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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-13
Danish Gambft.

ta) This capture il ill-advised and places an
opposing piece In q good position
o. This II wasting time at an important juno
ture. If to prevent B-QKt5 1t was needless as
that move could be easily met and carried no great
threat.
(c) The game commences in earnest for White
after this move, but Black had a preponderance
that ought to win.
(d) Black makes this move in the vain endeavor
to prevent the opening Of the Kings fle.
(el This brave little pawn equals the Six Hundred
for marching into the Jaws Of DEATH
IT. To get rid Of Of the supports Of the Kt
at B6,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-13
Airing Their Preferences.
From the Boston Courier.

Three maidens talked, ~ maidens win,
OF what gives life fts xest.
Bald one, q buxom country girl,
"The mountain air II best"
The second, clad in yachting SUIT
AL white beyond compare,
Did thereupnn exulting cry:
"Give me the ocean airf'
Then one IN swinging hammock posed
Half oped her eyes divine
And languorously said, .'Ill take
The m1ujenaiso tos mins.' h;
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

days and nights over books that told
about the wonderful people Of the west,
and he was fired with a wish to teach
all the foreigners knew to his own peo-
pie. He was convinced that China was
behind the times. He got about him
all the Cinnamon who had been educat-
ed in Europe, and all who wished tosee
day Of new things in China. He de-
cided he would take journey 70 Tien-
tsin on the new railroad, AM perhaps
go to Japan.
But the trip was never taken. All
his fine houses Of cards fell about his
ears. On the 18th OF June, 1888, he is
sued a decree establishing the Univer-
Sity Of Pekin TO be conducted on Eng
fish lines Then he ordered the for
eign Office TO make a report CT the en-
cOuragement of art, science. mechanics
and agriculture. In the ex2 ninati0ns
for official positions he required
knowledge of political economy and
International law He ordered the
opening of agricultural colleges. the
establishment Of school boards and
public schools, patent and copyright
laws, military and naval academies.
Officials throughout the empire were
ordered TO assist in establishing these
reforms.
This was too much for China! IN
doubtedly everybody was relieved
when the empress dowager returned.
discharged all his new officials whom
she did not have put out Of the way,
restored old officials to their places,
and shut the daring young son Of
heaven up in a palace on an island in
the forbidden city where he could Go
no more mischief.
But the mischief was already done
That foreign ideas could reach and
corrupt" their emperor proved to the
conservative old Chinese that foreign
ers were much more dangerous than
they had thought. Undoubtedly the
wise and weak young Kuang Hsu, who
wanted to civilize the Chinese in a day
would have been stronger with his peo-
pie and moe successful had he known
enough to go slower in rs work of re-
form.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

had never before set foot in the capital.
It had been down among the miasmatic
marshes Of the Mississippi; in the
slime of the Yazoo and the Tennessee;
fighting battles on mountain tops
above the rolling clouds; disappearing
beyond the ken Of the telegraph; nov
supposed TO be victorious, and again
the cause Of apprehension and doubt:
marching unrecorded hundreds and
hundreds Of miles; supposed to be
around Milledgeville or on the road to
Macon when it was really compelling
the fall of Charleston, and seldom
automatically heard from save in con-
nection with the news that some
rebel stronghold had surrendered to its
generals strategy and its own in
dOmitable energy. Around its won
drOus campaigns there was a romance
and mystery that stirred the popular
heart and led to a reception that
stirred the soldiers hearts. The crowd
exceeded in number that of the preyi-
GUS day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
LACK REASONING FACULTY..
Cinnamon Jump at Conclusions With
out Respect to Logic.

The Chinese never reason by analo-
gy They seem incapable of it. A
Chinese boy when asked why his sis
ter Gid not come to school will ans
wer: MY sister did not come to
school, and consider it a full reply to
the question. Ask why the Chinese
build pagodas thirteen stories high
and the answer will come, The
Chinese build them So" The idea Of
cause and effect is extremely hazy
in the celestial mind.
The nearest approach to reasoning
of which the Chinese mind is capable
will be found in their eXp0sitiOns OF
faith in which there is much wisdom
displayed, but little reasoning cOmpar-
ed with other religions In one char
acteristic passage a writer speaks Of
the fables Of mythology and goes on
to say: why since the ancient books
that described those times were burned
should we misrepresent those remote
ages and satisfy ourselves with vague
fables? However, as everything ex-
GGBL heaven anu cal Ill must Id ' : A1cld
a cause, it is clear that they have al
ways existed and that cause produced
all sorts of men and beings and en-
dowed them with various qualities"
Otherwise the promising beginning
and the absolutely illogical termina-
ton! Suchnonsequitors as these things
are is ascribed, not illogically, to
dual powers, the yin and yang, repre-
senting the masculine and the femi-
nine principals. This is developed
into an ingenious philosophy and is
Ineligible to the western mind. But
although in this idea Chinese philoso-
ply bears a resemblance to that Of the
Egyptians and the Hindoos the like
ness cannot be carried far and it is
safe to say that among civilized races
there is no more illogical, no more un-
imaginative, philosophy than that OF
the Chinese.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

maze pTlS- KUANG HSU, Emperor OF
Cner, and al China. at marriage
lowed simply
to amuse himself in the most frivolous
WAYS in one of the royal palaces in the
forbidden city The doWager empress
is the actual ruler of all China.
Kuang Hsu became emperor very
young and he was not well taught,
even according to Chinese ideas, be-
cause the d0wager empress did not
want him to know SO much that he
could rule his people without her help.
If he had been the son of a mandarin
or OF a rich merchant he would have
been compelled to go to school for
about fifteen years, or until he could
pass the government examination and
take degrees.
At about six years of age the Chinese
boy, if he be the son of wealthy man,
puts on his best clothes and has MS
head freshly shaven and his hair
braided and goes off to
school with present for the
teacher tucked into one of his sleeves
When he gets
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
FROM MANY SOURCES.

The shah Of Persia possesses a jew
eled sword valued at $4,000.
In the United Kingdom one person in
every 214 uses the telephone.
The German empress, when she tray
els, uses the name of Ravensberg.
The Iifeboats around the British
coast last year rescued $50 people.
In Paris fine human hair Of fash
ionable color is sold for as much as
$3.50 a pound by dealers.
An inventor claims to have discov-
cred a method of obtaining motive
power from sunlight
Experiment proves that it takes over
one-third of a second for the eye-lid
to open and close.
More than 100000 acres of peat are
said to be available in the Canadian
province of Ontario.
To South African oxen the tulip
plant, which the beasts greedily deTour
if they can get it, is rank poison.
New Zealand's frozen meat trade
with Great Britain now equals about
$4,000 sheep a day, or some 100000
per annum.
4 beauty specialist IS recommending
her patients to eat a nnely-grated car
rot before breakfast each morning to
improve the complexion.
In India mounted officers travelling
by rail on temporary duty may, if they
prefer it, take bicycle with them at
government expense, in lieu of
charger.
A petition Of many members Of the
Baltimore chamber Of commerce for
the privilege Of appearing on change
in their shirtsleeves was denied by the
board Of directors
Last year was a band one for the
British peerage. The death-list in
Guided three dukes, one marquis, five
earls, three viscOunts, and 10 barons.
Several peerages became extinct.
Mulberry trees grow everywhere, and
hence Chinas great product OF silk.
Silk factories are operated in several
of the large cities. In 1898 Shanghai
had $4,000 cotton spindles, and sew
eraI cotton mills have recently been
started.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

it. The judge in both cases, in deliver
ing the charge to the jury, assumed an
aTgumentative stand. and that is I'M
constitutional. Again Mrs. BOtkin's
case should never have been heard in
California 1t did not come within the
Jurisdiction Of the courts there, but the
people wanted something sensational,
and they got it.
Reconviction in Mrs. Botkin's case
will be difficult, as the chief witnesses
On the first trial had to be brought
from Delaware, and, it is said, cannot
be induced to go west again. Mrs.
Botkin is elated at the new turn Of af-
fairs and is quite confident of favor
able decision by the supreme court.
when the new trial is granted me
by that tribunal" she said, sit won't
be long before l walk out Of the court
room a free woman"
The trial of Mrs. BOtkin in Deem
Der, 1898, and January, 1899, attracted
the attention Of the entire country.
Mrs Dunning, who was poisoned,
was a daughter Of ex-Congressman J..
3. Pennington of Dover, Del She was
married to J. P. Dunning, a newspaper
man, and for several years lived in San
Francisco with her husband, but when
he lost his place she returned with her
children to her fathers home, while
her husband remained west. After
Mrs. Cummings departure the husband
became intimate with Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin and lived in the same house
with her, but in the spring of 1898
went to Porto Rico as a correspondent.
On Aug. 9, 1898, Mrs. Dunning re-
ceived the box of chocolates at her
fathers home. and they were eaten by
the family and by several visitors.
Mrs. Dunning and her sister, Mrs.
Deane, ate more than the oCuers, and
they died next day. Arsenic was found
in their stomachs and in the candy re-
naming in the box.
The box was indistinctly postmarked
San Francisco" and inside was a
handkerchief with a peculiar price
mark on it and note consisting OF
these words: with love to yourself
and baby. Mrs. c. With these clues
and with the assistance of Mr.. Dun
ming on his return from the West In
dies Mrs. Botkin was arrested. Mr.
Dunning told Of his relations with her
and positively identified the handwrit-
ing OF the address and note as hers.
The trial was long and sensational
one Many Of the witnesses were from
Delaware. Mrs. Botkin was convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

KUANG HSU at Il. with brush,
all the sayings of the Chinese sages.
Instead OF reading Il see a cat" and
having a picture to help him get the
idea, he probably strikes some such
proposition as this: Men at their
birth are, by nature, radically good"
He next learns that there are three
great powers: heaven. earth and man.
He commits to memory a summary of
Chinese history, and learns incidental
Iy that there are in the world a few
other ignorant foreign people who pay
tribute to the son Of Heaven who is en-
peror Of China. Boys are taught TO
honor their fathers and mothers. and
that it is the grossest disresDect 10
their sacred ancestors to adopt ways
Of living and ideas unknown to their
fOTefathers.
This is practically all that the best
educated of the Chinese ever learn. If
American boys, for instance, were to
spend fifteen years committing the say
ings OF PythagOras or Socrates to
memory in the original Greek, in a
country where they were shut away
from all knowledge of things as they
are today we should think them very
ignorant.
That is what the young Emperor
Kuang Hsu thinks Of his wisest man
darins. And according to the mandar-
ms Kuang Hsu was not educated at all
The dowager empress simply kept him
amused, as a child while she ruled the
empire in his rame. Foreign govern
ments sent the sickly. lonely son Of
heaven" wonderful toys OF all sorts to
play with; Swiss watches, railroad
trains, monographs, toy telephones,
steamboats,. locomotives, bicycles, mi
croscopes. His nursery was museum
Of wonderful inventions and intricate
machinery. When he grew older he
demanded that the seaports and ware
houses and the houses OF the legations
be searched for new things.
And by and by he got an English
book and the mischief was done. He
suddenly lost his childish interest in
-oys and began to study. The scien-
life and mechanical playthings with
which he amused himself began to
stand for western learning. He spent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

bound the inhabitants Of this part of
the Bayarian Tyrol to the decennial
Thanksgiving performance, and which
with few omissions, have been contin-
ued over 800 years. Inquiry today
tends in the direction Of the disposition
Of the decendents Of those who with
singleness of purpose and earnest de-
votion made the promise. So far it is
generally admitted that the spirit die
tating the celebration is, as far as
those taking part in it are concerned,
maintained in its purity; but the influx
OF such multitudes, and the desire of
so many to get autograph souvenirs
CT the leading characters, and the evil
dent gain that is to result from the
effort TO supply such demand, will be
readily acknowledged as tending to
affect the primitive simplicity that, re
CARELESS whether strangers witnessed
the celebration or not, religiously full
filed the VOW. Undoubtedly the in
come is great, but the expense of the
production of the representation, in
which between 400 and 500 people take
part, is not inconsiderable. The hall,
now rooted in, except the stage, and
with plain hut comfortable accommOda-
tiOrs for seating 1000, was no small
expense, which is great'v increased by
the outley ior so many and so varied
costumes. Though this legitimate cut
lay Of much of the money received is
admitted as reasonable, many nom
Catholics and equally freespoken Cath
Olics hint at money as the object of the
same unbiased authority, adverted to
as being so deeply impressed, in fol-
loving inquiry On this point, states
that after the expense items above emu
merated each villager, who takes part,
receives from the receipts only q small
sum, representing compensation for the
time taken from his ordinary avocation
and devoted to preparation Of his part.
What remains is religionsly distribu-
ted to the poor Ct the entire district
Such a statement removes the suspicion
of mere anaTy motive in those connect
ed with the control of the celebration.
The arrangement is reasonable and
just to those taking part, as none can
boast CT any position more comfortable
than that Of the ordinary mechanic
most Of them being engaged in wood
carving, an art in which they excel
Core pondence of the Boston Pilot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
OBERAMMEPGA U MIRACLE PLAY.
Why It's Present Vogue Does Not
Make the Villagers Mercenaary.

A prominent writer, and one not
generally credited with religious ten
denotes, after having witnessed the
now celebrated Passion play, repre-
sents himself as passing restlessly the
entire of the following night, unable
to drive from his mind the conviction,
This is the story that transformed the
world" leading 10 the reiterated con-
clusfon, Yea, and will transform it. 4"
The realization is shared by almost
every one else who has witnessed this
years decennial exhibition.
Carried out as at Oberammergau,
the strength of the miracle play for the
purpose Of instructing and impressing
the unIettered masses is fully realized,
yet it is equally suited to the cultiva-
ted. For all that, public sentiment
would not in our day pronounce in
favor of the extension. Perhaps only
at Oberammergau would such per-
Torrance be recognized, and that only
when the peculiar conditions under
which the representation had its origin
are appreciated by all as they are by
the performers. It is not too great a
stretch to state that such perform
ance would be elsewhere, impossible.
No mere actors could be trained into
the deep religious significance attached
to the action by these simple villagers
action that is the perfection Of art
bv its pure artlessness. The spectator
marvels at the grace of movement
and the complete fttingness Of cos
tune, dialog, music and manner ex-
hibited in the performance that holds
in GREATNESS attention and admiration
day after day, for eight hours, an audi
ence of over 1000 persons, many OF
whom may be devout, most Of whom
are critical, but all acknowledging the
impressiyeness Of the wonderful exhi-
biti0n.
Almost everyone is familiar with the
celebrated VOW Of an entire people that
toward the close Of the 10Th centuery
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
MRS. BOTKIN'S CASE,


In view of the recent decision of the
supreme court of California in the case
of the murderer Albert Hoff, by which
he was granted new trial, it is be-
ieved that Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, con-
victed of poisoning Mrs. John P. Dun
ming, is also entitled to a new hearing.
George A. knight, attorney for Mrs.
Botkin, is of the opinion that in her
case a new trial must be granted. He
said:
"Inasmuch as practically the same
charge was delivered to the jury l do
not see how it will be possible to refuse
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
TRICKS OF RESTAURANTS.
The Artful Diner a la Carte Knows
Them All.

Them All.
Il know a dear old boy said man
about town, who for the last 20 years
or more has eaten at restaurants Of
well, say the upper middle class-I
mean the best grade under the swells.
Naturally, he has picked up lot of
crafty tricks, and it is very amusing
to take a meal in his company. The
last time I did so he studied the bill
for a moment and then said suddenly:
Waiter, what kind of fish was it that
you ran out Of last night?' Tender
loin of trout replied the garcOn, look
ing surprised. Then bring me some,'
said my friend. It's certain to be
fresh he explained in an undertone;
fish that are left over are always
worked off first
"On another occasion he was order
ing a beefsteak, and was very particu
lar to tell the waiter to bring him
some 'half-Julienne' potatoes. Half
Julienne,' if you are not up in Testau-
rant lingo, means a sliced potato of
size between 'Julienne' and French
fried You see, the half cut is very
seldom ordered he said, when l asked
for particulars, and the cook will be
obliged to prepare my portion fresh.
| The other sizes, on the contrary, are
called for so frequently that they make
up a lot in advance and merely warm
them over before sending them out. l
J an not especially partial to nalf JUL
enne, but I don't like my potatoes half
! cold
of course, the restaurants have
tricks Of their own, but it is hard to
! fool the old boy. l was with him an
other time when he ordered some soft
| shelled crabs, and insisted upon seeing
that they were alive before they were
cooked. The waiter brought in two
fine fellows, wriggling in moss, on a
plate While his attention was mo-
mentariIy diverted my companion
pinched off one of the claws and put
it under his napkin. When the crabs
were served no member was missing.
Waiter said the old boy, here's a
| crab that has grown a new leg since
/ | saw him last. I'm afraid he's too
vigorous to be tender Tell the chef
| to guess again Next time we got the
right paid. New Orleans Time-Dem-
ocrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
WON THE CZAR's FRIENDSHIP.
Beautiful Lucy Holcombe was the
Most Celebrated Belle of Her Day.

Lucy HOlcombe was perhaps the
most celebrated of all southern beau
ties. She met Francis W. Pickens, the
distinguished statesman, at Green
Brier White Sulphur Springs, Virginia,
where il was lumOred that he had just
declined the appointment as minister
to England. Although twice a widow
er already he fell deeply in love with
her and was given to understand that
he might have had a favorable answer
had he been less hasty in declining the
mission to the English court. At this
suggestion the enthusiastic lover hur-
ried to Washington, had President
Buchanan appointed him minister to
Russia and he left for st. Petersburg
a few weeks later with the beautiful
Lucy as a bride. In this foreign CAPT
tai they made many distinguished
friends among whom were Alexander
II and the czarina. At the close of the
Buchanan administration the Pickens
family returned to America and the
late Minister was elected governor Of
South Carolina. He served in his office
until the close Of the war, when he re-
tired to Edgefeld. Here he and his
beautiful wife continued, as they had
always been, the centre Of the political
and social life Of the state. While at
St. Petersburg a daughter was born to
the Minister and his wife in the palace
of the car. She was christened Olga
Pickens, the czarina becoming her god
mother.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

EMPRESS YEHOLANA is a reformer.
at the time of marriage. By some str-
dents Of Chinese affairs he has been
spoken Of as like Peter the, great who,
some two hundred years ago, forced
western civilization on Russia and
brought that country forward a cen
tury in the short space Of twenty years.
Peter the great was able to do this be-
cause he was a strong man. and there
was no one his equal in ability or po-
litical power to oppose him. When
Kuang Hsu attempted to do the same
thi0o for the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
AN ACCIDENT.

Rector never in my life touched a
congregation as I did this morning.
Every eye was on me.
Wife-No wonder. When you took
your hat off your gloves remained on
the top Of your head.
Cholly-I shall never marry
strOng-minded w0man-neVer.
Minerya-NO, OF course you won't
The woman you marry will be weak
minded. I'm sure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
MISS PINKIE'S FORETHOUGHT.

Jane-That Mr.. Shallowpate is at the
door. Shall tell him you are engag-
ed?
Miss Pinkie-Show him into the par
Tor, Jane.
Eyes, miss"
"And Jane, after he has laid his box
of chocolates on the mantlepiece tell
him l am out. ''-EXchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13
CHEERING HIM UP.

Mr.. Newlywed-I saw your old lover
on the street to-day, lookins awfully
blue.
Mrs. NewIywed-I hope you tried TO
cheer him up.
ooh, yes. I showed him my button
less shirt and that new tie you bought
me"-JUdge.