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Evening star., 1900-10-06
Made All the BeSgars Happy.


The experiment tried successfully by
Count Rumford in Munich about the year
1870 has been told over and over again. Yet
L seem never to meet any one who knows
what 1t was exactly that he did. The city
was filled with beggars. idle and dissolute
vagabor,ds; men and women who could do
no work, who had never done any work.
who were familiar with every form OF
crime; they were the despair of the respect
able people; it seemed impossible to get rid
of them But Count Rumford did Ii. To
use his own words: ITO make vicious ana
abandoned people happy it has generally
been supposed necessary first to make them
virtuous; why not reverse this order? Why
not make them first happy and then vir-
tuouS?'
This was an inspiration. He took steps,
therefore; he provided places where the
people should be made happy first. On New
Year day, which was the day peculiarly set
apart for almsgiving, Count Rumford, with
the aid of the soldiers well as the civil
powers, arrested every single beggar in
Bavaria-they were all out in the streets.
hats off, hands out-and packed them on TO
clean, comfortable houses or barracks,
where they were washed, fed, clothed and
treated with kindness Only they were not
allowed out any more until they had learn
ed a trade and had shown that they meant
to practice 1t. OF course at first they were
uneasy and suspicious According to Count
Rumford himself, who makes no mention OF
failures, the success of the measure was
complete. Bavaria was cleared In a single
day Of beggars and they never reappeared
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Hysterical GirIhOOd.

n.
Parents are apt to lose the sense Of pro-
portion between themselves and their chill
dren. They are unable to keep pace with
the growth Of ideas and feelings, and think
ing once a child always a child. there comes
a clash. The paramount will of the parent
exercised for the good and advancement OF
the child, when the child could have no
Will of his own, must gradually adjust
itself to the growing will of the child,
which should be developed and guided into
the right manner of exercise, of reason and
equity. Unless this is done the child's ma
ture becomes warped. and the whole beau
tiful relationship Of parent and child is
thrown out of gear. The mother dominates
over the daughter after she has grown up.
1t Is her great affection for her that causes
her to sacrifice her child's individuality.
She would think for her, act for her, yea,
breathe for her If she could. Mingled with
this is kind of jealousy not suspected, and
the last thing to be acknowledged Under
this loving tyranny the daughter becomes
nervous, hysterical. sick and dropping. In
spite of the redoubled cares of the mother
the daughter grows worse. The family
physician must act if fate does not other
wise cause the separation, and see that the
girl is transplanted into another environ
ment. Freed from her mothers too Wig
liant care, her individuality has an oppor-
tuntty to develop, her mind acts, and in this
freedom her bodily equilibrium Is restored
and maintained.
Evening star., 1900-10-06
An American School of Art.
rom the Review Of Reviews.

We can never and shall never have a ma
tional art until our painters and sculptors
realize that all national art Is racial, and
that it Is born Of the soil and environment.
This Is not to say that our artists must
paint nothing but American subjects, al
though there is g. superabundance of ma
terial in our land. 1t Is to say that. before
we can have national school, we must
have a racial view Of things; In other
words, we must have American method
of viewing and treating the things we de-
pict. whether in stone or in color-be the
subject q Venus Zeus, Venetian
scene or an English landscape, Dutch in
terror or a French tdealism. And before
our artists can acquire a racial way Of
treating their themes, before they can es-
tabltsh national viewpoint or school, they
must live and learn in their own land and
instead Of imbibing the spirit Of the French
or Italian school, must be imbued with the
American genus loci and be governed by 1t.
Not till then shall we have a school that
can properly be termed American The
faith that brought our Puritan ancestors
to these shores and gave them strength to
endure climatic rigor and native hostility;
the purity Of aim and life that character
lied the beginning of this republic; the
broad sympathy and keen intellect that
have been the distinguishing traits Of Amer
icans-all these things will manifest them
selves In our art methods, and should re-
suit In spirit at once pure. severe and
idealistic.
The man who says that this land Of ours
Is exhausted In subjects simply reflects his
own spiritual exhaustion There never was
and never can be a land richer in material
for painter and sculptor. From the Aztes
down through the North American Indian
to the present time the accumulated matter
has grown and swelled till the efforts of
century would but discover the abundance.
Yet, as we have said. 1t is not necessary to
the founding of q national school that our
artists shall depict only American subjects.
though 1t Is absolutely certain that with the
founding Of that school will come the apoc-
alypse Of American art. We need an Amer
lean point Of view; and until American art
lists are encouraged to study and live in
their own land by the certainty Of being
able to exhibit and sell their work we shaii
never attain that raciality which Is the
first cause
Evening star., 1900-10-06
A Soldiers Treasure.
Afinna Irving in Loslie's Weekly.

With a in the rim Of his fawn-c -colorsd hat,
And Jingle OF saber and spur.
soldier rode by in the dawn and the dew
Ere the village was scarcely astir.
The patter and clatter Of sharp little boots
Brought her into the window above;
Her eyes blue the sky overhead,
Unclouded By sorrow or love.
In the gold Of the sunrise they halted below,
Bay mare and brave rider, q space,
And her kerchief dropped out as she leaned from
the sill,
fragment of linen and lace
He caught 1t In air on the point Of his sword
And buttoned 1t under his blouse,
And cantered away, but drew rein on the hill
And turned to look back at the house.
While she dreamed Of a soldier returning from war
To halt at her window again,
The mare and her rider lay dead In the dust
Where bullets were falling like rain;
And comrade who passed in q moment OF truce
STOPPED over and covered his face
With . kerchief he found In the breast of his
blouse.
fragment Of linen and lace.
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statement that brown-shelled eggs contain
ed 10 per cent more of richness than the
white ones. The result, especially in the
New York city markets, was a run on the
darker-hued eggs, which readily brought
few cents more on dozen than the others.
As the egg supply of Gotham Is largely fur
nished by New Jersey dealers, several unso-
phiSticated suburban Jerseymen proceeded
to fool the sophisticated urbans of Greater
New York. These New Jersey egg shippers,
upon being made aware of the fad in the
New York market for eggs with brown
shells. very cleverly dyed all the white eggs
they received in decoction of strong cof-
fee and thus greatly increased their in
comes.
Their Food Value.
A Boston eggologist having recently re-
peated and amplified the statement concern
ing the greater richness OF the darker eggs.
Prof. w. o. Atwater made a series of ex-
periments with eggs, during which he ar
rived at the conclusion that neither brown
shelled nor white-shelled eggs possess
any appreciable amount of nutrition, and
that they are therefore comparatively
valueless as food. This in the face Of the
fact that eggs have been regarded for GEN.
turies as the acme of health foods. Prof.
Atwater claims that the old axiom, "One
egg is the equivalent Of half pound OF
beefsteak,' Is a delusion and a snare as
most old axioms are, and that amateur
eggoogists will be quickly disllusionized
by experimenting on the alternate weeks
first with a half pound Of juicy beefsteak
for breakfast and during the second week
with one egg at each morning meal
Whte-shell eggs are prepared by house.
wives for cake making. 1t is claimed
they make a richer and presumably a more
fndgestible cake.
Numerous experiments have been made
for the purpose of producing artificial eggs,
but the records OF the patent office fail to
show that any of them proved successful
German chemist in Newark N j., is
said to have very nearly succeeded" The
hen, therefore, remains mistress of the egg
situation. with a fair field and no competi-
ton.
Preserving Eggs.
The Introduction of cold storage plants
and other methods Of preserving food stuffs
has made 1t possible for the urbanite to
procure fresh country eggs" from the cor
ner grocery or market store during all sea-
sons Of the year. If properly preserved,
commission men claim. eggs can be kept
from season to season. Care must be taken,
however, that the packing material is odor-
less, as eggShellS are porous and absorbent.
There are many kinds of edible eggs,
commencing with fish roe and ending with
the great egg of the ostrich, which has
been eaten by certain African tribes, one
egg furnishing q meal for small family
of natives. The Chinese eat many varieties
of fish eggs, and the Russians make pala-
table cavare from the roeS OF sturgeon
caught in the Black sea. Wild pigeon eggs
have long been considered q delicacy in the
northwestern states.
Evening star., 1900-10-06
Follow Race Horses I'm an Automobile

Follow Race Horses I'm an Automobile.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The latest and most novel use to which
the automobile Is being applied comes from
st. Louis. 1t Is proposed at the new race
track in that city, which opens September
1. to have the patrol judge follow the horses
entirely around the course In a motor We
hicle. For this purpose it is proposed to
build an elevated track entirely around the
the vehicle will have no difficulty In keep
ing pace with the horses. Under this plan
the patrol Judge could keep his eye on the
Jockeys and horses all the way around,
and 1t would seem that much truer racing
is likely to be the result.
Evening star., 1900-10-06

Cal affiliations. Believing that he faced
sympathetic audience. the speaker began in
his best style to declaim OF the benefits Of
protection and the gold standard. He
warmed up to the subject rapidly, and be:
gan in his most impressive manner the de-
livery OF paragraph OF his popular speech
that had never before failed to arouse the
greatest enthusiasm.
"My friends" he said, standing close to
the footlights OF the stage. lone of the can
didates for President this year Is a soldier,
statesman and patriot, whose name will
never be forgotten In the homes of Amer
foan workingmen. Because of a bill that
factories hum. and you are all employed at
good wages. Today this man stands before
Evening star., 1900-10-06
Fight to the Finish.
From Life.

From LIE.
"A woman doesn't always have the last
word. does she?'
"Oh. no: sometimes she is talking to an
other woman"
Evening star., 1900-10-06
Most Are Above 1t.

From the Philadelphia Press.
McJigger-'I never met any one SO free
from conceit as Meekton."
Observation-Disclosures, Is her"
McJigger-"Well, he admits that he il
the average man."
Evening star., 1900-10-06

night specified. By an oversight he was not
Informed Of the character of the club and
arriving late he missed the reception COM
mttee and interpreter. Finding a waiting
audience and no one speaking the spell
binder stepped to the front of the stage and
after brief apology for being late began
to speak. He did his best. He was elo-
quent and emphatic numerous and pathetic.
but when his best jokes failed to cause a
laugh, when his most eloquent phrases were
received in silence and his pathos provoked
faint smiles he felt cold chills creeping
down his spine. Bracing up he went at
them again. He raved and stormed until
his voice began to fail and perspiration
poured in streams from his face without
provoking a handicap. The committee and
interpreter who had gone to meet him ap-
peared upon the stage just as the spellbind-
er sank exhausted into chair "nen the
situation was explained to him he was COM
PEELED TO join in the general laugh that fol-
lowed. and when rested repeated the speech,
which. interpreted to the audience aroused
great enthusiasm.
RetOrt Courteous.
The falsetto voice Of Mr.. Thomas B.
Reed was not familiar to the voters Of In
diana when he entered that state in 1896
for a brief speaking tour. and his first
meeting survived an interruption that
would have dismayed the average spell
binder. He faced a large audience in the
biggest hall in the town. and there was per-
feet silence after the first great outburst of
applause had subsidized.
my fellow citizens" in the piping voice
Of Reed sounded faint and far away, and
Hoosier who was hard Of hearing prompt
ly asked Of a companion in q voice audible
all over the hall, rs that Tomr'
did you think 1t was the voice Of Baa-
lam3' responded Reed. and instantly the
ripple OF half-suppressed laughter broke
into a storm Of applause.
Col. Lafayette Gleason. who has managed
the fpeakers' bureau Of the republican state
committee OF New York for ten years, had
no end Of trouble with meetings for negro
voters held in the negro colony near Helrs
Kitchen. He tried a score of orators white
and black. and every meeting was a frost;
every speaker q failure. The negro lead
ers said they must have meetings and
speakers OF they could not get out the
voters Of their race. Finally Gleason In
despair employed a man whose reputation
among his own people was that of bad
Evening star., 1900-10-06
His Audience Didn't Respond.

During the New York city campaign Of
1897 a club of deaf mutes sent to one Of
the headquarters for a speaker to address
a meeting on a certain evening. The man
ager of the spelbinders assumed that
man was wanted who could talk speech
which would be interpreted into the sign
language by a member of the club. A
message was sent to one of the best SPELL
biRders in the service Of the committee ask
ing him to address club meeting on the
Evening star., 1900-10-06
A Generous TiD.
From Puck.

Mrs. Hayrake Tin New York restaurant
Hiram, thet feller thet's waitin' US is
purity obligin'; give him one NV them big
red apples yew got In your valise."
Evening star., 1900-10-06
A Successful Trip.

did you and your wife have good time
abroad?"
Zine! Lost our trunks and didn't have to
bother being dressed up
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The protest sent to national headquarters
next day by the local committee caused the
immediate discharge Of the absentminded
spellbinder.
Some Unexpected Responses.
In Indianapolis In 1896 a democratic
speaker Of great reputation was completely
vanquished and a large meeting broken up
by one word spoken by a small boy. The
speaker was saying with much eloQuence
and vehemence that all the workingmen Of
the country demanded the free coinage Of
silver. Then he began a peroration like
this: Our opponents say there are thou
sands of gold men right here in IndianapO-
lis. Last night 1 spoke to an audience Of
5000 honest workingmen. They were all
for free silver. 1 believe that every man in
this great audience favors free coinage.
Now, where are the gold men,?
IAXSrkin." shouted the shrill voice Of
boy in the gallery. laugh started and
swept over the entire audience, 50 confusing
the speaker that he made no effort to con-
tinue his address.
made more than 1900 stump speeches and
boasted that he had never been ratified by
a question or interruption COM
pletely knocked out by an innocent QueSt ton
asked by factory girl that he broke down
completely. The republican national COM
nittee had sent him to Newark N. j., to
address night meeting of workingmen and
women in a music hall. In his most i'm
pressive voice and manner he began his
speech with this question: My friends, do
you understand the question Of the free
coinage of silver?
There was perfect silence as he paused
oratorically, until a young working girl sit
ting in one of the boxes asked in clear
voice:
do you?'
The question was unexpected and puz-
zling. First the audience laughed, then
cheered the girl and ended by insisting that
the speaker answer the question then and
there. He attempted to do so, but was
overcome by stage fright and slipped out
by back door. Next day he went to
headquarters and asked to be assigned to
farmers meetings for the remainder Of the
season.
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a mistake. The men on the stage could not
shut him off, and the audience quickly dis
covered his failure of memory and transpo-
sition of names. He was guyed and laughed
at until the meeting broke up in confusion.
The protest sent to national headquarters
next day by the local committee caused the
immediate discharge of the absentminded
Evening star., 1900-10-06
Relative Merits.

One Of the most serious problems connect
ed with the subject OF eggs which the Agri-
cultural Department has been called upon
to solve is whether the brown-shelled or
the white-shelled egg Is the more nutritious
as food. Elaborate experiments conduct
ed at the California experimental station
by Prof. Jaffa of the University Of Cali
fornia showed that while there was a
slight difference between the two varieties,
practically there Is no difference between
them so far as their nutritive value is con-
cerned, and that the slight difference which
does exist Is in favor OF the white-shelled
egg against the brown.
Recently food faddist promulgated a
Evening star., 1900-10-06

Passing through this gate one is at last
within the mysterious city itself. Across
the courtyard within the gate runs
small canal over which lead FIVE marble
bridges with magnifcently carved balus-
trades and impressive stone lions guarding
their entrances. From each Of these
bridges runs a magnificent avenue paved
with fine marble leading UP to an immense
pressive building stands on q marble base
ment about twenty feet in height and rises
to total height Of over ITO feet. The
ascent to the building Is made by five
flights of steps with carved marble balus-
trades leading from each Of the five ave-
nues which run across the courtyard.
The central one of these avenues II very
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-15
PHILLIPS REPUBLICANS.
They Nominate a County Ticket
tremendously.

Phillipsburg, Aug. 15-The Republicans
of Phillips county held their convention at
Phillipsburg the 14th inst. and nomi-
mated the following ticket; For represent
tative Evan Hebrew; for clerk of the
court w. A Barron; for superintendent of
public instruction, John Thomas; for pro-
bate Judge Frank Strain; and for COM
missioner, Fred Veeh. The candidate for
representative was placed in nomina ton
by Gilman earle, the present member
from Phillips county. and in making the
nomination speech Mr.. earle stated that
Mr.. Hebrew is not committed in any way
to any clique or faction. Mr. Hebrew also
stated to prominent Republicans that no
one knew how he stood for United states
senator. and that if instructed on that
question he would not accept the nomtna-
ton. The convention did not express it
self in any manner on the question or
the United States senatorship. But not
outstanding the above sub rosa con-
ditions il is intimated by certain know
ing ones that away down deep in his
heart Mr.. Hebrew has a friendly feeling
for Senator Baker. The convention was
rather tame. as there were no opposing
candidates for any Of the offices except
ing that Of probate judge and commits
sioner.
The convention Endorsed w. A Reeder
for congress, and commended his course
in the past. It also heartily indorsed
Colonel Peterson, the present Republican
candidate for senator from that district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-15
Endorses wallace's Circus.

The Wallace Circus exhibited at Han
nibal, Mo. and this is what the Daily
Journal of that city said of it:
Some years ago a bald-headed mem
Der of the Missouri Legislature from the
southeastern section of the state intro
duce6 bill to compel circuses to show
everything advertised
This honest statesman evidently did
not have Wallace's circus in mind when
he prepared his bill, judging from the
great entertainment given by that
great combination in this city yester-
day.
THE promises on the big, flaming
bills were great, but every promise was
fulfilled, and more.
THE parade, to start with, astonished
everybody. 1t was immense.
And then the menagefie was COM
plete and there was no kick coming
from ticket holders.
1.-THE big show came fully up to ex-
pectation. To paFtieularize would re-
quire a page, Every act was applaud
ed. The Journals advice is. when you
get within reach of Wallace's circus go
and get your moneys worth"
The Great .Wallce Shows will exhibit
in Topeka on Friday, August II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-15
JAPANESE ARE WORKED.
Allied Forces Push Mikado Soldiers
in the Battles Brunt.

New York, Aug ia dispatch to
the Herald from Tien Tsin, August 6,
says:
Great confusion yesterday attended
the advance of the allied troops with
the exception of the japanese
The advance began at o'clock in the
les of artillery, two regiments of Jap
anese infantry crossed the open in the
darkness and the Chinese at once be-
gan a heavy fire upon them.
The plan was that the japanese
should occupy the extreme left, sup
ported by the British and Americans
the right and the Russians across
the river
The British and Americans came up
late. remaining in the rear.
The Japanese firing line spread from
our extreme left to the river. They
carried three series of Chinese trenches,
killing several hundred Chinese troops.
About $50 Japanese were wounded or
killed.
With the japanese still leading and
advancing beyond the village of Peit
Sau, the other troops were unable to
Four thousand japanese were in the
fight yesterday and nine guns We're
captured.
In the advance General Fujukis-
hama's command followed.
Fifteen miles were covered and scouts
reported that the Chinese were re-
treating to the north under twelve
flags. about six thousand strong. This
was probably the rear guard and they
might have been cut off and annihilated
if the Bengal lancers had been on hand
at the right time.
The roads are fairly good and dry.
The villages along the line of march are
deserted The growing crops afford
abundant forage for the pack animals
From Peit Sau to Yang Tsung there
was no opposition. 1t is expected that
the Chinese will make stand at the
latter Mace.