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Evening star., 1899-11-11
An Element of Discord


-. 'Tt'Is iiiah III lhe depot ought 20
nave looked supremely happy. There wore
NHi'e ribbons tied around the trunks which
he went into the baggage room to see abo,t
and every now and +bo,, b., ,.,,,.,,s -,
to Tho - ~ " '' i''" 'i"Hli"
,,,,,r, n y. i''7 neck ana TOOK some
'i'e ou' from under his collar And
"e Spuhs woman who leaned on his arm
looked up into his eyes and called hin,
dear and tl,on l,.l,,g -,
70 60, - -, I'm" 'I"uh" aehanily
- - "iS oouS had heard her But tho
young man smiled only when she spoke
As soon as the charm of her y,i,a ,..,s,
he looked like a nsrsop ,,t,t . -
of wrath -, - -, 81 i"' s' weight
:, 'i' ms lllllu. After ne had seen
llIS VIZ ShuSIy bestowed on the train. he
SaiHe IN JACK ana hunted up the friend who
iaI s.t "DC"IhIahiHd them.
sr,ipor, "S soou Joke wasn't t?' he said.
..HHS
ei " HaI 10 you mean? inquired the
i.situi ..n'i
tho ySadIi,I,ra', 5Sar "Aat the organist did at
ssuTTI !" "Suuihs
zen 10 teII you the truth, I haven't
ti ti,,I'LI @ vi an ear Tor music. But some of the
''itiTb ..trf< S"uatued ,..de klld d oI familiar
~, "cie worse Jhan familiar They
80, 'iISHt' 10 you KNOW who The
oL5'ilIISt is he rom ToEgles. He wasn't
IL [-oI'I,,+ ne lSh me regular organist.
biy,s,If ~, eu 10 pay. lie represented
and sae,,ro.7 - 70 IN 'I'S oL my nearest friends
'"rbat u-os aU - -. az
IL II,.;S an IlsI': lie told me about
- 0"iu nc wanted To provide the slow
~. r. -. -
..,i,.,,,,,5!' 80 ", pu1 sure.
..1rI,ria 1,g > a S'oI musician.
,,,,,sirIan " ~ -II.' Eo1'' apoul ms Dsihg good
l,iI -NooouE bul good musician
" "utI nave udred undertake what he did.
10 ,t s'at S ,gt tLiose tunes IN with syncopated
it,, Gu GslL Is. N ch tlIlch harnofnes SO that the
- II4"tS LlSCeller Nouldh Imagine they
49, any lining put GOOD honest marriage
NJ. NO -. n. Has nelulsn revenge. He
80 4iIS 1--WE 10 my WlIe before mar
q - AIT hIiuNs hef Iathef mas lots
,iI. tlt uluh I truly love her. He
;Ii USituit :, Win ms nature. But he was ter
80 80. A,SPLoihtsu s When ne FOUND he was
49, ouo LOT soou ana an 80 he sat down
te anu uHuer the eulSe or friendship
a. gu MS ms scdSlh over the entire edi-
suI'i11seu iirt ne Would start In with
, 'tttIis mn IIhe On fFomlse Me But
"iLeIL , We came waking up the aisle l heard
SoihetIlIhg IN minor Key which gradually
Evening star., 1899-11-11
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An Awful Afterthought,

Young Mrs. Torkins seemed very much
worried when her husband came home in
the evening.
What's the matter2" he asked sympa-
thetically.
"oh. Charley, I'm so afraid I've made
enemies"
why. you haven't done anything to harm
anybody or hurt their feelings, have your"
Not Intentionally. But you know how
likely We are TO be misunderstood. I'm
afraid those people who have moved next
door will never speak to US again. And I'm
so sorry! They seemed like such nice peo-
pie. They sent the servant girl they
brought with them from Boston over here
this morning to borrow something"
We'll, they're Just getting settled You
ought to accommodate them in any way
you can"
That's what I thought. So when the
girl came over and asked our girl to lend
her mop | told her to give her the best
mop in the house and if we hadn't a good
one to go around to the store and buy a
new one"
That's right"
But Charley, have you heard them
talk?"
"A little. They all broaden their as
Evening star., 1899-11-11
An Inimitabie Feat,

from Golfers W. eekly.
The sailors of three memo war-Ameri-
can. French and British-while in the same
harbor, were competing with each other
for the best display of seamanship
Yankee went to the top OF the mainmast
and stood there with an arm extended A
Frenchman then went aIoft and extended
both arms.
An Irishman on board the British ship
thought ii he could stand there with leg
and an arm extended he would be declared
the most daring sailor. Nimbly he mount
ed to the highest point and attempted to
do 50, but at the last moment lost his bal
ance and fell through the rigging toward
the deck.
The various ropes against which he came
In contact broke his fall. and when near
the deck he succeeded In grasping a rope
To this he hung for a couple of seconds
and then dropped lightly on the deck, land
ing safely his feet.
Folding his arms triumphantly, as If It
were all In the program, he glanced to-
ward the rival ships and joyously ex-
claimed:
There. you frog-eating and pig-sticking
foreigners beat that If you cam"
Evening star., 1899-11-11

as referee. 1t would be a proud and happy
cree"
Would you consent to identify yourself
with that brutal pastime?'
1T wouldn't be a brutal pastime. Think
of the professional delight of having two
splendid specimens of physical humanity
stand UP, and after completely exhausting
themselves by the usual methods of ham
ly upon their fitness and endurance as toxi-
Geological subjects! The prospect is simply
ideal Think of the knowledge the scien-
lists in charge would have to display in
order to determine TO a nicely how much
nitro-glycerine or dlgitaIis or strychnine or
arsenic it would be necessary to inject in
order to keep the subject in the ring for
another round. And the opportunity for
measuring the exact relative potency of
these drugs. 1t is trarscendentally beauti-
full! 1t Is better than vivisectiong'
Evening star., 1899-11-11
\ Restaurant Idyu

one passing fair, Twas in the rar
FOUND the hurt which left this s..3r--
Inc man for tickets pauses there.
Like common clay she pays her snsra
How fraught with grace crmovam,nts IRA
On. tr"uhadour. with light guitar.
hrlhs forth your semi-brevo and bar;
MS picture set 20 some sweet air
She's Passing fare
She was some splendid crrant star
These thoughts of food my dreaming mar
hon waitress. capped. with elbows bare.
'Tts she! Oh. fate, Oh. rude despal,I
It is my vision seen afar.
She's passing fare.
Evening star., 1899-11-11

From Life.

What was the next station?"
You mean what is the next station"
NO. What was is. isn't lt?'
THAT doesn't make any difference. Is
is was. but was is not necessarily is"
Look here; what was, IS and what is.
is. Is was is or is is was"
Nonsense. Was may be is but IS is not
was. Is was, but if was was IS, then
is isn't is or was wasn't was IL was is
was is was, isn't it? But If is is was
then"
Listen. Is is. was vas, and is was and
was is; therefore is was is and was II was,
and IL was was is is is is and was was
was and Is is was"
shut up, will you, I've gone by my sta
ton alrealV.'
Evening star., 1899-11-11
InlnRfienCc.

1 scanned the papers day by day.
l studied 'em with care.
That | might find the proper way
To clear the moral air.
1 tended meetin's at the hall
As often as | could.
An heard the speakers, big an small.
1t didn't do no good.
L went inside the lection booth
An made my keerfuI mark.
l sought to find the path of truth
While gropin' in the dark.
1 wrestled with my conscience there,
As everybody should.
To vote unprejudiced an fair.
1t didn't do no good.
It's been well nigh a week. an still
The trusts is in the swim.
The bosses boldly tiaunt their skill
With tyranny so grim.
The gold-brick man his magic does
Jes' where of yore he stood.
The earth's as bad as ever twas.
1t didn't do no good.
Evening star., 1899-11-11
TwENTY-SEVEN CENTS A DAY.
Many Men Manage to Live Well on
That Amount.

ooh. YES, there are plenty of fellows in
this CITY who live well on 81 cents a day."
said a dining room owner to a Star re-
porter The lunch man has been in the
business for years, and knows what he is
saving 'I'll tell you how they do 1t: They
get up in the morning, and with g cents
go to a 3-cent lunch room. There they pro-
cure a cup Of coffee and a sandwich, each
costing cents, or something of that sort.
This is sufficient for them. At lunch time
they visit the 3-cent places again, and with
a piece of pie and a glass of milk are con-
tented until dinner. That is a total of 70
cents At dinner they go to the regular
lunch or dining rooms and eat themselves
happy on Is cents. At number of regu-
lar dining rooms in the city a dinner can
be bought for 10 cents, and will be a good
one too 1t will consist of soup and
bread one meat and one entree, two vege-
tables, a piece Of pie or other dessert and
a cup of tea or coffee. But where these
sharpers do the lunch room proprietors is
in another way. They have become so ex-
pert at the business that they know when
each dining room is to have certain dish
for dinner, and, therefore, they have their
pick of meats and other things. / remem-
Der that l used to serve chicken on q GER
tain day I soon found that these fellows
were getting the best of me. All of them
would visit me on chicken day and with
their 10 cents would get a good dinner
The next day they would disappear, and
would show UP at the dining rooms of
some other man. OF course, I couldn't
stand the expense of this kind of business,
and ] disarranged the entire program OF
the young fellows by not having any ragu-
lar bill Of fare for every day in the week
as most dining rooms have. / lost some OF
this trade. but in. doing 1 think 1 made
money These 274eent fellows can scent
ice cream foH days ahead and will be on
hand. They are never suspected of their
shrewd ways, because most of them dress
well and hold good positions. For all
know they may do. this to save money. I
expect, however, that they simply save to
spend in dress, and in making an appear
ance in other ways where their style will
Shn to nd,rl a fca2t
Evening star., 1899-11-11
women of the TrapsyaaI.
rom the New York Herald.

IoHi thc new 1ork Herald.
The average Boer is big. brawny and
strong, ruddy checked and wholesome, vet
never handsome. The women, as a rule,
do not approach the fresh and simple beau-
ty seen in the north of Europe Here and
there throughout the Transvaal you will
ma a handsome Dutch girl, but not often
ihe'r oress' usually of some cheap print
ana the hideous poke bonnet, so universal
DO not add to their attractions.
Ihey are curiously afraid of exposing
thelr compleXions to the sun, and are Of
ten pale and pasty in appearance. II ia a
curious thing to see how carefulf% A Roar
woman VIII shade her face, and even keen
her hands beneath her apron, when in the
sun. -, eiie
Yet, on the whole, the women of tho
lransVaal are not unattractive-when ynu
get used to them. 'oN
Evening star., 1899-11-11
Worse Than a Sea Lawyer.
From Golfers Weekly.

From Golfers Weekly.
Sea time, as most people know, instead Of
being reckoned by hours. is divided into
watches" Of four hours EACH From 4
o'clock to 6. and o'clock to 8, there are
half divisions, nautically termed dog
watches"
In recent admiralty case the counsel
asked an old sailor at what time of day a
certain collision occurred, and received the
reply, about the middle of the first dog
watch"
In summing UP the case the newly ad-
mitted admiralty proctor enlarged upon the
information thus impaired as follows: You
can imagine, gentlemen of the Jury, the
care which existed on this occasion, when,
as appears from one of the plaintiff's own
witnesses, this valuable ship and her car
go, and the lives of passengers and crew,
We're intrusted to what, gentlemen ?-whv,
to the mere watch of dogr'
Evening star., 1899-11-11
The Difference,
N Francisco Examiner

From the San Francisco Examiner
1.-The beauty of being poor, said the rich
man, ''fs that you have chance to start
at the foot of the ladder and work your
way up
And the advantage of being born rich"
replied the poor man, sis that you start at
the top of the ladder and slide down with
out an effort"
Evening star., 1899-11-11

s.',r . tffe manner of Boston. It sounds. ,ar-,,
pretty ana precise. l like to hear ft
i'S- t'S- But II Is 50 confusing. \ mon was
IKE mem % ask FOR. l shouldn't d.. a btt
surprised II they were reading som. ,,-,,.
neMS ah" what they wanted 20 borrow ,,3,
4 map, and-ok, dear!-I think na,n. -
better put on my things ana ~, - 80,
away and try to explain
Evening star., 1899-11-11

From the Detroit Free Press.
Now. General Aguinaldo." inquired the
interviewer, do you think that the FIlipi-
nos can possibly get the better of the
Americans?"
In the long rum yes" and the gem
erals eyes danced as he watched his army
preparing for ten-mile dash into the
deeper recesses Of the forest
Evening star., 1899-11-11
His Level Best.

From Golfers Weekly.
Lester, dear" said Mrs. Giddings. anN-
iously, to her husband, 4 don't like that
cough of yours"
I'm sorry" replied Giddings, but # is
the best [ have"
Evening star., 1899-11-11
4 Plan of Campaixn
M the Chicago Record

nat are you doing, Miss GiglampsP"
m picking out the plays and concerts
somebody has got to take me to this win
ter"
The times., 1899-07-13
THE VENEZUELAN QUESTION.
Sir Richard Webster Speaks of Lord
Abcrdeen's PropasaI


Paris, July 12.-Continuing his argu-
the Venezuelan Tribunal today. Sir Rich
ard Webster discussed the diplomatic cor
respondence which had passed between
Great Britain and Venezuela before this
century urging that the manner in which
sueh correspondence had been used by
venezuela could prove fatal to arbitra-
tion, for nations could not allow pro-
posals and offers made In the course of
dlpiomatic negotiations to be used sub
sequently against them as admissions OF
being in the wrong. Sir Richard next
dwelt upon the Venezuelan criticism of
Lord Aberdeen's proposal. which he de-
scribed as the most generous proposal ever
made by one nation to another Lord
Aberdeen's despatch detailed Great Brit
aims full claim. Offering to eede on GER
tain conditions. portions thereof. This Of
fer Venezuela refused. Later Venezuela
proposed to erect a lighthouse at Barima
Point- England consented in the inter-
ests OF commerce. pointing out. however
that such consent conveyed no admission
or Venezuela's right to the disputed ter
ritory Venezuela replied demanding the
evacuation of the territory by the British
and the submission OF the matter to ar
bitration. Great Britain refused, and
diplomatic rupture followed, Great Brit
ain notifying Venezuela that she would
treat as British all territory az far az
Schomburgk's line and all of the natives
thereof as under British rules whom II Is
now proposed to hand over to Venezuela
Sir Richard examined Imthurn's reports.
pointing out that an article written by
imthurn. on which Venezuela relies, was
merely a criticism of Venezuelan work
and that it was written eighteen months
after lmthurn's arrival in the colony,
whereas his official reports subsequently
written, fully confirm the British case.
He read summary of the reports on the
northwest district and finally asked on
what principle of law, equity, and Justice
the British subjects firmly settled there
could be displaced. Replying to a question
asked by Justice Fuller OF the United
States Supreme Court Sir Richard ad-
mitted that an area existed between the
old Dutch and Spanish territories, the
ownership of which was doubtful. He con-
tended that Great Britain was fully enti-
tied to progress in this territory, where
clearly no Venezuelan title existed. Once
Great Britain was there Venezuela must
disclose better prior title before dis
possessing her. Sir Richard summed up
the evidence from 1873, proving that the
natives spoke only Creole Dutch beside
their own tongue. He then proceeded to
discuss the geographical features of the
case. A conflict of opinion respecting the
Orinoco delta arising between him and
Justice Brewer during the afternoon, the
tribunal fired questions at Sir Richard
who retorted by relating a clever anec-
dote, saying: II am like a chess player
opposing five. While replying to one op-
ponent's move, the others are making four
more" This remark caused much hilarity.
The times., 1899-07-13
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
Captain Taylor Arrives With the
Fleet at Portland, Me.

Portland Me-, July 12.-The six ships
of the North Atlantic squadron in tenn
porary command of Captain Taylor, of the
Indiana, arrived in the harbor at o'clock
this afternoon. The Indiana led the way
into the harbor. She was closely follow
ed by the Massachusetts, New York,
Brooklyn, and New Orleans. The two
smaller ships are nearest the city shore
and the Texas occupies a position where
the battleship Maine anchored when the
feet was here two years ago. The city of
Portland has appropriated $500 for the
entertainment of the fleet, and in addi-
tion to this the board of trade and the
Cumberland Club Will give receptions to
the officers. The city council committee
will pay special attention to the blue
jackets and marines, providing them with
free tickets on trolley cars and steamboat
lines and free passes to the summer thea
tres. They will be taken TO Peake's ISL
and on Saturday, given clambake and
series of athletic events will be held.
prizes being awarded to the winners The
city government committee had planned
for naval and military parade and wrote
to Captain Taylor requesting his sanction
of tie programme. He wrote in reply that
it is the custom to allow the men to par
ade only on national holidays, but rather
than disappoint the people OF Maine he
will permit a brief parade of his men on
Friday morning.
The times., 1899-07-13
A peef war with Germany.

We may not be able to convince first
class powers that embalmed beef is tech
nicaIly fresh, and leading Governments
may be unwilling to concede that filthy
pulp from which all the nutriment has
been drawn in making beef extract is
prime roast beef; but, when it comes to
little States apparently We are not with
out success.
II seems that Belgium has smoothed
her wrinkled front and allowed some of
cur Algerian products to enter without
too much inspection. This action, we take
it, was in consequence of Secretary Will
sons noble defence of the carrion pack
ers. But it seems that the Belgian COM
placency to commodities which Americans
no longer use. except in extreme circum-
stances, has not been favorably consid-
cred in Berlin. and that the German Gov
ernment has practically embargoed meat
from Belgium.
We are glad TO see that this assault
upon one of our great campaign contrib
uting interests has been promptly taken
notice of by the Agricultural Department.
We are told that a conference upon the
matter was held at the White House, and
that steps viii be taken to convince the
Kaiser that, whatever else he may choose
to do, he must not point the finger of
scorn at American embalmed beef. which,
next to sugar, money, and a few other
things, is sacred in this country.
People who are in favor of the preser-
walton of friendly relations between the
United States and Germany may argue
that it would be wise on our part to estab-
lish system of inspection, at the slaugh-
ter houses. canneries and outports, that
would remove the suspicious of foreign
our meat preparations. But, probably,
that would be impracticabie. while the
packers exercise the political influence
and the ability to control the appointment
and action of inspectors, that they do
at present. The public impression that
Government agents have been com
PEELED to allow the slaughter and timing
of diseased cattle, on penalty of losing
their employment. has not been removed
The notorious fact that embalmed beef is
sold in most of the Washington butcher
shops today cannot be ignored and the
only thing left to US is to eat the under
takers product at home, and all join in
lying about the facts of the case for the
glory and profit of our packers abroad
We know that the Secretary of Agri-
culture will do what he can in the premi-
ses. His self-sacrifce in behalf of the
carcasses of his constituents is already
famous, if it may not be called notorious
And We have hopes of Mr.. Mckinley If
he would not step out of his way to do
little something now for discredited and
demoralized Western embalmed beef. he is
not the man he was when he fixed up the
Alger Relief Commission
The times., 1899-07-13
Chinese stoicism.

(From the New orleans Times Dcmocrat)
"a very curious thing about the Chinese is
their indifference to pain" said DR.. L. H. Sim
mons. the veteran missionary OF Canton, who was
in the city few days ago We do a great
deal Of surgical work in the great City Hospital
conducted by the united missions at Canton and
it was at A.st supposed that there would be end
less trouble in persuading the natives to take
anesthetics but the doctors found. TO their sur
prise that anesthttes wore rarely nccdel ard TINT
their patients endured the most serious operations
without finehing the fraction of an inch The
average Chinaman will assume the required posi-
ton and hold it like statue. When the knife
touches his flesh lac begins slight. monotonous
moan and keeps it up until the ordeal is over,
but he gives no other indication Of pain. Whether
this Is fde to nerve-bluntncss or stoicism, or a
combination uf both, | have never been able
to determine, but the fact remains that the Can
ton Hospital USES less chloroform or ether than
any other large institution OF the kind on earth"
The times., 1899-07-13
PRoUT PROBING PORTER.
Nebraslsa's Secretary of State At
tnched for Contempt.

Lincoln, Neb., July 12.-Secretary of
State Porter today refused to obey sub
poena from the Prout investigating COM
mittee to appear before it and be exam
1ned as to the conduct OF his Office and
to bring certain records. He says the
committee has no power to compel his
attendance, and that he will not attend a
farcical hearing. The committee at once
voted him attached for contempt. Evil
dence was adduced at the investigation to-
day showing that during his four years
as Governor Holcomb had drawn $50
month as house rent while living in
house that cost much less.
p. o. Hedlund, member of the first
commission that counted the votes cast
on the Supreme Judges amendment, swore
that many ballots counted were evidently
freshly marked for the affirmative. the
ink being yet green; that many were called
on wrong, and many counted twice for
the amendment. He was the only Repub-
lican member. he said. and his protests
were disregarded and when he complained
to the Governor of the frauds he was
summarily removed. He gave evidence to
snow that the whole batch of ballots had
been marked in advance to insure the
counting in of the two PopuIist judges,
and that the count was held behind closed
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