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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05

An entertainment which provided great
deal of amusement for an exceptionally
large audience, was given Wednesday even
ing in the Eastern Presbyterian Church by
members Of the congregation. The affair
was designated as Eye District School !"
and was supposed to be a representation of
school days as they were years ago. The
audience INDUCED in many a hearty laugh
over numerous funny situations In the trav-
esty, and the applause was enthusiastic.
The school teacher was represented by Mr.
George Speidel Those taking part In the
performance as scholars and visitors were
Mrs. l. N. Fluckey: Mrs: J. W. Austin.
Mrs. C. G. Morgan, Mrs. T. L. Jones, Mrs
H. A. Austin, Mrs. Ford, Miss Carrie
Whitehead, Miss NJ. E. Bishop, Miss J. II.
Dobson, Miss E. L. Harvey, Miss H. E.
Jamison, Miss Catherine Burns, Miss Grace
Hopkins. Messrs. ]. w. Austin, c. G. Nor
gan, T. l.. Jones, H. A Austin, James Aus
tin, Vernon Lacey, Harry Schofieid, Conrad
CLANCY, F. D. B. Austin. Perry Arnold, H
c. Lybrand. r. r. Rodrick, A. N. Dobson
The closing of the Northfeld, Mass, Bible
Training School occurred Monday morning
when appropriate exercises were held. This
institution Is one Of the enterprises founded
by the late Dwight L. Moody and the ses-
sons are held in the Hotel Mortified.
which is occupied from June to October as
summer hotel.
A most interesting missionary meeting
was held in the parish house Of ST. James
Episcopal Church, on Sth street between E
and c streets northeast, Thursday evening
at o'clock. The lecture was delivered by
Mr.. Gardiner. a missionary in the field OF
Japan, and who spends most Of his time In
Tokyo. Mr. Gardeners discourse was Illus
trated by stereopticon views and aboundeG
with amusing anecdote of the people an6
their customs. He related the experiences
Of Bishop Williams and other pioneers OF
the missionary work in that country, and
gave a graphic description of Japan anG
it's interesting inhabitants. Mr.. Gardner
will return to his former field Of labor II
two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05

The Sunday school of Faith Chapel on M
street between ~ and 9th streets south
west gave musical and literary enter
talhment Sunday night. The exercises werc
presided over by Mr.. A. F. Dewey and Mr.
Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05

Mr.. William Waldecker, who for some
time past has been director of the choir at
81. Marys Catholic Church. has resigned
ana new organist and choir director will
be installed tomorrow. WIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05

Mr.. Greed NJ. Fulton made an address
last Sunday evening at Ryland NJ. E.
Church. the occasion being the anniver-
sary Of the Missionary Society of the Sun
day school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05

The last of the series of seven lectures.
under the auspices of the American Society
of Religious Education, will be given Mon
day evening, April I, at Columbian Univer-
sty Hall, by Rev +. d. Power. The sub
ject of his discourse will be The Disciples
The lectures have been given by pastors of
different denominations, who have present
ed the distinguishing features of the faith
they represent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05

Mrs. Frank d. Gamewell occupied the
evening preaching hour at Douglas Me
mortal NJ. E. Church last Sunday with an
address on the siege of Pekin, China A
large congregation was present and listen
ed attentiyely to the discourse
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Chinese Dafnties.

From the Philadelphia Times
In the window Of a store on sth street,
which for years has made a speciality OF
Chinese and Japanese products. varying
from ceramics to tea, a box of nuts with
the placard Fresh Lichee Nuts" attracts
the attention of the passer-by. Lichee nuts
are well-known Chinese delicacy The
enterprising Celestial merchant from whom
the nuts are received, in a white circular,
printed in pink. describes himself as deal
er in dried lichee nuts OF the best kind ."
and adds that he has been - business u1noo
1si2 and now holds forth lin Tai-ping
market, Canton" The eating of lichee nuts
being an entirely novel experience I picked
one up rather curiousiy. The nut is very
light, round like ball, measuring some
thing over an inch I'm diameter The she'll
which has family pungent, pleasing odor
is brown and rough. When you shake Il
the nut rattles. A slight pressure Of the
finger breaks the shell and then you dis
cover not a nut, but what looks like very
large raisin, with suggestion of it, too in
the taste. Preserved ginger from China is.
OF course. a well-known dainty, both that
preserved in sugar and the ginger preserved
In syrup. A superior variety of the dry
preserved ginger is the ''stem ginger" :"
which has the hard fndigestibfe part ex-
tracted and comes in rather large pieces
pa cked in tin boxes.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
INHUMAN BELGIAN OFFICERS.
Awful Atrocities Committed in th,
Congo Free State.


Congo Free State. =
A dispatch from London yesterday SAYS:
Captain Guy Burrows. who has just retired
from the employ of the Congo Free State
government after six years service. de-
clared in an interview today that the con.
ditions prevailing in the Congo Free State
are disgrace to civilization and far worse
than ever before. He pictured atrocities of
the most horrible character perpetrated on
the natives by officials and whites who had
concessions of rubber land As a typical
instance of the means employed by the
Free State government. Captain Burrows
corroborated the statement of an America n
missionary to the effect that the officials
employed 500 cannibals to whom they is
SUED rifles to massacre and capture un-
armed natives who had rebelled against
their brutal methods"
have sworn testimony" said Burrows
or the BelS1ans handing over natives to
cann1bal tribes for the express purpose OF
being eaten. Forced labor prevails eyery-
where and shotgun rule is the truest de-
scription Of the present administration. The
companies deriving wealth from the collec-
tion or rubber are all more or less state en-
terprtses, as a third or half of the shares in
Them are invariably held by the govern
ment. Latterly King Leopold and the gov
ernment have made some show of action
against the agents of some of the unner
congo companies. but only minor officials
are ever touched, and the so-called reforms
are merely intended to throw dust in the
eyes of the public, whose Indignation has
been aroused by the stories of this reign
OF terror. While the present systems for
the collection of rubber and the recruit
ment or natives continue the Congo Free
State will remain a disgrace to the whit
mans work In Africa
Evening star., 1902-01-03
ruBL1c DEBT srArEMrxr.
"A Decrease Of Ssszs. .Is2 Indicated fe1
Decemher

The monthly statement Of the public debt
shows that at the close of business, De-
cember 81, the national debt, less cash in
the treasury, amounts to s1o11. .eos2ss, a
decrease for the month of ss.843. 1872
The debt is reehpitulated as follows: In
terest bearing dfbt. s94s. .279 210; debt on
which interest his ceased since maturity
81 339. 100; debt bearing no interest, $685.
612563. Total. 81, 3333. 2231. .564 This amount.
however, does not include $S11, ,s6S,0 ,0S9 in
certificates and treasury notes outstanding,
which are offset by an equal amount of
cash on hand which is held for their re-
demption. The cash in the treasury is
classified as follows: Gold reserve fund,
$50. 900; trust funds, SS11 .46S, ,0S9; gem
erai fund. S1s5,5100aS; in national bank de-
positaries. $112653,a34 Total, s1,219. .631,-
721. against which there are demand liza
b1lities outstanding amounting to $685.
OBS, ,443, which leaves a cash balance on
hand of 1921 ,6O3, Pts. There was an in
crease for the month Of $4592, ,613 in the
amount of cash on hand.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE.
Plan of Austrian Statesmen i'm Meeting
Bosnian Question.

Bosnian question.
william E. Curtis in the Chicago Record Herald.
The Scheriatschule is a peculiar institu-
ton, in which Is taught Moslem, Christian
and Jewish Jaw In fact, the instruction
covers the laws Of all races and religions
which Is necessary to this mixed. popula-
ton, where the government endeaNors TO
respect the religious scruples of every eit-
fzen and 10 adjust its requirements to the
ordinances OF the different churches. The
Austrian statesmen who were required to
solve the Bosnian problem recognized the
Importance of a fact which many rulers
in all parts of the world and in all times
have forgotten or overlooked-that religious
sentiment and conscience lie deeper than
any other influences that affect human ac-
tion.
AS 1 told you the other day, the popula-
ton of Bosnia Is about one-third Moslem,
one-third orthodox Greek, one-fourth Ro-
man Catholic, and the balance Jews,
Protestants and believers in other creeds
Each individual is not only allowed to wor-
ship in his own way, but is excused from
the observance Of laws which conflict with
his religious duties. For this reason differ
ent courts are provided for the trial of diff
ferent races. Speaking generally, the laws
of Turkey still prevail in Bosnia, because
this country is nominally Turkish prov
ince still, although 1t never again Will come
under Turkish power. There is much that
is good in the Turkish statutes, and when
honestly administered they are peculiarly
suitable for the government of that race
1t has been necessary, however, to supple
ment them with local statutes, which are
enacted by an assembly chosen by the tax
payers of the country. This legislature also
assesses taxes and makes appropriations
for public purposes to be disbursed by the
executives. ---.. . e..
To instruct and qualify natives for the
bar, the bench. the legislature and posi-
tions in the executive department of the
government the Scheriatschule was estab-
lished, and it now has about 200 pupils,
who pay a small entrance fee and a mod
crate price for their rooms and board. 1t
occupies large rectangular building Of
oriental style. built Of horizontal rows of
black and white stone that suggest prison
garb. 1t is approached by broad stone
stairs with parterres of flowers on either
side, and the entrance is a lofty arch, which
leads into central court. decorated with
a fountain and flowers. Upon this court
opens lecture rooms, libraries and recita-
tion rooms, dormitory, a refectory and q
chapel well constructed and fitted up with
modern conveniences. Great care has been
taken by the Austrians to make the Bos-
nian schools models. - Sfs
Evening star., 1902-01-03
SOME QUININE DATA.
A Few Facts and Figures About q
Much-Used Drug.


From the New York Press.
The druggist. on the next corner charges
10 cents for dozen two-grain capsules OF
auinine The one in the middle of.the block
.charges%7 cents. Both are ''cut-rate''
houses. Now, let's see. An ounce of quinine
costs the dealer 81 cents. Each ounce con-
tsins $50 grains. sufficient for 2fU two grain
capsules, or twenty dozen, sold over the
counter for ,s1.40 TO g. Capsuies> cost ~
cents a pound, and there are enough in a
pound to contain many ounces Of quinfne.
The quinine the druggist sells for 81 costs
him Capsules includeD 30 cents. He is
making, therefore. profit of over 500 per
cent on what is actually a household ne
cessity.
1t is no exaggeration to say that quinine
is a staple.7 In numerous localities 1t is
eaten as regularly as food: Men and women
pour it into the palm of the hand and toss
it down their throats. Ohio and Florida
my, myi The government might regulate
the price, as the English government does
in India. where quinine is more necessary
than meat. Quinine is sold at every rural
post office in India at the rate of five grains
for farthing. That is, ten grains
for a cent, or 4S cents an ounce, retail. In
Bengal alone 1, 10000 five-g rain packets are
sold annually. The government used to I'M
port S250O00 worth of quinine every year,
but Lieut. Col King, superintendent OF the
Royal Botanic Gardens in Calcutta, has in
troduced its cultivation in India, and there
are now 100000 trees in Bengal.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
ADMITS Heass'ox DEsERTER.
\ xoaps - pI:5@n :naps IS sfssssafsl fssafsla Here win BE
9 - SO Tnkens,fD Norfolk, - 49,, -


"A young man whoseplisted In the navy
under the name Of George w. Childs, and
/ who, admits this name is fictitious. was ar
rested aboutn5 O'Clock this morning by Bi-
cycle Policeman Warren and held as an al
legged: sdeserter. He will be- taken to Nor
folk tomorrow night and turned over to
the officers of the United States receiving
ship Franklin, from which the prisoner
says he escaped three weeks ago. He re-
fused to disclose his real name, but it is
said he is well connected at Rochester.
Letters found on his from his mother ad-
dressed him as Dear Dam
AT an early hour this morning he called
at newspaper Office and asked for assist
and the police were told about him, as it
was supposed he was Charles H. New
house, the. missing Culpeper, Va, man.
An hour later the policeman found him at
a hotel and arrested him. The officer was
soon satisfied he was not the missing Vir-
ginian and would have released him had
/ he not admitted he was a deserter
According to the prisoners statement, he
is nineteen years old He enlisted in the
navy and was sent to the receiving ship
Wabash at Boston. Being highly con-
nected, he said, he hoped to be advanced
until he reached a grade where he could
distinguish himself. After reaching the
Franklin at Norfolk he experienced trou-
bic with one of the officers, and life aboard
the ship, he said, had become a burden
and he deserted. For two weeks he said
cal department store. Policeman Warren
who made the arrest, will be paid $40 re-
ward in addition to expenses Incurred dur
ing his trip to Norfolk.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
CHINESE AWAKENING.
Subprefect Proposes a Number q,
Industrial RefOrms

From the Shanghai Mercury.
Outside the sGreat WALL there is evidently
most Intelligent subprefect. He has put
cut capital proclamatie with a view to
Improve the breed OF horses in the grass
country. and otherwise make the natural
products of that, part more profitable than
at iraseafts HS has eSidsntfy heard that
the horse Is in great dfmand for war spur-
poses abroad, and sees no reason ssghy
China with its RANCHES should not BECOME
most important source OF supply forscav-
airy. The breed OF Chinese ponies must
however first be greatly improved to
reach the f. reign standard Accordingly h.,
tcilS his people how this NAV b. .lur.g ana
ohers towards to successful bf@eders..
IN the second place. he exhorts them to
make Russia leather and su sorts OF
bone articles. In the third place, he thinks
tney should learn how TO preserve meat and
milk In tins so as to send IL long distances
as the foreigners do. In the fourth f,iacc
he exhorts them to learn how to ma ke wool
ana camels hair into cloth as foreigners do
VINO nrst buy our raw stHff, uanufacl a..
II, and then resell the finished article 70 us
In the fifth place, he exhorts them TO pen
mines and cease their silly talk thar the
opening of mines spoifs the fengshui In
stead of bringing evil. mines bring pros
perdty. Look at Tang-ku. That was SrIsf-
nally only piece of waste land They
opened mines and now there is a flourish
ing city with over three millions revenue
yearly.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
The Upper Air.

From the New York Sum-
Some results Of the scientific balloon as
tensions made in Europe under the direc-
ton of the International aeronautical COM
mittee follow: Great variations Of tempera-
ture have been found at different localities
even in the uppermost layers Of the at
mosphere. The coldest regions lie to the
northeast, the warmest to the southwest of
the continent. At an altitude of 5000 me-
tiers the temperature was 20 degrees c.
above Paris and only no degrees c. above
Vienna at the same time. The isothermal
lires at 5000 meters run from south toward
northeast. Those of minus 10 degrees C.
extend west from the north of the Adriatic
sea to Moscow: those Of minus Is degrees
from southwestern France to st. Peters
burg, etc. The isobars of 5000 meters also
extend in general in the same direction.
The lowest pressures are above England
the highest above southeastern Europe.
The velocity of the wind increases from
S.3 meters per second at 1,600 meters alti-
tude to 11.2 meters at 2,300. At attitudes
above 5000 meters the velocities are prob
ably above 16 meters.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Danger I'm Dust.

From American Medicine.
Dust as q cause of pulmonary tuberculo-
sis. according to the report of the imperial
health Office at Berlin, is clearly shown in
the statistics of the patients treated at the
sixty institutions Of the empire for the cure
Of stuherculosis. In 1,095 cases, or more
than the half of the 2.161 persons under
consideration. the origin of the disease was
alleged to be due to the continuous inhala-
ton of dust involved by their employment.
as follows: Four hundred and thirty-one
cases from the effect of dust" without
more exact designation; 1S2 cases from the
effect of metal dust. 129 cases from the
effect of stone coal or glass dust, 116 cases
from the effect of wood dust. Ill cases
from the effect of wool dust and 126 cases
from the effects of various kinds Of dust.
These facts suggest to hygfenists and IN
ventors the necessity of devising dust-con-
sumers and dust-preventors for factories,
workshops, etc. This is fact that legis-
lators should bear in mind.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
The presiden,.. English.

From the London Chronicle.
The full text OF President RooseyeIt's
message has now reached this country. IL
quite bears out .Thackeray's fsvorite gibe
about the thirty-fourth column OF the
presidential speech" but, hong as Il is
some % 900 words in all-it Is readable from
first to last The President has most
vigorous and telling way Of putting things
and whether he writes on anarchism or ir-
rigation or reciprocity or forestry. is al
ways at pains to make himself Interesting
and Ineligible. His is a strenuous and
forceful style, not perhaps very flexible.
but full of briskness and sun-clear. Some
of his phrases are really too good for the
occasion. What should We think OF SEN
tence like this In the kings speech: 80 far
ingenuity has been wholly unable TO devise
substitute for the great war craft whose
hammering guns beat out the mastery or
the high seas?' Obviously. up TIL March.
1905. Americans may safely copy the Pres
fdent's English.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
GREAT SHOEMAKERs
memories of George Fox and Roger
Sherman Recalled, j

Memories of George Fox and Roger
sherman Recalled.
From Success
Carlyle said that one of the most remark
able incidents in history was that of fire
making of George Foxs suit of leather. He
made it himself. This man. the first of the
Friends. and by trade a shoemaker. was
one to whom the divine ideal of the uni
verse seemed to be manifested Fox made
SHOES until he became so interested in the
DOCKS ne had studied that he could not
hold himself in check. He had to preach:
He had no clothes fit to wear, SO he made
himself leather suit that would Withstand
years OF wear. Carlyle wrote: Let some
Angelo or Rosa picture George Fox of1
that morning when he spread out his c,It-
ting board for the last time, and cut cow
nldes by unWonted patterns and stitched
tnem together into one continuous all in
Guiding case, the farewell SERVICE Of HE
awl."
Roger Sherman never said a foolish
thing In his life.'' said Thomas Jefferson.
Roger Sherman had more common sense
tnan any other man ever knew" said
late and do not know which way to vote. .
said Fisher Ames, II ask how Sherman
voted He always, votes right" Sherman
was one Of the signers of the Declaration
OF independence. He was a shoemaker un-
til he was twenty-one years old. People
used to point out where he sat. where he
worked and studied, and where he couId
set his book SO that he could glance at it
In the intervals Of the work Of the hammer
and the awl. OF his connection with the
gentle craft" he was never ashamed. He
declared In Congress against a certain CON
tract for shoes. THE charges are exorbi-
tant," he said. which fact he proved ly
specifying the cost of the leather and otte
materials and Of the work The minute.
ness with which this was done excited s,r.
prise. and then he said to the committee
Il am by trade shoemaker" Yes. a ma.
trtot and shoemaker he was, and in both
capacities he was pre-eminent for com.
mon sense.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
THE GIRLS OF HOLLAND.
Educated With the Boys and Go Int
Business for Themselves. +,


Educated With the Boys and Go Into
Business for Themselves.
From the London Humanitarian.
In Holland the mass of every class go to
public schools and all mix together. Edu-
cation begins at six years of age in the
public schools, and at twelve a girl is exc
amined- and passes on for a five years
course in the higher burgher schools, OF
which Holland possesses seventy-two.ss The
coeducation Of the sexes Is an admitted
principle. In the primary schools boys and
girls are brought up together, they learn
side by side and are on familiar terms
from early childhood without the smallest
Ill resulting A great point Is made Of
languages, and no Dutch girl OF the upper
or middle classes is considered educated
who cannot speak English, French ana
German more or less fuently.
Probably owing to the system OF educa-
tion in force, the women folk are inclined
to grow up somewhat independent; we are
told that the prejudice against women
peared, and even rich women sometimes
choose profession. They include doctors,
dentists, many of them first rate. photo
graphers and gardeners. About LOCO girls
hold posts as assistant chemists. some 5000
are nurses, trained in the White Cross
homes, and on par with the very best
of their profession. A woman Is curator OF
the National diSlofy museum IN fddrleaAs
and another holds the same post at Gt-
recht, while third Is head dispenser at a
hospital in Amsterdam. The railway. post
and telegraph offices are largely served by
female clerks, who altogether outnumber
the male.
Girls in Holland have great deal Of lib
erty. They pay calls. shop and go to par
ties at the houses of friends without
chaperon. walk and travel alone. cycle and
have tennis and wheeling clubs in COM
pany with young men. They enjoy their
fun and freedom. and are IN no hurry to
find husbands. Marriages arc not arranged
and the parents consent is only asked
after proposal II made aid accepted.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Oannst-R Cssnpited With..

. Herbert Lewis, Has written to the District
Commissioners = tat8Ssssting that Trenton
street Petworthsi be nac cadamized east of
Sth street Marris Hacker. the superin-
tendent of roads ilhs recommended that
the writer be informed the request cannot
be complied with f5f the reason that the
wording of the. appropriation for the I'M
prevement Of tfek stryets is from Bright
wood avenue to-Sth street." Beyond the
east building Linz sof 9Th street the Improve
ment Of Trentota street cannot be carried,
except such grading Immediately adjoining
the east end of the Improvement as will
make the street. practicable Of access at
that point, a stgfog..
Evening star., 1902-01-03
The Best Telephone Girls.

rum tne hAectrieai world ana Engineer
The American girls of Irish parentags
have been found to possess to the highest
degree the necessary quickness Of percep-
ton and action, and to prove the statement
is cited the fact that large percentage Of
the operators in the Chicago exchange
picked out according to the results Of ex-
animation, are girls OF Irish descent City
life has been found to give q girl an. al
vantage IN this particular over the coun-
try girl. whose vita have not been sharp-
ened by the contact with many people ana
the exigencies OF the urban community.