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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22

PHYSICAL. CULTURE.
Elocu'ion aEd Ens.ich. Class and pc!yGte work.
For circular and terms sIpy 81 CARRIE MARIE
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
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 ONE OF THE REASONS.

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 One of the reasons why coal costs the consumer money is said to be the loss of coal in transit. An operator points out that when the coal is loaded it is wet, or at least damp. In drying it loses some weight. Then there is a good deal lost from the cars by being jolted off. But by far the greatest shrinkage is caused by the coal being stolen. There are coal thieves along every mile of the line almost. It is not safe to leave car standing on a switch. Boys will climb on the car and pitch off big Jumps of coal. And boys are not the only pill ferers. Railroad men do not hesitate to helo themselves 10 chunks of coal for their shanties, car repair shaeks. oil and tool houses and pumping stations. The company does not expend any money buying coal for them. They merely toss off q few chunks from the coal cars that pass by and are we'll supplied. Of course. a chunk here and there doesn't amount to much. but it is estimated that a car of coal will lose from five to ten tons, if it has long haul.
 Probably we ought to be thankful that we can get any coal at any price. We were last winter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
00ASE0 UENTLK.

NepheW-'sOll, the gout is nothing, uncle. I shouldn't mind if l had it. uncle-'.I shouldn't mind either if you had it."--Tid- Bits.
 Husband You are not economical. Wife Well, if you don't call woman economical who saves her wedding dress for possible second marriage, I'd like to know who you think economy is like. Glasgow Evening Times
 t.How is 1t that you always seem to know all the news, Mrs. F'addlethwaite You must make reading the papers a regular business? ?' Oh. no, Our church society meets every Wednesday and I always Chicago Record Herald.
 Mrs. NewIywed- me see. what else do want to order? Oh. yes, you might send me pack of those nice big cranberries. Grocer's Clerk (gently) ) Those are not cranberries. madam; they are apples. Cincinnati Times Star.
 'tSir." said the angry poet. who had missed another opportunity to break into print. 1T will be remembered when you are forgotten "Oh, very likely rejoined the man behind the blue pencil, T always pay, cash for my groceries 7
 -Chicago Daily News,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
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 MUSKRArs.

Last winter [ was walking along the shore of a frozen, snow-covered lake, when came upon muskrat heuse-a dark, dome-shaped mass of leaves and turf rising some two feet above the surrounding ice, and capped with snow. Scarcely three feet away ran a line of fox tracks, and twenty yards from the shore these were crossed by the trail of a ruffed grouse, who for some reason, had been walking across the lake. The fox had not even stopped to sniff at the muskrat house for perhaps no one knew better than he what q waste of time it would have been. Rey- nard is very fond of muskrats, and no doubt in winter they would be more than acceptable. But it would take him long time to scratch through the thick walls Of such a house as I was looking at, when they were frozen into one solid mass. and 1t would take the muskrats something less than second to escape into the lake, through door ways which were we'll below the ice. Of muskrat tracks there was not a sign at this point, but knew that I should find them somewhere along the shore, for muskrats seldom stay away from the land very long. Fifty yards further on. came to a little creek at the of which dark spot showed where the ice was very thin; this was the spot which the muskrats kept open, and where they left and re-entered the water every night. From the dark spot in the ice there was a welI-beaten path through the snow leading to the top of the bank, where 1t divided in- to several paths less well defined. Here the character of a muskrat's trail could be observed; the marks of the small fore feet, the large, partly webbed hind feet, and between them all single line, made by the sharp- edged, almost hairless tail, as 1t had trailed on the ground behind. A single trail led up to a clump of old apple trees, but the animal which made it had evidently been on a literally fruitless quest, for there was no sign of his hay ing found anything eatable. The other trails led to a corn field nearly a quarter Of a mile from the water, and here the snow presented the appear ance of a railway map, with lines cross ing and recrossing each other in every direction. At frequent intervals there were holes in the snow, scratched through to the bare ground by the muskrats, who sought to glean a few kernels of corn from the frozen earth.
 In one place the snow had been cut up, as though two teams of pisnfes had
 been playing football there, and I found explanation enough in the remains of a single ear of corn, from which every kernell had been eaten. No doubt the
 hungry muskrats had found the ear un-
 der the snow, and had hauled and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
In 9hs Open.

I have thrown the throttle open and am tearing down His track l have thrown it out to ful7Speed and no hand can hold HIe back! Iris my arm controls the engine though another owns the rail. But for once I'm in the open and the yard lights pass and pale! Green lights! Red lights! He has hung
 His signals out! Caution herei Danger ho! And what
 the man about? Iris true he owns the Engine, to do as
 he has done. But how about the Final Word-when he
 ends the run: So from siding on to junctiOn-point now l shall have my day; I have stopped to read no orders, but l take the right of way. Down the open grade thunder and around the curve I swing, For my hand is on the throttle and my heart shall have it's fling! Light lost! Life lost! Flag, o flag the
 others backl
 Switch the wreck! Ditch the wreck!
 Dare any block His track! There creeps into the Terminal the man
 who had his day. But I wonder, o my soul. just whaC nls
 God will sAyi Arthur Strlnger. in December McClure &
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
. TIRE BAD BRr9rsH BEER.

There are disquieting statements in the report of the British Royal Com mission on arsenical poisoning, which has been Investigating all the circum- stances of the extensive and fatal beer poisoning in the English midlands. It says that the number of persons who suffered was certainly six thousand, and probably considerably greater. Seventy deaths are known to have oc- cured; but it is believed that a large number of deaths certified as due to chronic alcoholism, cirrhosis of the liv- CT. Addison's disease, or to alcoholic" ''peripherar' or multiple neuritis, were really eases of arsenical poisoning occurring before the nature of the epi- deric was discovered. It is incidental ly mentioned that the period of preva- lence of poisoning was attended by marked diminution of the birth rate in the localities chiefly affected. The re- port adds that there can be no doubt that a considerable proportion of the beer brewed in some parts of England before 1900 contained noteworthy quan- titles of arsenic, mainly derived from malt and from brewing sugars, and that the amount derived from malt must have varied greatly in different places. Malt had been shown to be subject to arsenical contamination from the fuel used in the drying kiln, and in q much greater degree when the fuel was gas coke than when other forms of suel. such as oven coke or anthracite, were employed.
 Of course care is taken now against any such danger. But that it did exist and work is not cheering.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
ANoTHEa FAIR PROPOSED.

MT. John Brisben Walker, the editor of the Cosmopolitan, advocates in his holding worlds fair in New York in 1909, when New York is to eel ebrate the three hundredth anniversary of the arrival of Hendrix Hudson on the island of Manhattan. The exposition MT. Walker would have. he thinks, could depend upon getting public ap- propriations to the amount of $20,0O0,000 and he thinks the holding of such a fair would boost New York along the road of progress to a degree equivalent to twenty-five years of it's normal growth.
 New York could and would undoubt- edly get up a big fair if she should set about it, and she could and would take care of the people who might visit it. But we don't believe it would push her along twenty-five years. Other cities where big fairs have been held haven't been pushed along very much, and some of them have felt that, they have been pushed back. Still, if New York wants a fair she will have 1t, and it will be worthy of her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
WICKED AND uSPRorITABIE.

It has been discovered in Louisiana that ''whitecapping' may not pay. In Dodson in that State awhile ago several business houses burned, and suspicion fell on three men. Peter Warner, Ruhe Brown and Edward Warner. There fore, certain citizens took the law into their. own hands, organized as white caps, caught the three men, took them to the woods, beat them and hanged them until they were unconscious. By these means they extorted confessions from all of them. The victims always maintained, except when under torture and in fear of death, that they were innocent. After time they brought suit against thirty citizens as the whitecaps. At the very time the as saults were committed the grand jury was in session, and was Investigating the fires. The wiliteeaps not only re- fused to await the action of the grand jury, but prevented the attendance of witnesses who had been legally sum- moned. The jury went on with the cases. and refused to find indictments against the three men. Then the three brought their suits for damages, and the Supreme court gave them s5,o0O each.
 Five thousand isn't enough, but the verdicts encourage those in Louisiana who respect the law, and they hope that there will be no more wicked and unprofitahle ''whitecapping" in their State, .......,.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

lures, and soon they learn to follow their mother out of their mother of the burroW, and even accompany her in excursions across the lake or stream near which they live. Sometimes I have seen several of them sitting to- gether on a log or stone near the water, into which they would scramble like turtles at the first sign of danger By the fall they are practically full grown, and no doubt many of them help to gather turf and sticks and leaves with which to make winter home.
 i ERNEST HAROLD HAYNES.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
ONE HANDED IYATCHEs.
some of The Obstacles Overcome tn
 Making Timsntecea


 The first watch ever produced. in 14T7, was the Invention of Peter Hele and was known as ''the Nuremberg animated egg. !" It had but one hand. From that period to the present the work of perfecting this delicate mechanism has been In process until an instrument of absolute and never deviating accuracy such as The Ford com pany offers, has been produced.
 The first obstacle encountered in the con- struction of the portable timepiece was that of substituting something for the cum bersome weights and pendulum common to the clock. This was accomplished by the use of spring, Then the speed, naturally diminishing as, the spring gradually ufi- winds, had to be offset. This was done hy brake. The temperature changes also had to be overcome. That likewise was accom- plished. Aaron Dennson of Boston, first evolved the Idea of making watches by machinery. To-day upwards of ten million watches of precision a year are produced In this country. Financially the early ven lures were anything but successful. But to-day all is changed. Of the foreign watches, however, those made by Patek Philippe & Co. of Geneva, is perhaps most noteworthy. It is sold by the Ford Com. pany. 'Fs
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

Every man, woman and child in the United States took, on an average, six ty-three rides on the street cars last year. according to recent report of the census bureau. That was thirty one rides more than they took in 1899.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

In their case for the Well-being of the school children of the Grand Duchy of saxe- Weimar. the educational authori- ties have placed in each school a broad sheet giving twenty-one rules for the preservation of health. The last one, ''We must not read or write by twi- light" Is typical Of the rest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

A non-commissioned officer of the German army. who habitually borrowed money from his men without repaying them. beat them with his fists. clubs and whips, and spat in their faces. and was declared by the court martial to have shown rthe brutality of an OK dfiver.'' has actually received prison sentence of five, years and dishonorable discharge from the army. This is en- ceuraging.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in- sertion; Five Cents a Word for a full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one h. sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion. 40 cents; one week, $3 20: one month, S1O; one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

to send the wagon with a battery of field artillery on a practice march into the country in the spring.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
Good Health to the. Children.

At this season the children are eating dainties, and the housekeeper must look specially to their food.
 As good cake can be made only with good eggs, so also cake that IS healthful as well as dainty must be raised with 9 pure and perfect baking powder
 Royal Baking Powder IS indispensable in the preparation of the highest quality of food. It imparts that peculiar llght- ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc., and what is more important renders the food wholesome and agreeable to young and old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

Delving among the archives in the French Foreign Office. an American has discovered that the vast territory in cIuded in Jefferson's Louisiana pur- chase from Napoleon had twice gone a-begging. Louis XIV. offered it to Eng land and it was refused. He gave it to Spain and she gave it back again. Both nations have had ample time since to regret the want Of foresight of their statesmen of long ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

The Way of the World When We were poor" remarked the prosperous man, refiectively, i've looked forward to the time when we could have a summer home"
 "WeM?''
 'sWell. when we got rich enough to have one we didn't like going to the same place every summer. because it was monotonous. and we looked for- ward to the time when we could have another for variety.7
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 Well. we got another. and then we began to long for winter place, so that we wouldn't have to be so much in the big house in the city,"
 "wellgn IgIl
 Well, we've got them all now1
 And are you happy?''
 II suppose so. At least, suppose my wife is. She keeps them all shut up and spends most of her time in Europe but she knows she has them Chicago Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

Officers of the ordnance department have made several trips in the suburbs of Washington on the new automobile battery wagon and forge recently made for the army, They have ridden up and down all the steep hills in that vicinity. and over the toughest roads they could lind. and are very well satisfied with the performances of the big machine. It is provided with 6 winch. to pull the wagon up particularly steep grades but % far 1t has not been found necessary to use 1t on any of the roads in that vicinity. A practicable demonstration of the portable forge and machine shop was made at the cavalry post at Fort Myer g few days ago in the manufac. ture of horse shoes, etc. It is intended
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5 A remarkable case of wound re- ceived in battle proving fatal after flf- ty-four years is reported from Temes- var, A man named Josef Molnar, who fought with Kossuth in the rebellion of 1S4S- '4s, received a bullet wound in the right shoulder at the battle of Isaszegh. The bullet could not be extracted, but the wound healed quite satisfactorily, and the lead in his body never caused Molnar any inconvenience until the last few weeks when. quite an old man, he began to suffer quite severe pain in the region of the wound, and died from modification,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

Le Journal. Paris, deplores the fact tha. French commerce is slowly losing its markets. not only in the basin of the Mediterranean, where it once was virtually without competitors, but in Aaia and the New World. The article ends by calling attention to the example of the Americans, who have suggested floating exposition to exhibit their merchandise in Pacific ports, and states that M. Louis Olivier. secretary of the Revue Genereale des Sciences. Paris, has taken advantage of this idea by equipping steamer as a floating muse- urn. which will visit the important commercial eenters Of the Leyant.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

There are more ways than one to skin cat. Philip Class of New Brunswick, New Jersey, thought he wanted he Hines Tavern. an old establishment. His bargain with the owners was contingent on his getting a license to sell rum. He put up s1.Oo0 forfeit money. The court granted the license, but Class has changed his mind about the tavern and wants his money back. So he has round- ed up a bakers dozen of his townsmen who will swear that he is an unsuitable person to sell rum and that the license should be revoked.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

According to adviees received at the Worlds fair headquarters, St. Louis, Russia will have the most extensive exhibit which that country has ever made at g foreign exposition, The ex- hibit's space will cover more than 750,- 900 square feet, which will be occupied by more than a,50o individual exhibit ors. Russia's national pavilion will be constructed on native soil and brought to St. Louis in sections. and erected by Russian carpenters. .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

.sAnd I the only girl you ever loyed gr asked the coy maiden. smuggling up close. .Mary,'' he said, you are; but why ask me such an old auestlon You're the twentieth girl that's sprung the same thing on me. Baltimore News.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-17
VERY REMARKABLE CURE OF
 DIARRHoEA.

About six years ago for the first time in my life I had a sudden and se- were attack of diarrhoea." says Mrs. Alice Miller, of Morgan, Texas. .T got temporary relief, but it came back again and again, and for six years have suffered more misery and agony have suffered more misery and agony than I can tell It was worse than death. My husband spent hundreds of dollars for physicians prescriptions and treatment without avail Finally we moved to Bosque county, our present home. and one day I happened to see an advertisement of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, with the testimonial of man who had been cured by it. The case was so similar to my own that I con- cluded to try the remedy. The re- suit was wonderful. 1 could hardly realize that I was wei again, or be- lieve it could be so, after having suf- fered so long, but that one bottle of medicine. costing but a few cents, cured me" For sale by all druggists.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-17
NEWS FROM THE SHELTER CITY
  
 

Billy is one of the pioneers of this sec many years. For some time he owned the Bull Springs ranch. in Sonora, which is not far from Cananea. and is now owned by the Greene Cattle com pany. MT. Plaster is a veteran of the Mexican war. having served in Taylor's division during that campaign. He now makes his home in Bisbee, having given up active business.
 Jesse Gully returned yesterday from Fairbank, where he went to look after his truck gardens near that place. He says that all of the gardens are look ing well, and the second crop of straw berries is nearly ready to pick. Truck gardening in that vicinity is becoming quite an industry.
 People coming into Douglas from the surrounding cattle country sta'e that there is lots of rain falling all over the valley, and that the grass is looking splendid. The cattle are fat and the calves are doing well. This means much 10 Douglas, as it is now a supply point for most of the big Sul- phur Spring valley outfits, and if the cattlemen are successful this year the merchants of Douglas will be greatly benefited thereby.
 The Pirle building on c avenue is rapidly nearing completion When finished the building will be one of the finest business blocks in the south west.
 Mir. Smith of the customs servire has returned to this port after spend ing several days at Naco on govern ment busIness.
 The Douglas Amusement company has received word from V. K. Stiles, of the E. P. & s. w. railroad, that hereafter when there is anything going on in this city, low rates will be given by the railroad, and special trains run to accommodate people from the north who wish to see the bullfights and shows which will be giv- en in the afternoon in the Agua Prieta bullring. Many people who came to Douglas during the Fourth to see the bullfights were disappointed because the train for Benson left before the fights were fairly started.
 Some Mexicans who were put in jail yesterday afternoon for being drunk tired to do up an American prisoner who was confined with them. The Mexicans pitched on to him, but foULd that they were up against hard prop osition. The lone American gained possession of an iron implement of some kind, and what he did to those Mexicans was plenty. One of the Mexicans. who was ringleader in the attack oa he American, was pretty badly beaten up. To keep tue Amer ican from killing them all off, the Mex irans were transferred to another cel,.
 The train rom Benson was over two hours late last night, the delay being catsed by wreck at Don Luis. No.h Guild, who for some time was day clerk at the Copper Queen hotel, in Bisbee. was in Douglas yesterday 1 on business. MT. Guild is interested n mining.
 MT. Smith, one of the owpers of the La Cananea Hni aid, was a Douglas visitor yesterday. He says that La Cananea is, as usual, on the boom.