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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-04

KNIGHTS IN FUST1AN; a War Time Story Of
Indiana. By Caroline Brown Boston: Hough-
ton. Miffn & Company. Washington: VIM.
Ballantyue & Sons
The theme of this book is attractive 1t
is that of the unrest among the Indianians
who remained at home during the civil war
and organized secret societies in opposition
to the government. The Knights in Fustian
are the knights of the Golden Circle"
who for time terrorized not only that
state. but netghbOrfng commemorative. In
fortunately. the story woven around this
central topic is rather loose. The book is
series of episodes rather than a novel,
and the reader obtains the impression of a
wealth of good material only indifferently
worked up into story The character of
a young girl whose father was crazed by
the Vaccinations of the conspirators is
strong and refreshing.
INVESTORS HANDBOOK OF WASHINGTON
SENt kIIlEs' revised to February L. 1909.
Mearns.
There is much Information of practical
value in this little volume, which presents
concise record of local corporations and a
description of the securities dealt in on the
Washington stock exchange. Biographies
of members of the exchange afford an in
teresting view of the men engaged in
Washingtons financial enterprises
4 KENT SQUIRE: Being Record Of Certain Adj
ventures OF Ambrose Gwynett. ESQUIRE OF
Thornlaush By Frederick W. Hayes. sixteen
Illustrations by the author New York: The F.
NJ Lupton Publishing Company.
THE BURDEN OF CHRISTOPHER; a Novel BY
Florence Converse. Boston, HOughton Mifttn
& Company. Washington: Brentnno's.
DISCOVERY OF A LOST TRAIL; Essays on the
Higher Life. By Charles b. Newcomb author
of Ais Right With the World Boston:
Lee < Shepard.
MYTHOLOGY FOR MODERNS; an Up-to-Date
Text Book for tp-to-Date Students BY James
= Nefcalfe MA Illustrations by c. D. Glib
son, Chip +. 6. Atwood. A. d. B1ashfeld
Brennan. New York: Life Publishing Company
TIE WONDERFUL STORIES OF JANE AND
JOHN; for Children. By Gertrude Smith IL
$ Stone & Company. Washington: Woodward
4 LOthrop.
SPANISH PEGGY; Story of Yonng Illinois BY
$. stone Company. Washington: Woodward
X L0throp.
TIE SToRMING OF STONY POINT on THE
published Documents. BY Henry z. Johnston
AN. Professor of History, College of the Civ
OF New York. New York: James T. White
Company.
BREAD AND BREAD-MAKING; How TO Make
Many Varieties Easily and With the Best Re-
suits BY Mrs. S. T. Rohrer, director Of the
Philadelphia Cooking School. Philadelphia:
Arnold & Company.
DAVIS PIONEER. Story of One OF Ethan
Aliens Green Mountain Boys. By Rowland "
Robinson. Boston: Houghton Mifiin & Com
pany- washington: VIM. Ballantyne & Sons
THE QUEENS GARDEN By n. T. Il. Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-04

KNIGHTS IN FUSTIAN War Time Story Of
Indiana. By Caroline Brown. Boston: HOugh-
ton. Mifiln & Company. Washington: Vim.
Rallantyne & Sons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-04

THE TEARS OF THE HEI.IADES: or Amber as a
Gem. by W. Arnold Buffum First American,
reprinted from the Third English edition. Re
vsed by the author. Illustrated. New York:
q; T. Putnam's Sons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-04

Fashionable black cheviot serge suits: jack
cts of which are lined with serge silk and
are in douhle-breasted, hy-front and single
both garments thoroughly taiIor-niade, and
which formerly sold for $3.50, to go now for
$5.SS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-04

A KENT SQUIRE: Being Record of Certain Adj
ventures Of Ambrose Gwynett. Esquire OF
ThOrnlaugh. BY Frederick ". Hayes Sixteen
illustrations by the author New York: The +
NJ. Lnpton Publishing Company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-04

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stead Of $4-a considera-
Bile saving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-04
Some great values L

Lot of mems woven
madras cloth shirts, in a
line of most excellent pat
terms, the identical shirts
as are sold elsewhere Just
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We offer to- AGO.
morrow at. ~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
AiI,. HOAIi,S VIEW.

In recent address before the students
of Harvard, Senator Hoar said: The
great things are done by men OF ordinary,
natural capacity who have done their bsst,
by never wasting time.
Few men have what we call genius. but
al! men OF average intelligence and health
may work. and it is work rather than
genius that succeeds. There is chance
II This world for every man who is willing
Is wcr;z, and a man of ordinary intelli-
scnce who makes UP his mind to do
certain thing and who will bend all his
energies, in that direction, who will give
his thought and his lest thought and his
undivided thought 70 that one thing, is
almost sure TO win, whatever the pursuit
be. Success does not come at hapllazard.
There is a great deal, to be sure, in sur
roundings. in influence and even in chance,
but it viii not do to rely upon these. ana
,ae maii WIN works may defy them ali
and succeed in spite of influences against
ain,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
q VIRGINIA HAILOT

Tc print elsewhere in to-day's paper a
FAC simiie of the official ballot used in
Scott county, Virginia. at the last Presi-
Genital election, and we ask all VINO are in
favor of fair elections in this State to
study il. The voter was expected to mark
this ballot in such way as TO express his
choice for President and member OF Con-
sress from the Ninth District. Al! ballots
improperly marked were thrown out ac-
2or6ing to law. How many voters, do you
suppose. ccu:G without aid ,aaek this ball
lot in such a way as TO record their choice
os candidates ard yet leave it in legal
&hapc? 1. We're . puzzle for a Phiiadel-
pfta lawyer, and the average voter. espe-
e:a,.y in the remote mountainous districts
OF the State. would be utterly unable to
solve It.
It is perfectly clear that this ballot was
made fer purpose. and that purpose was
rot to facilitate voting. The ballot was
-aedc to confuse and nislead, and it bears
Inc evidence of 1rickery on Its face. What
&c caeetions for: Avowedly to enable the
citizens OF the Commonwealth and the ma
ton to express their choice Of men and
measures. is. therefore the business OF
the authorities to make voting . aasy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24

tedsracy the feeling Of ;he people of t:,s
rrbeiiious States was that Of ab3ect sub
mission, but tl,at. '.unf tuna 81 the gen
era1 issues OF pardons to persons who had
been prominent in the rebellion. and thu
feeRng OF jan1iincss and conc.1iation
manifested by the executive and very
generally indicated through, the Northern
press had the effect to render whole COM
In;initiss forsseful CT the crime they had
committed, defiant towards the Federal
Government and regardless of their du-=
tics as citizens. The conciliatory meas
ures OF the Government do not seem to
have been met even s half way. The
bitterness and defiance exhibited toward
this United States under such circum-
stances IS without a parallel in the his
tory of the world. In return for. our
Ieniency We receive only an insulting de-
NAL OF our authority. IN return for our
kind desire for resumption OF fraternal
relations we receive only an insolert as
sumption Of rights and privileges long
since forfeited. The crime we have pun
ished is paraded as a virtue and the
principles of republican government
which we have indicated at so terrible
a cost are denounced as unjust and
oppressive
And so the committee declared among
Other things that Congress would not DC
justified in admitting such communities
to a participation in the government OF
the country without first providing such
constitutional or other guarantees as
would tend to secure the civil rights of
al: citizens Of the republic: just equality
OF e representation: 'protiction against
claims founded in rebellion and crinnel: a
temporary restoration of the right OF suf-
frase to those who had not actively par
ticipated In the efforts to destroy the
Union and overthrow s1,e Government
and the exclusion from positions Of public
trust OF ct least portion Of those whose
crimes had proved them to be enemies
TO the Union and unworthy of public con-
tidence."
we submit that men who felt as these
me- felt towards the Southern people
were quite capable of putting any indis-
s1ityzupon them, and we believe that they
recommended the enforcement Of negro
suffrage as a means of furniiiating the
Southern whites, because with that report
befora us it is impossible to believe other
wis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
BAD POLICY.

We sorry to see a disposition on the
mart of some OF the Democratic leaders
aud same of the democratic newspapers
of the country to sheer at sucn Democrats
as declined TO support Mr.. Bryan for the
Presidency, and 10 fly into PASSION when-
ever any of these Democrats suggest ways
and means Of getting the party once
more into fighting trim. It has been alum
dainty demonstrated that the Democratic
party lost more than it gained 10y adopt
mo pooulistic measures and aftiliating with
Po,ulists. If the Democratic party is
going to win, il must win by standing upon
its well recognized principles and by rally
ing all true Democrats around Its stand
ard. Twice has the party tried to win by
counting Populists, and twice has 1t DIS
rnally failed It has been demonstrated
beyond a peTalventure. that the free silver
people were wrong and that the gold
standard Democrats We're right, SO far as
the currency question goes, and II the
gold standard Democrats are now ready
and willing to let bysones be bygones and
unto cordially with silver Democrats,
there is no sense in srub5ng them and
trying TO drive them off.
1t was said time and again, in 1896, that
all Democrats who refused to support Mr.
Bryan were Republicans at heart, and
that they would 80 on to the Republican
party, where they belonged But these
Democrats have proven that they are not
Republicans at heart and they have not
gone to the Republican party. On the
contrary. they want to affiliate with their
brother Democrats and work with them
and vote with them in the interest OF
true Democracy. If those Democrats who
differ with them on the currency ques-
ton will now meet them half way, there
is no reason why the party may not be
thoroughly and cordially reunited, and if
SO the Republicans will DE routed four
years hence and the Democrats will go in
and take. possession. Why not get to-
sether?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
Negro Suffrage.

Editor of The Times:
S;r,-I have seen in The Times, and
think in some other Southern papers,
statement that negro suffrage was I'M
posed for the purpose Of Illuminating the
Southern white people.
This | am sure is an unjust charge.
Be ns myself a Northern man, but for
fifteen years before the Civil War cit
izen of Virginia, anti-slayery in sentiment
and an ardent Union man, and always
freely expressing my opinions without ever
incurring any discourtesy or unk-ndness
from Southern people either before or
during the war, l know I would have
quickly resented any indication Of su:l
motive on the part of anybody. But
mingling freely with the officers and men
of the Union army and with many of the
civil officers of the Government and othsr
people of the North during the period of
the war and reconstruction, l never heard
such a feeling EXPRESSED or minated and
therefore l feel qualified TO deny the
charge.
was Interested and to some little
extent a participant, in reconstruction ana
restoration of civil government in Nir-
gina and while l was not an oris!na!
advocate Of negro suffrage appreciated
the reasons urged for it, never suspecting
suth 4 motive as is charged
Reconstruction under the Constitution
OF the United States so as to restore the
seceeued States to loyal relation with
the Federal Union, and how to protect
the negro in mis- newly acquired freedom
seemed to many at the time very diff
cult problems. The testimony gathered
by Congress and the various ''vagrant
acts of Southern Legislatures seemed to
threaten him with practical reduction to
slavery It was supposed that giving him
the right to vote would protect MS l!bsrty
and secure his other rights of citizenship.
This, i tn NIX, was the chief motive. About
the tine the reconstruction acts were
adopted by Congress, a committee OF he
pubicans from this State. among whom
was my brother, visited the Union League
in New York to solicit aid to organize the
co!ored people in the Republican party.
but the committee was informed by the
League that such was not its pol.cy-that
it would be better for both races in the
South if the colored people divided them
selves between the two parties. However,
as was quite natural under the circum-
stances, the negroes almost unanimously
voted with the Republicans and elected a
majority of that party to the convention
which framed our present Constitution.
That convention unfortunately went to
extremes in unrepublcan disfranchtse-
ment which, but for the action of PreSi-
dent Grant and a Republican Congress,
would have rendered reconstruction OF the
State impossible.
That being voted out by conservatives
of both parties, we have got along very
well with some amendments to it, until
now when ii. seems there is another par
anount' issue of disfranchisement for
which the whole thing will be swept away
and a supreme intelligence alone knows
what will come in its place.
But if we can only get rid of the present
abommiple election law. there may yet
be something TO be thankful for.
JOB HANvXHURST.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
TINES BUILDING.
TENTH AND BANK SIhEEA0.
I : - : RICHMOND. VA

,r,,r, many TINES IS served by car
80 g ~, Their own account In this city
a,,s Manchester Tor 10 cents week,
when paid weekly. but O. cents n, pc, PER
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month. IS. 30 a ycaT-anywhere in the
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Remit by draft. check. posteifice order
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Tines Observation-Disclosures fice, New
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Address all communications ano colre-
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Specimen copies free.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
oueen aeIcn,s Language.

The Italians have but one disappotnt-
rrent In their new Queen-ti.at she cannot
or will not speak Italian. Her language IS
French. and her fore!snness IS all the
more marked by Its contrast with the
houelness OF Queen Margherita. who be-
lonsed to the Royal House OF savoy by
birth as well as by marriage Queen He
lens mem cries and PERSONAL traditions are
Russian. the friend and protectress OK
hsr vo,1f1 hs.vin2; been the Empress mother
of Prussia. T7ese antec. dants Italy can
condnne. but she longs to hear her Queen
sneak her own musical tonsue--London
Chronicle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
Girl OH kr Period.

n1ay-''Did you ever kiss girl before.
Charlie?"
CharIie-"Never I swear it,
Nay-"Then you arr too good for this
earth. Heaven is your right home. Be
sides. am not running q kindergarten to
instruct ninuies. Run right home, Charlie.
dear. Your mamma may think you are
lost"
Must it be mentioned that May belongs
TO that class known as "a girl OF the
period? "-Philadelphia Call.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24

issn thrown h would not have pesl, -
oared, and If he, had not been in'u1 81,
cables would not have been burdefnleu .Aei.
me report OF the accident and the ssl...N...
ON general would have been sufte1lii7 80
pam this morning and the prooiei.
paenying the Beers might have been ns.lt %
soiutioIi. OF the many pernic.ous laiia .s,ar
which need exposure none is worse ulal 1
the notion that because a man is q soiu.ci
u. ride a horse.-BrcokiSn
20 let our soldiers take care u - ~,
serves. Horses are dangerous. ,e1le .ls
coiiiilaiiaeFs go into battle ridihs 80
or steering an automobile, or atstti -.
secan CHAIR. To the rear with the ie'
steed.
Inc south is part Of an indestr ucsip.e
Union and it is going to be heard seen
ana Lett on all questions pertaining ~
the pubic veal. 1t may have maze ~
mistakes-by Which we learn WISDOM i
may have followed unw;se leaders-in tue
most part from the North it may nave
been SLOW in regaining its balance aieet
devasta ting war for strict construction
fast gaining a commercial and inousei'ai
foothold and political freedom Wn.ch
VIII enable it to cast off the sole ieii 1'
ing incubus of reconstruction, anu sheL
t will take its proper place IN splte ol
political J2cobins and newspaper sp!t!lies
Macon Telegraph
Quite so. Away with the idea that
the South is section to Itself me
Southern States ask no favors, out taey
demand all the rights and privileges that
belong to statehood They are as Inuch
part OF the Union as the States OIL any
othsr section. and they will never consent
TO take back seat. They demand LOT
themselves every guarantee OF the CON
st!tution and the flag
The following somewhat sensible article
is from the editorial columns OF the At
lanta Constitution:
The race for superiority in the world
is competitive. Races inferior to-day were
superior once, but fell because they did
not heed the warning to keep IN front
I'VE have that competition in Georgia.
A white population with proud traditions
which has given to the world great eN-
Sii!pidiS ana WHICH Is SUI e<AP'A'tS "
supreme effort. y black population, strong
Of muscle. but weak of hrain
''Tha competition is on. The nils around
Atlanta are crowned with negro colleges
VIII CHI command millions in endoWments,
and more millions ready to answer the
call. There is not negro in Georgia
to-day but can set a tirst-class colieSe
education, together with industrial IN
struction, if he only has the VIII to seek
1t The fact is present, and cannot be
denied.
ION another hill is one insufficient school
fo' white boys.
In Athens there is a limited univer-
sity which is almost 'roofless, and with
out adequate equipment.
Religious bodies through private bene-
fcence are helping out in tbs unequal
task.
1T is competition between white and
black! Wh.ca will win?'
Yet there are those who say that the
negro has no chance in the South.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
Nursery Astronomy.

How did the stars get In the skiess''
child once asked his mother dear.
She looked into her darling's eyes,
And croonsd from sweet old hush-a-byef
These strains into her haby,s ear:
"Lons. long ago the angels made
For MIN who loves the children so.
crown OF gold that ne'er should fade;
WITH brightest gems twas then iniaid
To sparkle with eternal glow.
The stars my baby sees at night
Are tile filings angels threw
From off their workbench left and r;pht
AS they tofled on with all their might,
And some specks stuck in the soft sky's
blue.
Schuyler E. Sears
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24

a..a simple as possible, ana TO give to
every qualified voter the opportunity and
the facility & o#cIgt a ballot which shall
express his desire ana register his sentf-
neIits in the balIot-box. But how Is this
to be done when the ballots made*a sort
of Chinese puzzle, which the uninitiated
is absolutely unable to solve?
The significant thing in connection with
this Scott county ballot is that the voters
of that county are. for the most part
white men Election tricks have been
wiakcd at in the black districts OF the
State. for reasons which 1t is not necessary
to discuss, but what possible excuse can
there be for trickery in the white dis
tricts? The fact is that when election
trichery is countenanced IN one part of
the State, SO surely as the world
stands It viii. be countenanced in
other parts of the State. Il election
officials cheat negroes they will cheat
white men, too, when it serves their pur-
pose to do so. Everybody knows that The.
Times is opposed; to negro suffrage, and
we devoutiy wish that the Fifteenth
Amendment could DE repeated. Dut we
will never wink at cheating in elections,
negro or no negro, any mere than we will
give our consent to cheating in business,
for cheating is demoraiizing, and no sort
Of cheating is more demoralizing than
election cheating.
virginians cannot afford longer to coun-
tenance this sort Of thing and they Will
not countenance it. The Constitutional
Convention has been called in response to
a demand on the part of the great body
polite OF this State for honest elections,
and this is the great question which the
Constitutional Convention is to consider.
In the name of this old Commonwealth,
which has always stood for honesty and
integrity and public morals we do pray
to Almighty God. whom the people Of this
State recognize and fear, that the Consu-
tutional Convention. soon to be assembled,
may be able to solve this serious problem
in such way as to abolish and forever
thereafter prevent such trickery in cleo
lions as has made US hang our heads in
shame.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
yons
PERFECT
I oofh Powder
AN ELEGANT TOILET. LUXURY.
Used by people of refinement
for over a quarter of q century.

~, wiling along the floor under the seats.
#onalaGy noticed something moving over
#hersshoa. and in a few moments isiesf.
rassiny nyer the other When she 1ouna
= was a snake she jumped on the seat
and the church, which was croWdea' was
thrown into confusion.
The ladies stood on the seats "hiie ths
men tried to capture the fsplne'
raced back ana forward through the
church in its efforts to escape After II
Voc capt,,red the services were resumed.
~ is s,1pposed some m schieTous person
carried it into the church and turned II
loose.
Mrs. Zilla Fuller, of Montrose, Pa, re-
Gently fell into a trance and 1t was sup
,osed that she was dead After the fun-
oral -nrenararations had been started !.
Was found. however that she was sun
o1iva and after careful nursing she was
revived. ,d
Mrs Fuller is a devoted Methodist, ana
when able to talk she described glimpse
of heaven she had while in her trance.
She says it is a place filed with SUI
light that seems to penetrate Tue =. s..l.
and have a strangely. eXhiilratlis etleee . -.
all Through this golden iliAs
crozydine towards her, as from ols'ahce'
ready to extend greeting, long-forSotteli
forms of relatives but suddenly. instead
of approaching, they gradually faded away
and She was restored to earth ana con-
sciousness once more.
The New Orleans Times-Demccrat an
nounces the prospective formation of a
company with s5,oooooo capital to man
ufacture white news paper from cotton-
seed hulls. It is claimed that paper may
be made from this nlateriai at o!,e-h E1
7a cost of manufacture from wood pulp.
Ta,f-sze pianos are being made in Ger
many for the use of children VINO are
learning to play. Doctors declare that
much permanent injury is done 10 '.ie
muscles of the fingers by endeavoring 10
stretch an octave or n1sre, so the new
pianos are made with keys half the usual
width in order to prevent such injury.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
Her Idea of It.

eff I were President OF the United
States,'' she announced. some of the laws
would read differently
But. my dear he mildly protested,
the President doesn't write the laws
HE doesnt?"
Certainly not
We'll. If I were President she said
with decision, 1.-The President would write
the laws
Y believe you. my dear" he meekly re-
plied-Chicago Post
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
\ Suspicious Charac,cr

F,orenan-Gee whizz, but Mr. Good. the
candidate for county treasurer, is mad at
you.
Edttor-What? Why. we gave hin, a
great send-off in this weeks paper
Foreman-Yes. he says you've ruined
him. You referred to him as trusted
eInploye.''-PhiladeIpfi Press