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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
AN ADVANCE IN TIMBER.
The Owner Had IL Good Reason for
Putting Up the Price.

1t was very peaceful and pleasant morn
ing in June when got on my horse at the
Pine Mountain Company's saw and staye
mill to ride up to Sam Hollis farm to talk
timber He owned one convenient little
tract with some stave timber on it, and l
wanted to get hold of it. Sam also had a
wife who had temper that might have
been smoothed out if We could have run
her through the planning mill, but nothing
short of that would have had any effect
upon it. Fifteen years of it had shriyeled
and stunted Sam till he looked like a GU
cumber after a long drouth He lived about
two miles from the mill. and when I
reached his house he was sitting on the
fence in front.
How are you?'' said I. by way of salu-
tation.
How d'y. colonel he responded. I'm
ruther poly. How do you find yerself?'
"Oh, I'm all right I<came up to see Won
Il reckon 1 do. I'm wiilin to sell most
anything l got"
Well. wei give you $3.50 tree for
twenty trees
80 Taint enough, colonel"
Well cut it and deliver it ourselves,
and two and a half's plenty for it,
Vel. youth have to see the old woman
Where is she?"
I'm the house thar" chuckinp his thumb
over his shoulder.
All right; go in and tell her to come
out"
Eff l do. colonel" he said, not Offering
10 move. them trees is goin to cost you
$50 apiece"
What do you mean" 1 asked, astonished
at this wild proposition. Two and a half
a tree is all they are WORTH
Il reckon hit is. colonel. and that is all
m askin fer the trees; but the extry dol
lar is fer wear and tear on me eff go in
to see the old woman. ! come out NV thar
jist afore you rid up, and I'll be dad burned
ef I'd try hit ag'in fer no two dollar'n a
half trees that ever growed"
He was proof against all persuasion. and
l rode away, to come again another day
when the lady was in happier mood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
Still Unsuited.

From the Chicago News.
Waited on. nliss?"
mo. l wish to see some gloves"
Gloves? Certainly. Twenty-four, Show
this lady our latest arrivals in gloves"
Number 81 uncovers a brown box
Here they are, Genuine three-button
French kids. Today they are advertised
for $40. Worth more
They are not exactly what wished"
'Oh, l see! You prefer a pique glove.
Examine these?"
Il did not say a word about pique gloves"
You are right! It's my mistake. You
SAID ,s suede Here they are on this case.
Three-clasp, gray?'
Did you hear me say suede. Young
MANI
well, er-that is. couldn't say exactly.
said mocha think. now, you said mocha,
Here they are in the latest effects. Fleece
lined Extremely comfortable. Should
wrap these up?"
NO, sir. ! don't wish any mocha"
SIS it possible. Here 1 have been under
the impression that You wished mocha
gloves, and it turns out that you wish
something entirely different. 1t just shows
miss, now we can get incorrect ideas. But
AZ last We nave mutual understanding
You wish an astrakhan fieece-ined kid?
Just examine these gloves under that sky
light
81 don't wish themv'
Don't wish these? Is it possible? Miss
did you say anything about cashmere
gloves?''
Not word,'
And you didn't wish to gee any nit
NO. I didn't
Well. miss. would you please be so kind
as to designate the exact styla of pIova
you are looking for?'
Il would have done so long ago If Won
mad only given me the chance to get In a
word edgeways. l wish to look at a beavv
coarse pair of Transfers gloves am go.
ing to give them to our ashman as a Christ
mas present. He is the most accommodate
ing ashman in the city. You just ought to
meet him. But have you any gloves in tnat
lne?"
NO, Go to a tanners and have a pair
tanned to order" Then he turned on his
heel and strobe up to the other end of his
| counter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
1.-THE DECENT CITIZEN"
The FoOtpad Views 1t From the Other
Side of the Law.

81 disapprove of the practice of carrying
frearms-by the public" remarked the foot
pad deprecatingly. "At the same time
there are arguments in its favor, even II
am talking prejudicially to my business in
terests.
1T is the law-abiding citizen who is al
ways placed at a disadvantage in these
matters. 1t Is the prominent Citizen, or
the 'hard-working' man. or the business
man who is shot down by the town drunk
ard or hummer or the worthless scurf of
the streets. The papers are full Of such
items, and the case is seldom reversed, ex-
cept in the far west. where the bad mans
bloody career is finally ended by town
marshals bullet.
The worthless citizen does not consider
himself man until ne owns a cheap re-
volver. And when. in addition, he becomes
possessed of a few drinks of bad whisky
and smokes a rank 5-cent cigar his man
Illness in his own estimation, takes on an
enlarged form, and he shines effu1gently in
his own eyes. That's the time for the de-
cent citizen to look out, and, If necessary
to shoot him down like the thoroughly dis
reputable cur-dogs are too noble an animal
to be named in the same breath-that he Is
But, unhappily, the decent citizens re-
volver, If he owns one, is lying in the bu-
reau drawer at home, whence his own
bleeding and unoffending body is brought
TO his horror stricken and bereaved widow
and family. The worthless character is ac-
quilted, or escapes in five cases out of ten,
with light penitentiary sentence.
Education brings with 1t a natural ten
dency TO observe not only the physical but
the statute laws, which control US. There
fore, the decent citizen respects these laws,
and by observing them himself sets an ex-
ample to be emulated by the other classes
The worthless fellow. be he of the small
town or of the great city, is one upon whom
all lessons are lost and kindnesses thrown
away.
He is at heart a despicable coward. who
would no more stand up in fair fight or a
duel than he would attend church. He
awaits until he has his adversary at a dis
advantage, and shoots him down, or
through the back or ambushes him.
There is no means by which the worth
less character may be disarmed. He disre-
CARDS the law, and when apprehended pays
his fine or serves his Jail sentence, only to
pick up his weapon again upon his release
The police magistrates learned discourse
upon the vicious practice of going armed
and that the strong arm of the law affords
sufficient safeguard to citizens under its
protection. applies to and is needed by the
decent citizen. and does not affect the de-
generate and lawless classes at all.
mo. don't know that I would recon-
mend as an Offset that the decent citizen
go armed, because pistol carrying is, ipso
Iacto a bad practice. I would not presume
TO OTTER remedy, unless 1t Is that these
worthless excrescences upon the body polite
be corraled and smothered like ours AT the
pound. i carry q pistol myself, to be sure
but tbs only because I need it in INV busi.
ness
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house on Thursday night I suppose they
haven't had any bad luck. Well. I don't
know whether there is anything in the su-
perstition or not l half believe in 1t my
self. but I cannot recall any special case
of hard luck following removal on
Friday. People have told me of others who
had terrible bad luck, but don't remember
any particular case myself"
x x x
Most monkeys have liking for land
crabs. and the beasts when in their natural
element in the jungle will often travel for
miles to some marshy region in search Of
crustacean- meal" said dealer in all
sorts of wild animals to the writer recently.
Some years ago, when r was in Singapore
trading with the natives for monkeys, I
was one day greatly amused to see the art
full methods practiced,by Jocko to trap
crabs. The monkey, having located the
whereabouts of the crabs, lies fiat down on
his stomach, - feigning death. Presently
from the countless passages piercing the
null in every direction thousands of little
red and yellow crabs make their appear
ance. and after suspiciously cycling for a
few minutes the brown fur of the monkey
they slowly and cautiously slide up to him.
in great glee at the prospect of a big feed
off the bones of Master Jocko The latter
now peeps through his half-closed eyelids
and fixes upon the biggest of the assembled
multitude When the crab comes within
reach out dashes the monkeys arm and
off he scampers into the jungle with a cry
OF delight, to discuss at leisure his cleverly
earned dinner.
Rarely did the monkeys seem to miss
their prey. 1 saw. however, an old fellow
do so, and 1t was lud;crous in the extreme
to see the rage it put him in. Jumping for
fully minute up and down on all tours
at the mouth of the hole into which the
crab had escaped, he positively howled with
VeXation- Then he set to work poking the
mud about with his fingers at the entrance
to the passage. fruitlessly trying now and
again to peep into it. These same monkeys
the so-called pig-tail variety, are taught by
the Malays to pick fruit for them in the
forest. The monkeys select the ripest fruit
and their masters, by following their move
ments, catch them in a cloth before they
reach the ground. The monkey is too we'll
trained to attempt to eat any fruit while
at work but when enough is gathered he
is duly rewarded for his self-denial.m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

from spectator
One female bird in her first season took
500 rabbits, three hares. and two magpies,
and in the next year 30 rabbits, two lew
erets, eleven cartridges. four magpies, and
two squirrels. One owned by the late Mr..
T. ]. Mann of Sawgridgeworth, caught in
one season 40 rabbits. nine pheasants, one
hare, one partridge, three squirrels and
thirteen water-hens. Another which be-
longed to Sir Henry Boynton, S64 head A
goshawk will go on catching rabbit after
rabbit, or take five or six birds in success
sion. for they do not tire like falcons.
Nothing comes amiss TO them. Hares,
landrails, pheasants, rabbits, waterfowl.
ducks, rats, stoats, weasels, mice. even q
hedgehog is not despised. Their headiong
courage is simply astonishing. They will
charge into quickest hedge till they have
to be cut out or dive among rocks and
boulders. Capt. Bland of Draycott, near
Stoke-on-Trent had goshawk which stuck
to a hare till it twice rolled head over
heels. Then the hawk few after II again
and was shaken off, while the hare escaped
into a flock of sheep. The same bird, pur-
suing rabbit, few right down a large hole
in the side of quarry and dragged the
rabbit out of it. The smash with which
a big hen goshawk goes into an evergreen
tree after pigeon sounds as If a foot ball
had been violently kicked into the branches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
Making Good Use of Her Pass.

Correspondence OF the Chicago Record.
One of the islands in Panama bay used
to belong to an enterprising old woman
from Connecticut, the widow of sea cap
tain, and she lived all alone there in a
little cabin for several years after her hus-
band died. In the course of time-that is
about ten years ago-the Pacific Steam Nav
igation Company desired that particular
island for warehouses and repair shops
and when it came to Ike the purchase
the eminent Yankee dame drove a very
hard bargain. She made it a condition of
the sale that the company should give her
a life pass upon its steamers between Pa
mama and Valparaiso for herself and a
maid, to be used at her pleasure. This was
done without emisgiYings The manager of
the company thought 1t was only right to
give the old woman sea voyage now and
then, but experience caused him to think
differently, for as asoon as she had con-
veyed the title to the property and had re-
ceived card signed by the president and
all times on 5fheir 9lne, she calmly moved
aboard their best steamer, selected state
room and crufsed up and down the coast
for several mbnthsd At Guayaquil, Callao,
Valparaiso and other of the large ports
she would go, ashore while the ship was
leading and unloading, but she always left
most Of her traps in the state room and
came aboard again before the sailing date.
When she got tined of one steamer she
would try anather, and was not contented
with getting her living free of cost, but at
tempted actuhlly t 5S,, make n,a a profit out Of
enjoyed the luxury of maid in her life
before she entered into this contract with
the steamship company. but on several oc-
casions brought a woman aboard whom
that she be allowed free passage. The
company's officers discovered that she was
collecting fare from these women-that Is,
scalping her pass-and declined to carry any
rible fuss about 1t, and threatened to sue
the company for violating It's agreement,
but lawyer she consulted advised her not
to prosecute the case and she reluctantly
abandoned it. She continued to live aboard
the Pacific steamers until her death a few
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

is one to be considered. for scarcely
sleeve is made which is plain at the hand
There must be cuff of some sort. Even
cotton shirt waists show signs of parting
with their stiff. starched cuff, many of the
new models having a long sleeve rather
tight at the wrist and below that a sharp
ly pointed, tiny cuff fiaring little over the
hand. 1t is these little points which show
that a waist is modern, and 1t Is in these
details that the woman who can use a
needle modernizes her last years frocks.
All styles Favored.
A good many of the silk shirts are made
without any fastening at the waist line at
all, as experience has proved that it is
best to adjust the pleats to suit oneself
when the waist is put on. Some shirts or
bodices from elaborate shops have simply a
tape caught twice in the back. which is
brought around and tied in front and the
fullness adjusted afterward.
Odd colors seem TO be the rage. A waist
just finished was of alternate strips of
white lace and orange panne. Not many
women would dare to wear it. but with
some compilations even turquoise blue is
dazzlingiy becoming.
After all the new cuffs, a high collar
and as short-waisted an effect as one can
compass, make the new points for the silk
or flannel waist to be worn from now until
summer. The material may be almost en-
tirely what the wearer wills if she has
little lace or bit of white about it.
MABEL BOYD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

This waist is of very soft and fine gray
albatrosS- The sleeves, vest and revers are
stitched with white, which on the revers is
elaborated into an embroidered pattern.
There is high white collar of mohair and
a white silk tie. Sleeves are finished with
little fancy cuffs, stitched in white droop-
ing over the hand. The item of fancy cuff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

From Brooklyn LIE.
Sitic-'T must congratulate you on the
villain Of your play. He leaves the i'm
preston of having been drawn from the
life"
Author-"Hs was. may say to you that
he is an exact portrait Of myself as my
wife dapicts ms.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
Uncalled For.
From Life.

Manager-''No. sir; 1t won't do. There is
too much In the piece. You have invented
a new situation. You have worked in three
or four epigrams. It won't do; the public
won't stand It."
Author-"But surely
IT tell you. people don't want anything
new: 1t makes them think"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
Undoubtedly.

From the Chicago News.
Miles--Man. according to Darwin, de-
seconded from the monkey"
Giles-"And the monkey, I suppose. d.
seconded from . tree"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

The Utility of the Spelling Reform.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
Jones-"How do you feel about this pho
netic spelling reform?'
Brown-"Well. think 1t will be valuable
in wiping out party bitterness between the
educated and the uneducatsd.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

That poor fellow with the dislocated
knee must be suffering terribly. i never
heard a man yell so."
He isn't making that noise. It's the
consulting surgeons wrangling in the next
n ,m."-Chicago Tribune
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
A Brief Elevation.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Il was at the head of my class today,
Pa"
That's good
Yes; teacher was iliustratin' what Il
says in the Bible about tn last being first"
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1900-06-05
SCIENCE IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
A Professors views-The Advertising
Versus the Editorial Columns.


Many of our newspapers draw such
an income from their advertising col
umns that the editors are unwilling
to print any criticism which would
lead to the restriction Of this source
of gain; thus if a company promot-
ing a scientific bubble should adyer-
tise literally in leading newspaper,
the editors are usually loath to in
sert an article upon the scheme, for
the printing of the criticism might
lead to the withdrawal of the adver-
tisement. 1t is possible that the ed
itors of such daily papers have not
overmuch confidence in the judgment
of scientific men, for have not the
latter often been mistaken? There
was Lardner, who prophesied that
steamships could not cross the At
lantic, but we must remember that
Lardner was not scientific man; and
it is said that there have been college
professors who have denied the pos
sibility of sending messages under
the ocean. This | also doubt, for l
am a witness in the flesh of the way
such stories can arise. Not long since
/ was invited to speak before COM
mercial club, and the presiding Off
Ger, in introducing me, remarked;
'aThe professor will now address you
on the advances in electricity. When
/ was in college well remember his
describing an electric motor and his
remark that it would never become
practical invention" There was, Of
course. laughter. and the president
sat down with the comfortable air
of having made point. The profess
sor pointed out that the presiding Of
ficer graduated before he became pro-
fessor in the university, and before
the Gramme machine and the cleo
trio motor were invented. Neverthe-
less, the world loves to believe in the
inaccuracy of the accurate, and even
a sophomore takes infinite delight in
discovering arithmetical mistakes in
an edition of Newton's Principia.-
Prof. John Trowbridge, in Appletons'
Popular Science Monthly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1900-06-05
& VALUE OF KENTUCKY LAND.
Counties That Have Been Passed
On By Board of Equalization

The State Board of Equalization
will have passed on all the countie
by June 5t1. Amin those which j
has already passed on are;
Anderson County-F4rm lands 81,
400, increased 4 per cens; town
lot-, 306 5l5; no change.
Bath County-Fsrm lands $2,242
ia; 10 change; town lots, 1924, 5o9
no change.
Carlisle Coaa;, FARM lands, 9i,
035, ,SS4, no change; town lots SlSS,
l45, no change.
Fayette County-Farm lands $40,
579, ,5SS, no change; town lots Sll )
5S3, 800, no change.
franklin County-Farm ands So,
33T .660 no change; town lots, S2,l53,
224 no change.
Harrison County-Fsrm lands $4,
04i, 1858. increase 8 per cen town lots
VI, I69, l3O no change.
Henry County-Fsrm lands, So,
629 ,006, increase 20 per cent; town
lots 1896, ,255, increase 10 per- cent.
Montgomery County-Farm lands
50. Isl, ,5S5. no change; town lots ST.,
037, 545, no change.
Madison County-Farm lands 50,
552 ,790, increase l per cent towr
lots ST. 33S, ,23O, no change.
Nicholas County-Farm lands 50,
269, 9,345, increase 10 per cent; town
lots 1888. l25, no change.
Mercer County-Farm lands, So,
053,655, no change; town lots, 81 ,O2O,'
$50, no change.
Rowan County-Fsrm lands, $426.
357, increase 3 per cent; town lots
500, 40, increase , per cent.
Shelby County-Farm lands, So.
624 $40, no change; town lots $Sl4 +,
ll6, no change.
scott Connty-Farm lands, $5,4S9,
40, increase 4 per cent; town 'lotl
81 .436,929, no chonge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1900-06-05
FAILURES.
Some of the Obstacles to Success in
Life and Business.

Some of the Obstacles to Success in
Life and Business.
A careful observer, who had long
and extensive acquaintance with busi-
ness pursuits in a great commercial
center, gave it as his opinion that not
more than three out Of every hundred
who entered upon merchantile life
achieved permanent success. His es-
innate was probably well within the
mark. The business world, in every
department of it, is strewn with
wrecks and failures. Comparatively
few. even of those who have a fair
start, come within sight ofthe meas
ure of success which they expected to
reach. The growing keenness OF COM
petition increases the difficulty. The
causes of failure are, in many in
stances, not far to seek. Some men
simply lack capacity. They are
wooden-headed, and would spoil al
most any job. Others fail through
sheer laziness, or through lack Of sta
bility and concentration. Many have
mistaken their calling. They are
"misfts." Some fail through an ex-
travagant sanguineness. They are
always about to tap vein that is to
bring them a fortune, but somehow
the looked-for fortune never comes.
There is a large number-and the
number seems to be increasing-who
set themselves to acquire money by
other means than good, honest work,
They want something for nothing
They fancy that there is an easier way
of gaining dollar than by squarely
earning it, and lose themselves in
themaze of speculation and gambling
Many failure, too, is attributable tc
an inordinate love of pleasure. In
thousands ofinstances it brings wreck
of character as well as financial fail
ure. The so-called pleasures which
many seek, cost. To crafty their de-
sires, young men are tempted to Dor
row what they cannot earn, and ther
to steal what they cannot borrow
Baptist Union.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1900-06-05
MUST LEARN FENCING.
French Army Officers Not Adept with
the Sword.

Gen. de Galliffet, whose ardor as a
reformer will not be contested even by
his detractors, has issued circular
enjoining on the generals to enforce
the study of fencing among the Off
GERS under their command. NJ de
Freycinet embarked on little cam
paign during one of his many sojourns
at the ministry Of war. The practical
results of his Intervention were ex-
tremely meager, and the probability
is that NJ. de Galliffet will accomplish
little more than his predecessor. Al-s
though fencingis cultivated in France
to greater extent, perhaps, than in
any other country, it is very little
-pftcticed in the army. In the en-
tire corps of French officers there is
not a single fencer Of quite the first
rank, and there are very few who
would be considered Of even average
strength in the fencing schools Of
Paris.
One Of the results of this state of
things is, that in duels between Off
GERS and civilians it is very frequently
the officer who comes of second best.
The wound in the neck inflicted on
/ Gen. Boulanger by the late M. Floquet
will be remembered by everybody
but in his youthful days Gen. Galiffe
was himself worsted in duel by a
civilian-the marquis de Lauriston.
The truth is that very little is done
by the military authorities to popu-
larize fencing in the army. The fonc-
ing schools of the majority of French
barracks are wretchedly fitted up.
The douches and other conveniences
that are practically indispensable arc
not provided, and, in general, the gov
ernment think they have done enough
when they have provided a more or less
indifferent instructor and a room
which cannot be heated in winter and
is an oven in the warm weather.-Pall
Mall Gazette.