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Evening star., 1903-10-10
OUR sELF-GovERNMENT
1t Is Necessary Under New National
Conditions.
From the Chautauquan.

From the Chautauquan
Inc changing attitude toward the educa-
tiohai value of self-government has induced
more serious study of the nature Of demo-
cr'''ic institutions and of the classes and
races "hlch are called upon to share In IT.
AS people whose earlier hopes have been
shocked by the hard blows of experience
we are beginning to pause and take invoice
OF the heterogeneous stock of humanity
that we have admitted to the manaeema,t
cI our great political enterprise. We are
Trying to look beneath the surface ana 10
inquire whether there are NOT factors oe
heredltary and race more fundamental than
those or education and environment We
Hio that our democratic theories and forms
OF government were fashioned by but one
OF the many races and people which have
come within their practical operation and
tnat that race. the so-called Anglo-Saxon
oeveloped them out Of its own island ex-
peflence unhampered by inroads of alien
stock. "11'"
When once thus established in England
ana further developed in America we find
that other races and people, accustomed to
despotism and even savagery and wholly
unused to sef-government, have been
thrust into the delicAte fabric Like a
practical people, as we pride ourselves we
nave begun actually to despotze our insti-
tctions In order to control these dissident
elements, though still optimistically holding
that we retain the original democracy. The
Garner problem was mainly political one
now to unite into one self-governing ma
ton scattered population with the wide
diversity OF natural resources, climates and
interests that mark a country stretching
from ocean to ocean and from the arctics
to the subtropics.
The problem now is a social one-how to
unite into one people a congeries of races
even more diverse than the resources and
climates from which they draw their SUBJ
stance. That motto "E pluribus unum"
"one out Of many" which in the past has
guided those who through constitutional
debate and civil war worked out our form
OF government, must now again be the
motto OF those who would work out the
more fundamental problem Of the union Of
form of governmental Is the essence OF
government-for 1t is that union of the
hearts and lives and capacities Of the peo-
pie which makes government what It really
II.
Evening star., 1903-10-10
He Wanted to Know.

From Life
equal"
men get more for their vote than others?''
Evening star., 1903-10-10
Popularity of Mortgage Loans.

'The healthy condition of District realty
is evidenced by the few foreclosure sales
that the summer has witnessed. Mortga ges
as means of investment are becoming
more popular with capitalists. Georgetown
men who formerly had large holdings of
railroad and other stocks. realizing the un-
certainty of such security, and the possi-
bility of serious loss through the manipu-
lations of controlling Influences are now
putting their money exclusively in real es-
ia te and real estate notes.
1T is predicted that the railroad opera
tions around lexington and the consequent
forcing out of certain business plants from
their present locations will send values up
in and around Ivy City. This place some
years ago promised lucrative returns on in
veStments But eXpectat tionS were not real
lied for various reasons. The absence of
street car facilities worked against the
place one of residence. and gradually the
home builders who had t1Ocked in, gave up
their holdings and the colored population
moving in has since predominated. 1t is
now not at all unlikely that business es-
adjustments requiring railroad communi-
cation will be moved up there.
Evening star., 1903-10-10

The Georgetown Citizens Association is
agitating again and intends to push to a
successful issue, If 1t takes the whole Of
next year to do 1t. the officers state en-
phatically, the improvement of Rock creek.
The old plan OF constructing culvert in
a straight line from Lyons mill under the
Metropolitan railroad property and open
ing at o street is deemed the most practi-
cable. This gets rid of the necessity Of
treating the large bend in the creek, OBJ
servable as one crosses the p Street bridge
With the great demand for dumping
ground for excavated dirt. 1t Is argued that
within a year the ravine of the creek,
be filled in.
This proposed culvert would be in the line
OF 25th street, which in Georgetown has
never been opened mp. The property at
Evening star., 1903-10-10
Chesapeake & Ohio Rv.

Schedule Effective August lS, 1908
Trains leave Pennsylvania Station.
800 PM. Dally-CHlCAGO AND ST. LOUIS SPE-
CIAI. Solid vestibule, electric lighted Dining
Car train to Cincinnati. Reaches Clncinna Il
500 m, Louisville 11:OO m, ST. Louis g. 45
pm Chicago $3.50 IN. Pullman Sleepers to
louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and ST.
Louis. Parlor Cars Cincinnati to Chicago. Din
ing Car frora Washington meals la carte
ll:lO Pm. Daiy-F. +. w. LIMITED. Solid yes
THULE elcctrie-lighted Dining Car train to Gin.
snnaa 1 Pullman ,.v slsepers ,, to Cincinnati Lex
partment Sleeper to Virginia Hot Springs daily
except Sunday. Observation Car Hinton to Gin.
cnnatL Sleepers Cincinnati to Chicago and St
Louis. Dining Car serving meals ID carte
Reservation and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
Office, 513 Pennsylvania avenue GO9 Fourteenth
street, F. and at the station. Telephone call
l640 for Pennsy ylyania r. b. Cab Service
H. W. FULLER,
Telephone Main 1905. General Passenger Agent.
Evening star., 1903-10-10

Mr.. Hayseed-"There amt nothin thet
81 Peters loves more'n newspaper noto-
riety."
Mrs. Hayseed-"Whats he bin a-doln'
now?"
Mr.. Hayseed-"Paintin' his barn ag'In,
an there amt no occasion fur it, 'cept tew
git his name in the paper."-Philadelph
Press
Evening star., 1903-10-10
Only One Left-Price Reduced to $3.50.
RAILROADS.
SEAROAPD AIR LINE RY,

SEABUARD AIR LINE RW.
LEAVE PENNA. R. r. STATION.
For Petersburg. Raleigh, Wilmington, Columbia
Savannah. Jacksonville. Tampa, Tallahassee, At
Iarta, birmingham, Mobile, .Iensacola and New
Orleans.
1O:46 AN. Daf,y.-SEABOARD MAIIl-Through
Pullman Sleepers to jacksonville, connecting at
Hamlet with Pullman Sleeper to Atlanta
700 PM Daily.-SEAB0ARD EXPRESS-Solid
train Jacksonville and Tampa, with Pullman
sleepers and cafe dining Through seepers
to Atlanta.
Ticket Office: 1921 Penna ave-
Evening star., 1903-10-10
fected is largely acreage land. and could be
acquired at a comparatively low figure.
Money for Realty Operations.

In speaking this week of realty and the
financial conditions that so influence sales
and building operations. Mr.. Barton Mil
Ter of the Miller-ShoemaKer Real Estate
Company, Incorporated, said:
1T Is well known that mortgage money
has been tight during the past summer,
but there are indications now that it will
get easier within the next two weeks
While there have been no local conditions
TO cause the banks to loan reluctantly and
In many cases to say, We are not loaning
now, the New York stringency has venV
directly affected the local market.
While most of the banks have not ac-
knowledged that they have been sending
their money to New York, brokers in a po-
~slt1on to know state that this has never
theless been the case Higher rates of in
terest were offered there than local appli-
ean5s Gnalss were re- e warranted giving Within two
SITUATION Will be SO relieved that the
Washington money will be returned and
placed at the disposal of the banks local
clients.
Policy of Loans.
'Depositors in many instances have crit
icised the local institutions adversely for
loanfng to comparative strangers, to the
inconvenience of local clients. To this
criticism an officer of one of the insttu-
tlons replied that a banks first duty was
to its stockholders, and that it's money
should be loaned where the best financial
results could be obtained. There are how
ever, many who contend that the banks
cepositors should receive first consdera-
ton. proper regard, of course, being paid
to the security offered.
The repayment Of these large outside
loans viii. it is predicted, place q large
amount of money at the disposal of Wash
lngton men, and a healthy boom in realty
circles is expected to Immediately ensue.
Realty is paying SO well that it cannot be
little regarded. The public mind in gem
cral is becoming more and more impressed
with the revenue-earning capacity of
houses in Georgetown or Washington,
whether occupied as residences or for bus
mess purposes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
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(special Correspondence.l

Sailing westward from Nagasalxi
one leaves behind the quiet waters
of the Inland Sea and the Pacific and
enters upon the turbid, storm-tossed
waves of the Yellow Sea, the northern
playground of the typhoon.
Shanghai is the nearest great port
of China across this sea, and four days
at most brings one to this first safe
landing on the continent Almost all
the way there are islands to be seen,
and perhaps the high shores of For
mosa, the unexplored haunt of pirates
and brigands Far out at sea one
notes that the yellow water has be-
come yellower, almost the hue of our
own Missouri River, and soon the
strong current of a great river is en-
tered and the low shores of the Yang
tse appear. Vast farmless junks with
battened Jugs pitch and pound along
the coast, and are a source of anxiety
at night, as they carry no lights,
either through fear of pirates or for
the sake of economy
AT the mouth of the Yang-tse is
the celebrated heavenly barrier" the
Woosung Bar. The bay offers little
protection, but we cast anchor here
in company with a huge French mail
steamer and two British tramps and
flew the white flag ~. S. Mail"
There is no railroad from Woosung
to Shanghai the one built there hay.
ing been destroyed. An hour in a
launch, however, brings one in sight
of this Paris of China and up to the
most imposing Bund in the Orient
The little gunboats Wilmington and
Villalobos, the latter a Spanish prize,
lay below the American consulate, and
their sailors responded heartily to
our cheers for Old Glory. English
men of war lay near in all the grim
threat of war paint. and small French
and German gunboats idled near the
foreign settlements.
Oddly enough, the first person to
greet one in Shanghai is sure to be a
tall, beturbaned Sikh policeman. who
perhaps speaks neither English nor
Chinese. and carries neither club.
sword nor firearm. Statuesque and
imperturbable, he upholds the ban
ners of British rule and deals out jus.
tice to the best of his ability. Euro
pean and American sailors take adj
vantage of his lack of weapons occa.
sionally, and send him to the hospital,
but he gets along famously with the
Chinese.
Travellers who are going to other
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
little Hints.

Blouses of fur are beautiful.
Irish crochet retains its vogue.
Yak lace in several shades is very
smart
Crochet buttons adorn one rich yak
creation.
Wide crushed girdles are the fash
ionable bodice finish.
Valenciennes figures on many smart
chiffon undersleeves.
The lingerie sleeves of chiffon, with
rows of tiny ruching, is seen.
Coque plume pompons are again
very prominent on hats for utility
wear.
Chantilly is in favor. In black it
combines beautifully with cream We
mise.
Fitted jeweled collars top the col
larless bodice smartly for house or
evening wear.
Epaulets characterize many stun
ming gowns, contributing to sloping
shoulder effects.
A silk fringe that looks like frayed-
out ribbon trims a recently imported
gown of white.
Buttons and tassels as garniture for
fur garments are one of the smart
winter modes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
Nut Sandwiches.

For peanut sandwiches, mix three
tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise dressing
with one cupful of freshly roasted
peanuts chopped very fine and sailed
to taste. A more delicious sandwich
is made from the large Brazil or
cream nut. Carefully remove the shell
and drop for moment into hot water
any of the nut meat having the brown
skin on to remove it quickly. Chop
the nuts very fine, add a suggestion
of red pepper, bit of lemon juice and
a generous pinch of salt, moisten with
sufficient sweet cream to make a
paste and spread on thin slices of
bread.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

Dainty women are careful about
their neck fxings. Stocks and col
lars should always be of the latest
pattern. The fastidious woman is de-
cared by the dainty freshness of her
little turnover collar, the exactness
with which it meets behind and the
trig lines of her bow, crayat or tabs.
A slouchily closed stock, a collar that
is too big and has to be Tapped, be-
tray the careless, hit-or-miss person.
1t shows marked lack of sense of
the fitness of things to wear a low
neck bodice in the street and the
string of pearls, such as the New
Yorker so often adds, ssarcely betters
the impression. In London such a
style ~ dressing for the street is con-
sidered provincial to a degree.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
Suggestions for the Housewife.


Pastry should be cooled off in a
fairly warm room, for sudden cold
will make it heavy.
Anything that is boiled. stewed
fried, steamed or sauted NAV be
cooked on the chatting dish.
II fork be used in blending water
and Hour for thickening purposes as
for gravy, the mixture will not hmm
Coal dust moistened with sailed wat
er will be found useful for banking
night
frult stains can be removed by wet
ting them and holding over the smoke
OF sulphur. Matches give ONT a su1-
phurous flame and can be used 70 a
limited extent.
Mud stains on black skirts NAV bs
washed out with little ammonJa
and water. Do not ATTEMPT TO remove
them with soapsuds, for You will onlv
nix them more firmly.
Butter molds and the little wooden
paddles used for making butter ba1Ie
should be scrubbed with a brnah
rlnsed thoroughly aud kept in the re,
lrlgerator when not in use
Nothing equals kerosene for clean.
ing porcelain bathtubs. The nSlv
black streak around the sides that
requires such vigorous rubbing whan
only soap and water is used disan-
pears as by magic when wined n,;ts
a soft cloth moistened with keros 60
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
Hats That Are 70 Be

The felt hats that are filing the
milliners' windows promise well, they
are so supple and with soft, silky
beaver surface. The feather is to be
an important feature of fashion, and
not only in winter tones, but in white
and pale colors. A black felt with a
big pale pink plume filing in the
space between the brim and the hair
on the slightly uplifted left side is
shown, while another felt of cigar.
brown had feathers of pale rose pink
and white blended. Now is the mo-
ment for long feathers that have been
put away to come into action.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

change of the Honkong banks and
Mexican pesos are the mediums of
trade. Neither Shanghai nor Canton
money passes current.
Sailors and soldiers are everywhere.
You may see two drunken man-of-
warsmen in rickshas belaboring their
coolies into a mad gallop and betting
on the outcome of the race. Merchant
sailors, with the heave of the seven
seas in their gaits, haunt the board
lighthouses along the lower streets,
and English and American regulars
fraternize in the shade.
They say that it always rains in
Hongkong, and one can readily be-
leve it. AS result, the well-paved
streets are clean and the vegetation
on the hills is fresh and green through
out the summer The native town is
also kept clean and healthy.
The roar of cannon and the shrin
war pipes of a Burma band answer
the ringing cheers of a big English
cruiser which has broken out the long
homeward-bound pennant so dear to
the eye of the sailor. With her go
two torpedo cruisers that are creep
ing northward toward the edge of the
Russian storm cloud Hongkong be-
hind her cannons looks out like the
mandarin from his curtained sedan
chair in the street. What does she
care for these street brawls! Her
bearers are the steel bulls of the
seven seas, her livery bears the dragon
and st. George. Her heart is in the
great noisy corridors of the bank.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
welaht Of Children.

The weight of growing child is
the most important index to it's gen.
eral health. A child of five years, for
instance, should weigh about as many
pounds as it is inches high. AS rule
this will be 40 pounds. When child
is rather heavier in proportion to its
height it is sign of good health. A
deficiency of weight in proportion to
height is always an unfavorable sign.
Any interruption in the progress of
increase of weight, especially during
the continuance of growth, must be a
danger signal that should not be neg
lected.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

a Geisha IN Cos-most mp o + ant
tune. port in Asia. A
tortuEus channel between fortified
islands sowed with British can
non leads to the harbor, where we
cast anchor among merchant ships
and men of war of all the great mari
time nations. A torpedo launch
dashes alongside, scattering the crowd
of boatmen and bringing on board an
English navy subaltern who asks
many questions before we go ashore
From every point of the harbor
come native boats rowed by women,
who scull with stern sweeps and
7hriek and chatter at each other like
v'lvagos. they make fast to the steam
| er and swarm aboard to solicit pas
| sengers and cargoes and extoll the
various native boarding-houses.
From the harbor the City of Hong
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

ways thronged. sect in Cage.
Chinese, Japanese, Malays, Sil1hs and
Turks crowd the middle of the road
and the sidewalks are left to the Eng
fish, French, Portuguese, Germans, Rus
SLAMS and Americans. All the world
comes here to buy the wares of Can
ton and north China. In the shops
one finds silver and worries, silks and
embroideries, besides the latest Euro
pean goods.
Hongkong is not cheap place to
buy, however, as these goods are all
from the provinces and the local mer-
chant has to pay high rents and
charges. Paper money and silver
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

A Portland man has been cured OF
swearing through watching the peace
full pigeons of the city. Let him never
attempt to cultivate a garden or the
suburban chickens win undo all the
work of their cooling cousins.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
Baby Fashions

Cunning little sweaters 30
wool. "nlte
The daintiest kimonas, made short
like jacket. or to reach the dur nols
hem, but as loose and eles.n ~ ess
grown-ups' kimonas. n' as
Lovely accordion-plaited coo+s
lace collars-white and fnfrv WIN WIN
fairy-like for little tots. ana
Three-year-old frocks of white go
ed wash silks belted low win oore Org.
sashes. WIN sort
An accordion-plaited dress of Whit
null, hung straight from ~nlte
square yoke of lace, with Whit usep'
rosette and long ends at the f.o os'in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
The Latest In Hats.

Boat-shaped hats are what the mil
liners call those peculiar, yet stylish,
modes which are longer from side to
side than they are from front to rear,
according to what we have all grown
accustomed to after seasons Of Flor
odora" types. The crowns, too, in
stead of being round, are rather dia-
mond-shaped, but they serve admir-
ably as foundations for the ever-pres-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

A German physician has discovered
that rheumatism is contagious and has
built an isolation hospital for his pa
tients. What he has discovered is
nothing new. All vice and all virtue
are contagious.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

What seemed the utterly incredible
story that man had laughed himself
to death over joke in New York
theatar is now explained. The joke
was told him behind the scenes by
stage hand.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

We are a democratic and modest
people and therefore merely mention
the fact that the palIbearers at the
funeral of w. L. Ell1ins represented
$4,000, 100000. In some countries Civ
en- to ostentation this would be played
up as feature
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

1t is not stated whether the Chicago
man who combined 1000 gallons of
cider with carbolic acid gas, old bot
ties and counterfeit labels, and sold
the produce to the Chicagoese for
champagne at 81 quart, came origi-
nally from Connecticut.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
sweepinn the Camel.

To clean and brighten carpet
sprinkle it over with little dampened
salt before sweeping it. The salt pre-
vents the dust from flying, keeps off
moths and brightens the colors OF
the carpet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

Even If the man in Washington
wanted to complain to the President
that he was being pursued by air
ships is right about it, Prof. Langley
can easily prove an alibi,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

It appears that some of the mem.
bers of the British parliament do not
know that New York state and New
York city are not one and the same
thing. And New York is so English,
too, don't you know!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

Kaiser Wilhelm should rest assured
that, If he wishes to challenge, Uncle
Sam viii find as much pleasure in
taking the cup away from him as
from any one whom he happens Just
now to call to mind.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

Chinese cities do not visit the native
city Of Shanghai, as there is little
there of interest. 1t is a great busy
village shut within walls whose gates
are closed and guarded from sunset
to sunrise. No foreigner would be en-
tirely safe there without protection,
nor would he ever find his way out
without guide. The river is one of
the great rivers of the world, rising
in the high table lands of Thibet and
flowing 5000 miles to the sea. An
Gent war junks with Haunting rags
for banners and spears and old cannon
for arms, still appear from time to
time from the wilderness of the upper
valley, and it was rare sight to see
one of these slipping past an English
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

The cable Announces that Russia and
Japan have settled their differences.
This perhaps means that Russia
settles Manchuria and Japan settles
Corea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

Premier Balfour thinks there is no
danger of a war between Russia and
Japan. In that case let's hurry and
get excited again over the situation in
the Balkans.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

cruiser of 5000
tons, whose sailors
crowded to the
\ ide to see the pro
n otype of their
\ ship. China has a
few small gun
boats of modern
type on patrol
duty in the river.
Two days steam
ing to the south
along the Goa S t
past Foochow and
Annoy brings us to
H o n g o ng, the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

A Cleveland company proposes to
insure bank depositors against loss.
is not this rather an uncertain way
to increase the stability of our finan-
cial institutions?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

still, in spite Of all this unprece-
denied record breaking, 1t will prob
ably be some time before the one
minute horse gets here.