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Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Stories From Here and There
ONE gompetishuns dis efening, is it

some gompetishuns dis efenlng, is it
not so?"
"Yaw: must drown um ovid"
Then he gave out 1.-The Mosquito
Parade" 1t was rendered in its quick
est time. and as the man at the piano
pounded his best, the violins and cello
fairly squeaked.
AS it was finished the clear notes of
the cornet seemed to follow the last
bar of the orchestra. Rock of Ages"
was given in the gathering darkness
with exquisite beauty.
Dot fellows vos a dandy" said the
floor walker. but he vos breaking up
de orchestra. meinheer, is it not so?"
"Yaw." said the leader. Il gif EN-
Nancy Brown eh
Spiel" said the floor walker, and
while the ivory keys danced up and
down like puddles in the street under a
summer shower and the fiddlers had
contortions. the notes of the cOrnet
across the way were rising like a lark.
"Shut the door," called out the floor
walker. and it was done.
AS the last bar of Nancy Brown"
was given the cornet was still playing,
UNi IL Mdo dhOlhti dlis QulNN dn Ia
miliar-"Just as | am, without one
plea"
"Shud dot dransom und pull down
I dose blinds. alreddy ordered the floor
walker. who was becoming annoyed.
Then with exquisite delicacy the or
chestra went back to Strauss and
flooded the room with the undulating
BLUE Danube" When it was finished
the Salvation Army company took up
its colors and marched down the street
1t had been a contest between the
classical and ragtime and the music
with the human interest and touch.
The latter had won, but the Salvation
Army didn't know it. They had not
heard the orchestra in the cafe.
"1afe dose fellows gomez" asked the
floOrwalker.
"Yaw. dey vos gone NIT der corner
alreddy," saida waiter.
open der door," said the floor
walker.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
A Booklover's Mistake

M. A. Brisson tells a delightful anec.
dote in one of the series Of spirited ar
ticles which appear in the Temps
under the heading Of "Promenades et
Visites. A certain well-known French
man. an octogenarian, spent most Of
his time in his younger days hunting
up valuable books among the second
hand bookshops in the neighborhood
of the Place St Michel and the Place
Dauphine. He rarely came across 9
find. but his fervor never abated. He
was a bachelor, and for a housekeepei
had an extremely plain woman, who
however, had caught from her master
the taste for old books, and OCCASION
ally came home with an armful when
she had been marketing.
One day the hOusekeeper appeared
with a parcel of books wrapped in
paper and asked her master to look al
them. Among the rubbish was a small
volume bound in red morocco. What
have you paid for this?" the master
gasped after looking at the title page
Thirty sous for the lot" the servant
replied. But, my good woman, this
book alone is worth 10000 francs!'
the bibliomaniac went on, and the mo
ment after regretted the unwisC
speech. rhe woman pricked up hel
ears. and in vain did the master try
TO recall his remarks. "I'll give yor
100 francs for it," he said. But mon
sieur SAID just now it was worth TO-
O00." IN give you 5OO.' mo, no.
Seven hundred and fifty But it wa:
no use. and, to make long story short
the master married the bonne in ordel
to obtain the first edition of the Hep
cameron" (1559). BY this time, says
NJ. Brisson. the wife has gone to {
better world. but the comtesse and the
portrait of Marguerite in the little rec
morocco volume remain with him.
Paris Messenger.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Obeying Orders

"One Of the most surprising scenes
imaginable. to my mind, l witnessed
a day or two ago right here at the
capital of the nation" remarked To-
cal lawyer who has traevled consider
ably. while taking luncheon at a
cafe opposite the City Hall rain began
falling. Being without an umbrella,
l remained in the cafe until the shower
PASSED. While gazing through a win
dow my attention was attracted to a
cOlored man. with a hose, assidously
engaged in watering the grass of Ju-
dietary square.
although the downpour was an un-
usually heavy one and CONTINUED for
fully thirty minutes, that laDOrer did
not make a move to desist from his oc-
cupation or to get under cover. He
stood there in the open, drenched to
the skin, squirting that hose. His per-
sistency was aggravating to the ex-
treme. The man had evidently received
orders to water the grass and in all
probability nothing but a second order
from his boss would have stopped
him. Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
CoAL MUST BE MINED

In the seabOard cities anthracite coal
is now from eight to ten dollars a ton.
Unless the mines resume operations
soon these prices will be raised, and in
a short time the supply will be ex-
hausted. Then the millions who have
grown accustomed to the use of this
particular fuel, will have to reconstruct
stoves and heaters and suffer the in
convenience and expense of soft coal,
wood or coke. IL means not only in
convenience. but suffering, and all for
what?
Nature has stored her millions of
fuel in the hills OF Pennsylvania. 1t
lies there in practically inexhaustible
quantities, and the people want it to
cook their food and to keep them from
freezing. They are willing to pay men
to mine it, to transport it, to give a
bonus to those owning the mines, but
they are denied. Because certain per-
sens are stubborn and, unreasonable.
they must suffer and be told that the
matter is none Of their business.
Now coal is a necessity, and as such
The people have a right to demand that
they shall not be absolutely deprived
Of It. A syndicate has right to buy
up all the corn and wheat it can get,
but suppose it should get all this grain
together and lock the granaries, and
leave the people without bread, would
we submit? Here is almost a parallel
case. Without coal we freeze, and
with coal almost double its usual price
millions suffer. There is a great wrong,
and it is prepOsterous to say the public
has nothing to do with It. There is an
other point; most Of the mines are
owned by the rilroads, and these are
quasi public corporations, deriving
their charters from the State and ex-
ercising the power OF eminent domain
by the same authority. They are
bound by overy obligation to consider
the needs of the people, and not to al
low them TO suffer through stubbor-
ness or mismanagement
What have the people the right tC
demand in the premises? Have they
not the right to insist THAT coal, which
they need. and for which are are wiE
ing to pay, shall be mined? This meanl
that the owners and operators arr
bound by every obligation to conside
and justice to open the mines at once
If they have been unreasonable in re
fusing to grant the slightest concession
, to their employees, then they must Ie
eede. If They do not choose to do this
they must open the mines and operat
them in another way. They cannot 81
down and fold their hands while tn
G. millions suffer. without inviting tn
executions of all men. Ii this is tn
Socialists creed then the mine owner
are doing all in their power to foste
it.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Etada Tussien, the coughing plant,
is a botanical curiosity of the tropics.
When dust settles on the breathing
pores in the leaves of the plant and
chOkes them a gas accumulates inside
and when 1t gains sufficient pressure
there comes an explosion with a sound
exactly like coughing, and the plant
gets red in the face through the effort.
A Roman bowl Of Samian make, said
to be 1000 years old, has been brought
up from the sea bottom off Beachy
Head England, by a Brightlingsee oys-
ter dredger.
Nelson's walking cane, which was
picked up on the deck of the Victory
after he was shot at Trafalgar, is now
in the possession Of a resident of New
port, Mont.
The new Minister OF Melbourne has
a blind member. Mr.. Mckenzie. who
can roll off statistics by the yard, and
other Ministers have had to acknowl-
edge themselves corrected by him in
the quotation Of figures.
Lord Melvin is said to be the wealth
lost Of British inventors. Fourteen OF
his patents cover appliances that arc
used on warships
Germany now has 14O Socialist pub.
llication, of which ffty-two are daiiies
A manuscript Bible of the fifteenth
century came under the hammer in 2
London auction room recently. /
fetched s.. 400.
: Since the close of the Civil War In
State Of Louisiana has spent nor
? than S30.00O0O on Mississippi levees
Millet and maize constitute In
X staple dietary OF the South African ma
-ltive. When he has ploughed his lanS
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Hand Work and Poetry
Q Chicago Record-Herald.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
In a lecture at the University oil
Chicago the other day William Nor
man Guthrie said:
Few men would be poets If they
could do things with their hands. The
poet is not the actual doer of things
If Homer had not been blind he might
have been a great worker, but he prob
ably would not have been a poet"
The records undoubtedly show that
few poets have gone through life as
ditch diggers, hostlers, or even dock
wallopers. But has not Mr.. Guthrie
put his cart before the horse? Are
poets poets because they can't work
with their hands. or do they turn from
manual labor because they can be
poets?
Robert Burns could plough before he
began to charm with his songs. Whit
tier earned a living as a shoemaker
until ne found that he could do better
as a poet Probably even Shakespeare
used to help around his fathers wool
ship before he got to feeling above
such things and turned to writing
poetry. We have only to look over
into Indiana to see that Mr.. Guthrie
has stated the case backwards. Few
men would do things with their hands
if they could be poets.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Weaving

A somber web is laid upon my loom,
Where. for a little space, my hands
must weave
Whatever pattern passing fate may
leave
Upon the threshold of my darkened
room.
No roses meath my trembling fingers
bloom.
Loose threads and errors cannot
retrieve,
And ever with a sore despair grieve
For stars have never broken on my
gloom.
When, at the last. my tears have
ceased to flow,
When life-tides wait forever at the
ebb,
And Master hands my tapestries
unroll.
From pleading lips the cry will come
] know:
Dear God forgive! In that un
even web
There lies enmeshed a lovin,
womans sOuli"
Myrtle Reed, in Smart Set
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Victory of a Cornet

Just after sunset the orchestra in a
German cafe half way uptown tuned
up for its first number. The room
was comfortably filled with diners.
The orchestra started in with Won
Weber's Invitation to the Waltz un-
til the diners could not keep their feet
still 1t was so effectively rendered
that the diners demanded an encore.
A few minutes after the encore a
company OF Salvation Army soldiers
formed a circle across the street from
the cafe. More than a hundred per-
sons gathered quickly. Then a cornet
solo, played by a soldier who knew
how to do it, came out clear an dis
tinct
For a moment it seemed to quiet all
noise in the vicinity. Several of the
diners. who were waiting for their or
ders to be served, get up from their
tables and stood in the open door of
the cafe and listened to the cornet
rendering Onward, Christian Sol
diers."
The first violin of the orchestra in
the cafe kept time with his head. The
fioor-walker of the cafe said to the
orchestra leader:
"Vell, meinheer. you vos having
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

tain class of readers, although it was
tabooed in many libraries and pro-
nounced unfit for the perusal of young
persons. That book was dramatized.
A year or two ago an actress of dis
tinction who presented the play in
New York was prosecuted by the au-
thorities. 1t was alleged that the
dramatization was indecent and sub
versive Of sound morals Daudet al
ways claimed that he was animated by
the strongest moral purpose; that his
object was to teach young men a
solemn lesson; to emphasize the truth
of the saying that one cannot touch
pitch without being deiiled. That is
the lesson which the shameful exploits
Of the gilded young man from Gotham
teach. Evil communications corrupt
good manners. even the manners Of
those who are most confident of their
strength and imagine it is easy to es-
cape contamination.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
WHAT WISDOM DENIED US
FEe Most Patd Gift That Could Be Con.
ierred on Mankind

Granted the power to do it, which
would be the most fatal gift that could
be conferred on mankind2
Omnipotence without omniscience.
An omnipotent man. with the best Of
intentions toward his kind, could cas-
by wreck the universe and probably
would, since, unless he knew every
thing, he would infallibly make some
mistake which could not fail to have
very terrible consequences. Next to
this would be the power Of foreseeing
events. This would eliminate the great
est factor IN human happiness, because
the man who could foresee everything
would have no hope. He would not
only know his own fate, but that Of all
other human beings and also all their
feelings and intentions, which, of itself
alone, would make society impossible.
Equally terrible would be the power
OF prolonging life at win, since no man
or woman would willingly die so long
as life remained even tolerable. This
is proved by the shocking conditions
under which people now consent to
live. The race would probably CON
tinue to multiply indefinitely until all
the habitable portions Of the globe be
came overcrowded. Then would com.
mence a struggle for existence which
no human imagination could portray
War would be an impossibility, since
no man could kill another who did moi
wish to die, and humanity would reacl
some inconceivable climax Of misery
from which nothing but the interven
tion Of n higher power could possibly
release Pearson's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

Generals Botha. DE Wet and Delarey
visited King Edward on Saturday. 1t
was at the Kings request, and accord
ing 70 reports their reception was most
gracious. A few months ago these
brave men we're leading the South Afri-
can troops against the armies of the
King, and were making the subse-
Quent victory matter Of terrible cost
Yet all is now forgiven. This meeting
augurs well for the future relations ol
the two countries, and shows an appre-
citation Of courage in an enemy that i.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Asparngus with oil.

Fontenelle. who was passionatel
fond of asparagus with oil, Invited
dinner an abbe friend. who preferre
II with butter. Mindful Of hospital
obligations. NJ. Fontenelle had give
orders that half the dish should
served one way. half the other.
lust before the course came ON Il
abbe fell down in fit. Without ia
inc the slightest notice of him Fo
tenelle rushed straight TO the kiteh'
CRYING: .All with oil! All with oil!'
Cornhill Magazine.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Our Navy to Stand THIRD
/ the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The United States will have foui
years hence the third navy Of the
world. mat is the forecast OF that
high and impartial authority "The
German Naval Year Book" for 1902
The estimate is in a measure specula-
tive. but it has. on the whole, a sub
stantial basis. It rests upon the rea-
sonable suppOsition that existing pro-
grams of construction are to be full
filled There is every reason to suppose
they Will be. They cannot be materi-
ally enlarged in that time, for the rea-
SON that it takes several years to com
plete a battleship If the ships now
being built and planned are finished
in 1906. as of course, they should be
the navies of the world will rank as
follows in strength: British, French
United States. Russian, German, Ital.
ian, ana Japanese-an order quite sat.
isfactory, thus. far. to this country.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Money Talks.

Parvenu-I was raised as genteel as
you was, an I'll bet you hundred on
it. Come on now; money talks.
KostiQue-If your money talked the
way you do. you'd be bankrupt pretty
soon.
"What do you meanT
"It would give itself away. ."-Phlla-
delphia Record.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS
A Lesson for Young Men

From the Baltimore sun.
A young New Yorker Of the highest
social connections. whose father was a
fine type of the clean-thinking. clean
living American citizen, has recently
disgraced himself and brought reproach
upon an honored family. The story Of
his escapados fills columns in the news
papers. The moral is so plain thai
even the most rattle-brained and auda.
ciOus Of gilded youth can comprehend
it and profit by it.
Alphonse Daudet once wrote a bool
which had a great vogue among a Ger
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
pEprRrICAN FOR PURPOSE

There are Republicans who profess
10 believe. and possibly do believe, that
should Addicks be allowed to beat his
,vav into the Senate, he would land his
influence to Administration measures
and assist in carrying out the party
policy. This much could be expected
of all ordinary men, but Addicks is an
exception. A close study Of his career
warrants no such conclusion. Indeed,
we are compelled to conclude that once
in the Senate he would snap his fingers
at the Administration If it suited his
purpose, and the restraint OF party ira
ditions and principles would no more
affect him than would the Ten Com
mandments.
We must not forget for moment
that we. have an abnormal and dan
gerous character with which to deal,
and If anyone can point out a single
act in his whole career not inspired by
selhshness, they viii have made a dis
covery. There isn't a single act to his
credit warranting the conclusion that
he is a Republican. What was he po-
litically before he asked Delaware TO
send him to the Senate? a Democrat,
say some; others appear doubtful. 1t
doesn't matter, since his interest in
politics began when he wanted an Of
fee.
But We know what he has done in
IN..Ia hnf firth fnI
for the defeat of a candidate for Gov
ernor and a candidate for Congress
It isn't any use TO deny it, for num-
Der of reputable gentlemen have made
affidavit that he bOasted of it. He de-
feated the election Of a United States
E senator by holding a whip over his
pitiful minority. and afterwards went
10 Washington and worked to dhave Col
onel DUPONT denied a seat, when mos
Republicans thought he was legally
elected. What has he cared for tho
interests Of the party? Didn't he declar,
that unless he was elected senator h,
would sink the party ter
thousand fathoms deep? Thi
was not mere rash threa
made IN the heat Of the moment, ant
regretted afterwards. No; he has re
peated that threat to responsible mel
within the last three weeks. and that Il
his attitude today.
In newspaper interviews he ha
threatened to turn the State over L
the Democrats. and would have don
so ere this If he could have command
ed his followers He stated repeatedly
when the Mckinley Administrator
would not recognize him that he care
nothing for the party at large. he want
ed to go 10 the Senate and would TAX
the means to get there.
So putting aside the question of hi
character, his mental and moral fit
ness. what assurance have we that h
would back up the policy Of the AZ
ministration? 1t is dollars to 'dougl
nuts that he would oppose Roosevelt
policy Of reciprocity with Cuba. HI
friend and supporter. Scott, is agains
IL, and that would be enough for Al
dicks. Would he vote for a Republ
can measure II the stock market hel
There is absolutely nothing in his C.,
reer to indicate that he would II
chances are that we should soon fin
that we had a Wellington, a mean,
Wellington, on our hands. II is ma
ural that men should seek some excui
TO end the present state OF affairs. b
we do not wish to load the State vii
infamy, and at the same time send
Washington a man whose pollti
would be as uncertain as mis- moves
the stock market.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

Congressman Griggs. the Democratic
leader. is still working very hard. and
claims the next House of Representa-
lives will have a Democratic majority
leader has ever won greater victories
before an election than Griggs has,
and he is becoming more hilarious and
vociferous from day to day, having al
ready beaten the record made by Ar
kansas Jones in 1900.-Louisville Post
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

A motorman on an Elizabeth car the
other day had a startling and novel ex-
perience. BY a display Of presence OF
mind he saved the life Of little tot
playing on the tracks. There were
twenty-throe young women on that
car and they formed a line and one by
one kissed that blushing motorman
This is better than wasting sweetnes.
on HobsOn.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
bad Examples.

Brown-I don't like to read tales
which show how genluses were once
unruly children.
JOnes-Why not?
Brown-They encourage lazy parents
10 believe that their unruly children
win turn out geniuses-Detrolt Free
p-rasa-
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Colonel Henry ~aitersons Reason for
Declining
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Every admirer of the honest, fearless,
picturesque and lovable gentleman who
yet edits the Courier-Journal with un-
failing power of wit and wisdom will
regret that the Coloners sense of self
respect does not permit him to become
a candidate for Governor.
What a campaign he would makei
What a governor he would make?
The recent demand for Colonel Wat
terson's nomination has been spontan,
eous on ,ne part of the people. It's fat
tering expression in many quarters ha.
not been procured by him, directly ol
indirectly. 1t is a tribute to his recog
nized pre-eminence in the proud list o
Kentucky's distinguished sons.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Not Trouhled.

Irate Tenant asked you when
rented this place if you had ever bee
troubled by chicken thieves, and yo
said no. Every one Of my CHECKER
was stolen last night. and | am to-
that the neighborhood has been infes
cd with chicken thieves for years.
Suburban Agent never keep chic
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

nearsightedness was well known. i
owned UP f., the facts as good jokl
He said he had a vague idea when I
started across the street that Hardin
was a farmer client who had promise
to pay him fee that morning. Ne
Orleans Times Democrat.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
stumbled on n Fact.

A minister went recently to preach
in a chapel unfamiliar TO him. You
must do your best to keep your voice
up, sir" said the chapel keeper, "for
our church is very unfortunate in its
agnostic' effects" Whether he meant
1t or not, 1t was quite true.-Christian
Life.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

Schwab, the President of the Steel
Trust, announces that he will with
draw from all business and retire to
regain his failing health. Possibly he
has earned his $1,OOO,OOO salary. and
has given for it most OF his vitality. II
reminds us Of a story of A. r. Stewart,
who, on being complimented on his
wealth, looked out the window and saw
a ragged bootblack eating an apple.
Pointing to the boy, he said: For that
boys appetite and youth l would ex-
change places with him." Schwab is a
young man, and had he remained a
simple mechanic he would, in all proba-
bility, have yet been enjoying robust
health. So comparative poverty has its
compensations.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

not common outside Of the Anglo
Saxon race The King has showered
praise on the Beers, and this latest
kindly act. at a time when he is not
fully recovered from serious illness
will do much to soften the aspereties
and make submission to his authority
easier. Such acts are the truest' diplo-
macy. since they come from the heart
and appeal to the heart. Edward pos
sesses certain of the qualities which
made Victoria's reign illustrious. He is
not brilliant. but kindly and eminently
sane. He possesses many Of the essen
tia qualities for England's ruler.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
Her Reward.

Blond Bridesmaid - The ushers
haven't seated your Aunt Maria with
the family.
Other Bridesmaid (slster to the bride)
No; she sent only a pickle forlz.-Life.
Evening journal., 1902-08-19

sown his seed, and scoffled he rests
until the harvest
Summer Boarder-"Lack OF educa-
ton is great drawback Farmer
Jones" Farmer Jnes-"Ain't it? Why,
there's men comes out here who are
so years old, and never saw corn
planted"
Evening journal., 1902-08-19
DOES 1T PAY

To neglect your eyes, ruin your
sight, and to allow disease to gain
"a fOolhOld? To avoid such a dlsas-
ter. upon the first symptoms OF
any trouble with your eyes, consult
our Optician.
An accurate examination free,
combined with painstaking adjust
ment. Prices for glasses moderate