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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

Nora Hopper in London Academy.
Before the siiyl with her haunted eyes
Two sisters sat with delicate arms enacad
Watched she dealt the cards and, without
haste,
Spelt out the rune of their two destines.
Brown-haired and gold haired fresher than ths
dawn, ~
Poppy and white anemone We're they
flower Of autumn AMI n flower of Nav
They watched TO see their fates from darkness.
drawn.
Life will he sad for you and YOURS hciyh-hoi''
The sbyl told the autumn-coiored maid
But VIII ny lover love me - "Ay" she said
Why. then shall be all too happy So
with earthly love you never shall be fed
The sibyl told the lady white as snow
But shall love ALP '.Ay even so
Then happy I shall live and die" she said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
THE STARS AS TIMEKEEPERS.
They Are Much More Reliable Than
the Sun.

From Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.
Probably the majority of people suppose
that the observato cries obtain the correct
time from the sun. When the average man
wishes to give his watch the highest praise
he says, 'It regulates the sum-" not being
aware that a watch which would keep with
the sun around the year would have to be
nearly as bad as Capn Cuttle's. The farm
er may safely decide when to go in to din
ner by the sun, but If the mariner was as
confident that the sun marked always the
correct time the farmer is he would be
sure to be at times two or three hundred
miles from where he thought he was. In
other words, the sun-that Is, sundial-
is only correct on a few days in each year,
and during the Intervening times gets as
far as whole quarter hour fast or slow.
These variations of the sun from uniform
time caused no end of trouble between the
astronomers and the fine clockmakers be-
fore 1t was discovered that sun time is
subject to such irregularities. The better
the clock the worse it often seemed to go.
But as the variations in sun time now
accurately known, correct time might be
obtained from the sun by making proper
allowance. were it not for the difficulty of
observing its position with sufficient exact
ness. The large disk of the sun cannot be
located so perfectly as can the single point
which star makes. For this reason as
tronomers depend almost wholly upon the
stars for obtaining accurate time. 1t is the
method of doing this which propose to
describe.
There several hundred stars whose
positions have been established with the
greatest accuracy by the most careful OBJ
servations at a number of the principal OBJ
servatories of the world If a stars exact
position is known, it can readily be calcu-
lated when it will pass the meridian of any
given place-that is, the instant it will cross
north and south line through the place
The data regarding these stars are all pub
lished in the nautical almanacs, which are
got out by several different observatories
for the use of navigators and all Others
who have uses for them These stars are
known as CLOCK stars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
Love After Death,
From the Troy Times.

rom the Troy Times.
They say if our beloved dead
Should seek the old familiar place
Some stranger would be there instead
Ard they would fird no welcome face
cannot tell how it might be
In other homes-hut this / know:
Could my lost darling come me,
That she would never find IL so.
Outlines the flowers have come and gone
Outlines the winter winds have blown
The while her peaceful rest went on,
And have learned to live alone;
Have slowly learned from day to day
In all life's tasks TO bear my part;
But whether grave. whether gay
hide her memory In my heart.
Fond. faithful love has blest my way
And friends are rouEd me true and tried:
They have their place-hut hers today
Is empty as the day she died
How would spring with bated breath,
And joy too deep for word or sign
To take my darling home from death,
And once again to call her mine.
dare not dream-the blissful dream.
1t fills my heart with wild unrest;
Where yonder cold white mar bies CLEAN
She still must slumber-Iiod knows best.
Bnt this know. that those who say
Our best beloved would find no place
Have never hungered every day
Through years and years-for one sweet face
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

rom Harpers Bazaar.
My mother is the prettiest thing
She still looks but girl, folks say.
! wish she was girl. for then
Togeth her we could play.
I'm six years Old-or will be soon
And l am all the child she's got:
And sometimes when its lonely. why,
| wish there was a lot
For mother has to work so hard
A-dancing nights or pouring tea
Each afternoon. she has no time
To play and romp with mel
] wish some nights she'd stay at home.
And. when it's time to go to bed,
She'd hear my prayers instead Of nurse.
Then. when it's dark I'd have no dread.
II she'd jes let me hold her hand
Her pretty hand with all its rings:
And can go right of 10 sleep
II mother only sings,
But mother has no time, she says,
To humor little girls COS she
Gets tired out with halls and things
That keep her up till three.
1 bark each night for mothers step.
And then | call out. loud and clear,
Hope you'll have a lovely time
And Good night, mother DEAR
But when she's gone and down below
hear the carriage door slam to,
feel so lonely could cry.
And sometimes p'r'aps I do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

women will be a part Of Japan's educa-
tcnal system The Meiji Seminary which
Is the only private non-sectarian girls
school in Japan. was established in 1885,
but lost all its buildings and apparatus by
fire three years ago. over 1,SuN girls have
received the benefits of It's training, but
owing t. financial needs and the lack OF a
perma nent fund, only sixty are now in at
tenrance.
The Japanese government began to take
al interest in coeduCa lion twenty years
ago. when several young WON n were sent
abroad for study. and ct the present time
there are ten Japo nese girls studying in the
United States The outlook for the future
was said to b. n promising one. if the
proper interest and encouragement are
given from countries more advanced in cul-
ture and enight eminent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
Education of Japanese Women.


Under the auspices of the economic and
reform section OF the Society for Ethical
Culture addresses upon The Social Condi
tion and Education of Women in japan"
were recently delivered before a large
audience lnazo Nitrobe. Pho. professor
of economics in the Imperial College at Sap
pOro. gave an historic resume of the condi-
ton of Japanese women. and said their
present inferfority is due to the feudaIism
existing In his country for the last 700
years Japan received its beginnings in
literature from China. and its Buddhism
from India, and both of these forces also
had an indirect influence in lowering the
status of women
Olson Fl. Sakural. registrar OF the Meffi
Girls Seminary at Tokyo. and Miss Anna
c. Hartshorne. who spent three years In
Japan. said that general interest In educa-
tor. is increasing. and Il Is only a matter Of
time before privately endowed schools for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

A snake tanner who had trained a ser
pent to follow him around the house and
even out of doors happened one day to
take 1t with him to a strange place. The
snake unused to the locality suddenly
seemed to forget all his training and es-
Gaping into the bushes, resisted capture
with bites and every Indication Of Wild
ness. When caught it at once resumed its
tame habits. This tendency to become
wild Immediately upon obtaining their
freedom and to again become tame ,..en
caught is said to be popularity of snakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

Sarah *. Bolton in the Christian Advocate.
The smallest bark life's tumnituous ocean
VIII leave track behind oreyerrnore:
The Ngntest wave Of influence, once 10 motion
Extends and widens 10 the eternal shore
We should be wary then. who go before
A myriad yet to he. and we should take
Our bearing carefully. where breakers roar
And fearful temieets gather: mistake
May wreck ,nnatlmbeled blrks that follow in G
Wako,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
The Mask.


Post Wheeler In New York Press.
Watch her II she turn
Hitherway her head.
Guess You on those cslm lips burn
Kisses that are dead1
All the foisI and sweet
Vanished from her brow,
Tremalous and very feet
1selier smiling now.
Only just year
Cults the now and then
IL we-e better IL q tear
Lash her eye again.
1t were better much
II she rocked and went,
II she trembied TO a touch
OF the love that slept,
This Ii wornan's art
So serene and proud:
Wonif you guess her very heart
l. sobblng out aloud?
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17
STORAGE BATTERY.
Az a Motor for Street Cars, Said TO slSs
Half tho Expense.

New York Mail and Express: The
installation OF the storage battery cara
will add a new motive power to tho
diversified resources Of q city which Ia
using steam engines, the cable, the UNI
foreground trolley, compressed air and
horse power In the business OF local
transportation. The storage battery,
however, is not novelty TO the me-
tropolis, for almost the first cars tS
DO manufactured were placed on the
old Madison avenue line more than Y
dozen years ago by FrenchmaL
named Julian. Half a dozen ponder
GUS vehicles were kept running on tho
horsecar tracks with some success for
about eight months, when adverse It'll
cation compelled their withdrawal
Since then the storage battery has been
perfected and elaborated In this city
and applied to electric cabs. The OPP
Grafton OF the two storage-battery cara
upon the Grand street line has demon
strated the efficiency OF the system To
the satisfaction Of the officers of that
line. A report has been rendered upon
1t by the secretary, based In part upon
the findings Of the chief engineer OF
the electric company that supplied tho
cars. The favorable results enumer
ated were attained despite the fact that
tho track Is an old one and intended
for lighter cars, and despite the fact
that the motors were designed for a
speed of sixteen miles an hour--and
not half that speed could obtain on
Grand street, the effect being con-
siderable loss OF power. This will not
be the case with motors designed for a
lower rate of speed The two cars
were kept running for four weeks, ex-
Guiding Sundays, and covered in that
period 1929 miles, The secretary of
the Grand street road estimates from
the cost OF operating these two cars
that II all the cars on the line had been
Independent motors the cost Of oper-
ating them In the items relating ex-
cluslvely to traction for a given period
Of nine months would have been $685.
600 less than what 1t actually cost to
run them for that period, saving Of
more than one-half Again, the num-
Der of cars could be reduced 25 per
cent, because OF the superior size and
quicker schedules Of the storage-bat-
terry cars. On this It was estimated
that a saving OF $4,000 more in plat
form charges" could be made, making
the total estimated saving to the line
in a period Of nine months about $685.
900.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17

afternoon he besaAs bAling the hay
and hauling II to tho barn. blling all
that was cut in the forenoon, and re-
peatlng the operation each day until
the crop Is secured. Mr.. Smith tells
us that the hay comes out bright and
sweet, and all OF the same good quail
ity, II any of our readers have tried
this way Of handling clover hay we
should be glad to have them tell III II
the result was as satisfactory as with
Mr.. Smith. This opens up, too, tho
whole subject OF curing and saving the
hay crop, q subject Of great impor-
lance and one that is just now on the
topls. Suggestions as to when to cut
clover and grasses to secure the most
and best hay, how much to cure before
moving or stacking, whether to put In
large or small stacks, whether or not
hay barns will pay, whether or not
there Is danger Of spontaneous com
bustlon from stacking or moving hay
too green, and on other points con-
nected with the subject Of hay harvest,
Will be Of value to our readers. Let
us hear from YOU"
The Farmers Review sent the clip
ping to Mr.. Smith and received the
following reply:
TO the Farmers Review Replying
to yours of the 2Sd ult, will say that
the Rural World got this matter mixed
In some way, as they had no converse
tion or communication with the writer
on the subject. ] understand that the
Rural World had a representative In
this section, and he may have met some
"enterprlslng young farmer and breed
er Of Hereford cattle" and set my name
up instead of his, as he was not at
my place nor saw me, wrote the
Rural World to this effect, as my at
tentlon was called to the article. In
this connection / will say that I have
been breeding Hereford cattle for six
teen years, and have each year raised
clover, and my method is to properly
GU clover hay and put 1t in barns,
and have so far seen no good reason
for changing this method; in fact,
have increased my barn capacity this
season by building two more barns;
one of these / have just filled, storing
slxty-seven loads in It, believe 1t
is well known that stacking or ricking
clover even under favorable conditions
(such as curing and covering with tim
othy hay does not result entirely sat
isfactorlly, / have met several parties
who claim the "ballng in field process"
is good, but the clover hay that have
seen does not compare with that put
up in barns, and l doubt the pracu-
cability of the baling process for clover
hay after considering the various con-
QitiOns n n SMITH
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17
Tip Burn" OF Potatoes,

In experiments made by the Wis
consln station with potatoes some In
terestlng facts have been brought to
light concerning the leaf burning
which Is bothering some growers now.
This so-called disease-tip- burn-is
not, as frequently supposed blight or
disease at all, but is due to the action
of the sun under certain conditions.
Some varieties Of potatoes at the Wis
consln station were seriously affected
with this trouble, while others under
the same conditions were entirely free
from 1t. Rural New Yorker No. 2
passed through one Of the severest
droughts ever experienced at the sta
ton with scarcely O trace Of tip-burn,
while the foliage of several other va
rieties was early destroyed by 1t. An
other year the Rural New Yorker again
manifested its resistent power to the
heat and yielded an excellent crop,
while other older varieties were nearly
a total failure. In order that there
might be no question as to the identity
Of the trouble affecting these potatoes,
samples Of the foliage were sent to
Prof. Jones of Vermont station, who
has made speciality Of this and other
"blight" diseases OF potatoes He TGAD
nounced them affected with tip-burn
only. The older varieties Of potatoes
appear most subject to this trouble,
which suggests that 1t is partially due
to the reduction Of vigor that gener-
ally occurs after long culture Of any
variety, and which is Familiarity termed
running out" Wisconsin and other
experiments show that lack of mois-
ture in the soil greatly aggravates the
affection, indicating chat thorough cul-
tivation to conserve moisture should
be practlced.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17

Agricultural Possibilities of Alaska
1t is probable that but few people
have any idea of the agricultural pos
slbllltles Of Alaska, While most every
body knows that the coast country has
a climate greatly modified by the influ-
ence Of the warm Japan current which
sweeps past, affecting 1t very much as
does the gulf current Ireland and Eng
land 1t will doubtless be surprise to
many to know that the winters are
less rigorous than those Of Virginia,
while the summers are much cooler.
Last spring the agricultural depart
ment sent out Prof. G, G. Georgeson to
make some experiments in the terri
tory, and he has Just returned and
brought with him some of the results.
He reports great possibilities for the
country in the way Of barley, oats and
fax growing; also that most vegetables
yield vigorously. He had several small
plots, aggregating about two acres,
under cultivation, and has brought
back specimens Of barley, oats, pota-
toes, clover and other plants grown
by himself, The oats and barley are
exceptionally fine; would be credit,
he says, to any country. The oats
sample show very large, full seed, and
are far heavier than average oats. The
fax grown was very fine, from fiber
standpoint, comparing favorably with
the best state Of Washington fax,
Prof, Georgeson surveyed out three
sections of ground for experiment sta
tlons, and 1t is expected work will be
carried on there next year. The in
terror of the country, back from the
seacoast, is very cold, the thermome-
ter reaching as low as so and 60 de-
grees below zero.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17
SCnre-HeRd,

Rarely does green hand" give the
long-suffering editor such an oppor.
tunlty as that below, noted in the
Catholic Standard and Times: Here's
O. story of thief" said the enthusi-
astic young and new reporter, "who
secured a room at local hotel and
robbed other guests Of their money.
What sort OF head shall put on it,"
"oh," said the editor, suppose you
make IL 'Scoundrelly Roomer Gains
Currency"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17

The following appeared in Colman's
Rural World OF a recent date:
&c. B. Smith, an enterprlsing young
farmer and breeder Of Hereford cattle
near Fayette, Howard county, Mis-
souri,, has adopted q new method of
saving clover hay that has proven very
satisfactory for two seasons, and is
such a saving of time and labor that
we wish Rural World readers to give
IL trial this season and report re-
suits. Mr.. Smith cuts the clover in
the morning after 1t is entirely free
from dew or rain. When well wilted
he runs the hay tedder, giving 1t all
possible chance to cure. Early in the
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17
MEAN MANS RUSE.
How He Used Big TIrecraclsor to Got
Seat In Car.

How He Used Big TIrecracltor to Got
u Seat In u Car.
New York Sun: A Third avenue ell
evated train bound uptown was crowd
ed yesterday afternoon when a man
boarded 1t at Fourteenth street. He
staggered into one Of the cars and.
looked for seat, but not one was va
cant. Mumbllng to himself, the man
reached into his hip pocket, brought
out q flrecracker at least ten inches
long, and carressed II lovingly. The
passengers looked interested, but no,
body did anything. Presently the man
took out match and made some UNI
successful attempts to strike 1t. Men
and women in the neighborhood began
70 look uneasy, and those standing
near moved up the car, The match
flashed at last and the man, still num-
bling, lighted the fuse and placed the
cracker on the floor. There was a siz-
zle as the powder burned toward the
inside of the red cylinder, and a STAN
pede began at once. AS the spark
reached the end OF the cracker every
body held his breath. A moment later
there was little puff Of smoke and a
slight pop, like that Of putty blower.
Then the man put the cracker In his
pocket and settled himself back COM
fortably in the seat he had acquired.
When the train reached Twenty-third
street he was asleep, and there had
been q redistribution Of seats.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17

Skirts and dresses should always be
Btarched in hot starch. Faultless Starch"
gives the best results as it does not injure
thefabrics. All grocers sell it, 10c package.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17
nnb,ID,, Two Ancient Cathodrnls.

Dublin has two ancient cathedrals-~
st. Patricks and Christ church, the for
mer Of which was restored by brewer
and the latter by dlstiller.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17

An uncommon disease caused the
death of Mrs. Ros Funk, resident or
Bloomington, III. Portions OF her
flesh had become al dr1 anh hard as
bone.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-17

A blind woman never squanders any
money for mirrors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-08
LAND OF GOLD.
frt.rest In Alaska stil Continues. Al
though 1t Is Not ~ Much Talked
OF Is Formerly.

"We hear little in this country now
Adays about travel to the Klondike. I"
said ]. Francis, general passenger agent
of the Burlington. to an Omaha report
or, after an extended trip in the North
west. "but when you get into the
Northwest you find there is about as
much interest in the Alaskan mining
section as ever. Prospectors are re-
turning from the North almost every
day, and the stories they tell keep
alive the desire in certain portion OF
the people, to seek their fortunes In
that country. The result is that travel
froom Portland, Seattle and Tacoma to
Alaska is about as heavy as it has ever
been.
'But the Klondike mines are not the
only ones which contribute to making
business lively in the North Pacific
coast towns. The mines just north OF
Washington, in British Columbia. are
attracting their share Of the attention.
and Seattle is deriving great benefit
from the rush to that territory. Over
in Idaho and Eastern Oregon there are
REPORTS of rich new discoveries. and
when the snow leaves the mountains
the prospects are that there will be
big rush to these diggings. All in all.
mining is taking a new impetus in the
North west, and business of all kinds
ia feeling the benefits of it,"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-08
"HlNkY DINKY" ON THE STAND
Chicago Alderman's Views on the City,
Morals.

Chicago Alderman's Views on the City's
Morals.
Chicago, May 30.-The Baxter legis-
lative investigating committee has ad-
journed until June 6. Alderman
Mich ael Kenna. of the First ward,
known to his admiring constituents
and the world in general as "Hinky
Dink." appeared before the committee
and proved to be the star witness of all
who have appeared before tina. body.
In South Clark street vernacular, he
told the members of the committee
that he did not believe there was any
gambling in Chicago nor had he ever
heard of any policy shops. colonial
tion of voters or slot machines in the
First ward. He admitted that his
saloon remained open all night, and
took the position that the all-night
saloon instead of having bad effect,
had on the contrary beneficent influ.
ence on the public, crime having ac-
tually decreased since they were al.
lowed to remain open.
The alderman testified that he paid
out about Sc. 200 in his last campaign.
and that he charged the difference be-
tween that and his 81, 800 salary as
alderman to Amusement and pleas
ure. +" "Politics is a losing game,
then?' questioned a committeeman.
"Oh, l don't know" replied Alderman
Kenna
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-08
Objects to Being Dead.

John Montpetit, of Walla Walla. lie
confronted by peculiar situation. He
is officially dead, vet very much alive
and in good health. He presented
him self at the auditors Office and asked
to have the records changed to show that
he is still alive. About month ago
the body of man was found under a
warehouse with his nose in a tin cup in
which sponge saturated with chloro-
form had been placed. The remains
we're identified as those of Montpetit
by reputable persons who had known
Montpetit for years and had served in
the army with him. They described
the mark on his person and his person
al characteristics, which were found to
tally exactly with the dead man. The
coroner's jury accordingly returned a
verdict that the remains were those OF
Montpetit and that he had committed
suicide. Yesterday Montpetit arrived
in the city from the Snake river coun-
try, where he had been working, and is
endeavoring to solve the mystery OF
who he is. He does not relish the idea
of having his name recorded among the
county archives in the list of self-de-
structors, but how to amend the records
is a question. And then another inter-
esting and tantalizing question arises.
if Montpetit is not dead, who occupies
his grave?