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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

The Competition of Brains.

He is a young man who means well.
He was invited to a small assemblage,
where all the people were supposed to be
truly clever. In fact there was no sup
position aboGt it. They were truly clever
They had to be. They wrote things or
drew pictures or composed music. The
well-meaning young man didn't do any Of
these things, and he felt a little embar-
raised. 1t was not long before he grew
uncomfortable, under the impression that
he was Earring influence. They were
evidently trying to bring the conversation
down to his level. He wished they wouldn't
He knew 1t must pain them to utter COM
monplaces about the weather or to discuss
the platitudes which content ordinary peo-
pie as topics. 1t was kind of them, but
he was unworthy of such a sacrifice. He
resolved to do what he could to show it
wasn't entirely necessary. \ queer Incl
dent had occurred in his office a short
time before. He had welcomed it with de-
light and had cherished ii in his memory
for this occasion. He summoned all his
powers as a raconteur and related it. He
gave it all the animation and expression he
could, feeling rather confident because he
had tried it on a number of friends pre-
viouSly with encouraging results. When
he concluded there was no demonstration
of approval. There was no demonstra ton
of any kind. Everybody had displayed at
tention which was almost eager But when
it was all over each face wore look of
deep mental abstraction. And in a short
time all had said good night and gone
home. The well-meaning young man was
the last to leave.
Il thought that was rather novel and
clever story l told he said beseechingly,
as ha was putting on his overcoat-
Yes she answered, with a sigh. 1T
was Enthusiastically novel and clever"
The next day before noon the anecdote
he had related was before eight different
editors. in the form of stories and poems
and in the hands of two music publishers
arranged with rag-time accompaniment.
The hostess never invited the young man
again.
He had broken up the party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
The Regulars.
'om the Army and Navy Journal

FROM the Army and Navy journal.
In brilliant actions by sea and land the
avy and the army have won for the United
States new empire and for themselves i'm
perishablc glory. They may well appeal to
the considerate judgment of mankind upon
their performances, confident that when
carping criticism shall have been silenced
they will receive their fitting reward in the
thanks and praises of the generations yet
to come. We hope that the coming year
will show that the lessons of the war will
net be lost upon the country, and that the
regular army will be recognized in it's de-
partment, as the regular navy has always
been in its sphere, the bulwark of the
national defense. When General Knox de-
clared that a national militia was the cheap
defense of nations, he had in mind, as his
often miSquoted letter will show a people
trained to arms they are today in Ger
many and France. He laid the greatest
stress upon the need of such training, and
until Congress provides for it, as it is pro-
vided for abroad, the trained soldiers of
our regular army must be, with their COM
peers of the navy, the country's reliance for
tranquility at home and security abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Mz..THINCS ~A
.HEAPD > ssac{ ~
zE-5EfE4I& V

had eight OF them already. Last winter the
first snow was on January 3, and there
were exactly five snowfalls during the WIN
ter The winter before there were eight
snowfalls.'
Not many people are probably aware
that the coal mined in the United States
annually is worth more than three times
as much as the gold mined here said
pennsylvania coal miner to a Star reporter
yesterday. THE product of the anthracite
fields alone exceeds in value the output Of
the gold mines of this country, Canada and
Alaska. which last year amounted to over
SO. 100000
East of the Rocky mountains there are
la2,oW square miles of coal lands and the
yearly output $ nearly 100000, coo tons.
biologists estimate the great coal fields of
the world as follows: China, 900, 600: United
States, east of the Rockies, 10000; Can
ada. 5000; Infia, 81, 800: New South Wales.
2i,oto; Russia, 10000, and the united king
dom, 1880 square miles. There are many
deposits in other countries, but their ex-
tent is tnconsiderable. England's coal area
Is small; still she for years produced more
than any other country.
Now the United States is ahead. Eng
llSh coal veins are thin; one, only fourteen
| inches wide, has been worked 30 feet
DOWN On the other hand, there are veins
IN the pennsylvania anthracite region sixty
feet thick. and. in the bituminous regions,
eighteen feet thick. Our Appalachian coal
! fields are the largest known and alone could
supply the whole world for centuries TO
come. AT the present rate of production
1t is estimated that our coal fields will be
exhausted in GIG years, while those of Eng
and will last but 212 years. The first coal
found in America was near Ottawa, Ill, by
Father Hennepin, French explorer, in
1919. 1t was first mined on the Schuylkll
during WaShinStonS administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Politics and Morality.
From the London Times.


Every man pays homage to the public
conscience as far as he can, regarding it
perhaps as, in the long run, the embodi-
ment of that morality which, as Mr.. Nor
ley quotes, is "the nature of things" On
the other hand the most conscientious of
public men seldom manage to escape the
lash of public censure. THE great virtue
of Peel" said Mr.. Gladstone, was that he
had such enormous conscience. Con-
science, they say, is an expensive thing to
keep. Peel certainly kept one" We have
heard of man, famous for his conscien-
tiousness, who used to boast that he had
never seen the corner he could not get his
conscience round. That was the estimate
in which Peel was held by many of his
contemporaries. He was regarded as
monster of duplicity and guile. The public
conscience of poSterity has now recti1ed
that contemporary judgment.
Yet even so just man as Lord Shaftes-
bury could say many years afterward that
the action of Peel and Wellington in regard
to Catholic emancipation had inflicted SO
deadly blow on confidence in public men
that there had never since been complete
recovery" Indeed, conscience in public
man would seem to be not merely an eN-
pensve possession, but one which brings
more oblouuy to its poSSeSSOr than the lack
of it. Most men would now agree thai
Mr.. Gladstone was as conscientious states
man as Peel even while they remember
that one of his critics called MIN Soou
man in the worst sense of the WORDS, ana
another said that he could persuade most
men of most things and himself of almost
anything. There is a measure of truth IN
these judgments, but now that death mas
extingt1ished envy and opened the gate TO
good fame all the more generous of MIR.
Gladstcne's countrymen are willing 10
recognize what Lord Rosebery has cailed
the integrity of his life, which in all
storms and trials of politics was never even
rule that no man should be canonlzed uhtll
the advocatus diaboi has been heard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

To drowsy lessons hardly learned
And easily forgot,
A school boy all unwilling turned
And walled his bitter lot.
A fly upon the window pane
Buzzed for his freedom lost,
And begged to have il back again.
Fen mid the killing frost.
Each dancing sunbeam Knocked anew
The school boys weary plight:
The sky shown TRANQUILITY and blue,
All seemed serene and right
For everybody, save the few
Who feel the iron rule
Which gives poor youngsters tasks to do
And keeps them shut in school.
And now, man, he sees once more
In day dreams as they pass
The school room where he watched of yore
The fly upon the glass.
And now he knows no thought of play,
But turns with gathering doubt
To sterner lessons, day by day,
And school is never out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
NO FOOLS LIKE OLD FOOLS.
Two OctOEenariaDs Quarrel and Air
Their Differences.


1t would have been well if the friends
of Friend Ellis. aged eighty, and George
Alger, aged seventy-nine, had appeased the
quarrel of these venerable citizens before
the matter was permitted to come into the
court 1t is not pleasant thing at any
time to see old friendship turned into
enmity, and it is infinitely worse when
two old men, tottering on the brink of the
grave, are allowed to air their senile quar-
rels for the amusement of the thoughtless
The quarrel might have been, and should
have been, composed without any needless
publicity.
1t is possible, as the defendant Alger
said ir his testimony, that the fight be-
tween the two old men began in what in
schoolboys or apprentices might have been
regarded as harmless skylarking. But
when canes were f1ourished and blows
struck in a wrangle between two octogen-
arians serious consequences are likely to
ensue. In this case the jury evidently took
the matter seriously, for 1t awarded $3.50
to the plaintiff as a solace to his injured
feelings
There are no fools like old FOOLS But the
young fools who allow them to yentilate
their folly in the courts are even more cuI-
pable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

From the Detroit Free Press
Of all the bashful young men in Detroit
the most bashful on record lives in the
northwestern part of the city. There Is
certain young lady on whom his affections
had been centered for two years, but he
could never screw his courage to the pro-
posing point. Time and again he left
home with fixed determination 10 put his
fate to the test, but his bravery all ooZed
out when in her presence. After defeat had
followed defeat he sat down to write her.
but language fled from him. A Cuire Of
paper and half night Were wasted, leav-
ing him nerve-shaken, disconsolate lover.
The next morning he took a strong cup
of coffee and further braced himself by
the rest of his family and telling them
that he had about decided to go into bust
ness for himself Thus stimulated, he went
to the telephone, called her up and made
one of the most direct proposals in all the
varied annals of love. But before she
could reply he was seized with d horrible
fit of bashfulness and dropped the receiver
as though it were red hot
Twenty minutes later. when he slipped
back on tip toes to learn if there might be
any lingering echoes on the wire she was
still scolding the telephone girl because
they had been cut off.
Here i am, my angel he took courage
and shouted.
Yes she cooed back
Then the bashful youth filled the house
with war dances and wild whooping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

| will admit that you have nut in some
inighty convincing arguments. But let US
get right down to exact facts before we
go any further. Let us go back TO the
days when we studied geography in school
instead of in the newspapers and inquire
what is island? "
An island is small portion OF land en-
tirely surrounded by water" was the
prompt reply.
Exactly so. Now what is a peninsula 80
"A peninsula is a portion of land con-
nected to a larger portion by an isthmus"
correct Now, as L recollcct there Is
nothing IN geography which specifies what
an isthmus shall be composed OF. IL may
De rock or sand or a mountain chain con
tanning gold. copper and other valuable
minerals. All that is expected of an isth-
mus is that il shall connect"
We'll, what of it,
why, ii simplifes the whole subject.
makes everything easy and amiable or
course. we II want telegraphic communica-
ton with these islands. And having once
established communication. we won't hold
thSm as islands. Well. call the cable an
lsthmus and hold EN- as Deninsulas and
not have any more words about IT."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Porto RicO's Trade.
rom the Journal of Commerce.


Our acquisition of Porto Rico is going to
be attended with larger commercial advan-
tages to this country than most people
have supposed. The imports of the island
have averaged about SIS, 500 900 and the ex-
ports about SIT 100000. Spain and Cuba
have hitherto enjoyed 40 per cent of the
former trade and As per cent of the latter
This trade with Spain and Cuba, amounting
to 100000 will now naturally fall very
largely into the hands of the United States
in addition to the trade we have already
enjoyed with the island. The application
of our coasting trade law to vessels taking
cargo from Porto Rico to ports in the
United States will have severe effect upon
class of British small sailing vessels
which have brought fish and lumber from
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and then
loaded with sugar for American ports
Those vessels will henceforth be excluded
from the Porto Rican trade, and the carry.
ing will be done by our own vessels. This
trade has annually amounted to about 40
600 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
A story of Lincoln,
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

At a recent dinner in Boston former
citizen of Springfield. ILL.,, told the follow
ing story: 1.-The fire hose company of
Springfield was very proud of it's we'll
equipped fire apparatus. and, desiring to
procure some extra supplies subscription
papers were sent around. The small boys,
myself among the number, were given a
share In the work. l went up to some
dusty rooms over a grocery and entered the
law Office of Lincoln. He asked me num-
beriess questions, and had to tell him all
! knew of this fire brigade and its members
Then he said: Well, I'll tell you what I'll
do. I'll go home to supper-Mrs Lincoln
is generally good-natured after supper-and
then IN tell her I've been thinking of CIV
ing $50 to the brigade, and she,u saw.
ABE. will You never have any sense?
Twenty dollars is quite enough" So, to-
morrow. my boy, You come around and get
your 500"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
The Verge of n Tragedy.

thoughtful company meets every Sat-
uruay night in the small cross-rosds store
in quiet valley town. 1t is true that SAT-
urday is the busiest day Of the week. but
this fact does not prevent the proprietor
from hnding time to engage in the feast OF
reason there so copiously spread.
An elderly. weatherbeaten man came in
and took his place among the group at the
stove.
Hello, Dave" exclaimed the proprietor.
Come in to see about rentin' that farm O.
your'n that Jake Stafford's been after SO
long,
oh. dunno's ! want the farm so bad"
said the cautious and thrifty Jake. who il
was known, had saved a little money and
was postpnning his marriage to a girl I'm
ahother township until he could get home
10 take her to.
The old man deliberately and dextrously
raked a coal out of the fire with the hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
The Highest Priced Oak Chair.

From the Liverpool Post.
An amusing story is being told In Edin-
burgh. At a recent auction sale of old fur
niture a chair. bearing on the back the
carved words "Dunottar Castle" was put
up. Experts expected # might fetch about
f25. The bidding began at f5 and soon
reached EDO, when only two brokers re-
manned in the com petition. which. TO the
amazement of every one present, advanced
in IS bids to f100. and then jumped I'm steps
of fl0 70 5000. Finally one of the bidders
retired and the chair was knocked down
to his successful rival at the price of f6TO.
The secret of this strange sale Is quite sim
pie. Sir Donald Currie had seen the name
on the back of the chair and had commits
stoned s~n Edinburgh broker to buy II.
Next day, forgetting what he had done
he instructed a Glasgow broker to bid for
the chair, and these two were the rival
bidders, with the result that Sir Donald Is
now the possessor of what Is probably the
most costly old oak chair I'm the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
HOhenlOhe and the Kaiser.
oston Transcript.

Reports come from Europe that quarrel
has arisen between Kaiser Wilhelm and his
chancellor. Prince Hohenlohe. 1t cannot be
a very violent quarrel for Prince Hohen-
lobe is little more than the kaiser's hired
man. Since Bismarck's fall the kaiser's
ministers have become what those of Fred
erick the Greats were, collection of sec
retaries and mere department heads It is
about time for Prince Hohenlohe to fall
that Is, to develop sufficient independence
to compel his retirement from Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
An Incident of Driving in Hawaii.
From the Pacific Commercial Advertiser

Senator Henry Warehouse has just had
a thrilling experience in the qucksands of
Niu. He was driving in that district with
a Portuguese servant. The senator took
his team too far makai and the horses went
down in the sand till only their heads and
shoulders were in sight The rig sank Till
only half wheels were in view. BY his
usual GOODNESS the senator managed after
much toll, TO get his rig, the horses. the
frightened Portuguese boy and himself out
of the dangerous place. The senator is
now in favor of having danger signals dis
played at quicksand pits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
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An Effort to MOlIify.

The big brusque citizen was talking i'm a
very loud and indignant tone to the small
friend, who every now and then reached
up, Datted his shoulder soothingly and
tried to get word in edgewise.
At last there was lull in the big mans
eloquence. Several times he repeated:
Il tell you. this country doesn't want
any islands, and then he paused.
Now, look here exclaimed the other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

L know the pumpkin pie was rather thin
as to hiing. said the landlady, almost
crying but don't think he had any right
to say what he did"
What did ne say?' asked the second table
boarder.
He asked me If I didn't think that the
piecrust would be improved If it had an
other coat of Embellishments Journal
What can equal the warmth of a true
womans lover asked he dearest girl
Her temper replied the savage bache-
lor.-Tit-Bits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
May BE Learned Nearer Home

Prof. Garner is going to Africa to learn
the monkey language. Without being too
almighty specific as to persons and places,
1t must be plain to a good many people that
1t is not necessary for him to 60 30 far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
l. Fiifs.
From Puck.

She had rejected him.
And is this the 'end2' he sadly inquired.
at is" answered. the literary maiden.
land there will be no sequel, eitherr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

seizing his opportunity, there is no use of
our having any more words about this.
think IL We talk it over, we can fix up
some sort of arrangement that will be sat
isfactory to both of us and permit affairs
to go right along friendly and smooth as If
nothing had happened"
No, sir. We don't want any islands"
he exclaimed. Islands amt good for us.
We'll. won't attempt to contradict that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-17
FOOTBALL.
PRACTICE on MANY FIELDs-YALE GETTING
~ SHAPE FOR WISCONSIN

New-Haven Conn. oct. 1.-THE Yale football
squad received stiff practice THIS afternoon. There
vas no cessation ~ work for any OF the players
except those whose bruises were % such n nature
that it would boz dangerous Tor them 10 play.
Brink Thorne was on the field to-day and took
The backs in charge WIKI BILLY Bull Hckok
the old guard was also there for the frat time this
season. taking charge of the guards. lie wl re-
main until after me Wisconsin game probably.
i is for The game OF next Saturday that Yale
IL now practising in the light Il what was learned
~ last Saturdays game with Dartmouth. the
defensive tactics must he developed 10 d marked
degree AMI che Interference FOR runners must be
brought up TO higher proficiency than az present.
ale is apparently much stronger on the offensive
than on the defensive From to-day on special at
ten'ion Will 3e given 20 the work ~ the ends. and
ln coniuncti1 n with h careful effort Will Dee made
- secure safe and sur~ backned. The puntirg
that is expected 30 h~ feature % the Wisconsin
game Is "nat Yale Will look 10 meet uy a similar
style ~ play
r. is BOY likely that any change Will loo made save
f'f injuries during fhe Week tle e10rt being 20
d"f'.np au eleven - ua rf.. t-4r play.
Win the exception o. fhe n.itharks whose IN
jAii's LAID them up last week. there is not an
jlfc- ntn in t1e squad Trainer Robinson IS con-
taent 10 hayns sharpe. Adams. Kie;er and even
ANchif..o-- in frim for the last three games of
TIE season and III 20 play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-17

PROGRAMME oF PH.rrFriN9s AZ CHICAGO
chicago or. if-T.e members 40 'ae American
Street Railway Association ~li hold their eisn-
,..rth arr4a. convention AMI exposition in MS Guy
beginning tomorrow The i'o-rimme .a1.'aes 10
--,.t-. - ,l.,,~ ,n -,-..' railway topics. A'se
.xtti. 20 ..re., railway supplies and devices s'sH'-
seeing and other au.4-aluerft
ire mos. i.,. ~ tae association is 'har''t : 0''
,.,,. -..ana ..-lr,s.iert of me Boston n'e'1'e1
r..'., ,,.rrrsrv BE 1911 deliver AZ ADDRESS "'
800. o,s-in. session The paper ~ tHe DAY VIZ -
.t ,, charles T Yerke- Us uN@ is lnhe"-
80. IL, s,r.e, Railway. How Can They be Ma's
So. nd Remua.ratlfc'
~. -.,.-. o, -Nfsin,erance ~ car Equipment
~ y.nter,eer. ~ fhe Brooklyn Heisnis Rail-
roAd company aaa Modern s,rs'' h,."a . SHOPS S,.
- re.igu Machinery and shop Ffa iee ~
.t.'.-,i T. kf-u-- electrical 'f-.Hr'f .i.'''ia1i
ii,...--lc Railway Company VII t' f"al i-" s~c0"1
dty . .. lr construction,
.i n .,,,e,4r.e of street RAILWAY Ift' oy 20,
--3 ANS ~ ..-4. liff. a-t lfi-i = fi.r 40
l ~, ..r.-lf.rrs.rt - tae Brooklyn Heights
a.. "a. o r. devoted entirely to an inspec,
..t ~. - ....-. .-l 81 fa. evening firnrr VIII
81. s.vet ~ %. Auditorium
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-17
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS CONTINUED.
PROCEEDINGS At PHrLADELPHrA-cANApiAN AND
ArsTRALIAN MATTERS CONSIDERED.

PROCEEDINGS At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND
AUSTRALIAN MATTERS CONSIDERED
Philadelphia. oct, I6-The international CONNER
cal Congress held is session 20 day IN the Assembly
Room in the Commercial Museum IN South Fourth
81 Or " p Wilson OF the Philadelphia CONNER
cial Museum. presided. The change % the meeting
place from the Convention Han az the Nauonh
Export Exposition was made IN order 70 enable the
delegates 70 inspect tho trade specimens OF indus
try and the system % Information employed a.
the museum Dr. wilson announced that II was IN
tended AZ The conclusion OF the addresses on eacn
subject before the that opportunity "oeld
be- given f'r discussion on That subject. and there
fore The present time the questions arising from
the papers read and addresses made AZ the ses-
sion on Saturday were before the congress. and no
introduced J. T. Allen. q the Toronto Board OF
Trade
Mr. Allen called attention 20 tho references made
10 the questions in transportation between tho
United states and Canada. and said that Canada
had FAR removed aI the nstura! Instructions in
the great waterways IN Canada reaching 70 Tho
United States that there Wa n0W an lnobstfucted
water route 20 rho Great Lakes ior the largest
vessels
he described n t.,ag transportation facilities
which had h.oa opened b., canals improved water
way and railroads hy cAraaa which are open
to The free o. rio Tnifcl St'to- ant % Ameri-
can commerce while the canals ~ fle mites
States ar. closed 30 many material Ways 20 tho
free Use o, Canadian commerce. p" said the Sault
Ste Marie Canal WAS oH. 0f rho greatest achieve
ment- - me G4, The speaker said that whis
the waterways from NeV-Nork fY Ottawa we're
.ree end in0h-trleteI to American commerce.
Canada comb not ship even a Hars" fo Ne"-fork
without breaking bulk AMI a.pn"a' AZ tho
border.
NJ Allen ofer.l 81 resolution fo ,Fe otfoc' that
Tho transportation problem aas - 'he greatest
fr~. 4 % 50