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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20

Interest in Young Turkey has been
revived by the report Of the discovery
Of a conspiracy among the Arab sheikhs
IN Constantinop1e, a dozen Of whom
have been banished. The cpnspiratoFs
are believed to have been the organs
Of the Young Turks IN Europe. and
the Sultan has, therefore, instructed
the Porte and his representatives abroad
70 keep him informed Of the movements
Of Young Turks.
The grand vizier has been uuweil-his
Illness Is said 10 have been Of a dipIo-
matte character-and in order 10 hasten
his recovery, says ConstentlnopIe let
ter in the philadelphia Ledger" the
Sultan has presented him with a large
sum. Said Pasha feels soreIy his help
Iessness and powerlessness as grand Vi
zfer. and he IS believed to retain his
Office. in which he is, like his predeces-
soT. mere hguTehead. because Of the
financial advantages 1t procures 20 him
A Turkish grand yizier is paid better
than an English prime minister. and,
besides other advantages. he is very FREE
quentIy the object Of his sovereIsn's
generosity. Said Pasha is somewhat Of
a miser. and ne is even said to count
every evening. before going 70 bed. the
money that be has in his house.
Besides the grand vizier. the minister
for foreign affairs. Tewhk Pasha, has re-
ceIved a valuable token Of imperial ia
r-or ord ~ racoCrfffoY, oF he SFa1onatic
successes The Sultan has presented
him with the mansion in which he now
lives. and which has for the last If
teen years been the official residence Of
the Turkish foreign minister. Il was
built By Earon Blanc. formerly italian
ambassador here. and cost about 60,
co., On his departure from Constantine
pie the baron sold 1t to the government.
The minister of finance Is so hard up
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20
LEGISLATION on CLEANLINESS

The laws of cleanliness and the
municipal regulations are slowly com
ing to coincide in some cities. The
Orange, \. J., board of health has
passed an ordinance requiring all
BARRIERS to wash al their utensils ii
boiling water before beginning bust
ness each morning; also requiring
that every razor shall be washed III
corrosive sublimate after each time
of using In the same place there IS
an ordinance requiring salocn and
restaurant keepers TO wash in water
which has been used for no ether pur-
pose every glass or drinking vessel
before serving a drink. For the VIOLA
ten of either Of these ordinances
there is a penalty Of So
This Is all very good, especially If
the legislation Is enforced, which
would seem a somewhat difficult mat
Ter. It might be cheaper for the bar
bers and restaurant keepers to pay
fine now and then than to comply with
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20
EPTOr1E

One can't judge a man by his
coat; his necktie is a much better
criterion.
Women have twice as many
troubles as men. for they have twice
as many clothes.
You can best Judge of q mans
friends by the umbrella he carries
The nearer in dress. manner and
speech woman gets to man, the
farther man gets from woman.
The most pltiful sight in the world
is man who has exhausted life at
twenty-five.
A true marriage is perfect happi-
ness-and there is no such thing as
perfect happiness in this world.
The man who steals million
dollars. and endows church with
10000 of it. affords the devil great
amusement.
%
The quickest way for one woman
to get into another woman's favor is
to appear to be jealous OF her.
In these days Of social enlighten-
ment wealth's only salvation is
sacrifice; if wealth tries to save too
much it will lose all.
%
The MAJ who says he is a gentle
man has gone long way toward
disproving it.
It Is lucky for the world that all
the advice that is given is not fol-
lowed.
Promptness is often a mistake. II
you do not believe 1t, recall the fate
Of the early worm. Many men have
succeeded because they hesitated at
the right time
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20
TILL THE WIND GETS RIGHT.

Oh, the breeze is BLOWN baimy
And the sun is IN a haze
There's a cloud jest giviu' GOODNESS
To the LATEST of days
There are crowds upon the lakeside.
But the fish refuse 10 bite,
SO III wait and go a-fishin
When the winds gets right
And my boat tugs at her anchor,
Eager now TO kiss the spray,
While the little waves are calm
'Drowsy sailor. come away"
There's q harbor for the happy,
And It's sheen is Just in sight.
But I won't set sail to get there
Till the wind get right.
That's my trouble, too. I reckon;
I've been waitin' all too long,
Tho the days were always pleasant
Still the wind is always wrong.
An when Gabriel blows his trumpet,
In the day OF in the night.
will still be found awaitin'
TIL the wind gets right
The Chicago News.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20

The likeness by Sir frederick Burton IS
good, but it gives permanence to that
which was not permanent IN her face.
1t lacks the generality combined with
particularly which we find in portraits
by the greatest masters.
I fancy that one of the reasons why
she and Chapman did not agree was that
she did not like his somewhat disorderly
ways. she has been accused Of respect
bility." Even Sir Leslie Stephen, IN
his scholarly essay, describes her as
'eminently respectable II is not very
easy 10 understand what is meant by
this word. II there is any meaning in it
worth preservation it is conformity 70
usage merely for the sake of conformity.
and perhaps. more precisely. II is men
tai compromise I deny that in either
Of these senses George Eliot was re
spectacle" She never terminated in
quiry till she had gone a5 far as her
powerful intellect permitted her to &c.
and she never refused to act upon her
investigation. II she did not outrage
the world by indecency it was not be-
cause she was respectable" but be-
cause she had not deduced indecency as
the final outcome of thinking or the
highest achievement Of art She de-
lighted in music. and played Beethoven,
one evening, as I shall never forget. to
NE alone. She was not, I suppose, a
hrst-rate performer, but she more than
satisfied ne. and I was, I am afraid.
4 little incoherent in my thanks 4 ia
yorite composer with her was GIuck. and
it was she who introduced me to Orfeo.
she was generous to degree which no
body now living can measure. and she
not only gave money to necessitous
friends, but took pains to serve them
Years after had left Chapman's wrote
TO her asking II she could assist a poor
man of lettcrs whom we both knew, and
she got work far him.
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the ordinance. for 1t must be remem-
bered that IN such businesses every
thing which adds to the work of the
employees at a busy tine of day means
ultimately The employment Of more
help, and that costs money. However,
it is not possible for public places to
be too clean, and there Is no danger
that they will be fer some time %
come
It should be remembered, however,
that the danger which comes from IN
discriminate uso cf drinking vessels
Is very small compared with that arts
ing from impure focdstuffs. and over
these there Is practically 20 super
vision in most places. Moreover. even
if the local markets are controlled IN
the interests Of health. there remain
the great canning factories, winch
furnish large part of the bill Of
fare Of every hotel it IS Of little Use
to keep the dishes clean and allow the
food IN them to remain unwhole-
some.
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TURKEY QUITE UNABLE
TO PAY HER DEBTS.

that an trade issued fortnight ago in
structing him to pay months salary %
State officials remains a dead letter The
garrison of Constantinople. which had
given unmistakable signs of unrest
owing TO non-peymeut, received a
months pay yestSEea~. the necessary
amount having been borrowed from the
Tobacco Reggie. This company Is anx-
ious to obtain an extension Of the term
Of its concession. and. in the hope Of
winning the good graces Of the Sultan
and his government. IL readily consented
to advance ST50. 900 TO the treasury.
The civil funCtfonaries. however. are
not so fortunate, and they will have te
wait until the minister OF finance can
scrape together the GT120. 600 required
for the purpose Messrs. Lcrando and
Tubini are also waiting for the pay
nent Of the fourth installnent OF the
indemnity which the government has
engaged to pay them. and the date for
the fifth instalImeat is fast approaching.
The Porte has dropped the pretext that
it retains the July instaIlment as COM
pensation for the arrears OF taxation
due by these gentIemen-a pretext
which was wholly untenabIe in view OF
the terms Of the agreement with France,
but confesses its inability to pay, and
promises to do so with the first money
which comes 70 hand
The unifcation scheme. Of which We
have heard so much of late. appears to
have been sneIved for the time being.
and there is no longer any talk about it
1t seems that in view OF the pressing
need for money the unifcation project
has given way to the scheme fer the
conversion of the customs loan, be-
cause no ready cash Is to be obtained
from the un?hcation. whereas nearly two
millions would flow into the State eoRers
from the conversion
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20

Are decorations - stars, garteTs,
crosses, ribbons. all the various insignia
of the so-caIIed orders of chivalry-to be
classified. not in jest. but in the seri-
Gus language Of the law. WITH children S
toys? An issue on this point was made
in the German Reichstag a few days
since. and the ponderously minded men
OF that ponderous body were duly horri-
fed at the scandalous nature Of a prop
osition which in this country would per-
.haps receive a very general assent II a
serious answer we're ever called for.
Alexander Pope was. however, ahead Of
the Berlin legislators in making this
classification, and melodiousIy setting
forth that while the child was pleased
with a rattle. ttckled with straw"
the toy OF his later years was equally
empty as 10 any quality save that Of its
appeal to his perverted fancy FoIlow-
ing him, the ribaId muse has wellrigh
laughed out of the field OF serious CON
sideratfon decorations Of all sorts and
styles.
And yet If q man has distinguished
himself from his fellows by doing bet
ter than all the others in some great
sphere Of human activity. says a writer
in ''Harper's Weekly, - Is it not we'll that
authority should signify this to the
word at large? And if it is. what mars
convenient way is there TO do this th<-.
that Of the decoration" With the
case presented in that form perhaps the
most vttriolic cynic would admit that
the decoration is useful and com
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20

Between 1852 and 1854 I lived at John
Cbapman's house, No. 142 Strand, says
" Hale White, in the "Bookman -
George Eliot, or rather Miss Evans,
lived there at tina. time Chapman pub
Iished free thought books. mostly on
commission Very few of them, need
hardly say. paid their expenses. He had
recently become the proprietor Of the
Westminster Review" This also did
not pay. and he borrowed money OF i
all round from his friends He engaged
Miss Evans as sub-editor She had q
dark room at the end of a long, dark
passage, and il that room have read
proofs TO her Ny own room, the quiet
est have known in Los-;on, Or out of it,
was over hers. and looked across the
river 10 the Norwood Hills. Mrs. Chap
man kept an American boarding house.
and her family. Chapman's staff. and the
visitors ha2 meals together. I remenl-
Der wildly the day on which I came 10
No. I42 and mad luncheon there. Miss
Evans sat opposite to me- was a mere
=
was then almost unknown TO the world.
but I had sense enough to discern she
was q remarkable creature. was CRATE
full TO her. because she replied even with
eagerness to a trifing remark I hap
pened 10 make and gave it some impor-
lance. That was always her way If
there vas any sincerity (an indispeDsa-
BILE qualifcation) in the person with
whom she came into contact she strove
TO elicit his best, and generally disclosed
to him something in himself of which
he was not aware I have never seen
anybody whose search for the meaning
and worth Of persons and things was so
unresisting as hers. The travelling
American was not very interesting. but
even from him she managed 10 extract
whatever gave him title to existence.
She had little notebooks. IN which she
jotted down whatever struck her Pas
sages she had read which she had not
been able TO understand were also put
down and looked up at her leisure
These notebooks. many of them at any
rate. are stu in existence. The style.
Of Miss Evans conversation was per
feet; it was quite natural. but neyer.
slipshod and the force and sharpness of
her thought were never lost in worn
phrases She vas attractive personally,
Her hair was particularly beautiful, and
IN her gray eyes there was a curiously
shifting light, generally soft and tender.
but convertible into the keenest fash.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY

The ruinous pace set by the bust
ness life Of the average business man
IN this country Is again brought
startingly to public attention by the
sudden compulsory retirement of
Charles Schwab, the president Of the
American Steel Trust, from all busi-
ness occupations. and his enforced
rest from all cares for an indefinite
period While It IS understood that
Mr.. Schwab's case Is not 50 serious
rs TO preclude his eventual return TO
active work, Vet IT Is quite likely that
his present experience viii convey a
warning 10 90 slower in the future
which ne viii hardly let go unheeded.
Mr. Schwab Is but a type Of his
class. except that III his case the
breakdown came rather earlier Than
Is usually aoted. He Is still a young
man, and was supposed TO be in the
very prime of health and vigor- His
rise 10 power and wealth was little
less than phenomenal, but in reaching
both he went the pace that kills, and
nature exaeted the penalty which
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20
IF WILLIE WERE KING

I wish be king you
A o. things different that don't right to
f i d boy could night
And never c &c
And n curb back all filed
Where Ieouldg GO hook them
And there's Sunday that's bad
And and D mother awful sad
He never time when he cried
Right cut n his side
The cher asst
The had pounded killed
I king ind that
would
And then Il things
And build new live a
make hem a o I 4
places
And a that
And she walk, O
buy pony Cart FOL lei a
And put castle here, mad bad
what the had
Iwish a o
Aunt
"a fix II a BOY he please.
he
O. Of all the things I'd
Boys always ca pie things ct.
$ Z, Kiser, Chicago Record Herald
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must be paid sooner or later when
her laws are disregarded-
"AII work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy" Is as true if applied TO
the children Of 4 larger growth as
to those still in knickerbockers. The
american business man has not vet
learned the lesson Of alternating his
renuous life III the warehouse OF
the counting room with the daily re
creative enjoyment Of the gentler
things; he has not even reached the
point of leaving ms business at his
place Of business; generally he takes
It home with him. to his family or
TO his club. The result Is that he
talks and thinks shop when his
mind should be absolutely free of all
such engrossing thoughts.
Until this lesson Of daily, sys-
tematic, rational recreation as the al
tentative for exaeting business cccu-
patton IS learned by Americans we
may be sure that we shall hear more
often than agreeable Of such eases as
that of Mr.. Schwab.
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WHY MEN SHEER AT DECORATIONS

.mendabIe part OF our social machinery.
Shakespeare appreciated It justly. He
said:
Signs OF nobleness like stars shall shine
On all OBSERVERS
And IN his customary way he put his
finger on the real point IN the case in
that word observers There is where
the ribaldry gets in its knife. for in
about seven cases in ten the decoration
is given without any regard whatever
TO desert: and the commonest thing IN
human experience is for desert TO be
neglected
Ordinarily the OBSERVER does not
cIamor for reward. He is apt to be
proud man, a reserved man. a man with
perhaps a rather extreme sense Of his
Personal dignity. He does not wear his
heart upon his sleeve. Having done his
part in some perhaps magnificent
achievement. he is satisfied, and maybe
does not care 5or ribbons. Or If ne
gives any thought 10 them. he leaves
that to authority; and authority, glad
enough TO be left TO itself, gives him the
go-by and bestows its next decoration
upon his majesty's dentist, or upon TIA
man who has invented the perfumary
that pIeases the crown prince. or upon
the great chiropodist without whom the
royal feet would be impossible. This is
the trouble with decorations. and this
is why men sneer at them. and justly
contemplate them as trivial baubIes
whose main purpose is TO please shall
minded persons.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20
THE SONG OF THE BOOKS
By ISABELLA R. HESS.

0 Thaekeray, Dickens, aud Eliot,
In bindings unfngered and prime.
Don't fancy that you are forgotten !;
Wen read you whenever there's
time
Oh, books, books, books,
Historic. OF gay. OF sedate!
We can't read the best amongst you,
For we've got to be up to date!
And there are books Of poetry. too.
Of their manifold wonders we've
heard,
And we've got to wade through
them all,
Tho we don't understand a word.
o William the Great, of Avonl
Up there SO calm on the shelf.
Why can't you be reincarnated
And teach them thing YOURSELF
And the wondrous books with pur-
pose,
4 full dozen score, or more,
That make You pore over questions
That ne'er troubled man before
Has the spinster the right to marry 2
Is Wagner good for the soul?
And If women are given the ballot
Should the babies go to the poll?
Oh, books books. books!
It ends with a doIeful WALL
Oh, books! books! books.
What an awfzi gruesome tale.
How the writer's. they write. write!
write
And the printers, they print!
print! print,
And the readers, they readl read!
read.
And add to the publishers mint.
0 writer, with restless pen,
Have We no heart in your breast7
And printer, with hungry press,
Don't you fancy that You need a
rest2
Just give Us a chance to breathe
Before Won 90 at it again!
Do you think we are reading ma
chimes,
Or just plain, everyday men7
Oh. books! books! books,
What don't they do in your name ?
Oh. books, bookst books
Who can it be that Is to blame?
With brain that was all worn out,
And with wan and weary looks. /
That man collapsed by his study fire
While singing the "Song Of the
Books
Jewish Messenger.
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NOISE

An addiction for loud. harsh noises
is probably at base a disclosure OF the
physical courage that has no nerves
There is nothing in noise itself that
pleases. On the contrary. those OF strong
nerves it skaters in time. and those OF
sensitive makeup it kills. The eternal
uproar in our cities sends many to hos
pitais, 10 country sanitariums and TO the
cemetery No good IS accomplished By
ii. most Of it is preventabIe and need
less, and the tendency is always to make
those who make it coarse and harsh
themselves Brooklyn EagIa.
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With eyes that were weary and red,
And mind that was far from
bright.
/ 4 man he rat by his study FIRE
In the lonesome hours Of night.
Read! Read. Read.
So faded and worn he looks
That l almost shrank as l heard
/ him sing
This l.ounful "Song Of the
Books.
Books. books, books!
/ On the table, shelf. and Hoorl
And books, books, books.
You can't even count them more!
! And the presses work night and
day,
And pour them out Ike a food,
and they crash on Us weary
readers
With a great and awful thud.
Read Read! Read.
You haven't got time to wink!
Read Read! Read.
You can't even stop TO Think
For the books they pour right on
IN a strong, resistltess stream,
Till they FIJI the blessed hours of
day,
And they color the nightly dream
And you dream Of the ladies and
lords
With a stiff. uncommon way
That you learned to know IN the
novel
That you read but yesterday:
And you knew, as you turned the
pages,
II they could come back 10 life
They'd finish that daring author
II they had TO use a knife.
And the days of the dear old col
onies,
You dream Of them, every one.
For the quaint colonial novels
Are sold IN the bulk by the toni
And you blush as you dream about
them,
For you never knew before
That Washington died at Gettys-
burg
In the French and Indian war.
and Benjamin Franklin, respected.
So dreadfully was he love-Iorn
That he loved historical lady
Twenty years before she vas
bc.n.
And your dream Is Of crimson color.
For the pages with blood were
dim,
And the hero had lives 50 many
That . at wasn't in It with him
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20
THE REASON WHY.

Judge Henry McGinn, who was recent
Il elected State Senator in Portland.
Ore. tells this story: Two days after
the lest election. when the returns show
ed very close race between MeCinn
and DR.. Harry Lane, two Irishmen met.
One asked the other:
How is it. Mike, that in so nanny
votes It should be nick an nick atween
Hiunery and Dock Lane?"
Well. III tell We, was the answer
They're both very cnDoDiIler min. an
II ye knowed wan. ye'd be certain to
vote fur tn other. an both av thin
are ID well known New York
Tribune.
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LIGHTHOUSE MEN FORGOTTEN.

Lighthouse keepers OF Percy Island.
on the coast Of Queensland. in 1900 were
forgotten for months by the government
authorities. says the New York Tri-
bune." The food supply OF Percy Island
Is supposed 70 be delivered once a quar-
ter, but no food arrived at the island
after the first week IN june until a Brit
ISL sloop CHANGED to pass in October.
The islanders. twenty in number. who
we're deiirious from lack Of food, man
aged 70 hail the vessel. which left be-
hind an amply supply OF provisions. and
reminded the Queensland government Of
the lighthouse men. whose existence 1t
had forgotten
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QUESTION OF TEMPERANCE.

Not much ia this life" complained
the chronic kicker; not much for me
Everybody else I know seems to get
along, but I'm out in the cold"
Well, that won't happen TO you in
the life TO come" remarked sly Mr..
PeppreE.
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A Frost.

ST. Louis Globe Democrat-Nebrasks
reports the first frost CT the season in
the West. 1t is apparent that Colonel
Bryan intends TO duplicate his record a.
1900.
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TOWN poISgs. PosTAGz PREPAID

EVENING EDITION, one year. So 81
months, &1-50; three months, - cents.
Evening ami SUNDAY, one yea-, -; six
months, A-2-30: thras moaths SI-25-
Morning, Eveniug :, AMI sun la, one
year. SO: SIN months. -: three months
$3.50.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES ID OUT oE
MoRNING EDITION. one year. 50: six
months, $40. tIr-es months, aI.25.
Morning AMI SunIar. one year. -; six
months, $3.50; three uInntl<. 81 -.
sunday edition only, one year, = :: six
months, 81; three InuntI,. . ce pts-
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A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE.

She thaushtilyl-I beg your pardon.
sir. you nave the advantage of me.
He t5auntfly)-I should say I had I
am the fellow you jIIted ten years ago.