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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-04

games will be played in at. The next con-
tests will be played tomorrow night and
lovers of checkers are welcome to the club
rooms.
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'UNDFRTAKER DOONANS ROUGHDOX
copyrsht. 1908. BY DAIlY story PubIlshina comPaNy
by ALLAN p, AMEs

start and pulled out his watch to find
that II was nearly 10 o'clock. His
trick of duty expired at half past 10.
and half an hour was none too much
time for getting back to the precinct
station house to report. Moreover, he
realized with sudden anxiety that he
had neglected to patrol his beat for
nearly an hour. All this he explained
as he accompanied Miss Doonan to the
door, buttoning his coat in preparation
for a sally into the piercing cold.
AS Patrolman McGuirk stepped into
the shop he saw something that
Il 1 III
way with an exclamation Of alarm. II
was nothing less than the burly figure
OF Sergeant Lannigan planted on the
sidewalk in an attitude that indicated
relentless siege. McGuirk remem.
bered that there was no rear avenue of
escape and realized that he was caught
like a fly in a bottle with a spider
watching at the mouth.
Mary, who had preceded him into
the office, had almost reached the door
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"Dellghted." replied the sergeant.
and In half a minute they had the
rough box safely in the wagon. Mean.
while Miss Doonau had donned a thick
cloak and hood and gone out to
watch them, wondering how she
should get rid of her fathers EN-.
ployee. The man himself showed a
way, for after he had snapped the tail
board into place he asked for the bin
of lading
"Its inside on fathers desk, replied
Miss Doonan with a sigh Of relief
She followed the assistant to the door
and when he had entered snatched tho
key from the inside and quickly
locked him in. Then she ran back to
the wagon, climbed lightly to the seat
and started the horse at rapid gait
in the direction Of the station house.
From his post on the sidewalk Ser.
geant Lannigan stared after her In
speechless wonder. But when wagon,
driver and rough box were out Of
SIGHT he flxnd his ewes once moro on ,sab~,
door before him. Hes In there he
said to himself, land, be the powers.
I'll catch him II have to stand here
until | freeze into an iceberg"
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DO sup In and have heat"
as big stove as the one he had been
admiring.
TITS a terrible shame to make hu.
man being walk the streets on a night
like this" said Mary; and I'd be
worse than heather to let you freeze
at my door. Fathers out and moth.
ers gone to bed, so you'll please ex.
cuse me for not telling her you're
here"
Marty simulated a polite regret and
straigbtway forgot such trlvialties as
time and space. His first reminder of
the existence Of a world beyond the
range or Mary Doonan's blue eyes was
the jangle OF the ONCE bell.
TITS fathers man come for the cas-.
ket that goes to the train" explained
his hostess, rising to answer the sum.
mons.
Then Marty came to himself with q
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Threatens His Unwilling Landlord.
There is always something new de.
veloping In the old Kansas trouble. In
Topeka a liquor seller has been or.
dered to saeate the. premises he has
occupied for a long time. He says he
can't afford to give up the location
and that II he is forced to move he
viii bring .cti,'n against his landlord
for completely In the liquor businessl
The nerve of the professional Kansas
jointist is something amazing --Tope
ka (Kan.) Capital.
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The Nations Prayer.

God Of our fathers, Lord OF all.
Who sits on Justice for throne
Both right and might are thine alone.
Beseechingly on thee We call
Forbid that greed should vanqush right.
That naughty power ara selfish lust
should strange justice. Thou art lust:
Let Justice triumph In thy might.
Let caste and class be checked again.
And ranks and orders. let them pass.
And let us, looking at the mass.
Find beings God has made for men.
And give as patience to command.
The faith 20 hope that right nj last
WIN triumph; TN the storm Is past
Let reason lead us by the hand
The burden Of our brothers wrong
BN fellow feeling let us learn,
Ard " allowed this one return
help US to suffer and be strong.
American Isracltc,
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sHREWoNEss OF A LAWYER.
Quickly Perceived That the Witness
Was Not Honest.

Quickly Perceived That the Witness
Was Not Honest.
The lawyer who has an instinct for
the weak point Of witness generally
fights winning game. A famous law.
yer put certain questions to q witness.
which were answered with more or
less hesitation. The witness was asked
to repeat his statements, and then
once more the same process was gone
through.
Suddenly, without warning, the
cross-examining counsel pointed his
finger at the witness and In loud tones
cried
Give me that paper in your waist.
coat pocket"
Taken completely by surprise, the
witness mechanically took n paper
from the pocket indicated and handed
1t to the counsel.
There was profound stiffness In the
court as the lawyer slowly read, in his
cool, calm voice, the exact words Of
the witness In regard TO the state.
ment, and called attention to the fact
that they were in the handwriting OF
the lawyer on the other side. He then
gathered up his papers with great de-
liberation, remarked that there seem
ed to he no further need Of his ser.
vices, and left the court
When asked to explain how he ar.
rived at so shrewd conclusion, the
lawyer replied:
"A witness who has learned his evi
dence will not give 1t as II he had
heard 1t merely. Besides, noticed
that when word failed him his hand
wandered mechanically TO his walls.
coat pocket"
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His Repentance Was Real.

W. L. Coombs, a Rock Island sec.
ton foreman Of Liberal, Kan, shot
and killed Arthur Smith last June, but
was not convicted. He was converted
at Salvation Army meeting recently,
and as the result he has turned ali his
property over to the mother of his
victim and agreed to pay her $50 o
month as long as she lives.
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Some Curious Names.

Within a stones throw in a westend
heighborhood of Swansea the follow
ing surnames exist viz; Head. Neck
Body, Leg, Short, White, Brown
Green, Dark Brewer. Porter, Beer
Day, knight, jug, Ever, Waygood,
Goodway, Penny. There is also a firm
Of coal merchants in the town by the
name Of Cam & Glass.-London Ex
press.
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Non.ExpIoslve cellulold Collar.

The latest inyention-and 1t should
gladden. the hearts of all sects, with
the possible exception of fire worship.
ers--is the on.eXplosive celiuloid col.
lar This improvement of the wiltless,
soap'defying collar has been brought
about by substituting hydro.chlorate
OF turpentine for camphor.
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Youth and Manhood.

We are prone, in our enthusiasm for
youth, to disparage something still
better. Youth is action, glorious, un'
restrained, yet also undIrected, con.
tlngent Manhood is action 10 q
higher degree. Youth is beautiful but
imperfect, not immoral, but Immoral
In youth inheres only the possibility
OF fearlessness In the literal sense Of
tire worua.- niarn6od MONS ~ t1ie re-
mite possibilities of courage.
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THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN.
Miss Susan 3. Anthony Talks Of Re.
suits Achieved.


suits Achieved.
Miss Susan b, Anthony in an article
in Golfers Weekly on the achieve.
ments OF women. says: The progress
IN education Is so marked and so well
understood as to need but little com.
ment. When, In 1851, Mrs. Stanton.
Lucy stone and made a demand that
girls in the state OF New York should
be permitted an opportunity for col.
lege education, there was not even n
high school open to them in the whole
United States. OberlIn, Ohio. was the
only college they could enter. and
there were no preparatory schools to
iit them for that institution. At the
present time they are admitted to all
the state universities except those of
Virginia, Georgia and Louisiana. and
to all the large universities Of the
Middle and Western states. The re.
cent most unwarranted and retrogres.
siye action of Chicago university in
'segregatng' the women students
shows that the battle is not entirely
over but the end is In sight. Miss
Anthony says that there are now
3,5OO,OOO women wage earners in this
country, and that the occupations in
which they engage are with a few
exceptions the occupations Of men.
Miss Anthony says The laws, taken
as a whole, are by no means exactly
Just to women, but there is a steady
tendency toward Justice and practE
cally no retrogression."
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She Was WILLING.

Rev. DR., w. r. Huntington in an
address at the opening Of St Georges
home for deaconesses in New York
city told about a Grace church Sunday
school teacher who conducted her
class in friendly. informal way. One
day when she said Let us pray" a
new little girl piped up cheerfully,
Yes! Let's!" She was willing to try
the game, anyhow.
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when she also recognized his rival,
who fortunately happened TO be look.
ing the other way. Instantly she
changed her course and instead OF
opening the door went to the window
and drew down the shade. When she
had secured them from prying eyes
without she returned to the hall,
where Marty stood half.dazed by his
dilemma, and laying a hand on his
arm gently drew him into the shop.
There in the red frelight the young
policeman saw rough box CT un.
painted pine containing a casket, TO
obtain which Doonan's assistant was
laundering at the door The cover
had not been nailed on yet, and re.
moving this, the girl signed to him to
help her lift out the handsome coffin.
Dlmly perceiying her plan, McGuirk
obeYed
"Will you be so kind as to step in,
Mr.. McGuirk," she inquired with n
lurking smile. THE man is In a hur,
ry."
In spite of himself he shivered and
drew back.
Il don't see any other way. Can't
you trust me, Martyr" whispered the
girl, looking into his eyes.
Ashamed of his hesitation, he
stretched at full length In the bottom
Of the box and said not word while
she quickly replaced the cover and
drove In four nails to hold Il fast.
There was plenty Of room even for his
great frame and the cracks between
the rough boards admitted air enough;
nevertheless the inactive role he was
forced to play was torture to a man
trained to fight his way out Of dlf.
tculties with his fists and club OF
locust wood.
AS soon as Mary had the box Sc.
curely closed and It's former contents
dragged into the hall out Of sight she
ran to admit the Iaan who Was iump.
Ing up and down to keep warm on the
doorsteps Sorry to have kent Won
waiting, mister" said she. ITS all
ready"
The assistant, too cold to EXPRESS 70.
sentiment, shufIled over to the box
where Marty lay scarcely daring 10
breathe, and bent stifly to raise IT, To
his establishment It chung to the floor
as II anchored. After a couple of fu.
tile tugs he gave up the attempt
Must be one Of them extra heavy
silver barextension handles" he re-.
marked.
Mary was In despair until she re-.
membered the sergeant This cause
OF all the trouble still held his post
eagerly watching the door through
which he had seen one man enter and
from which he hoped to see another
emerge When, instead Of a blue uni.
form he behed the fair face of Mary
Doonan, he grabbed of his helmet and
advanced with fat gallantry.
20, Mr. Lannlgan. I'm so glad Irs
you cried Mary. Father is out and
this box is too heavy for the man 70
handle. Would you mind helplnp
hlm?"
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Patrolman McGuirk had never been
favorite with the sergeant; and
when Lannigan learned that he as
plred TO the hand of Mary Doonan he
swore that he should be broke"
"The nerve of a lad that hasn't been
on the force more'n year tryin' to
buck up aginst mel" said Lannigan.
Me. that was a district president when
he wasn't big enough to set a pail on
top Of n bari Not that I'm afraid OF
the likes Of him. | know women as
we'll as know bosses. It's list his
amazin' gall"
~. cs.;:is,. ID. k.1 .
perior's determination he worried
little, although not over his chances
with Miss Dconan. Mike Lannigan
might be a police sergeant and a big
man in his ward, but the fact re-
mained that he was a widower with
two children and he wore a fifty-two.
inch belt Marty McGuirk was straight
as a lamp.post and 1.-THE as a panther
and six feet in his wooden stockings.
No one but Lannlgan thought him pre-
sumptuous when he began paying at.
tentlon to the daughter Of Undertaken
Doonan. Forewarned Of the sergeant's
enmity, he performed his duties more
carefully than ever but made no Sc
cret of his ambition to become Mr..
Doonan's sonin.aw.
Bafied in his attempts to catch his
rival mapping, Lannigan played his
last card; he had the young patrol.
man transferred to a beat where the
object OF their rivalry resided. This
made 1t necessary for Marty to pass
the undertakers shop several times a
day, a temptation before which even
an older and less ardent sutton might
have trembled.
One night II was so cold that poor
Marty fancled that he could hear the
metal buttons on his overcoat snap
with the frost AS he paced past
Doonan's he could see the great stove
in the shop on the ground floor glow.
ing like red meteor For moment
he stopped to gaze at the cheerful pic.
ture through the plate glass window.
then walked on, thrashlng his arms
against his breast and wiggling his
toes inside his boots to keep the blood
In circulation. When Mary and he
were married he determined that
they should own a stove of the same
pattern. The thought of toasting him.
self there while Mary brought his
slippers and something hot to drink
was comforting. but a poor substitute
for the reality. and he found himself
shortening his patrol to turn and pass
the shop again.
This time as he approached he OBJ.
served that the freight illuminated
the walk less brightly than before
When he came opposite he discovered
the reason someone was standing be.
tween himself and the stove looking
out the window. The next moment
the door opened just a crack and a
voice called softly, "Aint you cold,
Mr.. McGuirk? Do step in for sec.
ond and have heat"
The young policeman could no more
refuse than he could have resisted an
invitation to pass the gates of Para.
disc, "Sure, an It's good OF We to be
takin' pity on poor lad" said he as
she led the way into the family sitting
room and drew up a chair near almost
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Many Places for Study.

DR.. Parker used to say that his H.
brary, or study was in underground
trains, on omnibuses, in tea shops. at
stations. receptions. meet.
ings, jubllees, and sick beds, and many
other places where his work called
HIM.
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Recasting Ideas.

There are epochs In the history OF
the human race when the decayed
branches fall from the tree of human.
ity and when Institutions, grown old
and exhausted sink and leave space
for fresh institutions, full of sap,
which renew the youth and recast the
ideas of a people.-Lamartne
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Law Aimed Aoalnst Anarchists.

The Swiss Federal Council proposes
to modify the penal code so as to per.
NIT Of punishment by Imprisonment
OF all persons who in public extol or
attempt to honor any act of criminal
intent or consequence. The new law
is a direct attack upon the anarchists
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Irrigation on a Large Scale.

Extensive irrigation works have
Just been begun in Texas. 1t is pro.
posed to place under irrigation 295,
900 acres of land in the dry region OF
West Texas aud work has just been
begun on the main canal, which is to
be 100 miles long.
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Regarding the New York woman
who has just sued a friend for $1,000
damages for alternating her dogs at.
fections, we will contribute the pow.
der and shot u some oce else will
furnish the gun.
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Balloons and Automobiles Race.

A queer race between a balloon and
automobiles took place recently in
England, twelve motor cars taking
part in the cross.country chase. Two
or the automobiles were near when
the balloon came down.
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A Cleveland surgeon announces, as
though II we're a thing to be proud
Of, that he kept a dog alive ten hours
after cutting its head on What
a grand, ennobling, humanizing thing
is ylvisectIon
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A Kansas City man left home a
week ago with $i65 in his pocket, for
the purpose OF buying drink. lie
has not yet returned and It is believed
that he succeeded in his purpose at
least once.
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Or Wiqmaksr-stoek on Hand.

Sioux Indian, nephew OF famous
chief, wants to become a stenog.
rapher. Should thinE that a good In.
dian with desire TO atone for past
errors would go into the hair
restorer business.
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When the wireless telephone comes
elong the belated husband will have a
fine time lodging He will be forced
to dig a hole in the ground or quit
the earth.
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A Minnesota man committed suicide
a few days ago because he was home.
ly. He should have gone to Massa.
chusetts. There are women down
there who don't mind a little thing
like that
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Bottled grape Juice is the latest sure
kill for the typhoid germ. Gradually
but surely we are getting back to the
old bug Juice" remedy which our
forefathers applied to all ailments,
including snake bites.
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A Michigan man who Is rich went
crazy the other day and started in to
eat up his money. Pity the sorrows Of
the man Who has It and knows he
SAINT take il with him.
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Carnegie's life motto, Thine own
reproach alone do fear" must be con.
sdered excellent. 1t IS the ruling
principle with a good many trust mag
mates and they get along wonderfully
well.
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bill nas Deen introduced in the
Missouri legislature prohibiting the
playing of football. Now watch what
the rush line will do with this wonder.
full measure.
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Has Valuable Biblical curIos.

The Rev. J. w, McGarvey, president
of the Kentucky university has one Of
the largest and most valuable collec.
tons of biblical curios possessed by
any one person In this country.
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Constabzulary Inspector Fletcher,
who killed eleven bolomen that at.
tackled him, is the sort of man to es.
tablsh permanent peace in the Phil.
ippines.
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More than 66,OOO,OOO germs inhabit
q single adult oyster They're a bit
small, but they seem to be mighty
good to eat
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King Edwards daughter is In love
with Joseph Chamberlain's son. but
can't marry him because Of the social
gulf between them. Edward might
help by making Joey a duke
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President Wilson of Princeton op.
poses mass play in football How
about the mass play in business, on
which we remember having heard one
or two criticisms?
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Uncle Russell Sage's unexpected
call upon his Office employees who
thought he was III proves that the
ancient millionaire is something of a
humorist In a quiet way.
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A captious contemporary complains
that "Kocian is bowlegged." Well,
would he fiddle any better II he we're
knock-kneed?
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The fact that there seems to be
nothing between Sue and young Jack
son." said Pater to Mater, after a
glance into the dimly-lighted parlor,
only confirms my suspicion that they
are either engaged or ought to be-"
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Fine sneclmen Of pnl.n..

A polecat In splendid fu. and meas.
uring twenty-four inches from tip to
tip has been trapped in the Amat for
est. Ardgay, Rcssshire. Scotland.
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Surely Enounh.

'On what grounds do you demand q
diyorce'' asked the lawyer. 'Impos.
sibie to agree on name for the new
oaby' was the reply.-Atlanta Con.
stitutlon.
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Prof. Delltzsch OF Berlin says that
Moses was a plaglarist. Would that
we had more Of this quality OF plagiar
ism nowadays.
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A Chicago ordinance forbids BARRIERS
talking while at work. There are not
enough soldiers in Illinois to enforce
this law.
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THE DEMING GRAPHIC

Venezuela is q small turnip out Of
which everybody seems to want blood.
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The Atchison Globe says the chatting
dish is only a frying pan that has
broken into society.
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The trunkmakers have formed a
trust, thus tightening the grip Of the
octopus.
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Toledo, Ohio, is Dragging Of quad
ruplets born In that city last Satur-
day Now, Chicago!
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]. Hickory Wood is the name Of one
OF the playwrIghts. We can't under
stand why he should cling to the J..
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When a man goes crazy for love the
girl can avoid trouble only by moving
awPy, aEa les 49, \, Al .. ...... 49,.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-07-27
W. R. C ELEMENTS
A SUICIDE.
Brother of Freeholder Alex
ander Clements Shoots
Himself In Elks
Hall.
HIS BRAIN AFFECTED By THE HEAT
Had Complained for a Week
Of Pains in His Head
Babe His Wife Good
Bye.


Friends of William R. Clements,
brother of Freeholder Alexander Glenn
ents, were shocked yesterday by report
that he had shot and killed himself. The
report proved true. Mr.. Clements was
found by the janitor of Elks' Hall at
nine o'clock yesterday morning sitting up
right in an armchair in the reception
room Of the hall with bullet wound in
the right temple. His right hand clutch
ed the revolver with which he had killed
himself. A letter was found in which
he babe goodbye to his wife and sixteen
year-old daughter, and which showed
that he had planned to take his own life.
No reason for so doing was vouch-
safed, and as so far as can be ascertain
ed, he had no financial troubles. His
friends are inclined to thing his brain
had become affected by the heat. As a
member of Jersey City Lodge of Elks, he
attended the Elks annual convention at
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