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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-25
Jury. of ALI Nations Deciding Which
is the Best Device.
A $4,000 PRIZE is COMPETED FOR
This Sum Offeted by Pollok Heirs
Recalls Shipwreck.
OF MON ITOR S
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, August "a, 1900.
Its an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" or as some other proverb-maker
expresses ii, from great calamities oft
issue public advantage" When on the
Fourth of July, 1898. the French steamship
La BurgCgne went down with all on board
off the Newfoundland coast the world was
Mortified by the disaster, and the news
papers of different countries renewed the
discussion of measures to prevent such
wholesale lose of life.
A $4,000 Prize.
Among the passengers on the way from
the United States to France, who were lost
on the Burgogne, were Mr.. and Mrs. An
thony Pollok of Washington, d. C. More
keenly and personally afflicted by the
calamity than the general public, the heirs
of Mr.. and Mrs. Pollok decided to found
memorial prize TO be awarded for the best
method or device for saving human life IN
shipwrecks. To this end the estate set
aside the sum Of s2o. 600 to be styled the
|AnthOny Pollok prize, and asked the con-
Currence of the United States and French
governments in whatever measures should
be deemed the most practical for the fur
therance of the project Both governments
promptly acceded TO the request and it
was decided to make the competitive dis
pla- of inventions for saving life at sea Il
part of the Paris exhibition of 1900.
The general character of the Pollok
prize, and the conditions attaching to its
award We're widely advertised in all the
countries Of the world. so that through the
utmost publicity every man or set of men IN
the universe who had an idea of interest or
value in the premises, would be induced to
compete for the prize. and TO disclose his
theories in the interest of humanity.
Approaching the vast phlanthropic scope
|of the undertaking the exhibition author
tiles set apart for the purpose a long,
capacious gallery in the building known as
the Palace of Navigation and Commerce,
where all designs submitted should be ex-
hibited. and. with the approval of the Pol
lok heirs, placed the whole subject in the
hands of jury of well-known experts in
all naval and maritime matters. The high
and cosmopolitan character of this jury
makes their judgment authoritative.
This expert commission has virtually ter
minated its laborS this week, three steady
months of tireless devotion to the examina-
ton of all the inventions submitted, wheth-
Ter in the form of miniature models or sim
|ply written documents explaining the de-
vices or methods. The duty was a most ex-
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Chinese BIackmafl,
From the Pail Mall Gazette.


M. Monnier, the well-known French Ash
attic Traveller. vouches for the truth of the
following: A short time ago the Emperor
of China made Up his mind that the street
of the legations In Pekin should at last be
paved. To insure the work being done he
himself provided the money-some e. 300
This sum was handed to a high official of
the public roads and highways depart
ment. 1t entered into the mind of this dig
nitary that the work could be done for
much less. He very soon found an enter
prising contractor who undertook the task
for f1,OOO. No. had, however, views sim
liar to those Of No. l. and was equally sue
cessful in finding No. 8, who, In his turn
considered $500 an extravagant sum for SO
insignificant an undertaking. The street
was eventually paved at cost Of f3 As.
A Chinese gentleman, Hop Sing. a trav-
eled oriental, man Of means and refine
ment. a personal friend Of NJ. Monnier was
on one occasion sOreiy victimizsd- Hop
Sing lived on the Street Of the Roasted
Corn as unsavory and fll-paved O street
as any In all Pekin. The local mandarin wa
an intimate friend of his, and Hop Sing
awaited himself of this friendship to press
the mandarin to have the street repaved.
Certainly At once. The men would be at
work on 1t before Hop Sing had returned
and so on, until. In despair. Hop Sing de-
termined to have the street repaired at his
own expense. The work was satisfactorily
completed The surprise Of Hop Sing was
only equaled by his indignation when, on
awaking one morning. he found a gang of
coolies upheaving the newly tagged street
His surprise grew when he heard from the
mandarin's own lips that the men were
there at his orders. You see, my dear
friend, said the mandarin, II am expecting
the head inspector around here in a few
days. Now, II he were to see the beautiful
pavement you have laid down In your street
he would come to the conclusion that there
was money about, and he would assured,y
bleed every vein in my body. This would
mean my ruin. Don't you see why your
pavement really must come up? It cost me
one fortune to secure my post. don't want
to spend another in keeping IT,
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ecuting your own business, are we not?
Er-uh-is 1t not barely possible that that
with which you find fault lodges as much
In the possible defects in the piece itself as
in our deflciencies?"
This was pretty hot talk, for all of the
langour with which it was put and it
brought the playwright to his feet, SO that
for the next four minutes there was some
genuinely lively conversation between the
male star and the author. At the wind up
Of the rehearsal, however, they might have
been seen in close confab in an alcOve of q
neighboring liquid refectory Rehearsal
scraps, 1t should be understood. do not "go'
The principals are expected to scrap at re-
hearsals. Their nerves are on edge, and 1t
Is part of the game. But, again, in the
garish light Of day, all the chickering's at
rehearsals are forgotten.
The professional play producer, who was
rehearsing the vast hordes of people" en-
gagged to take part in one Of the big spec
tacular productions, was apparently driven
to the verge of madness because the young
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The Refrigerator.

A large refrigerator or ice box is more
economical in the long run than a small
one though the first cost may be greater.
And as it is to be used summer after sum-
mer, it is the ice economy that must be
considered. In arranging for the supply of
Ice it is better to have the box filled to its
utmost twice or three times a week rather
than a smaller piece every day. When the
box is thoroughly chilled it keeps not only
the meat and vegetables, but the ice it
self. Put in 100 pounds If possible, and
on the morning of the third or fourth day
1t will be found that a piece will still re-
main. Another caution is to open the por-
ton where the ice is kept as rarely as
possible.
The cold chamber Is the place to put
everything, even bottles of water and but
ter: the gust of heated air that strikes d.
rectly upon the Ice when this is exposed
Is the agent which makes 1t disappear.
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Be good. won't you. and forget your former
Max's Busy Day.

Be good, won't you. and forget your former
rag-time connections"
Max's Busy Day.
Farther down Broadway new extrava-
ganza was in rehearsal on the same day.
The man In charge-it IL enough that his
first name is "Max"-is a famous man at
this sort Of work, but notorious for his
fierceness at rehearsals. He was In his
shirt sleeves, with handkerchief around
his neck, his hair most weiriiy toused and
his naturally prominent eyes almost start
ing from his head. The whole force Of the
company had started the chorus finale to
the first act when this excitable rehearser
of the outfit made one bound Off the stage
to the auditorium and rushed up the middle
aisle toward the entrance to the theater at
the top of his speed, with his forefingers
jabbed into his ears. OF course, when the
musica, director saw this he brought the
chorus to a sudden close and wheeled
around in his chair to watch the retreating
figure OF the stage manager, who with his
fingers still in his ears, stood away back N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-25
The Professor.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
I'm union." quoted the doctor. there is
strength"
YES" assented the professor. Some
times too much. / once knew a tobac-
conist of the name of Hiram Sting. He
went into partnership with another tobac-
con1St whose name was Solomon Kerr
They had plenty of money and made hon
est goods. but when they undertook to put
the Sting-Kerr cigar on the market they
scored the worst failure you ever heard
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No Fun In Them,

From the Philadelphia Press.
''Of course, 1 expect pay for Them" said
the funny man; you don't suppose write
these things for fun, do your"
Well replied the editor, handing back
the batch Of paragraphs, '1f you did you
failed most dismally."
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Wall From Kansas.

From the Syracuse Herald
"Jes' my luck!'' walled the Kansas farmer.
whats tn natter?
This years the best wheat crop I ever
| had, an now / read tibet tn India famine
is abatin' an tn price O. wheat is sartin t.
slump jes' awful
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An Experienced Agent.
From the New York Weekly.

House Agent-"Rush around to 128 Bank
street quick and get last months rent"
Bookkseper-"what's upr"
Agent-"As passed there this morning
l heard baby. There won't be any spare
Dash around that house for six weeks At
least. I've had EN- myself"
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woman who plays the artless maiden wasn't
precisely Interpreted in her lines. When
the awful fact burst upon him that she had
forgotten q portion OF one Of her speeches
he walked over to her, pushed his hands
into his pockets and then drove them both
through his hair, gased at the shrinking
in the act OF shoplifting, mumbied inaudibly
for a moment before he could find words.
and then said to her huskily:
Cat. cat" obeyed the young woman,
smiling. .
The professional piay.producer clapped his
hand to his forehead as IL startled.
Marvellous" he shouted. Beyond belief!
Now spell dog"
Dog. dog" replied the young woman.
The rehearser almost executed back fall,
so intense did his wonderment appear.
who would believe it?" he exclaimed.
words. and how to spell them! Incredible!
syllables-'studyT
Sturdy, study" said the young woman
who was not letter-perfect in her lines,
probably with an inkling Of what was COM
ing.
and ponder that word. and IL you are not
able to go through with your lines backward
at the rehearsal tomorrow-well, we shall
see,' and the boss of the stage shook his
shaggy head ominously.
Another comic opera company was re-
hearsing at one of the out-of-date down.
town theaters, and the principals were in
the midst of an explanatory passage in the
first act, when one Of the chorus women
back In the wings began to talk and to
giggle. The comedian and star of the
piece giared at the stage manager, and
the stage manager, taking the cue, rushed
into the wings.
They Knew Better.
STAND forth. the guilty onev' he Missed.
Electrically, but in deadly earnest. never
theless ct is astonishing how deficient
many stage folk are in a sense of humor).
Stand forth! Where is she? Who is she?
She shall be fired! She shall be driven
hence! If the guilty one does not stand
forth I shall discharge you all! I won't
have It! 1 won't endure it, I won't sub
init to 1t! I won't stand for 1t! The gig
gler! The babbler. Show her to me!'
But all Of the young women in the wings
gazed upon him silently. with bovine inno-
cence, and 1.-The guilty one did not stand
forth"
You are all discharged-the whole ca
Doodle Of your yelled the stage manager,
dashing onto the stage.
An uninftiated spectator, who happened
to be ON the stage at the time, expected to
see the chorus women march out, weeping
bitterly as they went. But they neither
marched nor wept They kept their places
and simply grinned at each other
We'll, you'll have to look for another en-
gagement now, / suppose" said the unini-
tiated spectator to one Of the women, who
laughed real merrily.
What for?' she inquired.
well, you're discharged, are you not?''
why, he'll discharge US all again twcn-
ty times before this rehearsal is over"
gurgled the young woman, laughing mu-
sically some more. c. L. c.
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Opposed to Il.
Prom the Chicago Record.
How do you feel on the subject Of i'm
periaiismr"
y don't think women ought to be alloved
% boss ~ men around the Wa1 they doh
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the dark doorway like a man petrified.
We'll, what's the trouble now" weakly
inquired the musical director
"Oh, nothing thundered the stage man
ager. go right ahead. Keep 1t up. Kill
yourselves"
But they weren't off the key" argued
the musical director.
No" moaned the stage manager, In the
voice OF a man in mortal agony, they
weren't off the key, but did you observe
them? Did you note the whole fifty Of EN-
standing like so many laundering croquet
wickets. with their arms welded and dou-
Bile riveted to their sides, while they're sup
posed to be gayly and vociferously CAROL
ins the music Of a forest hunting song?
wax figures? Where did 1 get them :?
Heaven help me for a laundering. paretic,
no-account idiot. where did l pick this
gang of cigar-store Indians up? Where did
l accumulate this bunch Of clothing-shop
dummies? That / should live-to be a col
lector Of marionettes. Singing a rollicking,
rapid-fre hunting song for the nine-mil-
liOnth time since we began rehearsing and
still they stand as If they were glued to the
boards and bucked and gagged
Then. fiercely hopping the dripping per-
spiration from his forehead, he marched
down the middle aisle again, leaped upon
the stage like a prize fighter jumping into
the ring ana hoarsely demanded that they
should sing the whole scene over again.
Another Broadway stage. manager who
was conducting a rehearsal Of new So
ciety play used the unruff1ed sarcastic
method whereby to fetch the people to
themselves.
"Ah." said he to the second male lead.
that's the way, then, that you are ac
customed to entering your own sumptuous
ball room? I'm Well, your method has
some features that worthy of common
dation; but pray inform me, is it con-
sidered en- reggie in your set for gentle
man to race into a ball room as il he We're
running to fire? And Is it really Gus
tomary among the gentlemen of your coterie
to yaWn quite 50 generously as they step
forth to meet their guests? l only want
to know, you know"
The male star and the playwright did not
appear to be hitting it off very well to-
gether at still another Broadway play
house on the stage of which a costume
play" was being rehearsed
Atmosphere Badly Needed.
There's no atmosphere whatever in this"
broke in the playwright in the middle of
the first scene. THE idea Is not caught at
all. It's made altogether too prosy. Sew
enteenth century manners are not twentieth
century manners. The purpise, the motif,
the local color Is not grasped at ALL
"Oh. Is that SOP" langudly inquired the
male star. who is big enough in the profess
sion to be able to talk back with impunity,
even to a playwright. I'VE are rendering
your lines, sirrah, are we not? We are ex-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
SOME PERSON
Is "AlI Alone Because His Trunk
 Is Gone. "A Mystery.

Several days ago trunk was found in the Cotton Belt yards in the eastern part of the city IL had been broken open and contained a large batch of ladies dresses and female articles of wear generally. The trunk was taken to police headquar- ters and the police i'm deediately went to work to learn something about it. It was addressed to Draughon, Ark, without the owners name at tached.
 The police and Cotton Belt detee- tive are of the opinion that a freight car had been robbed but up to the present no broken seal' has been reported to the railway office.
 The police of this city assisted by the Cotton Belt sleuth are still work ing on the case.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
THE STEAMER HALLETTE
Isn't Stuck in the Mud, Bu i
 Awaiting Rise.

Capt. Mdtt Downs, the H9h Mo- gull of the Pine Bluff Packet Com pany's steamer "Hailette, ! was in the city this morning. Hef says we were misirf formed yestegday when we stated th lat the HI aLette" was stuck in the mud iusY above the Cotton Belt Il eilway bfidge at Rob Roy. He sayA the/Hallette' has more freight than water and the latter is expected to rise enough by Thursday evening to allow her 10 proceed on her journey to this city.
 The river is reported to be rising at Little Rock today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
RID YOURSELF
Of Beggars by Getting a Coupon
 Book From Rev. Holcomb.

The "Poor Mans Shelter pro- tected and sheltered large number of poor unfortunates Tuesday night from the rain and cold. This work is supported 5y free offerings and coupon books of six and twelve tickets each, 50 cents and $1.0O The tickets call for meal and shelter. These coupon books are very handy. When an unfortudat presents him. self to you for aid, and you have a book, tear ou f ticket and send him to the Poor Mans Shelter" with same and he will be given lodging and food free. The scheme is very legitimate and clever one. Rev. Holcomb is doing much for worthy cause. Assist him all you can.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10

The steamer Hallette is not lost, strayed or stolen, but Is awaiting the coming rise in the Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
4 HOLD UP
J. H. Shelby, an Old Citizen of This
 City, Encounters Highwayhen

Bave the elong and shqft mem reached Pine Bluff?
 Last Monday night MT. D. H. Shell by. a citizen ot this place, was confronted by two men in very dark quarter on Walnut street near the old lake bed, Aan{ ordered to .giye up." Being helRlgss, the gentle man, badly frightened, threw up his hands and was immediately relieved of his :eh and s in money. The robbers also tock his hat, but before departing handed it back to him with their compliments.
 There is no clue to the thieves.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
|OF INSURANCE MEN PAYING
 THE CITY A VISIT TODAY.
|HELENA'S PETE NELSON
Relates a Story of His Lying" Act-Other Interesting
 Dots.

Several fire underwriters are in Pine Bluff today adjusting recent fire losses. Among them are Messrs w. "Pete" Nelson, of Helena; James K. Polk, of Nashville; M. G. Griffin, of Atlanta; T. |. Lave and Tom Smal wood, of Dallas, and A. Is. Lindsey, of Jackson, Tenn.
 James K. Polk, who is among the numb Der, served with distinction as regimental adiutant of the famous First Tennessee regiment, which has just returned from the Philp- pines. Mir. Polk says the health fulness of the disputed island is very good and not half so bad as it is painted. He says he returned home in better health than he pos- sessed when he left this country.
 MT. Nelson, vho is one of the iol. Hest and most successful insurance men in Arkansas, was asked for news by Graphic reporter. "A sensation of any kind will do, sad the news man..
 last sensation sprung on the public was in the spring of the year 1892, during the high water in this section. , responded MT. Nelson. Dick Brugman. now of the Little Rock Gazette, and myself were special newspaper men on the relief boat Anna B. Adams" and we were determined to have an item for our papers. 1 had the clue and Dick and myself worked on it, and It was bowling success. We sent in some 5000 worlds about twins being born to a woman, who had fled for safety to the hollow of an old sycamore tree near the Arkansas river a few miles from Redfeld. We added in sympathetic words, the carrying away of one of our little heroes by the raging and fearful waters of the Arkansas. The item was printed all over the coun try and was generally believed. For years afterwards it was a general topic of conversation. Dick and myself were mum and tais added to the items success.
 
 Since 1892 MT. Nelson has reform ed and embarked in the insurance business.
 Mr. M. 5. Griffin is formerly from New York, and is distantly related to Chauncy Depew. The family Characteristic, ability at afte,. din- ner speaking, is one of Mr. Griffin S
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
CHOSEN CASHIER OF ClTI- ZENS BANK TO SUCCEED
 H. c RATHER.
A PRACTICAL BANKER .
Directors and Officers of That Concern Elect 9d-A Pros
 porous Year.

The regular annual meeting of the stockholders Of the Citizens Bank, of this city, occurred at the bank parlors Tuesday afternoon. Besides the election of directors and officers, the selection of cashier, to fill the position recently made vacant by the resignation of Mr. H. c. Rather, was to be accomplish ed. The directors were elected as. follows:
 Mesars. W. H. Langford, Fred Fox, J. T. VI Tillar, R. M. Knox, D. M. Bluthed thai, P. P. Byrd and Dr. C. M. Taylor.
 After dispq sing of much bgsiness, the directors elected the Allowing officers to SC i've for the ensuing year:
 President IW. H. Laygford
 Vice preside ent-R. " Knox.
 Gashier--N B. sigh.
 Assistant cashieGM. D. Bloom.
 Book -keepers@R. l.. Byrd and T. E. Buck.
 As is usual with the Citizens Bank, the year just closed was a most profitable and prosperous one. It has never failed to pay good large dividends seni-ae nualy. This in- stitation is in most hourishing condition and the year 1900 opens. most auspieiously for It.
 Mr. N. B. Sligh, the new cashier, is practical southern banker of many years experienee. He IS originally from Galveston, Texas, and later from Waco. For long time he was president of what is now the Hibernia National Bank, at New Orleans. For many years he was at the head of a leading bank at Galveston, Texas, and just recently with the First National at Waco.
 MT. Langford is confident tbat he has secured most valuable and trust worthy gen tlemap, as hun dreds of. 4 l references and recom- meudations speak for themselves.
 MT. sllgh las moved hls family to Pine Bluff and is now comfortably domlciled on Walnut street in Joe Rosen berg's former home. We vel come him and bis excellent family to our city
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10

title, threw up the sponge within one second of the call of time, which would have ended the round. When O'Rouke threw up the sponge Dixon was practically helpless.
 Tae fight was the gamest eyer witnessed in New York prize ring, and McGovern's victory was well earned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
IRON MOUNTAIN WON.
Result of the Damage Suit Brought
 by Mrs, Hing.

CONWAY, ARK Jan. 9-The jury, after twelve hours deliberation, rendered verdict for the Iron Mountain against Mrs. Amelia H. ing for the killing of her husband, Chas. Hing, at Barring Cross in 1896. Mrs. Hing sued for $20, 1000 damages, and the case was brought this county from Lonoke.