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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
Troops for China.

Tb. eyiJ.pc,, OF discrimination among
IN. n,,,cr, to srapple vigorously with the
Chinese lflnger are gratifying This gov
ernirrr.. Is rn-Atin. it, Representatives, IN
good season ny ordering Tho pm infantry
from Manila TO TskU and. presumably. pS
haIiin-; moro men in readiness to go III
,,sa they arc ne-de1 England has dis
matched a regiment from India and Is saia
20 have withdrawn 4 force from South
Africa within u few days an army VIII
h. convergin- on Pekin large enough to
protect life and restore order in at least
the immediate neisa5 rhood Of the capital
Just now, however, the situation Is nes-
perate indeed Pelin is absolutely isola ed
\o.b4ns, is known as to tn. safety or dam
ger of the foreigners there. even the Rus-
sian governments wire having been cut
There is no reason To cast aside as imposst-
bile or ;rnprobablt. Saturdays announcement
of tn, desi ru,,-io of the legations and the
murder of Baron Won ketteler. although
the story has not yet been confirmed. Inc
foreign guards on duty around the iega-
tons are not large enough to Withstand the
fana.iCal rush of the mobs. which would
probably be aided by the military II once
the protection of the empress dowager
should be withdrawn from the ministers
and their proteges.
The battle at Taku. reported today, where
the foreign fleet has captured the native
forts. appears to have been of slight I'M
portance as an engagement. although II Is
disquietins to find the Chinese military
agencies openly hostile to the foreign
forces. The speedy success of the latter
may mean either that the Chinese govern
rrent wishes to make only nominal resist
ance to the powers or that the native sol
d!ers are unable to withstand the onset of
q disciplined force There has never been
a time in this trouble when it was not be-
Heved that force of Europeans and
Americans could handle many times their
number of Chinese. who are not in the
main armed with modern weapons and
who have heretofore been badly led. when
led at all. Yet even with such an ad-
vantage hostile advance from the coast
into the midst of the numberless hordes of
furious natives would be attended by many
perilS and require absolute cooperation in
perfect good faith among the powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

II there Is anarchy in China. and the
Chinese government is aiding 1t or consent
Ing to 1t. what occasions 1t. and what Is
the duty OF the great powers with respect
to 1t?
The question is not the right Of China to
reject Christianity. or the progress Of COM
merce She has opened her doors to both.
and both are in some measure established
there by her authority. All Of the Chris
tian nations have missionaries within her
borders, and the leading nations have
profitable and a growing business with her
people. The present outbreak is ascribed
to a sudden desire. a sudden purpose to
execute long -cherished desire. to put an
end to this state of affairs. The cry Is
raised. China for the Chinese" The for
eign devils must clear out. taking with
them their religion and all the evidences of
their business thrift and invention. The
hands of the cock are to be set back. and
China will go her old gait again.
Christianity and commerce therefore have
rights which China is bound to respect It
is not as If they were knocking for admis-
sion. and she were considering whether to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

in order to be Of use in preventing sucl-
injustice. The agencies in St Louis ordi-
narily to be relied upon to enforce an In
junction are demoralised and virtually pow
eresS to check or subdue tho mObs.
1t ia not likely that the strikers would
obey an Injunction without compulsion.
especially under the leadership OF Mr..
Gompers. who was only recently In evil
dence arguing against the virtue of this
process in a New York strike. and whose
doctrine. as expounded in q letter to Tho
Star is that a labor leader may become SUI
peror to a court when he believes that the
court has wrongly decided Thus the pros
pect of the citizens confronted with the
terrible weapon of 4 general boycott Is by
10 means cheering. 1t is not to be believed.
however hat they will tamely submit to
be dragooned into the service of tho
strikers by the threat of ostracism and
perhaps Of violence. They have already
shown a fine spirit of resistance to the
forces of riot. although their hands have
been tied by the failure of the mayor and
the governor to enforce tho law and pre-
serve order with the established agencies.
They appear to be approaching the point of
desperate determination to avail them
selves of their own force.
This spectacle of a reckless application of
the boycott ought to be warning to the
Anne rican cities to provide against the dam
ger which it entails. The threat should not
thus be perpetually held over the people
that unless they BECOME the partisans of
strikers they can not live in safety and
comfort. The street car lines are for their
convenience. When traffic Is checked they
are the greatest sufferers. Their para
mount interests demand continuous serv-
ice, regardless of the controversies between
employer and employe. Yet in virtually
every street railway strike the strikers
have held the people by the throat from the
outset. compelling them to aid in the move
ment until after infinite trouble the forces
of law and order have extricated the COM
munity from this grasp. While the street
company. in time Of strike. loses its
traffic and the men their wages, this being
the logical consequence Of a breach of re-
lations between employer and employe, the
people should not be made to suffer even
more than either side. first by being de-
prived of the right of access to the estab-
lished lines of travel, then by losing trade
in the turmoil. and finally by being boy
cotted for a refusal to participate in the
fight.
The Gompers doctrine is distinctly repus-
nant to the American principle and the
sooner it is utterly repudiated the earlier
will the people of this country be relieved
of serious menace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
nrv,p. Uoar and Aruinnldo.

The New York Journal feicitates the
country and the democratic party on the
fact that Mr.. Rryan is certain to be nom
mated for President at Kansas City. and in
th4 same issue makes this ill-tempered ref
erence to the senior senator from Massa-
chusetts:
senator Hoar of Massachusetts, whose
rcd-faced oratory in favor of Aguinaido IS
familiar to all, is exceedingly angry with
Ruenca1nino the secretary of the late
Filipino government.
..isuencamino says that Senator Hoar has
been in SAcr.t communication with Agui-
naldo Senator Hoar says that Buencanino
is a liar.
Even surprising that Buencamino bore
false witness WHY should Senator Hoar
wax wroth? Has he not fed and fattenef
the Congressional Record with ferv!d praise
az Acu.naldo? Has he not beer the verbal
h,lp-i hrcwer. the bowman. the Ygorrote If
the Sena.a2 Is not AgunaldO his friend?
Has he not tho cUUrag e Of his convictions
We fail to see the necessity for such a
display of choler on the part Of the Mas
sachu<e-ts senator. He not only does him
self an injustice. but he IS unjust 10 his
friend Asuinaldo.
This is rather amusing in the light of the
fact that Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Hoar We're
both charged with the same offense Both
We're Immediately interrogated on the sub
jet. and both promptly entered a denial of
the charge. Mr.. Hcar spoke with the
greater emphasis. but Mr.. Bryan not
les explicit. $50 far as I am concerned"
he Is quoted as saying, there is no truth
in the statement. l. at no time, sent any
letter.
Even surprising that Buencamino bore
false witness. why should Mr.. Bryan deny
Has he not fed and fattened the newspapers
with fe-vid praise of Aguinaldo? Has he
not been the verbal bolo-thrOwer the bow
man. the Ygorrote of the stump? Is not
AEuinalfo his friend? Has he not the cour-
az u his convictions? one fails to see the
necessity for such a prompt disclaimer on
the part Of the Nebraska leader. He not
only does himself an Injustice. but he is
unjust 10 his friend Aguinaldo.
Bat more than this. Aguinaldo may ap-
Prec.dte Air- Hears sympathy, but he We'll
understands that sympathy is all he is to
get from Mr.. Ioar. The Massachusetts
senator viii work and vote for Mr.. McKin-
ley. and republican success next fall means
permanent American control of the Philip
p!nes-the very thing that Asuinaldo is re-
s.s,.ug ana hopes to defeat. On Mr.. Bryan.
on the other hand, Aguinaldo leans as on a
brother. lie Is hearteHiEg his followers in
the field with the assurance that if they
"!.l but !ilht LITTLE longer the day will be
won Mr.. Bryan. he tells them. Is their
friend. and ii Mr.. Bryan is elected Presi-
cent Of The United States independence for
The F'i.ipinOs will certainly follow. No
American name is 50 highly cherished by
AguinaldJ and his gang Is that of Mr.
Bryan.
The difficulty with the New York Jour
nal is that It is an expansi0nist newspaper
supporting an extreme anti-expans ionist
candidate for the presidency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
Sanitation in Havana.

A pessimistic dispatch has come from Ha-
vana within short time tending to shake
the public faith in the sanitary regeneration
OF the Cuban capital. which has been wei
coined as an achievement of the American
occupation. The dispatch in question pro-
ceeds to state that the American sanitation
Is not permanent; that 1t Is costly and that
1t must be followed by extensive works to
be Of enduring value. All this Is precisely
to the point made by the late Col. Warning.
whose report on the sanitary needs of Ha-
Vana remains most trustworthy guide.
Great works are needed, such as cannot be
constructed in few months. costing many
millions. The harbor must be given drain
the tides to scour out and carry away the
accumulated filth of generations.
Great sewer systems must be provided.
supplemented. If possible, by modern sew
age disposal plant. All this will require
vast sum of money. 1t would be a most
serious breach Of faith for the United
States to proceed with program of i'm
provement without unqualified authority
from the people of Cuba. The combined
sanitary enterprises demanded In the ISL
and would call for a heavy bond issue and
this government early in it's guardianship
Wisely decided not to plunge Cuba into
DEBT, however great the needs. There has
been peculatfon under American rule and
gross individual frauds have been commit
ted, but in no sense or degree has this gov
eminent officially proved false to the trust
which 1t was forced by circumstances to
assume.
1t Is matter for sincere congratulation
that even with the slight measures avail
able Havana has been made comparatively
healthful during the few months of Ameri-
can occupation. Should Cuba herself never
do more than to continue the superficial
temporary sanitary expedients of her pres
ent administrators she will have advanced
wonderfully from the old stage Of sicken-
ing indifference to the first rules of health
and decency which marked tho entire
Spanish regime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

From the New York Times.

The interests of the United States in
China primarily lie in the safety of our cit
liens and the security of the rights guar
anteed to them by treaty and by interna-
tional law. These we are bound to support
by all means required and with all the en-
ergy and promptness possible. We may
act with the other powers to this end be-
cause their interests are the same as ours
In this direction. But the limit Of such CO.
operation Is defined with a fair degree of
distinctness by the limit of our common in
terests. 1t must cease necessarily when
any power group of powers shall seek to
obtain in China a degree of control that
cannot be shared by the others. When that
point will be rea ched 1t Is impracticable at
this distance to say. But when it Is reached
1t will become the duty of our government
to state clearly Its rights and it's claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
An Au.tere PhiIosonhy.

Keep working" said Senator Sorghum
earnestly. Don't be discouraged by fall
ure. but try, try again. Remember that
good old maxim, .persistency jewel
Are you sure it's 'persistency? " inquired
the young man mildly. Isn't it con in
stead of per?''
Well he answered thoughtfully, las life
goes nowadays. 1 suppose there's got to be
more or less con in it. But it isn't con-
sdered polite to lay too much stress on it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
SHOOTING STARS.
4 Hindrance,

II am sorry about this disturbance In our
great capital said the grave Chinaman as
he laid down the Celestial Gazette and took
up his copy Of Confucius.
Has it personally affected you?"
mo And I am superior to material con-
siderations anyhow. What annoys me Is
the probability that this trouble in Pekin
will hinder us in our program for sending
missionaries to st. Louis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

From the Chicago News.

1t is rather humiliating to Chicago to
learn that fully LOCO people within the
borders of the city have defied the powers
of the federal government and refused to
divulge the Information required for the
census. There are some 10000, 900 OF people
in these United States. and. aside from
criminality or Grass ignorance, 1t implies a
monumental egotism for any one unit to
feel reluctant about having himself or her
self duly classified as a minute atom in the
huge mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
Mrs. Gladstone.
From the st. Paul Dispatch.

The death Of Mrs. Gladstone calls to
how quiet and yet how i'm
portant part she took in the affairs of
English craftsmanship. Few unknown
wives Of well-known men, have lived
more remotely from the public arena, yet
SO girded up the strength OF the gladiator
who served there. The grand old man
would not have been so old, might not
have been so grand had 1t not been for
the offices of this quiet woman who passed
away yesterday at Hawarden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

\ history Of how Philadelphia got the con-
vention is to be included in the souvenirs
The fact is Of course recognized that there
is no use of going into all the little details
OF pecun!ary delay which hinder some OF
tho no,,,est enterprisas in history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
Guests.

II wonders said Miss Miami Brown.
'why iey calls de folks dat hires rooms in
dis hotel 'guesses.
II reckons.'' said Mr.. Erastus Pinkley.
dat it's because de lan'lord looks at em
an guesses how much money dey hab. an
den puts it in de BILL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
Our Special Sale of
Dainty Limoges China

the modern housewife and intending
Of June wedding gifts Our former shipment of these
stock French China Dinner Sets sold quickly BEFORE and Of
These choice de-
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They the Limoges China through
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makes
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may WISH replace broken piece the patterns the
1O2=Piece Limoges China Dinner Sets,
Comprising following large Dinner Plates Tea Plates
Soup Tea Cups and Saucers Individual Buffers
Sauce Plates Soup Tueen, Meat Pate Open Vegetable
Dishes Vegetable
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Dish and Gravy Boat.
$4,000 for the Complete Set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

Minister Wus surprise that there are
such things Boxers In China may be
something akin to the mayors mild-eyed
astonishment at the presence of rioters In
ST LOuisf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

have discomforts, it is true,
Yet. there are compensations. too;
I'm never worried lest 1 be
Vice presidential nominee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

One New York man broke another's neck
by friendly slap on the shoulder There Is
no danger of any such accident when Mr.
Wanamaker and Mr.. Quay meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

The Empress DOwager OF China was once
8 slave. She has the domineering hauteur
of janitIess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

The German emperor's mailed hand will
probably produce something of a crash in
China when II descends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

Philadelphia is now waiting for some
neighboring burg to insinuate that the city
Of brotherly love is not a lively place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

AT all events no one can intimate that in
Mr.. Roosevelts case the nomination did not
seek the man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

One part of the world Is as good as an
other for General Joe Wheelers military
ambitions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
Mark Ha. No Sense of Hunor.
From the Chicago Record.

The way Mark Hanna tramped on Tim
othy Woodruffs vice presidential boom
showed that the senator from Ohio cannot
take a joke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18

There has been notable scarcity of hot
test days on record this June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
Open Stock China, Same Patterns:
Japanese Mattimgs.

received through the Georgetown house. direct
importation Japanese Cotton Warp Matng They forty
yards o the roll and very handsome goods
Owing the delayed shipment offer them (by the roll only at
exceptionally low prices
$780, $3.50, $500, 5000 and $1,000 Per Roll.
offer, from stock,
Several Patterns of Mattings,
but roll yard Of pattern, the fol-
lowing reduced prices:
$500 Per Roll. Reduced from $3.50.
$500 Per Roll Reduced from SaO.5O
@.OO Per Roll. Reduced from $1,000.
$1,000 Per Roll. Reduced from $3.50.
Also japanese Mattings as Follows:
$1,000 Per Roll. Reduced from $500.
$3.50 Per Roll Reduced from $4,000.
Also 600 Madagascar Porch Seats.
Csc. Each. Regular Price, Soc
Woodward & Lothrop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
At 2Oc. Each

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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-09-11
NEW SERIES, VOL. xXxY, No. 81
Laurel Crown,

The laurel crown used to decorate
the brow of the victor in the old
Olympian games or the head of some
triumphant general was composed of
bay leaves. The bay is Taurus nobilis.
and thus the wreath or crown has
been called laurel or bay, according
to the whim of the writer. The bay
was considered by the ancients to be
an antidote against poison and Sc
curity against lightning. Its leaves
were used to provide pleasing in
cense. and a spray of bay was carried
in the garments of all superstitious
persons as a guard against all dangers.
1t is interesting to note how the
laurel OF bay has passed down to these
more prosaic times. The heads ON
medals, coins, etc, are almost always
crowned with laurel Then we have
a poet laureate, or the poet crowned
with laurel-that is to say, the chief
poet of the times. Again, the title of
bachelor, won by exceptional skill in
connection with art or science, takes
us back to the middle ages, when
young doctors We're crowned with
laurel and received the title of bacca
laurel-London Gardeners Magazine.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-09-11
Hnppineas.

81 was recently party to discus
sion." said a doctor. where the ques-
ton of the nature of happiness arose
and certain wise head present was
asked to define it. His reply was Sc
satisfactory that trust you win allow
me to repeat it for the benefit of those
interested.
"He said: Happiness is state of
mind-more active than contentment,
less pronounced and more abiding than
joyfulness; whose principal and per
manent source is in n temperament dis
posed to make the best of what is;
whose immediate occasion is in con
sciousness which. pleased with the
present, is without acute regret or un-
due apprehension
What better definition could one
have than this ?"-New York Sun.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-09-11
rhe ncrt DO cou1d DO.

AIR. Blaine" says the Washington
correspondent of The Chicago Record
used to tell story of an eccentric in,
lividual in Maine who was never
known to express an opinion on any
subject. Being called as witness in
a lawsuit to testify concerning the rep
utation of the defendant, the lawyers
ON both sides failed to obtain n direct
answer to any of their questions and
finally appealed to the court.
Regarding the man sternly, the judge
said in his most impressive tones:
Witness, l am going to ask you a
question, and want you to give me a
direct answer. Is the defendant good
man?
Z" Them that likes him says he is;
them that don't says he amt was the
reply"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-09-11

believe the Porto Rican tariff bill is
unconstitutional and violates allour agree
ments with and pledges to the Porto
Ricans.-Ex-Senato Edmunds.
regard the Porto Rican tariff bill as a
most serious departure from right prnci-
ples.-Ex-President Harrison.
The attempt to make three-quarter
citizens out of the Porto Ricans ascertain.
1y original. Speaker Reed.
Our flag does not mean one thing here
and another thing in Cuba or Porto Rico.
The burning issue ofimperialism. grow
ing out of the Spanish war, involves the
very existence of the Republic and the
destruction of ourtree institutions. We
regard it as the paramount issue of the
campaign. gn.-From the Democratic Plat
form.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-09-11
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Stop suGorlngI Try DR.. Miles Pain PMS.

The European soldiers when they
fought their way up to the walls of T'ien-
stien. saw floating in canals and ditche:
outside dozen of Chinese slain by theii
own people because they refused to fight
The bodies were headless and their hand.
were tied behind their backs. The head.
were discovered afterward. Rows Of
them decorated the outer walls, hung BY
their pigtails.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-09-11

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wil1tick 100. la, 600 times ayear. If youl
watch Is not kept clean it VIII soon wear
out and be useless. Lewis will clean
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one year.