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the cells opposite, l witnessed a spectacle
startling in its revelation of singular life
within Jail.
In room l saw on closer inspection to
be bath room were pressed so close to-
gether the addition of another one would
have been physical impossibIlity | do not
know how many criminals, black and white
all on their knees about a young man.
whose face of remarkable strength and pur-
ity defined the beauty of his spirit in con-
trast with the faces grouped around him.
and together this an and these criminals
were Offering their souls TO God. | drew
back into the shadow of the corridor. and
in few moments chorus of discorsant
voices, possessing still a wonderful har-
mony of piuful good purpose chorus Of
criminals and one saint-rang out singing
Jesus, lover Of my soul, let me TO Thy
bosom fly"
What courage. what infinitely sad human
Observation-Disclosures to pray and sing n
Jail
1 learned that the young man leading
them was member of the congregation OF
st. NinaeEt de Paul which every Sunday
sends certain number of men to visit the
jail. work house, hospital and amshousc.
These men are accompanied by several
ladies of charity, who visit The women
dwelling in he city of woe. The office of
these men and women is not confined to
singing and praying. They are brothers
and sisters to the unfortunate. They hear
their stories, know their wants. spiritual
and physical, and minister to both. They
go as messengers to destitute, deserted
families, and supply the needs oCcasionCd
by the absent errng ones. The ladies
have instituted a specially worthy charity
among the women in jail. They teach the
latter to sew, furnish them material and
keep them at work.
The Greatest Horror.
Lack Of employment for the inmates is
the greatest horror of the Jail, the warden
told me. He, no less than the matron,
makes 1t a particular study TO keep all in
mates busy at something but the organ
ization of the institution is opposed to such
endeavor, and If there is a charity COM
mending itself both to the reason and the
heart it certainly is to provide work for
Wretches in jail. Under existing conditions
a man or woman may be condemned to
serve an accumulative sentence for crime
amounting to over five years time In jai.
Also waiting upon the splendid. slow-mov-
ing formality of the law, an innocent per
son under suspicion may spend months
there before the court renders him mock
justice and sets him free-no, at liberty
for free he never will be from the effects
his character has suffered during months
of idleness in Jail.
Among the prisoners in Jail at present
are thirteen under seventeen years of age.
SIX are awaiting the action OF the grand
jury or a further hearing, and the Others
are serving sentences ranging from fifteen
days to go days.
Something of the influence of jail life
upon the mind and character of a man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02
BOer Women and the War
From he Pail Mall Gnrette

rom lEe Pall Mall Gazette.
John Redmond is of opinion that the
present Boer war is due to the n1achina-
tons of Mr.. Chamberlain-and others; bur,
according to the Natal press Mrs Boer is
largely responsible for the bellicose attI-
tube or her husband. She is nothing more
or less than bucolic counterpart of Dido.
jealous Of the Englishman. whom she
wishes as husband for her daughter.
i at is the ideal of her life. so seldom
realized for her daughters are many. and
eligible Englishmen are few and far he
tween. Many Boer girls are educated I'm
the English colonies, and return with re-
hnement quite out of harmony with their
rustic surroundings. They won't marry
tneir unkempt kinsmen, and the young En-
GlShman Is rara avis; so this in time
generates bitter hatred of their more IA
Nored sisters and of the English race in
general.
Apart from the light side of this theory
any one who knows the domestic life of the
Boer can Vouch for its accuracy. When
tne passions of the coarsest and most ig-
norsnt of their number are aroused il is
sit"-their husbands are harmless and fn.ld
in comparison. Mrs. Boer is even more
isolated from modern civilization than
her husband and rarely rubs shoulders
with the "verdomde' Englishman. In most
cases the paterfamiies and the family are
completely under her thumb and il is not
too much to say that the energy now dis
played by the Boer forces is in great meas
ure due to feminine p.omptings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02

ders some man ought to be wearing in The
clothes upon his back?
Psuperism Abed.
In the two wards Of the hospital 7 found
charitable souls. Lady of Charity among
the women and brother of St Vincent de
Paul among the men. going from bed to
bed with words Of comfort and good cheer.
Pauperism sick abed becomes gray waste
OF humanity. in which my mind gets lost.
The p!ous man with me could cheerily ask
the poor creatures how they were feeling
today and seem not to notice the blank
look, the dumb forgetfulness OF human
sympathy with which they responded This
man IN their stead would stil feel ike
sloTliylng his Creator but l. less blessed
with falth and hope in life could on.y
gaze IN silence on the dead level Of their
Indebtedness and wonder why it must ey-
list. 7' "a
In the almshouse the inmates were a.
sembled Tor religious exercises Very
great majority Of the inmates Of the moor
mouse are old men. ! caught th. gaze az
one Tor an instant and the glance of his
poor honest, heart-hungry old eyes haunts
me and condemns ne. He wanted svrnDz-
Thy, friends, home. and his uuick-d3rtinp
glance betrayed that because he is a pa1i-
per ne feels he has forfeited the right 10
even human respect He is as far removed
from the ordinary consultations OF normal
human intercourse which he Graves as II
ne were thief or murderer. 1t is a
IoiIy 10 grow old, says the Frenchman
On, the dull horror Of realizing that TO he
old and penniless is crime,
PAULINE PRY.
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CHEWING coca LEAVES.
Mysterious Powers Ascribed to the
Plant by the Indians.

Sucre (BolivaJ Correspondence the Chicago Record.
The Indians regard the coca with ex
treme reverence Won Tschudi, the Austrian
scientist, who made most thorough study
of the ancient customs of the Incas, says:
During divine worship the priests chewed
coca leaves, and unless they were supplied
with them it was believed that the favor of
the god could not be gained. 1t was also
deemed necessary that the supplicator for
divine grace should approach the priests
with al icul'ico' in his mouth 1t was be-
Eeved that any business undertaken with
out the benediction of coca leaves could
not prosper, and to the shrub itself wor-
ship was rendered During an interval of
more than three hundred years Christianity
has not been able to subdue this deep
rooted idolatry, for everywhere We find
traces of belief in the mysterious powers
of this plant. The eXCavatOrs in the mines
of Cerro del PasCo throw cheWed coca
upon the hard veins of metal in the belief
that it softens the ore and renders it more
easy TO work. The Indians even at the
present time put coca leaves in the mouths
of dead persons in order to secure them a
favorab e reception on their entrance into
another world. and when Peruvian on
journey falls in with a mummy he, with
umld reverence, presents to it some coca
leaves as his pious Offering.
one OF the scientific explorers who has
been working up in this region told me his
experience with a coca Chewer. "A man
was employed by me- he said, in very la
bOrious digging. During the five days and
nights he was in my service he never tasted
food and took only two hours sleep each
night. but at intervals of two hours and
Ealf or three hours he repeatedly chewed
about half an ounce of coca leaves and
kept an 'acul"ico' continually in his mouth.
| was constantly beside him. and therefore
had the opportunity to closely observe him.
The work for which L had engaged him be-
ing finished, he accompanied me on a two
days journey across the level ground.
Though on foot he kept the pace of my
mule and halted only for the chaccar
tchc"lnS)- On leaving me he declared that
he would willingly engage himself again
Tor the same amount of work and that
he would go through it without food if
! would but allow him a sufficient supply
81 coca The village priest assured me
mat THIS man was SINty-twO years of age
and tnat ne had never known him to be
liz in his life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02
MODERN WONDERS
Some of the Attractions Paris Will
Offer to Visitors.
INITIATING 4 TRIP ON THE OCEAN
What is Expected Of Szczepanik's
Kaleidoscope.
THE GRAND SIDERO ST A L
INITIATING A TRIP ON THE OCEAN
THE GRAND SIDEROS STA

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, November 3d. 1889.
They are repainting the Eiffel tower.
High up in the gigantic structure there
swing yellowish black specks that are real
ly men, and little by little the old rusty red
Is giving place to the new lemon-yelloW
fixed on-after long debate-as the tower
color for the exposition. They tried every
other color. Sky-bue, which promised well,
turned a dead lead in certain lights. They
tried all the grays and browns. then ran
them into sage and even green; each nov
city seemed ugler than the other.
The fact is that there is no proper color
for the Eiffel tower. Its present lemon
yellow, in a proper light, takes on a look
of gold; but seen al distance in dun
atmosphere. it is the color of a yellow dog.
The only thing would be to gild it, said
a Paris artist to me cyniCaly, after he had
finished a TRADE against the tower its
epoch and its spiritual Significance. "Gilded
1t would represent with great perfection the
gross ostentatious, gold-worshipng ma
terialistic period that produced the Panama
fiasCo. when a Calnot-civil engineer and
president of the republic-could degrade the
Elysee by the erection of a wing in CORFU
gated from
Times Have Changed.
In truth, a great deal of water has flowed
under the bridges of the Seine since 1889
and the now very -much-out -of-date Eiffel
tower would certainly have been pulled
down had not its oWners-a stock company
been still protected by their franchise.
When the Eiffel tower was built the Paris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02
Women Killing Deer in Maine.

rom IL" Boston Herald.
a noticeable feature Of this seasons
hunting Is TIE large number of women who
have conc into the Maine woods from Mas
s&eiiusettS and other states TO Kill a deer.
1t is estimated that about $50 deer have
been taken through Bangor. which nat
been shot by women. Guides say that many
Of he women hunters are really good shots,
and can stand the fatigue Of days hunt
ing as well as the majority of men. The
guides further say that contrary to the
opinion sometimes expressed by Maine
funtefS, IN almost every case these women
Is the first season that women have come
into the state in any great numbers QUO
Il Is expected that future years will see
many more, for they all reported excellent
sport. ard have carried home ample proof
OF their DroWess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02

By pS.il.s >.on Of Army and Navy London.
Col. Sir Rad"nP Powell. who was In command nj,
the isolated position TT Msfcking is one OF thn
most popular officers in the British army He was
born In 1857. ana began his military career with the
iSth hussaI'. serving with the regiment In India,
Afghanistaa and South Africa
The brilliant qualities which he displayed during
these campaigns led TO his assignment to specal
service IN Ashanti, where he was placed in COM
mand Of the native levies. He won his presen.
rank In Aatabclelsnd during the campaign Of 1885,
wnen ne served as chief stan officer Since than ba
mas been in command of the 9Th Dragon Guards.
Col badenPowell was completely hemmed In for
several weeks in Mafeking. He DISPLAYED his ORTIZ,
haIiiy oy unique device by which he added to the
ueiehse Oh the place This consisted OF building a
railway track entirely around the town and -no,,c
arInored trains around and around to prsvent m.
Beers from app-oac ching too nssS
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At the Front.
From Puck.

Editor Podunk Hera,d)-"Heard anything
from that war correspondent we hired at
fve a week to represent us in the Trans
vaal?"
Foreman-"Y Yes; here's his dispatch about
the last battle-'Tbere was nerfact ba;,
or bullets, some Of which were as big as
hens egGsv' 40
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grancy, throwing missiles, destroying phi.
waite property, disorderly assembly.
The construction of the building makes q
impossible TO separate these boys TO any
great extent from the mass OF tramps,
thieves and gamblers that at all times
crowd the workhouse TO its utmost ca
patity. A majority Of the latter are grad
yates from the different jails and peniten-
tiaries of the country. making perfectly
hopeless the future of any boy associated
with them. Intondant Stoutenburgh has
called upon the public to reform this mat
ter. and the board Of trade is aiming az
legislation 10 this end.
Winter NaErnpcy Popular.
was strongly impressed by another fact
concerning the workhouse, which thu in
tondant told me
In winter - per cent Of the inmates are
there charged with vagrancy. Whether
this represe nts the poverty OF circumstance
which makes worthy men destitute n
visible means Of support" or the poverty
OF character that makes men prefer beg
cling to working, the fact is none the less
perity.
Intendant Stoutenbursh explains the Ok
tent of vagrancy recorded In the workhouse
by the extent Of idie. unintslligcnt aims
giving practiced I'm Washington
I have known a man. says he. dis
char ged from the wOTkh0uSc at II O'Clock
Saturday morning to return to- visit his
Cronies here II o'clock Sunday morning
and in token Of his esteem bring dollars
worth Of tchacCo 10 his friends. which Is
also a token OF he amount of successful
begging the man has done III the mean.
time"
To throw aims To the dog piteously wlin-
ing in our way is how the majority OF as
cut the the Gorliau knot of the charity
problem. Human want gives us one great
concern. how To get rid Of il. and when
clutching our few pennies II runs around
the corner We grunt in righteous satisfac-
ton. thanking heaven ii has gone and oar
fat virtue gloriously survives
Dress Reform Needed.
Among the women in the workhouse !
noticed need Of I reform I think IN per
sunally conduct-a dress reform. You
know what a Mother Hubbard gown is. II
is garment of abandonment. II Is the
dress Of the slattern. Made in blue denim
it is the uniform of women I'm the work
house. l would not dress up women SEN
fenced to the workhouse. but neither would
Mother Hubbard does. They have enough
to struggle against without subjecting their
mora.-or immoral-nature to the depravity
of Mother Hubbard gown.
The action OF one of the female inmates
of the workhouse that started to cross my
path made my flesh vince When she saw
she was getting in my way she jumped TO
one side with an involuntary motion as n
she were used to being cut by a whip. I
wonder if there are stripes on her Shout
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Mrs. Plat (angrily)-"Oh, you think you
know a lot. don't you. -
Mr.. Platt (calmly)-''WeII, ought to, my
dear. I've been In the real estate business
nearly thirty years. Chicago News
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Uated that they cannot avail themselves Of
the benefits of full membership, to attend
the demonstrations and lectures, the print
exhibitions the lantern slide exhibitions.
and other like features which the club is
frequently giving.
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\ IRGTNIA:-Tn the CircuIf Cour1 ofQocl

| \ lRGINIA:-In the Circuit Court ofRock
bridge county November 81, 1898.
j. ii. Davidson, .......v....,...P laintir
faction Of tresspass in the case in As
vs. sumpsit and upon an attachment re
(t..rned executed.
q. X. Davidson, ............D Defendant
The 'b.ect OF this suit is to recover the
sum OF S344.74 with interest on $322. so part
Their OF from November LIST, 1898 till paid
due by the defendant to the plaintiff as set
forth III the declaration and account filed
herewith, and tor this purpose to attach and
subject TO sale the interest of said G. X.
Davidson in the tract Of about 275 acres Of
land on North River, in Rockbridge county
adjoining the lands Of VIM. E. Davidson and
Others, and any other estate of said defend
ant In said county.
And affidavit having been made and filed
that the defendant q. K. Davidson. ia not
resident Of the State Of Virginia, II is or.
dered that he appear here within fifteen DAYS
after due publication OF this order and do
what Is necessary to protect his interest in
this suit. A copy-Teste:
u r. r. WITT, Clerk.
w m. A. Anderson, p. q. nQy23- 4tS7. 75 |
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" dnesday, january
10th, 1890.
10 THE CLERK OF THE CORPO-
RATION COURT OF THE
CITY OF BUENA VISTA,IN
THE STATE OF VIR-
"..- GINA.

l, the undersigned Mays. Clinebell, here
Dy ME with you this my application as rro.
vlded by statue, to purchase Lot No. Block
NO. ~ Section No. 2 situated in the aid
city on 18th Street ard being the same lot
sold by the Treasurer Of the said city. G, the
10Th day OF December, 1895, for DELINQUENT
taxes due thereon for tie year CT 1898 nv
and in the name Of L. Z. I3icomer and
| ought at said sale by the Aucitor of Public
A ccounts Of Virginia for safe State ard CITY.
the said lard berg asECssed IN the Conmis
sioners Book OF said city for the year 1898 in
the name Of 4. p. BloCmer. And hereby
agree, as provided by law, TO pay the amount
Tor which said real estate was sold az afore.
SAID, together With such additional sums az
may or would have accrued for taxes and
ievies, with all interest as provided by law
had aid real estate not so been sold and
purchased by the Commonwealth.
Given under my hand this 10Th day OF
December 1898.
MARY s. CLINEBELL.
VIRGINIA, CITY OF BUTNA VISTA. ro-wIr.
/, D. II. Rucker, Clerk Of the CORPORATION
Court OF said city, DO hereby certify that the
foregoing application for the purchase OF
re al estate by Mary S. Clinebel is a true
copy OF an application on file in my office.
Acu lVIH december, lSBS.
Given under my hand, this 10Th day Of
December, 1893
d. II. RUCKER, Clerk,
The Sergeant Of the City OF Buena Vista
Will serve copy OF the above application ON
e. p Bloomer
ID. II. RUCKER, Clerk,
Returned not executed; The said Z. p.
Bloomer being nonresident and cannot be
ound within NV corporation this Goth day
" December. 1893,
j. f. STRATT0N, Sergeant,
City Of Buena VistsI
iIRGINIA, CRY OF BuENA VISTA, ro.wIr;
|, d. II. Rucker, Clerk Of tho CORPORATION
QUIT of the City OF Buens Vista, do certify
nat Mary 5. Clinebell this day came per
onally before me In my office In said citv
nd made oath that due diligence had been
Sed to ascertain the County or Corporstjon
which E. p. Bloomer resides without
feet and at the same time made oath that
o said (. L. Bloomer Is q non resident OF
Is Commonwealth
therefore II "a ordered that the said E,P
OolQer. do appear here within the next
w months fgom the completion OF this
Dlicatlon and do whatever Is necessary To
otect his interest. And II Ia further or.
RED that copy OF tie foregoing applica
ton and this ordee be published once
EEK Tor four successive weeks in the Lex
'ton 6AxRrrE newspaper published In
town OF Lexington Virginia, and copy
same be posted at the front door OF the
irt House OF said City on the first day of
next term Of the Corporation Court "a
uired by act Of the General Assembly
roved February nth 1885,
liven under my hand this 2Oth day OF
.ember, 1898.
d. II. RUCKER. CLERK.
!. 81 At.
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