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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
WHEN ONES NERVE FAILS.
Emergencies in Which Mems Self-Pos-
session Deserts Them.


1t is curious thing, and one that remains
a standing puzzle even to those connected
with the business all their lives, that tight
rope, trapeze and other daring performers
who chiefly work in the open air at galas
and SO on are far more liable to sudden
nerve failure and to stage fright" If it
may be SO called than are their fellows
who only show their prowess under roof.
Another fact equally well known is that
once a woman performer has heard the
ringing shouts of applaudng public
once she has learned some dangerous feat,
she will run risks and quite fearlessly per-
would ever dream Of The woman athlete
has not to be urged on: she has to be re-
strained, more often than not. 1t may be
said at once that few among the public
know how near death such people occa-
sionally are
the writer can never forget seeing a Wo
tight-rope walker whose rope had
been left too slack. She was performing at
great height and when she got to Ger-
tain distance along the rope the latter sag
Sed so that she could neither advance nor
retire. The public knew nothing of the
danger till the manager in an agony tried
10 get two immense ladders, tied together,
up to the rope. But this arrangement fell
short, and even If it had not done so no
one would have dared to rest it against
the swayfng rope. AT last the ladders were
held bodily upright by strong men til, the
top.noSt rung just touched the ropc and
then gallant young fellow, a sailor, went
up while the ladders swayed about as
though in breeze. He snatched the wo-
nan on the rope and held her just as she
f2inted and dropped the balancing pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS

The Christian Endeavor prayer meeting
topic for tomorrow evening will be Mis-
sions in the Island World" with Scripture
reference-Isaiah 42:1o-17; 60:S9
The regular monthly business meeting
including the annual election of officers of
the District Christian Endeavor Union will
occur Monday evening at the Calvary Bap-
list Church. Following the business ses-
sion the annual social will take place. An
interesting program has been arranged to
include music, Rotations, etc The CORE
spondence committed Miss Bessie Taylor,
chairman, will have charge of the refresh
ments.
AT the regular meeting of the Christian
Endeavor Society of Plymouth Congrega-
uonal Church last Tuesday night Rev. j.
Z. Farrow of New York gave illustrated
lecture on The Simple Life which was
greatly enjoyed by the large number pres
ent.
The members of the Intermediate Society
of Calvary Baptist Church were given a
Social recently by the Young Peoples So
ciety. After the introductions puzzle car
ICONS on the members of the two societies
were distributed to those present. BY this
means the Endeavorers were arranged in
pairs, who took part in an advertisement
contest, which was won by Miss Alice
Hatch and Mr.. Chas. Gilman. Mr. Oates
violin class gave several musical selections,
after which Mr.. McNulty gave some reci-
tatlonS. Refreshments were then served
The Y. p. S. c. f. of Howard University
held farewell social on the grounds last
Saturday evening. Golf. croquet and tennis
were played until dark, when all adjourned
to the long piazza the Griner Hall,
which was lighted with japanese lanterns
No special musical program had been pre-
pared, every one joining in entertaining.
Refreshments were served.
over one thousand Christian Endeavor
societies In the United States, mainly
among the juniors have been founded
since the organization of the extension
campaign by DIR. F. E. Clark last Novem-
Der. The Christian Endeavor Society of
the First Congregational Church has made
an increase of % per cent since last No
vember now having a membership of sew
epty-eight
President Owen p. Kellar and Recording
Secretary Herman c. Metcalf visited thu
Christian Endeavor Society of the Rhode
Island M. p. Church last Sunday evening
a Stereopticon lecture was given LAST
Tuesday night by Rev. John L. Farrow of
New York at the regular meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society of Plymouth
Congregational Church.
Mr.. Augustus e. Ingram, a former chair
man of the District of Columbia Christian
Endeavor missionary committee, is now
in Paris with the United States consular
service He recently published two articles
in the Christian Endeavor World telling
of the temperance work in that city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30


gregation who were somewhat discouraged
because of the urgent necessity of securing
a church home worthy of me denomina ton
for broadening the scope of the society's
work.
AS final effort 1t was proposed to ap-
peal to the denomination at large for such
building, and the board of missions gave
support to the movement. When the pres
ent pastor began his duties with the church
there was something like $1,000 provided
as sort OF nest egg for the enterprise DIR.
Schick came into the work with the en-
thusiasm awakened by successful pastor
ate, in other and important fields, and be-
heving that the Reformed Church had a
message for the people of this republic and
that the message would be heard He be-
gan earnestly to canvass among the mem
bers. At first it is said. less than fifty
attended the services but soon the con-
gregation responded to the pastors efforts,
and not only did more of the membership
on the rolls return, but the enthusiasm of
the congregation became conta g1ouS, and
others were added until now the communi-
cant membership numbers 2lS, and the
Sunday school has an enrolment OF about
$50. x $50
Schick pressed upon the board of missions
the need of the memorial building. and
he was sent into the church to awaken an
interest in it. This he did and for nearly a
year lett the pulpit to visiting ministers
and the visiting of the members to his
church officers. DR.. Schick succeeded In
making the Reformed Church at large feel
the Importance of putting properly rep
resentative building at Washington, and
funds began to flow into the treasury for
the new church. While this was going on.
the &sction of Mr. Roosevelt to the vice
presidency occurred. and. when he made
the little chapel his church home, his 10y
atty to the Heidelberg catechism and de-
vouon to the Reformed Church called at
tentlon to the necessity for better build
ing most effectively. The press, by pub
fishing pictures of the little chapel, and
by continual reference to it's pecuiarities.
sti'el'1 led the people, and the several syn
cas- &c reformed Church jealousy sup
pc. tile enterprise and it was possible
TO begin work.
Atr. Paul J. Pelz of this city, the archi-
tect OF the new building, studied the his
tory or the denomination and undertook as
far as possible to write 1t In stone, and
the beautiful and unique church which
Will be dedicated Sunday, June Z, Is the
result. The central decoration is the shield
OF Frederick the pious, the elector of the
palatinate. under whose protection the
heidelberg catechism was prepared and
published. This shield is supported both
Tor the sake of the emphasis and to COM
memorate the fact that for the first fifty
years of its history In America the German
reformed Church was supported entirely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW

The local assembly of junior brotherhood
chapters will meet in st. Johns parish
house, 10Th street between II and /
streets northwest, next Monday evening at
8 O'Clock. The Rev. w. G. Davenport
rector of Emmanuel Church. Anacostia
has been secured to deliver the address
The Rev. w. ]. d. Thomas of St Johns
Church, Georgetown, delivered the address
last Sunday evening at the service held
under the auspices of the Washington local
assembly at the Soldiers Sailors and Ma
rines' Club, No. 319 C street
Mr.. Charles l.. Jordan of Bates College.
Lewistown, Me, has been appointed gen
eral secretary of the junior department OF
the Brotherhood of st. Andrew and will
assume his new duties July l next
The third annual convention of the Tri-
Diocesan Brotherhood Assembly was held
at CentreVille, Md, last Saturday and
Sunday. The convention was opened with
morning prayer. The Right Rev William
Forbes Adams, DID, bishop of Easton, de-
liVered the annual charge, and the Rev.
Herbert Scott Smith, ID, rector of st.
MargaretS Church, this city, preached the
annual sermon Sunday morning. The re-
mainder of Saturday and Sunday was con-
sumed with conferences on various topics
on the several lines of brotherhood work
The following officers We're elected for
the ensuing year: President, Mr. Edwin Ii.
Brown, jr., of st. Pauls Chapter, Centre
vile, Md; vice president. Mr. Edward +.
LOCKER of st. Johns Chapter, Georgetown;
secretary treasurer, Mr.. G.. F. c. Kelley OF
Ascension Chapter Baltimore Col Cecil
Clay of st. Andrews Chapter and Messrs.
Bert #. Amos of Trinity Chapter, William
B. Dent of st. Paurs Chapter and Clar-
ence w. Whitmore of Trinity Junior Chap
ter. all of this city, were elected members
of the executive committee from this do
ceSe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

To know something about hades. it is not
necessary to depart this life.-Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

From the Journal Amusant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
Flames 200 Feet High.

The hre dragons tongue of fame often
lashes TO height of 100 feet above the tree
tops and 200 feet above the ground Even
II the atmosphere be calm the ascending
heat soon causes the air to flow in. and
after time a wind OF great velocity is
coniured up from the still air. Resin and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
Fighting the Tobacco Trust.

The Washington Post of January
22d contains this interesting refer
ence to the tobacco situation in
North Carolina and Virginia.:
Tobacco growers of the South,
Virginia and North Carolina espe-
cially, are complaining bitterly of
the effect on prices of the tobacco
trusts operations. The subject has
been brought to the attention of the
President, who has been supplied
with facts and figures which he has
placed in the hands of Attorney
General Knox. The latter is giving
the matter careful consideration,
with a view to devising measures to
remedy the evils of which the pro-
ducers are complaining.
1t has been represented to the
President that the American Tobacco
Company has bought out the Impe-
rial Tobacco Company, and is trying
to get control of every branch of
the business, the effect being to de-
moralize the market.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

The third paper of Miss TarbelTs
History of Standard Oil, which ap-
pears in the January McClure's, tells
the story of "The Oil War of 1872"
and tells it we'll. The Oil War of
1872 was war, and when Miss Tar
bell has finished, one realizes that it
was magnificent, too. It is the first
great crisis in the drama. For the
first time in our industrial history
combination and competition are
pitched against each other on a
grand scale. Miss Tarbell tells how
the oil regions-the producers and
independents-woke up one morning
to find the enemy upon them-a gil
gantic coalition bearing down on all
sides: from the North, John D.
Rockefeller, with all the strength of
his recently assimilated Cleveland
refneries; from the South, capital
lists of Pittsburg and Philadelphia,
allied under the hated name of the
"South Improvement Company; and
back of both-the source of their
union-the railroads with their re
bates. That is the situation at the
beginning of the article. Read it
through, and you will see hiw a back
ground for battle scenes can be built
up out of rebates and schedules and
contracts, and other of the instru-
ments and appliances of peace.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

Every n who has a garden or
farm should write to T. w. Wood &
Sons, Richmond, Va, for their Seed
Book for 1908. 1t is beautifully got
ten up and well printed, and is really
a complete handbook of informa-
ton, both for the garden and farm.
1t is peculiarly valuable to our
Southern growers, as it gives prac-
teal information about. the seeds
best adapted to our own section.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
Keep an Account.

One of the greatest and most uni
versal causes for failure in agricul-
tural efforts in the South is a lack
of ordinary business methods.
Such methods, or rather lack of
methods, would bring failure in any
kind of enterprise. This is espe-
cially true in dairying. Intelligent
action must be based upon accurate
information. The dairyman who
keeps an account against each COW,
charging up to her the amounts and
kinds of feed given, and crediting
her with the amount and value of
her products, is never in doubt as
to his course of action, and the net
results will always be a profit to
him. Now, with a cheap memoran-
dunn book, a pencil, and a 25-cent
pair of draw-scales hanging conve-
niently in the milking-stalls, it is
very little trouble to keep a daily
record of each cows performances.
At the end of each month and at the
end of the year it is a very interest
ing study to go over this carefully
kept record; and with accurate in
formation upon which to base it, al
most any n will arrive at a proper
course of action with very little
trouble.
Suppose we begin this new year
Alright now. Provide yourself with
a little pocket memorandum and be-
gin this account against your COWS.
Keep an individual record against
each COW. Also note down each item
of expense and each item of profit
against the business. Note the
amount of manure saved, and the
manner in which it is handled. Put
down any and everything that may
be worth referring to again, and do
not trust to general estimates and
rough guesswork judgments. The
fault is usually not with your judg-
ment, but with the information upon
which it is based. We plead for
more b~usiness-like methods in dairy
ing, and indeed in all farm opera
tions.-Southern Cultivator.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-23
No Explanation Reaues,ed.

Washington, July 1s.-It is learned
at the state department that there
have been no representations from
the British government touching the
ownership of any of the small islands
in the south of the Philippine archi-
pelago and adjacent to the coast of
Borneo. Nor is anything known
here of recent naval operations in
that corner of the world, altbouob
the fact is recalled that about a wear
ago one of the American gunboats
cruising in those waters did visit
some of the native chieftains on the
smaller keys and asserted American
sovereignty.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-23
PAYNE IS ATTACKED.
uemvra.----, >r.IirIou.

There is every reason to believe that
Postmaster General Payne will remain
in the cabinet, at least until the postal
scandals have been disposed Of This
will be disappointing to those who have
! been trying to force his retirement,
and they are doubtless chagrined at the
announcement of President Roosevelts
faith in the director of the postal affairs.
says the Cleveland Leader.
Postmaster General Payne occupies
now very much the same position that
Secretary of War Alger did after the
close of the war with Spain. and for
practically the same cause Gen. Alger
was attacked by those who were de-
sirous of hitting the chief executive
over the shoulders of the head of the
war department. The confusion re-
sulting from the attempt to meet the
eXigency arising out of the war with
Spain was seized as good ground for
attacking the administration, and Gen.
Alger, being at the head of the war de-
partment was chosen as the target. 1t
is now so with Postmaster General
Payne. Although every alleged rregu.
larity in his department was commit
ted before he became postmaster gen.
eral there is a disposition to hold hir,
responsible in measure, and to drive
him from the department, if possible.
President Roosevelt is himself beyond
and all the enemies of the ad-
ministration know that Therefore,
the postmaster general has been chosen .
as the victim, the belief being that his
forced retirement from the cabinet
would reflect upon the administration
directly and upon the president indi-
rectly.
But the president stands by the post
master general, and the chances are
that Theodore Roosevelt will not
change his position either.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

EFThe genuine Iowa idea can be iden.
titled readily by the smile of perfect
tranquility which overspreads its face
Chicago Inter Ocean.
u-FThe Iowa idea that republican ma
tional platforms are good enough for
steady company is a safe and sensible
proposition. - st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
E[Mr. Bryan is reported to be ready
TO pitch the song in the old key" But
the existing political situation opens
with 1903 patent time-lock-Albany
Argus (Dem.).
IA deep disappointment pervades
the democratic papers over the discov-
cry that the Iowa idea is not a case Of
free trade. The notion that Iowa re-
publicans would take up with the soup
house relic is amusing. - st. Louis
Globe-Democrat
1.-THE people Of Iowa have confidence
in Senator Allison. One of the few who
were present at the formation of the
party he has stood by 1t In all its work.
has taken part in the deliberations of
the state and national leaders. and has
a fund Of experience from which TO
draw wisdom that makes his opinion
10 be respected. because it has been
earned by experience that he is seldom
IN the wrong.-Dayenport Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-23
AS TO REVENUE REDUCTION.
demands OF Democratic Organs That
VIII Not Meet with COM
pliance.

! Ihe new fiscal year is only a few dav,
old, but already there are demands from
some foolish newspapers for reduction
IN the revenue. The surplus was in the
aeighborhod of $53,OO0,OOO for the
Twelve months which ended with June
80, 1903. This sum appears SO large n
those papers that they are afraid of a
currency congestion in the treasury
winch VIII derange trade. They forget
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
that the surplus was great deal larger
IN the preceding fiscal year 1t was
about $92,O00,0O0 then, but the revenue
reduction which was instituted cut
down the figure in the year Just ended to
a little less than $50, ,OO0,O 900.
An immense expansion in imnorta-
tons in the past twelve months which
had not been looked for by ANYBODY wac
the reason why the surplus did not
shrink farther than the $4,000 600
mark. At the time when the reduction
was being made everybody, in and out
OF congress, supposed that the cut wouId
bring the surplus in the year which has
Just closed down to $50 900 600, or below
that line The vast increase in imnorts
however, kept the revenue ND to a high
mark, Notwithstanding the removal of
many internal taxes. The country can
not count on the maintenance of this
import expansion. 1t will not be safe
TO calculate on a S53 600 900 or $50
100000 surplus in the year which has
just begun
Moreover, the French company is TO
De paid, If Colombia ratifies the Panama
canal treaty, and the probability is that
she Will This would make a pretty big
hcle In the surplus. This overnowiup |
treasury of the past year or two cannot |
be counted on to continue. There ought |
to be a margin Of $40, 100000 or $50 600
loo OF an excess Of receipts over expen-
altures to allow for possible declines in
income or expansions in outgo. A fun
.reasury is a very good thing for big
ana growing country like the United
states 10 have all the time. A margin
u S3oOOO,0OO cannot possibly do tbo
any harm, but may, on the other
lahd' avert harm. IF any one thirs IN
citation to the action of congress for tho
lcNt Two years can be predicted with
bsolute confidence II Is that there will
~ no revenue reduction Of any sort nv
'atute within the lifetime of the pres
nt national legislature
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-23
Narrowly Escaped LynchIpr.

Troy y. y, July 1s.-A man who
gave his name as Peter Gillette. aged
2S years, caused great excitement in
Whitehall yesterday and almost pro.
yoked-a iynching. He was arrested
Tor a criminal assault upon Ethel
chapman, aged IL years, who he met
ABOUT TWO miles east of the village.
where she was picking berries. lie
made his escape after the attack. but
the farmers in the vicinity organized
a band and captured him as he was
entering the village \ large crowd
gathered, but the authorities succeeded
IN putting Gillette in the county Jail