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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
An Era Of Good Feeling.

The Manchurian scare is passing, and the
Macedonian scare does not develop. Need
the world lose any more sleep for the pres
emit?
The great sovereigns of Europe are on
the go, and are enjoying themselves
King Edward has few more calls to make
before returning home. President Loubet
Is having the time of his life. The kaiser,
but lately returned from Denmark. is on
the eve of starting for Italy. The car may
yet make his promised visit to the eternal
city The Emperor of Austria and the
King of Spain are at home, but they may
be seized with the visiting fever any day.
A swing round the circle would do both Of
them good The older man would be re-
freshed and the younger both refreshed and
instructed.
Moreover. observe how pleasantly every
thing is going of. When King Edward ap-
preached Rome there was a great pother
about whether or not he would pay his re-
spects to the pope. Would the pope receive
him fresh from his audience at the Quirinal?
Would the King of Italy care to have his
royal guest go from his presence to the
Vatican? There was no trouble at ALL
King Edward called on the pope and was
cordially received The Protestant mon
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\ decision rendered day or so ago by
Judge Mitchell of the Pennsylvania su-
preme court establishes an important prin-
.ciple in law affecting the status of militia
men. A soldier of the Pennsylvania National
Guard was arrested by the authorities of
one of the counties in the hard coal regions
on charge of murder. He had shot and
killed riotous striker during the troubles
last fall while acting a guard to protect
a non-union miners house. Martial law
had been declared and the soldier was I'M
der orders to shoot to kill If an attempt
were made to approach the house by per-
sons who had been commanded to halt and
give account of themselves. The slain man
had so tried and had been shot In conse-
quence. The issue in the case rested upon
the right of the soldier to kill in obedience
to orders issued under the terms of martial
law. The supreme court eXonerated the
soldier and held that the issuance of the
proclamation of martial law sufficed to
warrant the taking of life by militiamen
under certain circumstances. There had
been no doubt as to the fact that the SOL
dier fired in obedience to general lnstruc-
tons The court held that those tnstruc-
lions were proper and necessary in view of
the disturbed condition of the region 1t
expressed itself as follows:
1.-THE issue of general order No 80 by the
governor was declaration of qualified
martial law in the affected districts. In so
characterizing 1t We are not unmindful OF
the eminent authorities who have declared
that martial law cannot exist in England
or the United States at all, or at least ac-
cording to the more moderate advocates of
that view, not in time of peace. 1t was
qualified martial law In that 1t was put in
force only AZ to the preservation of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Plea for Republican Unity.

From the New York Mail and Express.
The signs of restlessness and of discord
in the republican party are not full Of
promise for the city, state or natfon--or for
the party itself If we are to have fractional
strife, if we are to have individual rival
ries instead of a. unified and enthusiastic
party organization, the future is bound to
be one of turmoil of bitterness and prob
ably, of disaster. No true republican can
look forward to such conditions without
regret. no matter what his personal affilia-
tions may be, nor can single one of the
seven million voters who in 1896 inaugu-
rated and in 1900 Endorsed and continued
this period of our greatest national pros
perity regard with favor the Indications
that the state of New York now moves in
the onward march with faltering step.
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Tuskegee.
From the Montreal Star

From the Montreal Star.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has presented the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute,
Alabama, with 100000 the only condition
he makes being that suitable provision
shall be made out of the fund for Mr..
Booker Washington and his family during
his own and wife's life. Judging by the
past Of the Tuskegee Institute this is one
of the very best of Mr.. Carnegie's public
benefactiOns, for Booker Washington has
achieved greater practical results with less
money than were ever achieved by any
white man on the continent. He has in
MIN the instincts of a statesman, an edu-
cationalist and a philanthropist, and he
has indicated the only lines upon which 1t
seems possible to work with any hope of
success for the elevation of the negro race
in the United States. He does not trou-
BILE himself about race grievances and evil
IDENTIFY believes that with the aid of prac-
teal education the colored people of the
United States can do more to improve their
own condition than their white friends are
ever likely to do for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
TIL. Addresses at st. Louis.

Tho story of the Louisiana territory, It's
n,,rcbssa and its development, was told at
St. Louis yesterday In two exceileht ao-
dresses Each orator spoke after his fash
ion. and both most forcibly. The President
was entirely familiar with his topic, ana
naturally warmed to it on an occasion SO
unusually inspiring. He knows the history
of the west as perhaps no other public man
of this day does, and. what Is more. MS
nature responds to it with unanected en-
thusiasm He is in way, indeed,
product of the west, for, although eastern
born and reared, it was the western life,
with it's daring and Its strenuousness' winch
early fired his fancy and directed his activ-
ity. Who shall say how much he owes OF
his grit and staying qualities to his study
of the heroes Of the west, and his famil-
farity as a ranchman with the CLOSING
days of that remarkable era?
1t Is easy to foresee that the anti-expan-
sfonists will seize the Presidents address
as text for renewing discussion OF their
protest against the expansion which has
taken place in this day. They will again
point out the difference between the terri
tory which was contiguous to the original
territory and which was taken over. they
contend. for the express purpose of being
carved into states as rapidly as local con-
ditions improved and warranted. and terri
tory separated from our mainland by thou
sands of miles of salt water, and with
statehood no declared or probable part OF
the policy relating to it.
But the reply to this has already been
made. Louisiana was not acquired as the
material of new states. The organization
and assimilation of the trans-AHegheny
region. already a part of the United
States. constituted in themselves in the
opinion of the statesmen Of that day a
task for succeeding centuries. In 1903 time
and distance were important factors in
affairs. The railroad and the telegraph
were still in the future To carve state
out of a waste far beyond the Mississippi
would require, the anti-expansionists of
that day insisted, that its representatives
in Congress should reside permanently at
the national capital For, indeed, how
would they be able to visit their con-
stituents after an adjournment of Congress
and return in time for the next session?
That was one of many reasons urged
against the new policy. The country would
become unwieldy in size. Time and dis
lance have since been annihilated. Mem
bers of Congress from the Pacific coast
reach Washington in six days; and if it
were necessary at any time to summon
officials from Manila here for consultation
they would make the trip in month. The
notice would reach them in few minutes.
fast ship would land them in San Fran
cisco in three weeks, and a fast train would
cover the rest of the distance.
The expansionists of 1903 did what the
duty of the hour demanded, and took all
risks. Time has richly indicated their
judgment. The expansionists of this day,
under the leadership of William Mckinley,
have done no more. And they confidently
expect, and with every reason, result
which will rebound to the glory and the
strength of the country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Work for Children.
From the Portland oregonian,

Many children are overworked and many
do not work at ALL There Is evil both
ways. 1t Is a mere foolish sentimentalism
that raises an outcry whenever a child is
seen at work-compelled to It: for nothing
can do the child so much wrong as to bring
1t up wholly without personal knowledge
of work and Of what It means. Here, as In
all other affairs of life, there is q safe mid
die ground. It is right and proper, and
for their own good that children should
be required to work reasonably and mod
erately; but 1t is an outrage upon them.
indignity and violence to humanity. a
wrong to the state, when children are put
in to work and kept at work as the poor
little drudges. during long hours, of an In
dustrial machine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Stand by the Law.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the PhIIadeIphfa Ledger.
The anti-spitting ordinance seems to have
fallen into neglect. though it has doubtless
had some good effect in drawing the public
attention to the splitting nuisance 1t is
impossible to detect all the violations of
the ordinance. but this does not excuse
the non-enforcement of the law in cases of
fragrant disregard of it's provisions in street
cars and public buildings. The arrests for
this offense have been exceedingly few, in
sufficient to have an exemplary and warn
ing influence on the public. The law Is a
health regulation which ought to be in
forced with reasonable diligence and rigor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Problems.

I'm worried bout these problems,
The problems of finance;
1 wish 1 could forget 'em.
But 1 never get a chance.
The problem of the tariff,
The problem of divorce,
Likewise the racial problem
You know them all. of course.
I wonder where they come from.
They crowd along 50 fast
That you feel little doubtful
If the supply can last.
It's the history of each person
From the cradle, clear to death.
You strike another problem
Every time you draw your breath.
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Caution.

why don't you deliver a speech denounc-
ing the trusts?"
Well" answered Senator Sorghum. that
was all right when there were so few trusts
that you could make personal explanations.
But now some of them are liable to think
you said it in earnest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

The study of the various systems of graft
that prevail in other cities is calculated TO
make New York lift up it's head and take
courage. 1t may not be the worst city in
the country. 1t may merely seem the worst
because it Is the biggest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Cornforted.

Can your husband afford to play pokerT
Il asked him that the other day. an
swered young Mrs. Torkins, land he said
the game owes him so much money that he
can't afford not to play 1t. It's a great
comfort to know that Charley is SO bust
ness-like.'
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EXPLAINED.

why is the camel called the ship of the
desert?"
III you had ever observed the stride OF a
camel" said the man who always knows
the answer, you would realize how hard 1t
is to ride on one without getting seasick."
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Preoccupied.

''Why is it, asked the youth, that so
many wise men are not successful?'
Because, my son." answered the sage,
"they spend so much time finding out how
things happen that they forget to go ahead
and make things happen for themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Counting the Cost.

This new locomotion they say, Is quite dear
Though unlike:J to injure or kill.
1t isn't the automobile that you fear
SO much as the AUTOMOBILE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

Germany will send representatives to this
country to study farming. One point which
will make it hard for German farmers to
copy those of America Is lack of space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

If the Chinese can beat the Bertillon sys-
tenn of identification they have even more
cleverness than Bret Harte gave them
credit for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

bright future is confidently predicted
for Cuba. Cuba Is becoming almost as
discouraged as the base ball fanatics in
several cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

1t is feared that General Niles Is again
accommodating a larger supply of opinions
than can be practically utilized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

If man contemplating suicide could be
convinced that he is in danger of starting
an epidemic common decency might re-
strain him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

If the gamblers forsake Saratoga it will
mean a boom in business for some other
summer resort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

Every time one form of municipal corrup-
ton is suppressed another seems to arise to
take Its place,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

Mr.. Bryan gets so indignant toward GER
tain statesmen that he is almost tempted
to turn his paper into a sensational sheet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

Despite the st. Louis competition the
usual fair will be held at Rockville in due
course of time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

Russia is even prepared to assume an air
of injured Innocence should diplomacy re-
quire 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01

Attorney General Knox has not yet dis
covered any method of discourasing the
price boosters in the beef market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Who Caresp

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
BY the way. what has become of the
person named Aguinaldo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Martial Law in the States.

The weather is still playing pranks with
the prophets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
Lieutenant Governors.
From the Boston Globe.

South Carolina and Missouri haven't been
having good luck lately with lieutenant gov
ernors. but the record of Massachusetts, is
unblemished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
SHOOTING STARS.

AS to the spring of 1903, there wasn't
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31

great white population Of the coming Ivory
City.
Noah's wife in the story Of the Bible
reader who found the leaves glued together
SO that Mrs. Noah was 10 cubits long.
would not be a circumstance
How many persons in tho Worlds Fair
City know the process Of making the stat
uary upon which they will gaze In admira-
ton before many months?
Carl Bell, in charge Of the e%nlarging shop
at the Education Palace, will tell you more
things about sculpture than was ever
dreamed Of in your material philosophy.
Hark to Bell a minute.
W take the sculptor's model. as the
basis for enlarging the figures to such pro-
portions as will make them in proportion
to the immense buildings Of the Worlds
Fair.
There arc several different processes in
enlargement Of these models. First, they
must be pointed, then modelled. after
which. IL duplicates are desired, they must
be cast. All OF these things are done in
this shop"
Two enlarging shops are operated by the
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sculpture department under its chief. Karl
Bitter.
One Is in Hoboken. N. ]. Ths other is on
the Exposition grounds. IN the Education
Palace.
It is becoming the principal point Of inter-
est because Of its entire newness.
On shelves against the wall Of the build
ing appear small models Of the figures
which have been constructed out Of the
%sculptors' creative intellect.
These models have been shipped to st.
Louis for enlargement.
Small pencil dots pepper the figures. like
a case Of smallpox.
The uses Of the pencil marks appear when
the artists who have the charging to do
prepare for their work. The small model is
placed on a stand.
The making Of the statue begins very
much like the construction Of a house.
The first step is a simple skeleton OF
%scantling. which is built around a vertical
stationed pole placed at top and bottom in
sockets. which permits the turning of the
whole figure framework, as the worker de-
sires, when he would facilitate his task.
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THE EDUCuONB BUILDING

II the figure is that Of a human. the b.
ginning Of the framework would be a pei
pendicular piece of timber. The arms. legs
and main lines Of tho drapery would -
nailed to the upright like the branches OF
Q tree.
This is the mere carpenter work. done
by mechanics trained for this special fea-
ture Of their labor.
Spaces between the rough scantling frame
are filled with short pieces Of lath. which
carry out further the detail Of the figure.
To determine where to place these smaller
pieces tho carpenter uses what is known a.
the pointer"
1t serves the same purpose in sculpture as
does the pantograph in drawing. a device
for reproducing a figure on a large scale.
1t is so adjusted that the copy may DO
made any number Of times larger than the
original.
Suspended from above the work. one In
dex Of the pointer follows the pencil! dots
on the small model, while the other, in the
hands Of the enlarger. indicates where the
corresponding points. OF enlarged copy
should be.
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WRITTEN FoR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
A race Of colossal figures. made OF laths
and burlap and nails and plaster.
Not . goddess Of a rag. q bone and q
hank Of hair. yet the female form divine.
with q skeleton Of lumber and flesh of shay
ings and mud
Yes. pigmy young men are building these
strange giants with hammer and saw in q
nook Of the big Palace OF Education at the
Worlds Fair.
Austere maids, twenty feet tall. make one
feel small in the white quietude Of the en-
larging shop. where the sculptors' artists
are manufactures statuary for the great
est Exposition.
These maids are full OF nails: oh. 20 many
n~ails-yea, well-nigh on to ZOO nails. ten
penny fellows, which are sticking through
their anatomy. like needles IN the tradition
al haystack
Yet tho nails are Indispensable.
They help to give natural rotundity. beau
tifui curves and tempting dimples to the
plaster-of-paris purity of stonelike cuticle.
One might ramble on and on forever
about the queer component parts Of the
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and darting aside. plunged into the 1a1D44
thicket to come by running where I 60
and creeping where I must to that Y140o
where I had left Richard Jennifsr.
something less than cooling to md d.
a-double on the ground. holding bid aAo0
and laughing like q yokel at his INST pa11os
NINE. 4
"oh. no. hoi did you-dM you irving ~
Jack?" he Gasped. "saw you ever so .
mincin9 puss-fn-boots since the Lord m100
your Ali hal hal" -
"The devil take your il-tinsd huzosgfs
I cried. q with you. man. and ~ -
vanish while We mayE'
By this the camp was In . pretty fern0S
Is you would guea-our late eapttvo shavs
ing had space enough to tell his tale. DEunl1
or sober. Falconnet was afoot and alegs,
shouting his orders to the Enslishmsn vhs
were scramblfng for their arms. M q
the Indians who came swarmirs uD ffuU
the lodges.
Whilst We looked. the Cherokees seaAkasA
like a company Of trained gillies to 6sAs
US out Of cover: and when the hun was
fairly up, the baronet-captain set his men
in marching order to surround the wiGWs0
Of the captives.
As yet there was time for q swift rstrsa1
up the valley. or at least for the choo01no
of some battle-ground Of our ewn where tho
enemy need not outnumber 10 twenty -
SAOs AN o8oAo A0SN 4N1SA8A~ ~ "Skx
himself. But It was the sight Of HI.
comets troopers deploying to surround t1o
tepee-lodge, and not any word Of nina,
that broke his merriment In the midst
At q bound he was up and handing -
nv sword.
You'll be Ike to meet Eph and the CataW1o
coming In: turn them back and tall then
to bid their time"
But youT" ! would say.
my place u inside of that soldier osrdsa
our friend - drawing about his dovsoeas.
I shall Be at hand when she needs ms. -
I promised"
Aye. % you may BE: but not aione.s sas0
L: and with that we fell to running Ike .
pair Of doubling foxes through the wood On
the steep slope behind the lodge. strtvino
with might and mar to gain the laurel
connaisDance before the converHine lines 81
the redcoat Gordon should close and shut ~
out.
We did II ~ the skin Of our teeth, diyrs
to cover through the closing gap net q ~.
ond too soon. When We were in and hug
ing Of the laurel. I take no shame In; ny. |
ing that ! would hays given . kings ran
some to b at large again Had there besn
but q Of NJ the covert would have beon
cramped enough, and I was painfully Con-
scdeus that my borrowed coat Of oeas3oe
was but . poor thing to hide In. j.
To make Il worss, Talconnss VIVA ha1
Jagged behind ct b IRE. was now heApino
ff0h fuel %, and this Yovfyine az the
blaze a the place - light - day. With
the nearest Inks In the rodooat chain no
more than . Fixes lsnSth q our A61A
We might have been taken me ratsrno
trap had any sua Of the ssnf1iss % en-
side of the circle chsnesd to look hehano
him. :
Having repaired ths nrs to his ming -
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Then come the men who must rive the
rough body Its OVERLAPPING fresh covering Of
plaster. Excelsior mixed with plaster
makes the material which - used In this
part Of the work.
1t makes a soft, adhesive substance,
which the artist places on the figure with
his hands
It is very pllable when soft ana IN this
condition is placed on the framework to q
point level with the tops Of the many nails
that have been driven into the framework.
When applied. the materials cling to the
frame like mortar on house lath.
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Constant application givss The rouuatu>
Of the figure. which now begins y foosm10l
the outlines Of the human form. AOV93
comes the pointing propss. which axnn8,
the driving Of many nails into The 0et
larged ngurS. at the same points WhseO ~
smaller index marks the pencil points 60
the model
When every particle If the surhes - ~,
large figure has bean d1led lsvsa Win ~
heads Of the nails, the figure II ready 49,
the last process. The sculptor follows ~
workman here. He must have an tntaNno1D3
knowledge Of anatomy to round cut SVGh
detail Of the dgufs and meeth ~ suR1n6S
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A tenpenny nail is driven in the lathing,
at precisely the spot indicated by the index
OF the pointer. in following the same spot
on the model.
This nail is driven In so that the index
will just touch the top of the nail.
The top of the nail. therefore. is the level
Of the filling with plaster. Yet before the
plaster process is reached. tho framework
must be treated with a coating of burlap,
dipped In cement.
The coating becomes rigid when the CO.
ment cools.
The work Of the carpenters cease at this
mint
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could hear It on ahead babbling over the
stones like any peaceful woodland brook.
Then suddenly the dank and noisome air Of
the cavern gsvs place to the pine-soented
breath Of the forest; and. looking straight
up. We could see the twinkling stars shin
ing down upon Us from q narrow breadth
Of sky
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peeping place on the skirting Of the camp
ground.
Here Dick wrung my hand. calling him
self all the knaves unspeakable for letting
me take a risk which he was pleased to call
his own; and with that l stepped out into
the freight and was fair afoot in the en-
envy camp.