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Evening star., 1902-04-25
Australian Black Trackers

4 rom the London Chronicle.
.ome little interest has been aroused hv
the scheme Tor sending Australian black
ifaehefs TO South Africa for the purpose OF
tracking down fugitive Beers. and he usual
wild statements are being reiterated about
the marvellous powers OF the aborieines in
TINS connection. One writer. posing as
something of an authority. relates how the
black trackers worried the notorious Kelly
gang by their unceasing tracking and kent
them ever trekking until. exhausted and
nerve shattered, the murderous band was
destroyed at Glenrowan." The fact is that
the blacks employed in the Kelly hunt
iaiied at every point. The gang swooped
down on Glenrowan from nowhere"-tbe
police had not the remotest idea of the
b,ishrangers' movements or whereabouts
and they would not. have stopped them on
that famous occasion il the outlaws had
not got drunk while waiting i'm the public
mouse al Gleprowan all night for the ar
rival OF the specie train they We're plan
ming to capture.
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DISHONEST POSTAL CLERKS.
An Inspector Says They Are Sure to
Be Detected

1t is because one man thinks himself a
trlf1e smarter than another that makes his
thoughts run into dishonest channels"
said an old post office inspector. / can ac-
count for the frequent arrest in all parts of
the country of employees of the postal serv-
ice, especially clerks in post offices and
letter carriers, only upon this hypothesis,
and that there is an inherent streak in his
composition of dishonesty, because he
knows better than the public that once We
get after postal thieves We never stop un-
til we land them in Jail. And still they
go on all over the land pilfering from let
ters believing themselves safe. It must Jar
some OF them when they tumble into the
trap we set.
ct Is a matter of corresponding interest
to remember that, as these dishonest clerks
we'll know, the trap which places the mama
cles around their wrists is the same old
trap. like the same old bear trap, relia BILE
and certain TO hold fast once 1t is sprung.
only it catches their pilfering hand instead
of their feet. 1t is the decoy letter which
the postal thief quickly and slyly picks up
and secretes about his person or elsewhere,
and once it is in his hand the trap is sprung,
the hand of the inspector on the ase closes
about his wrist. and he walks to the sta
ton house to ruminate how easily he was
caught once the inspector decided upon the
man of the force who was the guilty among
the honest.
United states knows that once the officials
are suspicious of theft along his route or
postal car run that the inspectors lay all
sorts of traps to land him behind the bars.
why VIII they steal money letters with ap-
prehenston pra ctically inevitable? Because
human nature Is the same in all callings,
and the postal employe is cast In no differ
ent mold than the rest Of us; It Is only his
environment Yes, they know instantly, in
stinctfveiy, whether letter contains money.
as bank teller can tell by the feeling Of a
bill before he looks at it that it is coun-
terfeit. We know this, too, and that is
the reason why We fish for them with the
decoy letter. and land them thus safe
guarding the public and the department
from loss.
''The decoy letter looks no different from
any other letter, and 1t feels just the same
to the dishonest hand of the postal thief
as any letter containing money. We usually
the envelope. The instant the fingers Of the
dishonest man strips along the envelope
he knows that it contains money. and he
will steal it II he can. Because of his eager
ness and disinclination to let any letter
with money go by him, enables US to catch
him when We learn to a certainty the route
upon which money letters are stolen.
Some employees are very foxy, and go
long time before they are detected. They
often try to place the guilt upon an inno-
cent fellow carrier in this way. In making
up their routes. and getting their mail from
the dist stributing tables. they handle the mall
belonging to other carriers. 1t Is an easy
thing to detect money letters in the other
fellows lot. and include them in their own,
to be purloined at leisure and suitable op-
Evening star., 1902-04-25
Success and Fame.

To be able to do one thing-and do that
one thing little better than any one else
is success. The ambition Of mans life
should be to excel in whatever he under
takes, and If by hard work and close ap-
plication he succeeds in doing just one thing
really better than any one else on earth
can do 1t, his life has been success.
There was born, in the little city of
Aurora. ILL.,, about fifteen years ago, a
small organization. A few Of the better
class of citizens banded together and form
ed a society-a combination social and mill
tary affair-that was destined to startie the
world.
They undertook to do one thing. but re-
solved to do that one thing better than 1t
had ever been done before. To drtll-and
drill perfectiy-was their ambition. Cn-
firing practice has made the realization of
this ambition possible. One year after
their organization they entered prize COM
petition at Ottawa. H., and won. In June.
1880, they entered the first interstate drill
at Kansas City, winning third prize The
first was lost to them on points of uniform
and equipment.
II was at this period of their career that
they resolved to tempt the Goddess Fame.
With the sting Of defeat still smarting,
their future was planned, and the ambition
of their lives now became to be the best
drilled and equipped company In the world.
Three long years had already been devoted
to practice, but every day OF those three
years counted. Without delay they were
arrayed in the most attractive uniforms
ina ginable. and in two months after their
defeat at Kansas City they defeated eight
competing companies at Chicago by over
so points. In July, 1901. they won first
prize at the great interstate drill at In
dianapolis, and in May. 1895, another inter-
state drill was won at Savannah.
From this date they became famous.
Their entry In a competitive drill meant
victory. They traversed the states from
coast to coast. Men Of the sword and gun
marveled at their precision and grace.
State militia officials and officers of the
regular army were astounded at their pro-
ficiency. They had not only succeeded In
doing one thing better than could any one
else. but they had attained that degree OF
perfection that rendered comparison use
less. One Of the great New York dailies
described them as "a huge. red-legged Gen.
tipede, whose marvellous celebrity and pre-
c.sion have astounded the military authori-
ties Of the country"
Having outdriiied- and outpointed every
company in. the states that was willing to
meet them, this body of men started for
Europe. where for more than a year past
they have created the greatest excitement
in military circles. Not alone have the
army officials maryeled at their intricate
evolutions and consummate grace, but the
Evening star., 1902-04-25
ELECTRICAL LEAKAGE.
One of the Great Dangers Which
Threaten Men.

From Pearson's Magazine.
The greatest dangers which threaten man
are generally invisible to the victim, and
among these none are more productive Of
disastrous consequences than Electrical
leakage"-the selfsame leakage used by the
natives of all hot climates to lower their tenn
peratures. AS no organic function can take
place except by means Of electrical currents
SO 1t can be easily understood that If these
currents leak from our bodies the loss Of
power must be distinctly harmful. A COM
mon instance of this loss of electricity from
our bodies consists of what we call a nerv-
Gus shock. the scientific explanation being
that sudden egress of electricity takes
place. owing to the violent mental impress
sons involuntarily forcing a current Of
power through channels which had not been
previously open to receive them.
This" remarked Prof. DOdiardi, 'fs but
one case among a thousand Of the ways in
which we uselessly expend our vital power
The electrical waste of a person is entirely
due to his surroundings; the seat upon
which you sit the table upon which you
write: the floor. the ceiling. the fireplace,
the rays and colOrs of light which surround
you. all may be instrumental in absorbing
your electricity to the great detriment Of
your health. Red or yellow light waves ex-
cite electricity within you: blue and violet
waves exhaust 1t: while green waves are
practically neutral in their effect.
THE air you breathe places you In direct
communication with the walls. windows or
hearth of your room; If, owing to the man
ner in which they are constructed, they
place you in electrical communication with
the soil on which your house Is built, an
earth return is formed. and the electricity
in mans condenser-the brain-is drawn
out Of the body. When one stands in the
vicinity OF a place of electrical exhaustion
one ought to face 1t. as the base of the
skull and spine, being the center Of the
nervous system. are more sensitive to out
side influences than is the more covered
front of the body This is why one feels
so tired when sitting with ones back to
a fire: the flames serve as conductors and
extract the force from the exposed nervous
centers"
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NORTHEAST sUBURBANITEs.
Business Transacted at Meeting Of As
sociation Last Night,

A stated meeting of the Northeast Sub
urban Citizens Association was held in
Langdon last night. President E. A. NJ
Lawson presiding. President Lawson re-
ported that the central committee repre-
senting the different citizens associations
in the District had conference Wednes-
day last with the District Commissioners
relative to the Commissioner bill propos-
ing to give them power to regulate street
railways. Several amendments suggested
by the central committee ne said had been
incorporated in the bill by the Commits
sioners.
Mr.. C. A. March was elected to member
ship
The secretary reported that he had not
received reply from the Postmaster Gen
eral relative to the application of the as
scctation for the establishment of the free
delivery system in this section Of the Dis
trict.
Mr.. L. H. Patterson, chairman of the
committee on streets. parks and lights, re-
ported that he had conference with Rep
resentative George A. Pearre relative to the
New York avenue extension bill; that Mr..
Pearre was heartily in favor of adhering
to the provisions of the bill as presented:
that the avenue be extended to the Biadens-
burg road instead OF being stopped at
Montana avenue, as suggested by Dis
trict officer, and that he would ascertain
the status of fsfhe bill as soon as possible.
bill was being favefably considered. Also,
that the Frankfort street extension bill
had been preseRted in the Senate by Sena-
'or The @es1a"e death 81 Mr., E. w. Alsop, highly
respected citizen of Langdon. and an active
member of this association. being an
nounced. the president was designated to
prepare suitable resolutions Of coincidence
to be presented to the family.
On motion bX Mr. G. W. Sexton, the sec
retary was insructsd to call the attention
of the superintendent of county roads to
the dangerous. condition of ditch at the
corner of Emparia and 26th streets. and also
a washout at tte corner of Frankfort and
Section 2. article i. OF the constitution Of
the association zwaR amended to read as
follows: That the jurisdiction of this asso-
citation shall include all territory north of
Ivy City, between Brentwood road and the
Eastern branch. embracing Winthrop
Heights, Langdon. Avalon Heights, Tai
bertsville and Woodbridge to the District
line"
Mr.. /. ]. Baker reported that the petit
tion to the Gas Light Company requesting
that gas pipes he run through the streets
of Langdon had been numerously signed,
but that the question of getting the pipes
across or under the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad had not yet been settled, but
would be In the near future.
Evening star., 1902-04-25

on his own account. and that the corner
grocer puts in cool pint or SO to keen IN
from turning sour. In order to keen IN
longer so that milk may be sold after
hyde is used, each handler of the nrodnct
audlhg spoonful. so that by the time il
reaches the consumer the stuff is not al
sestloie. Mere exemplary arrests and pun
me business must continue Al the least
relaxation the law breakers resume fbeir
practices Eternal vigilance is the price az
saiety ana decency and order, as well as
OF liberty, and that vigilance must nrotact
the poor and ignorant, who are so often ar
the mercy OF dealers in poisoned foods,
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Progress.



Inc mediocre man Is the middlin9 man.
out how greatly superior is the miidling
man OF today to his grandfather of the
same class. He sees and knows and en-
joys things OF which that simple ancestor
never dreamed. He is a citizen of a diff
ferent. broader and every way richer
world He is born to a more splendid heri-
tage of knowledge and opportunity lie
is in touch with more stimulating and far
reaching influences. His latitudes. his long
itGdes and his attitudes are immeasurabiy
superior. Enterprises once too formidable
to be undertaken or even understood are
now everyday matters to him. To be a cit
izen of the twentieth century is better than
to have been a king in those that have de-
parted. because We have reached the point
where the idea of impossibilities has been
discarded. We glory I'm the assumptjou
that all things are movable, and all things
attaina bic at some time here or hereafter
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rress of the continent has expressed the
appreciation of the people in words Of praise
in total columns of admiration and wonder
ment.
The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers
Enormous Shows United have secured this
organiza tion-the Aurora Zouaves-for the
coming season.
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Cushing who went out from this congre-
CATION as a minister of the gospel.
Miss Maggie C. Rollins and Mr.. William
H. Skinner, both of Washington, were mar
ried here Wednesday afternoon by Rev
George L. Hunt, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church. The name of William n.
Fletcher was inadvertently substituted for
that of Mr.. Skinner in the announcement
Of this marriage which appeared yester-
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Quite Likely.
rom the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
This" said the geologist in South AZ
rIca. tapping the specimen with his ham
mer. lis a species OF trappe."
"You don't say" exclaimed his assistant
Lets look 4 tile further and maybe we'n
find some British soldiers"
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Tomorrow Offering
Summer Wells, 25c.

special offering tomorrow of Fashions new
est and most favored styles-for less than any.
one else quotes. Choice Of Complexion Wells
black and white: Black Net and Illusion large
and small mesh plain, chenille and velvet dot.
Sewing silk Fcilings-al coiors, with wide
satin borders: also Chiffon yeils-all colors
with black or white chenille dot--all offered at
the special price tomorrow of 25c
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Kayser's Gloves, soc.

The most popular Glove for summer wear Is
the Ksyser Double Finger Tipped silk Gloves.
II the finger tips come through before the
glove wears out we win present n pair
free. Choice OF black and leading shades, In
cluding gray, bTpxn. tan. mode and white.
Every pair fitted TO the hand. All sizes.
Price SOC pair.
Evening star., 1902-04-25

Soaking rains are falling at Emporia,
Fort Scott. Ghanute and Independence.
Kansas with prospects that they win con-
,inue. Showers and light rains are re-
ported to have fallen last night at other
KanSaS points. tSs
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Committees Appointed.
Policy Promoters Fined.


John Harvey John Nowkes George Hunt
Adolphus Reynolds and George Mccoy, the
latter coiored. are serving a term of one
day in the Alexandria county Jail on Fort
Meyer Heights for promoting policy The
men were brought before Magistrates
Thompson and Potterton at the court house
yesterday afternoon. These officials sat in
the absence OF Magistrate NJ F. Birch, who
had continued the cases. but who was not
on hand when they We're called. The de-
dendants were represented by Attorney
Samuel g. Brent OF this city, while the
prosecution was conducted by Acting Com
monwealth Attorney James f. Clements
The penalty in each case was a fine of $40
with Imprisonment of one day In the county
Jail The men We're arrested Monday by
Constable MacMarsey at Rosslyn.
Mayor Simpson Delegate.
Governor Montague has appointed Mayor
George l.. Simpson a delegate to the na-
tional conference of charities and correc-
lions. which will meet In Detroit MAY %.
lasting until June B. The governor has also
named DR.. Hugh Mcclure of this city as
q delegate to the conference of American
physicians. which will assemble In New
York. May II. for the purpose of consider
ing means for the suppression and preyen-
tion of tuberculosis.
General Matters.
The eighty-third anniversary of Odd Eel
lowship VIII be celebrated at literary and
musical entertainment this evening at s
o'clock in the opera house. The exercises
will be under the auspices of Serepta Lodge
No. 46. I. .. o. F. Several well-known
singers from Washington and Alexandria
will take part In the program.
The Western High School Base Ball team
VIII De entertained at the Episcopal High
School near this city tomorrow afternoon
1t Will be the first game OF the season be-
tween the Virginia school and one of the
Washington high school tearils
The congregation of the Methodist Prot
cstant Church will celebrate the seventy
third anniversary OF the establishment OF
che church. which took place In 1929 A
sermon will be delivered by Rev. II. . c.
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The business portion of Sarcoxie. Mo-.
was wiped out by fire last night. Fifteen
business houses and several residences
were destroyed. William Meyers was In
jured by falling telegraph pole and q
stranger name unknown. was hurt badly.
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his recent liberal donations are an
eloquent tribute to his aople nature.
Withal, like every patriotic citizen
should, Mr.. Enochs takes great in
terest in public affairs. At no little
personal and business sacrifice, he con
sented to serve on the municipal coun-
Gil of Jackson, and in that position he
is seeking to build up and push for
ward the capital of his State.
Among all the men who are making
large contributions of genius and bus
mess sagacity, united with broad and
generous patriotism, to the industrial
and material growth and greatness of
Mississippi, the name of Hon. l. G.
Enochs must have conspicuous place,
HON. FRANK BURKITT.
The Hon. Frank Burkitt perhaps
knows more people and is known by
more people, hand to hand and face to
face, than any man. in Mississippi. He
is among the remarkable men of the
State and possesses national repu-
tation. Ruggedly honest, absolutely
fearless, conscientious to the last de-
gree, he never fails to express his con-
victions, and he possesses also the
courage of his contempts.
For twenty eight years he was the
able editor of the Chickasaw Messen-
ger. His was not the keen scimitar of
Saladin, but the battle-axe of Richard
the 5Lionhearted. He knew the differ
enoe between fencing and fighting. He
knew his friends, and his enemies
knew him. At times he has not agreed
with the majority of Missippians, but
hisspatriotism and his devotion to bis
State and people, in peace and war,
were as true as the needle to the pole.
As legislator, he has left the imprint
of bis personality upon the statutes of
his State, and as member of the con-
stith htional convention of 1890, from
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of his adoption. He served nine years
as mayor of McComb, an unmistakable
evidence that his community fully
recognizes the force and influence of
his progressive and able administra-
tion of public affairs. The doctor has
served as member of the State Board
of Health, and is affiliated with che
State and American medical associa-
tions. He is also district surgeon of
the great Illinois Central Railroad.
He is typical Southern gentleman, a
deacon in the McComb Baptist church,
and enjoys in a rare degree the conf
dence and friendship of those who
have the pleasure of his acquaintance.
He has most charming family, who,
like himself, shares the good will and
esteem of the community at large.
DR.. Quin is the eldest son of the late
DR.. D. Fl. Quin. He was born on his
fathers plantation, near Holmesville,
in Pike county, and is yet young
man Mhaa-1 Jssesrr-zs sa4sA= 49, e.e,yst
sv1Cn Us k5sa1 cTi5s to Summit, where he
entered private school, and later COM
pleted his course of studies at the Pea
body High School. He afterwards
at Tulane Medical Uni
versity, and graduated from that insti-
tuition in 1879 He located at McComb
the same year, and has resided there
ever since
HON. Y. P. STILL.
Hon. V. P. Still is successful mer-
chant and farmer. He was reared on
the farm in Marshall county, having
been born near Byhalia in 1850. He
was too young to take part in the san
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the State at large, he had to be reck-
oned with in the arena of debate by
even the gladiators who had trod the
carpet of the American senate He
will make superb member of the ex-
position bureau. A man of Demo-
cratic tastes, he is closer, perhaps, to
the men who dig the ground, and who,
therefore, pay the taxes, than almost
any man within the States borders.
When he sold the Messenger, in 1900,
he retired permanently from politics,
and has since directed his attention
and ability to his private business, in
which he has been eminently success
full. Citizens of Okolona state that he
possesses the esteem and good will of
his neighbors as whole, and is com
plimented by his quondam political
adversaries for business enterprise
and public spirit. It is an undisputed
fact that he has added more to the
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MISS. EXPOSITION BUPEAU.

Following is brief sketch Of the dis
tinguished gentlemen named by Gov
ernor Longino as members of the Mis-
sissippi exposition bureay. The State
commissioner, under tie act appro-
priating $4,000, will receive an annual
salary of not less thar 1000; with $3.50
for expenses.
The members Of tne Bureau, at their
meeting on AprilSd, elected Hon. R.
H. Henry, editoref the Clarion Ledger,
to be State Cotnmissionor, who will
organize underleeir direction an ex-
hibit ofsthe prkfhcts and resources of
Mississippi a4t. Louis in 1904.
One of ~ most enterprising and
progressiv citizens of Mississippi and
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of marked characteristics and positive
convictions. He was reared in the at
mosphere of Christian country home.
In that best and greatest school of
character he developed those splendid
virtues that have made him one of the
model citizens of the new south.
Taking charge of a small mill where
others had failed, and with no capital
except his strong nerve and indomi-
table will and perfect integrity, he
began his successful business career.
Friends warned him and prophets not
few predicted certain failure; but
the young man needed neither danger
nor defeat. He pledged his own good
name as basis of credit in the pur-
chase of a small tract of pine timber
land and soon demonstrated business
capacity which has continually in
creased with enlarging opportunities.
Thus began the man who now has high
rank in the business world and is
known as lumber king Of the south
west.
Mr.. Enochs is one Of the largest
property owners in the city Of Jack
son and has unshaken faith in the
future of Mississippi's capital. Sev.
eral years ago he purchased the Ed
wards House property, and it is under
stood that at an early day be will erect
modern, commodious and handsome
hotel
Mr.. Enoch is man Of benevoleni
spirit and he has beneficient hand
| His gifts to all good causes are con
lspicuonsly large, though always be
slowed Id modest, uIostentatloul
manner. A deyout Christian, con
sistent Methodist, he takes the great
est pleasure ID promoting the various
enterprises Of his church Some q