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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-10-17

The ball was kicked into P. S. U.
territory but was carried beyond
the center, remaining there almost
all the first half, once being punted
over the goal line. The last half
began with the ball in w. A. C.
territory, where It stayed for some
time, going first to one team and
then to the other on downs. Fl
nally the home team took brace"
and by rapid plays and short gains
went down the field for sixty-6ve
yards without once losing the ball.
Time was called with the w. A. G.
within twelve and one half yards of
P. S. US. goal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-10-17
EASTERN GAMES.

The following scores of Eastern
games were taken from the Spokane
Chronicle.
At New Haven-Yale 70, Spring
field Y. M. c. A. o.
At Observation-Disclosures go,
Brown o.
At Cambridge-Harvard o, Am
herst S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
A CURIOUS ACCIDENT.
The Man Who Was Run Over Was Not
the One Hurt

A rather curious accident occurred on
Pennsylvania avenue near the State. War
and Navy building the other day, which in
its results suggests the topsy-turvey idea.
A colored boy was riding a horse across
the avenue at the point of intersection by
jackson place. Coming up the avenue to-
ward 18th street at rapid rate was
team hitched to a covered delivery wagon.
When directly in front of the approaching
team the ridden horse unfortunately slip
ped on the wet asphalt and fell to the
pavement 1t was then too late for the
colored driver to stop his team. so the
horses and wagon ran right across the
PROSTATE horse and his frightened rider
the whites of whose eyes were showing
plainly. and whose complexion was shade
or two paler than usual
The curious phase of the accident was in
the manner of injury AS the delivery
wagon struck the fallen horse the wheels
OF the vehicle jumped high in the air. and
the Srinning driver was jolted fiercely off
his seat into the air, his head striking the
wagon cover over the front seat with such
great force as to lay him out for a time.
AS for the fallen horse and his rider
neither received the slightest hurt, and
doubtless both horse and rider experienced
in an unusual degree. they had no re
minder of the narrow escape from injury
After the wagon passed over the horse and
colored boy they gained their feet once
more. and the youth rode on down the ave-
nue. as though nothing unusual had hap
pened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
Invading the Holy Land.

From the New York Herald
For the first time the ancient and most
primitive methods of labor in the Holy
Land have been disturbed by the introduce
ton of western Inventions. The natives of
Syria az been jolted out of the rut Of ages
by the boom of the threshing machine and
the musical whirr of the reaping machine.
Last summer an enterprising American
imported the first reaper and set 1t to cut
ting the grain in the Syrian fields. He had
it sent all the way from Chicago Then a
little later steam thresher the product of
an Indiana foundry, was heard In Coele-
Syria. 1t created great excitement among
the native farmers. They We're afraid of it
at first, and then later concluded it to be
the work of the evil one, and tried to de-
stroy it. They were with great difficulty
brought to see its many advantages over
the old way of treadtng out grain, which
had been in use since the time of Solomon
very likely.
But the star of progress has gone so far
westward that 1T has reached the east-and
the east, even in the orient is not proof
against Yankee enterprise. The American
windmill speedily followed the thresher
monster. and month more ago a flour
mill, with machinery and oil motor engine
complete, from Indianapolis, began grind
ing wheat in Lebanon.
English capital and push may harness the
Nile and bring that apparently ungovern-
able stream to serve domestic needs like a
tanned broncho, but the farther reaches of
the orient will feel the smarting touch OF
the spur of Yankee Doodle to start them
from the droning Slumber of ages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
THEIR LIFE IN EGYPT
A New Light Thrown Upon
the Early Christians.
CARVINGS AND CLOTHS
PICTURES OF BIBLICAL SCENES
FOUND IN ANCIENT ToMBs.
Results Of Recent Reseerches-Daniel
and the Lions-A Battle
for the Cross.
CARVINGS AND CLOTHS

Written for The Evening Star by Lucus AIantell.
How did the early Christians live in an
Gent Egypt two thousand years ago? In
fact. very little has been known about the
Christians of that period until within the
last few years, when some discoveries were
made in tine sands of Egypt.
1t had been known that just as Joseph
and Mary fled with the infant Jesus into
the land of Egypt to escape the persecution
of Herod SO did the followers of Jesus nat
urally flee to this. the nearest land in
which they could escape their foes.
Many Of these early Christians settled in
the region of Fayoum in middle Egypt
about forty miles from Cairo. It was in
this district that the famous Logia Iesou
were found by the Egypt exploration fund
those remarkable Sayings of Jesus, :"
which aroused SO much discussion all the
world over.
The discovery of these few sayings. al
though they added little to the sayings of
Jesus already recorded In the New Tesla
ment served as an inspiration for further
research Christian cemeteries were around
Fayoum in profusion and 1t was not I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
Mario and the Begger.

Gay the throng that poured through the streets
Of the old French town;
The walls with bunting streamad and the flags
tossed up and down.
"vivc Iroi, viye l'roi!''-the shout Of the peoDlc
rent the afr,
And the cannon shook and roared. and the bells
were all ablare.
But. crouched by St. Peters fount. beggar with
her child
sad and Wild
Gazed ON the passing crowd and cried, as 1t went
"Aims. for the love of God. Pity, in Jesus
name!''
Few were the coins that fell into the little cup
she bore
But she looked at her starving babe. and cried
from her heart the more
Aims, for the love of God. Mother of Jesu.
heart
The steeples shook with bells, and the prayer was
drowned In cheer.
But see! through the thoughtless crowd comes one
He catches the besgar's prayer. and turns with
'Alms thou shalt have, poor soul Alas. not .
to share!
But stayr' And he do1fs his hat and stands in the
Then from his heart he sang little song of the
A far-ofr cradle song that fell from his mothers
And the din was hushed in the square. and the
people stood 90 as mute mute 49,, o.
touched his lutte.
The melting tenor ceased. and sob from The
listn came.
''MarIo!" cried voice, and the throng caught up
the name.
''Mario!'' and the coins rained like a shower of
gold,
TIL the singers hat oerfowed like Midas chests
of old.
SISTER, he said. and turned to the beggar
crouching there,
Take it; the gold is thine; Jesu has heard thy
prayer"
Then kissed the white-faced child, and smiling
went his way.
Gladdened with loving thoughts and the JOY of
holiday.
That night when the footIights shone on tAs fam
Gus tenor's face.
And he bowed to the splendid throng with his
wonted prnceiy grace.
Cheer after cheer went up, and. stormed at With
flowers he stood
Like a dark and noble pine when the blossoms
blow through the wood.
Wilder the tumut grew, til out of his Ane DE-
spair
The thought of the beggar rose, and the song he
had sung in the square.
Raising his hand. he smiled. and sience SLED
the plaee,
While be sang that simple ar, with the iovs-asht
on his face.
Wet were the singers cheeks. when the hast sote
Brightest q an his days. the wreath that be won
Sung for the love of God. sung for sweet PHYS
Song q IL market place. trihut. II laurel take.
JAMES BUCKHA1.
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USED AS scAPEaoATs.
The Blame Was Put on the Newspaper
;a4Y Correspondents =, .-~.7s,5.>

ia4; Correspondents. 4, --~,.7s,'s>
Representative Sherman Of New York. al
ways carrying with him good story, a
few days ago met some of his newspaper
friends In the Treasury Department, and
Immediately began to guy them. II see,"
he said. that the War Department Off
GERS in Yellowstone Park have given no.
tice that all newspaper men found in the
park while the President is there will be
placed in the army Jug and kept there
until the President departs. Wouldn't
that be great. now, to see a whole jugful
of newspaper correspondents instead of
newspaper correspondents full of the con-
tents of a jug and of ideas and facts about
the Presidents sojourn in the park? de-
clare l don't see what the President is
going to do in the park during his visit.
1 have been there twice-once late in June
and once early in September. In June
the roads were piled up on each side with
snow and the valleys and canyons were
full of it. In September there was snow
storm so you see Yellowstone is not an
inviting place at this time of the year.
But. about the newspaper men, they
certainly have to bear the troubles and
faults of many people. l went to California
years ago with the remains of the late
lamented Senator Hearst. There was a
large congressional delegation, and the late
Senator Vance of North Carolina, now
dead was a member of the party The
trip had been long one, and to pass
away the time some poker games had been
INDUCED in. An interesting game was in
progress when the train suddenly came to
halt and delegation of solemn-looking
Californians entered the car to pay their
respects to the lamented dead They
bounced right into the car and right on to
the distinguished poker party before any
one knew they were entering. Senator
Vance was quick to find the proper thing
to say. You gentlemen are looking for
the car containing the remains of your
great senatorT he inquired in sorrowful
tones The answer was affirmative Well,
walk right back to the second car was
his answer. This is the car of the news
paper correspondents Thus were saved the
regulations OF the venerable statesmen but
the regulations of the newspaper frater-
nifty, at least in that neighborhood, were
ruined forever. or at any rate with those
men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
No White Race Horses.
the New Orleans Times-Democrat.


"Why is 1t that you never see a white
race horse?" asked a man who takes much
interest in unusual things. did you ever
see pure white race horse? venture the
assertion that you never did in all your ex-
perience in running around over the coun-
try. No doubt you have seen an iron gray
horse now and then. or flea-bitten gray,
but you have never seen a white horse
among the thoroughbreds Of your time
Mind you, am ,riot saying that there is no
such thing as .,Wmte race horse. I am
simply commenting upon fact which
have observed, fact which may have been
noticed by others. have seen gray horse
now and then. CAfg few years ago I remem-
Der to have made small bet on a horse
named Boaz, a sort of fiea-bitten gray,
owned by a woman who. by the way. was
not red-headed..h But during my experience
around race tracks, which is not as broad
as the experience of others, the pure white
horse, or anything approaching 1t nearer
than the gray, has been conspicuously alb
sent and have often wondered why. or
course. there must be some good deep
rooted reason for this extraordinary fact
Bay horses sorrel horses and black horses
are common enough at the various race
courses of the country. and they are In all
shades, SO far as these colors are con-
cerned Occasionally one may find a horse
bordering on the clay bank in color, horses
with blaze faces. or with white hind or
fore feet or sometimes having other dis
tinguishing color marks But where is the
white horse? He Is not at the race track
where running races are On the card, and
they are very scarce on trotting and pacing
tracks. have never mentioned the curious
fact to men who are experts when it
comes to blooded horses, but intend to do
man meet will ask him why 1t is that
there are no white race horses. and the
reasons therefor. There must be some re-
lation between color and speed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
WASHINGTON SHEN.
He's the Bright Little Son of the
Chinese Secretary.

Mr.. Shen Tung, first secretary and charge
d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese lega-
ton in this city. will shortly return to
China. although Minister LANG would pre-
fer to have him remain here, where he has
given service that has commended him to
Minister WI and to the Chinese govern
ment. In returning to his home he will
take with him a little son. who will be a
genuine curiosity to the Shen family and
every one else who comes in contact with
the young man. Baby Shen was born at
Chevy Chase. just beyond the District
boundary line. two years ago. and bears a
name that will prove a puzzle to the vocal
organs of those who undertake to pro-
nounce it in Chinese. That name Is Wash
ington." The two year-old boy Is named
Washington Shen, his father being q great
admirer of the celebrated George The
fact is. with all educated Cinnamon the
name of Washington is honored above all
other names of foreigners. His llustrious
career appeals to them strongly. So it was
when BABY Shen was carried over the Dis
trict of Columbia by the stork and dropped
down a chimney out at Chevy Chase his
happy father at once said the boys name
should be Washington Shen.
The little fellow has developed into a
lusty boy. and, under the tutelage of an
Engifsh-Speaking nurse, he has come to
prattle English rather better than the
average American baby who has not had
the advantage of as much personal atten-
ton as has been bestowed on him. Every
time the nurse goes upstairs with him she
counts the steps and he repeats her words.
In that way he has almost mastered the
numerals up to twenty. The name of
every household article is frequently
called to him by the nurse. II is doubtful
If there was ever before a Chinese child
who has made more progress In the mas
terry of the English language at SO early
an age. In fact. 1t Is doubtful II any
American or English child ever had greater
care bestowed on II In order to give him
advantages for acquiring language at
an early age. The father. Mr.. Shen, was
educated In this country and speaks En-
glish perfectly. There Is little doubt that
Washington Shen win be sent here to COM
piete his education Later on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11

said the child simply. His pale, pinched
face pleaded more eioauently than words.
Take it, little one, and buy thy break
fast" His eyes filed with tears. he ciasped
the silver piece to his heart. Our Lady will
bless thee. bella Americana" Signorina.
signorina. come quickly! La signora bids
you enter" Madeienas excitement was
contagious We hastily turned to one OF
the tall apartment houses opposite the
Duomo. A beautiful Italian woman, her
face beaming with smiles of welcome. con-
Quoted us to the roof. where chairs had
been placed for us. You will permit us to
pay for our places. signora?' 1T is pleas
ure to welcome the signore Americana.
The child says that you are artists. that
you have befriended her. Accept. then, our
hospitality in return for your goodness to
one of our own" But. signora, we told
Madeleine to hire q place for U.S. We fear
that we intrude.' mo. no. there is room
for all. We beg of you to remain. From
here one can view our lovely Florence while
awaiting the ceremony"
A Lovely Panorama.
For moment we could see only the en-
folding sky, the great bells on Grotto's tow
er. the surrounding hills wrapped in their
soft, blue mist-then the wondrous piano.
rama of Florence opened before us. The
Badia. the Palazzo Vecchio. all our favoTite
churches and palaces. Far below, the
dense mass of human beings waited pa
tiently for the first sound of the Gloria.
1T wants but a moment, signorina,"
Madelena clasped her small hands and
gazed breathlessly at the slender wire down
which the dove must bring good luck to
Florence Even at our great height we
seemed to feel the tense stiffness Of the
waiting crowd. The sun. which had been
hidden by feecy. drifting clouds, shone
down with sudden glory upon this marvel
Gus square of the cathedral closely packed
with contadini from all the neighboring
towns.
At Last the Dove.
The dove. the dove" A snow white
bird-a deafening explosion-the pealing of
bells, minslng with shouts from the peo-
pie. We were all upon our feet smiling,
weeping, congratulatng those about us.
Then the triumphant alleluia chorus fioated
upward and the cannon on San Iiniato
carried the glad tidings far into the cam
pa gna, Christ hath risen, alleiuia.' The
dense crowd parted and the white oxen
were led forth and harnessed to il CAIRO
santo. Slowly it creaked across the great
piazza. the people following it to the palace
of the Pazzi where another display of
fireworks took place. until finally the an
cient wooden structure disappeared in a
cloud of smoke. Not destroyed, however,
for late that afternoon we saw it creeping
toward its home on the Prato, attended by
a fireman. So precious is this relic of by
gone days that the Florentines, fearing the
danger of hidden sparks from the peta-ds,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
AFLORENT|NE CUSTOM
Burning Of the Holy. Car on
-. Easter Eve.
WATCHING THE DOVE
PICTURESQUE ASSEMBLAGE RE
CALLING MEDIAEvAL DAYS.
Most Characteristic of Olden Rites Still
Joyfully and Piously
Followed.

Written for The Evening Star.
''Eccolo SigEorinaI" exclaimed our little
model Made.ena, the holy car approaches.
We were standing in the Piazza del Duomo
of Florence watching the vast crowd as it
gathered to witness the ancient ceremony
of the ''scappia del CARO-" or burning of
the sacred car. This is one of the most
characteristic Florentine customs. and had
its origin in the eleventh century, when
Fazzo del PaZZi, son of a wealthy mer-
chant, Joined the crusaders and was SO
fortunate as to erect the first Christian
Geoffroy de Bouillon rewarded him for this
valiant deed by the permission to bring
home TO Florence some pieces of flint from
the tomb of Christ. He presented them
to the Signoria or government of Florence,
by whom they were placed in the principal
church. with the decree that a spark from
them should kndle the Faster fire II
became the custom to ignite small candles
at this sacred flame and carry them
through the streets, each Fiorentine striy-
ing to be the first to light his torch After
three hundred years II happened that this
good fortune fell to the lot of a descendant
of PaZzo del Pazzi. The family was so over
1oyed that they determined to celebrate the
event with great pomp. This was in the
fourteenth century when the Pazzi family
was very powerful. They obtained per
mission from the government to build a
huge car, which. on Holy Saturday was
to be covered with petards fireworks and
drawn by four white oxen TO the Piazza del
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Duomo Tncre these fireworks were to be
lighted from the sacred flame. kindled by
striking The iints from Jerusalem at the
moment Of the Gloria in Excelsis'' in
the mass. After the explosion of petards
and mock burning of the car it was taken
TO the PazZi palace, where more fireworks
were SET OFF until finally the car disap-
peared in Il cloud Of smoke. amid great
feaStinS and rejoicing. This strange cere-
mony. carried out with lavish magnificence.
attracted the attention OF all Europe and
for centuries many noted people came each
year TO florence to witness.
The Custom Now
No longer the occasion of fetes and rev.
elry the "scoppio del CARO- is still attend
ed by thousands of strangers. At l. clock
Holy Saturday the archbishop. standing
before the high altar in the cathedral, re-
cites the first words of the Gloria in Ex
celsis as he strikes the fiints and lights an
artificial fire in the shape of dove. This
Is connected by an electric wire with the
Santo Caro-. II is considered a good omen
for Tuscany, especially for the harvest, If
the dove flies without stopping from the
altar to the ear. firing the petards, which
explode with terrific noise. to the great de-
light OF the multitude. In their distant
mountain homes the peasants astir at
midnight. They walk down the steep hill
sides through olive and cypress groves, to
places OF vantage from which to await the
coming of the white dove. For them there
is little hope of entering their beloved cath
edral Hours before mass begins that vast
edifce Is filed 10 overlooking by the Flor
entines.
Qua centezim9. tire quattro." Two small
boys with shining black eyes were eagerly
betting for and against the chances of the
doves safe arrival. 1T has been a bad
year for the poor. signorina." said Made
lena Milo Do what can one expect when
our little dove caught it's white wings and
was burned in the Duomo last SABBATH
Santo"
MAY the holy saints protect it this day."
sighed an old peasant, 'or the little ones
must go hungry.
A Pretty Sight.
sudden light illumined his face They
come. they Gomez The crowd swayed from
left to right-picturesque policemen forced
their way to the door of the cathedral.
clearing a pathway for the gorgeously
decorated oxen and their precious burden.
For how many hundreds of years their an
cestors had dragged the old car to this
same spot, had been Embarrassed and led
to the side OF the cathedral, as we saw
them that day! For the love of our Lady.
etgnorina; uno soldo." But the police will
take thee. little one: II Is forbidden by law
To beg in Florence" Il starve, signogtna,"
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the business of the land of their abolition

the business of the land of their adoption,
acting often as bankers.
Invitations to weddings are issued in very
much the same form as those of our days
requesting the presence Of" etc. There
were law suits between these Christians
and there are records of divorces granted
by the public officials.
1t IS not always easy for the investigators
to be certain that they are dealing with
Christian names. for some of them have
Jewish characteristics. and there were
many Jews in Egypt from Alexander's
time
Within the next few years a large mass
of evidence relating to the life of these
Christians in ancient Egypt will be gath
cred for the exploration thus far has
really been only preparatory Every year
productions of the papyri found in this in
teresting district. Soon 1t should be posi-
BILE to write the full story of the life of the
Christians of the period.
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How They Lived in Egypt.

The English Egypt exploration fund and
the expedition under Prof. Re;ssner sent
out by the University of California have
found many papyri in the Fayoum district
which threw much light upon the life Of
the Christians of the second and third GEN.
turtles. They make it. possible to recon-
struct something of the life OF the people
Prof. Bickell printed one of the fragments
found in the Fayoum district. 1t was
fragment of what he claimed was an early
source of the Gospel The translation is:
=. to eat according to custom. All
of you shall be offended in this night ac
cordng to-sthe Scripture; l will smite the
Shepherd and the flock shall be scattered.
When Peter said, and if ell, yet not l..
Before the cock twice crow thou shalt to-
day three times deny me-
This is much shorter than the narrative
found in St Matthew or st. Mark and
probably was the way in which the Gospel
was known to the earliest Christian, al
though there is possibility that it may he
merely a quotation used by an ancient
priest, whose notes have Eow come to light.
In 1892 M. Bouriant publ. shed three docu-
ments found in a tomb in upper Egypt.
They were a narrative of the C, ucifiXioa, an
ApOcalyptic fragment ard q part of a
Greek text of the Book OF Gnoch. The first
two probably are portions OF the Gospel of
Peter and the Apocalypse OF Peter. which
are referred to by some church authorities
of the second century then existing.
Two especially interesting documents are
:hbelli,' that is, certificates showing that
the holder had made sacrifice to the pagan
gods. according to law. These ''libelIi' were
given by commissioners during a persecu-
ton of Christians.
One of them reads: '"ro the Commission
ers of Sacrifices of the village of Alexander