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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-12

ITO fight for thirteen hours is an ordeal
that in any kind of warfare would be a ter
riblc strain; but out on the treeless, shade
less veldt. with the thermometer at the de-
gree above mentioned, the exhaustion suf-
fered by our men was great that in hun
dreds of cases men and officers alike slept
as they lay in the scrub, careless of the
shell and rifle fire that Surged over them
ITO provide them food was impossible. to
bring a water cart on the field-as the Cold
stream Guards found by bitter experience
was only tempting men to expose them
selves to death, rushing for water at all
hazards, and leaving the cover. such as it
was, afforded by the nine or ten-inch
growth of m!mOsa scrub.
Early In the afternoon the general was
shot through the thigh. and for some time
the two brtgades, in the absence of orders
were compelled to act Independently of
each other. the only communication being d
warning to the 9th Brigade not to fire upon
the first. Of which there was some danger.
The magnificent manner in which the
Beers had realized and augmented the
strength of the position, the success with
which they had kept their works and diSpo-
sition secret until the crucial moment, the
feint on the extreme right by which they
drew off the entire artillery strength of our
force from their main position, and the as
tonlshing accuracy Of their picked shots
at the longest ranges, should all be remen-
it was in the material which formed the
commands that they failed. They could
not do more than they actually did with
the men under their command. Already
1ealouSies had sprung up between the gem
erals. the men accused each other of cow
ardlce. and the threat Of physical force had
II rumors We're true, to be held over them
more than
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CFFIGE OF TIE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY Of the District Of Columbia Wash
ingtoD, January /. lyOO-The Annual Meeting Of
Tie MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUM will be held on
The THIRD MONDAY in January. 1900 the 18th
INSTANT. at the Office Of the company No. 9U2
fennsyiYan avenue northwest. commencing at
8 o'clock a. III.
BY the charter Of the company the election Of
seven managers TO conduct the affairs of the
company Is required to be held at the above
meeting.
By N, sixth 7rticle Of the bylaws Of the com
Iauy il - provided: AT the annual meeting Of
IT, COMPANY tue Lrst business in order shall lie
the appointment II . Chairman who shall con-
duct Jhe meeting and election in accordance with
tie act Of Incorporation between the hours Of
nine ~ clock and six pm
Amount Of premium notes. ..-..... s. Sf6 POI 90
Amount OF cash OF hand -.-....... 9.45l 81
soeSNiltAeS- rot, IA
iAea4 e>tale-- ------..--. 81 900. "
Otice furniture and fixtures hnO IN
Losses 10y bIe, adjusted and paid. o I33 on
The annual stasement will be ready for distri
button AT the office Of the company about Janu-
sgy L.
I;y order Of the Board II Managers
tal 49, l. Pierce BUTELER Secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-12
Old District Families,

A list Of persons residents Of the District
OF Columbia whose ancestors living In the
District in the year 1890 ID JeiDg prepared under
tie Objection 81 the Columbia Historical society
This undertaking cGn lie accomplished only
through tine cooperation of the persons referred
10, who requested TO send their names and
those Of their said ancestors PROMPTLY as ms
sible to the secretary of the society
Mrs MARY STEVENS BEAII.
taItoI5-rc-Ii ls43 356 81
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Effective Boer Maxim Guns.

1.-THE one-pound Maxim gun was the
most effective weapon used by the Beers.
The five or six shots fired in one second
while the gun was traversed had more
moral effect than the steady discharge of
shrapnel from the ordinary ffteen-pounder
at half minute intervals. One man not
far from me had both thighs blown off
as he sat by one of these little shells land
ing on the ground between them, but there
Is no question that the moral effect was
as rute greater than the practical re-
suits. No gun was more cordially disliked
by our men than this new weapon. that
was usually christened Bong Bong Bong
the patent of which In 1892 was offered
to and declined by our government"
OF the lessons to be learned from Mod
der river this correspondent says:
1T will be impossible in any future war
for the officers to retain their swords, and
IL will be worth while for the war office
to construct some light carbine that may
be carried by them instead of weighty rife
served ont to the men,
The scene after the battle is thus de-
sCribed by the same writer:
Most people who have STAYED at Kim
berley know Of Modder river as a recrea-
ton ground, only thinking of it, in fact.
much as London regards Maiden Head
Never has IT been anything but a frivolous
little patch in the heart of the veldt The
punishment for its giddiness has been sud-
den and extraordinary.
The place is deserted, the walls and roofs
ptlIoidttu ike Il the water
churned and befouled by 10000 animals,
rolls over and over the dead that We're
hurriedly thrown into It's eddying hoiiows
with a weight attached, that has in many
cases proved insufficient The bridge lies
on its ruined piers twisted length of scrap
iron, and the dead horses fill every nook in
the riverside woods.
THE chapel with its little wooden cross
near the river stood in the thick of the
fight, and now lies a crumbling mass of
| adobe walls, with its shattered earthen al
tar and the remains of its seats There is
no square rood within this extinct para-
disc that does not bear witness to the
fearful effect of modern weapons
The Marines at Graspan.
The conduct of the marines of the naval
brigade at Graspan is source of unending
| praise from all e. respondents. The Times
representative at that battle writes:
THE naval brigade advanced in extended
order, but in converging upon the position
| to be taken they unconsciously found them
selves closed in, and in that formation at
tempted the ascent. The fire directed upon
them was terrible and, distinguished by
their swords, the officers were the first to
| fall. Commander Ethelstan was mortally
wounded fifty yards from the first slope,
and one by one the rest fell as they ad-
| vanced, many with two or three bullet
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SHOULD STAY AWAY.

Sterling Heilig writes that there are al
ready too many American girls in Paris
and that conditions will be worse than
ever during the big fair.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-12

THE ANIMAL. MEETING OF TIE STU'kIIOlIp-
ers 81 TIE NATIONAL. SAFE DEPOSIT, SAVINGS
AND Ti;G ST COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT hf
ItlI NiiSIA. for the election of directors AMI Tor
such other business ~ may properly come before
it. viii br held the office of the company.
northeast corn n 18th and New York ave. on
MONDAY tine 10Th day Of JANUARY. lgJ. at /
o'clock pm ALERT L. SIT RrENANf,
ialI-3t Secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15

detail at dinner or to her afternoon caller,
that she escaped the wear and tear of
them herself, thus keeping her mind and
heart free for other and more profitable
things.
When asked if she had not found it diff
cult at first to refrain from pouring out her
annoyances into some sympathetic ear. she
exclaimed: Difficult! Why. l thought at
times l would explode outright from my
pent-up feelings. So l looked about me
for a scapegoat, and turning to my large
PACED calendar on the WALL had the in
spiration to turn it's white sides out, and
write on them furiously and fast certain
small word, over and over again, until the
absurdity of the performance convulsed me
with laughter. So between two brief words
l came off victor, and now it would require
an effort to dilate to any one regarding the
private affairs of my household. No, my
husband never knew how it came about,
nor what it cost me-you see, am one OF
the women who can keep secret.
Moreover, men aren't the superhuman
beings we often think in the way of
small or large, they are so filled up with
them as to have no room left for the vol
untary consideration of the thousand and
one grievances the partner at home has to
meet and adjust. and they ask logically
enough, what a woman with brains is for.
/ am convinced" she concluded, that the
reason-the secret-why all womankind Is
so beset to talk about domestic trials Is
simply self-indulgence, no more, no less;
just as men fall into the thraldom of
whisky. cigars, opium. absinthe or what
not. and feel that they just can't live with
out it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15
MRS. EDDY SERIOUSLY, ILL.,
Mother Christian Scientist in Retir,
ment-Letter to Concord Faithful

Mother Christian Scientist In Retire.
ment-Letter to Concord Faithful.
From the New York SUM-
PORTSMOUTH. N. H., June 12-On the
authority Of Concord correspondent of
the Portsmouth Times. the Rev Mary
Baker Eddy, Mother of Christian Sci
ence." is afflicted with creeping paralysis
Crowds of Christian Scientists, including
delegates from nearly every state in the
Union. visited Concord last week, but very
few If any Of them. got a glimpse of her,
though many Of them enjoyed the privilege
OF kissing the front doorstep at Pleasant
View. 1t was understood, says the CORE
spondent, that all would have an oppor-
tunity to see Mrs. Eddy from a proper dis
lance as she took her daily drive, but 1t
so happens that some other person Is gen.
orally rugged up to resemble her for these
daily drives and such was the case most of
the time the past week.
The semi-annua communion service of
First Church of Christ Scientist held on
Sunday at Christian Science Hall, in Con-
cord, brought out the largest attendance
that has ever gathered in Concord for a
Christian Science service. for the first time
making it necessary to hold two services
to accommodate the communicates. Fully
800 people We're present. There We're Wis
itors from the states of Washington, Ore
gon, California, Montana, Utah, Nebraska
Iowa. Colorado, Kansas. Minnesota, Wis
consin, Michigan, Missouri, Indiana. Hi
nois, Texas. Florida, Georgia. North Caro-
lima, Maryland. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
York. Connecticut and Massachusetts. and
also from Canada and Norway. These Wis
itorS We're among those who attended the
annual communion services at the mother
church in Boston and who remained over
to visit Pleasant View.
The congregation repeated the Lords
Prayer with its spiritual Interpretation as
given in the Christian Science text book.
The following letter from Mrs. Eddy was
then read:
Beloved Christian Scientists-Each day
during the past week l have allowed my
self the joy of welcoming to Pleasant View
a dear multitude of Christian Scientists,
who came spontaneously, without invita-
ton or appointment, and with true hearts
fervently. While I deeply appreciate their
loving thoughts and desire to see mother
yet, in order not to hinder my work for
God and our cause, my gates are now
closed to visitors except by previous APP
pointment. The reading room in our hall
Is open to all.
After writing the above I opened my
Bible to the verses 1888 of the 25th chap
ter of Matthew With deep love,
MARY BAKER EDDY.
pheasant View, Concord, n. H.. June 10.
Many visitors expressed themselves as
having been greatly benefited by the SER
vice Many of them drove out to Bow to
see Mrs. Eddy's birthplace yesterday after
noon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15
DOMESTIC GRIEVANCES.
The Wife Should Not Air Them Before
Her Husband.

From Harper S Bazaf
1t seems to be well understood al the
present date that the straw that breaks
the back of the modern business man is to
come home at night and be compelled to
listen to his wife's groanings about the
lonecomings or shortcomings of the SER
wants and the other diurnal calamities that
have assailed the household. Husbands
aver that they don't return home and make
every one miserable by unloading their
business cares and worries, and they don't
see Why their wives cannot exercise SINH
lar reticence.
There is one woman who, few years
ago. made the mighty resolve that neither
her husband nor her acquaintance should
hear from her own lips any word concern
ing her relations with her housemaids. In
order to keep her resolution fresh in her
mind she wrote in large script on a card
the word mum and hung it across her
dressing mirror While it might signify
nothing or a dozen things to others who
saw It. to herself it was big with meaning.
the one really stupendous word in the En-
elish language. At the end of six months
She found. in having learned to drop her
worries and annoyances on the spot. wher-
ever they occurred. in the kitchen, pantry
or parlor. instead of treasuring them up to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15
LONG-RECORD RIDES,
Some Famous Trips Made by Soldiers
and COrrcspOndents.

From c1ll.er's Weekly.
Tho war correspondents in South Africa
in their recent dispatches have dweIt on
the Sr-calrd record breaking performances
Of the British cavalry in the TransvaaI
There was. for Instance the fine ride Of the
Natal Mounted Cariineers who rode 81
miles in II hours over the sun-scorched
v"ldt, or the dash Of French's horse for the
relief Of Kimberley. when the troopers
stayed i'll TIE saddle for more than seven
hours ana then rode for five miles at full
ga!lop into the teleagurcd town While
these rides are worth boasting of, they
cannot be ClaSSed as recOrd-breakers OF
course. the ride of body of cavalry In
their full equipments, which burden every
horse with nearly 80 pounds. must not be
compared with long-1istanCe records
achieved by single riders in racing trim
such as Count Stahrenberg. who rode one
horse over distance of 800 miles In 70
hours, or Baron Cotter. who rode from vi
emma to Paris, a distance of SO miles in
IL. days. one of the most famous long
distance rides in history was that of King
Charles XII of Sweden. who in 1714 rode
from 'Dem"tica in Turkey to Stralsund in
sweden a distance of l, 300 miles, in
fortnight. on that occasion the king rode
night and day, accompanied only by one
ofhcer. both taking care of their own
horses and never changing their clothes
The present South African records were
eclipsed as long ago 1872. when Dick
King, a British dispatch rider. covered the
GI miles from Port Nata! to Grahanstown
IN . days. crossing seven large rivers and
numheTless smaller spruts on the way
Kings ride resulted in the relief of the
Eard-preSSti British garrison of Port
N4-4l which was then besiescd by Beers.
Msuy years aftoTwIrd Archibald Forbes
tEe famous war correspondent made an
other South African record when he car
ried the first news of The battle of Ulundi
L. The nearest telegraph instrument riding
llti miles IL hours % do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Lee Chew. a Chinese, who lived at II
Fish alley, had been ill for some time. On
Thursday afternoon DR.. Pillsbury. in max
ing the rounds of Chinatown, was taken to
the sick man, who seemed to have typhoid
fever, for the purpose Of making dag
nosis. In the course of the examination a
small thermometer was placed in Chew's
mouth to ascertain his temperature. He
allowed 1t to rest beneath his tongue for a
moment and then breaking 1t with his
teeth deliberately swallowed the mercury.
In the opinion of the physician the man
was too weak to permit the use of apamor-
phine. the usual antidote. SO after the re-
moval of the particles of broken glass
from his mouth he was allowed to digest
the mercury as best he could. He rested
well Thursday night. but early yesterday
morning began to sink and in the evening
he died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15
WIVES OF OFFICERS.
They May Go on Transports when
There IL Room for Them.

In response to the large number of re-
quests from wives of officers serving In the
Philippines to join their husbands. the Sec
rotary of War has decided that the wives
of the regular officers and the volunteer
staff officers stationed in the Philippines
can go government transports when
there Is room for them. by getting permits
sion from the quartermaster general of the
army. but that owing to the fact that the
officers of volunteer regiments will soon be
returned to this country, by expiration of
term of service. the wives of these officers
will not be permitted to go to the Philip
pines on the government transports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15
To Retain Naya, Officers.

The board of naval bureau chiefs has decided
to recommend the retention of naval Off
GERS in the capacity of chief expert in
spectors of material and ship building. The
proposition before the board was to replace
these officers by civilians, but 1t was de-
cided that while the present number of
civilian inspectors might be increased TO
meet the needs of the service. they should
be continued under the direction of naval
officers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15

and Peri are in port with cordwood for
Carter L. Clark.
The big schooner Bertha Dean, with a
cargo of ice from the Kennebec, arrived
yesterday evening and is locked at the ice
house on the Eastern branch.
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Parasol Values That Cap the Climax.

Lot one-Comprising fine grade, plain white
farasols, with silk net and chiffon rufle trim
mfngs. and all-silk Parasos. in black, with
hemstltched borders and handles of carved
ebony. with silk cord and tassel Also white
or black heavy China Silk Parasols with two
r.. he They're regular 80 and Sn 3O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15

Mr. Oidstyle-'1 don't think that col
legr education amounts to much.
Mr. Sparerod-'Don't you? Well, You
ought 10 pay my boys bills and see. Tit
Bils
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15
Petticoats.

A special purchase of Ladies' Washable
Petticoa1s made of woven cheviots. In fuil
assortment of shadeS-made In umbrella style,
with thee bias rliiles on bottom. Spe- Soc
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Lot Two-lncluding the seasons handsomest
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15

"Daubs has painted dreadfully bad pic
ture. What shall l say about it?''
you can safely say 1t Is full Of indi-
viduality."-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15

Boys Regular $149. 81 10 and 81 90 Blouse
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Walnut Finished Window Screens;
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u II years: with fancy trimmed col Doc
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Summer Needs Sn1ally Priced.

Walnut Finished Screen Doors. complete.
wit with IN fixtures; all Sizes pr'hs meas 70c.
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Mason Fruit Jars, porcelain lined ~
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Z. 2-Imrntr Star Oil Stove, with 31a- 20
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-23
UNITED STATES AGREES TO TERMS
OF ANCL O. GERMAN ALLIANCE

Washington, Oct. 22.-It was author
itatively stated tonight that the United
States government views with distinct
favor the principles of the Anglo Ger
man agreement relating to China, and
that formal response to that effect
viii be made at an early day to the in
vitation extended this government to
accept the principles of the agreement
About the only serious question which
has arisen as to the American reply
was On clause 8 of the Anglo-German
agreement. This states that in case of
another power making use of the COM
plicatioLs in China in order to obtain
territorial advantages, Germany and
Great Britain reserve the fright to reach
a preliminary understs nding on the
eventual step to be taken for the pro-
lection of their interests. This is open
to the construction of being threat 1t
1t probable that the American reply will
not go beyond accepting the principle
that Germany and Great Britain have
right to agree between themselves as
to their eventual course
The state department today made
public the correspondence which has