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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

There Is one accomplishment very few young men
possess these days aud that Is knowledge of carving
young mans education Is not complete until he thor
oughly understands the art Of carving fowl or rcast
And II Is really art. In truth, the art should be
taught with cooking, but II is not
The young woman of today cannot cock like her
mother grandmother because she VIII not take the time
to study and because she prefers tennis and Pingpong
and other games and sports And the average young
man knows nothing concerning the science Of handling
the carving knife and fork turkey, duck, other
game; first because he does not know It's Importance or
value adjunct 10 his numerous accomplishments
and again, because there school to teach him even
II he desired to acquire The art.
young man invites a few choice friends, including
his best girl to little supper at which eanvasbaek
may be The eentepiece, but instead Of carving the bird
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
College Professors Thirty Years Ago

There are two very important differ
ences between the modern college and
the college Of old time. says Senator
Hoar in Golfers Weekly" Only with
in the last thirty or forty years Ameri-
can colleges sought to call into their
service men Of great general distinction
and ability, without requiring them to
be learned OF accomplished in their spe-
ciaI pursuit when they began their en-
ployment- II they. needed a Latin or a
Greek professor CT a professor OF ma,he-
MATES CT philosophy, they got the best
man they could find. and invited him to
devote himself to that pursuit.
In 1896 my father, aftcrward an emin-
ent lawyer at 5Le Massachusetts bar.
was invited 10 FIJI the professorship of
mathematics, then vacant. He had been
admitted 10 the bar but y year or two.
but had some very important successes
He had no special proficiency in mathe-
mates. But the authorities of the col
lege believed him to be a man Of gen
eral ability who would succeed in any
intellectual pursuit he should under
take ! suppose If The professorship OF
Greek CT Latin or moral philosophy had
been vacant at the time he would have
been asked to fill that. When he de-
clined. John FaTTaT who was regarded
by his pupils afteTward as the most elc-
qUent man Of his time. although it was
the tine Of Everett and Webster and
Harrison Gray OTIS, accepted the chair
Of mathematics. which he filed with
great distinction.
Yale called Prof SilIinaa and Presi-
dent Day and Pref. Olmsted on the same
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

Bread and butter is wholesome fare, "
IS one of those familiar axioms which
We are in the habit of accepting as
truths more or less welcome, but in any
case fncontestable In our childhood we
have heard it urged as an argument for
preferring bread and butter to cake.
says a writer in the London Globe. y
while In our ripper youth It connected it
self with the indignant establishment OF
our elders that young people provided
with good bread and butter could form
a wish for more stimulating articles Of
! diet. Neither OF these associations Is
precisely of an endearing kind. but
times revenges come round in this mat
ter as in others. The mature man,
sometimes even the mature woman
Though such decadence is less COM
mon il the female SEX. turns with dis
/ taste from mullins and plumcake. and
patheticaIly asks for plain. wholesome
bread and butter" The indifference OF
aversion Of earlier years is converted
into respectful appreciation
/ Wholesomeness is the attribute which
We most commonly assign to bread and
butter. and doubtless this accounts for
the varying degrees Of affection with
which il IS regarded by the young and
/ the middie-aged, respectively. an IN
written law OF thought seeming to rule
/ that dainty. But further. it is recog-
nized as setting. so 10 speak. stand
ard of living befauv urhfob o-Iv- t5,o 49,.
/ poorest can sink without loss Of self
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
OPIUM CURSE IN CHINA.

The statement that a German firm has
offered the Chinese government S15.0oo.-
900 annually for the exclusive right to
sell opium throughout the empire is
significant for the evidence 1t affords OF
the hold which the opium curse has upon
the Chinese people It is quite as con-
sistent for the Germans to secure a
monopoly Of this miserable stuff in the
future as it was for the English 10 force
it upon China in the first place, but in
neither case Is the transaction credit
able to a professedly Christian nation
The use of $4,000, geo worth OF opium
per year viii go far toward odsetting
all the good that all the missionary
forces OF other nations can 90 in China,
and the fact that traffic in the drug
of such dimensions can be carried on
successfully is not a hopeful augury for
the future Of the Celestial Empire
Lesiie7s neekly.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
THE SAFEST AGE.

The insuring Of ones life is one Of
those things which one is most apt 10
put OF There are few, however. who
postpone what ought to be the newt
able until SO late a period in life as
did the tough old smackowner Of Grims-
by When he presented himself at the
insurance Office he was naturally asked
his aGe. His -cply was ..Nfnetv-fou,.
Why. my gol[ man. we cannot insure
you, said the company Why not2"
he demanded. Why. ynn are niuefv-
four years Of age What Of thai
the cid man cried. Look at statistics
and they viii cell you that fewer men
die at ninet< four than at any other
age. London Business Illustrated.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
OUR DAILY BREAD AND BUTTER

respect. Nothing but bread and but
ter for breakfast" complains the school
hoy OF girl Nothing but bread and
butter for ny supper" boasts the apes
tie of plain living. The me plus ultra
of simplicity and economy is IN both
cases held 10 have been attained Il was
not ever thus. 81 know what's what;
know upon which side my bread is but
tered. says Ford in his ''Lady's Trial.
plainly demonstrating that in the year
1883 buttered bread was considered not
necessity. but luxury to be desired
and striven for
And LoFelrs immortal lines:
The bread comes back in many days
And buttered, too. for sartin-
are obviously an echo OF this bygone
state OF things. for no "pious editor"
would now consider bread and butter
an adequate reward for his ingenuity in
making the best OF both worlds Addi-
son, again, writing early in the eight
eenth century. tells a story OF some
young ladies. who. IN order TO save the
price Of the Spectator. proposed to
their father to give up bread and but
ter for breakfast, much as people now
might offer to give up bacon
From such scattered hints as these We
are left to construct as we can the his
tory of bread and butter The name
and date Of that inventive genius VINO
first bethought himself to spread the
one upon the other. and thus combine
two constituents into an organic whole,
is lost in the twilight of the past.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
WHO BEHEADED CHARLES I

IN the burial register of Whitechapel.
under the year 1913. is the following en-
try:
June 21st- Richard Brandon. a man
cut Of Rosemary lane This Brandon is
held TO be the man who beheaded
Charles the First"
\ less distinguished candidate for the
infamy was one William Hewlett.
actually condemned to death after the
Restoration for a part he never played.
and only saved from the gaIIows by the
urgent efforts Of a few citizens who
5wore that Brandon did the deed. Bran
don was not available for retribution.
He had died in his bed six months after
Charles was beheaded. and had been
hurried ANONYMOUSLY into his grave in
Whitechapel churehyard AS public ex-
ecutioner of London he could hardly
escape his destiny; but il is said that
remorse and horror shortened his days.
In his supposed Confession" q tract
widely circulated at the time, he claims
chat he was '-feached out OF bed by a
troop OF horse" and carried against his
viii to II scanoId. Also that he was
the work. and had an orange stuck full
Of cloves, and a handkerchief out of the
Kings pocket" The orange he sold
for 10 shilIings in Rosemary lane
HaTpeT's Magazine.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
The Song Of the Sea
By WILLIAM WATSON

Even as enc voice the great sea sang.
From out
The great heart of the waters round
about,
Yelled as a bubbling fountain sill
very
The overaowing song of the great
sea;
Until the Prince, by dint of listen
ing long,
OWNED the purport of that mystic
song;
(For 50 do all things breathe articu-
late breath
Into his ears, who nightly heaIxen-
eth;
And, if indeed he heard that har-
mony
Alright, in this wise came the song
Of the sea:
"BeaoId all ge that stricken of love
do lie.
Wherefore in manacles Of a maiden's
eye
Lead ye the life of bOndnen and of
slaves?
LO, IN the caverns ard the depths of
Me
A thousand mermaids dwell beneath
the waves;
A thousand maidens meet for love
have I,
Ev'n I the virgin-hearted cold
chaste sea.
Behold all ye that weary Of life do
lie,
There is No rest at all beneath the
sky
Save il the nethermOst deepness of
deep
Only the silence and the midst Q: Me
Can still the sleepless soul that fain
would sleep,
For such, cool death and a sweet
have I,
Ev'n I the cEystai-hearted cool
sweet sea.
Behold all ye that in my lap dc lie,
To love is sweet and sweeter still to
( die,
And woe to him that Iaugheth ne
TO sCOTul
10, in a little while the anger of He
Shall make him mourn the day that
he was born;
For in my hour CT wrath 20 ruth
have
Ev'n the tempest-hearted, pitiless
sea"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
ESSENTIALS OF TRUE HAPPINESS
By F. Y. C.

may be reasonably doubted that these
things which permit a practically IN
limited indulgence in what are eur
rently denominated "the good things
of this life" bring happiness. The
whirl Of pleasure Is too often an m
ferno Of pain. and the brilliant fig
ures that move across our dazzled vis-
ion as much deserving of pity as those
that passed before Dante and Virgil
in that eternal procession of despair.
The greatest among the pagan phi
losophers agree with Christian doc
trine inasmueh as they affirm that IN
virtue and sclf-denial lis the only
source of happiness. 1t would, IN
deed, seem that the rich especially are
in need of a strong power Of restraint
TO guard them against the dangers
that arc imposed upon them by the
very condition Of wealth. Many of
our magnates recognize this saiutary
fact, and hence their plain and often
frugal methods of living. But this
class, without charity, are, notwith-
standing their discretion, perhaps the
most repelIant of ALL Charity and
discretion combined, then, best suit the
condition Of pre-eminent worldly
prosperity. and, by serving to guard
against It's ills. provide the oppOrtu-
nifty 10 profit by It's advantages.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

he call upon the waiter to perform the service, or
perchance request of his guests who has knowledge
of the Just think how proud the best gr' would
feel if her friend the host could with and grace
dssec Mr. Canvasback and him in fair proper
tons
But it Is rare to in any of public restaurants
young display familiarity with the carving knife
and fork. And is The way nearly every private
home Usually the OF game carved In the kitchen
by the eook. When meat fowl is carved properly it
gives the appetite really believe II would pay,
and pay handsomely for to come here and open
a school to give ng lessons. The art could be ae
qaired few lessons, and with experience one soon
becomes expert
1t is said many woman has won mans heart
through his stomach. Many man has woman's
heart by knowing how to handle with grace at the table
the carving knife and fork
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

theory. Harvard little later called
Edward Everett. a man Of the most
varied accomplishments. already q fam
aus and eloquent preacher. to the chair
Of Greek The two Henry Wares. who
were eminent cIergymen, were selected,
I suppose. on the same principle. So on
the same principle was the older Jona-
than Edwards invited to the presidency
Of Princeton. and the younger Jonathan
Edwards. less famous but still one of the
great men of his time, was called to
the presidency Of Union So of Way
land at Brown and Mark Hopkins at
Williams. The effect Of this was that
the student spent his four years in con
tact with great men
I would not undervalue the able and
learned instructors who I'll the chairs
in our universities today They have,
II suppose. q standard Of scholarship,
each in his specially. to which the men
Of whom I am speaking rarely attained.
But in general their names are not men
toned when the roll OF the great men Of
the nation Is. called They can doubtless
teach their pupils language or a
science better than their predecessors;
but that they are as well calculated to
inspire in them lofty ambition I viii
not undertake ~ say. They are usually
men who start N life to make teaching
their profession. and are called to the
chair Of the teacher Immediately after
leaving college themselves. Which Of
these two methods experience has proved
10 be the better I am not competent to
determine. I only state the fact as it
seems TO me TO exist
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
TEAT BABY.

Il aiH't no trouble ROW 10 find
The things that used TO be
A-scattered round abcut the house.
Or hid away from ne.
The papers aIIus right to hand.
The tidy's on the chair.
Ny hat don't leave the 'front.' hall De.
Nest fore I hang it there.
An everything Is orderly.
An just the way us put,
Without raft O. Gurus truck
A &ickin' uadrr loot.
But when I Ioo< around The room,
An see fhe chairs jus so.
An al the things a settin' in
The place they ought to go.
I'd give the rest o. this Of life
If coHld only see
That baby strewin things around
The way they used TO be.
Portland Orcgonian
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
FLEURETTE:: AN EPITAPH.
By THEoDosIA GARRISON

This is she who was Fleurette-
She who never woman-Tise
Carried love il her sweet eyes;
If she knew it-ah. who knowsf
Can we ask love from a rose,
Pity from Violet
Fleurette.
This is she who was Fleurette-
FIower-like she lived and died
One brief springtime gIorihe5;
Something far too fair to stay
For the coming Of things gray
When the winds Of winter fret
Fleurette-
This is she y no was Fleurette--
To be sighed for wished for, say.
AS a rose Of yesterday;
Thought of stwixt a smile and sigh
Yet today. I wonder why
As I smile my eyes are vet
Fleurette.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

led the Clerical party in the Chamber
of Deputies N. Piou Is the brother OF
the late VI. Jules Lebaudy's widow. That
lady derives her incaIcuIabIe fortune
from the sugar refinery created by hes
late husband. is under the spiritual
guidance of Father DuIac, and spends
according to his and her brothers ad-
viee-the entire income derived from
the sugar on Catholic enterprises She
confines her personal expenses to the
interest Of her dowry, that is to say,
about 10000 francs year. This lady
has never forgiven NJ. Waldeek Rous-
seau for successfully pleading against
her when she tried TO obtain a iudg-
ment declaring her the perpetual
guardian Of her son, the late N. Max
Lebaudy
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
BULBS -EYE S.

II IS just as easy to acknowledge an
infatuation when the defendant is alb
sent as it is 10 deny it VIXEN he Is pres
ent-
When one has risen to the state Of
being president Of village its NEST
time for him TO move.
II a girl can get along with her
own brothers I think she has a pretty
good disposition
= good-humored attitude toward
crime viii not do.
have never yet thought that a no
would se-ga ne better but that I
trippes ngzaIr y later in the truth.
It is possible for the others to cuI-
tivate good dispositions when there
is one member Of the household who
frets and worries enough for them all
There is a peculiar little sensation
which goes with the keeping Of an ap-
Doiutment made by herself.
We reach our successful discoveries
through penetration; other people
reach theirs by chance.
Playing with FIRE is good way TO
burn of seI-cCnCeit and few other
things.
20
We often indulge in the commenda-
bic virtue Of observing good points
our own, that is.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

This is she who was FIeurette-
Something hardly woman, just
One to smile at, scarce to trust;
Something delicate, unstyled
'Twixt flower and a child,
Too exquisite to regret
FIeurette.
This is she who was Fleurette-
She whose laughter was as light
IS the moon snow in the night;
She whose heart was like a bird.
At a whisper thrilled and stirred
Bird-Iike ready to forget
FIeurette.
This is she who vas FIeurette-
She whose gay eyes never knew
One harsh tear to stain their blue;
She whose lips were never lent
Save to kiss or merrirent.
Just for miTth and music set
FIeUrette-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

SUBSCRIPTION RATES To OUT OF
months. S2.50; three months, SIPS.
Morning and sunday. one yeas. -; six
months, $3.50; three months. 81 30
sunday edition only, one year, 3 =. six
months, 81; three months, 30 cents,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

a really believe it would pay, and
lay handsomely for someone to
come here and open school to give
carving lessons"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID

EVENING EDITION, one year, So six
months, &I.5O; three months. - cents.
Evening ana SUNDAY, one year, s.; six
months, $3.50; three months. s1.25-
Morning, Evening. and Sundaf, one
year. SO; six months, 50; three months
$3.50.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23
THE ART OF CARVING AN
FNVIABLE ACCOMPLISHED
By WARREN J. COFFIN,

Manager of the Restaurant of the House of Rer
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

II IS just as easy to acknowledge an
infatUation when the defendant Is alb
sent as it is 10 deny it VIXEN he is pres
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
U4PCTS ISLAND.

The DISPUTE over the ownership of Marcus,
or Weeks Island. or rather of the guano de-
posits thereon. for apart from the latter the
island is probably of no value, is one which
should be susceptible of prompt and easy
settlement. 1t appears TO involve no mover
principles, but to call for nothing more than
| the establishment of q few facts OF record.
The policy of the United States in such cases
has long been particularly well defined, and IL
only needs TO be proved whether or not the
American claimant has complied with the re-
quirements of American law to make good his
title
The laws of the United States require, for
the establishment of title to such an island,
a that the island shall be without the lawful
Jurisdiction of any other government, or, IL
nominally within such jurisdiction, shall be
in fact territorial derelict (2) that the island
shall not at the time of occupancy be pos
sessed or occupied by the citizens of any other
government; (3) that the American discoverer
of the guano deposts-not necessarily dis
coverer of the island-shal take peaceful pos
session in the name OF the United States and
shall actually occupy the island; a. that the
discoverer shall promptly give sworn notice
of his occupancy TO the government, with
proof of the satisfaction of the prescribed con-
ditions and % that he shall file bond to the
effect that all guano taken from the island
shall be delivered TO citizens of the United
States for use in this country and nowhere
else.
In respect of the first condition, Marcus
Island is doubtless not within the jurisdiction
of Japan, save as such Jurisdiction may have
been specially extended thereto, it being mid
sea iset belonging to no group or geographical
system AS to the second point, the American
discoverer is said to have landed there about
thirteen years ago. That would have been In
1889. A japanese subject is, however, said to
have discovered il ten years earlier. But, in the
third place, neither Of those discoveries was
valid unless it was made effective by occC'
pancy. notice TO the government, etc. 1t is said
that the American dscoverer did not remain
in occupancy Of the island Neither apparently,
did the japanese. The fourth and fifth cOndi-
tions seem also to have been utterly neglected
| by the American discoverer. If so, he left the
island a derelct, and thereby probably for
feited the title acquired by discovery.
Upon the face of the case then, the "tltles
! by discovery of 1879 and 1889 long ago
| lapsed The title to the island is Justly vested
| In whichever party first made its occupancy
of the island actual and effective; and that
party, according to the statements now made
| and available, was Japan. 1t may be regretted
that the American claim to the island cannot
be substantiated. But that appears to mean
that it is to be regretted that the American
claimant did not comply with the plain pro-
visions of the United States law.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
ANOTHER ROAD INTO AFRICA.

German colonial enterprise In Africa has long
been an object of somewhat contemptuous criti-
clsm, upon the part of some who should
have known better 1t has been pointed out
that it was enormously expensive, each Ger
man colonst settled In Africa costing the i'm
perial government a thousand dollars year
more to maintain. which quite true, and
1t has been argued that therefore the whole
business is n wretched failure, which is entire
~ false and unwarranted. The fact is that de-
spite its great cost, for which there are special
and obvious reasons German enterprise in AZ
rica is making gratifying progress and prom
ises in time to be highly profitable, and Ger
many is doing a vast deal toward opening up
the interior of that continent TO civilization.
The name of Swakopmund IS probably
familiar TO the average reader, and that OF
Windhoek is little better known. II to these
add Jakalswater, Abbabis, Karabib, and
Okahandja, we have n list calculated to send
one in despair-and, perhaps in van-to the
gazetteer. Yet those names indicate the sta
tiOns on n new railroad nearly 240 miles long.
running from the coast inland in one OF the
least known parts OF Africa. The country in
question is Damaraland commonly called Ger
man Southwest Africa Windhoek is of
the chief towns in the interior. and Swakop-
mund is port on the Atlantic coast just north
ing between them is rugged and wild in an ex-
ceptional degree But the railroad has been
completed-it begun less than five years
agO-at a cost of. something more than $1,000,
900, and 100000 more will be spent on harbor
improvements at Swakopmund. Passenger and
freight trains are now running daily, and
great development of industry and commerce
is reasonably expected.
Now a railroad 23S miles long is scarcely
comparable with the great Cape to Cairo
scheme, with the Siberian Railroad. Yet 1t
is long enough to reach across the island OF
madagascar, or from Delagoa Bay almost TO
Pretoria, or clear across Cape Colony TO the
Orange River Colony Such line opened up
in one of the least known parts of Africa, must
be regarded as another important avenue OF
access to the Dark Continent, and a signifi-
cant token of the march of civilization under
the German flag.