SO. But to tell you the
Truth, am not very hungry. 1 don't want
anything expect a little bread and butter
ana tea and possibly something sweet BY
the way, have you any ham?
WY you know. dear. you said only this
morning that you were getting tired of
ham"
Il don't mean that. What 1 want is
ham"
She looked greatly disturbed and he pro-
ceeoed Indignantly.
Can't you understand? Or is this some
hoke you're trying to play on me? /
thought we'd go at this business In a holly,
hood-natured way,'
Her face frightened.
oh, yesr' she exclaimed. II understand
you perfectly. You mean jelly, good
natured way"
'of course 1 do. Perhaps il there isn't
any ham You will be kind enough to hive
me some of that helly."
She passed her hand over her brow ard
looked dazed.
That's right!' he exclaimed. raising his
voice. Don't you care. Let me starye.
Turn me out on the commons 10 eat tin
cans like billy hoat. Sit there like a Hap
anese idol or Chinese boss. BY the hump
ing Jeremiah"
Just then the voice OF a newsboy who
vas crying an extra arrested his atten-
ten. He rushed out and bought a paper.
It's all right! he exclaimed, as he came
IN waving 1t around his head like a flag
Santiago has given in. Why don't you
Join in and jubiiate?'
I've gotten so confused" shs answered
neekly, that I'm almost afraid 10 holm in
AID huoilate"
Agatha" he said, gently, las long as
Santiago has surrendered, I don't believe
there's going to be enough OF this war 10
make it worth while bothering Won't you
go to the cupboard and see If there ism.
some of that jam left?'
Evening star., 1898-07-16
kissing the Rod.

Oh, distant days of childish JOY
oh. days of childish pain,
'Tis sweet when Fancy l employ
To win you back again.
The school bell, with its warning call,
The leafy truant niche
Appear; and, best and worst Of all,
The little willow switch.
No wizards wand was ever raised
More potent or more grim
Above some sprite, spellbound and dazed
Than that 1.-the, lingering limb.
How my wild pirate mood would melt
AS / began to twitch
With sanity yearnings. as I felt
The little willow SWITCH
What dreams of conquest and Of gore
Were swiftly made to flee
As 1 was meditating DER
That kind. relentless kneei
And felt, though could not descry,
The bannering beauty which
Was, line by line, imprinted by
The little willow switch.
When we the flashing sword extoi
And hail the mightier pen,
And cheer the gun whose echoes roll
Fierce DER the paths of men,
Let's not forget another source
OF good results, so rich;
That mighty civilizing force.
The little willow switcht
Evening star., 1898-07-16
IN A DOCTORS OFFICE.
Much Time Wasted That Might Re
ProfitabIy EmDIoyed

III I could have used the time I have
spent waiting in doctors offices during the
past two years." said a lady who has been
partial invalid during that time, 'in some
employment, even humble In Its nature
would have had money to buy war bonds
now. It's curious. too. that l scarcely ever
see the same people In the office. There
are always new faces and new complaints
l presume. I have wondered why doctors
do not utilize the check system which bar
bers adopt on crowded Saturday nights
When patient comes in give him or her
as the case may be (and 1t Is oftener her
than him), number which will be called
in regular order. Then one could take 1t,
go shopping, or in the park, or anywhere
rather than sit and wait hour after hour
for your turn To me there Is nothing
moro depressing than to sit in a doctors
off1ce and see suffering patients go and
come. Then you see people who look per-
fectly we'll and wonder what aiis them.
All the various diseases people can have
troop through your mind. ard you really
grow morbid over 1t. / think it leads to
the continued ill-health of people to be COM
PEELED to wait. as they have to do, for the
popular physicians"
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Death Notices in Spain.

From the New York Press
In the simple manner In which the Span
iards announce the news of death are
illustrated the quiet taste of the Latins
and the simpls decorum with which their
daily lives are ordered.
The form of notice that is used is cal
culated to warn the person who receives ii
that 1t is not message of joy. A letter.
carrier whose rounds take him through a
place " here a deceased person had friends
locks like hearse decked with impress
sive trsppings.
The size Of these remarkable death
notices does not depend en- the extent of
the grief that is felt by the survivors. as
cold-blooded Anglo-SaXons might think 1t
is established strictly by custom, and every
man who gets the attention at all may he
sure that when he dies he will be ''noti-
fed to his friends just as elaborateiy as
the best man in the country.
The proper size for one of these Span-
ish heart disease producers is a douole
sheet, SX10 inches for each sheet, On ons
side are printed the remarks which the
survivors feel called on to make Then
the sheets are folded and the address is
written In a white space which has been
left in the middle of mass of black No
person can charge that he or she was taken
by surprise by one OF these death notices
for they can be distinguished block away.
1t would be true economy IL Spanish So
ciety would decide IL view of the war 70
decrease the size, for there will be some de-
mand for them.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Sesame.

Sesame.
IL you only could find the fitting phrase
When lffes perplexities spread their
snares,
But we vainIy search through q misty
maze
For the word which will lead us from
doubts and cares;
Fer the word that will unger yet leave no
smart
In a spirit proud or an aching heart:
The word that win lead to the safe, sure
way
II you only could think of the word to say!
But you stand like the tnterloper lost
Mid countless wealth in the cavern
gloom
And breath. breathed rightly, is all twill
cost
For happiness. And delay means doom.
And you try in vain and you try again,
TIL you fear the echoes that mock your
pain.
And hope fades faint like the dying day
While you're trying to think of the word
to say.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
QUIET ENOUGH FOR HER.
When She Was Sensick She Had No
Time for Anything Else


Possibly said the Washington physi-
clan with fashionable practice, "the lady
was from Chicago and possibly she was
from New York I am sure she was not
from st. Louis or Boston. Whatever her
place OF nativity. she was in Washing
ton as the wife of an official of distinction.
and her invariable good nature atoned for
many things which would not have been
forgiven by society If she had ATTEMPTED
to be leader Instead Of submitting cheer
fully to leading-strings. 1t was not true
or her that in reply to a query az to the
whereabouts of her husband she had said
he was in the laboratory taking a dilu-
ton for in the laYatory taking an ablu-
ton; but she did say something to me one
day that almost gave me nervous shock
She was talking Of taking a summer trip
abroad.
All said ], how delightful that will
De. Have you ever crossed the ocean"
Once, when 1 was a GIRL she re-
sponded.'
Are you a good sailor?
should guess f''wasn,t'
DO You suffer much from NAL de rnerq
- Indeed, do0tor, no.. she answered with
a wry face. Pm that busy being seasick
never have a minute for any other COM
plants That is the only Recommends tion
seasickness has, Think ava
Then she laughed with such deIiobtr,,,
innocence and good nature that T moved
right along with the conversation and
hadn't word of criticism to Offer"
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Manila Hemp,
From the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat. e.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Every engineer knows what Manila hemn
Is, but few are aware that 1t is the product
Of species OF banana. which is cultivated
In certain localities In the Philippine Isl.
ands. The plant pecallsd by the natives
"abaea, throws up Cluster Of sbeatin. :.
leaf stalks to a height OF twenty or thirty
feet, which spread out. at the top into a
crown Of huge, undivided leaves. When n
is three years old N is tyst down, and the
stalks are torn into strips. These str,ns.
while still fresh. arendrawn between a knife
and wooden hlocsH andathe soft cellnIasa
matter is removed. .esThe fiber is then hing
up to dry in the open airs until 1t is fir for
use. Each stalk gives about a pound ~
fiber, and two natives will turn out abont
twenty-five pounds a. day.a The inside fihar
which is thin and weaka b used by tha ma.
tives for making articles of dress. Tha
familiar Manila rope, is made from the fiher
OF the outer layer, which is hard and
strong. The whole supply OF Manila hemn
practically comes from the Philippines and
the United States consume Al per cent of If
Last year this country took Al? .4I3 bales
out of the s25. .02o bales exported. C;rsst
Britain coming next with 3S5, ,1S2 bales Tbs
continent of Europe took p, ,372 bales.
Evening star., 1898-07-16

on the look out fur me about the lst of
August"
She dismounted from the wagon went
into the store across the road and came
out with almanac.
The LIST Of August comes on Sunday"
she said.
We'll. some other day'n do jes' as we'll"
Fridays the only day ash skeer your
she inquired.
We'll, Saturday amt so very lucky
neither. They do say that when you start
suthin' on Saturday ye're lf'ble to die be-
fore ye git II finished"
Il guess that's purity nigh true In your
case. Look here; in August there's five
Sundays, five Saturdays an four Fridays,
| not countin' Thursday, the 18th, which I
Jedge is wussn all of 'em put together"
He assented with a nod.
There's fifteen days." she went on, af-
ter mental calculation, ''or half the
month when you don't feel safe In doin
anythin'.'
He made no answer.
well, jump in the spring wagon an less
go home. There's alius somethin' to be
thankful fur. I'm glad it's superstition
that ails ye and not laziness."
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Americans Crowded Ont.

AS Is we'll known, America was supreme
In the Philippine trade from the opening
OF the export business of the Island on a
large scale until within a few years. The
reasons for the decline of American in
huence were largely the drawing out of
capital by the older members of the great
american trading firms. and their leaving
the business to younger members of their
families. who found themselves with great
responsibilities and a reduced capital
Gradually English firms, with abundant
capital, succeeded to the bulk of the busi-
ness. The last American firms in Manila
were crowded out three years ago by
Spanish intrigues. caused by the hatred
OF Americans growing out of the Cuban
troubles This overthrow was managed
by the thousand and one petty annoyances
of legal machinery that the Spaniards ex-
erted against American drmA
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Their Grudoe Arafnsf Suniu.

DR.. Eastman, the Sioux Indian of South
Dakota, WHO has been interested in the af-
fairs of his nation in Washington, was
asked the other day what his people
thought Of the war
"Well" he answered, '.in case our people
are needed they will go to the front. You
see. we have a grudge against Spain. 1t
was she who discovered the American con-
tinent and enabled the whites to dispossess
US of cur most valuable lands and push as
out on the bleak and barren lands of the
far west"
Evening star., 1898-07-16

Taking off her sun bonnet she shook it sew
era1 times to attract his attention but he
did not happen to be looking in that direc-
tion. Then she called in a shrill voice.
"Josiar."
He looked up from the checker board and
awaited further overtures.
Amt you afraid you'n miss the train?"
Its missed.
How'll you git to town.
'Ain't goin.''
'Why didn't you come over to Cousin
Jud's an git the wagon SOS you could 70
home an go to work
Its gittin' kind o. late, an / thought
there want no use o. putterin' aroun'
doin' part of days work. Seems sort O.
shift less like"
How did you come to miss the tramp
II didn't miss it I happened to think o.
somethin' an let IT go past remem-
bered in the nick o. time that It was FRI
day; an Fridays ter BILE unlucky day I
wouldn't o. made no headway in gfttin'
some one to contract fur garden truck, ef
started on Friday. It's gittin' kind O. fur
into the month any how. / guess I'll write
EN- two or three letters an. tell 'em to be
Evening star., 1898-07-16

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The sudden drowning Of q good swimrner
is not due to cramp. as generally sup
posed. There is no reason. says a high
medical authority, why cramp In a log
should prevent an ordinary swimmer sup
porting himself in the water by his hands
or on his back, or cause him 70 throw IN
his hands and sink once for All like q stonS
The explanation is that The drum OF fhs
ear Is perforated and the pressure OF Wa,
ter causes vertigo and uaconscIousnssa
Evening star., 1898-07-16
An Arixena Hair Cut.
the Chicago Tribune.

fu1u OHIcHg0 IfiUuue'
Doesn't 1t disturb you when they have q
shooting scrape' next .door2.a asked tba
tenderfoot who was undergoing an Arizona
hair cut.
Disturb nothin r. answered the barber.
1T gener'ly makes 1t easier"
At this juncture the shooting began at
Red Mikes saloon next door, The ten
derfoots hair rose on, end, and the barber
trimmed 1t as exreditfously as IL he were
shearing hedgehog.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
Chinese Passports.
From the Baltimore Sun,

From the Baltimore Sun.
A Chinese traveller applying for a pass
port must have his palm brushed over with
fine oil paint, and then press 1t on thin,
damp paper, which retains an exact impress
sion Of the lines Of his hand. Transference
of the passport is then impossible, for no
two persons have the same lines on their
palms.
Evening star., 1898-07-16
She Was Glad.

His big straw hat. with sloping brim.
made him look like giant mushroom as
he sat by the railway station on the end of
an empty tomato crate. playing checkers
A woman drove up in a spring wagon
Evening star., 1898-07-16

Mr.. Giglamps (who has been caught by
keeper with some fish in his basket under
taking size)-.Oh-er-well, you see, fact is
my glasses-er-magnify good deal. Make
things look larger than they really arer'
Keeper tabout to receive smaller tip than
meets the occasion)-"Ah. makes yer put
down shillin' when yer means 'alf a
crown. sometimes. dessay, sirP'
Evening star., 1898-07-16

goes in less than three-quarters of an
hour, and you'll have to start for the
Wabash far away, right away, If you're
going to sing there before the week is out
Gcod-py, hate to have you cut your visit
short, but I wouldn't have those folks on
the Wabash, far away, disappointed for
any nythingI'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-21
IL Makes No Difference Now.

~ ONE of the Standards contempo-
~ raries dispose OF last weeks talk
- about a threatened veto, in case
the senate had persisted, with the
remark that the threat. in any event,
could be nothing more than a blum. since
the constitution provides that congress
shall declare war and that therefore the
matter might easily have been so ar
ranged as to make 1t possible for the
senate and the house to go ahead with
out the president.
This careless remark counts too many
unmatched chickens-the event has
proved that the administration has
control Of the house majority. But,
regardless of that fact. congress could
not pass a bill or a resolution declaring
wal and deem il valid IL IL acked the
presidents signature. The section of
the constitution which says that con-
gress shall have power To declare war,
provides, in the same breath, that con-
gress shall also have power to borrow
money. levy taxes. coin money. estab-
lish postoffices m do a good many
other essential things-it never was
claimed that the presidents approval
is not required in these matters.
In the constitution. just ahead of the
| section that vests congress with tbs
powers we have mentioned. is a section
which says that every bill passed b,
congress shall. before Il becomes law
be presented to the president-"h n
approyes he shall sign IL, IL not. M
shall return it with his objections.
The two-thirds majority in bot
houses is needed then to make the bill
law. And 1t requires a refining o
terms hat cannot be made applicabl
TO ssy that a 'bill' is n rhing n
joint resolution Is something else. no
specified I'm the constitution.
Probably the public viii never kno'
whether the president gave seriou
thought TO the idea of a veto. In cas-
the senate's determination to recogniz
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FOR STEALING GOODS.
Two Men and . Woman Are Under
Arrest mt Bohemian.

Two Wou ana y n"
Arrest mt Boxeman.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Bozeman. April 20.-The sherins once
presented the appearance of a dry GOODS
and hardware store to-day, the result OF
the arrest OF three people charged Win
stealing sundry and divers articles OF
household furniture. Tho arrests were
made by Sheriff Fransham and Pohceman
Robinson late last night. Two charged
with theft are men named Birmingham
and one is a woman named Mrs. Cur
rington, at whose residence on wallace
street the articles were discovered. Ed
ward Birmingham has just finished a term
in the penitentiary for theft and Mrs.
burlington has n reputation acquired In
Livingston for crooked work. The Golden
Rule store was broken into on Monday
night, and although none OF the articles
are positively identified by the firm. yet
IL is believed the larceny was m
by the same offenders or their accom-
plices. Wholesale stealing has been going
on during the last six months much 70
the chagrin of the officers, who could not
seem to catch on to the offenders. Vhe
officers think there is another cacne OF
stolen goods somewhere in the city, ana
II they can only find out where 1t Is they
believe they will be able to make quite a
number of other arrests and efectually
break up the gang. The goods secured
were boxed up ready for shipment when
discovered.
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e PAGES.
THURSDAY, APRIL 81. 1895.
state of War.

hE QutSh 3D.
of the formalities with which
there must be compliance, In
governments where the forms are iike
those in Spain. The wealth and beauty
of Madrid listened to the reading OF IL
yesterday, SO the dispatches say: ana
that fact did not serve to check the
heavy decline in Spanish securities ex-
perienced, even while the queen regent
was reading. on the Paris bourse and at
other stock exchanges.
The queen regent would have the
cortes infer that autonomy would have
been a grand success in Cuba, II a nos
tile element in the United States had
not frustrated its operation. Her way
of presenting the situation Is another
edition Of sagasta's familiar phrase
about American insults to Spain. she
mentions the efforts of the pope-enorts
the like of which papal authority has In
other times Of stress sought In vain TO
exert in SPANS behalf: she leaves the
cortes TO conclude that there are no
two ways about II and that there must
be a war, in which she trusts the Span
ish people will guard and defend the
throne. continuing also so 10 do untii
the hoy who occupies IL Is able to run
things on his own account.
We can believe that the enthusiasm
preyailing In Madrid is all that 1t Is
represented to be in this morning dis
patches. The dilemma in which Spain
finds herself is one which concerns most
of all the dynasty. The dynasty mas is
friends entrenched in all departments
OF the government at Madrid. and It is
manifestiy the Judgment of these sup
porters that the dynasty. having abso-
lutely nothing to hope for should II
yield. would better take the desperate
risk that war involves. Thus, the prin-
cipal business Of the people in SPANS
official circles Is to fire the popular
heart-and the populace In Spain Il
ready and willing to be lured by th'
appeals TO arms.
Already both countries have passed
the portals Of war-there's no DISCUS
ing that fact. The formalities may re
quire a few hours Of delay. but essen
tally the war is on and both countries
fighting forces are setting themselve
In array for it. The intimation In thi
mornings Madrid news is that Spaii
will strike her first blow at a poin
where we little suspect it-that the lo
cation of the first naval hattie will b
"a veritable surprise" That may easil
happen-the ocean is wide: yet IL is nc
the present guess of the American PEG
ple that the scene OF the first encounte
is TO be a selection on SPANS part tha
will overcome us like a summers CLOUD
Thus, the expectant world is read
even now for the first gun. Spain ha
until Saturday to answer the ult
matum Of the president. The answ'
may not come at all: IL IL does com
IL will undoubtedly be hostile-an
there need be no waiting for any formi
declaration OF war.
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married. He worked as a roundup cook.
A brother OF his II now working for the
Jennison brothers In Fergus county.
The railway company maintains a
Waterman at the two street crossings east
and west of the depot. but the place
where Mantle attempted to cross was be-
tween the two. and not at the regular
crossing.
In the Geddes murder trial the prosecu-
ton rested to-day at 3 o'clock and the
court adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing. when the defense will be opened. The
evidence to-day was Intended to show a
conspiracy IN the part of Mrs. Geddes
and her co-defendants to murder Winnie
Brown and ~corroborate the testimony OF
Niger Dick. Some damaging admissions
OF the defendant, Mrs. Geddes, were testi-
fed to.
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the Cuban republic prevailed. That
such administration agents as Senator
Hale and Senator Elkins tried to spread
the prediction that the president would
veto such a measure Is true. IL is also
true thai one of these men was
sharply called to accoun on the senate
floor when he undertook to throw out
a hint of executive d~isapproval and
was asked categorically to say then
and there whether he presumed to
speak by authority. OF course. This
senator's meek reply was that he was
not talking by the card.