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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Star OF 8ekhlehem.

Stars of Bethlehem in the garden, Stars
of Bethlehem in the lane,
Five white stars upon slim green foot
stalks, every white star heavy with
rain,
These are the flowers that The country
gathers in great green bundles and
sends to town.
Sells to the city for bits of silver to buy
q scarf and q muslin gown.
Earth has her stars and scant esteems
them when rank and thickly as
weeds they grow,
The green stalk gives up its smell Of gar
lie, the stars grow lax on their wait
ing steT,
But why should a woman stay her shop
ping for the sake OF a Star of Beth
1ehem?
There was a star in an eastern country
that guided men TO little town
Where Wisdom worshipped, and Wealth
grew humble, and Strength would
lzneel as a beggar down;
But stars that are rooted and cannot
wander, stars so meek that they list
10 grow
In rankest grasses-what need of wonder
that no one cares if they fade or
blow?
Yet, i pray you who chance 10 see them
fading and Towering times between.
Snowy stars. upon slender footstallls, high
On a sturdy stem and greer.
Omen your eyes unto their beauty, stay
hut a little 10 look at them,
Lest YOU be blind TO the far-of shining
of the older Star of Bethlehem.
Nora Hopper in the Westminster Ga
Zette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
22ow for. tie Country.

We are going to the country. Come along
my little child:
Through this breezy, easy summer you
are TO run a trifie wild.
Bring yor waxen. faNen dollies, and your
dearest, queerest one,
And your little brittle dishes and your
saucy squirrel, Bun.
Wash your rosy, posy fingers till they're
very clean and neat.
Put your shiny, tiny slippers On your asiie,
fragile feet;
Hop and pop into the lightest and the
brightest of your frocks
Tie your rambe-bramble hat upon your
blowing, flowing locks.
Skipping. tripping to the station, where
the luggage van is piled
Yes, were going to the country. Come
along, my happy child.
-Ethelwyn Wetherald in Youths Compan-
ion. Ia 1ti.yA'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
The First Cook Book.

To the Romans belongs the honor Of
having produced the first European cook
cry book, and, though the authorship is
uncertain, it is generally attributed to Gaze
Illus Apicius, who lived under Trajan u14
A. ID Here are two recipes from this
ancient collection: First, for sauce TO
be eaten with boiled fowl, put the fol-
lowing ingredients into mortar: AMI
seed. dried mint. and lazer root, cover
them with vinegar add dates. and pour
IN Iquamen Ca distilled liquor made from
large fish which were sailed and allowed
to turn putrid in the SUM, oil, and
small quantity Of mustard seeds. Reduce
all to a proper thickness with sweet wine
warmed. and then pour this same over
your chicken, which should previously be
boiled IN an!seed water The second re-
cipe shows the same queer mixture OF In,
gradients: Take g wheeibarrow of rose
leaves and pound In a mortar. add to It
brains of two pigs and two thrushes boil-
ed and mixed with the chopped-up yolk
OF egg. OIL vinegar. pepper and wine. Mix.
and pour :these tpgethef. and stew them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
DO women Like Newspapers?

"A modus vivendi is slowly being es-
tablished between woman and the news
papers," said Mrs. Cynthia MISSIONER AL
den last evening, in the Tnrkish-room be-
fore the members of the Wonan's Inter
national Press Union. Twenty years ago
they were at swords points. Woman was
Jealous of the newspaper and the news
paper realized her antagonism and reel
proca5ed it. The hoop-sl1irt, the hustle, the
false hair. and the store teeth, and the
muther-in-law-
Two forces are responsible for the pres
ent modus vivendi between these long hos
tile powers. The first is the department
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
where Cane. Nome Is.

Cape Nome is situated on the cAore of
Bering Sea at the mouth of Snake Riv-
er, Seward Peninsula, central-western
Alaska, U. S. A, 65 degrees north iati-
tude and 166 degrees west longitude. and,
by the ocean route distant from its base
of supply, Seattle, some tWenty-seven
hundred miles. In making the ocean trip
from Seattle one steams westward
for nineteen hundred miles across the
North Pacific Ocean to Dutch Harbor on
the sAleutian Archipelago. and thence
northward eight hundred miles 10
the land OF gold, passing en- rocto the
governments seal-rookeries on the Priby-
loft Islands. During the ocean voyage OF
ten days one is encompassing a part OF
the six hundred thousand miles of Alaskan
territory, and on reaching Cape Nome is
as far west as Seattle as Chicago is east.
Harper's Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
steadily and slowly til. The perfume is de-

steadily and slowly til. The perfume is de-
veloped.'
The Romans were very fond of surprise
Dishes sachs as pigs stuffed with i've
thrashes; at.S % anticipate little, this
taste descended IS. 2"sr orr own times
as the reign OF Charles Il. IS r.tness a
recipe of that date Cor making tws pies
which were 70 % served toge:her-one con-
tanning live BIRDS and the other live frogs.
When the latter was opened ..out skip the
frogs. which make the ladies TO shrek
and skip while the birds when released
We're to add to the general confusion by
flying at the candles and putting out the
lights y dish Of peacock was a favorite
plat at Rome, and was served at the be-
ginning OF dinner. The bird. having irst
been. done to death by sitting, was then
skinned, the inside was filed with the flesh
of other birds, and the whole sewn to-
sether, and finally sent in to table affixed
to a small branch as if alive.-Chamber' s
Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17

reach the enemy. The action OF the ssleIi
being entirely local. the radius of danger
was much less whan the ordinary Slrf.i-
ne! shell was exploded.
1T followed that. to produce effective
results. it was necessary for the shell
charged with high explosives to land in
the midst OF a compact body OF troops III
order TO produce natlcil result There was
no question that in s1lch cases t1a sTact
was most horrible, in that the men !mms-
d!ately exposed 70 the blast OF explosion
were dreadfully mansied. This, however,
is not what IS sought for IN war.
In the first place. it is not more than
necessary to place a man hors-de-comoat:
and TO use a ton to Kill one person, instead
of one hundred and nifty grains. does not
seem quite logical or necessary Again,
il is much better to wound an enemy than
to kill him, inasmueh as a wounded man
requires several men to take care OF MINI
The use of the guns, VITA their aInnlurn-
ton. involve considerable danger TO thoss
using them. The shell might be expod-
ed by the enemy's fire as we'll as by ca Pc
less handling and the accidents Incidental
to transport in the field When full ex-
pIosiou takes place, the walls OF the
she'll are so connected that the small
fragments lose their power within a short
distance. The danger radius Is therefore
very small.
THE culinary powder-charged srrapnel
is safer to carry and handle, gives a wide
cauocal sheaf OF nan-kill!ns and disabling
fragments. covering space ilfty yards
in front of the point of its explosion The
fragments are numerous. but sufficiently
large to kill or disable men and horses nit
by them.
:. 1t does not. therefore. appear that tha
present conditions Indicate It TO De adj
visable to use nigh explosives in shell or
shrapnel for military operations in inc
field They are however. sure to be used
In harbor deferces ana IN aerial torDedoea
projected by torpedo guns
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Yolstot and the Church.

The Greek church has finally separated
itself from Tolstoi. In his last novel. the
Resurrection, be criticises unsparlnsly IT'S
ceremonies and gives it an eNceedinsly
bad notice. The church felt that before
that he had dissembled MS love for 1t
somewhat. too successfully, but Resurrec-
ton fairly kicked it down stairs, ana nav,
ing picked itself up, it has declalsu
throur the metropolitan of ST Peters
burg that Tolstoi Is hopeless hereto
and that no priest shall give him the
sacrament or bury him unless he repents
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
When You Buy DOlIieS.

A father was commissioned by his small
daughter to buy a dozen little bisque dolls,
says the New York Evening Sun. Her IN
structionS We're SO many and SO detailed
that the father found himself hesitating
to perform tie commission. See here.
Ethel he said at last, I'm afraid I'll
make some awful mistake. Don't you think
you'd better wait until your cold is better.
and then you can go into town some day
with mamma and pick out the doll-babies
for YOURSELF"
ooh; no. papa" cried Ethel, II do so
want them right off. And, papa, I'll tell
YOU how to choose them. Just pick each
enc up and look straight into its eyes.
and if it looks at you as If it really and
truly loved you, why, buy it.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Sonnet.

There be some songs that. whosoever sing
eth,
They fall in measured cadence on tn'
ear:
And soft and slow their music ever ring
eth
Adown the weary waning OF the year
All may not think their strains divinss
rapture,
But unto Us their faintest echo seems
Like unto those that all our senses cap
ture,
Heard in the fairy realms OF sweetes
dreams;
And the spsll lies in touch of nem'ry's
fingers
That wake within our hearts some an
swering note
A note whose blessed sweetness ever In
Like the dear sounds from soms rars
song-bird's throat:
A Iinering note that. from the past, doss
Something of long-gone joy or halt-swssi
sorrow.
Clara Singer Poynter. in chamoer,'
Journal
Otago. New Zealand
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17

and Acknowledges the Orthodox doctrine
and comes back into the fold. 1t has been
quietly done because Tolstoi is strongly
with the Russian people 1t does not ap-
near fhat it will affect Tolstoi very much
one way or the other, except somewhat
perhaps in his feelings. He had already
put aside the dogmas OF the Greek Church
and most other churches and though ne
maintained for time a connection with
the Russian Church. ne had come IN
later years TO the conclusion that II was
worse than no church at aH.-E1 s. Mar
tin in Harper'S Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Song of tAe 2lutomo6i2e

1 rumble over asphalt ways
And rattle on the cobble, E
1 dash into the cables maze
And round the corner .wobble:
/ roll and tilt and turn about.
a record fast pursuing.
Until my battery gives out,
And thcn-there's nothing doing!
The Smart Set.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Would Help 1t.

..Do you think Boston is the most intel
lectual city OF the United States?" in
CURED Miss Featherin2stone.
!, '.Wen, WEAKLY replied clarence, 81
haven't been theah and nevah gave the
subject much study. donchcrknow, but il
l was in the city, it would seem SO, l
pwesume.''
And no wonder why Miss Feather:ng-
stone smiled.-Indianapol! Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
English at the Vatican.

The Duke of Cambridge and his friends
haze many stories to tell of his recent stay
in Rome. One Of his experiences Is spe-
ciallv characteristic of all the parties
concerned. On the occasion OF visit to
the Vatican the Duke, hearing from a
friend that it was proper to talk Iatf,
there, rather nervouSly brushed up a few
phrases and passwords. The Vatican, on
its part, hearing that the Duke spoke only
English, was equally punctlious. All
guards who could speak English were or
dered to the front. The chamberlains of
English nationality or speech were re-
euired to attend, and the Pope himself
practiced the English sentences he had
learned from Mr.. Neld. an English resi-
dent in Brussels, fifty years ago, priding
himself on the vernacular of his Seat
down"
The gallant Duke, when he arrived at the
outer portals of the Vatican, was address,
ed by a guard, who said. This way, Your
Royal Highness.
The Duke started with relief-he was rid
for a moment of his Latin. The same ex-
perience met him at each turn, and in the
ante-room it was repeated Reaching lat
last the doors of the Pope's private apart
ments, the Duke was met by a ulonsfsnor
whose mother was English and whose own
accent is native, as he offered to take His
Royal Highness's hat. well, Tn
something or other, blurted out the as
founded visitor; but 1t was word the
Pope did not remember to have learned
from Mr.. Neld.-I-ondon Chronicle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
A Lovers Breyiary.

Pale rose with petals folded tight.
Half clasped within their leaiy shell.
On thee with script invisible
AS on a missal's pages white
A mystic prayer OF love write.
Which tns green covers aide 50 well
No other sS1N It's secret spell
Save sac who carries thea se-Rigas.
Dast-fnsered monks on parchment Eae
Inscribed their prayers full p!ousiy
with crimson scroll and silded line.
a touch divine has wrought FOR mo
And this poor, human love OF mine
Entrusts its orison to thee.
IF. A. Van Sanford. II HarpeSS RAxae,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
n.,aant,r Meant for Her.

She held letter from her nusoaho 5
lodge in her hand ,,o
IT wonder IL am jushred IN opeti4is
it, she unused. Il think l am rue
.ho letter is addressed to John but after
49, .na,,,a If saws Supreme Potentate, and
thera,s only one supreme Potentate in
this family"
reasoning thus logically, she naturally
had no hesitation in breaking the SEAL
Chicago Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Padcre1Ysl1i at Home.

The days so jealousy. guarded are sreiis
by Paderewski. in very Systematic iash-
ion. a great pianist can never ioaL anu
invite his soul, in thorough dlenesS. re IS
the slave as we'll as the master OF the
keys After his early deiuner Padefe"s-
lzi pracCises until his second breakidst' d
twelve O'Clock or devotes a, part OF the
three or four hours to musical COMPOST
ton. Ii is the little study, on the secoAd
floor of the chateau, that he mas "litteii
almost all of his work. This study IS IS
sentially a work-room, SIMPLY LUZ iiiSi'eo'
a,nt from his seat at the desk. or from
his ,,iano stool the artist can look out
acrnss The lake to where Mt. Blanc donll-
mates u,e mountain peaks: and he knows
and loves every mood of the mountain
monarch The walls of the study are IN
the Polish national color, amarantn. IN
deed. this color is the keynote OF the
whole house, and the sentiment OF the
selection is, perhaps. more admlraple IMAM
the decorative effect; for amaranth, though
beautiful in print and poetry IS AFTER an
but a glorious magenta. and does not lenu
itself readily to color combinations. IN the
study are photographs of the artists dear
est friends portraits Of MS fanny, ana
the souvenirs of his professional career
that he prizes most highly. Among the
last, the wreath given him by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra has the place OF
honor. hanging just over the piano. Dur
ing the last few years. the amaranthine
walls have echoed early and late, with the
music of the opera which is at present
Paderewslli's most absorbing interest
and which ne hopes to bring out in No
vember, at the Dresden Opera-House.-
Harper's Bazaar.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
The Soft Answer.

81 don't think you will find that the
angels ever smoke" said she, Win M.
reproach in her voice. i guess NO.,
said he, 81 am sure you never w -
and get me a match, VIII you 81 In.
foolish woman went LOT li.e -
diananolis Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
The Northern Muse.

The Northern Muse looks up
Into the ancient tree.
Where hang the seven apples
And Irvine the roses three.
I heard like the eternal
Susrurrus Of the sea,
Her "Scire quod sciendurn
Da mihi Domino
Bliss Carman IN the June Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
The Makeup of the English army.

The M0ke-C Oh Tue XII
The men who pass in this part OF -stea-
are as distinct and Individual as 'ii1
dress is monotouous and ugly lheSe ate
men who look as if they had just :o.,.e
out OF a handbook: their spurs ilaSh III t!Is
sunlight. and their uniform MS uhe d
glove. There are others again WHO nass
come down from the front, Woutioeo %
invaded, who look Ike tired "ofhiii .'.
who have been toil:-ig in a Sand ausi'S
There are men VINO have obviously Soiiie
ont with the idea OF having a hohedt-
men who crowd the smoNing-ro1fn o. INC
Mount Nelson Hotel If OF commissioners
rank. and the bars of the town II .oeio"
that same. There are plenty more WHO are
in strenuous earnest. WAC always sessih 70
have something vital on hand, ana WHO
are in a hurry TO get on, up count ~
somewhere, 1t matters not Wherer 50 ti.she
il bs away from idleness and nearer tae
..real thing But all these vaf7ous tspes
Won may see in the homogeneous cio"u,
military or otherwise. Whal 1!idaes :.
l,nfoue among all other crowds Is the IN
Vulnerable and far-sundered LANDS rom
yhich this crowd Is drawn. All the CONT
nants Of earth, all the Seven seas. nave
aiven men to make up this crowd. ihere
ara staIgrart Canadians, targe-ooned, grave
and slow os speech
r,..s,re gro rsea .-oIa Ststsssa VINO have
r,t.i,ad thence on the whisper OF excfse-
rnert 10 be had els-yhere.s There are AZ
rikanders-nor Of Bond tendencies, be It
undersrood-who have Joined one or other
ut tina numerous corps OF Irregular morse
that have been raised with such speed
and have already done work SO excesiene
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
A kentucky woman's Lun cheon Club

"A hcntuciy w OmanS Lun Cneon SiiD
A business woman's club in Louisville,
KY, includes MONDAY luncheon-room on
the plan of those provided at mems clubs.
Although the first luncheon, marking the
opening of the CLUB, was served in Marcn,
1899, the membership already reaches
nearly 900. An entire house and large
dining-hall in an adjoining building are oc-
cupied by the club. a library, a restroom,
a Tecept;on-room and small and large
dining-rooms are there, and dinner al night
may be enjoyed as well as the noon-ume
luncheon. Twenty women are employed
in the food department, including the sn-
perintendent, and the receipts in two weeks
in the new dining-room We're SSo'.6i tor
6,213 luncheons. The club is governed by a
board of managers and its members use
the classes of the Young Women,s Chris
tian Association, of which 1t IS, in sense,
branch. 1t has an emp1oyment'a and ex-
change department, a comfort committee
to look after the i'll, library committee
and an entertainment committee.-Chicago
Times Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Only Seven Centuries Long.

Mrs Tenspot-I am SO glad that you are
engag ed to Harry Wilioughby. Was it
a long courtship?
Miss Sadmore-Not very. My cyclom-
eter registered about zoo miles.-Stray
Stories.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
How Whitman Heiped Childs.

Here is a pleasant story which has
never appeared in print, but is known TO
oe true. The poet Walt Whitman was.
as is we'll known. dependent during most
of his life upon the kindness OF MS
friends and admirers for support A Few
wears before his death. one OF these
friends called upon him in his little house
in Camden, a suburban town of PtiLadel-
phia.
winter? ANY subscription needed for
Chr:stmas?'
No said whitman: mo. I'm at work
now. I'm in the employ OF George CHii'S-
He pays me $50 month
you at work. May 1 ask what IS your
occupation?'' .,1,
why, ride, in the street cars. l faLl
into talk with the drivers and conductors
and find out which of them have no o' ,s.
coats. and guess at their size and nouls
Childs. and then he sends the oFerco.ss-
It's hard work" said the poet, though 1-
fully "And then. you know. 1t helpa
Childs along."-Youth's Companion
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
Sansrael.
The day is done.
Save for one cloud whereon the westerine

In dazzling disavowal of the night,
Has left his seal of light:
Z: Viceregent OF the evening sky,
It CLEANS on high.
So bravely shown
On many a faithful, wounded knight. for
done
By grief and pain and WEAKNESS supreme
The Sangarel of his dream,
Ere, in its radiant presence blest,
His soul found rest.
Sin had no lure
For him whose heart so valorous hope
made sure.
Safe from all lesser loves, ne strove to
gain
Strength in his mortal pain,
To reach with reverent hands
death-shriven
The pledge OF heaven.
Howard Chandler Robbins, in Harper
Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17

tacf tie stem to the painted rose. Prizes
in character WILDE given.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
LANDERS WANTED
BY The Authorities of Jackson
County, Missouri.

Sheriff Boone has received informa-
ton from the sheriff of Jackson
county, Missouri, stating that George
r Landers is wanted there. No fur
ther information has been received
This is but very little more than the
authorities have known for some time,
as Lsnders, or Brennan as he called
himself when first arrested, confessed
several days ago that he was wanted
In Anthony, Kansas, for some irregu-
larities In stock speculation which has
placed him In the bankruptcy court at
Wichita, Kansas.
1t is not known for how serious q
charge Ian Il rs is wanted. he insists
that he will not be taken back to
Kansas.
Landers will be obliged to spend
twenty-five or thirty days in Jail II he
is not able to pay his fine of ten dollars
and costs, imposed at his trial for the
tbe eft of four chickens.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
Taking the Census.

I'm the census ta1ker," said the par
ty at the front door, land l want to
know about your family"
"Och, an do yez?' responded the
lady. There's no wan but me. Wild
the liquor he's been drinking my hus-
band has Iosht his senses entoirely. -
Detroit Free Press.
Missed a Dandy Picture.
Photographer-EXcuS me, sir, but
you have been sitting on your hat for
the last ten minutes.
Customer furiously)-Well, why in
thunder didn't you tell me before?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
JOBBING TARIFFS
P | A N O S ,
(Continued from 1st psae).

Paso. II 10 this spirit OF mutual help
fulnezs that will build up the city more
quickly than anything else.
The visitor expressed it as his deli
bsrate opinion that the development
of he Southern Pacifc's coal fields in
Sonora would solve Ell PasO's cheap
fuel problem.
The conference WAS most helpful to
those present, and the result Of the
meeting cannot fail to be beneficial,
even If El Paso merchants do not at
once get all they want in the way of
rates into Arizona.
Those present besides Mr.. Sheppard
were Acting President Wall and
Secretary RUSSELL of the chamber OF
commerce, Mayor Magenta. G. r.
Morehead, John Julian, Jesse Payne,
T. 81. Springer, A. Courchesne, w. S
McCutcheon, J. A. Smith, Moses Dill
on, G. W. Browne, B. L. Berkey, A.
Goodman. 81. D. Slater, G. w. Emer.
son, and B. F. Darbyshire.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09

work again a few weeks later his friends
one and all assured him he looked 80 per
cent better than he had for the last three
years, to which he replied that he felt SO
too. AS for the white parasol, you may
see it any day in a certain pretty little
hallway of certain pretty little cottage,
which is presided over by a certain very
pretty little matron, whose calling cards
read Mrs. Harold Barnes"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09

Hogan-It is glad l am that they
nominated Teddy. 1t is the good fight
in man he is.
Grogan-Yes, an, by CORY, it is many
q good fight we can how over the prop
er way his name be pronounced.-Indi-
annapolis Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09

You will never find any other pills so
prompt and 80 pleasant as DaW1tt's
Little Early Risers. Fred Schaefer,
druRgist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
A Distinction of Terms,

Aren't you going to give any enter
tainments Of any kind this summerf"
said the vioitor.
mo-" answered Miss Cayenne. "As
q social rule we don't give. We merely
Observation-Disclosures Star.