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Evening star., 1902-05-26
Springfeld's Jubilee.

The opening day of the golden jubilee
celebrating the fiftieth anniversary OF the
foundation of Springfield, Mass. as city
was marked yesterday by the presence or
great crowds. making the occasion prac-
tically a revival of the ''Old Home Week
idea peculiar to New England. The cere-
mony of the day consisted in a great open
air concert at Forest Park, where 2o.oo0
people gathered to listen to the music
In the morning there were anniversary
and memorial sermons preached in every
church In Springfield.
The evening services. conducted in the
Court Square Theater, consisted OF a prayer
by the Rev. DR. John Cotton Brooks, rector
of Christ Church: addresses by Representa-
tive Frederick Willett, DR.. Talcott Will
liams of Philadelphia, Charles w. Bos-
worth and E. II. Lathrop Of Springfield.
Evening star., 1902-05-26

Il STONE & FAN:FAN. s06 & SIS z 81 nv

BARGAIN OF TIE YEAR
Sl(.N .Nl' VIII bay from owner a beautiful home,
marble front; l6 rooms: hot-water heat. Is never
vacant. being leased by the year at 81 300 pay
ing over per cent VIII loan purchaser $4,000
"n properly If desired, making cash payment
only $500 Address II. X R. Star office.
Iny.f 2S.S:;!L3r-
Evening star., 1902-05-26
FOR SALE-H0USES.
FUK SALE-
WM. A. EASTERDAY,
Bond building.
IlS 14th St. first floor.
Phone 1862 Y

Best location Washington Heights: new house;
II rooms; tiled baths; large concrete cellar;
hnt-water heat; four rooms on first floor. Re-
duced 10 IS, $50; worth 81 900 more.
Near Dupont CircIe-Beautiful huff brick; con
tains II rooms bath. fine cellar; hot-water heat
ami. \ great bargain at 81 900: easy terms
Inspect this-two blocks from Dupont Circle
3stOry stone and brick; rooms; medern bath.
new furnace: all in perfect condition. rare
chance-S5, 500; 81, 500 cssh, balance at JGe.
A Cczy home in NV; rooms, bath. reception
hail. concrete cellar; beautiful cabinet manteis;
plate glass storm doors. You can't beat this for
S3.H5o: easy terms
Do you want n home? Here is one near Con
grcssiGnal Library Beautiful Groom. bath and
cellar house ;@French plate glass vestihule doors;
tiled vestihule: up to date in every respect.
only 2.Goo; $500 cash, balance SO per month;
rented at S1I-30.
How is this "A neat 6-room and bath house;
heated by latrobeS: stable in rear in perfect con-
dtion. Only 81 800; rents for $16 per month.
Investors. here you are-2 nicely located bricks;
rooms each; rented for $3.50 each. A good
buy 81 $50 each.
A snap-4-room brick, in good condition; rented
for So You buy it for 1915.
EtSTERDAY
Evening star., 1902-05-26


Fine farm containing about 700 acres, situated
four miles ne. of Leesburg, Va, the banks of
the Potomac and Goose creek. of which 500 acres
are under cultivation; good tenant houses sta
Bile. new ice house and sheep house; water in all
the fields; good fencing we'll situated for stock
farm.
PRICE PER ACRE, $50.
VIII take In part payment or houses in the
city. Call OH or address E. LODGE HILL.
my24-3t 500 ST NV
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
How He Might He Known.

Superintendent Robinson OF the
morgue had a visitor the other day in
the person of perturbed and excitable
woman who said her husband had been
missing four or five days, and that she
felt certain he was dead and his body
in the superintendent's keeping. says
the Philadelphia Times. He asked for
a description of her husband. which
she gave along lines so general that
special identification was hardly pos
sible. He experienced some trouble IN
getting details as TO clothes, facla1
growths. etc, from her. and finally told
her that he had no corpse answering
the description on the slabs.
You are sure?" she asked.
Quite sure" he replied.
well let me know at once II hlf
body is brought in-and. oh! sir,
forgot to tell you another way you l
know it's him-he is deaf as post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
Sol smith Russelps Last Day.

Sol Smith Russell spent good deal
CT his time in Washington after leaV'
ing the stage. and was familiar hg'
IRE at the theaters there, especially
at the matinees. He was usually
wheeled to and from the theater IN
an invalid's chair, and often as he
was pushed through the Hobbies some
one would remark: There's Sol
Smith Russell; he will never act
again" One day he Or rheard some
thing of che kind, and, in his mild,
cheerful. kindly way, replied: you're
mistaken l am geUSinS better every
day: am going to return to the stage
next year in new play" He took
especial pleasure in witnessing the
work of Joseph Jefferson,-CoTre'
spondence New York Post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
SOME ILLS OF LIFE
OUR MODERN CIVILIZATION HAS ITS
BAD FEATURES.
Yet the Men aud women OF the Fres-
ent Day Arc Physically superior 20
Their Aucestors-EviIs In the ksaco
for super 1fiuous eslth.

Some features of civilized life are
not wholesome. 1t does not insure
perfect digestion, which is the basis OF
good health. 1t is not healthful to
breathe sewer gas in houses the
plumbing of which has been passed
by an inspector who receives CHRIST
mas gifts from the plumber. There
are many other conditions which are
not favorable to the best physical
health. However, in spite OF other
drawbacks and disadvantages, there Is
every warrant to affirm that never mas
the standard OF health, strength. and
agility been as high as it is to-day
Though an indoor life is vicious In its
influence, the men and women OF to-
day-and especially the women-are
capable of a greater physical endur-
ance than has ever been known be-
fore. The first and best proof OF this
is that at the age when our grand
sires and their danes took their
places in the chimney corner as capa'
BILE only Of vegetable existence, the
men and women of to-day are at their
best, and, as DR.. Stevenson complains,
the grandmolners are demanding the
right to run for public office, instead
of being content to knit stockings. A
| believer in the physical superiority OF
| the savage brought out the great
grandson of a famous Indian sprinter
| to pit him against the white runners
| of the colleges Even after syses-
matte training he was beaten by ANA
teurs. His celebrated ancestor had
defeated every white runner here and
in England, but his record has been
surpassed long since.
Life in the open air is necessary tc
the best health, but there is no reason
why the modern conveniences shoule
be abandoned. On every hand are
proofs Of the physical superiority d
the men and women OF to-day over the
people of any other known period. The
rules of wholesome living are bette
understood and are more generally ob
served 1t needs only for men to re
frain from business eXcesses, from dis
sipating their energies in the pursul
of wealth, in order that they may flint
life well worth living. The too fire
uuent suicide of successful business
men may be traced to their long AM
absolute absorption in the work
money-getting and the discovery tha
it is profitless and unsatisfactory. Tn
realization OF the fact that Wealt
alone does not bring happiness come
? only after it is too late to effect
, change. The delusion that there
no more satisfying purpose than tn
accumulation of money is the chief OF
stacle in the way of mans happiness.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
the ORIGINAL HABITAT OF MAN
Prof. Dyche Advances Theory That the
First Men Lived in the Arctic HeEl9ns.

Prof, Dyche Advances Theory That the
First Men Lived in the Arctic HeEl9ns.
Prof Dyche Of the University or
Kansas, recently gave an informal lee
cure at the University club at Kansas
City. His subject was The Original
Habitat of Man." and he advanced the
theory that the first men Inhabited
he northern part of Greenland and
the territory surrounding the poles
In his trip to the northern part OF
Greenland Prof. Dyche found fossils
If the sequoia. or California redwood
tree. AS an illustration OF the fight
of animals against advancing incle-
ment nature Prof Dyche cited the
case OF the mammoth, which was at
first a heat-loving animal. Those
which refused to leave their northern
nome gradually grew hair as pro
lection. When the environment be
came too severe the species perished
Prof. Dyche drew conclusions from
the flight of birds. He believes that
birds migrate north to breed. because
of an instinct acquired by centuries o1
returning to the original breeding
grounds in the north.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
walls Built Down ward.

The monster building now being
erected on the flatiron block below
Madison Square is the most striking
example of modern Office construction
which people whose business and
pleasure keep them above Canal
street have had the opportunity TO
watch in daily growth.
One thing about it that impresses
those unfamiliar with present archi-
tectural methods is the fact that parts
Of the outer walls are being built
downward from the twelfth or thir-
teenth story to the fourth. Below
the latter there is not yet any exterior
wall.
1t makes a strange sight for those
unaccustOmed to the curiosities to be
seen in far uown town Manhattan
and the fact that it is novel to many
ie apparent from the commences
which one who passes among the
Madison Square throngs cannot hefl
overhearing-New York Sun.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
SUMMER VACATIONS.

Are pleasant or otherwise - -
choose tosmake thefA. II b6giM fight
see that your ticket re<ds VII such
lines as Will AFFORD the most comfort
and rob your journey of.every feature
of ennui or fatigue. The southern 11
Pacific-Sunset Route is perfectly
equipped, the track rock ballasted
and smooth, and is operated on the
most approved methods known TO the
railway world. Round trip summer
excursion tickets are now on sale ~
very reduced rates to points in Ala
bama. Arkansas, COLORADO. Georgia
Iowa, Kentucky. Maryland M.assa-
chusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Mis-
sissippi, NeWs York. North Carolina.
Ohio. Pennsylvania. South Carolina.
Tennessee, Virginia. West Virginia
Wisconsin. Try trip to New York
via New Orleans and Cromwell Line.
it's delightful. For literature and
rates write,
T. ]. ANDERSON,
A. G. p. A.
NJ. L. ROBBINS.
G. p. & T. A.
Houston, Texas.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
BOYS ATTACKED THEIR TEACHER
hut She Thrashed Several of Them and
Horsewipped the Leader.


Miss Lulu Nelson of Usage, N. Y,
prettv and athletic school teacher OF
the Hooper's Valley school, has dem
onstrated her abiIlty to care for her-
self by thrashing several pupils who
attempted to assault her, and has
been acquitted by & jury OF f1ogglng
one of her assailants with a horse
whip.
Several pupils of the school, led by
Ira Hillegas. had organized plot to
oust the teacher. Miss Nelson order
ed coupg Hillegas to replenlsh the
fire. He refused and she threatened
him with whip. He attempted tu
strike her with a coal scuttle, and the
other boys in the plot came to MS
aid. but she was equal to the occasion
and placed her would-be assailants
! hors de combat. Then with a large
horsewhip she administered thrash
| ing to Hillegas, raising fourteen
ridges on his arms and back and
drawing blood in three places. He
swore out a warrant for her arrest
and she was tried before Judge
Smith. When. at the close of the evil
dence the jury rendered verdict Of
| not guilty. there was a dramatic dem
onstration in the court room.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12

There are not few fine and exten-
sive private libraries in Mexico, for
there are many book lovers among the
educated people of this country. In
the city libraries, ranging from 1000
TO 10000 volumes exist, and one OF the
most valuable collections of "Amerl-
cana" books relating to the discovery
and early settlement of Latin America,
is that of Don Jose Maria de Agreda,
an erudite gentleman descended from
an ancient and noble Spanish family,
who is the librarian of the national
museum. Senor Agreda's collection IS
noted for it's many priceless volumes,
for he has been collecting books in this
c,ty since he was a lad. He is an en-
thusiastic antiquarian, and no man Is
filter for the great task of writing q
history of the City of Mexico than this
learned and cultivated gentleman. one
Of the ornaments OF Mexican culture
Mexican Herald.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
FASTING PATCHES ONTO SHIRTS

WIN in some Use. They Arc Better
Adapted for.winser ThAn ssr sdsAmsr.
when l made up. my laundry bundle
early in the week." said the middle
aged bachelor, II round one of the
shirts that were to go in SO torn 'nat
/ had some doubts about senIlng IT,
but let it go. To-day when my laun-
dry came back and looked 1t over.
didn't see that torn shirt at first. There
was the right number of shirts there,
but no torn one. But looking again
| discovered that the torn one was
there, but now finely mended. Inc
body of the shirt, which had been torn
in one place away from the bosom TOT
a space of three or four inches. had
been drawn back into place and was
now held there securely by a patcn
pasted on the under side and ironed on
Il feel bound to say that the Joo
awakened my admiration. AS quick
ard easy way of mending it was greet
All you had to do was take square
of cotton cloth of suitable size, spread
starch on it, bring the disunited parts
together on it, and slam down ON 1t
once or twice with hot iron and the
| shirt was mended. / had heard OF
mending table cloths in that way BY
pasting on patch and ironing 1t down
but l never before heard of mending
shirts in that way. Yet it's certainly
all right for shirts at some seasons.
"The pasted patch in this use would
really be better as winter than
summer patch. 1t might be melted on
in summer.''-New York Sun.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
Knee-Deep in Kansas.

Mr. Eugene +. Ware. the new COM
missioner Of pensions. who over the
name of "Ironquill' long ago estab-
lished his reputation as wit and
writer of verse, has been much inter
ssted for years in the condition OF
roads in his adopted state OF Kansas.
Recently Mr.. R. W. Richardson,
secretary of the National Good Roads
Association, who is preparing to take
Good Roads Construction train
across the continent, said to Mr.
Ware:
"HHow do the farmers in Kansas
stand on the road question:"
up to their knees" was the reply
Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
POLYGAMY DYING7OUT
TURKISH ,.oMEN. COPYING THEIR
EUROPEAN SISTERS.
Zach wife Now Demands Homo OF
Hsr Owu, and the Cost IL Too Great
for the Followers Of MahOmot
novations In Costume.

"Polygamy is fast dying out among
the Turks, and not on account OF any
change in moral standards but because
OF the attitude OF the women them
selves. Formerly a mans four or f1ve
wives dwelt amicably under one roof,
but how every wife demands home
of her own, and the impossibility OF
supporting so many homes is compel
ling the average Turk to unit MS
harem to one wife"
This new proof of the civilizing IN
f1uence of woman was given by MISS
Florence A. Fensham. dean OF the
American College for Girls at Con-
stantinople, in talk before the
League for Political Education in New
York on "The Outlook for the Woman
of the Orient"
Another statement that seemed novel
to many in the audience was: lne
Turks as a race are of fair complexion,
with blue eyes. and are delightful peo-
nile to know. They are truthful, hon
est and hospitable in a high degree.
In those respects the mass or tne
Turks-those ofthe upper middle class
differs greatly from the government;
but nation must be judged, not by lts
highest nor it's lowest but by the great
class between.
"There is general impression
abroad that Turkish women are smut
up behind the lattice windows OF the
| harem and have little freedom to go
| about. This is far from correct. Ihe
| Bosphorus steamers are crowded WIN
them; they jostle you on every hand
liz the narrow streets OF Constantr
nople. Yelled they must be. but Velled
| they go about with freedom greater
| than that assured any European Wom-
an. for to molest Moslem woman
means death to a Turk and serious
consequences to foreigner.
"It is an acknowledged fact that the
women of Turkey control most or the
government appointments 10 quote
from a work recently published by one
long resident of the country. The
women hold ultimate sway over the
conduct of the men, The tangled in
trigues for place and power which
center in the harem form the key 20
many vicissitudes Of Turkish his
tory"
Even the dress of the women of the
harem. said Miss Fensham, shows
their growing independence. a lie"
years ago every woman wrapped her-
self before going out in an upper gar
ment that completely enshrouded hel
head and was not to be removed untiI
she was again in the house. Now al
the younger women have adopted
looser head covering, that they drol
at will when on the Bosporus steam
ers for pleasure trip or resting else
where. Several edicts were issued Ds
the sultan against the innovation, bu
after few months of obedience tn
women would quietly resume their new
headdress until another edict banishet
it for a time. At last he became
wearied of the struggle and the MOD
,rn fashion has become settle'
thing.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
COOP SAMPLE CT MEXICAN Humos
Uniqus sfessMge Left for "Jonts' by
Police Onicinl.

C0IOuo Message AIcrG SOE sO"So ~
Police Onicinl.
"When you take up a. residence In
the City of Mexico" said an American
who had lived there Tor several years,
.'you are waited upon by the police,
who ask you how many beggars may
call at your residence every morning
and receive a dole. Your answer is
recorded, and only the number OF beg
gars mentioned dare show up. l had
nv brother with me at the house. and
our answers to the police differed
somewhat. Two weeks after their call
a messenger came on an errand and In
uuired for Jones.
"'What Jones?' | asked
"sSenor,' he replied, 4 know that
there are two of you-the Jones-you-
can-send -along-about-ei and
the Jones-I-won't-feed-a a-cussed-one-or-
'em. and the Jones l want is not the
first
Then. as I'm the one who SAID
eight beggars might come around, you
don't want me-
"It cannot be. 1t is the l-Won't-
feed-a-cussed- of-'em-Jones l want.
"'But he is not in just now. Can
you leave your message with me?'
"'Si, senor. Tell him when he comes
| that if he don't want-to-feed-a-cussed'
one-of-'em -blazes- -and-oe'
hanged -to-him.'"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
DEMAND NOW FOR YOUNG BLOOD
Old Men Being Crowded Out by Youth
full Competitors.


Two very remarkable movements are
discernible in the business and the ed
ucation of the times: and yet. When
we come to examining them, We find
that the tendencies have been clearly
in view for more than decade. SlX
years ago the present writer went TO
the president of one of the largest cor
porations of this country and asked
him to give employment to man who
had turned his forty-eighth year, says
the Saturday Evening Post. There was
personal reasons why he should grant
such a request and the persons for
whom the place was sought was en-
tirelv acceptable in character. ability
and health. The president replied: Il
want to do this, but it is impossible.
The age of the young man is crowd
ing upon modern business SO fast that
he will soon monopolize it, We take
no one who has passed forty-hve-we
cannot afford to do it. But II TINS
man has a son anywhere from hfteen
to twenty-five years old I'll find po-
sition for him at once So far mas
this tendency gone that the problem
of getting rid of employees above GER
tain age is now under discussion and
50 great has been the uneaslness that
several of the large concerns nave Is
I sued statements that the old men VII
| not be discharged.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
VICTIMS OF CRAZE FOR CANDY
one Man Devoured 400 Pounds of Choc-
olates In Ono summer -"zi.s


olates In One Summer f-"sf.'
That candy has become the basis OF
a bad habit-like tea, tobacco alcohol
or icewater--has long been admitted by
medical men; that it's worst victims
are not women. however, is not so we'll
known, except to the owners OF candy
shops. The fact that one man bought
and devoured 400 pounds of the rich
est chocolates in one summer, and that
this gastronomic feat was not looked
upon as anything unusual by the
candy clerks, will give some idea OF the
slavery to which the habitual candy
eaters are committed, says the New
York Post. The man who consumed
confectionery" by the hundred
weight is young and sound in mind
and body. He generally yields to
temptation Immediately after luncheon
although the craving sometimes be-
comes unendurabfe at an earlier hour:
He estimates that the candy he has
bought for personal consumption COST
him $3.50 last summer. He has been
an unwilling victim for years. and mas
frequently Sworn off"-or attempted
to. The last time was for three months
and when the self-imposed embargo
was raised he bought two pounds Of
mixed chocolates and ate them between
lunch and dinner.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
One on the Author.

A good story, related by we'll
known publisher. is being told on the
author of When knighthood was IN
Flower" who has been supplying a
series of short stories for the maga-
zines.
Il could not say" said Mr.. Major.
that these short stories are in my
best vein.
"No?" said his publisher friend.
No" said Mr. Major. In fact l
could write much better stun IL
wanted to-
"mdeed?" said the publisher. in,
nuiringly. How do YOU know?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
Cure Of Cons u mption.

Nearly every state and large city IN
the country is making some movement
to aid in stamping out consumption.
Massachusetts has well-established
sanitarium at Rutland. in that state.
Vermont is considering project of the
same kind The New York legislature
has made two appropriations aggregat'
ing $4,000 for the construction of
consumptives' sanitarium in the Adj
rondack region The New Jersey leg
islature at it's recent session voted SoO,-
coo for a similar purpose. The ap-
propriatio of 100000 by the Pennsy!-
vania legislature in 1901 in aid of the
White Haven sanitarium places this
state by the side of other common
t~wealths in the fight against consump-
tion. Dr. Rothrock's scheme to use the
state forest reservations for the same
purpose will doubtless realize good re-
suits in time. His knowledge on the
subject is valuable. as he is the state
commissioner Of forestry.
That great good work can be accom-
nlished by country sanitariums for the
omen and H.re air treatment, especially
| in pine forests. has been demonstrated
| At Rutland, in Massachusetts, the per.
centag. of cured patients has steadily
risen. In the first year 81 per cent o.
all cases of the disease in all its stage!
were cured: in the second year 40 PEI
cent, and In the third year 50 per cent
The record of other sanitariums VII
probably show as good results.-Pitts
burg Post.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12

A story is told Of a juryman who
outwitted a Judge. and that without
living. He ran into an assize court IN
a desperate hurry, quite out of breath,
and exclaimed
ooh. judge, if you can, pray excuse
me I don't know which will die first
my wife or my daughter.
Dear me, that's sad said the lnno-
cent judge. Certainly you are eX-
cused."
The ladies mentioned are still in eX'
cellent health. and the juryman hopes
that the solution of the problem ma;
be long deferred
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
Refrigerator of Value.

A new French refrigerator consists
of closed metallic cylinders, sur
rounded by freezing mixture, being
designed for keeping fruit at fixed
temperature, with restricted amount
of air and an absence Of light, I'haw-
ing must be gradual After. two
months peaches were in, perfect con-
dition, and the method is adapted Tor
transporting soft fruits. including ba-
nanas.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12

In an address before the Anthro-
biological Society OF Munich on Aus
tralians and Papuans, the remarkable
artistic ability of the latter was men
toned by Professor Simon Although
singing and music are much cultl-
waited by the block-skinned Papuans,
their strong point is art.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-12
The Oririn of Penris.

Recently DR.. H. Lyster Jameson
made an interesting communication to
the geological society of England on
the origin of pearls. He had found
that the real nucleus around which
the pearl substance accumulated was
the dead larva of a distoma or fuke.
The young f1ukes pass certain period
of their early life as guests in the
bodies of fresh water shelltish.