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PEACHES AND BLUBBER.
A story of Arthur Stringer and an
oxford Professor.

oxford Professor.
Canadians are very tOuchy on the
subject of climate, as Rudyard Kipling
discovered when he somewhat thought
lessly dubbed the Dominion Our Lady
of the Shows" When Arthur Stringer,
the young Canadian poet and author,
first went to Oxford, he carried with
him letters from Professor Goodwin
Smith of Toronto 10 Professor York
Powell, the distinguished historian of
ChristchurCh.
The old Oxford don, like one or two
other EngliShmen, had very vague
ideas about Canada aud somewhat sur
prised the young stranger by inquiring
il he got along nicely on English roast
mutton after living so long on frozen
seal meat The young poet gravely
protested that he perhaps missed his
whale blubber little. but the next day
cabled home. and in less than a week
the finest basket of autumn peaches
ever grown in Ontario carefully pack
ed in sawdust, was on its way to Ok
ford. A short time afterward the
yOdhS NdS dSiItH WIFI
the regius professor at Oxford. and
that gentleman produced at the meal
a fruit dish loaded with tremendous
peaches.
"MOst extraordinary" said the old
professor but these peaches were
sent to me today, and I'm blessed If /
know who sent them. From the south
of France, suspect, so | saved few
of them for you, Stringer. They will
be such novelty, you know"
The Canadian very quietly took
steamship company's bill of lading
from his pocket and handed it to the
professor. The professor gazed at the
bill, then at the fruit, then at the poet.
81 had some whale blubber, too, pro-
fessor," said that young man, 'but l
simply had to eat that. These other
things were grown on my l les farm
In Kent county. Ont, you know He
has 200 bushels of them every year,
and he sent ME over basket of little
ones along with the whale blubber."-
Saturday Evening Post.
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A Bright JeweIer.

A gentleman tells the following joke
OH a jeweler: A young man who was
on the verge of matrimOny went to the
jeweler and bought ring and left in
structions that in it be engraved the
legend. "From A to H." which, being
interpreted. meant from Anthony to
Zenobia. TO his astOnishment. on call
ing for the ring the next day he found
1t engraved like an Egyptian obelisk
and on closer examination found that
the jeweler had put the whole alpha
bet from A to r. on 1T.
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HOW'g THIS7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hairs
Catarrh Cure. - o., r.,odo n
Wa tba undersigned, have known +. j..
Cheney for the last is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions,
and financially able to carry out any oDhgauon
WEST &TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, D.
WALDINe, KIENAN & MARVIN, wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o. ,, o.,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken lnternally, acuhS
dtraotIv nnon thn blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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who candidate the Presidency the United
fortune In The Peruna
"IhdCe Hsed PerHnG both for nUse and
j. SSH
able cOld c0dTrh hay kindred
tonic feeble and old people, those
HtstrHnD." Yours truly, BetCG 4. LOchIr0Od
the body.
Of the head Most people think because
sickness dah Health and Beauty
The Western outlook., 1900-01-27

If YOU want to make your home pleas
anl. pay little more attention 10 Inc cui-
tivation of plants in and around your
home. A new catalogue just published by
f.. A. Miller, 2l5 Hayes ST., San + fTanclscn, Si
- a. ,,n,i a mi list of the most desirable
Seeds. plants and bulbs. Send for cata-
lOpIIe,
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III. craving f,r stImuIauts

Has lately attracted great deai OF oeo atten'
ton. The use of them seems 70 DC DnI ,n = On.
ing. This clearly shows an eXhans;;ehh Xhs;eh nav -"
d zion of the nerves and blood wniUn nina i' ths
he remedfed only by Strengthening w;II .H1
stomach. Hostetters S.oniacn Dnliei' con-. %
do this for YOU. 1t cures dysPeP'"' ''-'
sti alton and nervousness.
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1t was the custom of the Greeks to
offer beets on silver tray 60 Apollo in
his temple at Delphi. Lord Bacon
loved the onion so that he declared the
rose would be sweeter planted in a bed
Of them.
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Coffee in pound packages sealed
from the varied odors of the grocery
and marketed by the firm that raised
it; that is what you get when you buy
Yelocros Java q Mocha. Their ad. ap-
pears in today's issue.
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Help Nature Help You

Vitality cannot cure disease uniess Eosr"tl SoIl
toiy's kept clean insite and out ,ss Ga'carsII s1
Candy CArtharic keep II c'eah
druggists, l0c, 25c SOC.
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To Cure Cold III
Take Laxative Bromo Qulnlne
All druggists refund the money !. ~
fails TO cure E. W. Groves signature
is on each box. 25 cents.
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Prof tIess.

Miss Chicago = Money talks, you
know.
Miss Boston "A vulgar apothegm.
Culture makes no concession to the To-
quacity of lucre.-BOSton Courier.
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Are you run down, no appetite, sics SIC :
headache. consuipated, blood thih aT Iva Ma~I ~
Try Adams Sarsaparilla Plhs. !,te
store. create and build mp Foou'' N0''-''
Inc. DC. All druggists.
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Two bottles of Pisos Cure for Consump-
tion cured me of bad lung trouble-Mrs.
j. Nichols, Princeton, Ind, Mar. 26, 1895.
The Western outlook., 1900-01-27

Mothers will Gid Mrs. Winslow's
soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for
their children during the teething period.
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VITALITY low, deblitAted or exhausted cured by
DIR Kline's InvigOrating Tonic. FREE 81. Trial
Bottle containing Weeks treatment. Dr. Kline
Institute, 93I Arch ST. Philadelphia. FOUNDED lS1 l..
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70 cnra . Cold I'm Urs Day

whenever mau begins 70 talk oaps SPSu1 right s
beantv of economy, he always
sttaight at his vile.
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az, Ia,., ,,,ora faith I'm the higher education
Of women" Trowird the iinconRenial Passen, =.
ger, III il would DIVER teach them h''' :" ee' y"
a ca bic car backward
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Every time man makes a fool Of
himself by acting contrary to his own
Judgment he gets mad.
The Western outlook., 1900-01-27

The Byzantine princes played a game
which differed very little from our
modern polo.
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One Point of ReSemhIanoa

THE elder Sothern was a good story
teller, and he particularly liked to dwell
on his experiences at the outset of his
stage life, when he was a minor mem
Der of the John Mccullough company"
said the old time theater gOer.
"McCullOugh was playing in Texas,
and in one town where he was billed to
play 'lngomar, through some accident
on the railroad, the necessary costumes
were delayed.
The manager was equal to tae situl
alton, however. He went~6nu
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A clever woman can lift the load from the
heaviest heart laid at her feet
The Western outlook., 1900-01-27

A man always wastes time in Worrying .. about
tho thin, 3 he can help, or the things ne can L.
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A remark carelessly dropped doesn't
always fall fat.
The Western outlook., 1900-01-27

Generally the Free Thinker ooJecU !" "ps
thing that taxes his brain.
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When Sleep Is soundest.

"The popular idea or impression Is
that when persons dream much during
night to that extent their sleep is in
terfered WITH" remarked a well-known
physician to a Star reporter, land it is
a frequent thing to hear persons say
that they dreamed so much during the
night that they did not sleep or rest
well. Now, the fact Is, dreaming is as
much rest or mental recreation as actu-
al sleep in some respects, although it
may not appear so on first thought. 1t
is hard to prove this by actual expert
ment, because IT, tions are so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

Adeibert Hay, consul to Pretoria leaves
Cape Town today for his post of duty. He
is young man. but his family and train
ing are full guarantees that he will prove
easily equal to the duties of his office even
in the present trying times in South At
RIGA. The son of John Hay must in the
nature of things possess d clear under
standing, a manly bearing, and discretion.
Those are qua tiles which are essential to
success in any consulate, but they will be
found of especial Importance at Pretoria
during a period of profound agitation and
difficulty.
Mr.. Hay, in addition to his duties as the
representative of the American govern
nent in the Transvaal, will be charged
with English interests also. This is a mat
ter of courtesy about which there is no
secret or concealment. England performed
similar office for the United States in
Cuba during the recent war with Spain.
and We are now to return the favor. The
custom is old and wel!-established among
friendly nations, and the service is usually
performed without other than the best
results to all the parties in interest.
In this case, however. report has
gained circulation that the Boer govern
ment is not pleased with the arrangement.
Mr.. Hay presents himself. The Beers, it is
stated, are so infiamed against the English
that the fact that Mr.. Hay sailed for his
post by the way of London, stopped there,
and while in town was received in audi
ence by Lord Salisbury. has made them
distrustful of him and disinclned to re-
ceive him in any capacity
This would seem to be most unlikely
The Beers will certainly be too wise TO
put themselves in any such indefensible at
titude. Mr. Hay comes to them accredited
by this government as its representative
and wha he may offer to do for Eng
lish prisoners or in any English interests
in the Transvaal will be as the American
consul and with the consent of his govern
ment. Moreover, he could not if he would
act under cover, and he will at all times
and for all his acts be auswerabIe TO the
nation that sent him.
The Beers have an opportunity to receive
thoroughly competent and reliable man
from friendly nation, and it is to be ex-
pected that they will make him welcome
and facilitate the transaction of all of his
official business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
An Honest Confession.

Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania would appear
to stand alone among democrats of ma
tional reputation with reference to free
silver. In 1896 he was one of the most ag-
gressive of the supporters of Mr. Bryan
and fully subscribed TO the doctrine of free
coinage at 10 to 1 without the aid or con-
sent of any other nation. To-day he con-
siders that such a policy is utterly out of
the question, and he proclaims his change
of view with the utmost frankness OF
course, he has become the target for criti-
cism but none of it impugns his sincerity.
To that which dwells upon his inconsistency
he makes no reply but the confession that
he has been instructed by Developments
He has kept his mind open on the subject,
and he yields to what he conceives to be
the best interests of the country at this
time.
Does Mr.. Sibley really stand alone in
more than his courage to confess a change
of view? Is 1t not likely that there are
others who have in their convictions aban-
doned free silver, but who are so cireum-
stanced that they cannot afford his frank
ness and independence? He likes active
political life, and probably office along with
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it, but he has large means, and is not de-
pendent upon Office for either his living or
his prominence. He can afford to be frank
with himself and with the country. And
so, being his own master and answerable
only to himself, he speaks out and declares
against the very policy which three years
ago he advocated.
Surely there must be other men of Mr..
Sibley's grade who. standing with him in
1895, have since read as he has the course
of events. They have seen, as he has. the
whole argument which was then offered in
favor of free silver refuted by the natural
laws OF business. Nothing Is left indeed of
all that gave force to the frenzed shout
ings of that year but the political organi-
cation which cheered on the work and paid
the bills. That survives. and Is preparing
to renew the cry; and it's reliance for an
other campaign for silver, even with all of
the old contentious exploded. is the fact
that politicians rule fear the charge of
inconsistency and jump at the first swish
OF the lash of party regularity.
But, nevertheless, the Bryanite program
Is one of great risk To bring forward a
lot of new contentious to support an old
and discredited theory is apparently to in
Vite defeat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

| in their liberality as to pass all bounds of
national duty sentiment.
So rank have become some of the ABUSES
which these attorneys have injected into
the pension system thata reaction against
even the virtuous pensioner and the deserv-
ing claimant has begun to assert itself The
people have never complained of the weight
of taxation requisite to balance this burden
of honorable debt to the men who fought
for the Union and for the widows and chill
dren of those who died in consequence of
their services. But they have protested, in
sharp terms, against the prostitution of the
pension system to a business of greed and
avaricc and even dishonesty.
The debate in the House yesterday was
rema rka bic for it's frankness and for the
manner IN which men of opposing political
faith advanced to the defense OF the PEN
SIGN commissioner. That official has in
Cured the enmity of the professional PEN
sion agtators by the fidelity he has shown
to the governments interests and the care
with which lie has interpreted and executed
the laws. The accusation against him is
virtually the highest praise. and the coun-
try at large, irrespective of party, unques-
tionably so interprets it and echoes the
plaudits which Rave been sincerely ten
dered him.
II SoiSItSS VIII out ACT III the passage or
special pension bills with even half as much
absolute equity toward both sides as Com
missioner Evans has acted in his whole ad-
miniStration of the pension Office the an
nGal pension burden will not continue to
grow in def tnce of the laws CT proportion
and longevity and the demands of right
eousness. Let there be direct legislation to
cure the attorney evil and the system will
stiil further commend itself to the judg-
ment of all the people. And finally let
there be more of such manly defenses of
honest officials as that yesterday uttered in
the House against the intrigues of spofls-
men and the pension law vultures who seek
to grow fat on TIE sufferings of the vet
Grams and command a hearing in the
abused name of patriotism. Then the full
virtue of the pension roll will be more
keeniy appraciat by all the citizens
Meanwhile this rule in the main holds
good: Stick pin through protest against
the administrator of pension laws and you
VIII md in ninety-nine cases of a hundred
a pension shark in the guise of a baffied at
torney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
The Citizens and the Railroad Bill.

When the Pei nsylvaria Railroad Com
pany's bill for elmiI at!ng certain grade
- crossings" &c. vas introduced in the SEN
ate a month ago the people of Washington
were first made aware of the railroad COM
psry's desires Last night the Board of
Trade discussed the report of its committee
on railroads and made known to the Dis
trIct Commissioners. to Congress and to the
Railroad Company the attitude of the pee
Pc of the National Capital toward the pro-
p-sed legislation. For many years there
ma been earnest ende;.Vor on the part of
portions of this grade-crossing-cu conf
II ,tHIty to bring about local harmony. but
moi until now has there been anything like
uIanimity to plans Now. however the
cirzens are nearly of one mind and last
night representative men from all sections
agreed that the report of the committee on
railroads was safe and literally -conserv-
alive expression of belief. There was no
dissenting voice when the final vote was
taken
Every feature of the bill was closely
scanned and thoroughly understood. From
the beginning it was evident that the rail-
road company was asking for much more
than it expects to receive. but the example
thus set by the corporation was not fol-
loved by the Board of Trade; it wants no
more than is due the city and that it rea-
soaahly expects to get. 1t wants the rail-
road company to keep its wheels off Poto-
mae Park. 1t insists that there be no
tracks at grade on Water street 1t asks
that condemnation proceedings shall be
begun within one year from the passage
o. the act. 1t requires fair taxation of all
rairoad property. 1t declares forcibly
against inequitable division of the expense
in no work of
H." rovement.
The company and the people having made
plain their desires it is now in order for
thu Commissioners and Congress to bring
about agreements. What will the railroad
authorities do? If they are wise they will
aC ept. promptly. the views and PROPOSE
ticns Of those who unquestionably repre-
sent the community and upon whose dec
lar.,tigns the conclusions of the District
{, mmissioners will doubtless be based.
beyond the point of protest against its
plainly Objectionable features there is de-
ciGed public appreciation of the chief items
Of the railroad company's proposal The
plan tn erect large and beautiful station
CoGnmendS itself to the citizens. The engi-
nseriug features of the project are admira-
BIZ meeting the Endorsement of both eX-
pets and non-techncal residents alike.
Anu HldHN, tIle general proposition 10 dDOI-
fsh the crossings at grade which have
dwarfed the growth of large part of the
City and destroyed and endangered life
opens a vista of practical relief which
sTatIfieS the entire community.
Thus the bill in the main represents
most desirable and commendable enter
prise and in the effort to secure salts
factory and equitable adjustment in all de-
tails the people of Washington will not lose
sight of the chief issues and the assured
benefits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

Il is both fortunate and unfortunate that
the occasion of the passage Of the annual
pension appropriation bill should have been
seized in the House yesterday for an at
tack upon the present pension commits
sioner for the manner in which ne has been
administering the laws. Il is fortunate in
that it opened the wav to volley of sharp
o. ecchcs in rebuke Of the pension sharks
who are at the bottom of the whole agita-
ton. 1t is unfortunate in that II perpet-
yates the controversy over the pension adj
ninistration. which was thought to have
been amicably and equitably adjusted.
Il is perhaps well on the whole that
such chances should arise to clear the at
mosphere IN reference to the greed and
Vaccinations of large section of the pen
sion attorney fraternity. With some nota-
BILE exceptions, those ranks are filed with
men who are persistently trying to muIct
the government by the manufacture of
groundless claims. by the drumming up of
fraudulent applications for pension, and by
the enactment Of new laws 50 extravaga
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
The Uses for American Monav

The Atlantic telegraph cable has been
kept hot for day or two past with dis
patches pro and con as to whether the So
called Count Castel.ane, who married Miss
Anna Gould, lost somewhere from three to
twenty million francs in recent stock spec
ulations on the Paris bourse. Well, sup
pose he did. What odds does it make to
American readers. either way. What do
seedy foreign princes, marquises, counts
and barOns marry rich American girls for,
ii it isn't to be supplied in that way with
money with which to support mistresses
and indulge in all sorts of gambling and
sporting proclivities? And why do rich
American girls marry impecunious titled
foreigners, if they don't expect to furnish
the money to enable them to do these
things? There is no need of kilograms Oh
any branch of the subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

Al the Webster meeting on Thursday
when Johr d. Long. dcputed by the Presi-
d,Et. stepped forward to receive the statue
for the people, and Henry Cabot Lodge
followed him as the orator of the occasion,
there was something suggestive. and some
thing TO touch the pride of all who glory
IN the record of the old Bay State.
Massachus It's has beer in the thick of
every fray since our national existence be
gan But never united. Her people are
al intellectual and a disputatious lot, and
sturdy wranglers among themselves. The
country. however. on every supreme Occa-
sion has received some of its strongest sup
pert from the men of that commonwealth.
II the trial of today this history is being
Repeated MIR. Lodge in the Senate is one
of the foremost and most effective of the
administrations champions and the Presi-
dent at his council table has no wiser or
more patriotic adviser than Mr. Long.
We have in the case of the Secretary of
the Navy indeed a striking instance of the
Resources of our people. He accepted his
Office with some reluctance. After a highly
successful experience in political life. and
one which had fully satisfied his ambition,
H. had retired to private life and to lu-
crative law position, when the President
an old friend. invited him to become a
member of his official family. The personal
aspect was the strongest aspect of the APP
peal The office itself had no aIiuremeut
for Mr.. Long. whose training in no part
had been in line with its duties And on
personal grounds largely he accepted it.
and came to Washington and entered upon
what promised to be four years of hum
drum departmental routine.
The war with Spain changed in an instant
the whole face of things and imperativeIy
called upon Mr.. Long for all the resources
as man and executive that he possessed.
He rose to the occasion readily and com
psetely- The work of his department done
under his direction. important in the highest
degree and complicated in all of its details
went forward swiftly and steadily: and moi
single balk or break at the close of the
struggle could be traced to his tireless and
sagaciouS energy. He had met the emer-
gency as though with d lifetime training
for it. and he closed for the sea arm of the
national service a chapter of war second ir
cleanliness and glory to none other in
American history. And what adds to hi,
credit is that, from first to last, there has
not been on his part an instance of posing
Or d theatrical exhibit Of any kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
1t is None of Our RuSinASs

fT0H Inc st. Paul Dispatch.
This government cannot be wheedled by
sentimentalstS or dragooned by political
oppOrtunists into forming or delivering any
expression of sympathy for or interest in
the South African conflict 1t is none of
our business. anyhow. One of the contest
ants is our friend. bound to us By the ties
of conSanguinity and mutual interest and
the other is a people struggling for what 1t
believes to be its rights Let the god of
battle decide it, and let U.S. as a nation,
keep our fingers out of the fire. We have
troubles of our own, pleasures of our own
ana business of our own that should COM
mand our undivided attention When the
trouble is over we will help to bind up the
wounds and nurse the sick but until it is
over We VIII have nothing to say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Protection and South CaroIina.

From the st. Louis Giube-DemCcrat
South Carolina, it is estimated, ranks
next to Massachusetts, in the number of
Its cotton mills, and expects to lead Mas
sachusetts by the end of 1900. This is not
exactly the sort of Il future for that local
ity to which Calhoun, McDuffie and the
rest of the Palmetto states representatives
in Congress looked in the old days. YET
nobody in South Carolina regrets the
change i'll the conditions in that commu-
nifty South Carolina is larger, greater and
wiser than some of her distinguished citi-
ZenS OF half a century ago supposed she
would be by this time. The change in her
condition is one of the narvels of the
century.