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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
THINGS HEARD
~MndSEEN

demands made upon them by members OF
Congress and others for tickets which they
could not supply. Secretary Moody says IT
would be a great relief to him If the COM
mittees in charge would make some pro-
vision for members of Congress at future
games. Several representatives were so in
censed at their inability to secure tickets
for the last game that they threatened to
secure the passage Of law to proniDit
such contests in the future.
y y
One day last summer. when Major Syl-
vester visited Harper's Ferry and prosecuted
a package of seed to Mr.. Scott w. Light
ner. a banker in the mountain town, the
latter felt assured that his garden would be
made. unusually attractive. This conciu-
sion was reached after he saw that the
package had come from the Agricultural
Department.s-He felt doubly sure OF sue
cess when Major Sylvester gave the further
information that the seed had been pre-
scented as a souvenir at a dinner where the
Secretary of Agriculture was guest. In
the course of time the garden was arranged
and the seed planted. Nothing further was
thought of the seed by the police chief until
one day in the early fall. when he again
visited the town on the mountain. The
banker had been waiting for him to make
an explanation of the little present. II
turned out that instead of being seed OF
y
of flower and vegetable Seed and the gar
den contained combination of dozen or
more varieties of each While the garden
did not turn out to be a thing of beauty, 1t
did prove source of joy for the season.
for it furnished a supply of vegetables for
the season and flowers to brighten the
table.
AS an indorser of checks Speaker-to-be
Cannon is not the daintiest relish that can
be served Up to Washington bankers. A
promissory note was presented at the tel
lers window of Of the largest local
hanks the other day by a young Washing
tonian The amount called for was $3.50,
and the Endorsement on the back was that
of Mr.. Cannon The teller studied the paper
over carefully for moment. and then
turned to the office of the bank Presently
he returned with the information that the
bank preferred not to discount the note.
But why?' queried the young man In
surprise. lit Is Endorsed by Mr.. Cannon
chairman of the House committee on ap-
preparations.
That's just why" responded the bank
official. Mr.. Cannon's Endorsement is too
good We sometimes have occasion to go
before the appropriations committee for
legislation, and if you should fail to pay
this note and we had to collect 1t from Mr..
Cannon-well, you can see that the matter
would be a very delicate one
Then | suppose l am to tell Mr. Cannon
that you refuse to accept his Endorsement"
remarked the young man as he turned
away.
Hold on" was the quick response, 81
guess the paper is all right" and the money
was Immediately forthcoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
undermining Rome.
From the London Telegraph.


Our Rome correspondent writes: The
city Of the Caesars, the city of the popes,
the city of the Italians, is in a fair way to
be modernized out of all recognition. Here
1t Is no question Of not knowing what to
call the streets, but of such a plethora of
names that they have to be changed occa-
sionally to make way for each other. Up
to two years ago the following We're abso-
lutely Indispensable in every Italian town:
"Vittorlo Emanuele," "Garibaldi," Ca
YOUR Independence" and Rome got
along without much difficulty, as she open
ed up so many new streets. Then came the
terrible event in the house of Savoy, and
"Umberto l." was added to the list. What
was to be done? There was no new street,
and still the name must be common ora ted,
SO the oldest street in the city was chosen
given the new name and thus, alas. the
Corso ceased to exist
Now Rome has bought the Villa Bor-
CHEESE, and it will soon blossom forth as
Villa Umberto l. Let us hope that the other
members of the royal house will die In
their beds. il for no other reason than to
leave the Eternal City some of what should
be her cherished names. To foreigners
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the north pole to the south, the Corso and
the Villa Borghese meant certain street
and certain villa in Rome, and In Rome
only. with unique associations and history
while to the next generation they will only
mean the regretted memory Of a modern
monarch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
A Horses Sense Of Smell,

A horse will leave musty hay untouched
in his bin. however hungry. He will not
drink of water Objectionable to his aues-
tioning sniff, or from bucket which some
odor makes offensive, however thirsty. His
intelligent nostril will widen, culver and
query over the daintiest bit offered by the
fairest Of hands, with coaxings that would
make a mortal shut his eyes and swallow
a mouthful at a gulp. A mare is never
satisfied by either sight or whinny that her
colt Is really her own until she has a GER
titled nasal proof of the fact. A blind
horse. now living, will not allow the ap-
proach of any stranger without showing
signs of anger not safely to be disregarded
The distinction is evidently made by his
sense of smell. and at a considerable dis
lance. Blind horses, a rule, will gallon
wildly about pasture without striking the
surrounding fence. The sense of smell In
forms them Of its proximity Others will.
when loosened from the stable, go direct to
the gate or bars opened to their accus-
toned feeding grounds, and when desiring
to return. after hours of careless wander
ing, will distinguish one outlet and patient
ly await its opening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Salisbury and Temperance.


Lord Salisbury made many enemies by
the stand which he always took whenever
England underwent the perennial campaign
for temperance. His attitude was charac-
terized by his opponents as ''far too
broad" but no argument could ever induce
him to change it.
At one time a member Of the clergy in
the neighborhood of Hatfield, an enthu-
siastic advocate Of what would be called
local option on his side of the Atlantic,
tried to awaken his lordship to the i'm
portance of the question. He pressed every
argument, and all were heard with cour-
tesy, but without producing the desired eff
feet. Finally the point was brought for
ward that the undue multiplication OF
pubs in any town was necessarily an in
ducement to undue drinking.
..Really," replied Lord Salisbury, II am
sorry to appear unsympathetic. but 1 can
not grant even that. In this house, Hat
field. there are forty bed rooms. but never
fed more inclined to go to sleep here than
/ do anywhere else
And that closed the argument, for the
clergyman surrendered in despair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Railway Motor Cars.
From the London Telegraph.

From the l. ndon Telegraph
The petrol motor cars shortly to be intro
duced on the Northeastern railway system
are at present in course OF construction.
They will be 53 feet long and stand IL feet
high from the ground. and will practically
be tram cars placed on the normal frame OF
the ordinary carriage, with two four-wheel
bogfes. At one end of the car Will be the
petrol engine, which Will drive two dyna-
mos for generating the electric power The
cars, which will have a speed OF thirty miles
per hour, will be introduced on the small
section between East and West Hartlepool
In the first instance. and may subsequently
be used on other branch systems where
quick speeds are necessary. The engine
will carry thirty gallons of petrol. and Will
run five hours without replenishing. There
will be ten-minute service between the
Hartlepools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
WORSE THAN STAGE FRIGHT.
A Public Speakers Dread Of the Man
Who Asks Fool Question.


One of the most effective public speakers
in New York state was telling some of his
experiences few nights ago.
Il got over stage fright long time ago.
he said. but there is one thing that nearly
always breaks me up. and that is the fell
low who asks question about something
foreign to the line of argument I am max
ing.
IF a question is asked on the same sub
ject it does not break the thread of the dis
course. But for a chap to yell out an in
quiry merely to attract attention to him
self and distract the attention of the audi
ence from the speaker is thing 1 have
never been able TO meet successfully.
1T is hackneyed saying that any fool
can ask question. There is nearly al
ways one fool at public meeting. and the
bigger the fool he Is the more conSterna-
ton he can create.
Il am credited with being quick at re-
partee. and a public speaker must school
himself to that, but the fool question uSu-
ally floors the best of us before we can fire
back The best public speakers usually di-
gest their thoughts before uttering them.
or at least stick up a few mental sign
boards-except on impromptu occasions,
which are rare, between ourselves.
when a speaker has put up his sign
boards and is making his jumps from one
to another. and fool crosses his path
it is disturbing to the best of us. The
speaker who has his audience with him can
generally rely upon the audience to squelch
the fool but that does not prevent the
speaker from becoming DETECTED. The fool
has thought and springs 1t. The
speaker has a lot of thoughts to keep
track of.
Il have never stepped before an audience
in my public career that / did not wonder
right at the start where the fool was. He
has not always appeared to the audience,
but he Is always present in my mind.
have spoken to other public speakers on
this subject and they all admit the same
thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Cooperative Telephone.
I'm The Philadelphia Ledger

From The Philadelphia Ledger.
Grand Rapids has a cooperative teIe-
phone service. and 25 cents q month for
residence and $50 for business places Is
the average charge after the dividends are
set or against the expenses. As an in
structive contrast to the grasp of monopo-
lies upon the large cities the Grand Rapids
Telephone Company repays study. The
private monopoly which existed in Grand
Rapids when the new system was started
offered to put in new instruments, rent free
for three years. In order to crush Its infant
rival. Local patriotism. however, looked
beyond the present, and the free telephones
were declined almost unanimously The
private company retired forthwith from
the town. and the cooperative company
now controls the situation. No one is al
lowed to buy more than one share of stock
for each instrument actually used. and
thus the control Of affairs can never he
taken from the individual members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Talking and Eating.

From the New Yerk Press
do not know how 1t is among cannibals.
but in civilized communities so-called great
takers are great eaters. Lung exercise
produces abnormal appetites. The hermit.
speaking not at all. lives on a crust. The
sewing society woman, gossiping 50 fast and
furiously as to change her breath every
minute and half. is a gourmand. Two
Newport bellies meet. Chirps one: 80 glad
so awfuIly glad to see you. What's the
news?" Twitters the other: And am SO
elawd to see yeow. Let's sit down some
where arnd talk a little scandal" After two
hours and a half OF innocent chatter they
can eat as much as horse. Singers are
enormous eaters, their lung acrebatics ex-
hausting the carbon In the blood apprecia-
bly,; expeIling 1t as carbon dioxid, leaving
an aching void. Besides this, singers have
its violent expulsion in the vocal exercise.
This superinduces hunger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Hygiene Of Open Crates.
From the London Lancet

from the London Lancet
Discussing the theory of a correspondent
that leaving open the registers Of CRATES
has much to do with common colds. 1t IS
extraordinary to what violence of opin-
ion purely hygienic questions of this nature
are able to give rise. The particular view
Of our correspondent is briefly this-regis-
ters should never be left open when no fire
Is burning, because It will sometimes hap
pen that the air outside is cooler than that
in the room. and then. instead of being ven
tilating shafts. the chimney with an open
register will act In just the opposite way.
1t will be, he maintains, shaft down which
cold air will enter. He would have all
registers closed except when fire is
burning. and ventilation carried out by
means of doors and windows only. We be-
lieve, in fact. that there is good deal of
reason In his contention, but that he UNDER
estimates the disadvantages OF a closed
register and exaggerates the culpability of
an open one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Frances Buster /"

From the Paris Presse.
General De Wet is quite right to return
to South Africa, and is probably disguised
with Europe in general and France In par
ticular He is too intelligent to be deceived
as to the usefesspess of a pilgrimage
throughout Europe. In Brussels in Paris
and in Berlin the crowds wished to take the
horses from the Boer generals carriage.
but they did not come to be covered with
flowers They asked for a palpable proof
Of sympathy with their cause. and where
ever they went their appeal was attended
with derisive results. Even in France they
have not up to the present realized 5000.
Fancy, with all our buster. not to be able
to raise sum of 10000 francs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Britain's Deepest Lake.
ON the Montreal Herald

From the Montreal Herald.
The survey of the fresh water lakes OF the
British Isles. which is now in progress, I'M
der the superintendent of Sir John Muir
ray, reveals the fact that Loeb Morar. In
Inverness-shire. is the deepest lake in the
kingdom. The complete chart of the loch
shows that the greatest depth observed was
LOCO feet, or 16S fathoms. For distance OF
over seven miles the floor of Loeb Moran
fails lower than 600 feet beneath the sur
face and the deepest part of the loch sinks
972 feet below the surface of the sea, from
which the loch is separated by a narrow
strip of land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Health Rules From an Old Bible.
rom the PHILADELPHIA Record

In the family Bible Of Roxborough man
there are a number Of medical rules. writ
ten over seventy years ago by the great
grandmother OF the Bibles present owner.
Among the rules are the following:
"a stick of birthstone worn in the pocket
is good for them as has cramps.
"A loadstoan put In the place ware the
pane Is is beautiful for the Rheumatic.
"A basin of water Cruel. with ham quart
of old rum in 1t, with lots Of brown sugar
Is good for Cold in Head.
III you have hiccups. pinch one Of your
wrists vile you count sixty. or get some
body to skare you and make you jumpe.
..The earache-Put onion in ear after 1t is
well roasted.
The consumption-Eat as many peanuts
as possible before going to bed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Peculiar Census Returns.

From Tit-Bfts
The Punjab census returns include pro-
fessional cricketers under the heading Of
clowns and tamblers." The Chenab has
forty-six male. seven female and sixty
seven dependent" piano tuners and the
inland state of Nahan rejoices in the pos
session OF 205 shipowners. In the schedule
also appear lit receivers Of stolen goods
and l26 witches, wizards, cow-poisoners,
etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
A Day for Bad Luck.

From the CIevcIand Plain Uealer
mo: John never seemed superstitious I'M
It'll we were married. Isn't that so, John?
And why did You changer
81 suppose 1t was because my wedding
day came on Friday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06

she-"Why are you SO sure your play will
be a success?'
why. even the manager biushed when
he read Lille
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
Evidence.

from PUCK.
I'm afraid Harry's auto isn't first-eiass
machine
| ANo?"
mo. He has never been arrested fo- fas.
driving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06

Ought Not to Be Long Choosing
From Hnrper's Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-01-22

One of the most strikingly novel en-
tertainments of the season will be the
Colonial ball at Turner hall on Satur-
day night. Much hard work has been
done by those who have the party in
charge. The main features OF the Co.'S
tunes will be George and Martha Wash
ington and the leading officers of the
Revolutionary army, represented by ten
popular young ladies and gentlemen.
The minuette dance by eight couples
under the direction of Mr.. Helm, will. be
something very nice. Some very elab-
crate costumes have been spoken of
and there IS no doubt but that it will be
an affair of gaitY and mlrth.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-01-22
CRONE Bros, SPEClALS.

Ladies, have you tried our "Cluze Pa
tent Thumb" kid glove? If you have
not you have missed a bargain, as they
are strong. good fitting and reasonable
IN price. Handled only by us. +.
A lady never wishes to be without a
good black dress. We handle the scele-
brated &"Gold Medal Brandt whlch
speaks for itself. Please call and inves-
tigate. n -. \ IS 4 s...>
Overcoats, fur coats and heavy winter
suits sold at reduction prices.
# you find your winter supply Of IN
derwear does not last, buy the A.C.sta-
ley goods. Every garment bears the
manufacturers name which is q guaran
tee. y Ss Il: \. BEa
Do not miss reading our big I'd: It
tells you all about how cheap you can
buy clothing for the next 80 days.
Il you want to wear h an II oyeraIl sor
jacket with which you have no I'll alt
70 find, try the Sweet Orr make, costs
no more than q cheap mad overall
Try the $3.50 Douglas Shoe, wears
like q SIS shoe.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-01-22
Public Library Benefit.

On Wednesday afternoon and evening,
February 5th, the library board has
arranged to give an entertainment at
Schell's hall for the benefit of the
library. The hall will be open from 2
o'clock IN the afternoon until 10 o'clock
in the evening. The admission will be
10 cents for children and 25 cents for
others. During the time the hall is
open Miss Emile Triton has consented
to display the wonderful collection of
chinese curiosjtles, which she brought
home from her sojourn IN that country.
Those who have seen the collection say
it is worth more than that to see the
collection alone. Miss Triton will read
short essay on the customs and ways
of the Chinese during the evening and
there will be music and other entertain
ment.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-01-22
New Ulm Review
ByW. R. HODGES and ASA P. BROOKS.
New Ulm, Wednesday, January %, 1902
CITY POLITICS..

Some guessing has been done as tic
the probable makeup of the, various
city election tickets, which are to be
before the people in short time. So
far it has been all guess work. It will
be difficult to find set of men to
make up council who will be willing
to take up the matters of the city under
the present conditions and bear the
criticism that must fall to them in
case of failure.
The present council is confronted
with the most unenviable proposition
that has ever faced Che city authorities
and unless the people seek a complete
revision of the whole thing they should
be allowed to carry it to a successful
end, if such thing is possible. T.
The building and equipment of an
electric light plant, for which purpose
the present council was elected, the
plans and experience that the different
members have acquired, cannot be
transferred to successors, and the
present council should be allowed to
finish it's work. It has been careful,
considerate body in all respects ex-
cept as to the electric light plant, in
which matter there may be two opin-
IONS
All of the members whose terms of
office expire, viz: Aldermen Nagel,
Eibner, Gieseke and Mayor Weschcke
have filed the necessary papers as the
non partisan ticket; upon which is al
SO the name of N. Henningsen for JUS
tice. Opposed to Mr.. Henningsen will
probably be Ernst Brant. 1t is ex-
pectcd that Judge Jacobs will not be
candidate; if at last he decides to run
he will be opposed by John G. Geiger.
No ticket has been made up by the
opposition to the non-partisan prima-
ry election ticket and it looks as tho
it would be and independent candi-
date fight.
Mr.. Henningsen for sometime has
felt that the office of justice was an in
cumbrance to him and he had decided
to drop it but at the earnest sOlicita-
ton of friends he has concluded to
make the race. His friends who are
anxious to see good men in such posi-
tons, have overruled his objections
and SO he is in the field to win. The
remuneration for the past year &C
cruing to his office has been S1lO. It
is plain tolbe seen that the amount is
not sufficient to tempt any man with
other business to take it up except as
Mr.. Henningsen has done at the
solicitation of friends.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-01-22
Ancient Document.

Judge George was required Is make
e Transcript Of an old document il the
probate court this week that Is AZ
curious GU lou as i is old. The paper ID
question was dawn up BY John b
Castor, Judge Of Probate, Sept. 26, 1857,
and relates to the guardianship Of
James N. Moores, Mary Moores, and
Jane Moores, infants, and is q petition
TO sell real estate.
the document is written in Mr.
Casters own hand and reads.
Territory of Minnesota,
M County Of Brown.
No all men by these presents that
whereas John Moores has applalth for
letters OF guardianship of the estate Of
james N. Moores, Mary N. Moores, Jane
a. Moores, Moses Moores, Winners, be-
tween the ages oftwo and eleven years,
il the court held at New Ulm on the
s26th day of September, A. d. 1857 and
has given sufshentt bond and that there
was no complaint AGAINST it;
Now therefore No all men by these
bressents that the said John Moores
is apointet as such guardian. over. the
MINERS James M. Moores and Mary
A. Moores and Jane A. Moores and
Moses Moores, according to law. 4
Given under my hand and seal this
goth day of Sept. A. D. 1857.
+" r.. ~ JOHN B. CASTOR,
- ..u Juge of Probate.
The following year the .adm1nistra.
ton was confirmed by John G. Rudolph,
who evidently succeeded Mr.. Castor as
Judge of probate.
There may be disposition tol smile
at the curiously worded and poorly
spelled document, but when one stops
to think that that was iourty. four
years ago and the facilities for learn
ing were very limited, we are COM
PEELED. to admire those men who did
the best they could and made so few
bad mistakes
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-01-22
Senator SOmerville Speaks.

Senator Somerville of Brown county
spent Friday in St. Paul on business and
incidently sized up the situation with
reference to the coming extra session.
MIR. Somerville was not sure whether he
would favor Republican caucas but he
was positive in his expression of opinion
that the session out to be contired to the
work now in sight-considerat1o of the
report of the tax cnmmission-withD0 DOS
IDLY an appropriation voted to carry on
the merger fight.
The Senator from Brown was satisfied
with the tax report as whole, although
he thought there were some features of
it which could safely be amended. He
did not consider it radical in its recon-
mendations and SAID there seemed to be
a misapplehension in the matter of as
sesslng property at its full value. This
has always been the law but it has not
been the practice, and the recommends
lions of the commission were intended to
reform the practice.
On criticism which he passed on the
proposed bill was that it provided for a
reduction of interest on tax sales. which
he believed to be unwise. The high rate
of interest on delinquent taxes was in
tended to be part of the penalty and to