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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23

He shook his head with the deprecatlng
air which men of Porter's type have for
such suggestions. ut would be mighty
away, and no telling when he'll be back,
and | have other things besides the bank
to look after; more than you know about"
she knew only vaguely what his interests
were, for he never mentioned them to
her; he believed that women are incapable
of comprehendng such things; and his
natural secretiveness was always on
guard. He even entertained kind OF
superstition that If he told of anything he
was planning he jeopardized his chances
of success.
mo. guess there amt going to be any
Europe for me just now. But I'd be glad
TO have you and Grant 60 He had been
sidetracked in his talk, and chewed his ci-
gar while trying 10 find the way back to
the main line Then he broke out irrel-
evantly:
Wary doesn't seem TO settle down. We
used to think Wary had great things In
him, but they're nightly slow coming out.
Well he's still young" said Evelyn. 1T
takes a young man a long time to get a
start these days in the professions. Her
father looked at her keenly.
I'm afraid ii int lack of opportunity
with Wary If he'd ever get after any
thing in real earnest he could make II go;
but he seems to fool away his time" He
said this as If he expected Evelyn to con-
tfnue her defense, but she said merelyi
"$ts too bad If he's doing that when he
has ability" She walked back to her chair
and sat down. She knew that Wary was
really at work. but she was afraid to show
any particular knowledge OF him.
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NICHOLSON

Its one of the queer things to me that
young fellows who have every chance don [
seem to get well as others VINO
haven't any backing. Now, all Wary had
to do was to stay in his Office and attend
to business-or that's all he needed to do
three or four years ago, when he set up 10
practice: but now everybodys given him
up. y man who doesn't want an oppoftu-
nifty in this world doesn't have to kick 1t
very hard to get rid of 1t. Other fellows,
who never had any chance, are watching
for the luckier ones to slip back. There are
never any lonesome places on the ladder.
Now. there's Wheaton, He again ex-
amined Evelyn's face in one of those tran
quill stares with which he made his most
minute scrutiny of people. Wheaton ain {
a snowy fellow like Wary, but he's one of
the sort that make their way because they
keep an eye open to the main chance. Jim
came into the bank as messenger, and
guess he's had pretty much every JOB We've
got, and he's done them well. He had
lighted his cigar and was talking volubly.
When Thompson played out and had to go
away we looked around for somebody on
the inside who knew the run Of our BUSH
ness to put In there to help me. None of
the directors wanted to come in, and so we
pulled Jim out of the paying teller's cage,
and he's just about saved my back Now
Jim's not so smart, but he's steady and
safe. and that's what counts In business"
He leaned back in his chair and wobbled
the cigar In his mouth.
These young NapoIeons of finance are
forever chasing off to Canada with other
folks money; they're too brilliant. l tell
EN- down town that 1t amt genius we want
in business, it's just ordinary, plain, every
day talent for getting down early and stay
ing at your job. That's what 1 say. There
was Smith over at the Drovers National;
ne was clear case of genius. They thought
over there that he was making business by
chasing around the country attending BAN
quets and speaking at bankers conventions
L guess Smiths essays were financially
sound too. for Smith knew finance, scien-
tifc finance. like college professor, and
used to come to the clearing house meet
ings and talk to beat the band about what
Bagehot said and how the Bank of England
did; but all the time he was spending his
Sundays over in Kansas City. drumming
up banking business by playing poker with
the gentlemen he expected to get for his
customers He's running a laundry now
on the wrong side of the Canadian border.
Over at the Droyers' they amt SO terribly
scientific now, and their cashier don't have
an expense fund to carry HIM around the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23

wherever possible: but it's a pretty sure
thing that ultimately they'll hit it off"
THAT sounds like sort of social pres
byterianism to me-" said the bishop dry
ly, land therefore heretical.'' He was
really interested in knowing what Mrs.
Whipple knew or felt on this subject as
it affected Evelyn Porter. Now you've
been better trained, Mrs. Whipple, he
said.
well. so far as Evelyn's concerned she
answered. knowing that this was what the
her She's a sensible girl and will take
care of herself. I'm not half much
afraid Of destiny as of propinquity. We all
know how the bachelor captain goes down
before the sister, or the in-law of some
kind. of the colonel of the regiment.
That's not propinquity.'' said the gen.
eral; that's ordinary Christian charity on
the captains part
commandant so to speak. is really bank
er. with trusted officer, kind of adjutant
at his elbow: and also handsome daugh-
ter Assume such hypothetical case. and
what are you going to do about it?' He
drained his glass and put it down carefully
This looks like the appeal direct an
swered Mrs. Whipple, laughing and looking
at her husband, who was meditating an
other punch and feeling for the scent blind
ly.
II don't know about that Mr.. Wheaton"
said Mrs. Whipple, meeting the issue
squarely. HE doesn't seem amusing TO
Must one be amusing" asked the bishop
"Oh, mean more than that exclaimed
Mrs. Whipple. Don't we always mean
intelligent when we say amusing
Definitions certainly change. We are
growing terribly exacting these days. But
he added, serious again, "Wheaton's a sue
cess he's pointed to as one of GARRISON
rising men; one of the really self-made.''
Eyes; fancy he never knew Evelyn be-
fore the Knights of Midas ball. and she
sighed, wondering whether she was culpa-
BILE. She knew that the bishop meant more
than he had said. and that this was KIM
of warning. to her. She felt guilty, re-
Numbering the ball, and the appeal Evelyn
had made to her beforehand. A woman
that has enjoyed a long career of fancied
infallibility experiences sorrow when she
suddenly questions the wisdom of her own
judgments.
whats the matter with Wary Pari-
dan?' demanded the general Hes sot
to marry somebody some day; he and Eve
lyn would make very proper match.
Wouldn't they?" he pleaded. when his wife
and their visitor did not respond promptly.
answered. But Warrys an uncertain
quantity. He's fine, clean fellow, with
all kinds of possibilities; but-theyre posi-
bflitesr'
"Warry's certainly bright enough" said
General Whipple.
His sense of humor is trifie too keen
for everyday use." said the bishop
What's he been up to now2' asked the
general
The bishop laughed quietly to himself.
1T was this way. You know Warry's in
terest In church matters is abnormal. The
boy really knows a lot Of theology for one
who has never studied it,. He has, he says,
a neat taste in bishops whatever that
means"-the bishop chuckled softly-"and
whenever one OF my brethren visits me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23
Fund for Injured Workmen.

dispatch from Newcastle, Pa last
night says: 1t has just been announced at
the local offices of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany that Andrew Carnegie has set apart
100000, the interest upon which is to
form perpetual fund to relieve workmen
injured in the Carnegie plants and to aid
the heirs of those killed while at work.
Married men injured will receive 81 daily
while idle and single men IS cents, while
children under sixteen will receive 10 cents
daily. In case an employee is killed while at
work, $3.50 will be given to his family, and
500 will gopto the family of any child under
sixteen who meets death while at work.
The certificates of appointed physicians will
be necessary to secure payment of injury
and death claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23

Wary always lays himself out to give ,,s
what he calls warm little time A few
Gays ago L had a letter from the patriarch
OF Alexandria, whom / don't know in
which he set forth that Doctor WarrIck
Raridan of my diocese had written him
proposing a great reunion of Christendom
paseo on the Coptc rite. AS neither the
roman, the Greek nor the Anglican church
aHorded a common meeting ground owing
TO many difficulties, the American gent,e-
man mad suggested that all might meat at
alexandra The patriarch was delighted
Doctor Raridan had suggested me as ref
erence, hence the venerable prelate wished
TO know my opinion of the extent of the
movement. suppose Wary did that as q
joke on me- or to get the patriarch's auto-
graph, don't know which l haven't sann
Wary since. but I'm disposed to dust his
Jacket Tor him In a fatherly way when l
get hold of him. I don't know WIN Tho
patriarch should call Wary doctor He
PROBABLY assumed that a man who cord
Write as good letter as Wary is capabIe
OK must. must De person of distinction"
Mrs. Whipple. SAW
w Mich Wheaton isn't; is that the idea"
o .i the general; and then added
xuan nus wheaton strikes me as being a
wooden kind Of fellow He acts as If ba
fla .es been used to things"
Sn-h! be CAREFUL That's no fest of
worth on the banks of the Missouri said
MS wife warningly.
DO you mean to say that EVELYN por-
yer chances have been fully covered?'' de-
inanded the general He liked gossip and
Hoped The subject would prove more fruit
full. -
There's Mr.. Saxton" said his wife ..IJe
seems altogether possible
he the new man, isn't he? He always
HIts ms nat TO me in the street; an unusual
attention in this ill-mannered age"
Does he act as If he had been used to
things! asked the bishop. He was still
seriously interested in canvassing Evelyn's
case.
He's very NICE, Mrs. whipple said:
put he's not desperately exciting as the
girls say
But then.'' The bishop lifted his hands
with despairing gesture, must young
men be amusing or exciting il these days?
Is he honest Does he lead clean life?
life?'
He isn't seeing much of Evelyn, I
think" said Mrs. Whipple. And he's a
great friend of Warrys. They may offset
each other
BLESS my soulr exclaimed the general,
Il don't see any use In worrying over
Evelyn Porter and her suitors. She'll have
plenty of them. And when she gets good
and ready she'll up and marry one of
Them
NO girl with at least three possibilities
in one town. to say nothing of dozens she
may have elsewhere, need be a subject of
commiseration." said Mrs. Whipple
But" began the bishop slowly, lit might
be better toseliminate at least one.''
Not Wary" threw in Mrs. Whipple.
mot Saxton,'' added the general Il like
him; he's polite and thoughtful about US
old folks"
The bishop had risen. knowing that the
standing.
Il shouldn't cut out either of them.' he
sad smiling.
(To be continued tomorrow.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23
Consolidation Not Denied.


Consolidation Not Denied.
The attorneys declare that the fact that
these two railway companies have been
consolidated in and a perpetual control SCI
cured by single corporation is not dis
proved by a word of testimony in this case.
and added: "The only defense interposed
is plea that such consolidation was neces-
sary in order to preserve the united control
that Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Morgan and their as
sociates most urgently DESIRE followed by
a declaration, of good intentions on their
part, framed in allurfHg visions of benefits
they intend to bestow upon this and other
states. The appellees seem to think this
excuse and painted vision a justification for
the fragrant violatioHs of the laws of this
and other states. The court must bear IN
mind that seven states are practically de-
pendent upon the railroads controlled by
the Northern Securities Company, for their
transportation facilities; and that these
seven states embrace nearly one-twelfth Of
the area of the United States and contain
within their borders nearly one tenth of the
total population of the United States
They conclude by calling attention to the
magnitude of the case and say:
1.-THE judgment of this court thereon must
determine whether sovereign state of this
Union is powerless to yindicate the majesty
of it's own laws"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23
University Gets Big Donation.
A dispatch from Chicago last night sa

A dispatch from Chicago last night says:
1t was announced today at the forty ninth
convocation of the University of Chicago
that gifts amounting to 81. $4,000 had been
received from John d. Rockefeller. founder
of the university. OF this amount 81, 500, 900
which was in real estate, improved and I'M
improved, in the immediate vicinity of the
university, was formally transferred by Mr..
Rockefeller. For current expenses of the
university during the year beginning July ],
1904, $245.o00 was given; $53, 900 was given
to finish the power plant and improve the
grounds, and $4,000 for excavation and ex-
ploration in oriental lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23
Seven Hours From New York to Chi
caro.
A dispatch from Chicago last nj,

A dispatch from Chicago last night says:
The Universal PneaIpatic Transmission
Company, in this city isseeAing to secure q
franchise to operate Rheumatic mail serv-
Ice from this city to th6Seast. The concern
uses the vacuum systeEa, and says it can
transport light merchandise as well as mail
A letter mailed in Chicago at noon would be
in New York at o'clock the same evening
1t Is the aim of the company to connect the
big cities of the country The tubes can
carry $1,000 pounds Of freight an hour. A
package Of from 100 to- $50 pounds can be
shot from Chicago to New York in seven
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23

"A store window is good
advertising, SO is a good
sign over the door, but the
best of all is the display
that goes before a whole
city every day-the news
paper advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-23

and franchises of such corporations as
though one had purchased all the property
and franchises of the other"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-19
An important Discovery.

Granton, Okla, Feb. 9th.-After ten
years E. H. Gosney of Granton has at
last found cure for Kidney Trouble.
Mr.. Gosney suffered very severely
with Kidney Complaint and some ten
years ago made up his mind to find a
cure if one was to be had.
He has tried and tried and expert
mented with every kidney medicine he
could hear of. Although Re was al
ways disappointed he kept on trying
till at last his perseverance was re.
warded and he found complete cure.
He is a well man today and explains
it as follows:
Everything failed to cure me and
| was growing worse and worse till
tried a new remedy called Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills and | had not taken many of
them before | knew had at Lass
found The right thing. am entirely
cured and | cannot say too much for
Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-19
DoINGs OF A WICKED CROW.
Dick is a Noted Thief and Regular
Attendant at Funerals.

Mr.. Alexander Lidnum is the possess
sor Of tame crow which Is in his way
a very unique character. Dick, as he
is called, Notwithstanding his mis-
chievous escapades and thieving afro
cities, is a universal favorite through
out the town, and has hosts of warm
friends. One of his favorite haunts is
Spring Hill cemetery, which he visits
daily. Mr. Charles Seymour the keep
err Of the cemetery, is one of his warm
est friends, but is, nevertheless, vic
tim of his mischievous pranks. He has
stolen from Mr. Seymour numerous
rules, pencils and other articles. On
one occasion he took a pipe from the
pocket of his coat, and on another
gold watch from the pocket of another
gentleman's vest, which he had remov-
ed from his person and laid on one of
the graves nearby. Dick is also a pro-
fessional mourner. He attends every
funeral that takes place in Spring Hill,
and, perching himself on the edge of
the open grave, remains there until the
funeral service is ended, or until the
grave is entirely closed, when he wan
ders off to look for mischief.
Another Of his favorite places of Wis
itation is the carriage shops OF James
A. Spence, where Dick Thomas and
James Dillon have to watch him con-
stantly to prevent him from confiscat-
ing their paint brushes and numerous
other small articles.
Dick always pays friendly visits to
Mr.. George M. Wilson's flour mill, but
as yet has relieved Mr.. Wilson Of moth
ing more valuable than a lot Of bugs in
his wheat, which he was very glad to
get rid of.
This crow is to be seen almost every
morning perched somewhere along
Dover street, watching very intently
the work of laying new gas mains, and
seems very much interested in the
work. He also visits daily the site upon
which the new building Of the Eastern
National bank is being erected, and
from his apparent interest in, and close
watchfulness of the work as he struts
around from one part Of the building to
the other, one would think he was gen.
eral superintendent Of the construction
thereof
The workmen have orders from the
bank officials not to modest or injure
him in any way. Last week he went
out to Hickory ridge farm, two miles
from town, where Mr.. William Rust re-
sides, went in the house, and picked a
new stiff hat to pieces for that gentle
man, besides tearing down a window
blind and stealing a kew.
Dick is a very sensitive bird, and II
any one does anything to hurt him he
never forgets 1t, and will have nothing
to do with them or go anywhere near
them. When night begins to COME on
Dick will leave what he is doing and
make for home before dark.-Baston
Qnd) Correspondence Of Baltimore
American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-19
The Right to Criticize.

The Republican does not aspire to do
the legislating for Iowa, but 1t claims
the right to criticise bad laws.-Daven-
port Republican.
And you shall have the right to crit
icise every law you don't like. Every
newspaper in Iowa Is assuming that
privilege Just now and there is a lively
discussion going on. The right Of criti-
cism is not being confined to newspa-
pers. Those afflicted with oratory are
catching the disease. We see by the
Des Moines newspaper that the Hon.
Walt Butler. who is afflicted with
heap TALK has challenged LATE Young
and Governor Cummins to "gabfest."
No sooner is this announced than the
Cedar Rapids Gazette announces that
the Hon. Frank Campbell, Of Des
Moines has an itching to take "fall"
out Of LATE Young. We notice this
itching to criticise has strong hold on
the Iowa public. It was thought the
campaign would bring about a cessa-
ton OF hostilities, but II only seemed to
warm the blood and there are a dozen
OF more fellows standing round with
clubs in their hands ready to hit the
first head that appears. Even in north
west Iowa, one Of the most peaceful
localities in the state Is furnishing a
pair Of debaters in the per3ons Of the
Sioux City Journal and the Spirit Lake
Beacon. Don't you let anybody dis
pute your right to critieise. It 10 mans
greatest gift-Vinton EagiA
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-19
WOMEN NOW AND FORMERLY.
The Solons Of the Early Days and the
Clubs of the Present Time.

A woman is denouncing women's
clubs as producers of cleverness, not
Of scholarship. Were her structures
thus begun and ended there would be
little to say in negation. For scholar
ship has ever been, must ever be, soil
tary, AMI eleverness come somewhat
of gregariousness. Reading, as has
been truly said, maketn full man,
conference ready man and writing
an exact man.
But when the discriminating con-
demner Of woman's clubdom adds that
women of the former time, the WON.
en- of the great days of the salons,
were scholars and not merely clev.
Ell" she should annex q photography
OF the subject to sustain her brief.
The salons were the first women's
clubs. Originating in Italy during the
renaissance, their briefhours were pol
i6hed with the new learning, to which
women were peculiarly entitled, for at.
ter the scholastic philosophers, with
Petrarch and Boccaccio in literature
and Dante, it was to the women of
Florence that learning was most H..
debted Tor the resuscitation of CLASH
cal taste and antiquarian research.
Women in middle ages received a
more extensive classical and artistic
culture than women now enjoy, but
the educated proportion was compare
lively small. Music, also, especially
upon the strings, women cultivated to
higher skill; they had more time,
and Italy is the mother of music.
When the salon became an I'M
doubted power in France it repre-
sented less the scholarship of the
period than its ambitions and intri,
CUES.
In England there was no period in
which many women were conspicu-
ously learned. Your typical English
man remains to this hour the tory
against progress for women in science
and the arts. When Lady Mary Wort
ley Montagu formed the first WON.
ans club in the island it was desig-
mated in derision the BLUE Stock
ings," although it was a man who
wore the cerulean hose at the meet
ings. Even Walpole made fun of
feminine pretension to culture. Mrs.
Montagu holds her feast of shells In
her feather dresslngroom," he wrote.
An English author of considerable
repute was shocked when he heard a
rumor that his mother contemplated
publishing a novel, and he implored
her not to do so, because "a female
author" he considered "a sort of half
man."
While clubs waste the time of the
really learned, they undenlably die.
seminate among the less fortunate a
beneficial acquaintance with the best
that has been thought, done and said.
The really learned woman of this
time Is more learned than the studious
women Of any former time because
science and travel increase the op.
portunities of the women Of today
and science and travel alike were lit
tie known to the women of any form
er age.
Womens clubs have their justified
place among contemporary institu'
tions-Chicago Chronicle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-19
A NEW KLoNDlKE.

There is a rich placer gold field In
New Mexico that is known to be ten
miles square and the gravel is 10 to
1000 feet thick, in which there is
enough gold to pay the national debt.
This deposit of gravel has been form.
ed by the action of water, eroding the
tops Of the many rich quartz veins on
the Ortiz mountains, on which is locat-
ed the Santa Fe Gold and Copper Co. 8
mines, that have paid over S17,OO0,0OO
to the owners.
The famous Lincoln Lucky mine is
also on this mountain and It has paid
over s1,00o,000 in one year to its
stockholders.
Adjoining Lincoln Lucky, on the
same vein is located the G. & G. Con
solidated, with a rich body of ore that
will net from $40 to $3.50 per ton. With
in the next year this mine should be
the largest producer and most profit
able of any in the camp.
A small amount Of money invested
in it now will make you wealthy in a
short time.
For the next 30 days you can buy
some of its treasury stock at sc per
share, fully paid and worcestershire;
It is being sold to equip the mine with
heavier machinery than that now in
use
Don't fail to get some Of this stock
at this price We want a few agents
in different localities to sell this stock
for the next 30 days. Cut this out and
write for terms and prospectus to
Commercial Accommodation Co,
1o4 West 9th ST., Kansas City, Me.