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Evening star., 1898-01-08
OAK WOOD GETTING SCARCE,
The Danger of Using Up the Visible e
supply.

From the St Louis Lunberman-
No one who is at all familiar with exist.
Ing conditions in the lumber trade can fail
to note that there is already considerable
complaint of dearth of desirable oak
Both in CHARTERED and plain stock fairly
good lots of dry oak are notably scarce.
The leading jobbers have had their buyers
out for months picking up anything good
they could find, and the result is that a
very large proportion of the oak on sticks
has already passed into second hands and
is held by the present owners for distribu-
tion to consumers. Mill men in the south
are cutting il all the time, but they do not
nave 10 walt until IL is dry, or even partly
dry, before selling. III they choose to do
so, they can usually negotiate for it in ad-
vance of the saving, and on terms that a
few years ago would have been regarded
as extremely liberal Oak is. perhaps. the
most readily salable of any saw mill prod
Uct, which fact Indicates that il is now,
and is believed likely TO be hereafter, rela-
lively a scarce article.
While there is no occasion for alarm as
TO the present adequacy of the oak supply
II Is question IL the time has not come
wnen serious consideration should be given
TO the possibility. not to say proba biIity,
that in the not distant future oak may be-
Come one of the scarce woods. Considering
the wide distribution of oak, this NAV
strike many lumber men as a remote con-
ttngency. but that 1t il not an impossible
result, or so distant In point Of time as to
Evening star., 1898-01-08
The MOney-MakfnE Game.
John Ruskin.

The first of all English games is making
money. That is an all-absorbirg game; and
we knock each other down oftener in play
ing at that than at foot ball, or any other
rougher sport; and it is absolutely without
purpose; no one who engages heartily in
that game ever knows why. Ask a great
money-maker what he wants to do with his
money-he never knows. He doesn't make
1t to do anything with it. He gets 1t only
that he may get it What will you make
of what you have got?' you ask We'll,
I'll get more" he says. Just as at cricket
you get more runs. There's no use in the
runs, but to get more of them than other
pee pie is the game. And there's no use in
the money, but to have more of it than
other people is the game. So all that great
foul city of London there-rattling, growl-
ing, smoking. stinking-a CHASTITY heap of
fermentiug brickwork, pouring out poison
at every pore-you fancy 1t is a city of
work? Not a street of 1t! 1t is a great
city of play; very nasty play. and very hard
play, but still play. 1t is only Lords crick-
ct ground without the turf-a huge billiard
table without the 10th. and with pockets
as deep as the bottomless pit, but mainly
billiard table after ALL
Evening star., 1898-01-08
The Mirror.

Margaret F. Mauto in McClure's Magazine.
My mirror tells me that my face is fair
Ana can doubt but that ii tells me true?
My mirror says that l have golden hair
And cheeks like the wild rose and eyes of blue
say, Do indeed these charms possess
U trusty glass; My mirror answers, Yes"
When lovers tales this heart all free from care
haVc sui1eited with hatterys cloying sweet
INT" my mirror do straight repair
And cry, 20 mirror, is this ali deceit?
Say do ! merit praise and fond caress?''
Ihen doth my trusty mirror answer, Yes"
Deem me not vain. I pray; for well know
That when LIES skies have lost their ROSY hue
nittsr one day pntv NIX mirror go -,
And Say. 20 tell Ise, mirror Is It true
That every day my youthful charms grow less 2"
Then must my trusty mirror answer, Yes
And o trust that in that later day
The time of si1vered hair and fading sight,
When l unit" my looking glass shall say,
80 mirror with my beautys waning light
I,cth honor also fail and virtue go:''
Ihen may mine truthful mirror answer NO"
Evening star., 1898-01-08
CATACLYSMAL INVENTIONS.
Their Effect is Always Slowly Eel,
and Distributed.

Their Effect is Always Slowly Felt
and Distributed.
From the London Spectator.
The most cataclysTnal of all Inventions
that of gunpowder (Which, by the way, was
probably invented twice. for Greek fire
must have been the same thing, used with
an imperfect knowledge of It's propelling
power)-and the one which most affected
the organization of society by destroying
the value of armor and equalizing the
power of men of different sizes, took a gen.
Grafton to spread abroad. and when it did
spread hardly affected the relative strength
of the nations. If such an invention were
discovered now the papers would ring with
prophecies, probably of a German or Brit
ish conquest Of the world, which would not
happen a bit the faster for all the "appre-
Citations" Printing was grand discovery,
and though 1t did not help the Chinese
much, did help Europeans a great deal;
but it did not help them suddenly. and for
the immense majority Of mankind it might
Just as well never have occurred. Steam Is
a grand discovery. but 1t has not upset the
world, 1t has been utilized only by degrees,
and, like printing, the mass OF mankind
know very little about It, one-third of the
human race. indeed. denomcing 1t stiu as
something which 'haaSes and maases the
Evening star., 1898-01-08
WEST POINT.
Whiting Englishmen Think 1t q Great
Institution.

Visiting Enslishnen Think 1t a Great
Institution.
From the Army and Navy Journal
Whenever I talk with an average Eng
lishman who has Travelled in America
sooner or later it leaks out that he has
been impressed mainly by two sights-one
Niagara Falls the other our Military Acad-
emy at West Point.
We are 50 accustomed to West Point as
a national institution that We are apt to
regard it as quite natural to us. But this
is by no means the case. 1t was the re-
markable foresight of George Washington
that gave US this institution, and it Is due
to a most fortunate combination of circum-
staEces following upon it's foundation that
we have today training school for officers
free from political influence and producing
better results over a given period Of time
than any military school in the world, not
even excepting the schools of Germany.
This train of thought was brought home
to me while conversing with eminent
war official of the English government who
knew America well and was deeply inter-
ested in military education. From him
learned that special commission had been
sent over to us for the purpose of making
study of West Point, with view to the
reorganizatioE of the English military col
lege at Sandhurst This college was found
ed in 1893, and must rot be COMPOUNDED
with the so-called staff college, where post
graduate instruction is given.
England proposes to improve Sandhurst
and pays us the delicate compliment of
modelling upon our designs. 1t Is not likely
that she will wholly succeed because young
Englishmen of today are too accus toned to
luxury and would as soon go into q mon
astery as submit to the hard work and
confinement of the United States Military
Academy.
The only practical means I can see for
England in this matter is that she should
send annually by special arrangement with
our Secretary of War. half dozen young
men TO West Point who. for four years
thereafter, should go to Sandhurst as mil
itary instructors. They would then have
learned to appreciate all that is good in the
West Point system and their knowledge of
a manner suitable to the needs of their
CoEntrymen.
In return for this international courtesy
the United States might request that six
graduates of West Point annually be al
lowed to attend the so-called staff college,
corresponding to the German War College
tkricgSakade mie). " here officers of special
merit are sent to perfect themselves in the
higher branches of their calling, particu-
larly in military history and staff duties
This would be particularly valuable train
ing for such of officers as contemplate
becoming attached to embassies in mill
tary capacity. They would here see great
armies handled as though in actual war
fare, and in case of necessity would be fit
ted to command large bodies of troops A
young American officer at the English staff
year a round of battlefields, such as Water
loo or Metz, and would have the situation
explained to him On the spot in a manner
to make a lasting impresS SiOn
Evening star., 1898-01-08
DisiNFECTlON OF SLEEPING ROOMS
Saporfxed Corrosive Sublimate md
Sulphur Do the Work,

Suhphur DO the work.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Prof. KONG of Gottingen, in a recent
article on this subject, saws that at one
time, while he was practcing medicine in
Hanau, he suddenly discovered that his
bed room was thickly inhabited by obnox-
iouS insects. A friend assured him that
ne could easily get rid of the pests, and
proceeded to fumigate the apartment with
corrosive sublinate. The success of this
measure was most gratifying, and when
the room was opened the dead bodies of
various kinds of insects were seen strewn
about the floor. This incident led the pro-
lessor to hope that the same means would
be efectuai in destroying the infectious
elements of contagious diseases, and a
trial in private houses after scarlet fever
or measles, and in hospitals after erysipe-
las or pyaemfa, gave most satisfactory
results. Since adopting this method he has
never seen a second case of contagious
disease which could be attributed to in
fection remaining in the room in which the
patient had been confined. The mode of
procedure is very simple. From one and
a half to two ounces of corrosive subli-
mate are put on a plate over a chaing
dish, and then the windows and doors of
the room are closed. At the expiration of
three or four hours the windows are OPEN
ed and the apartment is thoroughly aired
The person entering the room should take
the precaution to hold a sponge or cloth
over the mouth and nose in order not TO
inhale the vapor. The following day the
windows are again closed, and some sui
phur is burned in order to neutralize any
of the mercurial fumes which may linger
about the furniture and other articles
cleaned, when it will be ready for occu-
pancy.
Evening star., 1898-01-08
Helen Keller.

Mute, sightless visitant
From what uncharted world
Hast voyaged into LIES rude sea.
With guidance scant:
As If som" bark mysteriously
Should hfther glide, with spars aslant
And sails all furled?
In what perpetual dawn,
Child 6f the spotless brow,
Hast kept thy spirit far withdrawn
Thy birthrigkt undefiled?
What views to thy sealed eyes appear?
What voices mayst thou hear
Speak as We know not how:
OF grief and sin hast thou
o radiant child.
Even thou, a share? Can mortal taint
Have po-er on thee uHfearing
The woes our sight our hearing
Learn from Earths crime and piaint?
Not as we see
Earth. sky, fnsensate forms, ourselves,
Thou seest, hut visfon-free
Thy fancy soaIs and delves,
Albeit no sounds to us relate
The wondrous things
Thy brave imaginings
Within their starry night create
Pity thy unconfined
Clear spirit. whose enfranchised eyea
Use not their grossar sense?
All. no! thy bright Intelligence
Hath Its own Paradise,
A realm wherein to hear and see
Things hidden from our kind.
Not thou, not thou-'t is we
Are deaf, are dumb are blind
-EDMUND C. STEDMAN
Evening star., 1898-01-08
WHAT A WOMAN DID,
To Europe Six Times in Twelve Years
and Learned Six languages.
From the Philadelphia Tines.

| a plucky American woman, who began to
| support herself at eighteen, has shown how
| poor school teacher can see Europe to the
| best advantage in twelve years. Earning
| small salary in public school, she has
| taken private pupils and lived frugally and
has been able to go to Europe every other
year for a two months holiday.
Her first journey was made to England
and Scotland, and was enjoyed SO keenly
| that she planned another one, and saved
| money for it during the next two years.
| The second tour was through France Bel
GUM and Holland, and in order to travel
comfortably she learned French during ner
leisure hours.
Returning to her school work. she began
| to study German. and at the end of TWO
years was ready for journey up the Rhine
and 10 Vienna, and thence through Dresden
and Berlin to Bremen. With renewed ardor
she plunged into the study of Italian, and
at the end of two years she started for
Rome. She made the round of the Italian
cities, and spent a fortnight in Switzer-
land Two years afterward she was in
Spain, and was able to speak the language.
During the last year she has made her
sixth Journey to Europe, travelling through
Denmark, Norway and Sweden to Russia
and spending fortnight in Moscow. She
carried with her a fair knowledge of Swed-
ish and not only knew the Russian alpha
bet SO as to read the street signs, but could
make her own bargains with drosky drivers
and go about without guide.
In the Course of twelve years she has
| made six journeys to Europe and learned to
speak six modern languages, and she has
supported herself entirely by her earnings
| as school teacher, and has paid every
penny of her travelling expenses. Starting
with a painstaking study of the language
of the country which she was to visit, and
also preparing herself by a course of read
| ing, she has made the best possible use of
her time abroad.
The reward for all this energy and perse-
verance has come in her thirtieth year.
Her knowledge of foreign languages has
fitted her for broader work as q teacher
and she has left the public schools to take
| a position instructor in French, German
and Italian in a high school for young
women.
There may be higher aims than those or
dinarily involved in foreign travel, but the
perSistency OIL this American girl in carry
ing out her plans is worthy of praise. 1t is
| a great gain in any human life, if it is gov
erned by definite purpose and keeps that
purpose steadily In mind
Evening star., 1898-01-08
The Mitten.

Iarold MacGrath in the Yellow Book.
There was the ring of steel-shod feet,
There was the winter suns last glow
That lighted up the happy fleet
OF skaters fitting to and fro;
There was the sound of voices low,
heard Dan Cupid laugh In glee-
/, victim of his dart ard bow
When Betty gave the mitt to me!
Ah me! she was so small and sweet,
Her lips like roseleaves DER a row
OF pearls, her hair like ripened wheat,
Her voice that seemed to me us though
Some far-On organs note did blow,
That / fell straightway on my knee,
With pulses at fortissimO.
When Betty gave the mitt to me!
Oh. ask me not did 7 retreat,
For am not a man to go
Because woman might repeat
A naughty, Wtpful, pttle .No!'
We fingered 'tiAtnietts pOrtico
Fell wide: what nlyist your wonder be,
That should stpy an with her so,
When Betty gave the mitt to me!
L'ENVOY.
All, Prince. tits vain to hide, / know,
What eyes askeen as yours must see;
Her hand was fthered tnside-(Oho!-
When Betty gave Ithe mitt 10 me!
Evening star., 1898-01-08

From the Indianapolis News.

Long Jim, as he is known, Chinese
Iaundryman and merchant Of Fort Wayne,
Is en- route for the Pacific slope, there to
take passage for Hong Kong. China. Then
will follow a journey to a village in the
interior, where he will wed a girl who
has been selected for him by his parents.
and whom he has never seen. Long Jim
will remain abroad one year, after which
he will return here with his bride and
settle down to housekeeping on the Ameri-
can plan. His wife will be the first Chi
nese woman ever venturing within the
corporate limits OF this city.
Evening star., 1898-01-08

As l sit beside the empty hearth, there's silence
all around,
But hear the rocking measure of a cradle on
the ground;
Ny little baby sleeping draws her breath with
gentle sigh,
And my son. of play now weary, nestles closs
with dropping eye.
His hand Ia warm within my hand his head
upon my breast
Is sweet with the scent Of childhood Of the
young bird in the nest:
His face is hidden from me, but his eyes are
strange and bright,
And he whose eyes are like them walks toward
me thro the night,
I soon shall hear his footstep-oh! his footstep!-
ON the stair.
The door win open. he win come and stand be-
hind my chair -
-Godi save me from these dresmsI The hearth
II empty, Tar n he;
And his little children lie asleep ON another
Woman's knee,
In "Raalms of Unknown Kinu," Niu ALMA
Evening star., 1898-01-08
High-Priced Real Estate.

It has been stated that every piece of
land between the King William statue and
Trinity square. E. c.. cost a thousand
guineas a yard. This would mean about
f117 per square foot. or over f5.OOO.O00 per
acre. The ground in the vicinity of the
Bank of England is estimated to be worth
not less than 100000 per acre. Land In
Pail Mali has changed hands At 100000 per
acre.
Evening star., 1898-01-08
Spain.

Ay. this fs Spain:
Europe's last land
Twill e'er remain:
Last In the progress of the earth;
The last in liberty:
The last In wealth and worth:
The last In lbigotry.
-'Festusf usf-Phiaip James Bailey (1s3sy.
Evening star., 1898-01-08

From 1it-Rits.

The constant drop of water
Wears away the hardest stone;
The constant gnilw Of Towser
MastfcateS the toughest bone;
The constant, ,eoofhg lover
Carries OF fine Finishing maid;
And the constant advertiser
Is the ons nsswhdlgets the trade.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-18
TOOK FIVE TO FLOOR HIM.
DIR. Huntington Practices Chiropody on
the Rivetton Moose.

D The moose which was captured in. tbs
Atoostook woods, last spring, and added
10 the ZOO at Riverton, has had SO little
use Tor his hoofs that they have been
growing out of proportion, the points
turning upward and causing him to walk
lame.
DR.. +. W. Huntington, the yeterinar-
ian, was called out there yesterday, to see
what could be done for the moose. He
decided that the best thing to do would
be to remove the surplus growth. He IN.
dertook the job, and succeeded in carry
ing it out, but it was the hardest half
days work he had done for some time.
Catching the moose was no easy task,
After considerable chasing he was
driven into the building within the in
closure. Then Dr.. Huntington lassooed
him, and, aided By four men, u set of
hobbies and some rope, succeeded in cast
ing the animal. A growth of about four
inches was cut off the hoofs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-18
CANADA STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
Montreal Paper Shows That the Ameri-
can Service Is Superior.

The following criticism of the Mont
real World on the Canadian steamship
service, will be read with interest:
"lf Canada had secured line of At
lantic steamships with a speed of 90 knots
ten years ago, the Canadian route might
have competed with the American route.
But now the speed of the fast steamships
running to New York is much short
OF 20 knots, and there is reason to believe
that 90 knots will be the regular rate be-
fore long. Already some of the steamships
have made a day. run exceeding 20 knots
an hour, but none of them has yet kept
up this speed for the whole voyage
Mr.. George Dobson, whose pamphlet on
Ocean Routes and Modern Transports
ton has already been referred to, con-
tends that it would be great mistake for
Canada to tie up the postal subyention
fund in the form of q large subsidy on
20-knot service for the next 10 or IL
years, as long before the END of that time
Canada would be as far behind the Unit
ed States as it is at present.
"Ihe system adopted by the America
government is to pay liberal subsidies
for the fast carriage of mails, but o
allow all the Atlantic liners to compel
When two fast steamships sail on the
same day or succeeding days the mails
are invariably assigned to the one whose
previous record speed gives reason to be-
lieve that it would deliver the mails SOON
er on the other side of the Atlantic.
'It is a question whether in the present
stage of development of transatlantic
travel by the Canadian route the Ameri-
can system could be adopted in its entire
ty by Canada, but some arrangement
should be made which would ensure a
Canadian service fully equal to that on
the American route, and it would be bet
ter to pay high subsidies for short term
contract than low subsidies for o con-
tract extending over long term OF
years.
Zone thing seems certain, it Is impos-
sible to maintain as high rate Of speed
in going up the ST. Lawrence as on the
open ocean, and for this reason it is OK
oeedingly important that if the fast At
| lantic steamships are to have their sum
mer terminus at St. Lawrence port
| there should be an Atlantic port of call
between which and Eng and the fastest
time could be made -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-18
OUR GROWING STRENGTH.

The Springfield Republican thinks that
in only one respect perhaps, viii the ex.
petition against Porto Rico be .inferio,
to that against Santiago-the absence OF
regulars. !. The invading = :: army, it is
now said, will not consist to any great
extent Of the veterans under Gen. Shat
ter, on account CT the yellow fever out
break, but of the volunteers from Chick
amauga, aided perhaps by two or three
regiments of regulars that were left be-
hind in Florida. These volunteers. how
ever, have now been trained for two
months and in eagerness for service they
cannot he surpassed.
If the expedition should get away by
August l we should expect the complete
S lrrender of Porto Rico island before the
end Of the month. In case. by that TINA,
Spain still declined to make pence the
United States would have q seasoned
army of at least so, 600 men. who had
sesn real service, ready to be marched
u -on Havana as soon as the foyer season
had ended. This phase of the situa 7ion
our constantly growing military
strength-should not be lost up.u b..
Spanish statesmen. Will they accept the
iDeyitu ble?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-18
MAINE DENTAL SOCIETY.
1t VIII Meet in Annual Session in Portland
on Tuesday and Wednesday Next.

The 33d annual meeting of the Maine
Dental society will be held at the Eye and
Ear indrmary in Portland, next Tuesday
and Wednesday, the exercises opening
with prayer by Rev. DR.. Henry Blan-
chard. Mayor Chas. H. Randall will
make the address of welcome Then will
come the reading of the recor ds and the
reports of the committees. DIR. Geo. O..
Mitchell, d. d. S.. of Bucksport, pre- j.
dent of the society, will give his annual
address, and this is expected to contain
a number of new suggestions in regard
to the work of the coming year.
DR.. W. S. Coleman, d. M. D., of Port
land, will Eadvance u few thoughts or
Identification and the subsequent treat.
ment of the canal. Hon. j. W. Symonds
of Portland. will speak of Legal Profess
ional Relations. DR.. A. W. Haskell, D.
D. S.. of Brunswick, will give % paper OF
Combination Filings This will com
plete the programme of the afternoon.
At 7.30 in the evening, Dr. j. e. Har
vey, d. D. S., of Cumberland Mills, will
read paper on A Porcelain Faced Grown
for Lower Incisions. and DR.. j. G. ".
Werner, ID. M. D., of Boston, will discuss
the question of Contour, Its Importance
and the Use of the Matrix. DIR. Ell. Il.
Clough, M. D., of Portland. will read.
paper on The Roentgen K Ray, illustrated
by an apparatus and an x Ray dental
picture will be taken during the evening.
On "wednesday. the business will be
largely of Il routine nature, including
he election of officers. Among the clinics
DIR. Werner, will fill a proximal cavity
with gold, using the matrix and illustrat.
ing his ideas of contour.
DR.. Haskell of Brunswick will fill q
cavity illustrating combination filing
L. e. Tibbetts, D. D. S., Rockland.
will fill buccal cavity extending under
the gum with gold, by hand burnisher,
using neither ligatures nor clamp.
The following are the officers of the
society:
President-Geo. o. Mitchell, Buoksport.
Rec. Secretary-H. A. Kelley, Port
land.
Treasurer-EIhridg Bacon, Portland.
Executive Committee-C. M. Talbot.
Portland; H.. A. Merrill, Portland; f.
A. Burnham, Saco; j. e. Harvey, Gum
berland Mills; +. o. Stoddard, South
Berwick. wv