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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-01-14
60 75 COX RAIN coat

ssnRs9 RoERuCk & co., CHICAGO, III.
1sesrs, Reebuek Co. thoroughly reliaee-fdi'or'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

rom the Philadelphia Inquirer.
1t looked like rain, and naturally he had
on pair of light shoes and carried no UNI
brella. The car stopped on the far side
of Girard avenue and a young lady got in
She bowed, and sat down beside the Saun-
terer, who recognized in her a school
teacher friend
What do you think of this beastly
weather. queried he, disgruntedly. rs it
going to rain, or isn't it?''
Il can't tell you today, answered the
young lady, smiling an acceptance of what
ever might come IF it We're a school day,
and you We're willing to come to school
with me, l could tell you in very few
minutes with absolute certainty It'll
sound funny to you. but it's true / have
noticed that you can always tell what the
weather is going to do by the children.
They're regular barometers. If there's GO
ing to be storm they get restless, and 1
have the hardest kind of work to control
them. Particularly the boys. The girls
aren't so bad, but there seems to be some
mysterious quality about approaching rain
that always affects the former. I've got so
now l don't blame them, because l don't
believe they can help 1t. So you see," she
concluded. as she got out at Chestnut
street, children have their uses, after all -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean
One of the most curious results of the
annexation of Porto Rico will be an aItera-
tion In the shape of the island as 1t is
known to the world. The coast survey is
now at work finding out what the real
shape of Porto Rico is, and 1t has already
learned enough to show that the old .Span-
Ism surveys are not only worthless, but
that they give positively false impression
OF the formation of the coast
Porto Rico has always had a strangely
all sorts of shapes, but it is unusual to
ma one i'll the shape of a circle or a square
But Porto Rico has been of an oblone
shape, looking almost as exact and precise
as enid building block. Ii has looked az
II the sea disguised with the queer shapes
assumed by islands. had determined to
throw above its surface at least one island
as even IN contour as cigar box lust 10
show that II could be done
ne coast survey is beginning to find out
that Porto Rico has Irregularities and com
siderable ones. like all other islands At
the eastern end, which the Spanish surveys
make as sharp as the edge of a board
there is really long northwestern slant
INTO the ocean This will make the island
bigger than has been supposed unless as
souge a big hole in the southwestern end Of
the island corresponding to the rise to the
northwest.
No one can tell what shape Porto Rico
Will he when it is finally SURVEYED as an
American possession, but it seems certain
that 1t will not be the insular freak it has
appeared on the Spanish surveys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
The Antiquity of Man.

From the London Times.
Sir John Evans dealt with the antiquity
of man. with special reference to the stone
age in Egypt. in a presidential address de-
livered by him at the Birmingham and
Midland Institute recently. He said that
forty years ago the almost universal belief
of those who had but superficially ap-
preached the question was that literal
Interpretation was to be placed on the
opening chapters of the Book of Genesis,
and that the chronology of Archbishop
FISHER and others in fixing the creation of
nan at the year 1904 Il. c. was beyond all
reasonable question. 1t was not until 1853,
when the subject was investigated by the
late Sir Joseph PreStWich himself and 9TH
ers that the presence of objects of human
workmanship in association with the re-
mains of extinct mammals in beds Of grav-
ell sand and loan was almost universally
regarded as an established fact. The long
continued studies of Joseph Landon of Salt
ley College, Birmingham. had resulted in
his discovery in the gravels of the valley of
the Rea of an implement of the same gem
eral type as hose from many other valley
graveis in England and France. but formed
from brown Quartzite pebble, and not, a 5
Usual. Clipped out of flint. If further dis
coveries of this kind. were made our pres
ent views as to the northern limits of the
existence of such implements would have
to be materially modified, and the area
over which discoveries of this character
Were made might be considerably extended
Assuming that the occupation of the earth
by man had been continuous there must
at some time or other have been transit
ton from the paleolthic stage culture to
the neoitEic, but of such transition little
trustworthy indications had as yet been
found, and over a great part of Europe
at all events, there appeared to be "a
great gun hXed. which at present it was
impossible to bridge over in a satisfactory
manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

From the thicag" tribune
The Dakota Huronite has been interview
ing local farmer with interesting results
The size of the farm, unfortunately, is not
stated, but the returns for the crop of 1899
are most encouraging. This particular
farmer had 100 bushels Of potatoes, which
he was selling for - and 40 cents, aggre-
eating $24J; 500 bushels of wheat at 81
cents, S41S; milk sold at cheese factory.
$40; wool from herd of sheep. $40; making
a total of s1,;s4S, besides the increase from
cattle and sheep, which amounts to at least
$500. The grand total of Sl,64s, besides the
products used in supporting himself and his
family, the Dakota paper says, can be
who farms intelligently. 1t was not strange
that the farmers of South Dakota and of
the whole west are prosperous
The Sioux City Tribune. In commenting
on this item calls attention to the fact that
the dairy products were the most profitable
of all. This farmers cows brought him
more gross income and net profit than
eighty acres of wheat land at ten bushels
to the acre. or than several hundred sheep.
The creamery and cheese factories of South
Dakota have had quite as much to do with
the states new prosperity as have the
large wheat yields of the last three years.
1t is yearly becoming more and more of
dairy state. and its butter and cheese stand
near the head in the markets The change
Is IN every respect good one. There is
less uncertainty in dairying than in almost
any other department on the farm, and if
this industry can be thoroughly established
wheat years to shake the prosperity of
South Dakota
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16


The great lakes have become a great
artery of our richest commercial blood
one-third of the population of the United
States is dependent on these lakes for their
export and import trade. This waterway
taps the richest and most prosperous agri-
cultural territory on this continent of ours
together with our most productive Mines
ana 1t Is worth while noting that within a
radius of 400 miles of Cleveland lies one
half the population Of the United States
1t Is well-established fact that deep-water
transportation is. and necessarily must be-
Ear below the cost of transportation by
ran: indeed 1t is computed that the cost of
water transportation by steam, when the
voyage is of any considerable length, Is
about one-quarter of the average cost of
transportation by rail- while by sail boat
1t Is only one-eiShth of the latter.
AS this question of transportation deter
mines to great extent the existence or
ncn-existence of a possible industry, and
enhances or diminishes the value of every
article OF export in proportion to its eff
cheney and economy. the battle cry of the
west for twenty feet of water between
Duluth and the sea''.is no great problem
to account for. In the year 1893 there
passed through the Sault Ste. Marie canals
no less than p. 1884 1854 tons Of Canadian
freight. alone having value of 5000. DOC, 900,
while American ships moved some 16S0OO.-
600 tons through the same waters for the
same length of time .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16


The great difficulty that has been en-
countered on the continent of Europe in
working with the metric system is the
seemingly hopeless task of standardizinp
screw threads, etc, under it. Whether it
be the natural tendency of mankind to
count Dy tens, or to continually multiply
and divide by two, it is certainly very dit
ncult even to suggest any satisfactory sub
DIVISION of the centimeter for screw threads
another important point is that the Whit
worth thread, in inch sizes. is standardized
all over the world, that innumerabIe screws
and bolts and taps and dies are in existence
with such threads and that practically all
the machinery that is now at work in th.,
world is dependent for repairs upon ease in
getting standard sizes of these goods To
change them would involve mechanical
confusion for a generation, and even today
In Germany, notably, where machinery is
made on the metric system. the screw
heads are cut to Whitworth inch gauges
The difficulty of adopting a centigrade
thermometer scale is apparently not a diff
Guilty at all, but involves only the awk-
WardneSS due to change. 1t gives salts
faction in general use in France 1t is
strange that no serious effort has been
made to fix upon standard of length that
shall be really what the meter was in
tended to be-iXed and immutabe. and re-
dlscoverable If lost. Such a standard is
found insthe wave length Of light. This can
now be measured with extreme accuracy,
and 1t could be made the basis of practical
standards approximating either the meter
or the foot. Some suggestion of this sort
has been made. We believe by Prof Michel
son, but nothing practical has been done
toward adopting this most scientific unit of
length, except in refined physical research
work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Siberian Post Horses.

From Blackwood.
The horses. the small. hardy breed of
the steppes. are worked up to the last
ounce in them. on good road or bad. and
when they reach the welcome posthouse
are tied up under a mere lean-to and there
left all in ather to freeze stiff until their
turn of service comes round again. Fer
some reason which l have never been stl..
to ascertain, they are invariably tied up
with their heads drawn as high as they will
go. On taking them out for another stage,
the driver. whose whip has a sort of saw
tooth arrangement affiXed to the end on the
side of the stock opposite the lash, roughly
scrapes off with it the hoarfrost when
has thickly incrusted their legs, and indeed
their whole bodies.
At first the poor beasts walk with the
gait of a Dutch dol. but, as the driver
says, he soon warns them up" Another ne
culiartty of these marvellous steeds is that
they always get a pailful or more of ice
cold water TO drink before starting out for
their trick on the post road with the re-
suit that they tremble all over in a manner
pitiable to see, but otherwise seem TO be
only the more fit for their work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Ireland's New Industry.

Just year ago some manufacturers of
artistic textiles touring in Donegal re-
solved on establishing place for the max
ing of hand-tufted carpets of the descrip-
ton generally known as Turkish or
Persian" The popularity of this fabric
is that from its nature 1t must be a hand
production. The tufts are tied by the
fingers in knots in longitudinal wraps,
which are stretched between two long par
allel beams. The carpets are made to the
size and shape Of any room. The design
is placed in front, and the girls. from
three to a dozen, according to the size of
the carpet. select the colors indicated row
by row, which are tied, then bound down
by shoots of wooden welt drawn across
the entire width, and beaten firm by small
iron-toothed hammers There is interest
ing variety and pleasure in the work, and
it is such that individual skill and work
manship come largely into play. Alto
gether it is just such an industry as is
suited to the rural districts of Ireland
No steam power is required. and there is
therefore no handicap the commercial
side by the absence of coal. The first
years experiment with the Irish girls has
proved that they are admirably adapted
for the work. The girls show nimbleness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

Il rum the Nclentlnc American.
DR.. Barrata has advocated in the Italian
parliament compulsory Insurance against
earthquakes. Owners of VINEYARDS and
others protect themselves In this way
against hail and. therefore, why not
against another calamity even more de-
structive. as they average about $50 shocks
year. and certain parts of Italy have oc-
casionally suffered terribly. The idea of
the insurance Is a shrewd one from the
point of view of public economy. 1t shifts
the burden from the eXchequer to private
purses. The business would be of a pecu-
liarly risky nature. for such an epidemic of
earthquakes has devastated Calabria
between 1888 and 1856 might easily bring
any ordinary company to bankruptcy The
risk would have to be widely spread. and
actuaries would be puzzled to calculate the
premiums for different places. Some parts
of the peninsula enjoy practical immunity.
The great plain of Venetia has never suf-
fered Rome and Naples are occasionally
shaken. although rule not seriously,
but disaster frequently occurs in volcanic
districts, as in Ischia in 1881 and 1888,
when the loss both of life and property
was serious Calabria is far the worst as
an earthquake region. Over 1 400 peopIe
persisted iH one locality in the period men
toned abdSe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

Charles w. Hubner in the Atlanta Constitution.
X ep to the right" is the law of the road
Make 1t law OF your moral code;
In whatsoe er you determine to do.
Follow the road Of the Good and the True;
Follow and fear not; by day and hy night
Up hill or down hill, keep to the right
Doubt will assaiI YOU temptation will WOO
Keep to the right for the right is the true;
Doubt is traitor. temptation a shame
A heart shat is honest life without blame.
VIII rank you fat higher in worth and renown
Than ,he grandest of kings, with his scepter and
crown.
Keep TO the right IN the journey Of life,
There is crowding and tostling. trouble and strife.
The weak will succumb to the bold and the strong
And many go under and many go wrong;
He Will acqui. himself best In the fight
Who shirks not Ills duty, and keeps to the right"
Keep to the right" and the Right will keen you
In touch and aectrd with the Good and the True;
These are the hest things In life. after all.
They make II worth living. whatever befaiI
And Death has not terrors. when he conen an sight
For the who determines keep TO fhe right
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

In nine cases out of ten a defective
looking figure IS not so in reality, but is
simply the result of continuously wearing
badly fitting bodices and not giving suffi-
Gent attention to the cut of the underwear
and the shape of the corscts. This season
all bodices and coats are tight-fitting added
to which skirts are still made to cling close
ly round the hips: therefore the undergar-
ments must be made with few seams or
creases as possible, they show through
the material of which the skirt is made
and make the handsomest gown look I'M
slightly.
For this reason all the newest petticoats
are gored right up to the waist without a
shaped band. The front fits closely into
the figure as far as the hips, the remaining
fullness is then arranged TO the size of the
waist by means of drawstrng. and in
order to still further reduce the waist
measurement Observation-Disclosures combi-
nations made of fine quality natural wood
or silk are generally adopted by the lead
ers of fashion in all grades of society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
UNIQUE INDIAN BIBLES.
They Rcvea, the Religion. Relief. of
The faGufs.

From the Ssn Francisco Examiner.
Two of the most peculiar volumes ever
compiled in the name of religion have
passed from Indifip possession into the
keeping of San Franctsco man. Mr.. Luis
Loaiza. They were ttaKSn from the dead
body of a Yaqu Indian. an unordained
priest. or maestro who was shot by
Mexican regulars dHFinsphe last insurrec-
ton of his tribe. u ~
These sacred books rereal the religious
beliefs and ceremonies of the Yaquis fhe
maestro to whom they belonged was one
of a band of Indian marapders that had
been devastating the ,Sountry as they
passed through 1t, and committing all
kinds of atrocities while on their way to
join the remainder of the tribe. The macs
tro had apparently forgotten his priestly
calling. for he was fighting with the ut
most ferocity when killed. After he fell
the holy scriptures were found by soldier
next 20 his murder loving heart
The maestro was an artist of considerable
Imagination and a technique all his own.
as his conception of Christ on the cross
st. John. st. Gregory and the Deity show.
His idealiZatio1 of the ascension, the vic
tory of the cross over sin and doomsday
IS pathetic in its crudity. A draped cloth
over the cross to represent the wrapping
of the body OF Jesus in myrtle and olive
leaves before laying Him in the sepulcher
according to St. John xix, 40, proves that
the maestro must have been a student. 1t
is to be hoped that If he has reached heav-
en- the archangels Michael. Gabriel and Ra-
phael have forgiven him for his outlandish
portraits of them.
Father Demasini of the Jesuit Church.
to whom these books were submitted for
inspection, says that such drawings We're
never authorized by the head of the church
and that unless one knew the Latin mass
by heart ii would be almost impossible
to attempt a translation or Interpretation
of the book containing it. The mass seems
to him to have been taken down while lis
tening to the priest. the words are dis
connected. syllables being joined to the
wrong words and producing a curious jun
BILE.
The Spanish book is a little better, but
occasionally a word occurs which is known
only to the understanding of the Yaquis.
Both volumes are put together with in
finite neatness and painStaking care, are
written and printed with a pen, every
stroke of which evidences a labor of love
and reverence for the task. The frontis-
piece. in red and black ink. are ''fearfully
and wonderfully made" The cover of ore
is of gaudy red calico, bound with black
and red cotton skirt braid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

From tie New Orleans Times-Democrat.
A little grave, secluded and apart
Lies where the sunlight Quvers, full and warm
Beneath a grassy fabric Time has wrought
And gently spread above the small still form,
The name and date upon the crumbling cross
Too long The Greary rains have washed away.
But, ali, the tiny mound bespeaks a loss
1t needs stold wooden cross to say.
Some mother once caressed dimplei hand
And kissed the Maynard locks that fell above
Her throbbng breast The while she proudly planned
Her babys future crowned with joy and love.
Oh stars that CLEAN above the quiet dead
Shine softly m this mound alone and drear:'
oh, winds acrcss Deaths silent numbers sped
Pause gently at the little sleeper here
For all the hopes mother cherished most
The dreams that in a mothers heart abound
Are buried here among this sleeping host
Beneath the cold, bleak shelter of mound.
Oh. plying flowers let your fragrant tears
Fail for the tender joys and silent mirth.
The houndless love. the thousand hopes and fears,
Encompassed in this narrow space of earth,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

John Goa'lhy Gregory in the Book Lover.
monarch died and eft his heir
\ Thousand camel loads of scrolls
hundred BrahmIns had their care

an Goadhy Gregory in the Book Lover.
\ monarch died and eft his heir
\ Thousand camel-loads of scrolls
y hundred BrahmiDs had their care
Grave. learned men with patient souls
Philosophers he books had writ
h" every realm of thought surveyed
And all the wealth Of human wit
Was here assembled and d splayed
he ew-made king, who loved not toll,
but valued wisdom. gave command
convert this sap to Sugari Boil
iii not crop its bulk expand"
III smaller scope with labor vast
HIS wise men Pressed the volumes lore
TN all. when twenty years had passed,
train Il thirty canelS bore.
With scant approval IN bis looks
The King beEeld the laden train
what. thirty camel loads of books?
VIII mo- read them, Boil again
The IrahmiDS packed the volumes thoupbt
In tersef style 1t came to pass
That all when ten years more they d wrought
Was burden for single ass
Engrosscd amid the cares Of state.
The monarch Knocked their learning's spoil
And thrust them from his palace gate
No asses here! Go back and boil
Ths Brahnins burned heir parchments white
And threw away their horns of ink
And did what few men dare who write:
They bravely set themselves to think.
Returned at length "A single word
The sum Of human know le.,ge wraps.
oh. mighty king they all ayerred
linen on his fan they wrote. Perhaps"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
The Wearing Of Wells.

1t Is the exception and not the rule to see
wells worn by really smart people now. and
this is direct result of the present style
of hat which, with its curious curves and
Tin many cases) strings, does not allow of
satisfactory adjustment of the veil.
1t is also difficult matter to arrange a
veil really becomingly over toque. which,
If made of soft tulle or chiffon, as are so
many of these pretty head coverings, is
liable to be crushed and fiattened even by
the light confinement of veil.
When wells are worn now, they are either
of plain white tulle or very fine plain black
yelling, or of a fine French mesh with
very small chenille spots. Black wells lined
with pink tulle, and styled complexion wells,
have, been introduced for some time now,
but have not really caught on as they have
been found so dazzling to the eyesight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

From. the Gentleman's Magazine.


From the reign of William Rufus to that
of Henry VII, fashion appears to have
played the most remarkable freaks with
shoes and boots, all the more remarkable
because played in a practical very much
out-of-door and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. age
with articles of dress which were necessi-
ties for use, not mere accessories capable
of any amount of grotesque absurdty.
Fashion dictated as enormous absurdities
as 1t did, say. among our grandfathers in
the days of the regency. Especially dur
ing the reigns of the Plantagenets, the shoe
craze attained its most extensive dmen-
sions. Richard II-who was, however in
his earlier manner a far more strong
minded and clever prince than usually
deemed-had later a good deal of George
" in him as regards interest in matters
Sartoral.
Probably the highwater mark of shoe
folly was reached at that Plantagenet
period when the leaders of fashion had the
points of their shoes turned up much IN
the fashion of a rams horn, and linked up
with golden chains to the knight knees,
Grim visaged war had here, indeed.
smoothed his wrInkled front for the
doughty warrior however renowned in
battle or at the chase of the tall deer-the
only occupations for nous autres for CEN
turies-could not. when wearing these up
to-date shoes. get his feet into the stirrups.
And walking, except On the most level sur
faces-which in the days of rush-Strewn
floors and roads of the most rudmentary
kinds, such as Arthur Young hundreds of
years later execrated. must have been rare
difficult indeed. Fulke Count of Anjou,
is credited with having originated the fash
ion, to hide an eXcrcscence of one of his
feet. Sometimes at the extreme point OF
the shoe in shionable wearers some
fantastic device, as for instance bird, was