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a GLOOMY PROPHECY.
Dark Views Concerning the Coming
Generation.

(Fror ths Chicago Record)
Prof. George l. Robinson. of the Meteor
mick Theological Seminary in Chicago al
dressed a special noon meeting at the
Firty-GFst Street Presbyterian Church re-
Gently and took occasion TO prOphesy a
gloomy future for the coming generation
He also warned the young men in The au-
dience that they had better remain In
married all their days than marry WORLDLY
society women
The meeting was under the auspices OF
the young men Of the church, and. after
an address by Prof Robinson on the &c
ceptance Of the sacrament by the differ
ent creeds, questions were called for from
the audience. 1t was in repsorse tC these
questions that the professor t pressed his
opinion regarding matrImOny aHd The
youth Of the presehz day.
Prof Richardson said There IS
a Ieyeling in the United States Of the
holy OF holes There is debasing OF ev-
erything. and people reverence neither
gray hairs nor the ministry When
walk in the streets Of Chicago my pupils
whom l meet do not look upon me IS any
better than they are themselves The
country has run mad with democracy
People say there is no difference between
the man OF the world and the Christian
man
There IS a difference; the Christian
man sees I0luSS dL = uL4ieLG4A dllSlS
man Of the world when ask
ed for contribution usually
refuses saying that the church
has done no good. He does not have the
spirituaIism and Iiberality in his system
which is an attribute Of the Christian
! quake when I see the young people
who do not attend church The older per
sons are here. but the young men and
women of the families are at some other
place What IS the cCUirg generation
going to be- It seems that il viii be q
generation without respect for God and
the sanctuary.
Let me give one bit OF advice which ]
hope you viii remember, though you may
forget all else. Nothing is SO important
10 he young man as 20 have Christian
wife Let him beware Of q worldly woman
The most powerful sermon l ever heard
was one which listened 10 some Sundays
ago while on a HalsJed Street car The
man who delivered il was Keeling drunk
and his eyes had a CLASSY stare as he
talked in his maudlin manner He had
been a sober Industrious man when be
married. but his wife was a drInkaTd, and
finally had dragged him down = wife
can drag man down 10 the depths he
cause she is with him all he time This
man said that he was going to come back
to the church I could not talk 70 hira
there for ne was intoxicated. aud whether
he kept his resolve when sober | cannot
tell
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UTILIZING COAL DUST.
>-,.rrnan Experiments to Ascertain
IL EnIrIc. q. EnnI.

5T- k2tuc 3s tGai-
Consul O. J. ID. Hughes. writing to me
State Department from C0burg. on the
subject of consumption OF coal dust in
Germany. SAYS:
Mary experiments have been made If
late to fire furnaces with coal dust Priu-
cipally With apparatus having some form
Of fan blower 10 introduce the fuel INTO
the furnace It cannot be said thar mu-h
success has attended the application of
these devices. The SchwarzkopT appara-
las has. however. met with much favor IN
Germany owing to the facility it affords
for uuBinE slack or grade coal \
German imperial commission appointed 10
test smoke consuming appliances made
careful trials Of this apparatus, and the
report generally Is highly favorable
As to the conditions peculiar 10 the pro-
cess, II is stated that highly heated fire
chamber is necessary for the ignition Of
he coal dust The higher the teuipera-
ture. the quicker and more perfect VIII Ie
the combustion. Contact with the boiler
walls interferes with ignition 50 that il
fitting up q boiler for c0aI-dust firing
some change in The arran eementS has to
be made a FIRE chamber lined with fire
proof material has to be provided. because
only such a chamber can be kept con-
stantly at the required nigh tempera ture.
This is most easily accomplished with
fire boilers when the fiues are lined for a
length of from to feet with firepr0of
material. MetaIlurgicaI firings do not Of
fer any difficulty 10 the arranging Of the
fire chamber. because the whole furnace
possesses the high temperature required
In these cases. the FIRE chamber can be
considerably shorter.
The necessity OF a fire chamber IS not
an Inconvenience but a special advantage
in cOal-dust firing. because it insUreS a
perfect combustion, a high temperature of
the gases at the start. and protection
| against the formation of needle flames. At
high temperature there viii be always
| perfect combustion to carbonic acid gas
and water. while at low temperature the
more refractory hydrocarbons do not
| burn at all or but imperfectly. causing
| the formation OF SCOT or smoke. Finally.
! these chambers offer for boiler irings, ii
case of stoppage, the advantage that ~
| the heat stored in the fireproof walls the
| steam pressure is longer maintained.
| The apparatus seems also TO insure a
| smOkeless combustion II experience CT
| its use corroborates all that IS said of mis-
| arrangement, more VIII doubtless be
| heard about it
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At The THEATRES.
The Nationalist : willard.

Ii spell os illness is necessarily fol
lowed BY the yir.Iity and artisticness
which mark the work Of E 5 Willard. the
play-seeing communities would profit In
measurably were an epidemic TO attack the
SoodIy majority OF stars Al audience Of
culture and refinement welcomed this IA
yorite actor to Washington last evening at
The National Theatre ard appIauded his
excellent reading OF the p-otean role Of Jhe
old-time comedy David Garrick." Ger
tainiy nc English player IS his equal in
versatility and equally certain no Ameri-
can actor since the elder SotheTn has ap-
preached his rendition OF the lines and
characTeriza- lion Of the role. Tn ability
10 start tear of pity from an eye lately
suHused with the moisture Of merriDeRt
IS so rare. 50 desirable and so akin 70 ge-
MUS. that one is inclined to accord TO Mr..
Willard praise almost unlimited.
The supporting company hardly haL op-
portEnity last evening to display its pow
ers- Miss Holman makes a charming
Ada IHgot and her last act displ9 Us cons
siderable emotional ability hitherto undis-
played locally. Her improvement since
ner appearance here three seasons since
IS remarkable. Frederick VOIPe as Simon
IngOt is natural and convincing while the
smaller parts by Laura Linden. H. Cane
Miss Cavendish, and Mr. Taylor IRE we'll
assumed. 1t would be unfair to an excel
lent actor to fail to mention among the
excellent. Ernest StaIIard whose Richard
Chivy is about the best reading Of the
part given in Washington for many sea
sous,
This evening and at the Wednesday
matinee Tom Pinch" a dTamatization Of
Martin Chuzzlewit'' Will be Mr. Wizards
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THE REV STAR DISCUSSED.
One istr"nosaer Identifies IT u
- it'll That of bethlehem.

With That of EethIehem-
BALTIMORE. Feb. 26.-In speaking o.
the discovery of new star in the con
stellatiGn Perseus by Dr. 7 D. Anderson.
of Edinburgh Dr. y r Dorsey. assJ- lat
in physics OF the Johns Hopkins In
ye~sity. said
II IS very interesting 10 note that In
most important Of new stars recently dis
covered is Nova Agrigac. which was dis
covered in 1892. by Dr. Anderson. An
examination Of the Harvard plates show
ed that it was recorded On the plates TX
posed between December TO- 1881. and
January 10. 1892. It was brightest on De
cember 20, when it was Of the A ms ni-
Jude By April I it had become Invisible
except through a large telescope. but Il
August. 1892. it temporarily frightened
up again, and through the years 1893 and
1891 it remained between the 10 and IL
magnitude Prof Barnard's observations
with the large Lick telescope showed 1t
in 1898 as a small bright nebula. with .
star-like nucleus.
A swarm OF meteorites swiftly trav-
ersing a remote gaseous nebula would
account for most of the peculiarities OF
the spectrum of Nova Aurigae. But 4
thoroughly satisfactory explanation 81
new stars has not yet been sugges ed.
Other recently discovered stars are
Nova Normae. discovered in 1873; Nova
Carina. in 1885. and Nova Sagittarii. in
1886
A special despatch from Charlottesville.
Va says: The wonderful new star.
which the scientists a the University Of
Virginia for the present call Nova Persei,
was seen for few minutes after p IN
on Friday by Richard D. Micon. OF Alex
andria- student in the academic depart
ment of that institution He drew a map
of the constellation Perseus, with the pO-
sitiOn and ma gnitUde of the star indicated.
and reported the facts. exhibiting the map
to Prof. VI. ". Humphreys Saturday
morning Whether he was the first 10 dis
cover it can be determined only after The
exact time of its discovery at other places.
as Edinburgh and Munich. shall have been
reported
A despatch from ithaca. y Y quotes
Prof & A Fuerties OF Cornell University.
as saying This new star has uUd0I5t-
eddy appeared TO inhabitants of the earth
thousands OF years ago This new discoy-
cry recalls the famous Tau. or Star OF
Bethlehem which guided the Wise Men TO
the place Of the birth Of the Savior. tx
cept that. from the published Veportsz Of
the body. il is even more brilliant than
the Biblical star. Astronomers find that
there are records Of a star similar 10 Tau
in the oldest Chinese reports. made thou
sands of years before the birth OF Christ
and. with all Difference TO the beautiful
story undoubtedly the Chinese saw the
same star that was the guide Of the Wise
Men This new star IS probably that o:
Bethlehem. but IT is star whose period
of appearance IS perhaps many times ION
ger than that OF Bethlehem
Dispatches from Lick Observatory. Cal
says that The star is easily found IN full
sunlight with a Finch telescope II has
also been seen AT Yale and Harvard II
daylight.
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CHINESE VERY ORDERLY.
= quiet Seyv Year Celebration in the
Quaker City.

PHILADELPHIA Feb -Chfnatown's
celebration of its New Year week
ended last night, not exactly in
a blaze of glory but in a most prodigi-
Gus beating of tom toms. brass gongs. and
other Oriental noisemakers. Lee Toy,
mayor OF the Race Street colony. gave a
reception and dinner in one Of the public
restaurants TO sixty Of his relatives, Wis
itors from without the city. In the shops
and the other Race street dwellings there
were kindred gatherings-Jhe Wongs and
Lings and Sees had come. seemingly. from
everywhere. to Phiiadelphia's Chinatown.
II was the most orderly and enjoyable cei-
ebration those who are familiar with
Chinatown say. that the section has ever
known
There were thousands Of visitors to the
Race Street colony during the week just
ended Chinese from nearby towns and
from every section of this city aocked
there. and their white brethren came in
greater numbers TO witness the spectacle.
shops were decked without by flags ani
bright pIacards bearing undecipherabIa
Chinese writing Within rich silks and
satins and deliberately embroidered cloths
were hung about walls and cClored papers
hid the ceilings. There were pyramids
OF various Oriental fruits and sweet
meats and affairs over Which gTOt6Squ6
little bronze gods presided. Visitors
thronged the streets and stores. They
were received and entertained with cour-
tesy and given some memento as they left
Upon their part they treated their hosts
as gentle folk should. The rough element
was conspicuously absent. Not during
the entire week was there an arrest for
disorder in Chinatown. It was an event
unprecedented
Careful police guardianship is given the
credit for the new condition Of things in
Chinatown In cooperation with the Of
ficers of the law the Christian League has
worked Rev. Frederic Poole. superintend-
ent Of the Chinese Christian Mission had
counseled the people of Race Street 10
preserve order The police. he says did
the rest The week " he said. was the
most orderly New Year the colony has
ever known In former years il was nee
essary to have a patrol wagon stationed
here for hours daily while the celebration
lasted. This year there was not "A single
ease Of disorder nor was an arrest made.
The splendid supervision Of the police is
primarily responsible for this. The unruly
element knows that il is not wanted -
Lee Toy. Chinatown's most influential
resident expressed his satisfaction at the
manner IN which the celebration passed
The police have made the people under
stand that the New Year Is not an occa-
sion for disorder here Their work rem
dered the celebration just closing the
most pleasant We have ever held"
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ENGLAND's PEASANT FOLK.
Conditions Contrasted With Those of
One Hundred Years Ago.

rom the Nineteenth Century
The agricultural Iaborers of today are
certainly better clad. more IuXuriously
fed have far more leisure. are better edu-
Gated. and are rapidly becoming better
housed than their forefathers Il century
ago. And if these are the main cOnstitu-
ents Of happiness. then they are happier
On the other hand their gTaudfathers
and great randfathers were much more
gay and Iight-haarted than the modern;
they enjoyed their lives much more than
their descendants do: they had IncOm-
parabIy more laughter. more amusement.
more real delight in the labor Of their
hands there was more love among them
and less hate. The agricultural laborer
had a bad drunken time between twenty
and thirty years ago. and he has been
growing out of that y village sot is now
a rare bird. as rare as he was hundred
wears ago. Then the laborer could not
afford a drunken debauch-he had not the
wherewithaI His master. the farmer, did
drink and sometimes deeply. in the days
when he was prospecting And for few
wears after the rise Of the laborer's
wages some twenty-five years ago. the
laborer was the publican's friend
R,Ir hard drinking has been steadily de
clinfng and the habitual druukard IS
look upon as a coarse brute 10 be avoided.
As 20 other vices. things are pretty much
q
than better
Perhaps the saddest Characteristic Of
the men OF the present as compared with
the men of the past. is that the men OF
the past we're certainly more seIt-de-
Uendent-I do not mean independent. in
the sense in which that word is used row
more resourcefuI, mere kindly courte-
Gus and contented with their lot than
their descendants are
think | know something about the
English peasantry of a century or two
gone by. / think l know just Httla
about the agricultural iabcrer nowadays.
l bear him 3 eeauine love. and feel with
him 2 cordial sympathy and there = no
knowing any men or any class ri men
Vhcm We DO not love and syIapa hize
with Bur as 10 the agricultural laborer
of the future ! am sometimes inclined
10 doubt seriously whether before auoth-
er century has ended there viii be any
such ming as an agricultural IaE0rer II
know.
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.oday represent the Council OF Minister'S
IS being we'll pleased with the situation
The danger point in the negotiations is
believed TO have been passed The Chi
nese. by the concessions they have been
forced into making. have placed them
selves in an attitude which renders t.
possible TO treat them with more consi5-
Grafton than would have been prudent u
TO the present time Now. however. il f.
said that their relations to the States
hey have affrcntCd and outraged are on
he mend. and that the eva cuation Of
Pekin by the allied armies may not be IS
distant an event as it appeared tive
weeks ago,
Nj. COnger. our Minister 10 China.
doubtless considers that the cruN Of The
negotiations has been met and disposed
#. and selects the present time 10 rein
luish the Iabors of his Office He has
,urned over the duties OF his mission 70
me Presidents Special Envoy Nr- " "
RockhiIi and viii shortly start for home
n a six months leave which he has Well
earned. Whether or not his differences
with the Administration in regard 10 its
Chinese policy. or impolicy shall lead 10
his retirement from the diplomatic sery-
ice. Mr.. Conger deserves well OF the COIN
try Events have repeatedly shown him
TO be in the right when his critics. AID
his masters. have been in ihe wrong He
is entitled 20 good long rest. and 10 be
remembered as a useful and loyal, if not
q brilliant. public servant.
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PROF. wIGGINs' VIEWS.
Regards the New star an an Ordi-
mary Phenomenon

Regards the Xev star an an Ordi-
mary Phenomenon.
OTTAWA. Ont. Feb. 26-When ques-
toned yesterday regarding the new star
discovered by Dr. Anderson. Of Edinburgh,
Prof. Virgins said
There is nothing remarkable about this
discovery. because such phenomena have
been noticed for many centuries HiDtar-
chus saw similar star 1Z0 years before
Christ. and q great number have been
witnessed in modern times. a similar ECt
smaller one was discovered by this same
Dr. Anderson a few degrees from Chi-AT-
riga, in February. lS92- It is known. but
improperly, as not Anderson's, but Cope
lands star
Prof. Virgins then illustrated this class
of stars as distinguished from other heay-
emily bodies, claiming il 10 be wandering
star or comet belonging TO some system
bordering upon our solar system The
new star was comet OF another system
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-26

Au amusing story is told Of Sir EVELYN Wood
At NlIrr-n9t a~ indeed al through Dis Ifr he
devoted much and attention Go the com
fort af tue troops under has command. aud per
-yuI'll iu1,o,ted their Tation~ Once. Uhile pas>-
iu. raa mems In.-- tent. he observed Iu orderly
sssuiu. oui ui it with dish IN hi, hand Il was
near dinner time and Sir EEelyu determined TO
inspect th, contents ol the di-h- Calling the man
Er took % spoon and tasted the drragtiUu that
R5~ presented 10 him "a his order What he
exclaimed indignantly do sou cab this sgupz
Ita JioHiIahia-ll- nothing Lut Gisty water
Ae=. sir- 80 30 j.. >fr, responded the oElcriK
- Jiae NASH up o. the r3ra'- basins. -iT
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OBSERVED BY LOCKYER.
The English Astronomer Reports on
the New Star.

LONDON. Feb. 26.-Sir Norman Lockyer.
Director of the Solar Physics Observatory
at South Kensington. communicates to the
Times" the results of his observations
OF the new star that has appeared in the
constellation Of Perseus.
He obtained thirteen photographs The
spectrum strongly recalls that Of Nova
Aurigae.
There are at least two light sources in
volved, one with a dark line in the spec
trum and the other giving chiefly the
bright lines of hydrogen. helium. asterium.
and calcium The centres Of the bright
and dark lines are separated by about if
teen tenth metres showing a dinerentIal
velocity Of about 700 miles per second be
tween the cOIiiding light sources
The star 'on Monday might was main
tanning its magnitude. So far as could be
gathered from a very vrief observation
between the clouds Friday il Is now
brighter than AIdebaran and slightly less
bright than Capella.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-26

not since the notes OF "Puddin Head VII
sons calendar have more unique ideas
been expressed in such quaint words.
There IS much in the play 10 appeal to
all portions OF house and this vas dem
oustrated last evening. Miss Melville may
be we'll pleased with her local recep ion,
getting several curtain calls and numer-
Gus eucOreS-
There Is little for the supporting com
pany TO do and all accomplish that littls
we'll The characterizatilns aside from
that of sis. are well taken and natural
and one might imagine himself in the
Wilds Of Pesey County
Members of the company deserving Of
special mention are Stewart Williams
Murray, john Tuition Miss Pearl Revere,
and Miss Elsie Mackey Matinees viii be
given en- Thursday and Saturday.
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CLING TO PRIMITIVE METHODS
4 Poor Field for American Machin-
cry in China.

cry 8t1 NINA
The state Department has just pub
Iished a report on Chinese agriculture and
American machinery written BY the late
RoUnsaviIle WiIdman. as Consul General.
It bears the date OF December y In it
some interesting facts are given concern
ing the primitive methods in vogue in the
Celestial Kingdom.
The agricultural land OF Southern Chi
ma " says jhe report. lis divided into
small holdings. many of which are not
over an acre IN size, and very few running
over ten acres Every available inch of
this land is under cultivation. and the
planting and reaping is all done By hand;
whore plows are used they are Of home
manufacture and are as primitive as those
Of Biblical times The majority of the
peasantry live at The rate of from to
cents a day. and even if they could af-
ford 10 purchase modern American farm
ing machinery there would be nc room .
use It
The nearest thing TO such ma
chinery that | have seen in South
ern China is q tanning mill, which is cas-
lily constructed by the ingenious China
man The grain is either tTOd out Of the
straw by water buifaloes or whipped over
an open tub. Even if an entire village
should combine TO buys an American
thrashing machine. it would be used but
once. at IL would De considered too waste
full both in the way it mangIes the straw
and the grain and in its expensive up
keep
In Southern China there are no horses
except the diminutiye China pony. and. as
the agricultural country is mostly fiat,
there is no way 10 utilize water power As
for steam, it is an impoSsibiIity. fuel be
ing one of the most expensive Chinese
luEuries- As long as labor has almost no
value and flesh and blood is the cheapest
thing on the market, l cannot recommend
American manufacturers 10 waste good
printed matter and postage stamps on 50
frrnrssil.Ie RaId .,
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tFr"u The RJltHugra sun
TsNas has EcN bac8me fie Empire STAT I'd tb.
south having uearls a million uspr- iuhabitaut-
tiau Georgia which has heretofore had that
proud title. IL has greater population tllau ala
the view England state, combined. exclusive OF
Massachusetts. lis -reggth In wealth 3, 500 jos
marvellous than It's growth ga population. Tic
discover and development ~ 81 oil fields. Ga,
vast production of cotton tHe extent and CON
slant increase in railroad mileage marx ID
one Of tiic greatest aud most Progressive State
in tine nion- and che states and Territories ,d-
iacent % Il seem 10 be sharing AZ prosperity
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Academy of Music--Rosc Melville

It is two years TO a lay since Wash
ington discovered something new in
theatredom. This sometime was Rose
Melville who made the Int IF hits in
Beside the sad Sea Waves" other cities
also verified the discovery and a sea=5a
Of starring proved to the world in ger
eral that at last there was ole oman on
the stage with . correct idea OF quaint
humOT-
Last evenings immense audience at he
Academy Of Nystc CllnChed this opinion
ana granted Miss Melville and her comps-
tent company a hearing. and an enthus-
iastfc reception There IS something
UNIQUE in the play sis Hopkins" in
that IT is the only idyI ever built about
q character The old story has Leen taken
aud elaborated by e. = Rose and Today
appears as an cXcelIeHt vehicle fer the
coincidence The development OF the
shy Posey County girl INTO the ac-
romplished woman OF faspi2u is we'll told
in dialogue and situations. humorous and
natural. The rendition OF the many odd
sayings OF sis was we'll received, for
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-26

CFrgIE the New York Evening POST
Tie Administration IS again in a morally false
position. IL practice cuts the throat Of It's
professions 4 President dictator, . republic
empire. country lhat has freed its own slaves
seeking new ones across the seas. - CD-.ruucnt
fighting polv@auIy al home but paving tribute To
tise maHy-V-iyed sultan OF >uiu-taeSe are the
huge IBcouar1I7lr- which are enough GO make
laughter hold both lis sides HunoI IS obviously
perilouS ia such cir"unl~j.Hses Thereiore I'M
periJli~t~ Wiu have none of f.