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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
AFFAIRS NIP ALEXANDRIA
CHILD TAKES DRAUGHT WHICH
MAY rRovnF BE Fatal.
Physicians Believe His Recovery IL
Doubtful-LodgeSf A. o. n. w.
Organized-GeneralN News.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 70lrking Street,
BellSyTelbDhone No. 1O6.

Evening Star Bureau,
No. 10lrking Street
BeufITslhDhone No. 106.
ALEXANDRIA,lVal August %. 1900.
A large draught from a bottle containing
old spirits of cedar will probably result in
the death of Willie. the little three-year-
old child of Mr.. Harry j. Mcintosh, re-
siding at No. lib Prince street While
playing in an unused room about 8 o'clock
this morning the lad climbed on a shelf
and secured the bottle, which he placed to
his lips. 1t was some time afterward be-
fore his mother knew of his dangerous ex-
plot. The little fellow was noticed to be
unsteady in his gait, and before medical
aid could be summoned he was shaken by
two commissions. The physician who was
called in thought there was little hope of
the boys recovery. When the doctor ar
rived the unfortunate child had fallen into
Inconsistencies, from which it seemed i'm
possible to rouse him. 1t was thought that
large quantity Of the poison had been
taken.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
Ant Enrlneern.


Something new and interestin
ants was learned by q Moul
florist recently. For q week q
had been bothered by ants that
boxes Of seeds which rested on
To get rid of the ants he put i,
cution an old plan, which was
a meaty bone close by, which
soon covered, every one deseri
boxes Of seeds. AS soon as t
would become thickly inhabited
little creepers the florist tossed
a tub Of water. The ants havi
washed off, the bone was put il
a trap again.
Then the florist bethought
that he would save trouble by
the bone in the center Of n she
paper, believing that the ants
never get TO the bone, but We
caught on the sticky fly papC
trying to reach the food.
florist was surprised TO find
ants, upon discovering the nj
the paper trap, formed a work.
and built a path on the paper
the bone. The material for t
was sand secured from a ii
near by. For hours the ants
and when the path was compile
made their way over its dry ST
couples, as in n march, to the
Philadelphia Record.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
IRuE TO lis TRADITIONS

Matthew Stanley Quay, of Pennsyl-
vania, is defeated The vote was close,
IL is true. but the result is that he
must go back to the Legislature Of his
state and ask for an election. Once
more the United States Senate has de-
clared that, when a Legislature fails
to elect a United States senator, the
Senate will not seat a man on GER
tlncate given by a governor who has
exercised an assumed appointive power
TO cure the effect of non-action by the
Legislature.
The vote Of 80 to 80 did not represent
the true sentiment OF the Senate from
a legal point of view. There were those
who voted in favor Of Mr.. Quay out of
friendly feeling. There were others
who voted against him because Of the
potency Of certain influences which are
arrayed against him in Pennsylvania
and which carried the fight from Har-
risburg to Washington. But all this
makes no material and immediate diff
ference to Mr. Quay. II is sufficient for
him to know that the unceasing efforts
of himself and his friends have been
.unavailing. lie must so back to his
own State and make his fight with his
own people.
If the Senate had seated Mr.. Quay it
would have reversed precedents of
long standing, and led to other rever-
sails even more vexatious. In other
words, it would have thrown down the
bars on all questions OF senatorial
usage for many years to come.
Delaware is a State which was inter
ested vitality in the outcome of the
Quay case, and we believe that the de-
cislon of the Senate will appeal to the
reason Of all Delawareans who are moi
blinded by personal feeling and pref
erence. The conservatism and con-
slstency of the Senate were on trial in
the Quay case, and both stood the test
of a hard-fought battle made against
them.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
A UNIQUE CEREMONY.
Glouccster's Annual Funeral FoI
Her Lost Fishermen.

Glouccstcr's Annual Funeral For
Her Lost Fishermen.
With each returning February there
Is held in the ancient wave dashed
town Of Gloucester Mass q ceremony
solemn I'm motive, impressive in form
and absolutely unique in origin and
character. It is Gloucesters day Of
mourning for her sons who, during the
preceding y months, have gone down
TO death on the distant fishing grounds.
Headed by the clergy and commonalty
and by bcreft relatives, the people Of
the town march in long and slow pro-
cession to the appointed place of meet
ing. where. during the remainder OF
the brief winters day in chant and
prayer and formal addresses, the sor-
row in which all share finds fitting and
touching expression.
Everybody who lives in Gloucester is
interested in the fishing industry, and
so 1t falls out that the city's life is
about equally made up of intervals of
Joy and sorrow. When summer opens,
the general tone Of public feeling is
bright and hopeful, but mt the end Of
the season, as the fishers come in, some
with flags at half mast, others bearing
fateful news, the whole town is de-
pressed.
All the residents show a concern in
the sailors who are lost and in the wei
fare Of their families. Even the citi-
zens Of fortune in Gloucester, who
suffer no personal bereavement have
been brought closely into touch with
the poor fishing families through re-
peated tragedies at sea. The scenes
in the fishing quarters during the late
fan and winter months. when news OF
death is brought by almost every re
turning boat, are most pathetic. Some
times the news comes with n shock; al
others, wives and children wait fol
weeks i'm anxiety, and never know the
details of the fate Of their loved ones
/ Truth.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
nunaen ana HIn Ven1 cutIetr. z

observation-disclosures was a marked
trait In Bunsen's character, and many
amusing anecdotes are told Of the did
culties it brought him. The statement
that he remained a bachelor because
he forgot his wedding day is Of course
apocryphal, as is the other about his
putting on a suit of garments on the
top of others that he had forgotten to
take Off, but the following came under
my personal observation:
Bunsen used to dine every day at n
little table reserved for him in a res
taurant connected with the hotel in
which l lived. One spring he fell into
the habit Of ordering veal outlets and
asparagus as tie chief item for his
meal, and without reflection or feeling
that a change Of diet would be agree
able he continued to order "l1albs
cotelette and sparger' daily for several
weeks until one day the kellner grave
~ informed him that asparagus was no
longer in season and could not be sup
Piled.
Bunsen seemed to be immensely TAX
en- aback and to realize for the first
time that be had been dining on one
dish for a long period. He soon re-
covered himself, however, and asked
the waiter for the bill Of fare, from
which, after careful examination, he
ordered mutton chops and peas, ana
this was his daily diet up to the time
l changed my hotel-Science.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
KENNEY AND ADDICKs.

Already there is talk Of projected
deal between Senator Kenney, Demo-
crat and j. Edward Addicks, Of the
so-called Union Republican party,
whereby each shall be elected a United
States senator. While both men are in
desperate straits from a senatorial
point of view, such an alliance scarce
ly can be effected In the first place
ii would be an unnatural coalition of
forces. Senator Kenney knows that
to Mr.. Addicks, more than to any
other one man, was due the attempt to
blacken his character, wreck his life
and drive him, a disgraced man, from
the United States Senate, because of
his alleged connection with the rob
berry of the First National Bank i'm
Dover. Senator Kenney owes Mr.. Ad-
dicks nothing but a deep and lasting
grudge.
If Mr. Addicks Is hunting for Demo
cratic help next Winter, we are of the
opinion that he will have to make his
deal with someone other than Senator
Kenney.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
WORDS OF APPROVAL

From all sides come words COM
mending the radical changes which
have been made in the Evening Jour
nal Such gracious reception Of the
paper in its new and enlarged form is
pleasing and encouraging. However,
We wish Il to be borne in mind that
this is but the beginning. We shall not
be satisfied with our work until we
are first in physical equipment; first
in news; first in advertising patronage;
first in circulation, and first in in
fuence
1t is our intention to make the Even
ing Journal so bright, newsy and en-
tertaining that no Delawarean will
feel satisfied that he is getting all the
News until he has read our paper every
day.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
BOERs MAKE FIERCE ATTACK.

The Beers made a fierce attack yes
terday on the British force near Wep-
ener, in the Free State. and under a
hot fire made a determined advance.
They were met by a heavy fire from
the British, before which they recoiled
keeping up a long range fusilade for
several hours as they withdrew. The
same dispatch tells Of artillery firing
in the direction Of De Vets Dorp. and
there is no indication that the British
relief column in that quarter has ad-
vanced. Relnforcements are being sent
from Bloemfontein to the relief Of the
besieged garrison at Wepener.
The transport Bavarian sails from
Cape Town for st. Helena to-day Will
1850 Boer prisoners.
AT a meeting of 1900 Boer sympa.
thizers, held in San Diego, California
resolutions were adopted expressing
the hope that the United States woul,
seek by its good offices to end th'
war"
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
rhe corrnre of nnul.s.


One female bird in her first season
took % rabbits, 3 hares and . magpies.
and in the next year 210 rabbits. . lev
erets, IL partridges, 4 magpies and .
squirrels. A goshawk win go on catch
ing rabbit after rabbit. or take five or
six birds in succession, for they do not
tire like falcons. Nothing comes amiss
to them. Hares, landrails. pheasants,
rabbits. waterfowls, ducks, rats, stoats,
weasels. mice, even a hedgehog is not
despised.
Their headlong courage is simply as
tonlshing. They viii charge into a
quickest hedge till they have to be cut
out, or dive among rocks and bowl
ders. Captain Bland Of Draycott near
tOke-on-Trent, had a goshawk which
stuck to a hare till it twice rolled head
over heels. Then the hawk few after
it again and was shaken Off while the
hare escaped into a flock of sheep. The
same bird, pursuing a rabbit, flew right
down a large hole in the side of a
quarry and dragged the rabbit out OF
it. The smash with which a big hen
goshawk goes into an evergreen tree
after n pigeon sounds as if n football
had been violently kicked into the
branches.-London Spectator
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
The eAeYs LITTLE JOKE.
It Worried the Fat Man, but He Tried
20 Enjoy IL.

90 Enjoy IL.
It happened in one Of the late trains
Everybody was trying to get to sleep,
and when the voice Of n baby was sud
denly lifted up in a robust wall it was
not met with expressions Of joy. 1t
cried steadily from Spring Garden
street to Columbia avenue. Then it
accidentally dropped a pasteboard box
it had. A very stout and, like his kind,
very ahable man across the aisle
stopped heavily and picked 1t up.
The child stopped crying as it took
it and promptly dropped it again. The
man, thinking it an accident, picked
il up once more. This time the baby
actually smiled. and as he threw It
down audibly cooed with delight The
man looked distinctly uncomfortable
and became interested in something
outside the window. The child looked
at the box a moment, then at the man,
and, seeing nothing else, resumed his
wall with much added wind. The
look Of despair resettled on the face OF
the woman with the headache, and she
gave a convulsive shudder as she felt
her head beginning TO jump.
She gave one awful glance at the
baby and then leaned over TO the stout
man, back Of whom she was sitting
"My dear sir" said she, 81 have a vio-
lent headache, and / am in misery
Won't you please pick up that box
again?" And with a highly artificial
smile he complied. Out of pure cour
tesy he became a box lifting autom
atom. his piles of adipose making eacl
stoop come harder. But when he wip
ed the pcrspiratlon from his brow anC
staggered out Of the car at German
town he got q grateful smile from the
afflicted woman, as well as every othel
passenger. that he felt paid him.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
a story oF Dan re.
The Great clown Did Not Forget the
Tent Mans BIZ.

AfAA NA-h , Dill
One story Of Dan Rice. the veteran
circus clown, illustrates his strict sense
Of honesty and gratitude for favors.
once he was stranded in Cincinnati,
the story goes, and was unable TO start
q show on the road because he had 10
tent and could not raise money to buy
one. The tent Rice needed would be
worth S2.5O0 The manager Of n tent
concern sent for the clown one morn
ing and taking him to his factory,
showed q big tent that was just finish
cd. Rice looked at it with hungry eyes.
lie turned away. with a sigh.
"Flne tent, don't you think| asked
the canvas maker.
Rice looked back at ii over his shoul-
der. with another deep sigh.
Its yours" said the tent man.
Rice was like a playful kitten in an
instant.
Il believe there is lot Of money in
you yet" said the canvas man. You
take that tent and start your show,
and If you ever get money enough TO
pay me for it the price IS S2,500"
Within two weeks Rice was on the
road with a show and began a success
full career For 10 years he never re-
ferred to the tent, although he often
met the man who made it. One after
noon he asked the tent man TO be his
guest at one of his shows. then in Gin
clnnah. The two sat looking on, and
Rice remarked:
"Flne show, don't you think?"
The canvas man declared that it GER
tainly was.
"By the way" added Rice, "here's
that $4,000 l owe YOU" lie took a roll
Of bills out of his pocket and handed it
TO the tentmaker who pocketed it with
out unrolling it. The old tent man low
ed to relate this story and always de-
clared that the great men of this coun-
try were p. n. Barnum,i ,iJohn Robinson
and Dan Rice.-New York Mail and
Express.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
unmor. of orean nloEv

An Irlshman had been obtail
pinch TO blow an organ. The
was ready and the signal wa.
but no wind came. The signal
peated a second time, and agail
time, but still without result.
lay was becoming awkward,
gregation was getting uneasyl
was to be done? Choristers an
ist now united in shouts Of.
blow! bloww Not the slightesl
stirred within the wind chest
At length the organist hast
the blowers sGnctum. And
sight it was that met his eyi s.
ing with heels and hands to
wooden handle of the below
hung the son Of Erin, his eye S
from their sockets and his che
tended and crimson, blowing 4
dear life into the end Of I'll
wooden handle.
The anecdote Of the ex-sailol
is not so funny, but it is in
The old tar when he went to bl
of his boots and his coat az
were warm, nearly everythiI
"for," said he in explanation,
'old on better. "-Longlnan's
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
How Helena Won.

LET me tell you something funny
about the capital of Montana" chats
Victor Smith. in 1892 the competition
rested between Helena, Anaconda.
Butte City, Bozcman, Great Falls, Deer
Lodge and Boulder. without a decision.
In 1894 it was reduced to a match be-
tween Helena and Anaconda. w. A..
Clark was for Helena. Marcus DAILY
was for Anaconda. Anaconda seemed
TO have the best Of it, when the genius
OF Clark prevailed. He made no at
tempt at bribery. He just said to
every voter he could lay hands on:
of you want a dead cinch. I'll
give it to you. Go and bet $1,000 at
even money or any odds you please
that Helena viii be the capital. If you
lose, I'll make good the $1,000. If you
win, you return my $1,000 and keep
the winnings
Needless TO say. Helena was chosen.
And the arrangement did not cost
Clark a cent."-Kansas City Journal
Evening journal., 1900-04-25

One Quixotic plan outlined for action
by the international agricultural con-
ference in Paris in July has for its pur-
pose the limitation Of the production
of wheat to such an extent that it will
command at all times the price of 81
a bushel Nothing but a wheat trust
ever can bring about such a result For
a central governing body TO attempt to
dictate TO farmers the world over the
acreage of wheat which each should
plant would meet with such prompt
and pronounced resentment and refusal
that it would be abandoned at once.
Farmers never pull together to regu-
late prices. They believe in indepen-
dence Of action, regardless Of conse-
quences.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

A good many women know where
they can get a love OF hat for S16.37
without having a very clear idea as to
where the are TO get the Sl6.37. II is
one Of the tragedies Of life.-Chicago
Record.
Former President Cleveland inquiries
why should we indiscriminately hate
those who seek Officer" Mr.. Cleveland
makes too broad an assumption. Some
people who seek office are not objects
OF Indignation. They are only amusing.
Washington Star.
Democratic contemporaries have no
patience with those unreasonable Re
publicans who insist that a little flaw
in the plan OF government for one of
our islands will not make the country
forget that 1t is living under a splendid
prosperity administration
City Journal
That the managers Of the South
African gold mines expect they win be
wrecked by the Beers is shown by the
fact that conditional contracts for an
other equipment OF machinery have al.
ready been placed in this country
truly Il is an in wind that blows good
to nobody. Gazette
Enterprising contemporaries that ar,
making up a case of suicide for Presi
dent Mckinley will be surprised to fine
later ON that neither the Republican
party nor the country has ever hesi
tated a moment IN its purpose to Civ,
its present prosperity administrators
an overwhelming INSTRUMENTATION
sas City journal.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25

and he will be repudiated again. The
sound money and true American Demo-
Gratis will have nothing to do with him.
They know that ne is arrayed against
the business prosperity Of the country
and that he has for his advisers men
who equally are dangerous to the public
welfare. Try as they may, the silver
Democrats cannot cover these facts
They are apparent TO every sound
money Democrat, not only in Delaware,
but the country over.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
snow FIeas.

One Of the sTangest Of all specks on
snow is the snow fea-nO mimic flea,
but an actual living and very lively
midget. whose swarms sometimes COW
er the snow In patches as black as ink
or convert large spaces Of its surface
to n dark gray color. They are crea-
lures Of the thaw. have seem patches,
says William Hamilton Gibson, two
feet in diameter moving like n dark
shadow across the meadow, and / re-
member once when a boy walking on
the snow crust over a field Of several
acres that was everywhere peppered
with their millions.
The books tell us that the insects live
in moss and lichens and the rocks and
bark Of trees, from which they emerge
for exercise IN mild weather. This
theory is probably warranted by the
facts, but it viii be no easy task so to
convince many a rustic philosopher
whom / know and to whom these fleas
are as much n celestial shower as the
snow uself.-Boston Transcript.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
LnveniIe stntIstIcIan

'How many children had
Washington p asked the teach'
ing to trip up the new boy in
tory.
"Aboht 3 3.OOO,OeO," promptly
ed the new boy, who knew 81
concerning the statistics Of Il
when the Father Of His CouI
at the head Of the family
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
Ilmits to ID erntItuae.

81 feel that / ought TO make some ac-
acknowledgement to the people who were
SO kind to us during my late wife's last
sickness" said Mr.. Phroogle, "and
would like to have you insert this card
Of thanks in n prominent place in this
weeks paper"
1--WE are Obliged to make a charge
for these notices." replied the editor of
The Weekly Blizzard, looking over the
manuscript, "and this Will cost you
81"
"Then you needn't publish IT," re-
Joined Mr.. Phroogle. Il am not quite
as grateful as all that comes to."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25

Everyone knows that President Nc
Kinley viii be nominated by the Re
pubhcans fer a second term, and also
that he will be elected Thrilling
stories of the chances of Governor
Roosevelt and other Republicans Of
national reputation make entertaining
reading and that is all. President Nc
Kinley has made an ideal chief execu-
tive. He can go before the people i'm
November without a word Of apology
for any act of his during his official
term. His record is clean and unas-
sailable. He has brought prosperity to
the nation, and, at the same time, car
ried it through a trying war. The peo-
pie believe in his honesty Of purpose.
They have no desire for a change, and
there will be none.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
A Double kick.

The late r. d. Blackmore could new
er endure to have advertisements print
ed on his books, and when a cheap edi-
tion Of Lorna Doone' appeared with
a namboyant assertion on the back
cover that Blanks cocoa is the best
he sent a peppery letter TO the publish
er and ended with the quaint anticli-
max. And, besides, / have had TO drink
chocolate for some time. and / know
Blanks cocoa is the worst"
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
- - enncr.tiiInn.

It Is inconvenient at times, to say the
least. to be the supersttious woman.
No matter how hurried she may be, she
feels obliged to take time to dispei the
hoodoo. And, as If there were not
enough signs and superstitions already
wen known to keep the ordinary per-
son busy, those who travelled down
town on the west side elevated train
the other morning learned of another.
Somewhere up town a woman came
into the car and walked its full length
before she found a vacant seat. At
Twenty-third street she absentminded-
ly fell in line with the other shoppers
and started toward the door. She was
almost out when the thought Of what
she was doing flashed into her mind.
The idle passengers, ready to be inter-
ested in anything, We're surprised to
see her right about face and start to-
ward the other end of the car. She
reached the door just as the guard
closed the gate. A little verbal per-
sidage ensued.
LET me outl Let me outw she conn.,
manded. But the guard stood firm.
"Why didn't you get out the other
doorg' he said. Il will go out the same
way / came in" she said, with great
dignity. And down she rode to the
next station, all on account Of her pei
superstition.-New York sun.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25

Docs Representative John H. Hof-
fecker really want harmony among Re
publicans in Delaware, or was the in
terview which he gave in Washington
merely a subterfuge? II he wants har-
mony, he should repudiate Addicks and
give his allegiance TO true Republican
ism. It is because such men as Mr.
Hoffecker have surrendered to the
Establishments Of Addicks that he has
been enabled to exist as long as he has
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
Eject of Her singing

The doting husband was dis
on the beauty OF his wife
"She has n note Of pathos|
voice." said he, "that viii dra
from the most hardened. / as.
j have heard her sing before
audience, and when she has
there has not been a dry eye
ROOM"
"Quite true" assented tho
"She always affects me thi
Even if she only says she's
sing l weep bitterly."-Moonsl
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
Hcr ncnann-

"Why did Mrs Frizzington, the rich
widow who furnished all the money
for the business she and you have
started. want the name of the firm 70
be 'Rootle & Frizzington' instead Of
'Frlzzington & Rootle, as It ought TO
be. seeing that she is much more heav-
ily interested than you|
.'She didn't want to be referred TO as
the senior partner Chicago Times
Herald.
Evening journal., 1900-04-25
Just the Man.

Mrs. Belgrave Ton the Berm'
Are you one Of the stewards
Bill Roling-No, marin. I'm
tn top.
Mrs. Belgrave-How nicel
and spin It for little Chaunc'
you? He's almost bored to
Harlem Life.