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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Mr.. Walsh's Improvement.
New Cure for Kleptomania.
From the London Truth

A few years back a West End shop
keeper, prompted by some remarks in
Truth as to the best punishment for KEEP
tomaniac woman shoplifters, wrote to in
form me that he had adopted the plan
O giving every woman detected in purloin-
ing articles in his shop the option of be-
ing summarily birched by the manageress
or prosecuted by the ordinary process of
law The same correspondent now writes
to report the result Of his operations in
this direction up to the present time. In
all, he says, twenty women have accepted
the ordeal of the birch, in addition to two
young girls of foreign nationality, who,
in consideration of their tender years,
were treated to a milder form of chas-
tisement. l am not, of course, in po-
sition to guarantee the accuracy of this
information; 1 own, indeed, to a suspicion
4 hope unfounded-that my correspondent
is getting at me- with view of inspir-
ing wholesome terror in the hearts of the
women of dishonest proclivities who do
their shopping in the West End. But as
this is desirable end have no objec-
ton to cooperating in 1t to this extent.
It may perhaps be useful if / mention at
the same time that, according to my shop
keeping friend, his manageress Is a very
muscular woman, and her weapon a for
midable one. Perhaps come of the shop
keepers of Selby may feel inclined to give
trial to this castigatory cure for KEEP
tOmauia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
The Cost of Census Taking.

From the Century.
The differences between the cost Of Sc
curing the returns from the six simple ques
items asked in 1890. and that of the extend
ed inquiry made a century later. is illus
trated by the per capita cost, which in 1870,
was 1.13 cents. and in 1909 15.5 cents. In
1880 Virginia was the most populous state
in the Union, having TAI, $40 inhabitants.
The records of the Treasury Department
show that at the first census the cost of
making the enumeration In that state was
81 J,l}.90. Moreover, at that enumeration
the underpaid assistant marshals supplied
their own blanks. an item which was of
considerable Importance in the days when
all paper was made laboriousy by hand. In
1900 the population of Maine-about 100000
most nearly approXimated that of Virginia
in 1880.
At the twelfth census the cost of actual
enumeration in Maine. including the pay Of
supervisors. was $3i.JG99O. or more than
three-fourths of the amount expended for
the enumeration of the entire United States
in 1890, though the pay of an enumerator
in 1890 did not exceed the wages of an in
telligent day laborer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

the women usually leave the trade after
five or six years.
Here are a few Eases taken at random
from my note book and will serve to Illus
trate the manner in which these workers
live. The illustrationsfare Italians of New
York. Anabella. Mulberry street, rear
tenement, second floor front; makes pants
at cents each; mother lives with her, also
two children; both women together can
make s. a week; the older woman looks
eighty; is fifty-two. There are several
other families in thts, same tenement, all
earning about the same wages. The men
are generally pedleFs. making about as
much as the women do at home.
Cannot Become Citizens.
with these factsS before our eyes it is
small wonder that4 we are amazed at
strikes among workers whose lots are SO
much superior to these of whom 1 have
spoken. The immigration laws need re-
vision A class of people has come to our
shores to live. They are Immediately
brought face to face with such an intense
struggle for existence that they are unable
TO learn the laws or language of their
adopted country. They have no time to be-
come citizens, to take an interest in the
land of their adoption or to in any way
mingle with their fellows. Their days and
nights are all incesSant toll at a tremen-
dous speed that in a few years wears them
out, ana they have gained nothing but a
bare existence. OF what use is this class
OF people to the development of the United
States? Congress should be asked to solve
this problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
The Paris Omnibus.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Londoners who think we have something
to learn from the Paris omnibus system
should read what the Parisians say A
writer in ILLUSTRATION says the system is
primitive. archaic and ;barbarous, and that
no amendment is likely until the monopoly
of the omnibus company expires in 1910.
The service is so bad that at a certain time
of day one may find not a single omnibus
on a route of two or three miles. What
would the Londoner say if he had to walk
from Holborn Viaduct to the Marble Arch
at in the afternoon because no omnibus
was in sight? 1t Is a mistake to suppose
that only in London do we see people strug-
Cling for possession Of the omnibus Such
a scene is common enough in Paris on
wet day, when every omnibus station has
it's irritable crowd and the ticket system of
correspondence" SO far from working
smoothly. causes interminable squabbles be-
tween the passengers and conductors. The
article in ILLUSTRATION is accompanied by
cheerful pictures. showing the pleasures of
the omnibus in the rain. when the conductor
greets you with EN- lair, volonte," which
is the polite equivalent of Outside only"
Neither in Paris nor London has science de-
vised any means for keeping the outside
passenger dry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
PORTABLE SCHOOL HOUSES.
An Idea Imported to the United States
From Paris.

AASAA * "a TO-
From Harper's Weekly
remedy has been found for the relief
OF crowded schools in large cities. This is
known as the portable school building. Few
OF the larger towns of the United States
have as yet inaugurated them, but before
many years have passed the idea brought
to this country from Paris will have be-
come familiar to schoolgoers as we'll as
school teachers.
The school on wheels sounds like a west
ern idea. where houses are frequently
builded upon wagons, that the owners may
move about to suit their convenience. So,
instead of going to their home they have
their nome brought to them. Ia St. Louis,
where the schools have become crowded
until good teaching was almost imposs BILE,
these portable buildings have done much
toward the relief of the situation.
The idea of portable school buildings first
came from Paris. Then the idea rea ched
the United States, about five years ago. and
Milwaukee, was first to adopt 1t. In st.
Louis, which next adopted the portable
school house. the plan was a great success.
Several large eastern cities have within
the last year or so commenced on small
scale to have portable school houses as
part of the educational facilities. In St.
Louis there has been great influx of peo-
pie on account Of the worlds fair. When
the city schools opened a few weeks ago
the increase was enormous, put the ScnCo-S
were well able to care for them. The pOr-
table school building, however, is all that
saves them, and when in any neighborhoOd
there Is a likelihood of an overcrowding,
portable school building is at once moved
in. At present there are twenty seven
school houses of this kind in the worlds
fair city, and all of them are in use
These portable school buildings are so
constructed to enable the school board
to order them sentzanywhere at any time.
They are easily taken apart and moved
from one school hnse to another. They are
set up in the regular district school yard.
In St. Louis, where the portable school
plan has reached aperfection from actual
use. the portables are made of frame, are
twenty six by thiEty-sfx feet inside meas
urement with clear story height of
twelve feet. The floor is constructed in
eight sections, the sides in six sections. the
ends in four sections and the pitched roof
in sixteen sections. Each section is built
upon frames which aEe readily bolted to-
gether in such a manner to make a per-
fectly tight apd secure room; all joints be-
tween the sections are covered both inside
and out, by movable pieces secured with
screws. The rooms are heated and venti-
lated by an indirect furnace with double
casing. The fresh air is taken directly from
the outside, which supply, cannot be cut off
by the teacher. The building costs about
$3.50. The valuable point is the readiness
with which a portable school can be sent
into neighborhood that becomes suddenly
overcrowded, and where the studies Of
those who have been in regular attendance
are interfered with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
AMERICAN RICE.
Doubled in Supply and Exported to
MANY Lands.

From the New York Sun
About one-half of the population of the
world depends upon rice its main food
supply. If we look however. at maps show
ing the distribution of cereal crops we shall
find a great difference between the distri-
button of rice and thai of other grains. We
Shall see that maze, wheat, rye, oats and
barley are scattered over wide areas COW
ering, perhaps. the half of continents. The
rice areas on the contrary, appear small
and patchy. They lie in long narrow
bands along the margins of the sea or in
river valleys. The reason is, of course,
that they are confined to low swampy dis
tricts where paddy fields may easily be
flooded Nowhere does rice spread out
over areas of wide extent except in south
ern Asia, where the extensive low lands are
flooded or the valleys among the mountains
are irrigated with infinite care.
Within the past four years the dream of
a few theorists has been realized on the
plains of Texas. and in 1909 over 100000
acres around Houston yielded 2"0o,0O bags
of marketable rice, worth SSO00.0C0. In
1891. the year after the rice boom struck
Texas, $4,000 acres were in rice in the
neighborhood of Houston. and this year il
is expected that 100000 acres will be plant
ed. all of it land that five years ago was
worth only 81 or 50 an acre for grazing
and could produce only four five bushels
of grain to the acre. Costly irrigation has
wrought this transformation. 1t has been
proved that the very best of rice crops can
be raised these prairie lands by spread
ing water over them and that the industry
pays large profit.
A few years ago that part of our south
coastal plain which might easily be
flooded was producing only about one-half
the rice consumed by our people. We are
still importing rice. but at the same time
we are selling our home product in Hawaii
Porto Rico, Cuba, Mexico and Central and
South America: and agents of the Rice AS
sociation of America are looking to Europe
for market confident that before very
long shall be able not only to fill the
home demand but also to contribute impor-
tant quantities to foreign markets that now
depend upon Burmah, Siam and Cochin
China
In five years we have increased the home
product nearly one-half We are changing
the nature of our rice imports, which are
now largely of the lower grades known
as "brewer:s rice used in the manufac
ture of beer. Rice culture on lands that
can be flooded only artificialIy was the
problem in Texas and its triumphant solu
ton is turning a region of scanty produc-
ton into very profitable farming lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

sign, Sd Division, Naval Battalion; Walter
p. Keene, first lieutenant and surgeon, 9Th
Battalion.
The following named enlisted men were
dishonorably discharged during the quarter:
Francis c. Escherich, private, Signal
Corps; Charles F. Garcia, private, Company
b, LIST Battalion: V. Ernest Keiser. private,
Company D. I'd Battalion; James r. Lyons.
private Company A. list Battalion; Charles
W. Sorrell private. Company A, I'd Bat
TALON, and Thomas G. Woods, private Sig
nal Corps.
Notes.
Private Lewis McMahon, Company A, 9Th
Battalion. has been discharged in the in
terest of the service.
The resignation Of First Lieut.. Early D..
Yoder, Company b. ID Battalion, has been
accepted to date from March IL last.
BY reason of removal from the District,
Private Harry W. Tobias, Ambulance Corps
and Privates Samuel P. Flynn and Joseph
TagSart. both of Company A, 9TH Battalion
have been honorably discharged.
Private William Mansfield. Company c.
Cd Battalion, having been ineligible for en-
hstment on account of previous discharge
from the Signal Corps "in the interest OF
the service has been ordered discharged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Love and the Doctor.

From the British Medical Journal.
1t would be well if in negotiations with
view to matrimony the doctor were to be
called in as an accessory to the God of Love,
who is proverbially blind, and therefore re-
Sardless of consequences. The family doc
tor can do much to prevent unwhGlesome
marriages, and we look with much greater
confidence to the fruits of his teaching and
persuasion than to legislative enactments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Inspect new Groom and bath
houses Nos. 9Io to 922 c street
northeast and 3I4 10th street north
east; also corner 10th and c north
east. Open Sunday. LIEBER-
MANN & HAWN, 1909 F st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Indignant Neighbor-~This is the tin pan
your boy Tommy tied to our dogs tail Il
little while ago.
Tommy's Mother becoming equally in
dignant)-'1 shall certainly have his father
whip him! That was my best pan!'-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Blister-'Lynching bees are becoming too
common down south; they're barbarous"
BoOSt-"Yes, but the lynchers always give
the victims a chance to stretch
Blister-"So 1 see-his neck."-Yonkers
Statesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Sport During Confinement.

FROM Flieeende B1aetter
Time hangs heavy here. We can't stand
the strain longer. Things must change We
ought to be able to exercise a little So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Those Who Become Home Owners.

There are, of course more people who are
able to buy homes costing $4,000 and under
than of any other class. Then come those
whose means permit them to own house
that will cost $4,000 and more. AS one
ascends in the scale the class of buyers
naturally dwindles in numbers, so that when
the 500 600 class is reached there is not
large array of purchasers to be found. Still
they exist, as is illustrated every now and
then when one of the modern palaces with
which the city is adorned changes owner
ship. After all, it is the buyer of the house
costing under $4,000 that furnishes the
gauge of the condition of the market. If
the home owners are increasing in number
1t is in the latter class, where the largest
percentage of increase is found.
1t is for this class that the building as
ISOLATION is formed, and the system
of first and second mortgages and
monthly notes is devised, in order that
limited means will permit the acquisition
of a home under the most favorable cir
cumstances. AS is well known, it is this
class Of what may be called the small home
owners which forms the backbone of any
community, and it is most gratifying to
those who are watching the development
of this city to know that this element is
increasing here.
Some Current Conditions.
Speaking Of present conditions Of the real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Coat Made for Nineteen Cents

THE cheapest lined coat In the world is
made in New York city, in the borough Of
Brooklyn. The contractor is Jew and he
employs Jews, Poles and Italians-ffty in
all, the weekly salary roll being s4S4 the
output 5000 coats per week and the total
weekly number of hours of labor being
sixty-six At this establishment a COM
plete coat, trimmed, stitched, pressed
felled. buttonholes made and buttons
Sewed on is ready for the wearer for 10
cents. Ten years ago this coat would have
cost to produce 40 cents. 1t requires one
hour and six minutes to make this coat
and the total cost of the labor on it is 16.1
cents. Trained men required to keep
up with the amazing speed of the operators
in this shop. and no green hands are taken
Men engaged at this work are able to earn
as much those engaged at higher classes
of work where the speed is less. and it is
thus that the enduring ability of the men
is an important factor and enables them
to compete successfully with female labor
ct cheaper rates. Such Is the strain that
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24

Died, Dec. 10Th, infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. league.
Harry Galloway sold to Ben Bis
hop IA hogs at "a % per cwt.
Reub Brown bought from diff
ferent parties 5000 bu. corn last
week. Price paid according to quail
ity of corn.
After a months visit with
friends and relatives, MIR. and MRS.
N. d. Beagles and family return
edlto their home in Missoula,
Montana, last Monday.
Rev. Pearson of Louisiana failed
to I'll his appointment at the
Chapel last Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24
LApDONIA.

A merry Christmas to the editor
and his family.
The Laddonians are preparing
for Christmas IN the way of din
ners, gifts, happy greetings, etc,
Each Sunday School will give
presents to their classes.
The meeting at the Presbyterian
church closed last night. There
were three additions to the church
by confession and two by letter.
Rev. Shannon, an evangelist, is
holding meetings at the M. E.
South.
James H. Sturgis, living near
Farber, died yesterday Of erysipe-
las. He was a prominent man in
his neighborhood and highly re-
spected.
James G.. Bruton, formerly of
Laddonia aud well known in Au-
drain county, died this morning in
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24
WEST LICK.

Married, at the residence of the
groom's parents, last Sunday, Mr..
Daniel Muudy to Miss Dora Box
les of Benton City.
Joe Atkinson, John Johnston,
N. D. Beagles, John Beagles and
G. G. Ragsdale hunted rabbits
three hours one day and two the
next and killed l76 rabbits. The
Dummies were sold and proceeds in
vested in msterial for an oyster
supper, which was held at John
Beagles', prepared by the skillful
hands of Mrs. Beagles. 1t proved
feast indeed. Fresh oysters
served in every conceivable man
ner, besides other dainties, too
numerous to mention, were served
to the guests. Those present in
addition to the family; j, M. Bea-
giles, Mexico; G. @. Ragsdale and
family, N. S. Johnston and fam
lily; Mrs, Jas. Atkinson and SOM
N, d, Beaglcs and family and
your humble correspondent 1t wars
a most enjoyable occasion.
Mrs. E. A. snedaker is improv-
ing very slowly.
Born, to Mr.. aud Mrs, Chas.
league, Dec. 10Th, son.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24
HOW 1T is IN PIKE.
Dave Ball WaTned-The Pol
iticians Told to Look
Out"

Bowling Green, Mo-, Dec. IS
In this part of Missouri the stories
that politicians have been telling
have brought their logical results.
1t is a common thing to hear men
say: You can hear a good deal of
Folk talk, but tie men who 90 to
conventions are against him and
even in counties where public SEN
timent seems almost unanimous he
won't get the delegates"
The idea that such is the pro-
gramme and the dependence of the
opposition to Folk has taken a
stronghold on the minds of the
country people and in this part of
the state they are driving the poll
ticians to cover. The Missouri far
mer fully understands that he fur
nishes the backbone and the power
of the Democratic party He knows
that the man in the court house is
there because the farmer put him
there and he shall stay there only
as long as the rural Democracy
shall decree. He does not feel any
sense Of obligation to the man in
the court house and does not ex-
pect him to do more than his share
of the thinking of the party.
Ex-senator David A. Ball start
ed to oppose Folk early in the can
vas. An intimate friend today
quoted Ball as saying: Il have
been told repeatedly by friends,
Look here, Dave, we stood by you
in every fight you ever made. You
knew that you could count on Pike
county and you can yet, but this
time we want something and we
are going to get it. 1t is not your
fight and it would be good for the
good fellowship that has always ex
listed between us if you would not
oppose us now. " Others tell of
similar experiences. The country
Democrat of Northeast Missouri is
slow to become aroused, he is still
slower about getting back TO a nor
NAL condition of satisfaction with
everything that is gong on.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24
POWELL FORD.

Last Saturdays rain ruined our
good roads.
Miss Anna Hopkins dismisses
her school for the holidays Thurs
day afternoon.
Miss Ella Dowell is home. She
was compelled to discontinue her
school on account of sickness. We
are glad to state she is much inn
proved in health at this writing.
BirtsWilfley has been in this
neighbOrhoOd visiting relatives.
Bro. Chinn filled his regular APP
pOintment at Sunrise last Sunday.
Mrs. w. o. Florence and daugh-
ter, Lena, confessed their faith in
Christ and will be immersed in the
baptistry at the Christian church
in Mexico next Saturday at half
past two o'clock.
7. j. Powell was on tn sick list
but is able to be up at this time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24
WORCESTER.

Noah Beagles who has been Wis
iting kinfolks here has left for
Montana.
Pete Harper of Rush Hill has
the contract to build large barn
for Mrs. Hagadorn.
The Worcester hunting club had
a rabbit hunt Tuesday a week ago.
Over thousand rabbits were kill
ed. The following gentlemen
turned in the largest number of
rabbits: Joe Atkinson, 80; @.
Atkinson, 50; II. Clutter, "a; W.
G. Atkins and NJ. E. Crooks, 81;
o. f, Hafner, GA.
Jno. Beagles is still unable to
use his hand which he had hurt by
a horse, some two months ago,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24

The typo and the proof reader
did some poor work in an item on
the first page Of the MESSAGE in
reference to Hon. j. A. Potts. Mr..
Potts has been elected president of
the State Fair Board, instead of
merely the State Board" as we
are made to say in the item re-
fcrred to.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-12-24

Oklahoma. He was living with
his daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Martz.
lie will be buried near Centralia
at the family burying iground on
Thursday A. l.. Bruton aud wife
will attend the funeral Mr.. Bru-
ton was one of Laddonia Is first
citizens, being the first telegraph
err holding the Office here. He was
highly respected and had a large
circle of friends. He had been par
TALLY paralyzed for several years
and gradually grew worse.