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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
THE MAKING OF KHAKI.
WOmen's Work at the English Arm,
stores at PimlicO.

"Omen's Work at the English Army
stores at Pimlico.
From the London Leader.
The eyes of the public are naturally riv-
eted on the marching and counter march
ing, the siege and conflicts OF armed men
in Africa, but those who so wish can get
an interesting peep behind the scenes at
the army clothing stores in Pimlico. Into
this establishment troop every morning at
$50 O'Clock 1.G0O women. and here they
remain till nearly 6 o'clock in the evening,
basting and sewing the khaki in which
Tommy goes campaigning to Table bay.
Some Of them are mere girls of sixteen,
others women of sixty; but all are hard at
it. even to the extent occasionally of sew
eral hours overtime.
Khaki is thin stuff, and so some twenty
stretches may be pressed one on top of the
other. and upon these the raZor-lke steam
driven blades descend. cutting out at a
stroke twenty of any given part of a gar
ment.
With great coat cloth, of course, only
some ten thicknesses can be pressed to-
gether. Once cut the cloth passes through
three sets of women workers-the sewer.
the machinist and the button-hole maker
which shows that the subdivision Of labor
goes to far less length in55 the government
workshops than in the great private tailor
ing factories. II IN
The army clothing stores have been turn
ing out khaki uniforms at the rate of / 100
or 1.2O0 week. But Contractors in the
metropolis, the Midlahds and Ireland, have
Gu curious1y ' enough Dsi The ia5talwarts of the
Household Cavalry. 20 who recently rode
through London at midnight toward the EN-
barkation center, do got Eely on either the
uniforms They get the material and have
the garments made themselves.
To guard against mjsfitst, the army cloth
ing stores make the uniforms in no less
Tommy does not get smart fit it's not
their fault.
khaki is a dyed cotton. but what it is
dyed with the government themselves don't
know. and very few others do. The firm
who discovered 1t keeps the secret very
much to itself. and so do several other
firms who succeeded In getting at the idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03

The Sabbath school teacher had been
telling the class about Joseph, particularly
with reference to his coat of many colors,
and how his father rewarded him for be-
ing a good boy. for Joseph. she said, told
his father whenever he caught any of his
brothers in the act of doing wrong.
Can any little boy or girl tell me what
Joseph was?' the teacher asked, hoping
that some Of them had caught the idea
that he was Jacobs favorite-
81 know" one of the little girls said
holding up her hand.
what was hep
"a tattle-tale" was the reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
YANKEE CAPITAL IN CHINA.
There is Seemingly No End to the Op
pOrtnnities for Investment.

There is Seemingly No End to the Op-
portunities for Investment.
From Leslies Weekly.
Ten years of railroad building ought to
bring at least half Of China's population
within reach of our cotton goods. and that,
without any increase in the per capita use
tonly one dollar of our cotton, would
amount to s200.OOOOOO. or more than the
total surplus of cotton now raised by us
for export China lies largely in zone of
severe winters, and while it has the great
est deposits of coal, the Chinese have never
yet solved the problem Of building Heating
stoves. The Introduction of cheap Ameri-
can heaters into 100000 Chinese homes
is one of the possibilities which lie before
our manufacturers.
The Chinese are nation living in brick
houses in land without a brick-making
machine. Thousands of walled cities, mill
lions of homes all built of brick and every
brick made by hand. These bricks are
made by labor costing but 10 cents per
day, still they cost more than our machine
brick made with labor costing twenty-five
times as much Brick made by American
machines with Chinese labor will command
the market.
China has long used large quantities of
our petroleum. 1t needs our medicines
chemicals and disinfectants. 1t needs water
works and sewers. 1t needs telegraphs,
telephones and electric lights. When the
sun sets night closes over that land, and
its millions seek their beds in darkness. 1t
needs electric railways Cities with popu-
lations in the hundred thousands. lying
but a few miles apart. are without any
means Of communication. Two cities only
twelve miles apart, one with a population
of JO0.cNl, the other of 100000, the smaller
city being the port of the larger, are. still
unconnected. American watches, clocks
and sewing machines are finding a ready
sale, and American spirits wines and beers
are taken in quantities. The Chinese are
the Teutons of the orient. as the Japanese
are its Gauls, and when they become beer
drinkers, as they will, think of the supply
necessary to satisfy 400.09U,000 thirsty
Threats China needs our farm machinery.
threshing machines and separators. All
the grain used in that country is rolled out
on threshing floors and winnowed by hand
fans or the vagrant winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03

where. or course, they don't hang around
the streets where the travel is heaviest but
II Is not unusual to see one acurry across
In front Of an electric car, 'scoot down q
side street and take to a convenient tree.
Il believe t has happened two or three
times that brute in human form has
killed one, but 1t is risky business. II
caught the Madisonians surely would make
an example of him. Why, they've even got
the boys with slungshots trained so that
they won't shoot at a squirrel. and you
know a boy with a slungshot ordinarily
will shoot at anything that moves and
can't retaliate- 1 don't know how they
have brought about this state of affairs,
but they surely have done it. 1t astenishes
the stranger in Madison not a little to sit
on the steps Of a hotel and see the squir-
rels playing tag with people passing on the
other side of the street"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
CONDOR NOW THE MONARCH.
But n Plucky Eagle Puts Up a Fight
Worth Seeing.

From the New York Times
The question of supremacy in the eagle
cage in the Central Park menagerie vas
decided finally after furious and destruc-
tive fight as has ever occurred among
any OF its inmates. AS a result of the bat
tie "Canuck. the bald-headed eagle re-
Gently brought to the menagerie from the
Thousand Islands, is now in the bird hos
p.iaI in the basement of the Arsenal build
ms His left eye is swollen TO an enormous
size and to all appearances is lost, while
large tufts Of feathers are missing from
several places On his back
His antagonist, the big South Aueric,,
condor. which was brought over here some
tune ag" from Germany, is apparently un-
injured, and now holds undisputed SWAY
over the eagle cage.
The condor. which is by far the Iarp.sr
bird in the cage. has been accustomed 10
rule over its other inmates ever since his
arrival There His Outstrctchcd wings meas
uTt eleven feet from tip to tip, and his
strength and ferocity make him A good
bird 10 let alone. employee says Uup
IL the time Of the arrival of the eagle. q.
short tine ago. ali the other inmates of
lht cage apparently realized this, for they
treated the condor with all the respect due
. monarch 'Canuck." who is only about
man IN" size Of the South American pfrd
eNtu"iitIS had designs on the throne him
set. From the first his attitude toward
tn condor had been unfriendIy, and on
several mornings when he was preslInDtu-
oTS enough to battle in the pool before tho
condor had finished his ablutions a fpnt
seemed imminent
The condor had made 1t a rule that whom
ever ne Derched on one of the miles of
WhitewaShed stones in the cage all ire
other occupants must move AWAY yestar
day morning ne few TO the top of one of
the piles on which the bald headed eopIe
was perched- The eagle did not move
When the condor tried 10 push the eagle
away he first resisted passively, and then
turning suddenly. struck at the condor
with his beak- The condor then made a
rush, happing his great wings. but the eagle
did not take 70 flight. He struck back
merely with wings and beak, and though
eVlienIly outClassed by his heavier antag-
on-s't, made the feathers fly.
After the first rush the condor drew hack
win mouthtul of feathers, and spread
Ing out his wings. rushed at th. eagle
again As he reached him his right wing
struck him with tremendous force ana
laTded him several feet away There was
no need for the condor to run after the
eagle, for he was back again in a minute
striking fercely with his beak
ne crowd OF spectators which had gath
cred around the cage saw that the eagle
was oSermatched. One of his ewes was
closed and he was bleeding in several
places. The spectators sympathized with
the smaller bird on account of his plueky
Resistance. but their shouts had no effect
and both birds were in the midst of a
. Cloud Of whirring wings and flying feathers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
ISLANDS WITHOUT OWNERS.
Good Opportunity for a Government
That Has Lighthouses to Spare.

r rom the Century.
A series of low pyramidal masses ap-
peared under the southern sky. 1t was
like a bank of blue fog fringed with snowy
bands. The whole length of our seaboard
formed an ill-deffned. cloud-like aggrega-
ton resting on the black water and extend
ing the entire length from northeast to
southwest.
AS We steamed on, the center groups be-
came more distinct. and the whole line rose
above the horizon. where we recognized it
as the northern exposure of the South
Shetland Islands During the afternoon
gentle but piercing wind came from the
land, bringing with 1t a CLASSY air and an
easy. silvery sea, over which the new land
stood out in bold relief.
In a general waysth coast line resembles
parts of the Greenland landscape. About
the largest islands there many small.
ice-free isles, or rocks. which are the rest
ing places of seals, penguins, cormorants
and gulls.
On the larger islands, and especially on
Livingston Island. there are high peaks and
rounded, dome-lke hills, which are tipped
with snow. but their sides are bare. The
valleys are filed with large glaciers, which
send tongues out into the sea. We saw no
glaciers, however, which came out for any
distance into the water The limit of the
ice was generally at high-water mark,
where it wasted away in small fragments.
From what We later learned of the lands
farther SOUTH it is extremely possible that
MOSES and lichens are here abundant, but
there is no hope for grass or trees
1t is very curious that this group of is
lands, about 100 in number, with 1000
miles of accessible coast line and several
good harbors, free of ice for much of the
year, should remain unclaimed by any gov
eminent and unsettled by human efforts.
1t would be a humane mission if our gov
eminent would take possession of this
group of islands and place there light
house, with a supply station for the preser
walton of shipwrecked sailors. Vessels are
lost in this vicinity almost every year, and
we do not know but that some poor sea-
men are now stranded on one of the many
desolate islands, awaiting the relief which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
Where He Sleeps.
P. J. Carroll, IN Donahoe's.

P. J. Carroll, IN Donahoe's.
There Is silence where he sleeps
Meath the ivy-mantled wall;
There no pine or laurel Weeps,
There no sunbeams ever fall;
But calm is over all,
In that quiet little spot where he sleeps.
There no cyprtss wreath is found
Memory's tribute to the dead
Barred Of blossoms is the mound,
No gray stone is at the head.
Loving mourners never tread
Round that quiet little spot where he sleeps.
There he resteth thro' the years
Till the last awakening day.
None remembering him with teaN,
Thither in the twilight stray.
All, hut watching angels pray
Ger that quiet little spot where he sleepsi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
Breath of Winter.

Arthur Guiterman. in the Criterion.
Down from the North comes UIler!
Down with the north wind, he,
RuIhy and clear of color
Storms on the speeding skee,
Flocking the fowl befC re him.
Plunge through his drifts the deer
Sturdy and hale adore him;
Only the weaklings feEr.
Hoarfrost and rime his breathing,
Ice-azure glints his eyes;
Sn0w-mists a-swirl and scething
Show where his pathway lies.
Steel on the ice foe ringing
ReDiing the tasseled bough.
Wrecking with shout and singing
God. yea, and Boy art thou,
Thine Is the snow-bent rafter!
Thine is the hooded byre.
Thine are the dance and laughter
Thin is the roaring fire.
Bow rill your branches splinter,
Forests, lie rules again.
Welcome the Breath OF Wlnteri
Maker OF stalwart men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
February.

ra Hopper, in London Black and White
l am the young years daughter.
Made out of mist and water.
Shadow and gimme ring sun;
I sou lit the mere for sedges,
For snowdrops spoiled the hedges,
And thus my garland won.
To do me royal honor.
The broad lake did upon her
A robe of glittering ice;
Sharp risk of dying frozen
Dared Crocus, to be chosen
Flower of my paradise.
My Paradise-my Ct rden.
Where l stand Jealous warden
Der flowers from Writer won,
l am the young years daughter,
Made out of mist and water,
Shadow and glimmering sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
The China Cup.


,rence 4. Jones In What to Eat
In an old pawnshop there lies,
Needed not by careless eyes.
wee cup, so quaint, queer,
Whole the dust OF many year
Hides the figures. faint and dina
Cro~dins to its lowered rim.
As ore dreaming do / gaze
AT this bit of by-gone days.
can see q dear, old face
Shaded by its cap of lace
Smile across the rim ut me,
As she gossips DER her tea.
Or. perhaps, some quaint -gowned Miss
Left her red lips fragrant kiss
On The dainty gcld-edged rim
As she laughed across at him.
All. dear little cup, / know
You were eDyfed Tong ago!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03

Haroun AIraschid in the days
He went about his vagrant ways,
And prowled at eve for good or bad
In lanes and alleys of Bagdad.
Once found. at edge of the bazaar,
Fen where the poorest workers are,
Carver.
Fair his work and fine
With mysteries Of inlaced design,
And shapes OF shut significance
To aught but 2IOiDtrd glance-
The dreams and visions that grow plain
In darken,d chambers of the brain.
Ard all day busify he wrought
From dawn to eve, but no one bought
Save when some Jew with look askant,
or kren-eyed Greek from the Levant,
Would pause awtile-depreciate-
Then buy months work by the weight,
Bearing il swiftly
To garnish rich mems treasures
And for long none bought at all.
50 lay he saiIen IN his stall
Him thus withdrawn the caliph found,
And smote his stiff upon the ground
''Iio, there. within. Hast wares to sellf
Sr sluinber st. having dined too well?'
=. 'Dined. " quoth the man. with sullen eyes,
How should dine when one buys?'
Nay" said the other, answering low
Nay. but jested. Is 1t 50:
Take then This coln-but take beside
A counsel. friend. thou hast not tried.
This craft of thine. the mart TO suit,
Is too refned-remote- minute:
These small conceptions can but fail;
'Twere best TO work on larger scale,
And rather choose such themes wear
More of the earth and less Of the air
The fisherman that hauls his net;
Tie merchants In the market set:
Tie COuriers posting in the street;
The gosSipS they pass am! greet
Thcse-these plain To all mems eyes,
Therefore with these they sympathize-
Further neglect not this adviccJ
BE sure to ask three times the price"
The Carver sadly shook bis head:
He knew twas truth the caliph said.
From that day forth his work was planned
50 that the world might understand.
He carved it deeper ind more plain;
He carved il thrice as large again;
lie sold 1t. too. for thrice the cost
All, but the Artist that was lost,
AUSTIN DOBSON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
Bear On.
From St. Anthony's Monthly.

Oh, never from thy tempted heart
Let thine integrity depart!
When Disappointment fills thy cup,
UndauEted, nobly drink II mp;
Truth will prevail. and Justice show
Her tardy nonoFs, sure though slow.
Bear on! Our life is not n dream,
Though often such its mazes seem;
We were not born for lives of case,
Ourselves alone to aid and please.
To each daily task is given.
4 labor which shlu fit for Heaven;
When Duty calls let love grow warm ;
Amid the Sunshine and the storm;
With Faith life's trials boldly breast,
And evine q conqueror to thy rest.
Bear on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
silence After Grievou. Things.

But ye, keep re on earth
Your lips from over speech,
Loud words and longing little worth:
And the end is hard to reach,
For silence after grievous things Is good,
And reverence, and the fear that makes men
whole
And shame. and righteous governance Of blood,
And loriship Of the soul
But from sharp words and wits men pluck no fruit
And gathering thorns they shake the tree at root
For ysorls divide and rend;
But silence Is most noble to the end
"A. @. SWINBURNA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03

From the Indianapolis Journal
funny"
"What Is it?
Mrs Riffran has had me dropped from
the Ttptop Progressive Euchre Club"
What Is so funny about that?'
why, had her elected into It /"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
Winter Dreams.

Emma c. Dosxd In Judge.
Tho rudy sunset foods the orchard hill
TIL one old apple tree In blissful drowse
Feels once again the eprnetme's gladdenng thrill
And clustering blossoms hide his stifenins
boughs-
Beyond the orchards r9ttless stretch Of white,
Reside the frozen road, snow-harei man
Cheers on the coasters in their merry flight,
And for . space he IL q boy again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03

Haroun Alraschid. in the days
He went about his vagrant ways,
And prowled at eve for good or bad
In lanes and alleys of Bagdad.
Once found, at edge of the bazaar.
Fen where the poorest workers are,
A Carver.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18
UNIQUE SUIT At LAW.
Relates to Estate of Man Who Died
While Being Married.

A special to the New York Times
from Chicago says:
A suit over the estate of the late
DR.. John Malok of South Chicago.
developed the fact in court today
that the physician was stricken dead
while the ceremony which would
have made DR.. Anna Becker his wife
was being performed.
"nr alok's estate is valued at
+ - pft It is said that Dr. Anna
~. uad acquired a small interest
III / q right Of purchase, and desir-
ed tepeeome the wife Of the sick
ply sleian SO that she could control
the entire estate.
THE Rev. Julius HoIz testified to-
day that he was performing the GER
emony when DR.. Malok, who was
an invalid, suddenly expired without
ever becoming the husband of DR..
Becker. The marriage license was in
order. and the couple had Joined
hands, but the words which were
necessary had not been spoken. He
had not made them man and wife.
There has never been such d case in
Chicago courts before"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18
DIED.

Mrs. Robinson, the estimable wife
OF Mr.. Jack Robinson. we'll known
timer, died in this city Tuesday a.
ternoon. She was ABOUT % years OF
age and was a kind. devout Chris
tan. A devoted husband and four
children are left to mourn her death.
To them we extend our sincere sym
pathy and coincidence.
The funeral occurred this (Wednes-
day afternoon, Rets. Bond and An
derson officiating.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18
For Sale by WALKER DRUG COMPANY
Aquarium for tho Paris Exposition.

An aquarium will be one of the at
fractions at the Paris exposition. A
dark incline will lead visitors to it,and
suddenly they will feel as IL trans
ported to the very bottom of the sea,
in the midst of marine landscapes and
inhabitants of the ocean. Immense
glass tanks will form the aquarium
proper, while the buttresses, pillars
and Orders used as frames for the
tanks and for holding the glass to-
gether will be entirely concealed under
rocks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18
WHAT AsroNlsHEDrHE SCOUT
ostrlches In South Africa Arc often
Exceedingly Familiar.

Ostrlches In South Africa Arc often
Exceedingly Familiar.
The war in South Africa is produc-
tive of the greatest curiosities that
nave ever come under the notice of the
British soldiers. One of the latest re-
ports from the scene states that the
supplemented British soldiers have
mistaken troops of ostriehes for bands
of Beers and bands of Beers for troops
of ostriehes. In some cases the os-
triches have made friends with the
soldiers. One of the best known cor
respondents at the front, who was
with General Methuen at the Modder
river. reports this remarkable Incl
dent: While I ranged the valley or
plain with my glasses something slip
ped and tumbled heavily over the loose
stones behind me. I turned, thinking
to dodge or help a stumbling man and
found myself staring into the great
brown eyes of an ostrich six feet tall
and with legs almost as thick as and
longer than my own. He came up
here some days ago, said a soldier,
and he always stays here now. We
feed him and fool with him, and he
seems very happy The ostrich stalked
past me and took a position between
the major and the captain, where after
appearing to observe that they were
very busy scanning the landscape, he,
too, stared at the plain and remained
erect and watehful, the highest type Of
a sentry in appearance. He married
this fine effect for just moment by
Selling and swallowing a box of safety
matches. After that he continued his
sentry duty with satisfaction in his
eyes" The ostrich is great figure
in public life in South Africa. He is
a source OF wealth and often a friend
and companion. He Is a valuable sub
stitute for watch dog He can kick
horse to death and is, therefore, very
formidable to BIZ lars. He eats with
relish things that would poison the
strongest goat that ever lived.-New
York Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18

John House. ST., and John House,
jr., colored, were arrested by Con-
stable Joe Pilkington in Washing
ton township Tuesday on a charge
of cutting timber on Maj Newman's
lands in that vicinity Of the county.
They are in Jail AID will have
hearing before Justice Bald win this
afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18
5J@F. RUTHERFORD,

The Democratic Congressional
Central Committee for this the
Seeond) district has been called to
meet in Greenwood. Sebastian coun-
ty, August 2 at noon, for the pur-
pose of counting the vote and de-
claring the result OF the recent pri-
mary election held for the nomina-
ton OF a democratic candidate for
the 9th Congress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18

You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlsin's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. W. L. Dewoody
& Co, druggists, will refund your
money if you are not satisfied after
using it. 1t is every there admitted
to be the most successful remedy in
use for bowel complaints and the
only one that never fails. 1t lis
pleasant. safe and reliable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18
shoe Polishing Device.

Shoes can be readily polished by a
new device, having foot rest attached
to the upper side of box, with paral-
lei rods set on either side of the rest
and adapted to guide a long strip OF
cloth, the latter running under the
rails and over the shoe, to be operated
by the hands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will he received until
Thursday, July 10, 1900, for the
cree ton of new school building for
Missouri Street School.
Plans and specifications can be
had on applica ton to j. f. Ruther-
ford. Bids will also he received for
Purchase of old school building.
Board reserves The right to reject
ally or all bids.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-18

Only Male Jaws at That.
The muscles of the human jaw exert
q force of 534 pounds, and those of
mastiffs, wolves, ETC.. far more.