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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-01

The drama Is of comparatively late de-
yelopment in China Its origin is traced
to the latter end of the Tlang dynasty, 936.
Though the religious rites Of centuries be-
fore this period coupled with dancing,
with song and with the music of stringed
instruments and the beating of drums
were precursors of the drama, 1t remained
for a Chinese Thespis Of the later time to
arrange the disordered melody into con-
From this period dates lat dramatic writing
Thereafter it improves steadily until the
time of the MoBgob dynasty founded by
have reached its highest excellence. In the
most finished ptofiuotions of the best pc
ROD there is. however. deplorable lack
have never stopped e analyze the under.
lying motives that prove men. They rest
content with theE ability to make their
characters talk, move and act. They do
of the thoughts which guide their actions.
There is no depth Of feeling in their
dramas They arg 'drdl or CHASTITY. nothing
more. But theiryery drollery and ghastli-
The absence OF all scenery on the Chi
nese stage makes If necessary for each
performer to explain who he is. where he
Is and the object of his being there. This
causes considerable awkwardness and de-
lay. A change of scene is indicated by an
announcement by the actor.
NOW m at Such ana such place." he
says, land have come here for so and So
There are trees to my left and mountains
behind me, and here is a little river" etc
The best collection of Chinese dramas
Is known as the Hundred Plays OF the
Yuen Dynasty" The moral tone of these
is better than in most modern works,
though if judged by an American critic
they would be pronounced decidedly
coarse.
The poverty of imagination Is the most
noticeable fault in all Chinese dramas
There Is an old tradition that sums a
mans character in ten parts. If seven are
good and three bad the good will predom-
mate and the bad be buried with his bones
II the reverse, the three good parts are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07
Game Bird on the Rampage.
From the New York World.

Farmer Guerdon Simmons of Long Lane
N. Y, has a game cock, Terry McGovern.
that beat even Ned Donnelly's grand per-
Torrance. This bird took fierce ad-
versary one hundred times his own weight,
and had him going fast when Farmer Sim
mons interfered in the name of humanity.
Here is the birds history, told without one
particle Of favor:
made a dash at Nero, the family dog, who
fed to the nearest wood. where he remained
all day. Terry took a fly at the house cat
which barely had time to leap for life from
the top of the backyard fence to a high
tree. Terry roasted on the fence and
crowed four times in triumph
Farmer Simmons prize-winning six-year-
old bull was in the next lot drowsily
scratching his back against knotty ounce
bough
"Ptuk-kawi Whoo-oo-oop!' yelled Terry
as he flew from~the fence and made a bee
line for the bull. The fierce red feathers of
Terry's angry hackle shone like FURNISHED
gold, and his close-clipped head looked like
a deadly Mauser bullet as he sailed at his
victim. Before the bull could get set for
defense Terry had planted his right spur
in the neck.
At short range Terry few at the bull
again and again, bringing blood every time.
and always aiming at the eye. The bull
galloped wildly around the lot, believing
with rage and making furious dashes at
the gamecock, whom he succeeded in strik-
ing only once, when a swift uppercut with
the left horn tore two feathers from kthe
birds tail
Farmer Simmons heard the believing
seized a pitchfork and beat Terry away
with II, barely in time to save the bull
from being blinded.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07
sENTINELs OF DEATH.

The Wreck-Strewn Rocks of San
Francisco HarbOr.
"a few days ago Tread an editorial COM
ment in The Star expressing the hope that
the harbor OF San Francisco could be freed
from the rocks and shoals which menace
navigation and make such frightful ship
wrecks as that Of the steamer Rio de jan
GIRO possible" said Californian, who is
now a resident OF this city. ''but it would
cost sum as large as the river and har-
Dor bill carries to do 1t. t.
ut is the Pacific sea fog, Of which eastern
people have little conception. which con-
stitutes the greatest menace and that is,
unfortunately. a physical condition which
cannot be remedied.
There is sea fog about the entrance
to the Golden Gate at different hours of
the day and periods of the year such as
does not exist on the eastern seaboard.
This fog is like huge. white. vaporous
clouds Of escaping steam. moist and
chilly, and rolls In from the sea in
great, impenetrable volumes Of tumbling
mountains Of vapor, rising with great ra-
pidity and sweeping shoreward with the
speed OF the wind. In a trice the brilliant
sunshine Of the climate Is obscured, and on
shiphoard q sailor cannot zee an arms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07
Malignant Diphtheria in the Adult.

Malignant Diphtheria I'm the Adult.
From the New York Herald
Diphtheria In children is frequent enough
but the occurrence Of the disease in the
adult is, relatively speaking, quite unusual
Generally, also, in strong and full-grown
people the poison of the malady does not
take on any special malignancy, neither is
a fatal result to be specially apprehended.
In view Of these well-known facts the
death Of Mr.. Fernando Yznaga comes to
the community as a painful surprise. He
was Ill with throat symptoms scarcely four
days when the end came.
The attack was severe, its course was
rapid, and the most energetic treatment,
continuously and faithfully applied, was Of
no avail. The formidable character Of the
ailment was evident from the start How
he became infected he was unable to deter
mine. In fact, he believed he was suffering
from an ordinary sore throat when he first
consulted his physician.
In the course of a few hours, however,
most formidable complications occurred in
the shape of extensive infiltrations of the
tissues Of the throat, infection Of the glands
Of the neck, rapid extension Of the diphthe-
ritic membrane, and dangerous evidences of
loss of heart power.
AntitoXin failed to neutraliZe the poison
already infused throughout his entire sys-
tenn. From all accounts there appeared to
be an overwhelming constitutional element
in the disease which even the vigor of a
strong man was incapable of resisting
Toward the last he was threatened with
suffocation from the extension of the diph-
theritic deposit into the windpipe but was
promptly relieved from the distressing
symptoms Of that condition by the opera
ton of tracheotomy. Even this radical pro-
cedure was of merely temporary benefit in
view of the progressive malignancy of the
general disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07
AN UNEXPLAINED IMPULSE.
some Persons Want to Leap When
they Look Down From High Places.

AAe1 LUX DOWN From High Places,
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
The strange temptation to cast them
selves into space which assails SO MANY
people when they look down from high
places is very hard to account for scien
'lhcaiiy, said well-known neurologist of
this city. 1T has undoubtedly been the
cause or hundreds of cases of self-destruc-
ton, yet 1t certainly cannot be cIassed as
SUICIDAL impulse, because those who expe-
rlence 1t invariably resist with all their
strength and hang back in an agony of
dread and repulsion. They don't want to
klll themselves, but some power stronger
than will. stronger even than love of life.
draws them irresistibly over the brink
People with this singular infirmity" con-
tlnued the doctor, should never expose
themselves to danger, because the impulse
acts automatically and may at any moment
pass beyond control. On one occasion,
when L was considerably younger than 1
am at present, 1 undertook to cure a pa
ten who couldn't look from height. and
the experience left an everlasting impress
sion on my mind. He was a big. strap-
ping fellow Of thirty-five or so, a cabinet
maker by trade, and the last man, appar-
entity. to be bothered by nervous fancies.
l had an idea that by making him look
persistently into space for certain length
or time each day 1 could drive away the
dread and the impulse. So 1 took him to
Tie up VI Six-StOry building that had
nat roof and told him to lie down on his
stomach SO only the upper part of his face
projected over the edge, and look at the
street He was very reluctant to try it.
I'm afraid to, DOCTOR he said earnestly.
II do. my legs will fly up in the air and
I'll go over sure
"'Oh. nonsense said laughing. How
in the world could your legs fly up in the
airf How can you possibly fall when your
| whole body is stretched out fiat on the
roof?
~ don't care he insisted, doggedIy. 4
know my legs will fly up in the air if 1 try
to look over the edge
After great deal of persuasion 1 finally
induced him to lie down as l had directed,
telling him to shut his eyes until he became
composed. AS soon as he opened them and
| looked into the street strong shudder ran
| through his whole body and I knew he
must be suffering mortal agony but was
| determined to go through the lesson, and
| urged him strongly not to draw back Pos
| sibly a minute elapsed, and then a shocking
| thing occurred. Suddenly and without the
| slightest warning he seized the edge of the
violently forward, at the same time f1inging
| up his legs. and would undoubtedly have
gone over the ledge IL I had not thrown
| myself instantly on his back.
1.-The movement was purely convulsiVe
| and involuntary. He could no more help
| 1t than he could help breathing, but 1t made
| my blood run cold to think what might
| have happened. How could I have ex-
| planned myself had he fallen? I might
dragged him back and we went down.
stairs pretty badly agitated couple
Since then I have tried more expert
ments along that Hne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07

Bank Of the City of Mexico, which has
monopoly of the government business.
more modern system of credit a better
adjustment of SURPRISES and deficits in the
various financial institutions, much
greater and more elastic system OF cur
rency and more extensive use of CONNER
cial paper when based upon absolute Sc
curity are apparently the most urgent needs
of Mexico at this particular time, and they
will remain in force until satisfied at some
future day. That this viii come is evident,
for Mexico Is progressing In every line of
thought and Industry, and 1t Is not to be
supposed that any errors In her financial
system will long remain uncorrected.
J. D. WHELPLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07

length. Then it will break, the sun will
shine again, and then close down as sud
denly, like a thick white blanket. Some
times it lasts for days. 1t was in one of
these fogs that the captain of the Inflated
ship lost his bearings, and the ship, drifting
in the swift current, was swept on the
rocks, which are guardians of ill-omen to
the entrance to the beautiful bay Of San
Francisco.
In fact, the military prison of Alcatraz
Is situated upon small island just inside
of the Golden Gate, which is practically
huge rock rising precipitously out Of the
water. while between it and the harbor
entrance the waves dash angrily over the
jagged surfaces of deadly shoals. These,
however, may be avoided by the mariner
with comparative ease. 1t is on the rocks
outside of the Heads, the two opposite
points of land which almost meet at the
harbor entrance are called, upon which
many fine ships, just as their last long
voyage is about completed, dash them
selves into splinters. Farther out to sea
is another Shoal called the Potato Patch.
In addition, the bar must be crossed.
During the furious storms prevalent in win
tei the ocean beats upon this rib of sand,
causing high white ridge of surf. which
is picturesque in its grandeur, and is one
of the sights of San Francisco to visitors
fortunate to be there at such time. The
surf appears literally mountains high, and
until 1t subsidies ships stay in port, or, If
on the outside beat web out to sea.
The great Pacific hungriy laps the
shores of the coast for hundreds of miles
without an entrance, except this narrow
pathway called the Golden Gate. The cur
rent, consequently, and suction of water are
terrific during the season Of storms and
very great at other times. the water,
under such stupendous pressure, surges
fiercely in and out of the bay.
"Washingtonians will better understand
the horror If ship should go to pieces on
a rock at the junction of the Eastern
branch with the Potomac, and the sur
vivors should row up to the eth street
wharf in the small boats and be the
first to tell the tale of disaster AS the
city of San Francisco is now built up al
most out to the Cliff House, and the hill
side streets trail down the very waters of
the bay and the Golden Gate, these ship
wrecks take place almost at the very door
steps of the houses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07
IL r1earls Ostracisn1 .

Foul breath and disgusting discharges due to Ca
tarrh make thousands Of people objects Of aversion
Hon. George James Of Scranton. Pa, says: II
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
As Tillman Sees 1t.

Senator Tillman of South Carolina
gave out the following signed state
ment in Fort Scott. Kansas. Saturday
night regarding the invitation OF
Booker L. Washington to dine with
the President at the White House the
other night:
..President Roosevelt has an absolute
right to eat with any man he may
choose to invite. He also has the right
to have colored men and women call
on Mrs. Roosevelt and dine with the
family. He has the right to have his
children associate with negro children,
aud, in time, to become grandfather &c
| a mulatto. All of these rights are or
all fours. The obliteration of the
color line in one case carries with il
the possibility of all the others. 1t il
a natural sequence Ii it Is the pur
pose of the President to solYe the ract
question this way, he is welcome Il
enter upon it. but millions OF American
men and women of the north and al
| the whites who live Ia the south vii
leave him severely alone in his new
| found role and take care we do not be
come race of mongrels.n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
A Bit of Personal History.

From The Messenger (stodard County,
A distinguished citizen of Dexter,
who adds lustre to the State of his ma
tivity. is Hon. J. L. Fort. judge OF the
22d judicial circuit.
Judge Fort was born in johnson
county, Illinois, February 1S, 1854,
and came from good old Kentucky and
Virginia stock, who were early settlers
In Southern Illinois. On the 9th day
of June, 1879, Judge Fort left johnson
and went to Trigg county, Kentucky,
where he taught one term OF school.
In February, 1880, he came to Stoddard
county, where he worked on the farm
and taught school until April, 1884,
when he began reading law. He was
examined at Kennett in May, 1884. at
a term of court held by the late Judge
&. P. Owen, and was licensed to prac-
tice law, and in 1886 was elected prose-
cutting attorney of Stoddard county. In
1892 Judge Fort was a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for judge
of the 22d judicial circuit, and won the
nomination honestly and fairly. but
was beaten out of 1t by political trick.
cry. He never sulked sin his tent
and never questioned the act that de-
| frauded him of we'll earned and well
| merited honor, but calmly commenced
| his candidacy for the same office IL
1898, and trusted to the sense OF justice
of the people to right the wrong, Il
any had been committed. The spoke
in no uncertain terms, and the result
was that he was nominated by accla
nation, and elected over his Republi
can opponent by nearly five thousand
majority.
Judge Fort Is regarded as the bes
Judge of law in this section OF the
State. For years he was PROMINENT,
identified with State and district poll
tics. and was member of the State
Democratic committee in 1895. and .
delegate from the 14th congressiona
district to the Memphis silver conven
ton in the same year.
Judge Fort is large hearted, biz
Drained man, and taken altogether i
one of the best men in Stoddard county
| He began life as an humble farm boy
poor in this worlds goods, and ha
carved his way to success by honest
and unremitting toll. Judge Fort i
married and has family OF six child
rem, and one of the handsomest home
in Dexter, nodded after his own ideas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
The Confession of a Brave Man.

Because he believed thst years OF
uprightness had wiped stain OF i'm
petuous boy hood days, because there
are scoundrels who would sell their
souls to perdition for money, Robert T.
Wolfe has opened the book OF his lie
and turned to dark page that shows
a man. wearing a convict suit, pegglng
shoes.
Robert Wolfe, one of the largest
manufactures in Columbus, o., the
man whose check is good as bond,
the man of social standing, the good
citizen, points a finger at the dark page
and cries to the world: Come and see.
| am that man. / was q convict
He went to Jail for defending the
honor of cousin, pleaded guilty on
charge of assault with intent to kill
because he didn't know any better. and
the law locked him up with burglars
and murderers. Uncontaminated b,
his associates. he became shoemaker
and paved his way to his fortune
Robert Wolfe knew it. and he locked
his secret In his breast, set his teetl
together and started in town q place
for himself. He did it. He workat
like galley slave. but he did it.
just q few people knew of his record
Some of them honored him. The 9th
ers threatened to expose him. TIL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
NUMBER 19.
The alterna-
price of silence was cash. ]
tive a scandal.

price of silence was cash. The alterna-
tive scandal.
And while these human ours were
swapping at the heels of man, Robert
F. Wolfe defied them.
He gave his story to the people.
He said: 81 was a convict. did
violate the law, and was punished
I'm square with the laws demands
I've tried to do right. have tried to
reach my own ideal of citizenship. l
believe / have earned the respect of all
honest men, and have so much faith
in the goodness, fairness and decency
of humanity that will no longer carry
this secret which has for years been .
burden"
Il disarned the enemies OF a man
who should tave only friends.
Because fairness is not universal, q
few people will shrug their shoulders
and sneer at the man who cobbled shoes
in prison.
Who cares?
The great mass of people love fear
less, honest man, who by his own efforts
| arises from the depths and becomes 9
| useful member of society. Robert
Wolfe has earned their respect and
confidence.-St. Louis Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
At the Horse Show.

By FRANK L. STANTON.
I've been down to the Hoss Show-least-
ways, they called it that,
Sence 'twuz whar the finest hosses in dozen
states wuz at;
The rackers an the runners, from Billville
up to Brown
But had no eyes fer hosses when l hit that
show in town!
ssThe Hoss Show?"-Goodnes gracious!-
they didn't name it right;
The hosses didn't STAN no show that bright
October night!
Fer bout a thousand women wuz thar in furs
an frills,
Like violets from the valleys, like Autumn or
the hills.
"You see that moss a-rackin9" feller sez te
me;
But not one hoss in Georgy could this ol' fell
Ter see!
Fer, settin' clost 'longside me, with brigh
eyes on the beam,
Wuz creetur' lookin' sweeter than rain
bow in dream!
The ribbons an the laces-the silks an
satins fine
An OH the women's faces, all down tha
rosy line!
| AM all them voices goin' roun' that 'ere an
gel-throng
Wuz like river flowin' and ripplin' out
song.
"Here comes the great prize winner!" =.
Well, let him win the prize!
Who keers fer Georgy hosses in the light c
woman's eyes?
Fer, worl's an worl's o. hosses yer jedg
| ment would condemn
Ell woman's eyes wuz on you an you see
| yer face in them!
'Twuz like the Land o. Promise-ike Para
| disc come down
To let 'em know what heaven is in that AT
lanty town!
An lookin' at them dresses, with shoulder
high an low,
| ike INC A-OA0 AAS'
| whom all blessin's fowl"
The hosses wuzn't in it-that's what l.
have you know!
/ said thar, ever minute, "It's jest women
show!''
An looked from one to t'other that shiniI
place aroun',
An thought wuz in Glory, am hollered II
my crown!
Warn't never nothin' like It'll . g. Pm gla
l took it in;
Though I'd been married nightly, lost n
heart ag'in!
An the worst wuz-Molly knowed it! I.
No more she'll let me roam,
Onless they have Hoss Show not broom
sticks length from home!