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An HdefeH8i5ie FAX.

Philadelphia Public LedgeT-The
Treasury Department acts under a stat
ute which apparently leaves 1t no dis
erection in imposing al extra duty upon
Canadian wood pulp equal 90 tn mount
of license dues on pulp wooc emOved
by the Ontario government This re-
mission OF the tax on the raw material
will facilitate che manufacture Of wood
pulp in Canada. and the United States
imposes corresponding tax On the i'm
ported product, lest the manufacturers
on this side Of the line shouId be COM
PEELED to reduce their prices.
This is a barbaroUs form OF --Tetalja-
tion." bringing with it train CT bad
effects Wood pulp is the material from
which paper is made. and the tax upon
it is tax upon paper in all Of its many
uses-not in the newspapers only, but
IN every form of literature. 1t is tax
upon intelligence and education. and Is
justified neither by the necessities Of
Government nor by any legitimate re
Guirements OF Industry
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
An intimate Kiew Of T0tstou.

a book entitled -TolsJoy IS q Man
and an Artist" IS soon to appear. and is
The work Of Dmitrf MerejEowski. him
self a novelist Of no mean fame The
Eost Interesting feature OF the book is.
perhaps, the comparison of ToIstoy and
DostoievsH as artists. and the discus
sion OF their relations. which Meret-
kowsH terms "one of the ztraugest
psychological riddles in Russian Iitera-
ture-' He says that they were mutual
y disaETeo25Is. almost intolerabIe, anI
at tie same time most closely akin:
necessary TO each other. ye, could never
meet in peace" This seems TO prove
that the great uovelists have some q
the pecuIaritcs common 10 many lesser
mOTtaIs
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
The Constitution and the Trusts.

New York HeraId-The most encoUr-
aging feature of Attorney General
Knox's luminous exposition of the trust
protIem is the assurance that Congress
and the President under its authority
have power TO regulate and control
these great combinations without
au.n Imeut OF the Constitution IN his
Tecers addresses the President urged
tt ed of action by the national Gov
errIT rnr to prevent wrongdoing by
these giant aggr Izatfons Of capital and
fayoTe1 q constitutional amendment, il
necessary. to supply the Government
with adequate powers Mr.. Knox. after
careful study, expresses the conviction
that if the present law is not thor
oughIy effective Congress, under exist
/ ing constitutional grants. can amend
and extend it so as TO prevent the
sitting Of competition and other evils.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
LifRrqru SinnleaR TmirS.

Herwin- Webster, the name which ap-
pears on the title pages of The snort
Line War and Calumet X" TWO re
cent novels Of business life. is not. az
some readers may have thought, the
name Of one person. but Of Two. one
OF the authors in this partnership. Henry
Kitcheu Webster. has now written d
book on his own account, entitled Rog-
cr Drake. Captain OF Industry"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
Mother Of Her oOuntru.

Six men held the title Of Father of
RS country before Washington Few
seem TO know that there was a Mother
Of Her Country" she was Maria The
Iesa, the great Empress of Austria. lL
IS SAID she made only one mistake in the
course Or her reign -c0nsentIng to the
partition or Poland. On the edge of the
docuncnt given her TO sign she wrote.
= consent because so many great ana
earned men viii have il so. but after
am dead and gone people viii see the
consequence Of thus breaking through
all that has hitherto been holy AMI
Just Her daughter was the unhappy
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
A Warning to CGbdH8.

Philadelphia Inquirer-If the Cubans
think that they can coerce Congress into
passing . reciprocity bill by the way IN
which they are acting, they are making
a great mistake If they think that they
viii be permitted TO nuIlify the Plat
amendment by refusing to do what Is
necessary 20 render it effective they are
making a still greater error They viii
learn. if they keep on. that while the
American people are EoOd-ndJuTed and
patient almost to excess, they are not
long 70 be trifed with. as they are be
ing trifed with now. without asserting
and enforcing their rights
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quoise plaques in the form of a facade
whereupon was inscribed the name OF
the Queen. The gold was worked by
chisei and Furnishing The second
bracelet mad a centerpiece Of gold. with
amethyst and turquoise beads and bands
Of braided gold wire The fastening OF
the bracelet was by loops and button
OF a hollow bail Of gold. with a shank
Ct goIG wire fastened in it. The third
bracelet Is Of spiral beads of gold and
Iazu-i in three groups. Making the
fourth bracelet are four groups Of hour
glass heads. amethyst between gold.
with connections Of gold and turquoise.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
4 ROmQnce bR Milton.

It is seriously stated that a romance
il prose and verse by John Milton. en-
titled Nova Solyma. the IDEAL City,
has been unearthed by Walter BegIey
and Will soon be republished It was
not found as a manuscript, but as q
book properly printed and published, IL
the year 1913 The reasons for its dtsap-
peaTance seem to be first. that 1t was
written in Latin. and second. that at the
time Of its publication political excite
ment prevented its attracting much at
tenti0n
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PLAYS AND PLAY-FOLK.

theatergoers OF the metropolis some
thing that is not only entertaining. but
instructive
In discussing his reasons for bringing
'Eyeryman' 10 this country, Mr. Froh-
man says:
1t is not because expect to make
a sensation here that 1 am bringing
'Everyman' TO the United States. bat
because 1t is part of a plan which
I have had in mind even before be-
came an international manager The
plan is 10 bring TO and lay before. hmeri-
can audiences everything in the theatre
cal line that its citizens 60 to see and
enjoy elsewhere. Ny scheme and aim
are TO bring London. Paris. Florence,
and indeed every dourishing field of
the drama n the Old World to New York
instead CT having New York go abroad
and seek this kind of entertainments
and such are the conditions OF our
country that what New York gets the
rest Of the United States is sure &c
share in There Is in B2ireuJh, for
[ instance. the mecca OF music lovers,
where pilgTiUages are made annually
/ 10 hear 'PGrsi1aI and Die Nibelungen
/ TrilOSie' sung as they are not sung
in any other part Of the world
1t may sound bombastic or Quj-otic,
but 1t $ my intention TO bring Bal
reuth' to New York and make it q part
of the amusement schedule Of this me-
tTopolis before / have finished This may
seem like a ridiculous dream. but that Is
( because there IS a tendency on the part
Of the peO0ie who give any thought az
all to the theatrical business TO ind il
/ impossible 20 separate a theatrical man
{ aEement from the relentless pursuit Of
the dollar They look upon every move
made by q theatrical manager as solely
q scheme 10 CiTcumvent the pubiic's
+ money and they give the manager credit
but for one narrow. selfish ambition,
namely. TO grow rich as fast as he can.
/ There may be managers Of that sort.
! but am glaid 20 say that they are few
and they are not prominent in New York
/ theatTicaIs
Look back over the list Of mana
| gers who have given the finest artistic
/ productions 70 the american theatergO-
/ ing public and how many Of them in
/ Ished their careers as wealthy men?
+ Not one that I can remember. And yet
/ It Is lanentable fact that not one OF
[ them escaped being sJigmatized at some
: point OF his career rs having suboroi-
mated the dramatic art TO personal gain.
Every one Of them worked for and sacTf-
/ feed himself 10 aEt, following an ideal
] his heart and soul and ambitions we-s
engrossed in. and IN spite of the fact
/ that the public did not sustain him 80
The teIegraphic accounts from the frst
/ performance OF jerome Sykes new mu-
/ steal piece are 20 the effect that the
Foxy CUTLER" of The past few years has
/ found a vehicle that promises to please
+ his audiences even better than any
! thing in which he has vet appeared One
( of the strong hits of The BiilionnaiTes, -
/ as the new Sykes piece IS named. was
/ made by Nellie Follis, q young woman
/ who. up 70 year ago. occupied an IN
/ important chorus position with This
BurgomasJeE'' and The ChaperoEs.'
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I shall try to write a work which
can first read to the public. and then
publish. It would deal with a rap
Trochement of the great nations. and
Of the cause Of humanity and of uni
versaI peace # / can construct such
work, never would a pleasure be
greater than when could visit America
that nation so sympathetic and so in
teresting to Frenchnen. that people
which. after having been so long iHiu-
enced by all Europe. now in its turr
sheds it light over the world and af-
fects our commerce. our life. our Gus
toms. our philosophy. and our politics
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
His Florida Trip.

Boggs-Joncs IS going to Florida for
the winter
Noggs-What for2
Boggs-Because he laid in eighty tons
Of coal last May
Noggs-Theu why doesn't he stay at
homc2
Boggs-Because he has just made the
price of his Southern trip cut OF the
diamond dealer across the way by sell
ing him that coal for SO a ,Qp.-New
York Times
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
The Educational Bill in Parliament.

Atlanta C0nstitGtion-That the edgCa-
tion bin is a powerful political card for
The liberals 20 play has been demon
st-ated in recent by-eIections. The tide
Of popular sentiment is undoubtedly
cunning high against the measure as
advocated by the government. for u is
calculated to provoke religious and class
hostility TO the zeal of crusade. aud
some Of its provisions are inimical TO
the British conception Of constitutional
liberty. While IN some respects the pro
posed statute II TOO complex for Ame-i-
can comprehension. its essential feature
lies IN the proposition TO support church
schools by general taxation
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
The Lion Of Lucene.

A great deal Of anxiety is felt IN
the country through the discovery that
one Of Switzerland chief historical
rrouuments-the Lion OF LuceTHe-is
threatened with destruction. The lion
which was chiseIed from the solid
sandstone rock by the Swiss artist
Aborn. in 1892. commentaries the mzs-
sacro Of the Swiss Guard during the
French Revolution. and as a work C
art Is unique.
II is situated in rather damp sur
roundings. above a pool in the glacier
garden at LuCcTrc and the water har
trickled through the sandstone. which
threatens to crumJlc. and thus destroy
the statue. An expert has been ex-
aiming the rock, and by his advice
IL has been decided 10 cut away the sur
rounding rock and isolate The Lion :"
London Chronicle
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Bracelets ZO00 Kenra OIL

Four magnificent bracelets belonging
10 the Queen Cf King Ter, Hhc reigned
nearly 5000 years before ..hrist. were
among the discoveries made by Prof
FetTie while cEcaVating at AbydOs
Egypt, last year. The workmanship of
these is most ingenious and delicate
The finest bracelet is formed Of alter
mating plaques Of gold and turquoise
each surmouuted with the royal hawk
and paneIed 10 initiate the front Of
the-tenb or palace. This bracelet con
sists OF thirteen gold and fourteen tur-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
Where johnson Went to School,

The old King Edward VI Grammar
School at Litchfeid. which is 10 be sold
by public auction. has many Interesting
literary associations Il is the school
where Addison gained distinction as
leader in a barring out" enterprise.
and where Dr. Johnson had Latin whip
ped into him" and so far won the re-
spectful regard Of his schoolfeIIows that
lhey used 20 call for him in the morning
81 his house. and carry him 10 school
on their shoulders. GarFick. of course.
was one Of Johnsou's fellow scholars
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
WTNNOWED OPINIONS
The NndicQti0n Of the Presiden


Boston Journal-The manner in hich
the strike settlement has Been
erected. and the terms on wh1-h II
Is based. are as truly a vindica,Eon Of
the wisdom and patriotism Of President
Roosevelt as If the adjustment had FOL
lowed Immediately upon the conference
which the President called. instead Of
after ten or twelve days interval. Re
enforced by the public sentiment which
il itself created his policy has now
accomplished the end in view, and the
men who caTped at him and the men
who hoped to turn his generous act to
their own partisan advantage are 81
fenced His own interest was the last
thing OF which the President thought;
but il is inevitable that his bearing
through these trying days. and the IN
failing courage and good hUmor with
which he has pressed for a settlement
in the public interest. should deepen
he public regard for him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
The Author Of mEmma Lon. "

George Madden Martin. " author of
the Emmy Lou stories. is in Driva.e
life Mrs Atwood r. Martin. OF Louis
vile, KY The stories we're evolved
from the authors memory Of her own
childhood, and the setting was obtained
y study OF her little niece, who is nos.
however, the original Of Emmy Lou
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
losing Faith in Experts.

New York TribUHe-So many gIaTine
errors have been made by so-caIIed 'ex-
perts" in handwriting. and so many OF
the high-priced professors" Of pecu-
Iarities in the formation Of letters have
shown themselves TO be eccentric and
pTejudiCed. that testimony and diagrams
ard blackboard illustrations from
such sources are steadily losing ground
in the courts and IN the favorable ciJiil-
ion Of sensible people.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Mrs Campbell is very much disguised
with American actors John Blair,
her leading man, who summarily re-
signed his position on the day preced-
ing the scheduled production of The
Joy of Living, Tuesday night, since
which time the English actress has been
unable &c discover any particular joy in
existence is the cause
Mr. BIair's action necessarily caused
a postp Gnement in the plans OF Mrs.
Campbell, as another actor had 10 be
secured MI Blair leIJ the Campbell
company on account, as he puts il, OF
the impossibiIity' Of Mrs Campbell -
He said she conducted Tehearsafs like
an amateur. criticised his acting IN
justly. and made matters generally dis
agreeable Then, on the eve Of the
new production. Sir. Blair handed in his
resignation. 10 take effect at once
Vaughan Chaser. who was leading man
of the Eugene Blair stock company, Al
Cleveland last summer, viii take Mr.
BIair's place. and J. H Gilmour viii
succeed Nj CHASER IN another role in
The Joy Of Living"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
Pity for Poor Baby.

\ Canadian firm recently placed with
the Montreal and Toronto newspapers an
advertisement Of new nursing bottle il
had patented and was about to place on
the market. After giving directions for
use the advertisement ended in this
manner When the baby is done drink
ing II must be unscrewcd and laid IN q
cool place under a tap. If the baby does
not thrive or fresh milk it should be
boiled. -.-Chicago Chronicle.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
The Main Point.

Some OF our folks are very much
opposed TO whipping posts Tor wife
heaters and family deserters.'
why So"
They say its an awful thing 10 see.
Wen. you can just bet lis an aw-
full thing to feel PLAN
Dealer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
4 FoUeGSt s Change Of Name.

Il may - confusion in the minds
Of some res ders Of Current fiction if it
is stated that Sidney Buska" was at
one time the pen name Of Henry Har-
land, who IS now writing quite as well
under his own name as he did under
shc nom de plume
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
The Kentucky School.

Louisville. KY begins to plume it
GUIDES James Lane Allen George Mad
den Martin. Alice Hogan. Annie Fellows
Johnston, and Madison CaWein
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Town Points, Postage Prepaid

EVENING EDITION. one year, So; six
months. $50. three months. 70 cents,
Evening ana Sunday. one year. s.; six
months. $2-50: three months. %l-25.
Morning, Evening, and Sunday, one year,
SO: six months. 50: three months. 50 50
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/arqzcS 0f A7ReH.


here and AshmoIe. the antiquary. whose
monument at oxford is the museum
bearing his name, was also Lftchfeid
scho-aT--We Westminster Gazette.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17
Results SiOIU in Coming.

BTIy-Men 60 to hunt the North Pole
Joe-NeII2
Bulv-But they can't cut any ice IN
til they get back home--Deroit Free
Press.
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subscription g 70 @ Of

MORNING EDITION. one year. 50; six
months. $2.5g; three months. S1-25- Morn
ing and Sunday, one year. s.; six months,
$3.50; three months. $40 sunday edj-
ton only, one year, g; six months, 81,
three months, so cents.
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s.
he mani
fore .nj7y
n
rIesteI evator cry
Igr1U 7F 11-zIoy
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NT, Brady s HeJU Book.

Cyrus Townsend Brady is said to be
race question.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

First SchooIboy (sigaing)-Carnegie's
Jest given ten millions more fer educa-
ton.
Second Schoolboy desperateIyl Wei.
say, I'd give ten marbles ter have dat
feHer here fer just ten uUtes-Judgs-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

John Blair first attracted the attention
OF Mrs. Campbell last season, at a spe-
czaI matinee OF the Independents" as
The circle o. faddists who sought 10 ele-
vaJe the stage by means OF the Ibsen
drama. were termed. They endeaToTed
to give q series of matinees in different
cities OF the country. Washington in
cluded. but the public was unTesponsivs,
and the venture was quickly aban-
duned. at least so far as this city was
concerned. Mr.. Blair was at the head
CT the enterprise, and did some eXcep-
JjonaIIy good work
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Richard Strauss completed two new
compositions during the past summer.
One IS a symphony, which is as yet IN
named. and the other is setting for
Uhland's ballad. -Taillefer."
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

George AIDES new opera Peggy From
Paris" is almost ready for production.
The music is by William Lorraine. who
wrote .-SaIome.'' and various other COM
positions OF like popularity One OF the
amusing scenes in Peggy is in the
second act ne name part. a French
opera singer Of purely American eXrraC-
ton. is about TO produce a light opera
in New York JheIteT. or course, there
is an angel" and he has a wife. and
when he tells her that on account CT
business he is compelled to absent him
self from town for few days. she seeks
10 crafty her desire for histrionic fame
by joining the opera company She notes
her husbands presence at the reheaTsaIs
and Immediately becomes a female Shcr-
lock Holmes. L is said that George AIDE
has supplied much Of the verGacular
that is found IN his fables in slang. The
new piece viii be produced by Henry ".
Savage. whose experience with Mr.. AIDES
earlier work. The Sultan Of SuIu,'' has
been gratifying, in a financial sense
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

The morality play, "Everynan, -
which has just been presented by Char
les Frohman, in New York. has caused
a vigorous discussion among the stage
pUrists. Everyman' is theatrical
curiosity of interest, linking the early
English mystery plays with the Eliza
bethan drama IN giving it a New
York production, Mr.. Frohman sets M
the claim that ne is simply Offering the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Mendelssohn-s house in Dusseldorf has
been destroyed t was in this house. in
1888, that the composer wrote his Paul
US ora-oTio.
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JEST8 IN SEASON.
He KHeW.

What causes darkness. my son"
Engaged couples. pa, New YoTk
Times
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a concert viii be given in Berlin next
month for the benefit Of the American
church there Geraldine Farrar- the
American prima donna, VIII be among
the seIoists
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

The Vermont Musical Festival closed
al Burlington last Wednesday. with
program o. Wagner and NendeIssohn
selections.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Humperdinck's new fairy opera,
.-Dornroschen.- VIII be performed the
first time. November Z. at Frankfurt.
Later the work viii be presented at
Berlin. Leipsic and Munich
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an organist famine is reported from
Chicago It is said that seven churches
of the Windy City are without organists
and that there is small chance o. their
places being satisfactorily flied
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Der LandsknecEt-' the new three
act opera by Franz Werther, was sue
cessfuIIy presented recently at the Resi-
deaz Theater. Dresden The book Is BY
Karl Schverth
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Lillian Biauvelt has gone TO England
for three months concert tour. Early
this month Nine BIauveIt appeared 1T
the Welsh festival, which was held
this year at CardiH. and mas been en-
gagged 10 interpret the principal soprano
role IN DR.. Governs Coronation ode. 8"
which was written by command Of King
Edward. and which viii be produced at
Norwich
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

J. ElmbIad. director of tn aoyal Op-
era at Stockholm, has been engaged to
stage the Wagnerian operas which viii
be presented this winter al rne Metro
poIitan opera House. =EimbIad IS
said 10 have made a EatJering record at
the Swedish capital. and was once stage
director at BeyreUth.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Horatio Parker's st CHRISTOPHER
was given in its entirety at the recent
musical festival in Bristol, England.
ana created q most favorable impress
sion Tho composer is said 70 possess
q thorough unders tanding Of the limita-
items OF voices and orchestra and the
English press suggests that an opera
from his pen would prove Interesting
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-17

Frederick Lamond. the Scottish plan
fst. will make MS debut in Boston No
vember with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Later 1IT- Lanond VIII give
a recital il MeEdeisshoR Hall, New
York