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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
THE EMPRESS OF CHINA.

WITH frail form. with eyes keen and
stern in repose, but soft and caressing
when the features relax into a smile. a
voice that singes the soul when used in
anger, yet soothes and softeas. like
dulciE2ers' strains, when addressing her
friencs. the Empress Of China can at
tune herself 10 every mood and touch
the welIsprings Of most people who
come within the sphere Of her person
al influence Despite her sixty-fve
years, years Of storm and stress. age
has not yet wound his soft white bios
SONS around the brows-stiH fuTrow-
less-of Tsu-Tsi or bleached the mellow
color Of her cheeks. She is the aIIegoTy
Of perpetual youth
To say that this daughter Of an OBJ
scure and penniless huckster is q self
made woman. who. by dint Of viii power
and insight, won her way to q throne
whence she molds the fate OF q people
Of four hundred millions, is to convey
but faint and faraway idea OF the part
she has played in carving her own cur
Ious career-Success.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

man is profusely polite, but he pays none
the ,ess They are both mere foolish
men TO the cynical flower girl. Her chief
joy-if she has joys the youth who
desires to be made splendid without
counting the cost He IS not only profit
able, but amusing. Her chief sorrow, no
doubt. is her own sex, who have q mean
and INSCRIPTIONS desire to pay just
prices Her own sex. unlike the mere
man. generally buy IN bulk, for the dec
grafton Of their homes, not themselves.
This is q disheRrtening practice. which
confirms the Cynicism Of the flower girl
a few incheg Of wire will not suffice 10
make bunch Of flowers, and the ez-
acting female pays just about as zouch
for dozen good blooms as man does
for one decrepit specimen with a wire
leg. Consequently, the flower girl be
lieves neither the brain OF man nor the
heart of woman, and sits in the lee OF
statues, cynical and blue. Il was a
lawyer who said that only fools went to
law. The flower girl knows who buys
flowers
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

Historians have long been at odds as
20 the man entitled to the credit Of hav-
Ing invented the mariners compass. but
ali are now agreed that to FlaVio Gioja
is due the honor of perfecting it. The
little town Of AmaIf, in Italy IS Just
now preparing to celebrate the sixth
centenary of the inventors birth If not
actually the inventor of the mariner s
compass. Fiavio GIoja was at least its
'.perfectIoner The Chinese compass.
such as il was up TO the sixteenth cen
fury, was very different from the pres
ent one. and was moved by water Marco
Polo mentions this.
But whether FIavio GiOja took his idea
from this or invented quite a new one
It Is his compass that is used and not
the Chinese one In any case. Amal6
has every reason to be proud Of her
great citizen. He was originally called
Gilt seems-then Gira, and, finally,
Gioja AS Gioja he was known as a
bold pilot and sea captain The year
OF his birth Is still uncertain Il Is
put by some at 1902, while others put II
between l5uU and 1S2U-
It must be remembered that at this
period Amaif was as great on the seas
as Pisa. Genoa. and even Venice.
In all references to the subject it IS
always Amalh that Is quoted as the
birthplace Of the inventor. whatever may
be the real name Of its inventor. The
town Of Amal1 has also q compass IN It's
arms. which compass was added to the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
NECKLACE OF ANTS.

A necklace OF black ants is an article
Of adornment of New Guinea The An
OF one which measured over eleven feet
long, and was composed Of as many as
500 bodies of ants. Three little pieces
OF shell and a dozen English beads were
incorporated into It. and there was a
native string holding it together, yet its
weight only reached 2 drachms, > scru-
pies. 10 grains. These large. black ants
make big nests in the native gardens
and the native women and girls catch
them pull of their beads, bite of and
swallow the other end, and thread the
'thoraX-"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
BLOOMS AND FOOLS

There are many cynics loose in Lon
don, The cabby and the bus driver have
lost their belief in the wisdom OF man
over the everlasting eruptions Of the
Strand, says the London Telegraph
The gentlemen who sell extra
speshuIs" by shouting news which the
extra specials 90 not contain never had
any The lions IN Trafalgar Square.
movements Of departed greatness. look
YEARLY and cynicaIly upon the present
Iittleness that haraGgues them on g Sun
CAV afternoon There are church ward
ems who have found a bad franc in the
plate, aad q thousand others who divide
mankind into knaves and fools But the
eynicism Of al these is thrown into the
shade by the monumental cynicism Of
The flower girl.
Flower girls, or course, are not mOnu-
mental except by contiguity- They haunt
statues-thc commanding Sir Robert
Peel rrO Dresfdes over Cheapside or the
dirty Mercury who brings from Olympus
to the less heavenly regions OF PIcadH-
y IN theory the flower SRI is highly
poeticaL IN practice she is cynical In
excelsis. It IS partly the fault Of the
climate. "Carnation, lily, rose" is all
very wei in a picture or poem When
you have to sell them in a twentieth
century May you do not look pictorial
and your language Is rather expressive
than pOetiCaL Il IS hard 10 be senG
mental with 4 blue nose There are de-
grees in the trade The "button-holes %
that cover GONE square foot belong to a
different caste OF vender and q different
caste Of wearer from the emirently re
sFectsble carnations and -osebuds Of
Picadilly. But the young Ia5ies who
manufacture for the dwel.ers in cute
darkness jungIes OF maidenhair and
narciSsus are not whit less cynical
than The artists among flower girls wh1
DWELL in tn shadow OF Mercury
They see the vanity OF the IordIy sex
as under a searchHght. And the lordIy
sex is vain, whether the hat il wears
with its frock coat IS OF silk or straw.
The silk hat ponders deeply over he
shade Of its rose; the straw hat grasps
greediIy at another inch Of green back
ground Il is the same principle. and the
same cynieism says when it has gone,
''Lor, Polly, there's a fool" There are
many strangers within our gates,
strangers with clean-shaven faces and
a nasal drawI, strangers also with flop
~ ties aud terribly neat mustaches-
Two strangers come 20 the flower girl
and she takes them in II IS all one TO
her. The American is brisk and brusque,
but he pays al the more. The French
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
PAWNBROKING IN PARIS.

If the Paris ''Tam-Tam" IS well In
formed. there are things at the Mont
de Piete which no feIlah can under
stand" Among them may be instanced
an Empire clock pawned IN 1895 for &c,
an old silver lid pawned seventy years
ago, and a bit OF lace pawned seventy
five years ago for half a sovereign For
all these things the contract has been
religiousiy renewed every year by some
body. But the oldest Of these oddities
is a common old umbrella in green ging-
ham of the directory period. IN size am
pie enough to accommodate Newcast tie
program, and in value perhaps worth
half a crown to a cOnnoisseuT. The
pledge for this has been steadily re-
neWed for sixty-thTee years.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
FROM ONE LONG DEAD.

What. You here IN the moonlight
ard thinking OF ne?
/ Is it you, ny comrade, who
laughed at my Jest?
But you wept when I told you
] longed TO be free.
And you mourned for awhile when
they laid ne at rest
I I've been dead all these years. and
tonight n your heart
There's d stir of emotion, a vision
! that slips
/ It's my face in the moonlight that
gives you start,
It's my name that in joy rushes up
to your lips.
! Yes, I'm youRg-oh, so young!-a1d
so little I know,
/ \ mere child that is learning TO
walk and 10 run;
While I grasp II the shadows that
wave to and fro
/ an dazzled q bit by the light Of
the sun
! I an learning the lesson, try to
! grow wise,
But at night am baf1ed and worn
hy the strife;
! am hum5led, ard then there's an
impulse TO rise.
and a voice whispers. Onward
and win, This is Lire,'
/ And the Force that is drawing me up
to the Height.
That inspires ne and thrills ne
each cay. a new birth,
Is the Force that TO Chaos said. Let
there be Light"
And it gave Is sweet elimpses OF
/ Heaven On Earth
-EgbeFt Bridges, IN the Baltimore
Sun
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

Americans have come to be fashionable topic in
Europe. They have been much talked of in newspa-
pers and publications of all kinds, IN rather unkind
VEN at first. we must confess but public opinion has
since undergone pereeptibIe change
have conversed with great n:imber OF my coun-
trvInen who have visited the United States, and they
all agree with me in the conviction that Americans IN
the North constitute a greet people, and a nation
whose influence will be more and more felt on the an
cient continent.
Upon first landing IN this country must confess
that ! was not very favorably impressed, possibly
from the effects of prejudice saw restless people
who rushed through the streets as through the halls
Of bank, with TO other care than business; who do
away with idle talk and forms OF poteness to save
time. and whose only concern seems to be about tue
number of dollars that the day will bring IN
In this land of freedom high price seems to be
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
A BOON TO MARINERS

city arms after the compass had been
invented by an Amalftan. The sculptor
Balzico has made q very fine statue OF
Gioja in celebration Of his sixth centen-
airy He is represented in the mariner S
dress of the period. with dagger and
pouch hanging from his belt. and in one
hand he holds 4 compass, which he IS
studying with great earnestness- 4
ships cable is at mis- feet The face is
noble and very Chicago
Chronicle
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

It Is sometimes said IN extenuation
of the peculiar codes prevailing IN
college. that such az institution Is a
miniature world in which 1t Is neces-
sary for a man to find his level; and
lhat by allowing caste and other friv-
olities to play a prominent part in
It's life, this finding Of ones level IS
assisted. The fallaey of this argu-
ment Is eonspieuously demonstrated
by the fact that the college hero Is
seldom heard of after he leaves the
institution.
As a matte. of fact, men do not find
their level IL college. or anything ike
1t, though they do sometimes get the
nonsense knocked out Of them. The
star of a small academy paIes in bril-
iancy when he comes 10 shine IN com
pany With several hundred other stars
of equal OF superior brightness, and
It Is good for him to realize that he
Is not the whole solar system. But as
for encouraging fraternities, athletic
competition, and other non-schoIastic
,;!,1iings TO occupy the whole time of
the students. that Is carrying the cleo
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN

Physical cuItare used to be regarded
as extraneous TO the college course,
writes Louisa Smith in Success" It
was a specialization like music or china
painting, and was merely a decorative
bit in the curriculum. put there for
those who might care to take It It
stood, in relation TO the present mean
ing Of the course, about the same as
did the white flannel gymnasium suits,
which the girls used 10 employ their
fancy IN devising. to sensible dark blue
and dark red garments now selected
for hard use in welI-equipped syn
Hasium.
N word, from being regarded as an
amusement, q diversion. or a sort OF
accomplishment. physical culture in
young woneu's colleges and in schools
mas crept into the curriculum, and very
firmly established itself A few years
ago it was nearly always optional. and
ne physical culture teacher was en-
gagged TO be there" when some few
pupils should arrive whose parents mad
specified that their daughters we're 10
take this work in the gymnasium. The
instruction, consisting OF pretty fancy
drills and marches and dance stems
was given 10 those who wished TO take
1t, and they were excused from the les
son on the slightest preteXt- Gradually.
as the necessity for physical culture be-
gan to appear TO q few heads of institu-
lions, the work was required for an
hour or two hours q week but on.y in
the freshman and sophomore years. At
the present time, IN BTyG Mawr for in
stance. a student must have taken the
required amount Of physical exercise
during the four college years before she
may receive her degree
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

panions that ny face was as black az
that Of a negro But amply was re
paid ~ what I saw which am con
WINGED viii enIighten the world for the
first tine. as to the true nature CT a
volcanic eruption
The explanation thus promised BY the
distinguished scientist. it is needless to
say. is contained IN his luminous and
exhaustive work referred 10, which 1t is
not intended 10 discuss here All the
scientific world are engaged in a gen
eraI controversy over Prof. Bulbs Oh
servations and conclusions, and the pub
lie has. at last, something really worth
reading.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
Where They Missed II.

Baltimore Herald-Lieutenant Hob5cn
las made another rescue. Before an
admiring crowd he picked up & young
robin and restored it to It's nest on the
high limb Of q tree. The ransomes2 Of
Miss Stone might have saved money by
calling on him several months ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

Any person buy the Morning, Afternoon, Sunday
Edition any stand Washington suburban
towns on railroad trains will confer by notify
ING the Publisher of The Times Streets Wash
ington, D. c.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
FINDING ONES LEVEL

tive system a little too far. College
men are the only ones who can do
much to alter the condition of affairs,
however. The undergraduates count ;
and so do the younger alumni and
to a certain extent the faculty; but
not people Of a previous generation.
Each generation must make its own
life without aid or guidance.
Let the thoughtful college man
seriously consider the tone Of his alma
mater, and what he desires it to be,
and reflect that he, ike every other
member of his class, has an influence
on It's atmosphere Let him under
stand that II depends mainly on him
and on his contemporaries whether
the college life Of ,yday shall be
made up of things which help the
student or hinder him IN his hfe's
work. The democracy which leads
men from all over the country TO
mingle on terms of temporary equal
itv Is one Of the great gains Of col
lege life where It cali be developed
and It Is this that some Of the larger
colleges are in danger Of losing
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO OUT OF
MORNING EDITION. one year, So; six
months, $3.50: three months, S1.25.
Morning and sunday, one year, s.; six
months. $3.50. three months. St,75-
sunday edition only, one year. :. six
months, 81: three months, - cents
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

Who would have believed twenty
five years ago that It was possible
to prepare food in such a manner
that you could cary three good
meals in your pocket?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
Too Hot for Originality.

iaI jokes are now being revamPed to
fit Bishop Potter.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

Americans have come to be 4 fash
ionable topic IN Europe.
The country has received its true
characteristics from its people Of An
gIo-Saxon descent.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID
EVENING EDITION, one year, -; six
months, aI-JO; three mosths, - cents.
Evening and sunday, one year. 81; six
months. $780, three months. aI.s5.
Morning Evening AMI >uada one
year, SO; six months. -; -iIree months
$50.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26

cart must be business for
some and recreation for others,
and Ghose fcs when it is Z 1ec-
reatiOa may take al the more
delight IN the wo-k CT those for
whom it is a business"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
AMERICAN PUSH AS
VIEWED BY A FRENCHMAN
By NJ. MASCART,

President of the Science
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-04-26
TELLER's CANDIDACY.

The Denver Post has published
the following letter from Senator
Teller:
go the Editor of the Denver
Post: am in receipt Of your
telegram asking me II you may
announc. me as candidate for
reelection to the senate. | have
felt after - years Of public service
| might properly leave the ques-
ton OF my recollection to the peo-
pie Of the state. | shall submit
tina, question 10 the Colorado
Democracy and abide 10y the
wishes Of the party aud give to
It's candidate, whoever he may Ice,
my hearty support Yours truly.
n NJ TsLIFn."
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-04-26
oMIO.s NnM TAX LAW.

The Ohio Legislature has jus,
passed n bill which levies u tax OF
] per cen' on the gross incomes of
all auesi-public corporations. aud
one.,enih Of per cent on the cap
i,al stock of all private corpora.
tons organized Tor prof, The
annual revenue from this measure
is estimated at S2,OOO,000. Tn.
policy OF the stat. IA directed
toward raising its en,ir, revenue
from this form Of taxation. leaving
the revenues OF counties and mu.
inequalities Ia he derived from real
estate values
II IL OF special Importance To
this state, therefore. that the Ohio
revenue bill was enacted by lie.
publican Legislature. II is also
proper To congratulate the OHIO
Republicans that they are l~ss
corporatiop.riddsn. when !, comes
to passing tax bills, than arc the
men Of the same party faith IN
this state.
Macy states controlled by Re-
publican legislatures have enacted
more drastic tax legislation than
have tho Democrats 81 Colorado
News.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-04-26
ALL democrats should bear in
mind that the republicans carried
Colorado las, year.

THE people are fast coming to
the conviction that the govern
ment should own the railroads and
operate them for the public good.
Chief Justice Fuller OF the Su-
preme Court intimated that much
on the bench few days ago. The
first move any combine makes is
to secure favors from the railroads,
this once secured the trust is
formed with an advantage that no
competition can overcome. All
men should have equal rights and
equal privileges over the quasi
public roads.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-04-26

The bill prepared by the ma
jority of the committee on bank
ing and currency provides for an
asset currency to be issued, not
upon government bonds as now
but upon the assets Of the bank
1t provides for branch banks and
it also provides for the redemption
of silver dollars and for the re-
coinage of silver dollars into sub.
sidiary com. la addition TO these
features the bill gives to the
banks control of the paper money
of the country. 1t would be diff.
cult to conceive of more iniqui-
tous financial measure. 1t ia so
bad. in fact, that the republican
party is not likely to pass it at
thus session of congress. II past
methods are any guide for the
future the bill will be rushed
through during the second session,
Immediately after the election is
over, SO that indignation will have
time 10 die out before the next
presidential election.-The Com
moner.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-04-26

Tom johnson, mayor Of Cleve-
land. Is fast coming to the front as
a leader in Ohio politics. Mayor
johnson il n tax reformer and is
Interested in the success of the
Bucklin amendment IN Colorado.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-04-26

.
"On the evening of February
-, 1875. the local lodge of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men WAS organized at Ierre Haute
Indiana, by Joshua 4 Leach, then
grand master. and was admitted
as a charter member and ut once
chosen secretary.
My first step was thus taken
III organized labor and ! felt that
new influence had entered my
life 10 fire my ambition and
change the whole current of nv
career. was filled with cnthus-
iasm and my blood fairly leaped
in my veins. Day and night |
worked for the brotherhood. To
sec lis watchilres glow and observe
the increase of lis sturdy members
were the sunshine and shower of
my life.
"My grip was always packed:
and | was dartlng IN all directions.
To tramp through a railroad yard
in the ram, snow or slect half the
night, or TIL daybrcak, to be
ordered out of the roundhouse for
being IN "agltator." or put off "A
tram. sometime passenger, more
often freight, while attempting to
deadhcad over the division. were
all in the program. and served TO
whet the appetite TO conquer. One
night in mid-wintcr at Elmira.
New York. conductor on the
Erie kindly dropped me of in a
snowbank, and rs ! clambercd To
the top ran into the arms Of II
policeman who heard my story
and on the spot became my friend.
Il rode on the engines over
mountain and plain, slept in the
cabooses and hunks. and was fed
from their pals by the swarthy
stokcrs who still nestle close to
my heart, and will until il is cold
and still.
'tp TO this time i had heard
but little of Socialism. knew prac-
tically nothing about the move
mcnt, and what little | did know
was not calculated 10 impress me
in lis favor. ! was bent on
thorough and complete orguniza-
ton of the railroad men and ulti.
matcly the whole working class,
and all my time and energy was
given To that end. NV supreme
conviction was tina, If they were
only organized IN every branch If
the service and all acted together
IN concert. they could redress
their wrongs, and regulate the
conditions of their employment.
The stockholders of the corpora.
ton acted n one. why not the men
II WAS such plain proposition
simply 10 follow the example set
before their eyes by their masters
- surely they could not fail to sec
Z il. net as one. and solve the prob.
lem.
at Is useless Ia say that hid
! yet 10 learn the workings Of the
capitalist system. the resource. Of
rs masters and the weakness. II
NJ slaves. Indeed. no shadow II
OF Il system fell aihwart my
pathway; no thought of ending
wage misery married my plans.
was too deeply absorbed in per-
fcciing wage serviiudc and max
ipg i, ~ thing Of beauty and II
JOY forever"
1T all seems very strange Ia
me now. taking a backward look,
that my vision wa- 81 localized on
=. .,u.,t.. ..L,..,s,,. ..a,ue sh.s 4
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-28
Telegraph Not o.

The Republicans In the Senate will
attempt TO defeat the Cuban tariff con-
cession by lacking on other reciprocity
treaties as amendments.
Negotiations with Colombia. Nicara-
qua. and Costa Rica, for the acquire
ment or canal rights. have been COM
ploted by Secretary Hay.
The daughter of Alexander Dowie,
the divine healer, died in Chicago while
he prayed. Death was due to severe
burns accidentally received.
DIR. Curry. United States special en-
voy to attend the coronation. has ar
rived in Madrid. Spain. and was cor
daily received by King Alfonso.
President Palma was given a warm
welcome upon his arrival to assume his
duties at Havana He has appointed a
cabinet from all Cuban political par
ties.
DIR. Wilfred Fralick OF New York.
who claims 10 have discovered a germ
icide cure for consumption. is conduct
ing experiments in Arizona, and is
meeting with success.