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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-18
Good Eyesight.
From the Spectator,

HToih tue spectator.
Mr.. N. Cbevalier. the weli-krown artist
who accompanied the late Duke of Edin-
burgh on many of his travels was once
going from Dunedin to Lyttelton, New Zea-
land, by steamer Anxious to catch The
earliest glimpse of the coast, he went On
deck at dawn, and was alarmed to see that
the vessel was heading straight on to the
land. Calling the officers attention to
the fact. he was told that 1t was only
fog bank. The artist maintained his point,
but the second officer looked and confirmed
his mate. The artist then said: well, gem
tlemen. will back my artists eye against
your sailors eye, and 1 say that what you
mistake for fog bank Is low range of
hills. and there Is range of mountains APP
pearing above them" But he was only
deck found. In the growing light. that the
artist was right and the seamen wrong
The vessel was out of Its course, and there
was only just time to avert disaster The
helmsman was dismissed in disgrace and
the course given o the new steersman but
the vessels head still pointed landward-
the compass was all wrong. The cause
was discovered later. commercial travel
er had brought box Of magnets on board
and deposited them in a stern cabin, caus-
ing what might have been fatal detection
of the compass. To return to the question
OF Interpretation The artist was dealing
with the appearances which his eye, was
trained to see and his mind to interpret.
A speck on the horizon might have ~e-
NAMED a mere sDeck to him long after the
sailors had internreted the speck into q
vessel Of definite rig. There can be little
doubt that the trained eye II accompanied
by a sort Of mental seeing. an instinct out
running optics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-18
LEWIS AND CLARKE.
Proposed Celebration in Oregon of the
Centenary of Their Expedition.

centenary lhelr Expedition.
From the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The Oregon Historical Society proposes ,
commemorative celebration at Portland, in
1905, of the centenary of the Lewis ane
Clarke expedition to the Pacific coast. In
vitations will be extended to the governor
of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Monian,
and Wyoming to share in the interesting
historical festival.
The reflection is fascinating that ever,
notable and great achievement in thu
worlds history sprang from an idea borl
in the mind of one person. The fact il
interesting that the thought which led ur
to the Lewis and Clarke expedition, and
to which are traceable the history and
growth and romance of the Pacific north
west, came into the fertile mind of Jeffe.
son when. that eminent statesman was
serving as United States minister to France.
Thomas Jefferson" says one historian,
was the father of United States explora-
tlons While lesser minds were absorbed
in proximate events, his profound sagac-
ity penetrated forests and sought to reveal
the extent and resources of the new ma
ton. And chief among the incidents which
aroused in him more than ordinary in
terest in the subject was the appearance in
1856 at the United States legation in
Paris. while Jefferson was minister to
France, of that most remarkable man..
John Ledyard of Connecticut"
Ledyard was with Captain Cook in his
voyage to the Pacific. and had been the
first in Europe or America to propose a
trading voyage to the northwest coast,
land was now in Paris. painting for fresh
adventure
A constan, guest of Jefferson. he inspired
in that great American the noble dream of
exploration that was to add empire to
the young republic.
Returning in 1853 to the United States.
the thought grew upon Jefferson. and in
1902, while Secretary of State. he proposed
to the American Philosophical Society that
some competent person be engaged TO as
cend the Missouri river. cross the Stony
mountains. and follow q western river to
the sea. The plan was attempted, but was
not carried to contamination. Jefferson.
however, never lost sight of his favorite
project, and when he entered the White
House In 1901. the idea developed into the
stupendous diplomacy which gave US Louis
lana, and put our western border In con.
tact with the distant Pacific northwest,
the mysterious No Mans Land OF the Ore
gon. But Jefferson WAS resolved thak :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-18

persisted the customer. What is a corinth,
anyhow"
"A cornth is the smallest grape that
grows, replied the learned grocer, land it
ioSt us name years and years ago because
II was gradually corrupted into 'currant,
Whlch became also the name Of the acidu-
iated little berry Of our garden, which you
might dry from now until Gabriel sounds
ms horn without getting it nearer the con-
dltion or raisin than pea is.
This little grape grows all over the
ISLANDS or the Gil ecian archipelago, and was
hrst exported from Corinth and that's
what gave it its proper name. The punches
dont grow much bigger than a stem of red
currants. and they are SO full Of sugar that
When they are picked and dried in the sun
they actually seem to melt and run together
IKE gumdrops. and 1t takes a lot of care
ana work to separate them again.
|. AFTER they are separated Is the time
when the Grecian maiden gets her work in
on efn, FOR 1t is che of her pleasant duties
10 Jump on heap. of the sticky stuff with
her bare feet until she has compressed
enough OF the little raisfns to squeeze three
boxes or them into 'one.n No hydraulic pump
could do 1t better. If 1t could we wouldn't
nave the sand and grit the maiden's feet
mlhgle with the fruit, and without that no
orien corfnths are genuine.
stu. l shall expect folks to come in here
risnt along and ask for dried currants, just
the same, said the learned grocer. as he
went to wait on aenew customer.
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English sehooipoy Humor.
IN the London TeIevrn nh


scraps of boy hamor are often as well
come and refreshing as glass of water to
a wrecked mariner. The current number of
the flcarage Road Boys School (Plum-
steaO Journal has several delightful spe:i-
mems of illogical logic a wag de-
scr-bed the twisted outcome Of lads
thoughts. STANDARD w had been reading
Samuel, oh. XIV. v. IA. where David
exclaims. After whom is the King of Is
rael come out? After whom doth thou pur-
sue: After dead dog, after flea
Ieacher-What did David mean by compar-
Ing himself to a flea? BGy-Please, sir, Saul
couldn't catch him! In one of the junior
classes the teacher was giving geography
lesson, and asked in what way we could
get from one island to another in the absence
OF connecting bridge. Up went score OF
hands. signifying readiness to answer che
question. Swim over said one: Wade
across. suggested q second: Go over In a
balloon remarked third; but the climax
was reached by the next boys novel idea
Drown yourself. and you will be washed
overt sxcitedly exc. aimed he"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-18
NO "DRIED CURRANTS."
A Learned Grocer Comments Upon a
Mistake Commonly Made.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Mother wants a pound of dried cur
rants" said little girl who came into the
learned grocer's store in Sth avenue.
81 ha;n't got a dried currant in the store,
and there hain't none in the city," replied
the learned grocer. But 1 know what you
want, sissy, and I've got en-
The learned grocer brought forth a box
of the little, sticky, sugary, gritty cufrants
used in fruit cake. plum buildings, mince
pies, buns and the like.
'.Why. thems emf exclaimed the little
girl. ,, o, .,,o ou
"and if the Grecan maiden who trod this
particular lot Of 'em into shipshape had
used q little water or even a 1eath@r custer
on her feet before she began there wouldn' t
he so much grit in EN- as there IS. She
must have been having regular hoedoWn
on the classic sands before she began 10
dance on this box of fruit. There, sissy;
tell your mother she must battle EN- in sew
era, waters before she uses em, or she
might just as we'll put a lot of sandpaper In
her fruit cake. And tell her they amt dried
currants, either"
what's the reason they amt dried cur
rants?" demanded a dlsputative customer
when the girl had gone.
They amt dried currants any more than
they are dried pumpkins" replied the gro
GER THE reason they amt dried curran.s
is that they weren't currants before they
were dried. Good reason enough, amt it?'
yes" said the customer, less dsputative
than he was. "But what does everybody
cali them dried currants for. them
"'Cause they don't know any better"
said the learned grocer. They'll go right
on coming in here and asking for dried cur
rants just the same after L tell EN- why
they amt dried currants as they did be-
fore"
What should they ask for, then?' in
uuired the customer.
IF any man should come In here and ask
for dried corinths,' replied the learned gro
Ger. '.he would not necessarily be gentle-
man, but I'd bet on him being a scholar.
Dried corinths is what you should ask for
when you want this little sugar-coated.
gritty raisin, for it's raisin. pure and
simple"
"How's thatT the customer wanted to
know.
Because 1t was a grape before It was
dried" said the grocer. and Il rafsins amt
grapes what are they?'
But you said these were dried corinths."
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CARLOADS OF MOLTEN IRON.
The Device of Shrevd Yankee to
Save Fuel.
From the New York Tribul

From the New York Tribune.
The construction of new bridge across
the Monongahela to be opened for service
within the next few days, directs attention
afresh to striking feature Of modern
metallurgy. The usual way to make steel
is TO melt up cold pig iron, to which other
materials are added. and then purify the
mixture by burning out certain undesir-
able elements Pig iron. however is itself
the product of a previous heating process
In which the ore is melted with carbonate
OF lime to remove the oxygen. 1t occurred
to some ingenious Yankee a few years ago
that if the product of the blast furnace
could be converted into steel before II had
cooled sensbly a great economy in fuel
would be secured.
The new bridge just mentioned has been
built for the Carnegie company, and will
he used to convey molten irCn from the
Carrie furnaces to the Homestead steel
works. nearly a mile off. AT the present
time Homestead obtains molten metal from
Duquesne. about four and one-half miles
away. The new route has been laid out
so as to save time and distance. and, posi-
bly,, caloric. too. There has been for some
time one hot metal bridge across the
Monongahela, controlled by the Carnegie
company, and. besides the new one about
to be opened, third is in process of cree
ton for the Jones & Mclaughlin interest.
1t will thus be perceived that the practice
has proved SO successful that it is being
rapidly extended
One gets a vivid idea of this remarkable
procedure when he reads about the pre-
cautions taken in the construction of the
new bridge to prevent harm in case any OF
the melted metal leaks Stops over while
in transit from the iron furnace to the steel
works. The spaces between the ties are
to be filled with sand. that no iron may
fall to the decks of passing steamers. The
ties will be of wood, but are to be protected
by q covering of sand. On either side OF
the track there will be raised a screen OF
heavy metal p ates faced with friedrich and
tension of thinner plates will bring tire
screen up six feet farther. The cars are
ladle shaped and the molten metal runs d.
rectly into them when the furnaces are
tapped. A locomotive then draws the train
to the steel works at moderate pace.
The glowing FIRE ght is still in fluid condi-
ton when it reaches the mixers there If 1t
were not the cars would be ruined.
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egon country by a narrow rnargin with
nothing to spare i'll statecraft and d.pIo-
macy. II Jefferson had lot conceived The
great idea. nurtured 1t In his fertile mind.
ana advanced 1t to the point of daring ac-
ton, history might record 4 very ,,ifrorant
story. Ii Ledyard had not met our a,nbss-
sador at Paris, nor poured into his really
ear the ambitious plan of northwestern. eX-
pioratloh ana conquest, a d!fteren. purpose
might nave controlled the lofty spirit Of
Jefferson. The red ensign OF Britain might
wave where now floats to the free 5reezes
the beauteous banner of our glorious I-ninn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-18

Avoid Grip.
Dis,afset fssslv vith Psaet's O1sso1sA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-18
Manla's View.


She-"He says he cannot live without
me-"
Mama-"Well I'd rather have him single
than married when he finds out that he
cant!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-18

A firm of Hanau. Germany, has succeeded
in welding aluminium without the use OF
any metal, solder OF acd. No seam can be
detected. and the welded pieces can resist
blows and temperature variations as we'll
as IL there were no joint. The process Is q
secret one.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-21

The third time changed cars at the
HorneiIsville Union railroad station
and lunched at the little grillroom just
up the street the jolly little proprietor
recognized me as a regular patron and
did his best TO entertain me while my
special pot OF coffee was coming to a
boil.
Notice that fellow who just went
Dut?" he asked. chuckllng contentedly
10 himself.
! l hadn't noticed particularly. but
knew IL would be disconcerting to ad-
NIT, so | nodded encouragingly, says a
writer In the New York Herald.
WELL" he continued, that's Jim
Smith - Long Jim Smith they call
him-conductor of the Erie, and, say.
he's laying for me. Greatest practical
Joker you ever saw. Always getting
rigs on me, and never could get back
on him until last week, and then was
about as much surprised as he was.
IL was coming down the street and
saw a crowd gathered around some Sal
walton Army singers. Long Jim was
away on the edge of the crowd, stand
ing on his tiptoes so he could see over
the heads of the rest He had his
back to me. and, sticking out from I'M
der his arm. was big bag Of lemons.
i saw my chance, and | sneaked quiet
ly behind him. hauled off and gave
that bag of lemons an awful swipe
with my cane"
Here the little man went off into an
uncomfortable fit of laughter over the
remembrance.
He laughed till his sides shook and
tears ran down his face, | waited till
he had Quoted down.
"WellT | queried. Scattered the
lemons all about, suppose"
Scattered Ho, no, no! He! Hi,
hi, hi! He! Hum! Well. should say
30. But they wasn't lemons; they was
eggs"
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jack o,Br,en TO Fight In England.


The latest American pugilist to seek
fame and fortune across the ocean is
Jack O'Brien. Philadelphia's clever
middleweight. O'Brien has been be-
fore the public but a few years. yet
he has advanced with such steady
progress that there are few men Of his
class who have better ring records.
He has met and defeated such good
men as Tommy West. Jimmy Handler,
Jack Bonner and Young Peter Jackson.
He will make an effort to get match
on with some OF the best men England
can produce. Charles McKeever re-
Gently made the same trip and was
successful In the only bout that he had.
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wbv Bees work In Darknes..

Bees go out all day gathering honey
and work al night in the hive, building
their combs as perfectly as If an cleo
trio light shone there all the time.
Why do they prefer to work in the
dark? is often asked. Every one knows
that honey is liquid with no solid
sugar in it. After standing it gradual
ly assumes crystalline appearance
or graduates and ultimately becomes
a solid mass.
Honey has been experimentally in
closed in well corked TASKS. some Of
which were kept in perfect darkness.
while the others were exposed to the
light. The result was that the portion
exposed TO the light soon crystalllzed,
while that kept in the dark remained
unchanged.
Hence we see why the bees are SO
careful to obscure the glass windows
which are placed in their hives. The
existence OF the young depends on the
liquidIty of the saccharine food pre-
scented to them. and IL light were allow
ed access TO this it would In all prob
ability prove fatal to the inmates Of
the hive.-Weekly Bouquet.
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crackers; no toast in the house, for 1t
was the fires evening out A mince
pie was found lurking In the ice chest
and pressed into service. The rabbit
was spread over the pie, and both van
ished IN short time. Those who ate
are still afraid In the dark. for they
can imagine that the same things are
coming for them again as came during
their dreams of that wild. weird night.
A local minister tells pie story on
himself that is "corker." He Is a
delicate man. and his wife was down
on pie for him and vetoed II for fami-
Iy use. once he went TO a convention
in Pittsheld. and a dinner was served
at which there were seven kinds OF
pie. The minister took a little Of
each, please" and never enjoyed him
self so much in his life.-Baltimore
American.
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waIdeck-Rous.eau's Personality.

Waldeck- Rousseau Is the strong man
who is gradually and slowly but surely
dragging France out of the morass OF
the Dreyfus question, in which she has
been weltering so long. He is a
wealthy lawyer in one of the largest
practices in Paris, and he was induced
TO leave his briefs and his magnificent
income only by appeals TO patriotism
to get his country out of a terrible
mess. And now he has not only held
office for years. but practically he has
put an end TO the Dreyfus question and
all the hideOus passions Of which ID
was the parent.
Waldeck- Rousseau is one of the men
whose exterior corresponds entirely TO
their character. He looks rather more
like the typical, logged. tenacious, in
flexible, unsentimental John Bull than
Frenchman. The face is rubicund;
the hair is now gray; the eyes, blue, are
prominent and even protruding. 1t is
the jaw, however, which is the most
remarkable feature of the face. 1t Is
as though it were a long. thick rod Of
iron instead of bone and flesh and
blood and nerves. Indeed it is so prom
inent that it almost stands out like a
great muscle on the biceps of prize
fighter. The mouth. too, is little like
a deathtrap. The lips are compressed,
but the underlip in particular is full
and resolute. Altogether. with these
staring protuberant eyes, that iron jaw
and that compressed mouth and the
general severity of look. NJ. Waldeck-
Rousseau might pass for a grim type
of soldier rather than for a man whose
triumphs had been attained in the civic
contests of the law court and the par
lament MISUNDERSTANDING
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American Coffin 1859.

Golfers who believe that their favor
lite sport was not played in this country
until recent date will find on consult
ing the old records of Fort Orang,
NOW Albany, n. Y, that on Dec. 10
1859, the following ordinance wa:
passed:
THE commissioners of Fort Orange
and village of Beverwick having heard
divers complaints from the burghers OF
this place against playing at golf along
the streets, which causes great damage
to the windows of the houses and ex
poses people to the danger of being
wounded. therefore their worships
wishing to prevent the same. forbid all
persons playing golf in the streets on
pain of FORGETTING % shillings for each
person found doing So
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THE SPORTING WORLD.

A remarkable exhibition OF billiard
shots was made i'm Maurice Days
rooms. New York, recently 10y Miss May
kaarlus, new star in the billiard
world. A large crowd In which were
many noted amateurs and local experts
witnessed the display Of fancy shots,
and the general opinion when Miss
Kaarlus finished her play was that nc
billiard player in the world can equal
the young woman in her own line.
Maurice DAILY was her opponent, he at.
tempting, with three trials at each
shot, TO duplicate the woman players
feats, but Miss Kaarlus had him van.
pushed from the start The woman
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An Expensive Game.

Statisticians have been figuring out
that the relations between the railroads
and hotel keepers and the National
league ball clubs ought to be very ami
cable. The aggregate number of miles
to be travelled by the eight clubs this
season is 1880, 440. for which the rail-
roads receive cents per mile. or &c.,
00S.0S. In addition to this, there are
sleeper and bus fares aggregating 49,.
$40 for the eight clubs. Next come the
hotel bills. Each club carries 10 men.
making. at $3.50 per day. $31S7.50 for
each club, or $25.500 for the season.
Bus fares to and from the grounds are
figured at $500 for the season. Thus
the Leagues hotel and travelling bills
for the season of six months will sum
up S63, las.
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Foreign Golf Professionals Comm

Foreign Golf Professionals Coming.
In addition to Harry Vardon, who
will probably return in the early spring,
David Brown, SANDY" Herd and
James Braid the professional golfers.
are expected to reach this side before
the opening of another season. Brown
will doubtless receive an offer to be-
come professional Of the Fox Hills
club on his arrival. Herd. who ranks
abroad with Vardon and Taylor will
sail before the end of March and may
be taken up by the Nassau Country
club. That he is regarded as an ex-
ceptionally brilliant player abroad is
shown by Hutchinson's comment on
him in THE Book OF Golf and Golf
ers:"
at would be hard to find a man to
beat Herd on the greens. He is fine
driver. both in respect OF length and
straightness; fine approacher and q
fine putter."
Braid Is the Romford man who re-
Gently defeated Nichols at his home
course. He came originally from Earls-
perry, near Edinburgh, and has several
times proved his worth in English
open championships. though he has
never yet won first place. With three
such men as competitors. next years
open championship is likely to be well
worth the journey to see.
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The King nm Epicure.

King Edward VII is very conserva-
tive in the matter Of eating and drink
ing. re disllkes long lists Of comesti-
bles, and as TO beverages, II Is well
known to his friends that only certain
wines are acceptable to his palate. He
is also very particular as to what eli.
gars he smokes. He likes TO sit down
at fixed hour 70 his meals and. very
rightly. waits for nobody Indeed. it is
recorded or hin tia on one occasion,
while. he was still tie Prince OF Wales.
when relative parsonage or high
degree, arrived en- hour letc fot lunch.
con. his royal highncss observed: II
hope you Will like the coffee, IL is
still quite hot.
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Old papers for sale at this Office. 25
per hundred.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-21
PEOPLE OF THE DAY.

Hon. Shelby NJ. Cullom, who has
been chosen United States senator
from Illinois 10 succeed himself. will
next December begin his fourth con.
secutive term in the upper house Of
the national legislature. lie was first
elected in February. 1888 Prior TO
this latter date he had served three
terms as a member OF congress and
two terms as governor of Illinois. He
had also been member Of the Illinois
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The Pie Eaters.

Pie in New England is served In
many queer ways, especially the king
of all pies, the royal mince. Not long
ago there appeared sign in the station
of staid. crooked and correct Boston-a
sign bearing the strange device, Hot
Mince Pie and Ice Cream"
This is mild combination compared
with one that was served In this city
at a midnight supper. Welsh rab-
bit was being made. and there were
some who did not care to eat 1t on
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legislature. Shelby NJ. Cullom was
born in Kentucky in 1929, but removed
to Illinois when a boy. He received a
university education and adopted the
city attorney of Springfield soon after
his admission to the bar. His home
Is in Springfield. where he has resided
for more than half century.