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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-25

Mexico, and establish Southwestern
empire. After the death of Hamilton
Burr had served out his term as Vice
President, presiding at the impeachment
trial of Judge Chase, and then find
ing his public career ended, his restless
ambition had conceived the scheme
which ruined Blennerhassett. and made
himself an outcast and wanderer.
Party rancor attempted at the time to
make Burr a martyr and Jefferson Il
tyrant, but impartial history has long
since entered the judgment that the
President was right. and that Burr was
guilty of the designs attributed to
him.
The latter part of JefferSon's second
term was clouded with the prospect
of war with England. and with the dis
tresS caused by the Embargo, which he
enforced to the end of his administra-
ton, in the hope of avertins an expen-
sive and ruinous conflict or arms
In 1909 with the country four times
greater i'll resources and territory than
in 1900. his second term rs President
closed. and after forty-four years pub
lie service he transferred the Govern
ment to his friend James Madison.
and went back to Monticello. and to the
labor of love, which had been amongst
the dreams of his early ambition. His
whole energies were now devoted to eS-
tablishing the University of Virginia.
upon a system singularly illustrative OF
that equality and liberty which formed
the leading characteristic of .IefferSon'S
life and opinions. The University diff
fers from other American colleges in
these particulars: There is no president.
and all the professors are of equal rank
except that one of them is elected chair
man of the faculty. The University is
simply a group of schools, and the stu
dent chooses himself the studies he elects
to pursue Unlike other institutions.
there is no rule requiring a student
to attend religious exercises but his
conduct in this regard is governed en-
tirely by his own sense of right.
The ruling idea in every detail is an
absence of coercion, and an appeal to
manhood and conscience.
Jefferson lived seventeen years after
the close Of his public career. and
his last hours were embttered by the
pressure of debts which he was unable
to satisfy. His splendid library, a por
ton of it left him by George Wythe, was
sold to the United States. and he was
finally compelled to ask the Legislature
Of Virginia to authorize him to dispose
of his lands by lottery, in order to
meet the harassing liabilities upon him.
Although an exact man, jefferson
practiced the hospitality which prevailed
in Virginia everywhere at that time,
and he had never learned the modern
methods by which a public officer can
in few years become a millionaire
upon a small salary When he left
Washington City he was forced to bor-
row ten thousand dollars to pay debts
contracted for household expenses, and
whilst we may deprecate the style of liv-
ing which necesstated such outlay, we
must admire the integrity that procured
the money to meet the debt by mort
gage upon Monticello, rather than by
a raid upon the public treasury.
On July the 4th, 1896, as the accen-
tuating cannon and the glad acclaim
of a free people sauted the birthday
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-25

No greater calamity could come to
this country or the world than the
disruption of the great organization
which was founded by the author of the
Declaration of American Independence.
Upon the canvass of the past, Wash
ington and Jefferson stand forth the
central figures i'll our struggle for indie
pendence. The character of the former
was so rounded and justly proportional,
that SO long as our country lives, or a
single community of Americans can be
found, Washington will be First in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts of
his countrymen."
TO Washington we are more indebted
than to any one man for national exist
ence, but what availed the heroism of
Bunker Hill, the suffcrings of Valley
Forge. or the triumph Of Yorktown if
the Government they established had
been but an imitation of the monarchy
from which we had separated?
TO Jefferson we owe eternal gratitude
for his sublime confidence in popular gov
eminent, and his unfalterin- courage in
defending at all time and III all places,
the greath truth. that "All governments
derive their Just powers from the con-
sent of the governed
The love of liberty is found not in
palaces. but with the poor and oppress-
ed. 1t fiutters in the heart of the Gagged
bird and signs with the worn and vast
ed prisoner in his dungeon. 1t has gone
with MARTYRS to the stake, and kissed
their burning lips as the tortured spirit
winged its flight to God.
In the temple of this diety Jefferson
was high nrieSti
For myself / worship no mortal man
living or dead; but if I could kneel at
such Il shrine, it would be with uncover
ed head and loving heart at the grave of
Thomas Jefferson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28

amounted to f12,349, and that is an excess
Of outgo not comfortable at all. The gov
ernor says, however, that the bad balance
was due to some extraordinary drains upon
the islands resources, and that he antici-
pates a substantial surplus for the current
year. A recent increase of the garrison and
extensive improvements now making by the
colonial and imperial authorities assure the
immediate prosperity of the islanders.
st. Helena has no public debt. but is pay
ing off by small annual installments a nom
interest bearing grant of 5000 made by
parliament in 1871. The imports, chiefly
foodstuffs and building materials, amounted
last year to fe2,9S5, and the exports, almost
wholly OF potatoes, TO 1891. Lacemaktng
has been introduced among the girls of the
island with great success. and the governor
is experimenting with the manufacture OF
brick and tile The whalers have now en-
tirely deserted st. Helena. the few ships
engaged in that industry keeping far to the
north or south The total population Of the
island is ABB.
The governor hopes that winter visitors
from England may be tempted by the
lubrity of the climate to try St. Helena.
to that of Madeira and the Canary Islands.
favorably with the English agricultural
population; with few exceptions all can read
and write. and the language is spoken with
greater purity than in many districts at
home. AS a rule, the people are happy and
contented, with little crime among them
and much kindness in helping each other.
Strangers are greatly impressed with the
general civility shown to them by old and
young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
Those of the Past.

James Oppenhein in the New York Sun
We the living, our hearts all a-sorrowIng,
Where have you gone from us, where are you lost
You who have tUiled for as,
Ranging ina world Tor US,
Why have you left US here counting our cost?
You, the great God-men of ages forgotten,
You, the great God-m Of our today
All your vast number.
Oh. where do you slumber,
Where have they lost yOu-on what lonely wayf
Back Ia the clements long they have given you,
Hearts al! a-hleedlng with sorrow and pain
All that We know If you
All that we have Of you
Is the great work Of your hand and your BRAIN
Nature, who helped you, who bent to your will.
power
Many the years you have gone back to her.
You and your mightiness
Such does our heart confess
We never knew you just you were.
Oh, the vast army Of those who have gone from us
Whence have they faded oh, where are their
SOULS
Hollow the heart in u.s.
Sorrow apart from US
We, too, ars going, but where are our goals?
We, who are God-men, will join the mystery.
Millions OF hearts viii he bleeding and sore
WY must We leave you ALL
Why must We grieve you ALI
why must We join the men gone before?
You who have faith in creeds and religions
You a.e the only ones " no can repIy-
Hope in the soul of You,
joy in the whole OF you
falth Is your fact, and answers your why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
Patter of the Feet Upon the Floor.

IutteF Oh the rect upon the Floor.
(To L. and b. H)
o, listen to the music
Of the childish voices sweet;
And hearken TO the patter
OF the tiny little feet.
The pitter patter, pitter patter. thro' the open
door;
The patter of the little feet upon the oaken floor
They climb upon the sofa
And make horses of the chairs;
They bring the yellow mud in
And leave marks upon the stairs.
And yet there's nothing in this life that is to us
Than the pitter patter ptter patter of those little
feet.
They love to and gallop
And make dreadful din;
They love to kick poor pussy,
Nor deem it Is sin
But when at night the little eyes are closed In
sleep sweet.
We miss the pitter patter the restless little feet
Poor grandpa says BE quiet
And let read a minute;
No matter what the mischief is
You two are always in it,
But when he is away from home he always longs
to meet
The welcome pitter patter of those noisy little feet
o, little feet so eager;
o, little hearts so true;
Dear little hands so willing
And little eyes blue:
God grant that when we all shall meet upon the
Wen hear the patter of your feet upon the
heavenly floor.
j. Y. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
THE CHINESE CAPITAL,
Pekin the Most Anomalous and Sur
prising Place in the World.
From The Century.


Pekin is the most incredible, impossible,
anomalous and surprising place in the
world; the most splendid, spectacular, pic
turesque and interesting city in China; a
Central Asian city of the far past; forti-
fed capital of the thirteenth century hand
ed down intact
Pekin IS the capital Of all China, yet
what interests and piques one most, gives
Pekin its own individual character, and
distinguishes it from the other cities Of
the empire, are the things that are not Chi
nese, the contrasts and the contradictions.
Pekin Is by first intention a permanent Tar
tar encampment; fortified garrison of no
mad bannermen surrounding Patching, the
northern palace of the conQuering khan of
khans. The Tartar ruler of four hundred
millions of subject Chinese is closely sur
rounded by his faithful Manchu clansmen
from beyond the great wall who scorn and
hate and secretly fear the masses of Chi
nese more than any2outer enemy: who have
thrown themselves into the arms of Russia
through fear of the Chinese; who have
bargained that Russia shall send soldiers
to their aid when needed: who have held
back and turned back the wheels of prog
ress, with a certain prescience that the
new order would reegate them to poverty
ana extinction. Every Mauchu is borne on
the rolls as bannerman, and receives his
stipend, even If he never bends bow or
hurls a stone in military drill. But the
Manchu bannermen are no longer the fierce
warriors their ancestors were, nor their
khan even a hardy huntsman like the
early Manchu emperors
There had been three cities there before
kublai Khan did his stately pleasure-dome
Decree and
SO twice five miles of fertile ground
with walls and towers grdled round
to make the splendid capital Marco Polo
flrst described. The plan, the palaces, the
walls, all date from Mongol times, the thir-
teenth century. The same quaint military
customs of the middle ages are observed
The soldiers are drilled in archery and
quolts, and the nine city gates are changed
TO at sunset. shutting Chinese subjects out
IN separate city by themselves, as if
their conquest We're lust ACCOM- tIiShed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
ABOUT EBONY.
The Various Uses to Which the Black
Wood is Put.

From the jewelers. Weekly.
Ebony was known and highly esteemed
by the ancients as an article of luxury, and
was used by them for a variety of pur
poses. In India 1t is said that it was en-
ployed by kings for scepters and also for
images. On account Of its supposed antag-
onism to poisons 1t was used largely for
drinking cups. Its use has extended con-
tiguously down to the present time, and in
England, as well as on the continent, it
has always been held in high esteem by the
wealthy for toilet articles and boxes. In
France particularly the manufacture of
ebony goods has attained high degree OF
perfection. Within few years its use IN
the United States has increased remarka-
bly,, in large measure, no doubt, on ac-
count of Its combination with silver, which
is believed to have originated in this coun-
try. The striking contrast of the dead
black of the wood and the brilliant white
of the silver has from the outset commend
ed 1t to the American public. This combi-
nation, it is said, has now been introduced
into England and other European countries.
The silver mounting of the ebony gives
scope for the taste and originality of the
silversn1ith. The style of decoration most
frequently used on the larger pieces con-
sists of border of scrolls, of flowers or of
a combination of scrolls and floral designs
The variety and degree of elaboration of
the borders shown are almost endless.
way around the edge of the article A sill
yer shield on which the initials of the own
er may be engraved is generally placed in
the center of the piece. This shield is occa-
sionaily replaced by a monogram more or
less elaborate, which may be the only
mounting used. Large initials are also used
instead of monogram. Another style of
decoration consists of a beaded edge of sill
yer. While the border Is occa sionally used
on smaller pieces the decoration for these
is generally confined to a shield or mono
gram. The shield may be combined with
horal designs scrolls.
The name ebony is given to the wood Of
several varieties of trees. All kinds of
ebony are distinguished for their great
density and dark color. The wood in all
varieties Is heavier than water; the heav-
lest varieties are the darkest The other
grades require considerable amount of
staining to make them black. Ebony is of
a uniform color throughout, and Will not
snow any deterioration even from long con-
unued use. There are three varieties of
EBONY Well known in commerce. The ebony
from the Gaboon coast of Africa is the
darkest The Madagascar ebony Is the
densest- The Macassar ebony furnishes
the largest pieces. Almost all ebony is sent
IN the form of logs to London, and from
there shipped to the various countries in
which 1t is used for manufacturing pur-
poses. 1t Is sold by weight
limitations Of ebony can always be dis
ungulshed by their lighter weight. and the
cheaper limitations can be detected by mere
~ scratching the surface
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
The Ways of Maidens Fair.

. E. kiser in Chicago Times Herald.
They looked 'he new moon In the face
Now, make 4 wish. - sad She
= Will II You viii make one too
lie answered pyusIyply.
They Sazed up at the crescent that
Hung in the wes. EN- sky
Anl wished and turned away, aud each
Broke on little sigh.
They sat alone upon the steps,
hr and the maiden fair;
She looked around to lee assured
\" one was lurking there
w hat was your wish - She syyeetIy askadr
All, something good l know;
confess, and / will tell you mine
Perhaps, before YOU go"
lie looked into her upturned eyes
Her little hand sought his.
NY wish tcEight,' he sud, was what
My fond wish always Is:
wish That !. somehow might find
The road that leads to fame
1hat, dying. | may leave behind
y great, an hOnOred name"
She pulled her little hand away.
She sighed another sigh
What fools they are who wish ~ she satd,
''GoNd evening and goOd-byeI''
And, going home he wondered ar
The sudden change OF air
Some people know 80 little of
The ways OF maidenS fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
To "a Magazine Cover Girl

Wallace d. Vincent in Brooklyn Life.
IN not gainsay your beauty, for indeed you're WON
drnuS fair, ~
But tell me, oh, pray you, how you ever fix vour
hair? - ''u@
1t sweeps in wavy pillows up and down and round
the page,
1t wInds you and it binds you in an inky, sIken
cage.
And, while you about 1t, lovely type of perfect
grace,
Explain the way you manage to secure your gown
in place: e"H
It's made of airy nothings, and 1t hardly seems to
touch, $1,000 ="
And If you'll send pattern will thank YOU verv
much ' VIZ
hope You won't be angry, but another thing I'd
know '"e = -
A question that perpiexes as seasons come and
What DO you call the flowers you Invariably wear
Ihose niue things like cabbages that nestle In your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
No Chance for Pirates Now.

From Judge.
Willie Reeder 0oyously)-"Hoo-hee, Bobi
Here's the latest number of the Little
Lads Lurid Library''-all about Red Rod
erick. the bold boy buccaneer, scourin' the
Sargasso seas In his rakish craft. Want
to read it?"
Bobby Thickneck (scornfully) - "NawI
Them yarns gimme pain. i don't believe
'em any more
Willie Reeder-"Wh-a-a-a-at - don't be-
Heve emf"
Bobby Thickneck-"That's right; don't
believe a blamed word of 'em. There amt
no more pirates nowadays. Dewey would
swipe the whole push of 'em off the face
Of the ocean before they could say 'ScatH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
LIFE ON ST. HELENA ISLAND
Inhabitants Happy and Contepted
and Crime Almost Unknown.
From the New York Tmoe

re" people ever think Of st. Helena ex-
cept as rock In the sea on which Napoleon
hVeo awhile miserably, and then more
mlserably died. That the greatest of anti
climaxes was not the end of the little tsl.
and's history is hard to realize. possibly be-
cause poet or romancer would have made
1t the end, ana continuation is therefore
more or less unnatural and absurd. Be that
as 1t may. st. Helena has remained the abtd
ing place of ordinary human beings who
concern themselves very little about the
colossal ghost generally supposed to be the
islands only inhabitant, and the report to
the English government Just made by their
governor shows that they have joys and
dwelling in places less tragicaily famous
For instance, the revenues of the island
last year were f9.152-a decidedly comfort
able sum but, alasI the expenditures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
Truth and Fable About the Camel.

From the COrnhill Magazine
There are many fables told about the
camel. Riding him is supposed to make
people seasick. He has the reputation of
being very vicious. He Is supposed to have
weeks without water as matter of choice
1 can only say that in nearly four years of
experience I have never met with a case
of seasickness or heard of 1T; neither have
1 known really vicious camel, except
when they are in d state called by the
Arabs "saim.' which means fasting and
corresponds to the "rutting periods In
stays. AS regards the camels stomach, I
pelieVe 1t Is identically the same as that
there Is no formation of stomachs which
would enable him to do without water
HIS abstinence Is merely the result Of
training, and It is a fallaey to suppose that
ne IS better without water or can work as
We'll In the camel corps we watered our
camels every seconds day in the summer
every third day I'M winter, giving them
thelr MI OF water morning and evening on
those days, but If in the summer we ex-
pected a long desert march without wa
ter, we trained them beforehand by only
watering every third day. But never found
mat this improved their condition. The
ARABS keep their camels longer without wa
ter; 1t Is true. but then they travel slower,
ana their animals are grazed on soft food
containing certain amount of moisture
This lowers their condition and makes
them inferior to a corn-fed camel when
be done. ~
We always found that If we put grass
led Arab camel alongside of ours 1t failed
IN work and endurance. II corn-fed 1t cried
out for water as soon as and sooner than
ours did. l say cried out" because a
camel when 1t wants water means eontin-
uaily. and there is no more painful sound
at night In the desert than the ceaseless
moaning Of thirsty cameIs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
The World and L.


ely NJ. Hutchinson IN the New Orleans Picayune
Whether my heart be glad or no.
The summers come, the summers CO.
The lanes grow dark with dying leaves
1cycles hang beneath the caves
The asters wither to the snow;
Thus doth the summer end and 60
Whether ny life be glad or no.
Whether my life be sad or no.
The winters come, the winters go.
The sunshine plays with baby leaves
Swallows build about the caves
The lovely wild flowers bend and blown
Thus doth the winter end and 60
Whether my life be sad or no.
Yet Mother Nature gives to me
fond and patient sympathy;
In my own heart find the charm
To make her tender. near and warm,
Through summer sunshine winter Snow,
She clasps me, sad or glad or no.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
Right at Last.

From the Chicago News.
Count Kickoff. did you see the young
lady's father at the wedding?'
Yes, monsieur; he was there to say re
things about re daughter"
ITO say things about her, countr'
ITO tell on her, monsieur"
Tell on her? What could he tell, mon
siour?"
"Oh. monsieur, re English tongue is so full
of re twists and ze wriggles. But perhaps
he was there to give her away"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
TwtNt the Aster and the Rose

' ritten for The Evening Star by Chas. II. Doing.
There's falling Off of singers
In my temple in the grove;
There's u dearth Of golden wingers
BY my pathway through the cove.
And m the tuReful chorus
Of the birds Of balmy May,
Their maze Of song uproarious
That welcomed In the day
Now and then CLINT of splendor
From the grosbeak's crimson wing
And gush Of music tender.
When he condescends TO sing,
Greets my eye and charms nv ear.
Bet my pleasure fainter grows
When think there's half a year
'Twixc the aster and the rose
There's q melancholy muttering
In the gloomy, swaying pine;
Iheres vague, uneasy iuttering
OF the blue jays in the vine
Gone the wild flowers from the meadow.
Apd the stream in silence flows
For there's winters somber shadow
'Twixt the aster and the rose
But meath warmer skies and brighter
Birds are singing merrily;
And my heart grows warm and lighter,
For the shines cheerily
Though The summer flowers must perish,
And sleep meath winter SHOWS,
We have still cur hopes TO cherish
'TWixt the aster and the rose.
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Sonnet and Bonnet.

From the Baltimore American.
Take golden haze
OF autumn days
And write some rhymes upon Il,
Add finding year.
And twilight clear
You've an October sonnet.
Take piece of felt,
Give Ii a welt
And stick q feather on IL.
A twenty-dol-
Lar price-mark's all!
It's an October bonneti
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Too Eloquent for His Own Good
From the Boston TRANSCRIPT

From the Boston Transcript.
The Son-''It was rather hard of Won.
father. not to send me any money when L
was so much In need of it."
The Father-"It was my desire to send
you ample means Immediately but 1t was
such pleasure to read your letters asking
for remittances-so finely worded you know
that l could not deny myself the salts
faction of having more and more of them"