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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-26
EXPENDITURE FOR BLIND
APPEAL TO COMMITTEE HAVING
NATTER IN CHARGE.
Suggested That the Money ApprO-
prfated by Congress BE Given to
Polytechnic Institute.

An appeal has been made by the blind
OF the District of Columbia, and others. to
the committee appointed by the Commits
sioners to expend the 5000 appropriated
by Congress to provide for the instruction
and employment Of the blind in the Dis
trict. This appeal strongly urges that this
money be turned over to the Columbia
Polytechnic Institute and that no part of
1t be given to the Aid Association for the
Blind.
Said sum- the petition says, referring
to the appropriation of 5000, should be
expended in the establishment and main
tenance Of an institution so managed that
the blind will be encouraged to preserve
their self-respect and cultivate seif-ren-
ance. 1t should therefore be wholly dis
associated from any institution established
to care for the poor and the INDECENT blind
Any other course would unnecessarily him
der the progressive, experienced and sue
cessful blind in their attempts TO assist
their less fortunate fellows to undertake
to qualify themselves for self-support. and
take away from the poor and INDECENT
blind the incentive to struggle to reach
higher plane of life. It is possible for eV-
cry able bodied blind person, under favor
able conditions. to perform usefui LABOR
and by the selection of some mecnanicai
trade, occupation or profession, to PROVIDE
the Limitation Of blindness is not an I'M
surmountable obstacle to successful ca
reer in one of at least twenty different &C.
cupations.
The petition refers to the current pre]u-
dice against the blind a class wnlcn can
be made self-supporting, and to the sun
greater prejudice that existed IN the pass,
when blind children were allowed 10 pe
uneducated After the blind had been ecu,
Gated it Is stated, the belief was genera
that they were still necessarily Dependents
The Indorsers.
This petition is signed by large NUMBER
of the blind residing in this city, ana II Is
Endorsed by Mr. F. E. cleveland, the pio-
neer In the work Of making the blind inde-
nendent by their own labor in this CITY E; q.
n Couden, Richard P. Williams, -: w.
Rischoff. John Joy Edison, j. w. wilson
M M. Parker; s. H. Kauffmann, q. ". r.
Swartzell, E. Southland Parker and others.
The petition is accompanied by the follow
ing statement made by senator I1a"ieS W
the District Commissioners: a.,
I'm appropriating 5000 Congress oio not
have in mind an annex to the poor mousse ,
but determined effort to teach the DINA
methods of self-support.
IT speak strongly, but l fee! 1t. snoulo
regard a diversion Of this fund, even TO the
otherwise praiseworthy work OF supporting
the blind, as approaching fraud
81 promoted the appropriation with all my
zeal and to my personal knowledge the mo-
five was to teach the blind to support
themselves 1t being proved true that their
field for successful labor could be very
heartily acknowledged"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-26
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR RALLY.
Large Gathering Listens to a Talk bS
Treasurer Shaw.

Large Gathering Listens to a Talk by
Treasurer Shaw.
There was a large gathering at the rally
of the Christian Endeavor Union OF the DIS
trict of Columbia held last night In MT
Vernon Place NJ. E. Church South, corner
9th and X streets northwest The meet
ing was called by the union for the pur-
pose of giving the members OF the Chrls-
tan Endeavor Societies of this city ana
Vicinity an opportunity to hear an address
by Mr.. William Shaw Of Boston. Mass,
treasurer of the United Society OF CHRIS
tan Endeavor. The room was profusely
decorated with Christian EndeaVor nass
large streamers of red, white and blue
bunting were hung from the windows and
drawn to the center of the room, where
there hung a large bell woven from the
same material. while in front ana on the
sides of the platform were pains aho HOW
ers. ts.. -
President A. L. Dietrich was chairman OF
the meeting THE exercises opened with a
song by the audience, followed w, -, with fa an
Vernon Place Church choir, assisted by
the quartet Of the Church of Our Father.
Rev J. w. Duffy, pastor of Mt. Vernon
Place Church, read the Scripture lesson
and led in a. short prayer. He also deliv-
cred the words of welcome. Miss Cath
crime Bates sang Ave Maria"
Rev. T. s. Hamlin, pastor Of the Church
of the Covenant, made some highly com
plimentary remarks Of Mr.. Shaw and then
introduced him. The subject Of Mr.. Shaw
address was what Christian Endeavor
Has Done, Is Doing and VIII Do"
christian Endeavor is only the name Of
an fundamentally of the sublime power of
God" he said. ''It has Increased. with the
aid of this power, from one society In 1881
to more than 10000 societies In 1901, with
thousands more of similar aim. but called
by UNCONVENTIONAL names. The member
ship has increased from fifty members to
more than three and a half million: It
has gone from one denomination into forty.
about thirty-six more than there ought to
be-
Mr.. Shaw said that in China the Chris
tian Endeavor was called the Drum and
Rouse EN- Up Society" During the latter
part of his address he briefly spoke about
the army canteen, and said If he had time
he would like to make an anti-canteen ad-
dress. He also showed photographs of the
Christian Endeavor Societies in China, In
dia, Samoa and most all Of the other for
eign lands. Mr.. Shaw is making visits to
all Christian Endeavor Societies, in the
United States. - &C.,. 90
The rally was brought to close with a
short prayer and benediction by Rev. F. D.
Power, DID,, pastor of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church
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bringing coal from the mines forty-fve
miles away into the city: The first camel.
dignified. easy, gracefulIproudlyi bears
recognized without an introduction. 1t
looked worthy of but half its name-it was
old dozen or more punches or cotton
batting, about the size and color Of an
octoroon's fist, tried to appear as silVery
stars, while four big, wide splashes OF a
brick-colored paint told the story in their
mute way Of the thirteen original colonies
American" flag. The designer. ingenious
man that he was, evidently figured that the
camel would always be between any OBJ
server and some high wall, so that the
missing stars and stripes OF the other SIDE
would not be missed.
The most common American" flag in
China today Is an ordinary piece OF white
cotton of any size, thin enough to be read
through, and upon which is inscribed IN
black a heroic but miSdirected effort at the
letters U. S. A: This grew from the fact
that in the ascent of the Pet-ho river, when
an American flag could not be FOUND any
where, excepting, Of course, the military
standards, the quartermaster's department
had hurredly painted a number OF white
streamers to be hosted on the 5unks which
were used for the transportation of wound
ed men, supplies, etc. And now thousands
of Cinnamon may daily be seen in the
streets Of Pekin wearing these black ana
white placards upon their heads, pinned
across their chests or upon the sleeve OF
coat or blouse.
| But whatever 1t is-let 1t be clumsy, crazy,
foolish or maddening-if It only claims to
be an American insignia the wearer IS Sc
cure OF course, each Chinaman thinks his
design the correct one; but he must be
wrong obviously, since am sure there are
a hundred thousand different designs worn
Is 1t any wonder. then. that the American
sojourning in Pekin hesitates before an
swering the question as to how many stars
and stripes there are in the flag?
A great many people were parties to the
Jcctn If a
Chinese affair. A trunkful of small Yankee
| flags would have been fortune to the pos
SCISSOR But who imagined five months ago
| that today Pekin would be an exceedingly
| Fourth of July town? Not one.
| But it's too late now; thanks. The chi
| naman has his flag.
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HENRY EVANS,
922 AND S2A E STREET N. w.
CIVILIZATIONS PROGRESS.
The Shah's Brother Has Fun and
Makes Money With a Boat.
From the London TELEGRAPH

The sultan. writes our Constantinople
correspondent, is always fond OF new in
ventions. especially anything mechanical
and takes great interest in them. The pal
ace Is full of models of all sorts of
chfneSs from typewriters to an electric
1alinch. His last acquisition is motor car.
which he had instructed Chakir Pasha to
bring back from Berlin where he had been
sent to take the sultans present of car
rage and ponies to the crown princess.
Chakir Pasha brought the motor car and
with it a German engineer. so as to make
sure it. would work smoothly. Last Sun
day the sultan ordered that the machine
should be tried in the palace grounds and
stationed himself at window to watch
the proceedings. Round about the machine
a large crowd of officials and servants had
gathered. The German engineer vainly
tried to persuade some of them to ride with
him, but one would venture, and as the
sultan was growing impatient the engineer
prepared to start alone. As the steam was
turned on the engine began throbbing and
emitting some awful noises, and almost In
simultaneously the whole crowd of oniook-
ers disappeared under the firm conviction
that they would be blown up by an internal
machine 1t was only after the engineer
had driven about for some time and showed
he had complete control that the spectators
ventured back. and then the sultan in
sisted on several of them taking rides. He
did not try 1t himself.
The above recalls to my mind one of the
stories 1 heard in Ispahan about the Zi-i-
Sultan, the elder brother of the present
shah, who has been for many years gov
ernor Of Ispahan and the surrounding prov
inces. The I'll had often heard Of boats.
but had never seen one, and asked the En-
glish telegraph men who were in Ispahan
to build him one. which they did. The I'll
was delighted, had the river damned and
gave q great dinner with fireworks. to all
the foreigners, while the English showed
how the boat was worked. The I'll then
ordered several of his high officials to get
in, and they had to obey, in terrible fear.
as they had never seen boat before, Tho
more frightened they got the more he put
in, till the boat was nearly sinking. He
then had 1t pushed out into the stream
and enjoyed his courtiers' lamentations and
prayers for liberation. One man at last
called out that he would gladly give a
thousand tomans to be out Of the boat.
The I'll, who was always keen on getting
money, at once closed with him and let
him out, and then went on to ransom the
others. For months afterward every pro-
vincial governor, on visiting Ispahan, had
to get into the. boat. and never got out
again without paying according to his
means.
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treatment OF the natives as were the SOL
diers of other countries. Among the very
first things he learned was that those OF his
countrymen who were Impressed into the
temporary service of the United States were
being paid for their labor, unlike the man
ner of dealing Of the Russians and Ger
mans. who. when the coole had finished
his task, would pound and beat him or, as
was actually the case in hundreds OF in
stances. shoot the poor wretch at. night
and impress another batch Of them in the
morning. -
with all these things in his mind the
Chinaman did not need be told that in this
fearful epoch Of his country's history the
American was his best friend, and he lost
no time in following the example Of some of
the larger business houses in hastily flying
a semblance Of the United States flag from
their stores, warehouses or other buildings
Even some Of these were OF very crude pro-
duction. owing perhaps to the haste Of
manufacture or ignorance, Of the correct de-
sign. But they served the purpose, and
what Is more they furnished patterns for
the small fry American flags that may
now be seen at every turn in China-fying
from joss houses, from the roofs OF COM
mercial buildings. hanging in front Of small
shops. decorating little rickety. donkey
carts in all the thoroughfares. iuttering
by thousands Of pedestrians In north China.
Until acquainted with the facts one will
ask what all the various flags. large and
small, represent. Is that an American flag?
Why, yes. And then you laugh or get mad.
There you see a coolie going along ahead
of you with painful. crazy-quHt idea
stitched into the back Of his blouse. That's
an American flag, too. Here comes dom
key cart the donkey wearing long ears and
a mixture Of red. white end blue. You don't
know whether the mixture Is upside down
icsn-at least the prescription was Ameri-
can, though fearfully compounded-and you
are satisfied. ss4S-s.r 49, u
Now comes a camel train, sixty animals
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1TALY's NOTORIOUS BANDIT.
MusOlinO IL Still at Large and the Au-
thofities Are Helpless.


Rome Correspondence Philadelphia Bulletin.
The impossibility' Of getting hold OF
Giuseppe Musolino, the notorious brigand OF
Calabria. is attracting general attention.
not unmixed with certain feeling Of ad-
miration. He. single-handed. has succeeded
for months in keeping at bay squads Of SOL
diers and policemen. In every encounter he
escapes scathless, inflicting heavy losses on
his pursuers. In vain they have hemmed
In his native mountain Of Aspromonte with
military Gordon: in vain they have offered
reward Of $4.oOO-a big sum In Italy-to
any one who would capture him dead or
alive. He Is still at large. defying the law
and its myrmidons.
Musolino was charged two years ago with
an attempt to murder a man who had
struck him. At the trial seven witnesses
were heard. who at the outset declared him
innocent, but eventually admitted that ne
had fred two shots on his enemy. He was
condemned to imprisonment at hard labor
for twenty-five years, Notwithstanding his,
frantic protestations of innocence.
Shortly after ha escaped from the prison
of Geraci and took to the mountains. His
people and his admirers, who considered
that he was bound In honor to kill the man
that offended him, furnished the convict
with food and arms. He shot down sue
cessively the seven witnesses who had given
evidence against him; he killed the man
whose life he had attempted before the
trial, and the mayor Of Aspromofite. who
had conducted the prosecution, ana ne
killed or wounded several of the carbiniers
who had been ordered to recapture him.
Now he IL In search Of the judge who con-
demned him. but the Judge ned in dismay
to distant Bologna to escape the rnerring
aim Of Musolino's rife. This terrible ven
delta has fred the Imagination OF the In
habitants Of Aspromonte: they look upon
their fellow countryman az a. hero worthy
Of being supported against the, efforts OF
the government, and consequently Musolfiio
is never unprovided With food and anamuni-
tion not only. but also with the necessary
Information about the movements of his
would-be captors. ':;F -
But winter is setting in. when the fast
nesses Of Aspromonte will Recovered with
snow and the 1eafless forests will not az
ford the usual security against prying eyes!
All the people Of the place suspected of be-
ing his abettors are being arrested or
watched, and strong reinforcements OF
troops have been sent against the brigand.
Musolino, however. is sure that the blessed
saints will protect him until he has com
pleted his revenge by numbering the judge.
after which he declares he will commit
suicide to escape the clutches of the law.
A queer race. those southern Italians. and
greatly In want Of the schoofmaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-26
THAT 1TEl|E FOOD is
IDlGIE@1TIEID is ALSO
EQUALLY NIEGES-
@ARV.
We Recommend VinOl
as SAN Appetite Creator.
WE GUARANTEE TT@AT WINOl
WILL AID DIGESTION.

vinol is the greatest aid to digestion that
lave known
1t is because yinol acts benehcialy upon tho
stomach that 1t accomplishes much good,
yinol contains the active curative principles that
found In cod liver oil. without any oil or
grease.
These medicinal elements act favorabiy upon
the stomach that this organ obtains for itself the
elements necessary for creating new hesh muscle
tissue and for making rich, red blood.
When the stomach acts easily and naturally
desire is created for good simple food, and good
appetite is the result.
With cod liver oil formerly taken the me-
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unable to counteract the harm that was done by
the obnoxious grease that enveloped them.
Now that in Virol we have those same elements
separated from the vile-tasting fat. we have
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The following is letter that will explain itself:
This is to certify that l have used six bottles
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appetizer and tonic In general debility. have
received much benefit from its that glad
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ABETH FBENEY, Waterbury, Conn.
We want every one in this place
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We, therefore, cordially invite any
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"OLDGLORYS" NEW DESIGNS
Curious FORMS OF THE FLAG APP
FEARING IN CHINA.
They Are Used for Protection and
Some of Them Are Very
LudicrOus.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening star.
PEKIN. China, December 10. 1900

PEKIN. China, December 10, 1900
As every one knows. the Chinese are
very original people. In the matter of ere
ating new designs for the American flag
they are probably in the lead. The indus
try received an impetus few days after
the allies battered down numerous gates
and walls about Pekin. The shining stars
and bright stripes not alone attracted the
eye OF the celestial. but he soon became
aware that its folds offered to him a pro-
lection In his life and wares.
He was wise enough to see that the
American army did not come to rob him Of
what little he had. He saw that the Amer
lean troops were not SO brutal in their
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Now comes a camel train, sixty animals
forming It, ThAre are half dozen Chi
nese attendants, walking. - The train -
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A BOarder Himself.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Here's a clever tale" said the clerk in
the book department. It's story Of bor-
der warfare"
THAT wouldn't interest me-" replied Mr.
Starboard 1T get mixed up in that sort OF
thing enough in real life"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-03-20
MARRLAeE ANp HEALrH.

The Old old question Of the effect Of the married state
health and life attracting attention Just
in Germany, and usual difficulty in getting
together many facts figures which prove beyond
doubt that the married live longer rule the sin
gle that they subject insanity that fewer
Of them commit suicide proportion the number
Of adults
Yet however high this evidence may be piled it really
proves nothing because takes account of the unda-
mental fact that the the ceates are not on
equal footing to begin with the
chances for long life The best vigor soundest
bodies apt to belong to and who attract
the opposite most strongly and most likely
in the normal There many exceptions. for varl
in both but speaking broadly the young
and who marry those who are nearest
perfect development They are reest from all that is alb
normal and dubious.
On the other hand very great proportion Of the boys
and girls who manifest signs they doomed to an
early grave remain unmarried They are not SO often and
much desired for husbands wives are their bodily
superors and they apt to be abnormal mentally
to such extent that their pecuaes prevent marriage
Among men, at least tendency to sond and clean living
most often found among who seek wives success
fully, while it less frequent among those remain
single.
These perfectly obvious facts the original chances
Of longevity different for those marry and those
who do not taking the graz classes broadly and ignor-
all except exceptional wisesU and most
carcu statstician tel how little his
mIerve tables Of mortality insanity suicide etc. are
ae cted by the difference material Influenced by
nar1iege or the lack Of it.