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The evening times., 1900-09-15

80 10 Chesapealee Beach Today.
Music. fine dinner bathing. ainusensnts.
The evening times., 1900-09-15

Y. c deIiye1. I.gs1slt,er tn the corutry.
CaH and get lowest bids alvays at eth & \. Y. av
The evening times., 1900-09-15
- to Frederick, Hageustogsn, Win
ci,estar and sEarfitlsE IN rf,,

From B. & o. r. r. Station. sgnsav. September
Is, at a. m. stopping az jptsEincdate points
on Metropolitan BE.A4.sh. Bctin finy. leave Vim
chester ana HagCGstoNH :. 5iarzii;szarg 5:l5. and
Frederick 5:50 ?. sane DAY las Tep'iiaf
trip, with ample aecoyEmodatiass zFC kaG can
2iTerd 20 take yCuT family for al oNtiB
The evening times., 1900-09-15

q. % t. baltimore ana Return via
e. & o. Saturday and smn.ia..
September u and Is geod for return latii fol-
let.ina Monday Tickets good on all trains ex
cePt Royal Limited
The evening times., 1900-09-15

Ta:ee = Dip and n Dinner
{ q e.apss,5s T2cseJ'. Finest salt wafer bathing
The evening times., 1900-09-15

Careful rs.1yars 81 Ifsrnher nI4Yays get
best sr.l.,s -z.d l1nezt piiees isom Frank LlbbeY
The evening times., 1900-09-15

Common Hoarls now only Si.15 per
100 81. It. Bring yogr lists Tor bid to Fra15
LibJcy & Co.
The evening times., 1900-09-15

Sound T'IoorinG. all enc width, s1.G5
per 100 Sc. it,, at the Friendly Corner, 9Th and
\. Y ave
The evening times., 1900-09-15

North CaroEina Lumber is down.
pri e reduced 3 10 8 per 900 by Frank Li8bey
Co
The evening times., 1900-09-15
Sew Cargo. IsEfa-tirie,a at2 ;. best

zbosr,fs. brist+ ytIlop oo.os. II - . f.. AT
ath ard \. y. ave.
Evening star., 1900-07-07
A Marvellous Lake.
From the San francisco Examiner.


The result of a survey Of Lake CheJan IN
the northern part Of the state of Wash
ington, has3been given out by Gen. Mer-
riam. He says I'M his report: THE cliffs
on each side Of The lake were most nre-
cipitous, towering up in many places to a
height Of 800 Org 600 feet. But it is the
lake itself'that ,is,the greatest marvel. It's
waters are Clear and blue and by actual
soundings have been found to be of an
average depth of $500 feet. This seems al
most incredible, hut it is the truth. The
width of the lakeGvaries from mile and a
half to two miles. but the length is the most
remarkable of ALL When 1 pointed up to-
ward what appeared to be the head of the
lake and asked the Indians II the lake was
not about three miles long, they laughed
and shook their heads. They said it was
a three days journey for four-oared
the next morning my engineer and I and
two Indians started up the lake in the
largest canoe the natives possessed 1t
was impossible to go on the lake shore as
In most places. the mountains ran sheer
down to the waters edge. We rowed along
until we came to the northern confine Of
the lake, and there we found that 1t made
big bend to the right and stretched on
and on. The next day we started out again,
and on the third day at nightfall. just as
the indiana had said, we reached the head
Of the lake. On the return trip we meas
ured the distance and found the length to
be fraction over sixty-five miles. This
curiousiy narrow and deep body Of water
was cut right down through the mountains
by the glaciers Of bygone ages: At the
foot of the lake Ii q great moraine.'
Evening star., 1900-07-07
CLERKS INSURANCE.
Successful Operation of Departmental
Aid Associations.

"A few years ago. said the secretary of
departmental aid association, lone of the
abuses of departmental life was the almost
constant passing around of the hat for COL
lcctions to aid the widow and family of a
clerk who had died in service
Very often the deceased had been for
many Years in the service of the govern
ment and at his death it would be found
that ne left scarcely enough to bury him,
and some times not that And this would be
true of Clerks in the higher grades. 1t
made a clerk appear mean to refuse to con-
tribute with the others, though he may
have had but speaking acquaintance with
the deceased To those on the outside it
would rot seem that these contributions
would be made sufficiently often to amount
to drain but they were. and l have
known Of three clerks dying within month
in large division. / recall the chief
clerk of a bureau dying suddenly. and his
widow did not have enough money to pay
for his laying out. The word was passed
around III the bureau that the chief expect
ed the clerks to contribute literally, and
most of them handed in from So to So. but
there was strong undercurrent of kicking.
In all of the departments the soliciting
of money for any purpose is strictly forbid
den now. All have their own benevolent
associations, which are encouraged by the
chiefs These associations have bylaws,
constitutions and officers. Their object IL
to furnish to the clerks who are members
an insurance which will be Immediately
available on death. In fact, the money is
turned over to the heirs on the same day
that the association is notified of the death
Of the member. and this ready money is
often all that the widow or the heirs have
in the world.
The Pension Bureau Association pub
lishes q compete pamphlet report annually
others render a report to the board of d-
TectGrS only. The annual receipts from the
assessments of the Pension Bureau Asso-
citation are about $500. and $50 is paid on
death to the beneficiary. Last year 1t
lost about twenty-five members. and S'd,gD
has beeT disbursed since its formation in
1891. The assessment is 25 cents. and the
membership is 1850. Clerks do not lose
their membership in these associations If
they retire from their respective depart
ments. voluntarily or invo,untarily, as long
as they pay their assessments. The assess
meuts range from % cents TO 81.
In the Post Office Department the assess
ment is 80 cents. and the amount paid
varies from $500 to S2I5, according to the
Eumbet of members.
The Treasury Department has two aid
associations. one of which pays $50 on the
death OF member and the assessment Is
81.
THE Interior Departments association
numbers about 9An, and it was organized In
1s.J. About 100 members have since died.
each receiving a death 500, while over
$1,000 has been disbursed-
THE beneficial association of the War
Department has recently been reorganized.
having been in existence fourteen years. 1t
has a membership of 430 the assessment Is
81 the amount paid at death $3.50. and about
$500 has already been disbursed.'
Evening star., 1900-07-07
Saint-Saens' Near-Sightedne

From the Liverpool Post.
The extreme near-sightedness Of Camille
Saint-Saens. the well-known French COM
poser. is illustrated by the following story:
Being asked to pay something at party
in Paris, he extempOrized for an hour in
the most brilliant fashion. Then some of
the guests began TO leave, and after two
hours the rest took their departure. The
hostess retired to bed, and the master of
the house alone remained in the room. but
still Saint-Saens. lost in the musical reverie,
and not perceivinS that the guests had de-
parted played on. AT last, about a. m,
seeing Saint-Saens playing with more ardor
than ever. the host, completely overcome
with fatigue. became desperate, and said:
4 beg pardon. my dear sir but, pray, are
you not a little fatigued?' Sa.nt-Saens re-
pied. without leaving the piano: Not in
the least and to show how fresh he was,
struck into a new Improvisation with wilder
enthusiasm than ever. The host gave it up.
stole out Of the room and went to bed. At
dayhreak Saint-SaenS arose, gravely bowed
to the tables and chairs, and went home
completely ignorant that the chairs and
tables had been for hours his only au-
dience"
Evening star., 1900-07-07
QUIET DETECTIVE WORK,
Former President CIeveIand's Deyo-
ton to Details in a Pension Case

Il had an interesting and unexpected ex-
perience with former President Cleveland
during his last term" said a naval officer
OF high rank, which taught me a lesson
/ ought to have known BEFORE and illus
trates how he sometimes went behind the
record when he wished to inform himself
as TO he accuracy of official documents.
Il Was at the time chief Of a division in
the Navy Department. woman, whose
name 1t is not necessary to mention used
to annoy me greatly by soliciting my aid
to secure her place as charwoman in the
War, State and Navy building. She would
come to my office every day until her pres
ence became exceedingly distastefuI to me-
one day she produced a petition for
pension OF $50 a month for disabilities al
legged to have been incurred in en- explosion
In tho old arsenal building in the reserva-
ton on the Potomac during the war and
Whero she had bcea employed in some ca
paclty. The petition was headed by the
name Of an officer superior in rank to nv
self and bore half dozen names of other
persons of comparative prominence in the
capital To get rid Of her l affixed my sig
nature.
Her private pension bill was finally
taken up and passed by Congress. 1t was
vetoed by Mr.. Cleveland. Before the veto
message was sent up to the Capitol 1 was
visited by a polite young man, who said
that he represented the President. He de-
sired to know whether l was personally ac-
qualnted with the applicant. l said that
was not. He asked if | knew anything of
her antecedents, the nature of her wounds
her past and present moral character, ali
of which l had vouched for to the Presi-
dent by my signature to her petition 1
was forced to confess, to my great chagrin
as / was personally acquainted with the
President, that l knew nothing about her
beyond what had seen of her in my Of
flee.
My polite inquistor then Informed me
that private inquiries made at the instance
of the President had proved the falsity of
her petition in all respects save that she
had been employed by the government at
the time of the explosion. Nothing in the
papers showed that she fad been in the
building at the time Of the explosion, and
she was otherwise unworthy Of govern
mental assistance.
I'm his veto message Mr.. Cleveland made
those in the War, State and Navy building
feel uncomfortable by his sarcastic remarks
about officers and gentlemen who testified
to the character and Torthiness of those
of whom they knew nothing. and scored
Congress for passing a bill with the proof
of injuries absent from tho record
I'm Washington the petition-sgning habit
formerly much in vogue. has fallen Into
disfavor. and officials are very cautious
upon whose petitions they place their sig
natures"
Evening star., 1900-07-07
TAKING THE CENSUS.
There Were Some Drawbacks to the
Work in Kentucky.

Work in Kentucky.
This census business is all right when II
is all over and done with, and we look
with pride at the figures showing the won
derful increase of our great and glorious
republic" said Major Bowen of Kentucky.
"but had job of enumerating in my state
and the 2a cents a name / got isn't a drop
in the bucket to the amount of trouble
experienced in getting the ignorant and
timid colored people to answer my ques-
tions. They had all sorts Of queer notions
about what the census was, some think
ing it was for taxing purposes. some for
drafting the men into the army and some
thinking they were to be put into slavery
again. Many could not be made to answer
until they were cornered and compelled to
do SO. and some gave very queer answers,
indeed.
".Were you born in Kentucky 1 asked
one colored woman.
No Sah,' she answered readily enough
4 waz bawn in Louisville
Can you read?'
oh. yes, sah.'
Write?
"'Yes, sah'
DO you speak English
1.-The question staggered her much to my
surprise and / repeated il more for the fun
than anything else.
No, san, sne hesitated, Il reckon I
doan' know dat, sab.
Another woman read the names OF her
children from the family Bible.
Annie; born April Is, 1895" she said,
and / put it down.
Johnnie; born April 15. 1885, she read
again.
Hold on said I, that can't be. You've
got them on the same day
We'll. reckon dat's right, boss she ex-
planned. 'dey's twins
And those two instances said the major
with a sigh of relief, are only two of q
thousand or more"
Evening star., 1900-07-07
LxZEHINOS 81 81.
A.@.HEAPD ~soG[1TG
5HG GEH HGz:%V

running over a child and IL the blame thing
keeps on l wouldn't run on it at any price"
X X X
Eve have to fight mosquitoes all night.
said of the night policemen at the
White House. This is the worst place in
town for them There is no opportunity
to take a nap around here. The big mos
quitoes would drive hole in you before
you could get your eyes well closed This
electric light on the front porch is the main
attraction that draws them to the building.
They swarm around the light and occa-
sionally fly in the front door when it Is
opened for some one to enter. The resi-
dence portion of the house Is thoroughly
protected with the best fly screens, but de-
spite these a good many Of the pesiferous
insects get in to make trouble. Once in,
they hunt places to begin propagating.
They occasionally get in the bed room of
the President and his wife, but the servants
Keep close watch out in that room and
Kill them as fast they show up
Evening star., 1900-07-07
An Explanation.

From the Chicago News.
Mrs. Hix-"John. what is the meaning of
newspaper talk'r'
Mr.. Hix-''It's the only kind of talk
man can indulge in without being inter-
ruptsd BY Q woman"
Evening star., 1900-07-07

The announcement is made that a line
of steamers will soon commence running
on the Dead sea, the first of the fieet hav-
ing already been purchased. g.
Evening star., 1900-07-07
Behind Time.
From Harper's Bazaar.


Miss Poplin-"How lucky of Maud Prtt-
zer 20 capture the only man here At the
end of two days she was engaged to him
Mss Pinkerly-"What caused the deay?"
Evening star., 1900-07-07
The Entertaining Ones.

From Harper's BaHar.
Miss Gabblemore-"Isn'ti II strange that Of
all the people one meets 30 few are really
entertaining?"
Mr.. Slighleigh-'Yes. II 10 surprising tbs,
there are % few good ustaners"
Evening star., 1900-07-07

1t costs 81, 4OO. 600 a year to maintain the
twenty-four royal palaces of Emperor VIII
liam throughout the German empire.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-11
Is Mckinley To Be Trusted I

"lf the Honest Money League
people mean what they say when
they assure us that the election of
Mckinley is necessary to secure the
continuance of honest money, they
must mean that the Republican
party and Mckinley cannot be
trusted between the present time
and the expiration Of the last $685.
ion Of the present Congress on
March 4, 1901, to correct the al
legged defects in the present law.
If they cannot be trusted to make
use of the time that still remains
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-11

ment differs from free govern.
ment.
"The civil law, for instance, al
lowed man to be a witness in his
own case. That practice OF the
civil law hiss been pretty generally
introduced in the American States,
governed by the common law, az
we'll as in England; but whether
that change has boon a wise one is
yet discussed by lawyers and judges.
''rhe civil law authorized the ex-
animation Of q man charged With
crime as a witness against himself.
"The common law required that
no man shall b. required TO accuse
| himself,
Safeguard OK Liberty
'From the common law springs
that safeguard Of Liberty embodied
in the writ Of habeas corpus and
the laws made to secure the most
eifectusl, certain and prompt exc
cutiou Of that writ. The civil law
knew Of no such protection against
the infringement Of personal liber-
+ IT,
THE difference between the two
I systems is strikinglY illustrated By
the means taken BY people that
knew only the principles Of the
common law aud O people that had
grown up under tboso Of the evil
Law 10 accomplish the same object
I Tho security Of personal liberty
between the men who conducted
the English people through the
revolution Of 1858, which finally
delivered England from she tyran-
ny OF tho false and trescberous Stu.
arts and the mob that dragged
France through the horrors Of the
French Revelation Of 1889 into the
T abyss Of the imperial despotism Of
Napoleon The men Of the Eng
lBh revolution secured personal lib
erty by 80 perfec,iug the habeas cor
pus law that no person deprived OF
his liberty vas so feeble and 80 OBJ.
acuro that be coold not call the
whole power England to deliver him
from unlawful imprisonment by
( tho King himself.
They left the prisons standing,
because they thought that prisons
would 0lways be Of use FOR bad men,
but they gave the key Of the pris-
on into the hands Of the law as DC
/ clarod by the courts Of England, so
! that The meanest subject could de.
/ mand the immediate opening Of the
/ prison door and prompt inquiry BIZ
On impartial aud independent court
'nlo the cause OF nlSImpFisonment'
WIN authority 70 got hum Tree IN
less lus' ana legal cause Tor his IN
P''aohment sho"ia be shoWh.
nose VINO conducted the french
revelation, 70 attain the same OBJ
Jec', 10 'heir Jas' wrath tore down
the bast'ie; out hundred prisons
Jar more terrible 'hah inc basIiie
rose IN us place, ana the security
OF pe''ohM loef'y uie' N france
Tor year''
buI the most striking lIIuslra-
t'oh OF inc uiHerehca between the
rules ana proceedings derived from
the clVil law ana those furnished
oy the common law VIII DC found'
we examine the traces ielt q that
struggle upon our own judicial
system i'selt'
/ rsA.4a IS r..gA
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-11

the promises Of Mr.. Mckinley, ant
il We do not get it before Mr.. Nc
Kinley's term expires. who is going
to trust Mr. Mckinley any more
Not Democrats.
Means Trust League"
II 1T ia a Money League, and mol
an Honest Money League, that il
asking the people Of Maryland tc
elect Mr.. Mckinley again, certainly
the people should know il, and
certainly no tfne Democrat viii
help to aid the Money League.
They will, under the true name OF
the Money League, recognize the
Trust League, which is now pre-.
senting itself for public favor under
the misleading name Of the Hon
est Money League
III the league will take its trae
name--'fhe Money League i'm
stead OF the name it has assumed
Of the Honest Money League /
do not believe that it would venture
to add the word Democratic to
the words Money League
Money league 10 the present
slate ofaiIairs means rTrusi League
and to appeal for money or votes
to Aid o Democratic Trust League
would have about az much mean
ing as to appeal for money to help
league whose object ia to make 0
round square thing Z"
5:vornmant By Iajaa:tisn.
Colonel Marshall holds some very
pronounced views on she question
Of government by injunction, ss
will be seen from sho following
zone Of the principles declared
ia the Chicago platform Of 1896,
and adopted by ,he present Demo
cratic platform said Colonel Mar
shall, declares against govern
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A'b HNSi eAN S"S" "FPVaiN'VH - %"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-11

asS~ Fortune knocks once at every
mans door, but good many of US hap
pened to be out at the time.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-11

in vindication Of this great pritci-
pie and as declaratory Of the com
mon law that the judiciary act of
1889 in its sixteenth section de-
clares that suits in.equity shall not
be sustained in any Of the courts Of
the United States in any case where
plain, adequate aud complete rem
edy may be had at law
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

In q lecture at Oakland, CAL,
on the situation in China Consul
General Ho Vow said: Would
your Christ wish you to advance
religion at the sacrifice of millions
of lives? Recent advices inform
me that the United States will
keep troops in China. l hope it
will not be 30. There will be
great danger in such course. |
fear when it is known that the
Chinese capital is in the hands OF
foreigners there will be terrible
uprising all over China and it will
take much money and many lives
to ultimately suppress them"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

The combined opposition has so
far been unable to dig up q single
unkindly thing to say about Chas.
N. Herreid, republican candidate
for governor. The fact is, there
is nothing to be said against him.
The republican party is especially
fortunate in its candidate for gov
ernor this time, and the unholy
scrap of two years ago cannot be
repeated. The governor contest
this year is likely to be free from
personal abuse--and we hope it
will. DE Smet News.
Don't forget the Howard Spirit,
boys. And last, but not least,
don't imagine that either Lein OF
Herreid viii escape notice when
the mud machine gets under head
way.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
- 7" n
Coffee drinking in excess see

Coffee drinking in excess seems
to be scarcely less harmful than
the alcohol habit. A resident of
Brazil describes a woful state OF
semi-intoxication from coffee as
existing in that country, even in
fants being given the strong bev-
erage almost necessarily through
out the day, and the effects being
strikingly evident in trembling
hands, twitching eyelids, mummy
hued skin, aud a chronic state OF
excitability. 1t may be well to
emphasize the importance of mod
Grafton in the United States, the
annual consumption of coffee here
being now eleven pounds per in
habitant,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Of his most successful innovations

of his most successful innovations
is his method of tree raising In q
dry season. Mr.. Van Osdell has q
fine park of 1,500 thrifty trees,
and says his plan to start them is
to take an empty two-pound can
and bury it nearly to the top close
to the root of the tree. Then he
takes rag, and after twisting it
into a wick, wraps it round the
tree as near the roots as possible
and dips the end into the water in
the can. In very dry weather he
says the cans should be filled
every two days. By this method
he raised all his trees, except one.
In dry seasons his watermelons
are reared to large and juicy con-
dition by the same means.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

During the past week clam-dig-
gers scooped from the bottom Of
the Mississippi river two six-pound
cannon balls, near where the end
of old Fort Crawford extended.
II is the supposition that these
balls were fired from Fort Craw-
ford in the early days of the GEN.
tury, during the trouble with the
Indians. The shells are well pre-.
served, though quite rusty.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Sherman.

Farmers are cutting corn.
E. E. Tompkins and wife are the
proud parents Of a fine boy.
Lyman Blackman, wife and two
daug ghters, of Albert Lea, are here on
visit.
l.. M. Olson has purchased a corn
b harvester Of Billy Burgess. A chance
for a few more to get their corn cut.
A. T. McLeish has rented the Joe
Stretch farm north Of White and will
move on to the same soon.
81. c. Fish is having long seige Of
threshing. His grain 10 turning out
from two to twenty-six bushels per
acre, very small percentage that
will pay expenses.
Mr.. Tomsen, the party that pur-
chased the /. A. Blackman farm, is
expecting to move on to the same
soon, and will repair the house, build
a new barn and otherwise fix up the
place.
Chicken hunters are once more
around. 1t might be well for some Of
them to remember that law was
passed by the township OF Sherman
abolishing chicken hunters from this
township,
ADAM.