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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Selfshness.
From the Springfield Republican.


Is respect for the rights Of others a de-
clining factor in American life? The very
question is disturbing, whether it be ap-
piled to the nation. to the ramifications of
business operations. or to the thought and
the actions Of individuals. The observing
person who travels even a little Is struck
by what appears to be the pervasive in
sistence of selfshness as it seeks personal
advantage and comfort with too little
chivalrtc regard for others. Difference to
age and to women Is so little in evidence
that we may well wonder If the gentleman
of the old school, is long to survive, or
even now exists on the highways OF travel
Much Is lost when the patience and the
beauty Of courtesy fall away-to society as
whole, and to the individuals who COM
pose 1t. "Care for number one" has to be
exercised-each must engineer for himself;
but due thought can be taken for the in
dividual and the family without emitting
all regard for tho equal rights that belong
to others. Out Of kindness IL born the gem
tleman or the GentIewoman. and when kind
ness gets knocked out by selfshness, moral
grace departs and the beauty of idealisna
Is lost, and all the amelioration Of life's
hard conditions which Il brings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
WAGNER AS A HUMORIST.
Noted Composer Complied With the
Suggestion of His Critic.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Richard Wagner, the distinguished Ger
man composer. was commonly supposed to
be utterly destitute Of any sense of humor,
but such was not the case, as he demon
strated on more than one occasion. An in
stance is on record of how the great tone
painter of Bayreuth played a very funny
trick on a newspaper and probably good
many Of the readers accustomed to relying
on what it said. 1t was in the sos Wag-
ner, then still climbing the ladder of fame,
was conducting the Philharmonic concerts
in the British metropolis for a season. Be
ing as he remained to the end, very ar
dent admirer of Beethoven, and, in fact,
knowing that masters fine symphonies by
heart he selected several of them for per-
Torrance in the said series of concerts.
The first time, then, that Wagner con-
Quoted Beethoven symphony In London
the public received the rendition kindly
enough, but the next morning a certain
newspaper with a very large circulation
came out with a rather severe criticism.
The author of 'Lohengrfn' was In cold
print. but in unreserved terms. scolded for
directing a symphony by the immortal
Beethoven without a score in front of him.
Such a proceeding, to which London was
unaccustomed, was sheer presumption, 30
ran the criticism. And after further I'M
complimentary remarks the great and infiu-
entail journal advised young Herr Wagner
to use a score when he conducted a
Beethoven symphony again. Well, soon
Herr Wagner did this time with book Of
music open before him on his desk. He
was seen to turn over the leaves with a
certain amount of regularity, too His re-
ward came the next day In the form of a
commendatory article in the aforesaid
newspaper, which praised him for a very
much better Interpretation of Beethoven
than his last, due, Of course, to the sug-
gested use Of the score. Whereupon Wag-
ner eve think one pun is justified in this
particular instance), announced the fact
that the score in front of him the previous
evening was that of Rossinis opera THE
Barber of Seville''-turned upside down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
London's Views.
From the Strand.


Mr.. Marcus Stone. R. a. when asked
what he considered the nnest view, was
at the outset frankly pessimistic. II can
not, with the best wish in the world" he
remarked, think London very picturesque.
or that its tendency Is toward beauty. II
I were only little more energetic should
really try to give literary expression to my
views on the subject Of London's archi-
tectural and esthetic hideousness and the
lack of true sense OF beauty among our
people. There seems to be no general eff
fort to improve. Isolated instances there
are. here and there. of course. detached
attempts to obtain what Paris can truly
boast-a characteristic and native type Of
architecture. But there IL here no unity.
no harmony, no consistency. Queen Anne
is dead. and we have advanced no further
than Queen Anne architecture. upon which
admirable type most Of our subsequent
schools have been founded. Nothing domi-
mates London unless" added the painter,
smiling grimly. ut is the Queen Anne man
sions. just see how that one building has
utterly spoiled all the st. James Park
views"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
WONDERFUL RIFLE
Is New Army Weapon-Can Send Bull
. let Through Fifty-Five Men.


From the New York Mail and Express.
A Mail and Express correspondent writes
that work is progressing rapidly on the
manufacture Of the new Springfield maya
zine rifle in the United States armory in
Springfield, Mass, to fill the special order
for small number received from the War
Department A great deal Is claimed for
the new weapon and it is believed that 1t
will be the most powerful arm ever de-
signed for foot soldiers or cavalry. It's
most notable feature Is its range, which Is
five miles. 1t Is foregone conclusion that
after a trial Of the new arm by the troops
first equipped a general order will be re-
ceived to continue the manufacture and
equip the entire army, as the special board
appointed by the ordnance department has
made a favorable report on the weapon.
In recent tests the target used consisted
Of about twenty squares OF white pine, one
inch thick, which were mounted vertically
one inch apart. Bullets shot from the Inn
proved cartridges Of the new rife at
distance of fifty-three feet from the near
est square showed a penetration of 64.7 OF
the boards, and at 1900 yards the penetra-
ton was 6.3. According to a law deduced
by ordnance experts the heshy part OF
mans body, from front to back. offers the
same resistance to a bullet as does plank
Of white pine one inch thick. On this theory
1t is claimed that the new rife will shoot q
bullet through the bodies of fifty-five men
formed in straight column, all facing its
muzzle, the nearest man being fifty-thrse
feet away; at a distance Of 500 yards 1t will
NOW down twenty-three men, at 1000
yards thirteen men, and at 1900 yards six
men. The Krag-Jorgensen rife now in use
will NOV down forty-sx men as against
the f1fty-f1ve of the new arm.
Although the new rifle will carry five
miles, soldiers will not attempt to use 1t at
that range, 1000 yards being considered
the greatest distance at which a soldier
with sharp eyes, even when aided by a tele-
scope, can see a human target with suf-
fcient accuracy to aim.
The new bullet will have 1913 grains OF
powder, as against 376 in the bullet now in
use. The muzzle velocity of the weapon is
| 1890 feet per second, or SEQ feet faster
| than the muzzle velocity of the Krag. The
bullet Of the new arm is equal to the old
| in diameter as we'll as in weight, but its
greater charge Of powder increase the
| weight Of the entire cartridge grains STILL
| the total weight Of the new rifle with bay
| onet, scabbard and 100 cartridges Is one
pound less than that Of the old. This is the
result Of clever arrangement Of the new
| arm. It Is six inches shorter over all than
| the old. With its new substitute for bay
| onet and scabbard 1t weighs 9.47 pounds
against the 1904 pounds Of the Krag-Jor-
gensen with the present bayonet and scab-
hard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
ASSOCIATED PRESS ELECTION.
Frank B. Noyes Again Named as Presi'
dent.

dent.
dispatch from New York last night fol-
lows
The board of directors Of the Associated
Press met in this city today and elected
the following officers: President, Frank B.
Moves of the Chicago Record-Herald; first
vice president, E. B. Haskell of the Boston
Herald; second vice president, J. H. Estiu
of the Savannah News; secretary, Melville
E. Stone; assistant secretary, Charles ..
Diehl; treasurer, Valentine P. Snyder.
The executive committee named Isl Frank
B. Noyes and Victor F. Lawson of Chicago,
Charles w. Knapp of St. Louis, Whitelaw
Reid of New York and Charles H. GraSty
Of Baltimore.
The vacancy on the board Of directors
caused by the resignation of Stephen
O'Meara Of Boston was filled at the annual
meeting by the election of A. P. Langtry
of the Springfield (Mass) Union, and the
other four directors whose terms expired
were reelected. The board as at present
constituted consists Of Albert ]. Barr,
Pfttsburg Post; Clark Howell. Atlanta Con-
stitution; Charles w. Knapp, st. Louis Re-
public; Frank B. Noyes, Chicago Record
Herald: M. H. De Young, San Francisco
Chronicle; Whitelaw Reid, New York Trib-
une; w. L. Mclean, Philadelphia Bulletin;
George Thompson, st. Paul Dispatch; WILL
lam D. Brickell. Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch;
Charles H. Grasty, Baltimore Evening
News; Harvey w. Scott, Portland Ore
gonian; Thomas G. Rapier, New Orleans
Picayune; Herman Ridder, New York
Stats Zeitung; A. P. Langtry. Springfield
Mass Union, and Victor F. Lawson, Chi
cago Daily News.
The following resolution, offered by Victor
Rosewater Of Omaha, was adopted by the
annual meeting of the Associated Pressi
Speaking for the progressive daily news
papers of the United States that are banded
together for mutual service in the Associ-
ated Press. we acknowledge q debt Of graft
tude to Joseph Pulitzer Of the New York
World for the establishment through his
magnificent beneficence of the first school
Of journalism projected upon broad and lib
eral lines. We recognize the demand for
more thorough training in the branches of
education most necessary to q journalistic
career, and We look forward with hopeful
encouragement to the full fruition and sue
cess of Mr.. Pulitzers philosophical pur-
pose In Columbia University, moreover,
situated in the heart Of the nations COM
mercial metropolis, where the worlds news
is most intensely focused we see the in
stitution most suitable for fostering the
scholarly study of Journalism and the eff
Client training OF its recruits We congratu-
late Columbia University upon the choice
made by Mr.. Pulitzer Of the medium for
his benefact1on. and we congratulate Mr.
Pulitzer upon the cooperation of untver-
sity SO finely equipped and so ably admin
istered We congratulate both on the repre-
sentative character of the distinguished
constitute the advisory board for the new
school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
EVANSVILLE AND VICINITY,
Condition Of Sheriff Hardesty Improv-
ing-General Items.
Il Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
HYATTSVILLE, September IS, 1904
MISS Rachel Hamilton, youngest daughter
OF Mr.. Samuel Hamilton of Mitchellsville,
this county, has been awarded the schol-
arship from Prince Georges county to the
State Normal School. Baltimore.
The condition of Sheriff B. N Hardesty
OF Prince Georges county, who recently
suffered an attack of paralysis is greatly
improved, and he will soon be able 10 re-
sumo portion of his duties.
Mrs. r. A. Selby, daughter of the late
Tobias and Rebecca Duvall of Mitchells-
vile. this county. died Monday. aged sixty
five years. of consumption. The remains
were inferred at Enfield Chase MrS.
Selby's late country home. Tuesday after
noon. The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Mr.. Davenport of Anacostia, q
friend of long standing and former rector,
assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Edwards, the
present rector of Holy Trinity Church.
Collington. The pallbearers were Messrs.
John M. Bowie and Robert Hardesty, r.,
of Mitchellsville, William Clark of North
Carolina, Ernest Duvall of Annapolis and
Walter Duvall of Baltimore. the nephews
of the deceased, and J. 7. Hardesty OF
Mitchellsville. Deceased was a sister OF
Mrs B. N. Hardesty wife of Sheriff Har-
desty. and her two brothers are Hobart
Durall of Baltimore and Tobias Duvan of
Mitchellsville.
Miss Jessie Anderson of Savannah, Ga,
and Miss Edith Adams of Howard county,
Md. have been visiting Mrs. H. w. Dor
sey, jr.
Miss Mamie Peach of Mitchellsville, this
county. Is visiting her sister. Mrs. C. Au-
brey Roane. Portsmouth. Va.
Miss Annie Geib returned yesterday from
Atlantic City, where she->ta been sojourn-
ing for the past fortnight.
Miss Ethel Wise of Washington Is visiting
Miss Fay Stokes.
Constable r. H Vincent OF Bladens-
burg. who was nominated for sheriff OF
Prince Georges county by the Mudd re-
publican convention recently held in Upper
Marlboro, has been appointed by Judge
Merrick eliSor in the damage suits filed
against Sheriff Hardesty by several persons
who were recently arrested in a raid ON
Wildwood pool room. The amount of dam
ages claimed from the sheriff on account
of the alleged unlawful arrest aggregates
$50 600. Witnesses have been summoned to
appear on the opening day of court In
this county, Monday, October S.
The committee to investigate the feast
btlity of installing a sewerage system in
Hyattsville held it's initial meeting last
evening in Judge Cars office. and organia-
ed by electing Mayor Charles A. Wells
permanent chairman and Mr.. r. E. White
secretary. The latter was instructed to
communicate with prominent engineers
with a view to having them visit the town
and give opinions to the probable cost
Of the proposed system. The main diff1-
Guilty now seems to be to find a place to
deposit the sewage, 1t being certain that
strenuous objections will be filed by the
residents of Bladensburg should an at.
tempt be made to dump tho matter into
the Eastern branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
fortnightly feature in every garrison in my
command.
Favors the Cspteen.

Favors the Cspteen.
1.-THE abolition of the Santeen feature of
the post exchange, however radical and
erages formerly served therein, may say,
although a total abstainr myself. is re-
garded by me as vital misfortune to the
military service Whatever be the con-
victions and prejudices of reformers on
the subject of temperance, the fact should
be apparent that the best And surest meth
DDS of fostering Temperance is to fight
against and oppose all tendency to excess.
I'm every age the spirit of true soldiery
has engendered true comraa eship and in no
realm of society, in no walk of life has
the radical reformer succeeded in chang
ing the natural disposition of man to the
extent of eliminating this sentiment. To
say that the soldier as a man must be
unlike his brother in all the other walks
of life-because he Is a soldier he must
be denied all privileges of even the most
moderate conviviality among his comrades
because he is soldier he must be sub
jected to unusually strenuous conditions
and submit to radical reformatory meth
DDS which cannot be applied to any other
class of men as a body in any other phase
of life, is a species CT fanaticism which,
it is respectfully suggested, lawmakers can
we'll afford to ignore, If not to condemn.
While passions may be held in bound, ma
ture cannot be wholly reversed or changed
by stringent laws and rules, and the sooner
rules are made looking to moderation in
stead of abstinence, the better will be the
morale and the higher the standard of in
dividual department in the United States
army.
ITO this end, no argument can be too
earnest for the re-establishment of the cam
teen. Aside from other recreation features
of garrison life, the canteen, which Is the
enlisted soldiers club room, is protected
circle into which no vice or degradation
can intrude. There the soldier is guar
anteed certain privileges which, SO long
as not abused, prove ~bulwark against
the temptations and dangers that now sur
round almost every post in the army, and
especially border and remote posts. To
close the doors of the soldiers garrison
club and send him out into the haunts Of
iniquity and vice run by moral vultures,
who, degraded themselves set UP no stand
ard of morality, but, breaking down all
barriers of restraint invite and induce SOL
diers to join in all sorts of depravity and
infamy, is a wrong to the soldier, as well
as a wrong to the community in which
the soldier is located.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Falls Church News.
L Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

FALLS CHURCH. Va.
September Is, 1906
OF the 129 scholars enrolled in the pubic
graded school Of the town, seventy-eight
are from within the corporation and fifty.
one from the outside. Those outside thu
limits are provided for by an arrangement
between the respective school boards. OF
the number beyond the corporate linftA
thirty are from Falls Church school dis
trict. twelve from Providence district,
seven from Washington district and two
from Arlington district The colored chil-
dren of the town provided for by The
school board of Falls Church district In
part return for the whites attending tho
town school. The total enrolment at the
opening of the term exceeds that OF last
year
Miss Mary Ball, whose home is near here
and who has attained TO the age of eighty
four, fell down the stairs Wednesday ana
dislocated her shoulder. The services OF
two physicians were required to set the DIS
location, and she is doing well.
MIR. E. NJ. Ball of the United States hsa
commission, located at Leadville, COLI
whose father recently died here. has been
assigned to duty in Washington for three
months. He will settle up his fathers e.
tate.
Mrs. Lyman Ballard of West Falls Church
has received information of the death Of
her sister. Mrs. NJ. B. Carey, in Kansas
At the meeting last night of Falls Church
LOUSe OF ouu FELLOWS TtSoiullOnS on TN
death of Past Grand Charles E Mank1n
We're adopted. Thirty-two members ag-
nied their intention of participating in th4
Odd Fellows parade in Baltimore next
Wednesday.
The Young Peoples Dramatic Club has
turned into the treasury of the Library A.
ISOLATION $40. the net proceeds of their re-
cent entertainment
Among the families who rented homes
here during the summer months who have
returned to Washington this week are NJ.
and Mrs. w. p. Lipscomb. Mr. and MA
Baldwin, Mrs Seal Mr.. and Mrs. Schmidt,
Mr.. and Mrs ]. C. Raeburn, Mr.. and Ma
S. M. Smyth.
Mrs c. Il. Quick, who has beea i'll at her
home near here, is improving.
The revival services at the Me; hodiet
Episcopal Church South will continue until
Sunday night. Rev. ]. Z. Allender. pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Ar
Hngton, Va, who was conducting revival
services in Stafford county was stricken
with paralysis while in the pulpit, and 10 In
a critical condition.
Miss Elizabeth Riddle Of Chanlbersburg,
Pa, is the guest of her aunt Miss Sue y.
Riddle
Mrs. Lovan, who has been spending %
summer at the home of Mr.. and ArR
Gather returned to West Virginia on Tue4-
day
Mrs. " E. Kerr is visiting her sisbees
Mrs. w. P. Wright, in Delaware
Mr.. Robert Hodgkin has returned to -
high University Pa, to resume his stu0QA
Miss Raydelle Shaw IL visfAag Miss 0sa0
Wilson, at Ravensworth, Va
Mr. Lee Hiett has returnsA 1rom N.Y.
port News, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18

New Zealand sold abroad last year $l1,-
100000 worth OF meats, Of which $2,125 600
was in beef. 5000 600 In mutton and $780,
600 in frozen rabbits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
Improvement at Brackettville.

cat Fort Clark the summary court trials
numbered 493, with 466 convictions. which
number, however, considering the size of
the post and the surrounding conditions
for the greater part of the fiscal year when
those trials occurred does not betray any
lack of discipline. Indeed, since the pub
LEGATION of my general court-martial order
incidentally setting forth the demoralizing
influence Of certain groggerfes and in
famous haunts Of iniquity in the neighbor-
ing town Of Brackettville, the garrison Of
Fort Clark, as well as the better and more
respectable people Of the town of Brackett-
vile, have observed marked improve
ment In the general moral atmosphere in
that neighborhood. / may add, in this con-
nection, that in taking the action which
deemed necessary at the time expected to
stir up resentment on the part Of those who
felt the lash of my criticism, but I had
reason to hope for praise and commenda-
ton from the better people in Brackettville.
whose families were none the less interest
ed in improving the morals of that border
town than the military garrison at Fort
Clark
LAS a result Of the reform movement
which followed my published order above
referred to, concerning which there was an
appeal made to the War Department by
representatives of the dissatisfied persons
I may state that since its publication. in
February last, there has been constant
dimnution of trials by c0urt-martial at
Fort Clark. Based upon calculations made
since the publication Of my court-martial
order relating to Brackettville, Texas, in
February last. have reason to believe that
had 1t not been for the general improve
ment and correction of the evil conditions
complained Of by me- the percentage Of
trials and convictions at Foft Clark, keep
ing pace with records ssof Former years,
would have far exceeded hesfigures quoted
and, instead of having the, lowest general
percentage of trials of an Kinds, Fort Clark
would have held it's place, near the top
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BOston's Barber ReguLa
tiOnS.

BOARD OF HEALTH ORDERS STERILIZATION
OF ALL THAT BARRIERS USE ON CUSTOMERS.
special dispatch from Boston. May S. 1900. to
the N. Y. Sun gives new regulations Of the Boston
Board Of Health as to barber shopsi Mugs. shaw
ing brushes and shall Be sterf1ized after
each separate use thereof. separate, clean towel
shall be used for each person Material to stop the
fow Of blood shall Be used only IN powdered
fern and applied q towel Powder pufs are
prohibited" Wherever Eswbro's "Hsrpicide" IL
used for face or scalp after shaving OF hair cut
ting there Il no Danger Of infection, II u anti
ing drusgists Send Joe. In gtapps for sample to
The Herpfctde Co., Detroit, hiah.
EDWARD STEVENS, Special Agent 9th and Pa. ave.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
Mr.. ]. p. Withers for Sheriff.

The formal announcement of
Mr.. John P. Withers, of Lake
Cormorant, for the office of
sheriff appears in this issue. As
president of the board of sup
ervisors for a number of years
and a member of the levee board,
Mr.. Withers became well and
favorably known to the people of
the county and there is not man
in it who stands higher in the
estimation of his friends and
neighbors and the public general
ly. He filled the two offices
above named with credit to him.
self and to the satisfaction of the
public. Mr.. Withers possesses in
a large measure the qualifications
necessary to successful per-
formance of the duties of the of.
flee he seeks and if elected he
will make as good an officer as
the county has ever had.