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clined toward the new arrangement. But
now that they are living under American
rule they naturally desire that it be made
as liberal toward them and their interests
as possible.
Later. the case of the Philippines Will
come up, although not in the form of de-
handing at this session of Congress any
definite plan for civil government for the
islands. If Congress declares itself at all
at this session to them. it will probably
not go beyond some general statement as
to the purposes of the government when
the revolt headed by Aguinaldo shall have
been put down.
But how all of the new possessions, being
American territory shall be governed is
good broad subject. not necessarily politi
cal. but capable of being made so in a
pre- sidential year
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Let the People Elect Senator's.


FfOm Tue IhldeIphia 7 lines.
1t is entirely right that senators should
be elected by the people, and such an
amendment to the Constitution would elm
mate large measure of the corruption
that now runs riot in American politics
There is no pretense of intelligent, con-
sentative care in the election of senators
by legislatures and it is notorious fact
that many senators have been elected by a
legislature who could not have been elected
by popular vote.
The Senate is rapidly becoming the rich
mans club of the nation. and when it is re-
membered that it should be the most intel
ligent and reliable check upon governmental
errors, the chief purpose of its creation Is
entirely lost sight of by men of fortune who
seek to crawl or climb to the highest legis-
ton. and they should be empowered to
choose their United States senators by a
popular vote.
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The United States.
From the New York Sun.

New sun
Because Americas instructive sympathy
with the Boer grows more irrepressible as
he maintains his struggle to defend his
home in South Africa, it becomes the duty
OF those intrusted with the management Of
the government to hold this country witt.
the greater steadiness to the line of i'm
partiality. However high the Transyaal
sentiment rises in the United States an
American administration is bound to see
that nothing be chargeable against us of
fayoritism to either of the combatants
What political orators may say on domes-
tic stumps, or even what the mass of the
American people may feel upon the issue
of Boer and Briton, cannot, with due re-
gard to the national interests of the United
States. be heard from any source of se-
rious influence upon our International re-
lationS,
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A congregational SOIilOuuy.
We made a fine start when the Mormon

We made fine start when the Mormon We
sent
From our dignitied precincts afar:
On lofty achievement our purpose is bent.
And nothing our purpose shall mar.
Henceforth We propose that the public shall
To our wonderful worth it should.
If you hope for a place 'mongst us con-
gresSmen now.
Remember. you've got to be good.
We have set quick pace. If you come to
this place
Your record must be of the best.
No shady transaction shall scrutiny trace;
No small plots to feather your nest"
The highest ideals henceforth are our own;
So lets have it we'll understood
Hereafter if you in our class would be
known.
Remember, you've got to be good
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A Natural Tendency.

Il guess Blink has just had raise in sal
ary" said the confirmed cynic.
Has anybody told you so?'
No. But he goes about saying he thinks
the world is getting better. and that the
danger from trusts is greatly magnited
and that human nature isn't SO bad after
all. That's the way man nearly always
talks just after he has had a raise in sal
ary''
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A Disgusting Habit.
From the Providence Journal.

T I II.
The disgusting habit of spitting-and some
persons who shudder at the word indulge
in the thing-has reached such proportions
at Cleveland that it is proposed to line the
principal streets with "spittoons," two hun
drcd feet apart This is licensing vice with
a vengeance. The only remedy for the prac-
uee which defiles public places all over the
United States and makes the country the
jest and reproach of enlightened travellers
is the strict enforcement of laws against it,
Something of this kind has already been
DONE but not enough.
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SHOOTING STARS.


Its a good thing said the man who
was locking over his scrap book.
What's a good thing"
THE fact that people don't ordinarily
live to be more than a hundred years old.
IT'S q guarantee that nobody will have to
go through a beginning of-the-century ar
gument more than once in d lifetime"
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How long wiA it take your handwriting
expert to prove that this was written by
that person. asked one lawyer.
1T may depend. said the other who is
disposed to be cynical.
"On what?'
''On whether he is testifyins by the day
or by the job.
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Up to the present time Dom Paul is justi-
fed in having his doubts to whether it
would be worth the Boer republics while
to invest in any patriotic poetry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-30

Statistics would probably show that NIg.
John ]. Ingalls, gets talked of for Congress
oftener than any other man In the country
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WI Ting Fang advises the Americans not
to try to be too sharp in dealing with the
CHR csc. There is a certain old poem by
Bret Harte which suggests that the caution
might be mutual.
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A Danserou. Instrument.

Eroui the Cleveland Leader.
The key TO a Boer position appears to
be a very dangerous thing to attempt to
use. 1t opens the door to serious losses
and trouble unless 1t is handled with great
care and energy combined.
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Hail to the man who makes the speech
But often, far away,
There is a greater. out of reach
Who tells him what to say
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There are suspicious that the editor of
the Figaro has been using the Count de
Castellane as a circulation elevator
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All Kentucky needs is a few kopjes and
some artillery to be a proper object for
resolutions of sympathy
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The reports of English successes in the
Tr&nsvaal are enhanced in interest by the
fact that subsequent chapters are always
likely to be even mere exciting
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If Count de Castellane gets homt sick he
may find some of his accustomed political
excitement by going to Paris Kentucky.
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Senator Tillman Is devoting some time to
quietude- 1t is hoped that he is not sharp
ening the tines of his rhetorical pitch fork.
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If the Sultan of Sulu has any congress
sional ambitions he will take warning from
the fate of Mr.. Roberts ard desist.
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Dom Paul expects to get a hearing in
politics for some time to come without
buying newspaper of his own.
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If. as some people stoutly aver. free sill
Yer is dead, Mr.. Bryan will see to it that It
has splendid and voluminous epitaph
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Government for the New Po..e..,o,

What Kentucky politics appears to need
most is a peace conference
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Highly Appreciated.

Yes, sir said Bronco Bob. when l was
east 1 was a regular literary lion. l got
in with some people who are interested in
dialect
But you can't write dialect"
No, l can't write it. But / kin talk it,
great"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-30

UIn order to avoid delays. on ne
count of personal absence, letters TO
THE STAR should not be addressed
to any Individual connected with the
Office, but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial or Business DEPART
ments, according to tenor or purpose.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
Wars In Vjctoria's Reign.

Certainly, the Boer war Is rather n
bigger business than any we have had
to settle lately. But it's not quite the
first Queen Vlctoria's troops have had
to tackle. Here is list or them:
Afghan war, 1S3S-4O; first China war,
1871; Sikh war, 1S45-46; Kaftir war,
1916: second war with China, second
Afghan war, 1910; second Sikh war,
1S4S-49; Burmese war, $780,, second
KafIir war, 1S51-52; second Burmese
war, 1928; Crimea, 1854; third war
with China, 1S56-58; Indian mutiny,
1857: Maori war, 1S60-61; more wars
with China, 1S60-62; second Maori war,
1863 3-66: Ashantee war, 1864; war in
Bhootan, 1864; Abyssinian war, 1861
6S: war with the Bazotees, 1868; third
Maori war, 1868 60; war with Looshale
1871; second Ashantee war, 1S73-I4i
third Kaffir war, 1877; zulu war, 1878
70. third Afghan war, 1ST3-S0; war IN
Rasutoland, 1S79-S1; Transvaal war
1S79-S1; Egyptian war, 1882; Soudan
1SS4-S5-S9; third Burma war, 1SS3-9Z
Zanzibar. 1890; India, 1890; Matabelt
wars. 1S04-96; Chitral campaign, 1898
third Ashantee campaign, 1896; secone
Soudan campaign, 1896; Indian cam
nairn of 1897, and third Soudan war
ending with fall of Khartoum, lo9S.-
| Answers.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
A New Kind of Water Mark.

Two Englishmen who have recently
secured a method of procuring water
marks by means Of electrolysis thus
describe the process:
'In producing a disappearing and
roneatedly revivable translucent water
mark in or on manufactured paper, we
nroceed as follows: Upon platinum
sheet or plate forming the positive
conducting surface we place layer or
absorbent material, such as blotting
naper. previously moistened with wa
ter. On this material we place the pa
per having been previously moistened
through with water. We then press,
face downward, on the paper platl-
nun design of the water mark, and
this design forms the negative cleo
trode. We keep this negative electrode
in contact with the paper for from
five to ten seconds, according TO the
nature of the paper and the amount
of electric current used. The result
on removal of the electrode is a dis
| tinct and translucent image of the de-
sign. which gradually fades as the pa
per dries. and finally becomes inyisi-
BILE. The mark, however, can be re-
| viyed and made visible as often as the
naper is immersed in water or moist
eued in any other way."-Paper Mill.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
. sou,v's FOnduess for petticOats

A few days ago two Portland wo-
men at the beach made up large col
lection of their cast-off apparel and
went TO the Indian camp intending 10
trade for a lot of baskets. Their
sbrewd aboriginal sisters, seeing the
large amount of clothing brought, de-
cided that the market was overstocked
and refused to exchange except on the
most extortionate terms, demanding
wardrobe for a whole family IN eA-
change for a very common basket. Con
seuuently there was no rusn Oh ouSi
ness. and the visitors strolled about. 1
one Of them in crossing a wet place
held up her dress, displaying portion
of n petticoat brilliant with stripes Oh
scarlet and green. One of the oloest
and ugliest squaws catching a glimpse
of this gorgeous gonfalon at once reIl
in love with it,and offered to exchange
baskets for it. From the very hDeral
offer made the owner Of the petucoa'
at once saw that the ancient uaIhe
was infatuated with it, and, DelnS
| somewhat of a trader herself, retused
TO part with the garment till Whole
collection of baskets was ohereo Iol
n Then she closed the bargain, and
ctenniug behind a clump of bushes
touched the button and her petucoa'
Law on the ground looking like heaI
of rainbows. The women returned tc
their cottage we'll pleased with thell
trade.-Portland Qregonian.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
NO. 38
A TioheuzoIlern Superstition,

Apropos Of the superstitions Of ths
Hohenzoilerns-super by the
way, found in all ancient royal fam
lilies, including our own-the rulers OF
that house possess a talisman brought
into it by good spirit said to guaro
its destinies. This is the curious
"black stone," to which is attached the
following quaint tradition:
Since the time of the Elector John
Cicero, who fiourished toward the end
Of the fifteenth century, each ruler mas
been wont, before his death, to hand
to his successor a sealed packet. This
contains a ring, in which Is set DlacK
stone said to have been dropped by
huge toad on the coverlet of prln-
cess of the family just as she had
given birth to a son. Frederick the
Great found the ring in cover, when
also inclosed a memorandum, written
by Frederick I. stating its value ana
it's mode of transmission. Schneider,
the librarian of William /, declares
that he saw the packet handed by
Ceiling, the treasurer, to his royal mas
ter on his accession, and further as
serts that he read his account OF the
talisman to the emperor, who fully
confirmed it.
The present emperor never fails to
wear on all great occasions this queer
old ring, and has, like every Hohen-
zoilern, the deepest respect for the
ouaint little jewel Frederick the
Greats father had the black stone
mounted on a ring and bequeathed II
to his son. who believed firmly in its
value as a talisman, and many OF the
documents of that time deposited IN
the archives at Berlin made alluslon 10
it-Chambers' Journal. sl
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
wo,.v Orders That Fail to Reach.

In the course of the year nearly o.
600 money orders failed to reach the
navees The number Of such cases in
creases from year to year, correspond
ing with the aggregate business. In
many cases remitters hold the orders
as receipts; in other cases failure to
deliver is due to defective address; but
the bulk of the loss occurs through the
stealing of letters by persons IN tne
employ of the payees or remitters
whenever loss is reported, whether &C
tnql or alleged, duplicate is drawn
rromntlv the issue Of which makes
the original void. In the year ln'
number of duplicates issued wa
1928, being IN increase over the Pre-
ceding rear of 1,90S.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
- Showing UP A LAWYER.
The TaIesman Proved that He Was Not an
e cycIopedlA

The LAWYER was just starting home
after d hard days work In the court
room. A seuate-looking man apptoachi
ed him and said:
''I don't know whether you remem-
Der ME or not. l am one of the tales-
men whom you intcrrosdted yester'
day."
"Ah?"
"There are one or two small matters
that 1 wanted to ask you about. You
seem to be d person of very superior
intelligence, and / hope yod viii give
me- a few minutes. I'll walk along Win
YOU to your car so as not to waste any
time. What 1 wanted to ask you IS
this: If 1 were to say to you that the
three faces which include d triedral
angle of a prism are equal in all their
parts to the three faces which 1nciuue
a triedral angle of second prism, each
to each, and are like placed, the two
prisms are equal in all their parts
what would you understand by it,?
"Why, sir-really-"
"You don't mean to tell me you are
stumped by little one like that?
"You see, the question is little sud
den, and in order to grasp its full sig
hif1cance-=
Never mind. Here's an easier one
nearer the beginning of the book. II
were to suggest to you, that a certain
object is a polyedron, in which two OF
the faces are polygons, equal in al
their parts, and having their homolo
gous sides parallel, what would be the
impression conveyed to your mind!
ITO be candid, 1 never looked int
the subject very deeply"
1Ou don't mean to own up that yol
wouldn't know 1t was plain, every
day prism'
81 hadn't thought of 1t in that light.
That's all. My boy, who ism
through high school, could have ans
wered those questions without stop
ping to think. feel better. You wer
putting on a lot of airs yesterday, bu
you amt any encyclopaedia. l don
. believe you are even handy compe1
, dunn of useful knowledge. After thi
| display of lamentable ignorance o
your part, want to make just one su{
J gestion. If you ever get me into coul
again, don't you swing at me with an
( more big words and try to act haught!
= I've got your measure, and I'm liabl
I to be just as supercilious as you are"
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

who thought no more of extinguishins
the sp6rk of human life than others
do Of killing d Ay-so read his bio
graphy-and / shuddered to recollect
how utterly We poor women were DIT
his mercy on that December flight and
of how he spared and shielded us!
Bob never know of that nights ad-
venture. Aunt Jemima never knew
1t is d secret that keep to myself.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
Diyiug for FirewoOd.

Bows whose most distasteful task IS
to keep the wood box filed, or who are
expected to split the kindling wood
every night, would undoubtedly enjoy
living at Hawaii. Firewood there Is
not only very scarce, but they get it
out of the water, another feature OF
the matter which should probably ap-
neal to such of the boys as delight In
'goin' swimmin'."
Upon the shores of Hawaii frewood
is q scarce and precious commodity.
The present forests do not grow near
the sea. and the labor of bringing Wood
from the distant timber is great, es-
pecially as roads are few. Practically
all the firewood of tne natives, and
! much that is used by the Europeans,
in the towns, is drift that is brought
down periodically from the upiands
| by freshets that follow heavy rams
Youths Companion.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
TuE EARTH AND MAN.

s,,n. a little rain
te :. 'u uind blowing from the Vest
s0-s ds and feds are sweet AGAIN.
\ spTar warmth within the mountain 5
breast ,o traod
ni5c nl,ick with love and life her
frame, 49,, dowred md
) p'+ till her magic is the same.
Etao love, little trust
~ ~ imnulsc, a sudden Dream
rfe as dry as desert dust
t.osher than mountain stream
,,.,,,p Is the heart of man,
l raody for new hope and JOY,
tboueand years since it began
,ro left it younger than a boy
philadelphia Record
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
A Real Sportsmal

A Columbia gunner went to the farm
~ Aaron Herr, at Cordelia, few DAYS
ogo rBd tore down pile Of 1000 rams
- search of a rabbit. He did not get
the rabbit, neither did he place liie
rails as he found them. Aaron says II
tho fellow returns and piles the rails
no will treat him to a good couhuS
meal-Colnmbia PENN News
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

Governor Stone of Pennsylvania is
of the opinionj and expresses it frank
ly and openly. that every husband
should deed to his wife the hons-
stead, she being queen of the home
and entitled to it.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

A Frsnch genius has invented a
.ontriyance for steering airships His
great-grandchildren may become rich
from it. The airship itself should be-
here by that time.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
suldu.t Disturb Thems

To mammals caution that Bennie
sbouldn't beat his new drum while the
FOLKS were asleep. the little fellow re-
piled. 1T won't wake them up mann
ma; I'll do it on tiptoe.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

Phi1adeiphia doctors have given
their services free in inspecting
school-children until the valtle of the
work can be demonstrated and an APP
tropriation be secured for its con-
tinuance.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

Only four independent States remain
w africa. They are Abyssinia, Mo
rocco. Liberia, and the Orange Free
Stale,
The golden rule., 1900-01-27
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

While the cotton mills of the South
are prospecting. those Of the North
are doing equally we'll
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

So satisfactory has been the test
in n portion of Carroll County, Nd,
Of the ''post-office on wheels" that
the department has decided to ex.
tend the system over the whole OF
the county. AS has been told, the
idea is that of Edwin Shriver OF
Westminster, Nd, it being an appll-
cation of the railroad post office sys-
tenn. One wagon has been running
for some months, and three more
are to be added soon. At certain
points these delivery wagons Will De
met by smaller conveyances, Whlch
Will cover the country between the
most divergent points OF the 1our
great arteries of the system. Wtnin
the next few weeks sixty-three fourth,
class post-offices in the county VIII
be closed, and twenty-five star-ronte
contracts will be abrogated. Inc
CONDENSATION of these postmaster
amounts to 5000 per year, ana TN Tn
star-route contractors received %, Ivy
Against this aggregate OF Slo' oO'
saved. the new system, as now organ
lied, will cost $14, 800, SO that untl
more post-offices are abollsheo an
star-routes wiped out. the service VII
cost the government 81, goo more ina
it is now paying these postmaster
and star-route contractors. but tner
will be more post offices closed. In
new service will before the end OF tn
60, cost far less than is now paid
nostmasters and contractors.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

Aguinaldo's mother says he Is not
fit to govern the Philippines, A
fellow can't amount to much whose
mother doesn't believe he could do
wonders If he only had chance.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

Tight clothes and indigestion cause
rcd noses.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

The circulating library scheme IN
connection with the public schools,
which has been tried successfully i'll
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

Dull indeed is that observer OF him.
self or fellows who has not discovered
the m ntal stimulant that comes from
good, appetiling food we'll served. Ii
the idea could 6hcs bs driven into
the heart of every home -1Ila hsr among
wage earners, we should make long
strides upward in our clvillzatlon'
The dullness, the apathy, the indltf r
ence that is the worst enemy to be
fought in a poor tfan's home Will be
routed wherever the meal-tine 10 uses
the attention Of the housekeeper, ana
how and what is served becomes I'M
portant to her. Indifference to 1000
has tendency to disintegrate the
social life In the home. Fortunately
it is no longer considered an unusual
thing for W. man to express q PREF
ence for foods, nor to enjoy gooc
living, and he able TO discriminate aS
to kinds and qualities, nor to be rea
sonably exactipg in its service.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

A remarkable town in many respects
is Pelzer, in South Carolina. 1t is
profit sharing community of about
1000 inhabitants, built up around
four cotton mills, which employ 3, 600
persons. The corporation owning
the mills owns the town also, and will
sell no part of the land, leasing it to
preferred persons for limited periods:
Captain John Smith is the head OF
the corporation, aud consequently
the presiding genius in the town
The town has no mayor, no COUNCIL
no police, no courts, and no lawyers
Captain Smith is oil that is necessary.
Liquor may rot be sold i'll the town,
and there is no Drunkenness. No
newspaper is published. No one can
be domiciled in the place until his
record has been proved satisfactory
Children are employed in the mills
but at definite periods they are re,
ouired to leave their work and attend
school. Pupils that show special
ability are given more extended op'
portunities for education, but IN nc
case do they foil to learn their trade.
The golden rule., 1900-01-27

several cities, Is about to be intro.
duced in Pittsburgh. Its aim is to
supplement the school work by di-
recting the reading of the children
along the lines of the ttudies in hand.
Books suitable for each grade are
chosen by committee of the teachers,
and from the selected list the books
are sent from the public library to
the school ordering them under the
same conditions that are in force for
general patrons. A valuable feature
of the scheme is that it gives the
teachers some supervision OF the read
ing of the children, matter too often
neglected by parents, and will tend
to, cultivate in the children love Of
good literature, while saving for them
the time otherwise wasted in reading
trash.