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Music and Elocution.

Ihe musical and elocution studio Of Mr.
u. Lawrence. at 1127 10th street northwest
are well known to Washingtonians. mr..
Lawrence has adopted the methods Of
european masters. One of the most at
Iractlve features Of the school is that Mr..
- m na arranges to give his pupils trials
IN concert, church and opera The tuition
at this school is within the reach of ali
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
Work on the Barracks Sea Wal,

About half the length of the new sea wall
along the grounds of the Washington bar
racks has been completed. A large barge.
laden with blocks of stone from Occoouan,
was brought into port yesterday by the tug
Mobier for use In the new work. To COM
plete the new wall on both the harbor ana
Eastern branch sides Of the grounds will
take several months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
Deed to Secure Bonds.

BY deed placed on record yesterday the
Arlington Brewery Company conveyed to
Ellridge g. Johnson and John Hinchcliffe,
trustees. all the property, real and personal,
Of the company, with its franchises, in
GLIDING part of lot 8, square 55S, located at
the corner Of New Jersey avenue and L
street. and chattels in certain saloons. The
conveyance Is made to secure $50 bonds,
aggregating 100000, payable September 1,
1922 with interest at the rate OF 6 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
PILES CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE.

Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. No
Cure, No Pay. All druggists are authorised b.
the manufacturers Of Pano Ointment to refund
money where It fails to cure any case Of piles.
NO matter Of how long standing. Cures ordinary
In SIX days.; the worst csses In fourteen dayA
One application gives and rest. Relieves Itch
only pile remedy sold q positive guarantee, no
cure no pay. Price, Soc. II your druggist don't
keep II in stock send us 60c. In stamps and We
VIII forward same BY mall. Manufactured by
PARIS MEDICINE CO., st. Louis. No.. who also
manufaeture the celebrated cold cure. LAXATIVE
Bromo Qutnine Tablets. ect-tu-o9t-1e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
BUSINESS College.

Tanners Business College Is said to be
an excellent place to learn typewriting and
stenography. Graduates are placed in DO
sitions when competent. The college also
has classes in English and bookkeeping
The sessions are held day and night, and
individual instruction is given when desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
est prevailing in New York is further rea.

We'll, we have put considerable money
in circulation through the banks and | do
not anticipate any danger. The payment OF
the October interest, Of course brought
some relief. There Is no occasion for anx-
iety. What Congress will do when il
meets to relieve a contingency that is con-
stantly recurring Is something l cannot
foretell."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
Admiral Rodgers at chemulpo.

The Navy Department has received a
cablegram from Rear Admiral Rodgers an
nouncing his arrival at Chemnlpo, aboard
his flagship, the New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
Delegates Chosen.

All the delegates to the congressional
convention to be held in this city Thursday
have been chosen by the various coun-
ties and cities throughout the district
Chairman H. b. Dodge of Manassas will
call the convention to order at noon, and
1t is expected that nomination for the
House of Representatives will be made with
in a few hours thereafter. Republicans
here state that w. K. Skinker of Fauquier
will be the nominee. The Alexandria dele
cation is uninstructed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
Industrial Parade a Success.

The colored agricultural and Industrial
exhibit and parade held yesterday after
noon, and mentioned in The Star was par
ticipated in by large number of repre-
sentative people Of the colored race in this
section. The parade was led by brass
band of several pieces. and in the line We're
many floats arranged as representations of
the various trades in which the colored
people are most interested. Large crowds
of colored people lined the route of tho
parade, which extended through the prin-
cipal thoroughfares.
AT the city hail the parade was reviewed
by Mayor Simpson and other city officials.
The line halted at the William Mckinley
Normal School. where about 1000 colored
people had congregated. An address was
delivered by President Magnus l.. Robin
son. He urged the members of his race to
harken to the teachings of such leaders as
Booker T. Washington An address was
also delivered by Rev. Wesley F. Graham
of Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-23
Opening of High School.

The sixty-fourth session of the Episcopal
High School of Virginia, near this city, will
open tomorrow The scholastic year will be
commenced under favorable auspices A
large number of new students will be in
school this session. Several improvements
have been made. among which is the cree
ton of new infirmary. The building is of
brick, of ample size and graceful appear
ance. situated a few feet east of the old
lnfrmary, and planned under the best med
zeal advice with every modern Improvement
A number of changes have been made in
the corps of instructors for the opening ses-
sion.
Mr.. w II. Randolph, who has been at the
high school for many years. has left TO be-
come head of st. Albans School, near Rad
ford. Mr. Cary n. Davis, who was an in
structor last session has gone to the Uni
versity of Virginia to enter upon profess
sional studies. They are succeeded re-
spectively, by John P. Madison, MA, of
Petersburg, and Mr.. Berkeley NJ. Fontaine
of Hanover. Mr.. Mayo C. Brown who was
secretary, will assume charge of the day
school room, and his former duties will be
taken by Mr.. j. Moncure Daniel, each do
ing share of the teaching.
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ALEXANDRIA,. AFFAIRS
SUIT FOR DAMAGES BEFORE THE
CIRCUIT COURT.
Police Court Docket of Unusual
Length-Delegates Chosen to Re
publican Convention.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. T07 King Street.

BEL Telephone NO. NO.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, September %, 1907.
The trial Of the suit of Laura E. Ridge
way against the Washington, Alexandria
and Mount Vernon Railway Company, on a
claim of $4,000 damages for personal in
juries alleged to have been received in an
accident to one of the defendant cOmpany's
trains at Addison Heights, Alexandra
county. october IA. 1900. was begun before
special jury this morning in the circuit
court for this city. Judge Charles E. Nichol
presiding. A panel of twenty jurors had
been summoned, and out of this number
Twelve were chosen, after considerable de-
lay. The jury is composed of thoroughly
representative business men of this city.
Mrs Ridgeway Is represented by Judge J.
K. M. Norton of the corporation court Of
Alexandria, and the attorneys for the de-
fense are Messrs. Eppa Hunton, Jr., of Fau-
qu1er county and r. Walton Moore of Fair
fax county. Mr.. G. p. King of Philadel-
phia, the president of the Washington.
AleXandrla and Mount Vernon Railway
Company, was in the court room Mrs.
Ridgeway and her husband and children
were also present
The trial Is expected to consume at least
TWO days. The special jury will also hear
several other damage suits against railroad
companies and the term of court will prob
apiy last two weeks. The case of Thomas
&. Hoy against the Washington Alexandria
ana Mount Vernon Railway Company, a
suit for $1,000 damages for personal in
1uries alleged to have been received in the
accident of October H. 1900 is set for hear
ing Thursday, the 18th instant
Long Police Docket.
Mayor Simpson had a long docket of I'M
important cases before him this morning in
the police court. They were disposed of as
follows: James and Alice Washington, COL
ored, charged with disorderly conduct and
hghting; James was fined So and Alice was
discharged. Ida Evans, using vulgar and
abusive language to Michael Downey; fined
So Ferdinand Patton, drunk on the street;
twenty days in Jail John Haskins and
Charles Churchill, both colored disorderly
and hghting; the former forfeited So col
lateral and the latter was discharged
John Crittendon and John Taliaferro both
colored, disorderly and fighting; both dis
charged. Daisy Birney and John Jones,
both colored, dsorderly and fighting; Daisy
discharged and John fined So Hattie
Fountain and Jennie Johnson, both colored,
disorderly and fighting; Hattie fined So and
Jennie discharged. Carrie Thomas and
Lizzie Jones. both colored, disorderly and
fghting fined 50 each. Benjamin Hender-
son, colored disorderly and fighting; dis
charged
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

ored her soil, and turn with pride to
her heritage unpurchasable- the herit-
age left by the achievements and fame
of men who did their duty as time and
circumstance brought duty; and, like
Latimer and Ridley, kindled such fires
in their day as shall never be extin-
guished. The names of Alexander Nc
Mutt, A. G. Brown, J. A. Quitman, W,
L. Sharkey, of early times; and, later,
J.F. H. Claiborne, s. s. Prentiss, JEFF
ferson Davis, Lamar, George, Walthall,
Ethel Barksdale, Stone and our own
j. L. Power are enough to make one
forget that beings less great and good
can live; and embalmed in memory's
most sacred sepulchre will they live
on in. the hearts of men, while above
their ashes spring anew the flowers of
admiration and reverence for our liv-
ing Statesmen and heroes.
The intrepid and superb Stone
did indeed bring order out Of the chaos
of seven years of misrule, during his
first term; and succeeding governors
added whatever in them lay to the i'm
petus being gathered at every bound
by the young Titan; but the woman
hood of the State will enshrine in the
sacred sanctum of their hearts anc
homes through generations yet un
born, the name of Robt. Lowry, the
Governor of two consecutive terms
during whose administration the l. 1
q G. at Columbus had birth, the chival
rio and far-seeing Governor respond
ing generously to the insistent appeals
made by Mrs. A. o. Hastings, of Clai
borne, and Mrs. Annie G. Peyton, O
Copiah, on behalf of the establishment
of this institution. Ut affords M
pleasure to state that the latter o
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

continuously and tremendously to a
Being higher than they, toward an
ideal greater. To such, Mississippi is
a shrine-a sacred spot through all
their tract of years.
Mississippi, our mother, we, her chill
dren, rejoicing in her prosperity, be
moaning her disaster, responsive to
every pang or joy that rends or thrills
her soul-What more is needed to
quicken ambition, to arouse emulation
to inspire effort in every son of such a
mother, worthy of the name he bears?
Recognizing this relation, individual
responsibility for her welfare, a keen in
terest in her future, a determination
to do or dare, in her behalf, arouse to
action, and we exclaim, with worship
full regard for all that is highest and
hottest in citizenship:
For her our tears shall fall, for her our pray
ers ascend;
To her our tolls and cares be given till cares
and tolls shall end
The first time I became conscious of
a rotation of years and of officers, gov
errors in particular, was in 1870 when
1 artlessly inquired chow the wheels
went round" on hearing my father
speak of the New Year, and at that
time added to my store of childish
knowledge the fact that years come
and go--each with name and an in
dividuality-fi like playthings that per
ish with the using, but live on in
memory
The next political fact that startled
the unconsciousness of childhood and
awakened thoughts of devouring
wolves and nightmares of horror, was
the announcement: "Ames is Gov
ernor", and the tales of rapine and
plumber and acts of humiliation OF
that direful administration cul-
minating in the Clinton riot of 1875
which I beheld with childish eyes
awaking to the real issues at stake,
made me tremble and feel afraid; but,
how strong and lasting are the i'm
pressions of childhood! No harm be-
falling me or mine in that dark epoch
of the States history, there was i'm
planted in my white soul a feeling of
security against the world, in the heart
of Mississippi! and since that time the
thought has matured that the 'weaker
vessels of our commonwealth are
safer under the strong protection of
the valorous sons of the State than
bars of steel could make them.
Through that trying period of Mis-
sissippi's history, when the carpet-bag-
ger and scalawag ruled and reigned
and branded with inefable shame their
own name and genus, and the young
giant lay prostrate, gathering strength
for the mighty and persistent effort
that has brought us this triumphant
present time, truly the heart of man
devised the way; but the "1Divinity that
shapes our ends, rough hew them how
we wilP'. hath brought forth greater
things for our State than the mind of
man could conceive in the commissions
Of political disturbance, when L. @. G.
Lamar said: 1T is the worst govern
ment under the SUM-. and when Editor
Barksdale, of the Clarion, published
the first utberance looking to the i'm
peachment Of the Radical Ruler Of the
State.
But Mississippi in the spiendor and
prestige OF her own, may forget, Il
needs be, Gle alien feet taat dishon-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21
MISSISSIPPI.

AN ESSAY, to be read tonight at the annual
meeting of the Mississippi Press Association,
at Greenwood, by Mrs. B. T. HOBBS.
There has never been more exalt-
ing or more fruitful theme for poet,
priest or sage, than that which finds
birth in the heart of all humanity at
thought of its nativity.
"Breathes there man with soul SO dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This Is my own, my Native Land?
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned
AS home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on foreign strand?"
Time or distance, years or oceans
may intervene, and yet there's some
thing in the soul of man that compasses
call seasons and their change, noun
tains of sin or rivers of sorrow, and
bows reyerentially, lovingly and per-
sistently before the sacred spot that
gave it birth; and,
soft do we remember well
The house where we were born;
The little cottage, where the sun
Came creeping in at morn.
AS we, sons and daughters of the
State, sit about the hearthstone OF ouI
common mother, there is no inspira
ton or bygone memory in all oul
hearts have learned through suffering
or through joy, that thrills us with
more telling force or energizing power
than the name we proudly proclaim OF
tented field or peaceful plain--th'
name of Mississippi! Hearts maxi
homes: and homes become sanctuarie
when the incense of those hearts rise
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

these two noble women, who reared for
themselves an imperishable monu-
ment, was a sister of Judge Samuel
Coleman, distinguished citizen of
this fair Delta City, whom Greenwood
ever delights to honor) Mississippi
thus became first among all her sister
States to adopt such a measure for the
education and future welfare of her
daughters.
Does not the perpetuation Of this in.
stitution, together with the fact OF
Mississippi being first in all this Union
to bestow the right upon married
women of full control of their prop
erty, and its proud maintenance for a
score or more of years, proclaim the
potent fact that ia Mississippi, where
the seythe of Death has been busy
with Mississippians, there still live
men and lawmakers of historic type
and fame, of Southern life and name
who cherish the ideals of Southern gen
tlemen of the old regime, regardless OF
what the new industrial life has sup
planted? And shall proclaim that on
some welcome day, not far distant
through the sure process of broaden
ing minds, the strongest desire and
dearest sentiment abiding in the heart
of Mississippi womanhood to-day, will
become not only written upon he1
statute books as law, but also fixed
principle in the minds of men, i'm,
planted there by the mothers of men
who seek to save them from the snare
of the wine-cup with it's ruin and re-
morse? When the men of this State
become aware that the devoted, earn
est-h hearted women of their land and
homes, demand with all the strength OF
sanetified solicitude, so reasonable and
just law and will never rest until
statutory prohibition covers every inch
of Mississippi's soil, they will grant it
Woman has been loyal and has
honored every trust imposed. Gam
lily ties" have not been "disrupted'' by
any law locking toward the equality of
man and woman before the law, or for
her protection and, according to the
sentiment of Gov. Stands, expressed in
"a recent lecture at Brookhaven, 'Eyery
woman minated awaits the coming OF
her King; while 'every man minated
is but half a man, because Natures
laws are immutable.
The Mississippi Constitution of ISL,
which declares that Religion, moral
ity and knowledge, being necessary to
good government, the preservation OF
liberty and the happiness of mankind
schools and the means of education
shall be forever encouraged in this
State, is reiterated to-day in senti-
ment and principle in the present Con-
stitution and is cordially upheld by
this generation.
There is nothing that so holds the
old sShip of State" to its mornings as
athe old-time religion" which we find
in It's purity in the beauty of its holi
ness like the salt of the earth, pre-
serving that with which it comes in
contact. And morality is demanded Of
our young men as it never was before
by corporations of most value to the
States while education is one of the
greatest promoters Of material pros
perity and moral well being Of this
commonwealth.
Mississippi ranks first among the
States Of the Union in the amount ex-
pended for education, il proportion to
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

opportunities they unfold to the com
ing generations. No where in all this
Union is there greater inducement or
better opportunity for young men than
in Mississippi. A strictly literary
education has been spurned by many
a youth of robust health and habit and
of ample mental capacity, while en-
ergy prompted him to accomplish
'something'' more tangible than cul-
tAred intellect. To such young
mSn the Mississippi Textile School is
a Rrovidential benefaction; and the
young man who now fails to build
himself up to the full stature of man
IN Mississippi in some department OF
llteratuse or industry, fails because OF
his own inertness. But he will not fail.
believe that Mississippi will keep
to the fropt in all moral,
educational industrial and political;
and here, Lett e say, that to the moral
development of the State our present
able GovernorRas contributed much
by his efforts at She suppr ession of the
mob and the need sity for the orderly
administration pf\justice. Crime is
becoming notably less frequent; for
degradation, dismayl "A death by the
law await the crimf nwho dares in
fringe upon the inal eble rights OF
any citizen or the sacf onor of the
State. SA
With all the elements y Aaccumu-
lating wealth, and men wy Grains to
take advantage of them, W visions
do we see of flowing milk a honey
What manifold inheritance I'll we
beaueath our children! andN ssis-
sippi shall again produce men al eat
as those who have walked throug DC
valley of the shadow and "felA "
Sleep" 1t has been said that
people of the Cohfederacy were evaN
greater than their leaders. So toda..
in the rank and file of the great arm.
of this commonwealth, there are mel
only awaiting the opportunity-th'
accident or incident-to show to tn
world that they are men, "s1n
crowned"
We speak of the old school Southern
gentlemen as dying out and depfor
the fact, while we truly mourn for tn
grand old men who have served thei
day; but history repeats itself, an
"sweet flowers will spring afresh t.
bloom anew among the beauties of tn
/, new order of things, fertilized by tn
), ashes of the old" Though men ma
d forget, in the onward rush of this ma
terial age, standing shoulder to shou
der with fair women who now tigh
lifes battles like men without men
strength, there is still safely enshrine
/. in the hearts of the mothers of me-
u the ideal of the Southern gentleman
with his Southern chivalry, his homo
courtesy, courage, charity, purit!
patriotism; and by laws unchangeabl
this ideal will live again in the lives
= their children. And the sons of sue
mothers will ever honor the State tina
gave them birth!
Land, where the pines at evening moan,
Land, that the aliens chain hath worn,
Land, where our youthful feet once trod,
Land, where we've learned life'S lessons hard;
Hearts that in love have made earth sweet
Souls of our souls at the Mercy Seat.
Conifdues Iluu tIat move "+s-~d fine fight
And with us pressed toward truth and right
Hope, ambition, love and pride,
All part of thee-to thee allied
al --sN UoInpdsseu still in thee O State
IL ~ nOI.l1sSs LlsS q. .ey Grant
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JIM BLUDSoE OF THE PRAIRIE
RELLE.

JIM BLUDSoE OF THE PRAIRIE
BELLE.
Wall, no! l can't tell where he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Leastwise, he's got out of the habit
OF livin' like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three years,
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludsoe passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez-under-theH
And another one here in Pike.
A keerlesS man In his talk was jim,
And an awkward man in a row,
But he never funked and he never lied
reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never he passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And If ever the Prairie Belle took fire,
A thousand times he swore
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Mississippi,
And her day come at last
The Movastar was better boat,
But the Belle she wouldn't be passed,
And so she came tearn' along that night
The oldest craft on the line
With Niger squat on her safety valve,
And her furnace crammed, roSn and pine.
The fire burst out as she cleared the bar,
And burnt hole in the night,
And quick as a flash she turned and made
For that willow bank on the right.
There was runnin' and curSin', but Jill yelled out
over all the Internal roar,
III hold her nozzle agD the bank
Till the last galoots ashore"
Through the hot, black breath of the burnin' boat
Jim BludsOeS voice was heard,
And they all had trust in his cussedneSs,
And know'd he would keep his word.
An sureS you're born, they all got off
Afore the smOkeStacks fell
And BludsoeS ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no sant-but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with jim,
'LongSide of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him..
He seen his duty, dead sure thing
And went for it thar and then;
And Chris amt going to be too hard
On man that died for men.
JOHN HAY.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

The cornerstone of Copiah S new
$4,000 court house will be laid today,
with imposing ceremonies. Judge
Powell has been invited to deliver the
principal address. 1t will be notable
festive occasion, and a grand ball will
follow tonight.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

Last Saturday Alfonso XIII became
King of Spain. He is 16 years of age
and the Queen Regent retires after
that many years, aud will henceforth
play no important part in the govern
ment of her country.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

The Gem Fire Company, of Jackson,
will erect a monument to the honor OF
John McGill, who died about six years
ago, its honored foreman for sixteen
consecutive years Mr.. McGill was also
Mayor of Jackson for fourteen years.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-21

Census reports for mortality by
races in the principal cities for 1900
show a heavy death rate among ne
groes. 1t is from one third to twice as
great as that of the whites.