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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28

OFT. TO see her butler climb the staircase holding at arms length on q
vast ira, the confused heap OF blooms and foliage; behind him at tho
same TING would come the paror maid staggering under a load oil
glasses and vases and what not. destined to hold the costly plumber OF
the morning. NJ first a delightful labor, and always a graceful and
swcctsccntcd ono. it had come, said the fair complainant, to be a heavy
and timc-consmning task. growing more and more %burdcnsomc as the
fashion Of floral display extended and the country every morning sent
up To- town such tempting wealth Of roses and lilies and the rest
1t Is probable that many a house mistress would DC hchHVu "
echo the cry OF luxurious distress and TO declare that the creature man
never realizes what trouble it takes to fill his home with points OF lovely
shape and color and to make a botanical garden OF his dinner table. 1t
is not the fault Of the flowers. of course, except because. being 81 ira
grant, 20 delicate and so beautiful. they make slaves OF all who serve
them.
The Japanese are, perhaps. the only people who do not allow the
flower, to crbarrass or oyerwlclm them. Sensitive in cyer- nerve to
the glory Of line aud splendor OF color in nature. they ecoronisc thei
admiration and confnc it To a profound enjoyment OF a lev. instead Of
the Wholesale collection INDUCED in by western people. They would
no more regard one OF or vast bouquets or bowpots as a proper mode
Of arranging flowers than we should call the motley crowd OF spcca
tor, in tic pit ri a thCatcr an evening party. Their leading idea en-
tWcy opposed to- ours. j. To- get the full delight Of shape and outline
Of natural balance and contrast from one n two floral specimens and
by no means To mass and thereby confuse them So that even the trucsi
csc and most subtle no,trl, become b~cwihicrcd in the wmult Of beauty
rLc 1c ass OF lurilanus between his equal bundles of hay.
Aicr al. where flowers are IN plenty, 1t i a pity not In enjoy
th,u each in their own fashion. Ruskin has somewhere expressed the
opinion that bowers ought never to be pluckcd from their stalks, but
lt 90 grow. because their chief charm is their life. which is forfeited
when the blossom j. broken of. But, although a flower Is never SC
charming a. where it is seen alive and fulfilling its floral purpose. that
would sadly limit popular enjoyment OF it. Perhaps this enjoyment Is
Lc,nc,t among those who least comprehend The magic and the mystery
oi thir being, and am half afraid that the country girl who puts a
flower in her hair. or the lutte ones who i'll their small fingers with
bucbcl, and MAY blossoms. have a pleasure in that glory oi theirs
which our Lord declared to he greater than Solomon, unaScd by
mighty Darwin. when counting the seeds in a single capsule of IN orchid
and showing how. hut Tor preventive law. that single plan, in four gen
Grafton, could cover the whole globe with the orchts macrlaa.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28

mcnccmcnt. and L. 5 Grant conferred
tho diploma.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28

II, costs q merchant lots Of money noe
10 dvertise.-Chicaso Daily News.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28
The "/eIAOWP Peril" with
BY DIR. ToYoKICHI lYENAGA,

HE yellow Peril" is a myth. 1t exists only in the imagination
OF >omp who fear that the Chinese threaten the control OF the
EVgy commercial and industrial worlds in some OF their branches.
The Chinese will never conquer the world in a commercial
sense, because once having adopted the methods OF the western nations
tcy learn to live luNuriousy and their ratio OF consumption aud pro-
duction is relatively the same as that of the occidentals.
The Chinese as a nation are the most commercially gifted people
in the world, They have a high sense OF honor in trade. The terms
bankrupt and cnbezzcr are almost unknown in the celestial kingdom.
The Chinese become good mechanics with little teaching. and thry can
stand al conditions OF climate and more work with less fatigue than
any other people. consider the Chinese laundryman, as he has deyel-
opcd under the american conditions and demands. not only a wonder
but a hero. He works II hours a day without a murnur. and sometimes
Is to -. These is an old adagc Go TO the ant, thou sluggard' A
modern oa-aphraSe would read. Go to the Chinese laua!rynan"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28

sip flourish and increase upon us.
Christianity also stands for unselfshmcss. and this. too. has its day
OF judgment in vacation whCn\having toncd Tor others all the year we
resolve to make a business OF enjoying ourselves. The man whose SUM
mcr resort companions find him getting his own enjoyment incidentally
while giving everybody about him a good time may b. sure that lie has
at cas-, one OF tie Christian graccs we'll in hand.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28
imuderytaudIM
BY SIR EDWIN ARNOLD.

1t is to be feared that among tho enibellish'
mcnts of life flowers too often afford an example OF
how people will turn pleasures into tolls. ! noticed
lately a tender little wall which arose from a lady
who found herself ovcrburdcncd with the too fire.
qucnt task OF arranging buds and blossoms for the
passages and apartments OF her town house. "A
lover OF flowers, as everybody OF good taste must
he. she confessed to feeling something not unlike
what the prisoner experiences when his days allow
ancc oil oakum to be picked has just been served
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28
Opium and Liquor Habits Cured.
Book free. d. N. Woollcy. N. d., Atlanta,0A

No pleasure Is comparable TO the standing
upon the vantage ground OF truth.-Baeoa-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28

Piao's Cure for Consumption is an infalll'
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove. n. j., Feb. II. 1000.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28

Good manners and good morals are
sworn friends and fsst allies.--Bartol.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28

Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis, four daily
trains via the Chicago q North'Western
Ry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
CHILDREN TO BE PITIED.
Chicago's Little Unfortunates Who
Know Not the Flowers Of the Field.

Chicago's Little Unfortunates Who
Know Not the Flowers Of the Field.
From the Housekeeper
'"rhere are 100000 children in the city Of
Chicago who cannot tell a rose from a
dandelion nor a daisy from a violet" The
truth Of this declaration, made by a busi-
ness man before the Physicians Club OF
Chicago was challenged, and it was de-
cided to test it by experiment. Armed with
choice bouquets. a doctor visited a number
Of public schools located in the poorer dis
tricts. Here is his report: Il was aston
ished to find that the rose was the only
flower recognized by the children. OF
course. they were fairly familiar with the
appearance of some of the commoner vari-
cites, but as to the names they were abso-
lutely ignorant There was scarcely a child
that could not repeat the names of popular
pugilists and actors.
The lesson Of this instructive incident
needs no seeking. 1t stares US in the face.
The inquiry is natural: Is there not a
significant coincidence between the intro
duction of fads into the public schools and
this astonishing ignorance? Happy the
children whose teacher realizes that books
do not contain all the lessons that should
be learned; that her responsibility does
not cease when she has dinned into unwill-
ing ears the daily quota of dry rules and
reasons from the printed page Is there
not something amiss with the educational
system that ignores the development of the
aesthetic side of child nature. the incul-
eating Of the love for the beautiful? But
the saddest aspect Of this depressing Incl
dent is the unmistakable glimpse it affords
US of these children's lives at home. The
intellectual gloom and barrenness Of such
an existence force themselves upon our
Imagination. What sort Of men and women
can be expected to grow from such a soil?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
THos ]. OWEN & son, AucT1oNEEl.s.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, ON FLORIDA AVENUE Sc
TWEEN 9Th AND 7TH STREETS NORTH.
WEST. BEING THREE-STORY BRICK
NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of a deed of trust. dated the 18th day
Of May, 1892. and recorded In Liber 1900. folio
<38 of the land records Of the District OF Colum-
by, the undersigned trustees Will Offer for sale.
public auction, In front Of the premises, on
THURSDAY. THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL 1903
AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
lowing described real estate. In the city Of Wash
ington in the District of Columbia to wit: All
that certain piece or parcel OF land and premises
numbered fourteen 90. in Watson j. Newton's
subdivision tof A. l.. Barber & Company's subdiv-
eionl Of lots in block a., lie Droit Park as per
plat recorded in Liber County I, page 20, of the
ginning for the same at the southeast corner of
said lot IA and running thence in a northwesterly
direction l6 feet; thence in northeasterly direc
tion 100 feet thence southeasterly direction Is
feet; thence In q southwesterly direction 80 feet:
thence in a soCtheasterly direction 3 feet; thence
In southwesterly direction 81 feet to place Of be-
ginning. with all improvements, consisting Of
very desirable three-story stone and brick DWELL
ing house and all modern improvements, including
Steamboat plant.
Terms OF sale: third cash. one third in one
the purchasers option, deferred payments If any
to be represented by the promissory notes of the
purchaser. bearing date on the dny of the sale
with interest payable semi annually, at the rate
OF six per cent per anniin. and secured by deed
OF trust on the property sold All conveyancng,
recording and title examination at purchasers
cost. deposit Of 800 to be made at the time
of sale Terms Of sale to be complied with within
ten days from day of sale, otherwise the property
may be resold at risk and cost of defauting pur-
chaser after five days notice.
CHARLES W. HANDY
d. CARROLL DIGGES,
nh2S dads Trustees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
The Magic Ring.
From Notes and Queries.

The Sultan Amurath possessed a ring,
given him by the Genius Syndarac, which
marked out to him the boundaries Of good
and evil by contracting and pressing hts
finger whenever he was engaged in any
evil action. See The Adventurer," Xxx.
1t was the Bracelet Of Memory in Miss
Edgeworth's "Rosamond' that by means
of a clockwork alarum pricked the wearer
at any set time reminder. The curl
Gus ring in general use among the young
men in Zululand exactly answers George
Eliot's description. 1t is of conical out
line and is worn much thimble might
be. Made of soft straw plating, all is
covered and held together on the outside
by broad slips of colored grass, fastened
at the top by a knob of Irvine. Although
have only seen them worn by the Zulus,
their singular aids to virtue are stated to
be common among other tribes in South
Africa.
The article Is well known by a compre-
hensive name among old colonists, but
do not find the native one recorded in
Gibbs Zulu Vocabulary" the only phrase
book possess upon that language. Forty
years ago an advertising quack doctor
lived in Berners street. w. He made a
speciality Of the ailments Of debilitated
young men, and was accustomed I we'll
recollect. to supply patients with a ring
that under given conditions, pricked its
wearer, and was thus declared by him to
be a check to sundry ills that flesh is
heir to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
THE HURRY HABIT.
A National Characteristic That Retards
Instead Of Assisting Progress,

A National Characteristic That Retards
Instead Of Assisting Progress.
From the Housekeeper
If there Is one lesson more than another
that Americans, and especially American
women, need to learn. and at once 1t is to
make haste slowly. Hurry Is the most de-
structive OF our national habits. It is the
chief cause of our national disease, nervous
prostration, and one of the principal allies
of the undertaken. Hurry and worry al
ways go together. In differentiating be-
tween haste and hurry a noted alienist cites
the numerous quick-lunch restaurants
which have sprung up during the last de-
cade in all American cities. The sign itself,
quick lunch or "a meal in a minute" is
enough to set one to hurrying. The sight
Of the spry walters rushing about apparent
iy half frantic from having twice as much
to do as they should. the rafting of the
dishes, the spectacle of his neighbor boiling
his food without sufficient chewing, the
very element Of hurry that seems to be in
the atmosphere about one, all have their
effect upon the impressionable patron Of the
modern lightning express restaurant. The
consequence Is imperfect mastication, dys-
pepsia and nervous prostration. ,-t-
Hurry destroys thoroughnesS. The person
who hurries cannot have his heart in his
work Thinking constantly of what Is to
be done next the task Of the present is
sighted by borrowing unnecessarily from
the future. Paradoxical as 1t may sound,
hurry Is the subterfuge Of the lazy. A man
or woman who is lazy at heart often 1urries
to make pretense of working and detract
attention from real idleness. Little time is
required to compute the results achieved by
the person who bustles breathlessly about
with nerves unstrung and putting everyone
within hearing in the same condition.
Hurry and haste are not synonymous. A
putting, blowing whistling tug hurries: an
ocean steamship makes haste. "A little less
steam at the whistle ana little more at
national health without spelling the speed
of our progress. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
Idle Women.
From the Cleveland Leader.

From the Cleveland Leader.
There Is a belief among certain persons
that children can be reared without labor.
This is not SO and can never be so. Women
cannot successfully rear families by proxy.
They cannot turn over their children to
nurses. governesses and school teachers
Many women do this, however. and society
here and there gathers the dragon teeth
in the harvest Of crimes against society
and moral laws.
The women who have made Buffalo
shameful either had no children at all, or,
If they had children, they turned them over
to some one else to rear and train. Thus
from having escaped obligations and the
toll which motherhood brings they were
free to roam the streets and to bring about
that condition which ultimately destroyed
the honor of one family and resulted in a
murder, and. perhaps. a double suicide.
If these women had been busy, even If
postage stamps or butterflies or hotel
menus. or If they had taken lessons in cook
ing, or dressmadng. or had learned to burn
leather or decorate teacups, and had stuck
everlastingly to the jobs they had picked
out for themselves, they would have saved
themselves from dishonor and the world
from disgraceful spectacle.
Work is the greatest moral force in the
world. Mothers who desire to see their
children happy, to see them useful, to see
them worthy members of society," should
hold fast to the doctrine of labor The
tragedy at Buffalo teaches lesson, and it
Is to be hoped that some good will result
from that shocking affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
Philadelphia's Filtration Plant.

The original thought in altering public
water supply was only to clarity It,. Its
sanitary publication in. the process. by tho
removal of deleterious germs, was a subse-
quent discovery or development that has
become of essential Importance. Water is
tested not only for ''turbidity.' but for
bacteria" 1t must be not only clear to the
sight, but must be free from invisible con-
termination. In the new Philadelphia sys-
tenn the water will be passed first through
coarse, rapid filters that remove the greater
part Of the suspended mud and dirt, and
then through the finer sand filters, where
the actual publication is effected We shall
have here, In q very short time, the most
extensive application of filtration to a gen.
eral water supply that ever has been made
and on the most advanced scientific lines.
and the results obtained in the small plant
already in operation show q standard q
cleanness and purity not before attained.
The truth Is that we undertook this great
Improvement at exactly the right period Of
engineering development, and the compile
ton OF the work now in hand will mark an
advance that will put Philadelphia once
more in the lead of American cities in the
purity and abundance of its water supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
A FILIPINO BELLE.
How She Appears When Fully Attired
for the Ball Room.

From the Housekeeper.
In describing the costume of q Filipino
belle, one begins naturally at the slippered
feet and works toward the diamond-decked
hair. The first thing is the media, or long
stocking usually of silk and often beauti-
fully embroidered about the foot and
ankle. the embroidery being plainly seen
because Of the low-topped, heelless chinelas
or slippers, usually worn, which are also
often beautifully embroidered on the top
Then comes the vesuda. the long train
dress. fastened by a band at the waist and
usually allowed to trail at the left side
When caught up out of the way 1t is passed
across the front of the body and fastened to
the belt on the right side. This vestida is
made of silk, satin or velvet, very rich and
as the Spanish taste for red, yellow and
black is shared by the Filipino, the floor of
a ball room while bale is in progress is
more or less of a poem in those colors,
with occasional hints of blue and green
Usually these ball and dinner vestidas are
elegantly and extensively hand-em broider-
ed in silk, as much as $500 to 81 5000 being
often the cost of a single dress skirt
The next garment Is the camiseta which
performs the function of the American
shirt waist. 1t surroundssthe Undertaking
that enfolds the upper portion of the body
having low neck, but not cut decolette-
no Filipino woman would wear a decolette
dress-and has very wide, short sleeves It
is made Of the beautiful thin pima cloth,
manufactured from the fibre Of the pine
apple leaf, and is practically transparent
The cloth is sufficiently stiff to cause the
large sleeves to stand out from the arms
and shoulders and not cling to them as
silk and cotton goods will do, and is, there
fore, much more suited the warm climate
Of the Philippines. This camiseta is also
usually embroidered extensively, some
times in white and sometimes in delicate
tints.
The coalla, or collar is also made of the
thin. stiff and extensively embroidered pima
CLOTH 1t is about the size of the small
opera shawl worn in this country, and is
folded and worn about the shoulders and
neck much In the same way, the ends be-
ing crossed over the bust and fastened
there with clasp of diamonds. The hair is
carefully arranged, usually in the Spanish
style, now so popular with our own young
ladies', and all the diamonds there is room
for or wealth permits are used as orna-
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
Brutalizing Sport.
rom the Chicago Record-Herald.


It hardly seems credible that in this age
Of progress, when the agencies of refine
ment are so active and wide-reaching, that
any one could be found to openly oppose a
measure to prohibit the shooting OF trap
ped pigeons and other birds for sport"
And yet we are informed that certain in
terests'' are opposing the bill introduced in
the legislature by Representative Darrow
for that purpose.
Whatever these Interests are they are
not entitled to the serious consideration of
the legislators. The practice of shooting
pigeons and other birds as they fly from a
trap is now universally condemned as a
most cruel and inhuman pastime, degrad-
ing and brutalizing in its influence upon
those who witness 1t or take part in 1t, and
unworthy of the true sportsman.
Even though every pigeon were killed as
1t flies from a trap the pastime could not
be justified by any argument that would
appeal to a person of refined, humane or
decent instinct. AS matter of fact. how
ever, hundreds of the feathered innocents
are not killed in these shoots. but fall flut-
tering to the ground, manned and mangled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AucrIoSEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF NEAT AND ATTRAC
TIVE THREfSSTORY AND CELLAR BRICF
DWELLING. KNOWN AS 2JO4 M STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OF A NEAT AND ATTRAC-
TIVE THREISSTORY AND CELLAR BRICK
DWELLING. KNOWN AS 2504 M STREET
NORTHWEST
By virtue OF certain deed OF trust dated the
twelfth day of January, A. ID. 1892. and recorded
among the land records OF the District Columbia
In Iiber 1850. folio 20T ct seq. and the request
OF the holders of the notes secured thereby We
viii offer. at public auction, In front Of the prem
ises, on FRIDAY. SEVENTEENTH APRIL. ID
1908. AT HAI.F-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM the
following described real estate situate in city
of Washington, District CT Columbia, to wit: All
that certain piece or parcel Of land and premises
known and distinguished and being lot numbered
fifty t50l In ksrr and Sanner's subdivision of LOT
80 of +. p Mulletts subdivision In square num-
bered fourteen 14,. as per plat OF said Barr and
Sanner's subdivision, recorded in Liber 10 folio 8
Of the records OF the office Of the surveyor Of the
District Of Columbia. together with the improve
ments thereon.
Terms of sale: One third of the purchase money
to be paid in cash and the balance to he paid In
three equal installments. respectively, in one two
and three years, secured by a deed Of trust upon
the property sold. with interest thereon, payable
semi annually, st the rate Of five per cent per an
until paid all cash, at the option of the
purchaser. A deposit OF 500 will be required at
the time Of sale. Sale to be closed within fifteen
days from day Of sale; otherwise the trustees may
resell the property at the risk and cost of default
ing purchaser, after five days advertisement In
some paper published In the city OF Washington.
ID. c. Conveyancing at the cost Of purchaser.
LOUIS %. WINE. Trustee,
CLARENCE b. RHEEM. Trustee,
ap4-d&ds Ole st. NV.