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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
Londoners Living Underground.


Underground rooms in st. Pancras," Is
one Of the subjects dealt with in the report
of the public health committee submitted to
the London county council. Not the local,
but the county, authority was the first to
call attention to the large number of under
ground rooms in this borough which are
illegally occupied. It was at first believed
that there were lover 400 tenements, af-
fordng accommodation for more than eco
persons" in contravention of the law. When
the matter was brought to the notice of the
st. Pancras borough council that body
caused an inspection to be made of the I'M
foreground rooms in the borough, and the
borough medical officer reported that there
were $40 rooms, in which the conditions were
practically irremediable, and suggested that
the rooms should be dealt with consecutive
ly and at intervals, $50 as to avoid the Sc
rious effects of suddenly displacing a large
popula tion." The borough council has now
intimated that notices have been served
requiring the owners of forty-nine Of these
rooms to discontinue, within three months,
to suffer the rooms to be let or occupied as
dwellings contrary to statute. and that
the remaining cases are being dealt with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
An Arab In Paris.

Paris Correspondent of the London Telegraph
While the police were making one OF
their periodical raids in the Champs Elysees
the other night they found an Arab. en-
veloped In his burnous. lying asleep by the
side of tree The man was awakened.
and under his burnous he-had large open
knife He was arrested as vagrant and
offered no resistance. He was, In fact, too
weak to do anything of the sort, as he was
nearly dead with hunger and exhaustion.
The Arab told his story at the police sta
ton. 1t was to the effect that while en-
ployed as barber at Constantine he fell In
love with Maltese girl She Tilted him
for an italian, SO he murdered his rival in
cold blood. After that he had to fly from
Algeria He succeeded in hiding himself in
the hold Of sailing vessel bound for Mar
seille which he reached some weeks back.
From Marseille he walked all the way to
Paris, usually taking the road at night as
he was afraid of arrest. Since his arrival
in the metropolis he has supported himself
by begging bits of bread and by eating the
raw vegetables Uttered about the central
markets. This was the wandering Arabs
story, and its confederation Is awaited
from Constantine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
Wonders Of the World.
IN the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The seven world wonders of antiquity
were:
The Pyramids. Babylons Gardens, Maui
solus' Tomb, the Temple of Diana, the
Colossus Of Rhodes. Jdpiter's Statue by
Phidias and the Pharos of Egypt, or, as
some substitute. the Palace Of Cyrus
The sevenevonders of the middle ages
were: ~
The coliseVp Of Rome. the catacombs of
Alexandria. u Great Wall of China, Stone
henge the leaning Tower of Pisa, the
Porcelain Towersof Nankin and the MOSQUE
of st. Sophiaat Constantinople.
How will These compare with the seven
wonders of the modern world? Perhaps
there may be a difference of opinion as re-
CARDS the latter day wonders, but permit
me to name these:
The steam railroad. the telegraph, the
telephone, ths wireless telegraph, the ocean
steamship. the submarine man-of-war and
fine airship. = Il
We of the new world have a few wonders,
seven of which are
The Brooklyn bridge, the underground
railroad, including tunnels to Jersey City
and Brooklyn, the Washington monument
Weighing 100000 pounds. the modern steel
skyscraper the Echo mountain searchlight
of 1916, 600 600 candle power and the United
States Steel Corporation.
We are speaking of things made by man:
Of those wonders given to US by God the
seven are:
Niagara Falls. the Mammoth Cave, Old
Faithful. the tireless geyser in Yellowstone
Park; the big trees Sequoia) of California
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. the
great fresh water lakes and the Great Salt
Lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
The Courageous Blind.
From Youths Companion


OF all the physical Affections which come
to human life. hopeless blindness, selling
on Its victim in youth or in active middle
age, seems in anticipation the most terri
BILE. Even the agonizing forms of mortal
disease like cancer are self-limited, and
their very acuteness invokes all that SYM
pathy and nursing can do for their allie
Walton. But the blind are soon 1T to set
tie down to the dreary round of semi help
lessness. and their Imprisonment suggests
sympathy only to the stranger. To their
own little world 1t becomes a matter of
course.
Yet in spite Of this appalling test of hui
man endurance. the blind are distinguished
for sweetness and lofty resignation. The
finality of their doom doubtless contributes
something to their courage. But when we
get to the heart of their resignation, we
generally find that out of their enforced
darkness has sprung communion with
God more sustaining than that enjoyed by
others. The gulf between the seen and
the unseen narrowS for them day by dav
They learn to believe In friend child. wife.
husband, whom they cannot see. Why not
in God?
They live much within themselves, and
think deeply of the things of the spirit.
Soon they begin to reckon their blessings
instead of their miseries. With that change
comes peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
Scotch-Irish Blood.
From the Chautauquan.

From the Chautauquan
Until recent years. it has been the mis-
fortune of the Scotch-Irish to have escaped
historical investigation; for American his
tory has been written chiefly in New Eng
land, whose colonial Puritans forbade them
in their midst. In fact, from the earliest
settlement, the ScOtch-Irish have been pio-
neers and men of action. They have con-
tributed to America few writer's and artists.
but many generals. politicians and captains
of industry. In literature they claim two
eminent names, Irving and Poe; but in the
army, navy. politics and business. they
claim John Paul Jones, Perry. Andrew
Jackson Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor,
Ulysses g. Grant. Stonewall Jackson,
George B. Mcclellan. Alexander Hamilton.
John c. Calhoun. James G. Blaine. Jeffer-
son Davis, Thomas Benton, Hendricks, John
G.. Carlisle. Mark Hanna. William Mckin-
ley, Matthew s. Quay. Andrew Carnegie.
John ID. Rockefeller. Horace Greeley. Henry
Watterson and hundreds alike famous In
the more strenuous movements of American
life,
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Immortelles.
AAl1liAcA lSkAS-
From the Golden Penny.

From the Golden Penny.
The manufacture of immortelle wreaths
in Paris occupies at least 1,5O0 persons.
The immortelles are gathered about the be-
ginning of October, and come chiefly from
the arid hills In the middle and south OF
France They are brought to the markets
in their natural condition, and the yellow
blossoms are dyed green, red and white,
and woven into wreaths by special work
men in readiness for All Saints and All
Souls days, when all good Parisians visit
their relatives graves. On. these "fetes
des marts' the gates of the cemeteries are
beset with crowds of dealers in immor-
telle wreaths. wire crosses and bead
crowns. At Pere la Chaise alone more than
200 900 persons are calculated to visit the
cemetery and the sale of imortelle wreaths
varies from 10000 to % 600.
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Hard on Chicago!
lme of exchange suppressed.

NHIhe OF exchange suppressed.
Margarets father and mother, whose
home is in New York city, recently ar
ranged to take a long-talked-of trip to Chi
cago. The night before they were to start
on their western expedition Margaret's
mamma told the little girl she must go to
bed early, as she would have to be I'D by
daylight the next morning.
Margaret very obediently consented to
prepare for bed. When her dress had been
taken off and her nightie put on she knelt
to say her prayers She closed her petit
ton as follows:
Goodbye. God! Goodbye. angels! Good
bye! Goodbye! I'm going to Chicago to-
morrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
Interest at Benning.

Leaving to the mllitantly virtuous yellow
sheet the discussion as to whether racing
is or is not destructive of the morals of a
community. it would seem that there is
going to be an unusually interesting
autumn meeting at Benning this year Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14

"Why is 1t that woman so often leads
man to make a fool of himself?"
"She doesn't. The man who makes a
fool OF himself over woman would do
1t anyway. but she happens to furnish
the easiest excuse for it"--Chicago Post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
Keep Cool.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Appeal.
Keep cool. That's all you need to do in
this life Just keep cool"
1T know it. Even Robespierre would
have won out II he hadn't lost his head"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
Wearying the Neiehbors,

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Nexdore-'Since my daughter got
her piano she plays all day long"
Mrs. Pepprey-"Does she really play all
day long. or does 1t merely seem longT'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
How It Happened.

From Puck
Lady Visitor-"Poor man, you say you
were brought here by hunger?'
Convict-"Yes'm: de judge wouldn't let
de jury go to dinner till deyd reached a
verdict
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
The Glass DIVING seII.

Let us suppose that your teacher of
physics offers a prize TO the member of
the class who will show how a lump of
sugar may be put under water without
its getting wet. That seems to be a
somewhat difficult problem. doesn't
it? But it may easily be solved, and
here is the way.
You know that if you put an empty
glass tumbier down into a basin of
water, the water will not rise in the
tumbler so high as it is in the basin,
because the air in the tumbler pre-
emit it. Now hat knowledge win
help us to solve the teachers problem.
Get your mother to lend you a glass
cheese cover and a wide-mouthed
glass jar; say, an empty pickle jar.
Stand the cheese upside down
on the mouth of the jar. the knob of
the cover going inside the jar; it will
thus stand firm.
Now pour the cheese cover two
thirds full of water, and on the water
lay a round, fiat cork of smaller
diameter than the inside of the glass
tumbler. Place a lump of sugar on the
cork, and then very carefully put the
tumbler mouth over the cork, holding
the tumbler perfectly straight up and
down, so as not to overturn the cork.
Press the tumbler down into the
water slowly and gently, and you may
finally let the rim rest on the bottom
of the cheese cover, with the cork
floating Oh the surface of the water
in the tumbler. The lump of sugar
thus lies on the cork above the water,
and yet it is really below the level of
the water in the cheese cover.
Before performing this feat in pub
lie it would be wen to test the depth
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

At supper he announced 70 his host
that his health was now fully regained
and that an urgent letter from home
would take him away the following
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Rankin ex.
pressed regret. Martha coldly said
she IS sorry, and continued the meal
in silence.
That night Carroll retired early TO
his room, but not to sleep. His pride
was deeply hurt, and he was ind-g.
nant. He called himself Idiot" and
other pleasant things. She didn't
have the heart to say she was sorryl
Love! Boshi"
Finally. putting on a light overcost.
he started for a walk upon the pike.
1t was ear midnight when he turned
again into the little valley. The full
light of the moon was obscured by a
mist which rose from the river and
spread over the valley. The brooding
silence of the night was broken now
and then by the distant cry Of a fox
mound, the low neigh of a horse, or the
tinkle of a sheep hell.
"Clackety clacki clackety clacki
There was borne in on Carroll's ears
the distant sound of a ~galloping horse
upon the turnpike. Could 1t be The
phantom of Aunt Dinah's story7
"Clackety-clacki" The horse was
coming nearer. The forgotten tale
sprang wildly into CAROLS mind. and
he felt the chill of the unearthly creep
over him. SWeethearts had ouarraIadf
The phantom rider was duel Bangi
Crash. Crash! n Carroll saw a
wildly speeding horseman flash across
the bridge and come up the road
toward him with uncontrolled gait.
Carroll, forgetting all of the i'm
probability of the tale, ran to the road
side and tried to scale the stone fence.
But it was too high for him to scale
in his nervous condition. and he
crouched against it, his eyes glued
upon the ever-advancing figure. II
Numbered along. Now it was almost
upon him. A vision of a horse of
thoroughbred build, with foam fiying
from its mouth, with tanks heaving.
and of a darkly clad rider with gaze
fixed ahead, a cloud of dust, a sound
Of distant ~hoofbeats, and Carroll. com.
pletely cowed, fed toward the house.
On the veranda he met Martha,
strangely pale.
He clasped her in his arms and
whispered: Il won't go home to-mor-
row."-Walter S. Hiatt in New York
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
The Doc and Adjective Came.

hi is a very simple game, but II
may readily be made a very helpful
one to those who desire-as who does
MOTTO increase their knowledge Of
words. It may be played without
preparation, and win be played in that
way perhaps, as a rule; but to make
it give the best service in a teaching
way, arrange if convenient, so that
the players may know of it a day or so
in advance. In that case they may
have a chance to look over their text
books, OF the dictionary, to become
familiar with as many adjectfyes as
possible.
The players seat themselves in two
rows, facing each other, and the first
player on one side begins by saying:
"Our lear little dog is active"
Then the player opposite to him
must take up the phrase. and before
the first player can count ten must
substitute some other adjective be-
ginning with "a" for active thus,
"our dear little dog is amiable." If
he fails he drops out of the game; but
if he gives a correct answer, he then
counts ten while the second player on
the other side is getting an answer
ready.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

brushfooted. because the first pair of
legs look like too brushes, and sre sa-
tirely useless for crawling. 1t r5so diff
fers from its relatives in its peculiar
habit of migrating like the birds.
When the cold days OF faIf come, the
milkweed butterflies have a great
family gathering, and hundreds OF
them start off together on their jour
ney southwark to SUMMER lands. Some
times you may be fortunate enough to
catch a glimpse of them resting over
night on some convenient tree. when
they literally cover its branches like
some strange kind of flower.
The milkweed caterpillar is green,
as is also his winter home, the chrys-
ais. This is particularly beautiful as
BELTS a monarch, for it is lavishIy
decorated with yellow spots, which
make it look like a green fairy PAL
ace put together with golden nails.
Look for 1t hanging on the under side
of a milkweed leaf.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

be a m~ail-carrier The station is only
a short distance from the p~ostofice.
The mail trains do not stop, but drop
the bags on the platform in passing.
When the dog hears the whistle of
the approaching train he hurries to
the station and waits for his burden.
The mail clerk kicks the mailbag out
of the a door and it falls somewhere
in the vicinity Of the freight house.
The dog goes at once to the sack, and,
taking it carefully by the middle, so
that neither end win drag on the
fround, walks sedately to the post
office. where he deposits his trust in
a safe place.
The dog is now five years old, is two
feet osTen inches in height, and strong
of limb. He has no difficulty in carry
ing the sack, although the mail is
often very heavy with the weekly pa.
pers from the county seat, for his
teeth are strong. He has carried over
forty-eight pounds as a test OF his
strength.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
nae RlnaIna Roll Of apIxIe.v

The old brigades march slower now-ths
boys who wore the gray
But there's life an battle spirit in a host
O. them to-day!
They hear their comrades calm from
the white tents far away,
An answer with the ringin' roll OF
Dixie"
They feel the old-time thrill of 1.-THE
battle plains they see
Again they charge with Jackson, an face
the fight with Lee;
An the shoutin' hills are answered by
the thunders of the sea
When they rally to the ringin' roll Of
'Dixiel"
The battle-helds are voiceless-once wet
with crimson rain;
Ger unknown graves of heroes wave
golden fields of grain;
But phantom forms-they leap to life.
and cheer the ranks again,
Far-answering to the ringin' roll of
"Dixier'
Beat, drumsl the oid-time chorus: an
bugles. blow your best;
And wave, oh, flags they loved so well.
above each war-scarred breastl
Till they vanish down the valley to their
last. eternal rest.
Still answering to the ringin' roll of
'Dixiei'
Frank L. stanton in Atlanta consti-
tuition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
ARTISTS AND THEIR MoDELs.
Beauty of Face and Form Are Rarely
Found Together.

Beauty of Face and Form Are Rarely
Found Together.
Artists say it is curious but ar
theless true hat beauty of face ard
form are not often found in one sad
the same person. The woman Who
has an ideal face frequently fails
from the standpoint of figure, so tsat
painters are obliged to make their
ideal figure from half a dozen models.
From n win come a beautiful threat
or arm or shoulder; from another a
perfect back, and so i. Even afser
that the painter has to idealize ais
hgure-to throw into it whatever form
Of heeting expression he desires.
Once in a while his model gives BIN
unconscious help. The model Who
posed for Church's Fairy Tale" ured
to tell of having once stood before the
picture at an exhibition, listening to
the comments of enthusiastic visitors.
They commended the fanciful paint
ing, but marveled most of all at the
wonderful look which the artist had
managed to get into the woman's face.
The model herself was able to enlight-
en- them.
HE didn't have to idealize for that
wonderful look" she said. 81 remem-
Der the day it was painted. l was
wondering whether he was going to
pay me by the day or the week"
A Photographic artist tells this little
story of a model. She was a simple,
rather shallow, straightforward girl
when not al work. When she posed
her beautiful, mobile face expressed
the most varying emotions. The artist
used to wonder if she felt one-quarter
of what her expression indicated. His
doubts were set at rest one day. After
the girl had posed with an exalted as
pect that enraptured the artist he
waited to hear her deliver some SUI
blime inspired thought. But she mere
ly looked up wistfully into his face
and said:
"Oh, how hungry l am"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

window. whar she an Mars Rob ulster
set
wall, doan't jes' reckeIleck, but
folks do say Mars Rob died jes' after.
Anyway, he took her death mighty
hard, cause it wuz his fault, an he
ought to have made up with her. He
ulster ride bout de country on his big
geldin' jes' like mad. One night l
seed him so by heah like all de devils
wuz followin'. De mex mawnin' dey
found him by de crick, his big geldin'
standin' over him. He had shot hissef
in de heart.
81 dunno, chile, but eve since den
dey say Mars Rob ride by heah when
sweethearts OBJ de county fall out. 1
seed him once when Mars Walker an
Miss Mary Rogers had dere trubble-
but OATS anuther tale, honey. Any
way, folks doan't come dis away
nights no NOAH"
And so Aunt Dinah rambled on,
eager to tell other stories of the past.
Carroll kept the incident in his mind
for a while, and then let it drop as a
darby superstition. He devoted him
self to the task of building up his
health, going hunting, riding to neigh
borhood fox meets, driving Martha to
dances and parties, and in other ways
filling out the routine of life in the
country. In following this social round
he found that the chase after health
can sometimes be made a cheerful oc.
cupation, especially with a girl like
Martha to help one.
One afternoon, as Carroll and Mar
tina were returning from town they
let their horses take their own pace
and settled themselves comfortably
back on the buggy seat and listened
to the hum of the wheels and drank in
the charm of the country.
Looking dreamily into Martha's eyes
as the carriage rolled homeward. the
question, which he had as yet put to
himself only vaguely, came to him
"Does she like me?" He dared not
trust himself to ask as to love. While
he was turning about this, to him,
startling suggestion, a young farmer
of the neighborhood whom Carroll had
often imagined to be covertly fond of
Martha cantered down the road
toward them. He pulled up sharply,
bowed to Carroll, and directed to Mar
tina a few commonplace inquiries
about her family, the crops and the
next party to be given. Carroll thought
he saw a blush steal over her cheek as
the young man talked, and after he
had ridden on, half in jest, but a bit
in earnest, he asked if that were her
sweetheart. The blush mounted high
er as she denied it. Carroll unreason-
ingly and jealousy insisted that he
was, and finally Martha poutingly
suggested that in any event it was a
matter that did not oncer him. The
clouds had fallen. Carroll had had
his question answered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Festivals Of the Dolls.

Japanese girls have a pretty custom
in the Festival Of the Dolls, which
occurs about the first of May each
year. 1t is held al the time the peach
trees burst into bloom, and Europeans
who have seen the celebration have
named it the Festival of the Peach
Flowers.
On this day the girls and women
array themselves in holiday attire.
The mothers arrange a room with the
blossoming sakura boughs and make
an exhibition of the large number of
dolls which their daughters have re-
ceived. The children prepare a ban
quet for them. which is eaten by the
grown folks in the evening after the
dolls are supposed to have eaten their
fill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
MAKING saItpeter from Air.

For ages whenever persons wished
to make a particularly strong state
ment about the impossibility of doing
anything. they we're more likely than
not to say. Il can't pull it out of the
air, can II"
Now Professor Muthmann. of the
Polytechnical Academy in Munich.
has found a way by which things al
be pulled out of the air. He has
demonstrated that by passing high
electric currents through moist air
from n platinum point TO another.
nitric acid is formed and can be gath
cred by the use of suitable apparatus.
He has shown that saltpeter can be
pulled out of the air" at less than
~one-fourth of its present cost.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

A boy can make the world more pure
By kindly word and deed:
AS blossoms call for natures light
So hearts loves sunshine need.
A boy can make the world more pure
By lips kept ever clean;
Silence can influence shed as sure
As speech oft more doth mean.
A boy can make the world more true
By an exalted aim;
Let one a given end pursue
Others will seek the same.
Full simple things indeed, these three.
Thus stated in my rhyme:
Yet what, dear lad, could greater be-
h grander, more subiime7