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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15
The History of Etiquette.


Etiquette Is form of fashion more i'm
portant than style in dress, for the reason
that the varying codes of manners have
Influenced morals-something changing the
cut of coat cannot be said to have done
When etiquette dema nded that a gentleman
accept a challenge or acknowledge himself
n coward in the minds OF his fellow citizens
1t encroached sharply upon ethics: now that
Il has gone out Of fashion to KILL gentle
men find small difficulty in keeping the
sixth commandment. The less formal eti-
Quette becomes, the less wanton taking Of
life there is among those who consider
good breeding of consequence. As the civil
lied races now stand, either man or woman
can be refined regardless Of shape of hat
he she wears. This was true in any
century. but 30 years ago, and back OF
that period, a gentleman and lady could.
according to approved Etiquette, gobble food
with their hands from a common dish set
In the center Of the dining table and filled
With the entire fashionable bill of fare pre-
pared for the occasion. Gratefully We now
acknowledge such proceedings to be bad
form." and in so doing pronounce ourselves
two Centuries removed from the table man.
ners OF swine. and one point away from
that brute, 10 matter how similar to him
our turn of mind may remain in some other
respects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15
A STRANGE DEATH SCENE.
Weird Ceremony Following the De-
mise of a buddhist Priest.


1t is an exceedingly rare thing for for
eigner to be permitted to witness the death
of Buddhist priest and it was only after
a residence of nearly twelve years in China
that the opportunity came TO me.
Old Ting Ho-Sheng, head priest of the
''-emple of the Spirit Light l had known
by sight for several years. and had a more
intimate acquaintance with him the summer
he died, but did not expect to be wit
ness of his death, nor to see him die sitting
up Not only did "old Ting die sitting up,
but he was put into his coffin and buried
that way.
Disease and native treatment had already
placed the seal of death upon the old man,
so that at my second visit could only tell
the attendants that his hours were few.
Returning to the old priests rooms little
later. l found him sitting on broad stool
facing the outer door, clad In his line
priestly robes of yellow silk Being long
past consciousness, he was supported by
the attendants in this position, with his
legs crossed, each foot resting upon the OPP
posite thigh. sole directed upward-an ex-
ceedingly difficult and, in fact, almost i'm
possible. position to assume in life. The
hands We're placed, palms together, up be-
fore his face, the whole attitude being that
which represents Buddha in the state of
Nirvana-and the old man was very near
that state. The great anxiety OF those in
attendance was that he should not be
placed in his coffin until he was really dead:
although l could not bring him back to
life, they were willing that / should judge
when he was dead. Holding a small mir
ror in front of his face. l waited until
there was no more moisture deposited
upon II.
In the meantime preparations were con-
tinually going around me for further
ceremonies. large pile of paper cash
had been placed outside the door, on top Of
which was document i was not allowed to
see, but which, from what / could learn,
was his history related to his accession
to the priesthood. and life In It.
Upon his being pronounced dead flaming
torch was applied to the cash by young
priest. former disciple and now successor
to the lands and buildings of the old man
paper well ablaze than the young man
Frustrated himself before 1t, humping his
head on the ground the requisite number
of times, for every movement in every cere-
mony of the Chinese Is regulated by rites
as infeXible law.
The next step In this strange death scene
was the placing OF the body in its upright
coffin. The front and top were removed
and yellow silk cushions put in the bottom
on which the old man was placed as gently
as possible consistent with the awkward
ness of his position. Numerous small cush-
Ions and wads of thin paper were put IN
sustain the arms in their upright position
and then the front was slid into place
More packing was done from the top until
his body was fmmovable and the coffin
filled. the yellow silk knot of his hat being
the last l ever saw of old Ting Ho-ShenR
who will sit and wait until time and decay
do their work in altering his position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

observed, snakes are more destructive Of
human life than are the wild animals, but
the reverse is true of the destruction of
cattle. In 1899 no fewer than 1925 cattle
were destroyed by wild animals and 9449
by snakes. OF the former 1886 fell VIC
Tins to leopards and 34,321 to tigers. The
leopard is even more destructive to cattle
than the tiger in Bengal. This province is
the greatest sufferer from the ravages OF
wild animals and snakes. its loss being 3d..
539 cattle. Assam lost 400; Madras, TO-
5a2: Burmah, 11.016, and the central prov
inces, 11,6S9. The number of wild animals
destroyed was 1887. and the amount paid
for their destruction was 1O7, 476 rupees. The
number Of snakes killed was 94,54S and the
rewards paid for this service amounted to
4.151 rupees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

west. Mitchell grass, another Australian
species, regarded by stockmen in the in
terror Of New South Wales as one Of the
best of all native grasses both for its
drought-enduring qualities and its fatten-
ing properties. made a vigorous growth
and appeared to be perfectly at home In its
new surroundings.
Pasture Grasses.
Bermuda grass, the king Of pasture
grasses for the south, grew readily from
the seed sown early in the season and made
a most luxuriant growth, the mass of
leaves and stems covering the ground knee
deep with rich bed Of pasturage. A num-
Der Of the Australian saltbushes grew fine
ly and showed great possibilities for forage
production Of their class. The growth of
the clovers and alfalfa was inferior COM
pared with that OF the grasses, but the
vetches and different varieties OF peas and
beans succeeded well, while such plants as
kaffiP corn, several varieties Of pearl milIet
and teosinte grew with great vigor and
yielded an astonishing amount Of forage,
especially the last named.
For several seasons the conditions
under which the experiments were carried
out were far from satisfactory. The ex-
t1emely heavy rains of May 10, June and
June did much damage. The first one,
coming after the planting Of a large part
of the higher ground, fell with such rapidi-
ty and violence as to wash away both seed
and soil from some plats and mix the seed
on several others SO thoroughly as to en-
tirely vitiate their integrity and necessitate
replanting. Each of these rains covered
the lower field with standing water several
inches deep, which drained away but slowly
from the level land or sloping in from the
river. This seriously delayed the planting
on that area.
DrOught-ResistingQ Qualities.
During July and August the weather was
very hot and dry, affording excellent OPP
portunity to observe the drought-resisting
properties Of the various crops. Some very
interesting results were obtained in this
connection. Many Of the plats, however.
had been sown SO late that the young
plants had not become firmly established
before they were overcome by the arid con-
ditions which followed. A large number
managed to just about hold their own dur
ing those months and afterward made q
good growth.
About $50 plats were devoted to expert
ments with grasses other than millets and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15
PASSING OF THE BELLBOY.
The Historic Tip-Taker Soon to
Forever Reiterated

FOrever delegated.
The head bellboy in an uptown hotel ap-
peared mournful. Lines of sorrow creased
his features and his head was bent in de-
jected contemplation Of an unhappy and I'M
certain future.
Though still bellboy he had struggled
through sixty years Of this worlds strife.
and for more than twenty Of these he had
answered to the call of 'FRONT.' to the
clerks behind the same marble counter upon
which he now regretfully leaned.
Presidents had died, retired and been in
augurated; wars fought and the map Of the
world changed, but he had sat on the same
pocketed the regulation tips unmoved save
when on "calr' for over q quarter Of a
century.
1.-The time has about come for the pass
Ing Of the bellboy, and in few years the
guests in an up-to-date hotel will know him
not he confided to a Star reporter.
From the days of stage coaches and inns
to the present epoch OF mammoth hotels
the estimation of the public as well as in
literature. The immortal Samuel Weller.
jr., in Dickens Piclrwick Papers, was a
bellboy, though it was before the day OF
Illustrated papers he has thrived and been
exploited in innumerable caricatures and
cartoons. The funny paragraphers have
made him the subject Of millions Of jokes.
VIII tuS iuotuei-Au-iAW, injured wire ana
messenger boy he has shared their impair
tial favor.
THE time for the revenge Of the bellboy
has about arrived. He is about to pass out
OF existence, and the funny men of the
press can use him only as a past and rem
iniscent feature in history"
What is the cause of your present la
ment and of your future passing?' asked a
tender-hearted guest who had but a few
minutes before passed quarter to the bell
boy for mailing a letter.
THE telephone Is our undoing," replied
hotels now. have thereon telephone 1t is
gradually. being introduced in most of the
larger hotels Of the country and in all OF
the big new ones. The incoming room tele-
phone marks the outgoing bellboy.
1.-THE room telephone Is twentieth CEN
fury time and leg saving article of modern
hotel convenience. Under the old regime "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

guest wished to be served or ask a uues-
ton OF the office he pressed the electric but
ton IN his room and corresponding num-
Der appeared on the face of the room indi-
Gator in front Of the desk The clerk called
out Front; room 2-76s.' The bellboy an
swered the call. returned to the office with
the message. and would sometimes make
Two and three trips on single summons.
He would ascend and descend thousands of
steps day and tramp thousands Of miles
through the halls in year.
Now, the room telephone and central
switchboard in the office. attended day and
night by an operator, does away with all
that and the various patent ARRANGEMENTS
and makeshifts which have been tried with
little success If guest wishes Ice water
or anything else he calls I'D the office on
his room telephone and communicates his
desires to the operator, who in turn COM
municates them to the clerk. II he desires
to talk to guest in another part of the
house or elsewhere he does so over his own
phone.
Instead Of sending card Of visitor I'D
to room by a bellboy the latter CONVEYS
1t to the operator, who calls up the guests
number and asks if he is in The bellboy
stays In the office. His days Of answering
the bell In person are practically over. HIS
name should be changed to errand boy tele-
phone boy, page or any other old kind OF
a boy
knocks you out Of tips. too" put IN the
sympathetic guest kindly.
1T does, 1t does" cried the hoy" gloom
lily. 1T revolutioniZes the life of bellboy
and marks a change in the life of the hotel
guest also. From the guests standpoint 1t
is an advantageous change. He saves time
and money. The tips given to bellboys by
regular hotel patrons amount to a large
aggregate sum. They will be lessened
one-half, which we lose. The disturbing an
noyance of knocking on doors will be great
ly modified. You won't meet a bellboy every
fifteen feet In the halls or fall over him
on the stairs. In short. the change will be
SO great that it will at once appeal strong
ly to the large class of regular hotel pa
irons. The new system will not be adopted
in the smaller hotels because 1t is too ex-
pensive to put In and maintain. but all or
the larger hotels must come to 1t sooner,
or later. and then. vale. bellboy; yale for
ever!'
The hoy" walked YEARLY to his seat
and the tears weiied to his eyes as he
thought OF departed tips and new rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

sorghums. Quite a large number of those
sown earliest were rendered valueless for
test purposes by heavy rain falling just
after seeding, washing away large
amount of seed and mixing some of the 1e-
mainder. This was most unfortunately the
case in series containing twenty five bronze
grasses, from which much in the way Of
comparative results had been hoped No
report is made here on several Of our COM
mon cultivated grasses, such as red tops
orchard grass, ETC.. which were included in
the experiment. These are well-known per-
ennials, and may better be reported on in
another season. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

rs White Porcelain China Dinner Sets.
OF the Sylvan pattern-full 100 pieces-made
up as follows:
IL large Plates, IL small Plates, ~ Scum
Plates, II Cups, IL Saucers, II Fruits, Re
Buffers. Covered Butter, Covered
Dishes. Meat Dish, No. 2; 1 Meat Dish,
Pickle Dish, 1 Sugar Bowl, l Cream jug,
! Tea Bowl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

Michael Roe was today charged in the
Police Court with carrying a pistol con-
Cealed on his person. He admitted the ac-
o1sation, but his explanation was so salts
factory that Judge Scott took his personal
honda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

There are 20 Custom Dinner Sets. made
Of Adamantine China, the strongest; and
are handsomely decorated In tints and gold.
The following So pieces comprise each set:
IL large plates. small plates, @ soup
plates. II sauce plates, IL buffers. IL cups,
IL saucers, 1 covered dish, l meat dish No.
!. meat dish No. 2. sugar bowl, / cream
jug, / covered butter.'1 gravy boat. l
covered vegetable dish No. l, / uncovered
vegetable dish No. 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

Christians Of New York city contributed
last year &27.008,O00 for gospel work.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
Fatal COlliery Fire

Victoria. b. c., Oct. Premier
Dunsmuir. president of the Wellington
Coliiery company. has just received
the following dispatch from Alex Bri-
don, manager of the extension mines
of that company near Ladysmlth:
Fire occurred in No. 2 slope at No. B
level, which made such Roadway that
in half an hour il was half way up
the slope. spreading to the airways and
workings OF No. and 40. ) mines. L
was obliged to stop both of the mines
after two explosions. Have lost some
rlen-cannot say how many"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
PERS Qualities.

Senator MaIloy of Florida was once
catcher on the Georgetown college
nine.
q love OF good horses. He has gwen q
great deal Of time 10 this and is now
said TO be the best judge of horses in
the state.
Jacob A. Wildner. who believes him
self to be the last survivor of the fol-
lowers Of John Brown in his rad into
Virginia. lives in New Lisbon. a viii
lage of Wisconsin.
Sir Thomas Upton is interested in
art as well as in business and sports
and has made several water colors of
by friendly critics
Paderewski loves his billiards and
believes that the cultivation of delicate
work with the cue aids him in the feel
ing and expression of such musical re-
finements as those of Chopin.
Joseph Choate. United States emhas-
sador TO England. has a remarkable
memory for faces and ia ales and rare
Is fails to recall either in the person
of any one he has met socially or n
business.
William Dean Howells. the novelist.
writes very slowly, and. although his
hand looks like hurried one. il is
really almost laborious. AT the same
time he finds dictation impossible and
therefore depends entirely upon his
pen.
To advance the project Of beautify-
ing the river front of Springfield.
Mass, for which project the late lilly
Haynes bequeathed $4,000. Everett *.
one of the nineteen persons to give
$4,000 each.
The first man in the Boston directory
is Aarold. and the last is Zysick. The
shortest is Re, and the longest is
Schneckenberger. Venus is a team
ster, Jupiter a laborer. Mars watch
man. Neptune q baker ard Charon a
hospital cook.
Ex-Judge Logan Beckley of Charles
vile. Ca, an alumnus of many years
standing. matriculated in the Universe
ty of Georgia last year in order To re-
vive his knowledge of mathematics.
He will devote himself to other
branches this year.
Ida May Jackson. assistant Sunday
editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel. has
been appointed by Governor La Fol-
lette under q new law of Wisconsin.
woman factory inspector and VIII be
the first woman in the state to take up
official work of this kind.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
Old People Have Their
Troubles.

Mr. Francis Little of Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, IS over eighty years Of
age Since 1865 he has been troub-
led more or less with indigestion and
constipation and has tried almost ev-
erything in use for those ailments.
Last August be began using Cham
berlain s stomach and liver tablets
and was soon feeling much better In
a recent letter he SAYS, Il have used
three boxes of the tablets and now
think | am we'll =" These tablets i'm
prove the appetite and invigorate
the stomach. liver and bowels. For
sale by ". H. Sudhoff and 4. G..
Luken & Co., druggists.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
ANOTH' Il CRISIS
Columbia Now Having a lime Over
the Ia btIt,r

Washington, Oct DIR. Silva. the
Colombian minister. yesterday reeelv-
ed a personal message from Bogota
announcing cabinet crisis there. The
dispatch came from his brother III law,
Miguel Abadia Mendez, and announced
that the crisis had resulted in his APP
poinfment as minister OF foreign af
fairs The new premier has been the
secretary OF the treasury in the Col
ombian cabinet. He is a young man
about 35 years OF age and is a lawyer
by profession. The dispatch gave no
further particulars than those above
stated. y. lid it make any mention of
the rs..ssiis for the crisis. The pre-
sumption at the legation is that the
entire cabinet has resigned. From
their knowledge of the condition of
affairs in Colombia the belief prevails
that the change in the ministry was
precipitated by differences among the
cabinet on account of the proposed
gold loan which the government has
been seeking TO obtain from the banks.
Some of the ministers We're favorable
TO compulsory action in forcing loan
while others We're opposed TO such
course. Colombia has issued a vast
amount of paper money to meet the
expenses of carrying on the operations
against the revolutionists, so that the
value of the paper dollar is now about
4 cents. A gold loan was necessary in
order 70 obtain money TO purchase
ships, and for other purposes. but the
cradle opposition. While unfortunate
at this time, the officials do not con-
slider the situation as at all serious.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
PiTH AND POINT.

As long as boys and peaches are
raised they VIII get together
As rule people are disappointed in
compliments. They always expect
more.
1t isn't necessary for a man to SOW
wild oats. They come up along the
path he travels.
Never become unnecessarily conf
Dental. Your friend is liable to be-
come your enemy.
Learn to accept defeat without con-
sidering that every man who opposes
you is your enemy.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

For RENT = Furnished rooms at
1872 north A street. Light, heat
and bath.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

WANTED-F'urnished 70. m. with
heat. bath, etc.. down town. Address
nox ), CITY
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

LOST Yesterday. a long. black
plush cape ard hand bag, containing
- cents in change. Reward. Re
turn to this office.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
Took The Pay Envelopes.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-Hays Edstrom, pay
master of the Petroleum Iron works
of Corsicana, Navarro county, Texas.
was arrested here last night charged
with the theft of $4,000 in pay envel-
opes from his employers. When taken
into custody Edstrom had but 20 cents
in his possession. He claimed that he
had squandered the balance of the
money in Cincinnati and St Louis.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

WANTED-Bs ard and room at rea-
sonable price for all winter, most be
in West Richmond near shop Rich
mood Co nv Young mar.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
Notice to the Public.

On and after October 1, 1901. street
car tickets will not be sold by con-
ductors and motormen. bnt may be
had during business hours at Ross
drug store, near eighth and Main
sire cts, at the present rate of six for
25 cents. sNS
RICHMOND STREET AND 1NTERURB n
RAILROAD Co. % If
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
The Second Race.

New York. Oct. Interest in the
yacht race today is tuned To the high
est pitch as a result of the grand
contest of Saturday Confidence is SUI
preme on board the Erin and the
Shamrock, as it is with American
yaehtsmen.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

4 substantial brick house
with ten rooms and a little
farm cf eight acres will be
sold next Saturday at 2 p.
m. The VIM. Thistlet'.waite
homestead.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01
People'si EXCHANGE.

All advertisement under the above
head, such as wanted for sale. y
lost" &c. will be given one insertion
free, to Palladium subscribers.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

WANTED-A gentleman to occupy
a nicely furnished front room, up
stairs. Call at 120 south sev euth
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

Storage-Grourd floor, sixteenth
AMI Main. Nern Smith. If
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-10-01

For REST-Two 4-room rev houses
20 parties without children. Call at
10 south eighteenth 28d2t
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-01-27
OVER
100 MILLION DOLLARS
For Dividends
READ THE PROOFS
United States official Report
MADE TO
COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED
STATES. GENERAL LAND OF
FICE. WASHINGTON,
d. G.
MADE TO

By a geologist and mining expert OF
worldw idr reputation. Professor Ben
iamin Silliman. who spent several
months there, then being connected
with the United States surveying corps,
and In his official report says:
Here are countless millions Of tons
Of rich gold quartz reduced by the
great forces OF nature TO a condition
ready for the application Of the hydraul-
ic process. while the entire bed OF the
Rio Grande for over forty miles Is a
slulce. on the bars Of which the gold
derived from the wearing away OF the
gravel banks has been accommodating
for countless ages. and now lies ready
for extraction by the most approved
methods Of river mining. The thick
ness of the Rio Grandc gold gravel ex-
Ceeds In many places 500 feet, or nearly
three times that OF the like beds In
California, while the average valu, per
cubic yard Is believed to be greater
in the New Mexico beds than In any
other such accumulntions yet discov-
cred.
/ have made Il reconnaisancc Of the
whole Of this gravel along the
Rio Grandc, and have examined with
all the care possible In the time at my
command the character OF the gravel
and it's contents Of gold. Nothing,
am persuaded. .incc the dlscov-
cry Of California and Australia IL com
parable for It's immeasurable resources
Of gold available by the hydraulic pro-
cess to the deep placers Of the Rio
Grande."
Other reports from eminent mining
experts Of national reputation pro-
nounce the property Of this company
the richest and most extensive known.