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The evening times., 1900-03-12
Rare Books in the Vatican.
(From the Cleveland Leader)

The oldest library in existence l. that o
the Vatican, and it probably contains more liter
ary treasures than any other. 1t belongs always
to the reignng Pope. and only lac can give per
mission to enter. Though there are only 225,O20
volumes, they the rarest in the world. The
Vatican library has the only known copy of the
New Testament written before the end Of the
fourth century; the original Dante, the eldest
existing copy of Virgil. and Terence which goes
back 10 the fourth century.
The evening times., 1900-03-12
CURRENT HUMOR.
An Explanation.

CFrom the Chicago News)
UcJen-How in the world did YOU ever come TO
accept old Wicby? lie must be seventy years oid.
GT,ce~Weii what il he j.? Hes carrying 500.
900 life insurance.
Helen--Oh. that's different.
The evening times., 1900-03-12
Analysis of Emotion.
(From the Detroit Free Press. }

(From The Detr0it Free PTeSs}
stDid YOU feel very keerly your broken engage
ment. ClementineE
eyes; but don't think my heart was involved;
nv grief resulted from the wrench caused by
changing my mind"
The evening times., 1900-03-12
.Japan's Development.
From the New York Post. }

japan today has $500 miles OF railway. ll,720
miles of lard telegraphs 2S7 OF submarine and
Ina telegraph Offices. Telcrhobic comnrunlca-
lion is s7Ippiied profusely in the cities and in
the common use OF electric light the country
is declared TO be ahead oi England, while the
light electric railways are penetrating the noun
al
The evening times., 1900-03-12
She should Perseyere.

From the Chicago Ne"s)
..vbat would YOU do il You could play inc
niano as good as 1 CAM" asked the young ldaJ
..SI,re an Oi wouldn't get discouraged at al.
=. III ord kape roght on larnin TIL Ga could
- IL aacently'' was the reply.
The evening times., 1900-03-12
Converted.
Hmm the petroit Free Pres. y

From the Detroit Free PreSs)
Brown-.Jonos has been converted to silver
man bv going to a gold country.
Smith-How did that-happen!
Brown-He took thousand dollars up {" cape
Nome last season and came back with sixteen
thousand ard now he says 10 to IS plenty g1oa
nurunh for him.
The evening times., 1900-03-12

One of the Boer prisoners taken by the
British troops on Saturday at Aasvogel
said that il was believed in the Boer camp
that the siege OF Mafeking had been rails
ed But little eredence is given TO the
statement 1t is much more probable that
the place has fallen. or will fall, as at
latest accounts the bombardment was in
cessant and the besiegers' trenches with
in less than two thousand yards OF the
town. The capture OF Mafeking would
naturally be more than ever an object to
the Beers now. 1t would give them vic
tory to revive their dropping spirits and
a very important prisoner in the person OF
Lord Robert Cecil. son of the British
Prime Minister. Nothing is heard of the
relief column believed to be working its
way north from Kimberley but it might
reach Mafeking in time. The case does
not as vet appear hopeless.
The evening times., 1900-03-12

Although Dr. Leyds. the Beer diplomatic
agent in Europe. denies the report, it is
probably true that President Kruger has
asked the consuls at Pretoria TO request
their governments 10 intervene in the war.
It is equally probable that he and Presi-
dent Steyn have asked for a cessation Of
hostilities. but on terms totally impossi-
bic for the British Government to grant
There may be more in such movements
than appears on the surface. They may be
mart of a concerted design to create a sit
uation which would offer some excuse for
European action. II so there should be
interesting diplomatic developments be
fore many days.
The evening times., 1900-03-12
Practical.

From the Baltimore Amercan)
Miss Gushv-Ah professor, it was easy to see
that your singing from the heart!
Prof Won GrowleNo, madame, i'd isS vrom der
diaphragm Der tones iss nod gcot ven dey
yrom der heart iss.
The evening times., 1900-03-12

Inasmuch as England il fortiiying-has
already fortifcd-the entrance to Puget
Sound, on a scale only equaled by the Brit
ish Notifications commanding the mouth
Of the Mediterranean. and has not charged
a penny of the expense 10 the United
States. perhaps Mr.. Hay could induce her
10 fortify our Nicaragua Canal also Our
Alaskan coast needs fortfcations as well.
That of course viii be attended to when
Great Britain receives the slice of sea
coast and the harbors to be ceded after
the Presidential election perhaps.
The keepers of the Republican elephant
are at last awake to the fact that the
animal is in danger of dying from an Jver-
dose of Hay.
The evening times., 1900-03-12

The Revolt NStarts.-The Times fire.
quently of late has directed attention, on
good authority, to the danger of large
element of free silver Republicans finding
some excuse satisfactory to themselves for
attempting TO disrupt the fusion arrange
ment which was formed around Bryan in
the last campaign. Out in Colorado this
revolt already has been started, "ith
Isaac y. Stevens, Vice Chairman OF
the National Silver Committee in 1896, at
its head. In a speech at Denver Saturday
night he publicly renOunced Bryanism.
Mr.. Stevens declared that he had come
back into the Republican party without
feeling called upon to make any apologies
for his course in 90. or for his latest po-
litical flop. When he went into the Silver
Republican ranks he had he said. done so
with good reason. The Republicans, he
declared, had been fighting one another in
Colorado somewhat as the Irish had done
at the battle Of Dundee, and it was now
the time to cry halt. Il have said it many
times" he continued, that Senator VOL
colt has been untrue to the professions he
has made to his people on the financial
question. That is not fair We have all
differed on various occasions. but when
has there been a time when Wolcott's vote
on the financial question has not been the
same as that OF Henry ". Teller"
The evening times., 1900-03-12
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Defending Governor TyIer.-The

Defending Governor Tyier.-The
friends of Governor Tyler are resenting
Indignantly the various criticisms hurled
at him by Senator Martins well-organized
forces for not calling special election TO
fill the vacancy in the House caused by
the death of Representative Epes. They
point to the fact that the Governor has
ample justification for his course in pres
ent and past preeedentS for declining TO
order special election at this time. Aside
from the considerable cost his refusal to
do so is saving to the State. the session
would be nearly at an end before Mr.
Epes' successor could be elected and quail
flied. The Republican majority OF the
House is so large that no material inter-
est of the party or the State is suffering
by the vacancy. Governor Tyler Is foi-
lowing the example of Governor Smith. or
Maryland and Governor Roosevelt. or New
York, both of whom have declined to call
special elections to fill one vacancy eacn
in the delegations of their respective
States At the regular election in Novem-
ber the Virginia vacancy, as well as those
in Maryland and New York will be filled.
A Davis-AIdrich CInsh.-There is ex-
pected to be a tremendous struggle in
the Senate some time this week-perhaps
this afternoon-between Senators Davis
and Aldrich over the French Reciprocity
Treaty, which will be considered in secret
session. Senator Aldrieh will attempt 10
take the treaty out of the hands OF Sena-
tor Davis and the Foreign Relations Com
mittee and have it referred to the Com
nlittee on Finance, of which he is chair
man. If the Rhode Island statesman wins
it will mean the death Of the convention,
for it will be held up by his committee
until the time limit Of ratification ex-
pires, which is March "a. Senator Davis
only hope. in the event of Senator AL
drich's victory over him in the parliamen-
tary battle, is to get the time limit Ot
the treaty indefinitely extended so that ne
can force it before the Senate foT maj
consideration before the end OF the ses-
sion. Both Senators are parliamentary eX-
psrts, and for the public edihcation IL is
regrettable that their struggle Is to be
conducted in secret session OF the Senate.
The evening times., 1900-03-12

IN handsomely furnished rooms filed "ltt h'ti".
top ttb,es and upholstered chairs one "H'.e
| side ~ ;lc room is f;,sI wi-h what looks Use
an immense lufCt sitH n1 r1tt' - n SiSit l.'-.'
I - -. :,,,,,.sy,,,ie tsrS an iabclgd. iI ore wants
I a sandwich ne drops dime into the si"t i"'rl. Z
/ ..cbiekcu sandwich OF ''saldd SJu""Ilh, a~ '"'
/ case nav be- and ont siigt- '''5 w.. ,a. u
| ever he has paid for. with kniir tha ''iN ara
/ ,,,r,ir There are saIad- and pastry ard meats u
\ he I,d and all kinds Of drinks imaginable Hold-
inc ala-s under tie tap. the visitor drops IN hi'
/ dime or nickel ard when the glass Is tuil ci tea
/ or coffee OF uiik-ur even WluC-the tap auto
r,rtfcsIlv closes Children Ike % see the candies
/ and sodsS appear before them like magic; women
/ think il i fuu and men admire 'nc VueknesS %
I = T,,ora Is a manager who guides bcwldered
3 folks and a cashier 90 change bills Tor YOU
I If YOU have dimes or uicsri~. hut Ll'l =
all the help ia -igut. In Paris all the b"ue''iS
have these automatic buffet, ana Nle3n1 ha| oh-
! - tlree t1,t over lan KINDS Of food AMI drink NAV
be had
..Tbe modern rife. while it greatly exceeds in
r,,os accuracy Of FIRE, and general effectiveness.
i1s immediate predecess5r.' said william Barker
os D,ll,unne. who saw service in the late uaPca~'
| ,+e-- .ocorIiug o. the ''N,w YORK Tribune
-. NOT % likely 20 Kill al certain ranges as wa'
81, or5 spr;aracld. A N1uscr or brag drills
- .,-,esdirel. small and perfectly clean hole.
r3 tbera have been many instances ot men beng
wounded ard remaining unaware OF the Iact UNI.
Ior,, afterwafd Ore major IN the battle thaI
rat,s,jed the capture Of Manila was knocked heels
/ over head in a trench. but Immediately got upon
} his teet and after making minrte eN3aIln3tiuH a
of his person could find no evidence OF wouno.
There wasn't much time to speculate l'st then O :
/ H. c,,,ss Of his tumble bur hC was certain tH1t
| he had been Knocked over by shot. That night,
however while undressing. he discovered hole m
his trousers between the Knee and MP ana Close
examination revealed q corresponding one IN ths
rear He then for the first time became CONSCIOUS
/ OF a slight stiffness in his leg surgeon wa
| called in and his practiced eye discovered That
| a Mauser bullet had gone clean infolSh ths ths "i'
ior.s leo The surgeon laid him on for a while. 2
he on the safe side but he never suffered d. th'
I sliqhtest degree from that wound. only 2iV
! YOU that as an instance OF Miiser wound ana
came under M personal observation, bUt 'h'
, mfdicaI records Of the war abound IN eases o
sounds received far more curious than that.
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himself can cause 1t to be opened. The
members of the cabinet have plenty of room
for their persons and documents alike now.
but it is reported that when MIR. Gladstone
was in office his wife Communicated the
drawing room of his official residence. when
the cabinet perforce sat in the dining room
and this room was small that several
of the dignified councillors were obliged to
squat ingloriously on the floor.
Only Water to Drink.
The councils usually last no longer than
two hours, and while they are in session
the distinguished ministers are obliged to
put up with prison fare-a cracker and
cold water. Naturally the moods of the
body vary with different occasions from
grave to gay and from lively to severe. 1t
is matter of legend that Lord Aberdeen s
cabinet was doing while the dispatches
that led to the war of the Crimea were
read, and that while the cabinet of 1872
was awaiting the decision of the Geneva
arbitration board on the American claim
for damages game of chess was organ
lied to while away the time. Occasionally.
too. there occurs what in a less distin-
guished body would be called wrangle.
and small birds report that threats of resig-
nation are made much more frequently than
the public suspects.
Every member of the cabinet is on his
oath to keep Its deliberations secret.
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LIGHT A FOE TO DISEASE.
BY Admitting Sunshine to the House
the Doctor is Kept Away.

BY Admitting Sunshine to the House
the Doctor is Kept Away.
! From the London Globe.
There is an Italian proverb which saws
| that where the sun does not enter the doc
be disputed, though our sanitary reformers
have, perhaps, hardly recognized the i'm
portance Of sunlight in the house as we'll
as of pure air and pure water 1t NAV be
safely said that no chancellor of the ex-
chequer in these days will propose to tax
windows, as they were taxed within liv-
ing memory, with the result that many
houses were built and are yet in occupa-
ton which are little better than dungeons
but architects have, it seems, not even vet
learned the principle upon which a house
should be lighted
According to a French authority. NJ Ire
lat. who read a paper on the subject at
recent medical congress in Paris. light
should not be admitted horizontally as by
the ordinary window, nor vertically as by
a skylight. Our rooms should be so con-
structed as to receive their light at an an
gle of thirty degrees. The objection to
horizontal light is based upon the theory
that its rays may be contaminated by pass
Ing through the dust and vapors which es-
cape from the soil. In any case, it is most
important that light should be freely ad-
mltted to every floor of house, and, most
of all, to those lower regions which it so
often falls to penetrate. For, according
to good authority, 1t is in the lower floor
that microbes most do congregate, and
sunshine is the enemy of bacteria We
are much afraid, however, that these wise
uueranceS are counSes of perfection Still
the object should be kept in view. for light
Is unquestionably condition Of health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17

From the New York World.
The one-legged Waterman who stands
guard al the visitors gate of Bellevue Hos
pital is ever on the alert to prevent Wis
itors from taking in liquor other intox-
fcants to their friends who are ILL., There
is a strict rule against it.
Among the hundreds who had passes to
visit relatives last Sunday was a gray
haired old man in his best black suit, whose
pistol pocket had a suspicious bulge be-
meath the tails of his coat.
What you got in your pocket there ~
demanded the gatekeeper, indicating the
bulge.
Its a milk punch for me boy Mike. {"
SAID the old man, producing bottle full
of white fluid.
You can't take milk punch in here"
said the keeper.
Indeed l will said the old man.
Indeed you wont. for million dollars, -
retorted the keeper. Its against the
rules"
I'm take it in. anyhow" and. pulling the
cork. he put the bottle to his lips and
drained it.
II told you I'd take it in he said, tri-
umphantly. land here's a present of the
bottle for you"
That there was the most obstinate old
lad I've seen in many day" said the
Keeper, as the old man passed in.
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A New Thfef's Trick.

From the British Medical Journal.
Surgeon General Bidie, c. I. E. O. NJ. s.,
retired), sends a local report of curious
case recently tried in Calcutta. A young
man, having provided himself with a new
suit of clothes, walked into jeweler' 8
shop and asked to look at parcel of dia-
monds. He went to the window for better
light, and presently it was discovered that
the largest diamond, valued at 10000 ru-
PEGS, had disappeared An assistant noticed
that the youth had carried his hand to his
mouth suspiciousiy, and the aid of the
police was sought and the culprit sent to
Jail, where he was placed under medical
observation and treatment The gem did
not appear. and it suspected that it
lay concealed in the mans throat A ska
gram was taken and revealed a foreign
body in the throat which could not be dis
lodged.
AT the trial an Old criminal swore that
the concealment of stolen articles in the
throat was a well-known habit Of Indian
thieves. 1t has been stated in Gould and
Iyle's anomalies and Curiosities of Medi-
cine that some training and preparation
are necessary for the success of this ex-
pedient An artificial dilation of the phar-
ynx is produced by the means of a round
leaden bullet, which is "swalowed' and
brought up several times a day until IA
pouch is made which fulfills for stolen
articles-Cons and jewels-lhe same func-
ton as the crop in birds and rumen In ru-
minants. This deliberate manufacture of
pharynSeal or oesophagal pouch for tenn
porary storage seems to be peculiar to Hin
GUSTAV
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given by royalty. Even at the gatherings
which he attends to enjoy himself he Is not
permitted to do 30 especially. for he is pur-
favors and by those on pumping bent,
and often, too. Is hunted out even in the
drawing room Of the grandest dame by q
messenger from either the premier himself
or his own department. acQuainting him
with the fact that his presence Is desired
Immediately on some AFFAIR Of state"
They Can't Even Take Notes.
Roughly speaking, the queen has not
much to do with the cabinet. Up to the
time Of the second George the sovereign
used invariably to attend cabinet councils,
and in one Of the cabinets old meeting
places-at No. IL Downing street.-The old
throne that the monarch occupied is still to
be seen. George II, however understood so
little English that, having sat confused
through two or three cabinet meetings. he
asked that thereafter a report of what had
been done be sent to him instead, and this
custom has continued ever since. Oddly
enough, this report is the only one that is
kept of this body's deliberations. cabinet
etiquette forbidding the taking of even
private notes by ministers. The official re-
she may be, in tightly locked and carefully
guarded dispatch boxes and delivered into
her own hands.
The queen has never appeared in public
with any premier since Sir Robert Peel was
pelted while seated with her In the royal
carriage. She, of course. occasionally holds
what are officially termed meetings of the
privy council at her various palaces. but
they are on matters of pure formality and
the attendance of the learned ministers
rarely exceeds two. When received al court
ministers are requested not to bring their
Wallets, but are attended by servants of the
queen, as her iesty infinitely prefers that
the inner lie of her court should be famil-
lar to as few persons possible. There is
legend that before this rule was made
ministers occasionally took writer's to court
with them ostensibly as their Wallets. and
that afterward rather startling disclosures
were made. CURTIS BROWN.
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preparations will be made as soon as foul
weather comes. Mr.. Holland says 1t will
please him best II he can cast loose In the
teeth Of a raging storm. He has such abso-
lutte confidence in the little craft that he is
eager to jump into the most difficult con.
ditions at the very outset. The start Will
be made from the Holland Company's yards
in Bayonne.
The boat has been very quietly built by
the Holland Company. Few persons out
side of those Immediately concerned with
her building have known that she was go
ing forward on the stocks Of the Elizabeth
port shipyard. This secrecy was practiced
because 1t was not known what action the
government might want to take with regard
to her 1t was thought that the United
States might want to control the building
of all ships under the Holland patents, and
In that case it was desirable that the de-
tails Of the construction of No T. should
not become public property before her
launching. The government, however, de-
cided recently that nothing was to be gain
ed by controlling the designs, as foreign
patents on all the details have been received
by the inventor. Necessarily the papers on
which the patents were issued by foreign
countries gave n complete description of
every new device employed in mo. T."
When this fact was made plain the United
States government contented itself with Or
derinS six of the new boats. The necessity
for secrecy is therefore now done away
with.
Fleet of Submarines.
Lie SiN DUdtS DullulHS the govern
ment are patterned exactly on the lines of
NO. q Four are to be constructed at
NiXon's shipyards and two at the Union
iron works in San Francisco. They are
to cost $4,000 each. The Holland Com
pany has subcontracted for their construc-
ton and it is one of the pecu!iarities of the
transaction that at this time no one knows
exactly what their building is going to
cost The profits of Mr. Holland and his
associates in the deal cannot be measured
until at least two of the craft are finished.
1t may be $4,000 that they make on each
beat or 1t may be only $40 600. or even
less. The experience of building the other
boat furnishes no guide in the matter. as
heretofore there has been much expert
mental work. 1t is only now that the ex-
periments may be said to have been COM
pleted.
Mr.. Hollands success as builder Of
submarine craft has not come without long
years of apparently fruitless endeavor.
twenty-five years ago he submitted to the
Navy Department plans for submarine
torpedo boat to be operated by one man.
Secretary Of the Navy Robson referred
the matter to the naval officer in command
at Newport in 1915, who reported that
vessel Of that type was impracticable;
first. because it would not be possible to
get any man to operate 1t; and, second,
because 1t could not be directed under the
water. The pan for that one-man beat,
which seemed to the naval men of that
time an impracticable dream, was the pro-
totype of the submarine mo. T." in which
MIR. Holland will soon sail for Europe.
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Dies Irae.


From the New York Times
Behind the dark walls of the centuries
The fecnnd Evil defantiy stands
With ba!eful glare il her half closed eyes
And nplifted scouTgc in her rocking hands
She has dropped the mask from her treache ron,
heart,
And hate, long nurtnrcd in suen mood
Has knotted each thong with cruelcSt smart
That lashes 10 frenzy her nosorne brood
But a mailed hand at the outer gate
Has sounded II warning the Judgment falls
The message the Evil reads too late
Shines through wide breach in her tottering
walls
Wherever Injustice. Hatred and Wrath
Bar the onward march of My living Word
Through their stubborn ranks | hew Me a path
For the feet of Peace with a flaming sword
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BRITAIN'S CABINET
A Dignifed Body, Whose Meetings
Are Held in Secret.
MINISTER'S ARE VERY BUSY MEN
Must Be Ready to Answer All
Questions Put to Them.
D U TIES IN PARLIAMEN T
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LONDON, November 8, 1900.
England Is now almost as busy cabinet
making as the United States will be by the
time this letter can be published. The
English variety is more interesting, be-
cause the British cabinet is one OF the odd
est things in life
1t Is only when it appeals to the coun-
try" as Lord Salisbury's cabinet has just
done, or when one of its prominent mem
bers resigns In huff, or a general shake
up occurs to bring this dgnified body i'm
mediately into the lime-light that some of
the queer points about it become especially
apparent. and even then the awe which
the distinguished company inspires in it's
countrymen prevents these odd features be-
times the cabinet might almost as well be
in New Guinea for all the man in the street
hears OF it. Probably there is no executive
body in the world which deliberates in such
profound secrecy, and one result of this
Is that the ordinary British citizen has at
best only an indefinite idea where its meet
ings are really held.
He would probably be much amazed If
you told him that the distinguished council
that directs his national affairs is entirely
without any legal excuse for being and
that as 1t exists today 1t is the result
merely of various concessions to con-
venience. and is body that no lawyer can
parliament. 1t was never born; it Just
cd