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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
Havoc Wrought by Storm.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BOYD'S. Md, June 8-The storms which
passed over here yesterday did great dam
age to corn fields and to roads and county
bridges. Telephone wires were torn down
by the wind. All the lowlands are several
feet under water Communication by tele-
graph has been cut off, and trains on this
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio were up
to 10 o'clock this morning running by sched-
ule, practically.
The storm came up at 3 o'clock yester-
day, the wind uprooting trees and blowing
roofs from small buildings. This was fol-
lowed by heavy downpour of rain, which
lasted about two hours. At o'clock rain
began falling again, and. at o'clock a
storm occurred that was twice the pro-
portions of the former.
The train dispatchers on the Baltimore
and Ohio have communication by wire as
far west as Gaithersburg only, and west
of there the telegraph operators are han
ding the trains entirely by the block sys-
tenn. Lightning struck the telegraph Of
flee at Boyd's and tore the telephone switch
from the walls, going down the wire and
breaking the batteries. Fortunately Oper-
ator Williams had just left his seat and es-
capped injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
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doors of galleries. A small frame contain
ing dozen specimens would draw a crowd
One man would undertake to describe how
they were made. You look in the machine,
and the picture come-if you look long
enough" Another would say: 1T is not so
much the looking that does It; the sun
burns it in If you keep STILL" Another made
1t all very plain by stating: The plate is a
looking glass, and when you sit in front of
it your shadow sticks the plate"
How 1t came about was never known, but
the impression became general that the Sit
ter must not wink. No operator of intelii-
gence ever told the sitter not to wink, for
eye an unnatural expression. We found It
duty to tell the sitter to wink usual:
that natural winking did not affect the
picture. Even then it was not always
understood. One old lady jumped out of
the chair before sitting was half over,
raising both hands and eXclaiming: Stop
it. stop it! 1 winkedr'
Another remarkable fact was that sit
tiers seldom acknowledged their own
likenesses. "All good but mine" was the
common decision. An aged couple, after
examining their pictures, came to this
conclusion: Maria, yours is perfect, but
this does not look like me-" But the old
lady answered: "Jeems. yours is as natu-
raj as life, but mine is a failure" After a
longer consultation, the old gentleman
said: I'VE must know each other better
than know ourselves" At one time,
when Daniel Webster sat for a daguerreo-
type, the finished picture held before
him. Turning away, he said: "I not to
judge of my own looks; ii Is for you to
judge, and you must decide whether the
work is worthy of your reputa ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
No Mimicry in Gardening.
in Scribner's.

G, W. Gable, In Scr1pher ;.
Our counsel is to avoid all mimicry In
gardening as we would avoid 1t in speech or
In gait Sometimes we do not mind being
renetitious. "In gardening" we say-as II
we had never said 1t before-''almost the
only thing which costs unduly-in money or
in mortifcation-is for one to try to give
himself somebody else's garden!' Often we
saw this twice to the same person.
One of the reasons we give against it Is
that it leads to toy gardening, and toy
gardening is of all sorts the most pitiful
and ridiculous mo true art we say,
"can tolerate any make-believe which is
not In some way finer than the reality 1t
stimulates In other words, imitation should
ALWAYS be in the nature of an amiable con-
descepsion Whatever falseness, preten-
sion or even mere frallty or smallness.
suggests to the eye, the fneffectuality of
toy is out of place in any sort of garden
ing" We do not actually speak all this,
but we imply it, and we often find that the
mere utterance of the words, toy garden
ing" has a magical effect to suggest all
the rest and to overwhelm with contrition
the bad taste and frivolity of many a mis-
guided attempt at adornment. At that word
of exorcism joints of cerulean sewer pipe
crested with scarlet geraniums rows or
white cobbles along the walk or drive like
a cannibafs skulls around his hut, purple
paint kegs of petunias on the scanty door
steps, crimson wash kettles of verbenas,
anthill rockeries and well sweeps anc
curbs where no wells are, go modestiy and
forever into oblivion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
Spring Concert Given.

The spring concert of the Business High
School was given Friday evening in the as
sembly hall of the school, under direction
OF Edwin E. Tracy. Miss Salie Mason and
Mrs. Tracy were the accompanies. The
High School Orchestra, also under Mr..
Tracys direction, furnished several num-
bers
The program was as follows: '"Tannhau-
ser March, by orchestra; cornet solo, 20,
Mic Fernando" by MIR. Tracy; Hungarian
Dance and La Cinquantaine,' by or
chestra; violin solo, Mr. Boernstein, and
Spanish Dance" (by Godard), Miss Mason
Some of the songs by the chorus were
"Suwanee River" Santa Lucia" Annie
Laurie" "All Thro the Night" Meeting
o; the Waters and Lass of Richmond
HILL"
The dee orations of the hall were In keep
ing with the nature of the program, which
was composed of collection of songs of the
nations. The Stars and Stripes were used
In great profusion. A large audience was
present. including many of the school off,
Gals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
Crocodile Fishing.

From the London Field .
A correspondent, writing on the Pun sun
of the crocodile in the Malacca strait ue
scribes the ingenious method OF ca'cni,s
the beast adopted by the natives Oh the
I,edab river. He says: "A small namooo
raft some two feet square Is constructed,
and on 1t is erected flag post surmouh'eo
nv a red flag, while from the under sac Vi
the raft or float runs twenty to thirty yarus
of stout line, ending In few feet or chaih.
To this chain the barbed hook OF naro
bra CO metal is attached by three rect or uI-
twisted fiber, in order that the me mga-
ments NAV get between the croeoaie
teeth and thus prevent his swapping on .ne
halt ON the shank of the hook i've low
ia made fast, together with short length
Of bamboo to give it fiotation. and then the
raft line and bait are dropped INTO the
river. Loudly squawks the unfortunate
fowl for few minutes, but Its sorrows are
short-lived A splash, a swirl the palt mas
disappeared, and then the men return 10
their homes, leaving a boy to mark the
progress of the floating flag. Next Day or
the day after half a dozen men pauoie
down stream until they sight the raft;
Then. taking the line ashore, they haul
away. and as by this time the hook is
firmly entangled in the crocodlles mites
tines. he shows but little fight, and Is
easily dispatched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06

none of which, he declared, with Iinge
of sadness In his tones, saw the ligh'. ~.
Verne even wrote an historical vi ai,a
founded on the British gunpowder plot. AS
T have said. his books number eighty-elsht-
his nublisher would never allow him TO de-
viate from his genre-but M Verne maS,
In reality. written a hundred; the other
hooks being prepared in advance For
that reason the volumes will continue 10 10
appear at regular intervals OF Two eac sI
wear. Notwithstanding that their glitea au
thor has laid aside his pen perhaps FOR ever;
trha pext hook. to appear in July, will deal
with automobilism; it will. if 1t pieases w.
he the morrow of the Gordon-Bennett Gu,
the last CRY of the distance annihilator. M.
Verne in private life, however mas lt oae
sympathy with automobiism. one ;i go
train hut is that real progress?" he asked
"An And all this sport, to which the young q. as
Frenchman is now addicted, regard a III as
most deplorable 1t is sign OF decaoehces
Much better to make brains instead Vi
strong arms and legs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
EcCENTRIcITY OF BULLETS.
Man Who Was Target for Robbers
Finds Missile In His Pocket.

From the Chicago Cbroniclei
Philip Oppenheimer In the criminal court
of Cleveland, Ohio, related a remarkable
instance OF the eccentricity which some
times marks the course Of bullet. Open
heimer was testifying before Judge Tilden
concerning the robbery of his saloon on
Case avenue a few weeks ago. Orrin
Brown was accused of having participated
in the transaction.
Il was back of the bar that night" said
Oppenheimer. 1.-Two men, of whom Brown
was one, came into the saloon. and they
looked sort of suspicious. So / switched
my revolver to place where could get at
1t handy. put it on a shelf under the top
OF the bar. When the two men stepped for
ward for second drink each of them mad
gun in the hand which was reached for
ward for the schooner of beer They point
ed the weapons directly at me and COM
manded me to hold up my hands.
Did hold up my hands? No, ducked
ana when L came up again l had my gun
across the bar while we stood not a half
dozen feet apart. The gun of one of the
robbers baked at the second shot, but the
other robber continued to pump bullets at
me. I answered back with my own gun.
After few shots had been exchanged ana
no one was the worse for them the two
men, turned and fed. When they reached
the street they made straight for horse
and buggy which was httched near by. One
of my shots hit the horse in the head and
he dropped dead The two robbers then
abandoned the hope of escape in that man
ner and took to their heels.
by this time the police were running up
toward the scene of the scrimmage. One
OF the robbers ran plump into an officer
and was overpowered. The other one es-
capped"
Oppenheimer said that he had not been
shot, but that when he came to take an in
ventory of the damages he found a bullet
in his pocket. 1t Is presumed by Open
heimer that one of the shots fired at him
by the robbers struck the corner Of a brass
ornament on the bar and glanced, dropping
into his coat pocket.
Il don't know exactly how 1t got there"
explained the saloonkeeper. "All / know
is that 1t was there after the shooting and
lated, using my position behind the bar
that night, the angle at which the shot
was fired, and the scar on the brasswork
as the basis, that the bullet glanced on
that corner, and when almost spent either
dropped or pierced my coat and landed in
the pocket"
The prosecution, conducted by Prosecutor
Hyde, will endeavor later in the trial to use
the strange incident as fine bit of Cvi-
dence, either for or against Brown, alias
Williams, the prisoner, as the case may be.
Browns revolver will be produced, the
empty shells measured and by expert iestl-
mony 1t will be shown whether or not the
bullet which Oppenhemer found in his
pocket fits the shells in Browns revolver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
PARIAH OF THE SKYLINE
Coyote Always Tantalizing Mark for
the Man With a Rifle.

From Outing
There is deal of coyote hunting in the
west that is not attended by the niceties of
the club hunt. Ever since the first pioneers
pushed their way across the great plains
the coyote has been an outlaw, looking for
no mercy al the hand of man. His preda-
tory habits have made the animal the bane
of the ranchman, and his howl has made
him the evaporation of the camper and
the terror of the tenderfoot Then, too, his
habit of sulking just within rifle range has
always made him tantalizing target for
the man with the rifle
In spite of his unpopularity with all
classes of men, however the coyote has
managed to hold his own better than any
other animal in the great west The ante
lope is swifter of foot, mayhap, but, not
having the cunning of the coyote. has been
lured within rifle range until practically
exterminated In many states. The ranch
mans lust for fresh meat, the eastern
tourists desire for antlers and elk teeth
and the native who Stays for the market
have depopulated Colorado and several 9TH
er states of their best game. The bear
cougar and bobcat have felt the same
blightfng influence, but the coyote still fig
ures In the skyline Of the average western
picture. Sometimes he is unwise enough to
eat of poisoned carcasses of cattle but this
is seldom Again. he falls a victim to
coyote drive" organized by ranchmen and
participated in by townspeople tenderfeet
photographers. These coyote drives are
held annually or oftener in nearly all west
ern communities where the prairie pest
f1ourishes. An average drive" participat-
ed in by several hundred individuals will
yield sometimes as high as twenty coyotes
and sometimes none at all. good deal
depends on the wind, and more depends on
the coyotes cunning and ability to sprint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
WASTING THE WOODLANDS.
North Michigan Almost Denuded Of Its
Once Magnificent Forests.

From tne lineage Chfouicie.
The pine IN northern Michigan is rapidly
disappearing. A few more years and the
end of the magnificent forests will have
been reached. The cut has been going on
for the last half century. many fortunes
have been won: many thousands of men
have been given employment and numbering
has been tie main support of a considera-
BILE nun,be. of thriving cities and towns.
There is hot little data on which to esti-
mate what The total cut has been-it can
be stated, however, that 1t runs well into
the billions of feet.
At first only tho choicest white pine trees
were taken. hut now practically everything
goes to the MILL even the standing dry or
dead trees having their uses. With the
white pine have also gone the Norway pine
and hemlock, and now little is left except
the hardwoCds and the poplar cherry and
q variety of other timber with low growing
trees of little use In manufacture. The
swamp cedar, the spruce and the jack pine
have been 1.retty well taken, the spruce
and her1lock finding ready market in the
manufacture of paper.
An important plant that Will be closed
down permanently at the end of the coming
saving season will be the big mill of the
Marinette Lumber Company which has
conduciei logging operations on the Me-
nominee rirer for the last quarter of a CEN
fury. The n,.ll itself will be dismantled and
the machinery shipped to Ontario, where
beginning with next year, 1t will do duty
for the Carney Lumber Company an
American concern, which recently acquired
large tracts of timber in Canada. The Ham,
ilton- Merryman Company is another of the
larger concerns whose end is in sight its
reserves being sufficient to last its two
sawmills but two seasons longer.
AS illustrative of the change in the char
acter Of the timber cut during the cutting
season just closed, the pine and hardwood
timber banked on the Menominee and It's
tributaries together measure only about
$50, 100000 feet. while IN addition there are
about 50,OO0OOO feet of cedar ties, posts and
roles piled along the banks of the streams
in readiness for the annual drive now
about to start. In past years several hun
dred million feet of pine alone would be
on the banking ground and there would be
but little other timber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
THE LONG NOVEL.
With Some Notes on the Novehst's
Pay for His Work.

from the LONDON Fost-
Reviewers and others writes a correspon-
dent who talk Of the Disappearance Of the
very long novel; seem to forget OF to be
ignorant of the fact that the novel of great
length-lOnger even than those written by
Dickens or Thackeray-is still very much
with u.s. The serial stories in certain Of the
morning papers are extremely long, as a
well-known London publisher recently had
occasion to find out. He liked a certain
serial, and he wrote to the author to come
and see him. The author called, and the
publisher said he would like to publish the
story in book form ''if it could be cut down
Bit
about what size would you want?' in
CURED the author.
''Oh say, 10000 words" said the pub
Usher.
But, my dear SIR said the author,
there are in my story more than 60000U
words, and to cut 1t down to the length you
require would involve more work than the
rewriting of the taller He added that he
had brought the manuscript with him. He
had; it was outside the publishers office in
a four-wheeler, the interior of which was
packed with paper, while there were also
bundles in the box! And 100000 thousand
is not the record. There has just been end
ed serial which had In it no fewer than
600 words. One author who makes Sc
rails a speciality, and is in big demand, gets
Il a tHouSdHu WoTuS, So Ills dilHudI lCoiHe
is considerable. Some papers, it may be
added, pay their serial writers so much
week, regardless of the amount of their
contributions
The same correspondent gives an expert
ence that befell him the other day as a Sc
rial writer. His story was appearing In
northern weekly, which paid him fl for
each installment and gave no time limit. SO
to speak. The author wrote each week for
about six months, and then came a day
when he was unwell and unable to take up
the tale. He wired to writer on the staff
of the paper, asking him to do two chap
ters lust marking time. The writer
obliged. but great was the authors aston
ishment and vast his Indignation when he
saw at the close of his installment the
words, 1.-The End The collaboration, act
ing at the instigation of the editor, had
wound up everything very neatly, and our
correspondents fl a week had ceased to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
The Hawaiians a Dying Race.

From the outlook.
In 1900 the total number of Hawaiians of
both pure and mixed blood was 37,635. lit
tie more than half the number of pure
bloods half a century ago. The general
health of the natives, especially of the full
blooded Hawaiians, is far from satisfac-
tory. They usually have small families,
many of the children die in infancy, and
among the adults consumption and other
diseases indicating low vitality are preva-
lent. Their total number has been reduced
from 10000 in 1853 to less than 10000 in
1900. The health and yigor of those of
mixed Hawaiian blood is much superior to
that of the pure Hawaiians. There are two
leading types of these mixed races, the
Caucasian Hawaiian and the Chinese Ha-
waiian. OF these, it is the testimony OF
all observers that the Chinese Hawaiians
are the best race, both physically and mem
tally. Marriages between the Hawaiians
and other races are quite frequent and the
Pumber of part Hawaiians is steadily in
creasng. In 1872 the census gave but !, 4S7
part Hawaiians. In 1884 they had increased
to APIS and in 1900 to 7,S4s. The larger
proportion of children among the part Ha-
waiians Is shown by the statistics of school
attendance, which in 1902 showed 1903 full
blooded Hawaiian children to a total popu-
lation of %, and 2.S69 part Hawaiian
children TO a population of 7,S4S In other
words, the proportion of children is twice
as great among the part Hawaiians as
force upon us the conclusion that within
two or three generations the Hawaiians as
a type will pass away, and the Hawaiian
problem will find its solution in the grad
ual absorption of the natives by stronger
races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
FAvoRs srRAIoHfr-oUr TICKET.
Representative Pastholdt Opposes In
dorsement az Folk In Missouri.

dorsement Of Folk in Missouri.
This is terrible exclaimed the worthy
DR.. Bartholdt. assshe mopped his perspiring
brow in the lobby Of the New Willard to-
day. Dr. Bartholdt is the German repre-
sentative in ConeressJfrom st. Louis. and
is known and liked all over the country.
Hence his troubles. which further will be
related su
But" he eontiruedr, cit is yet relief
from st. Louis'
They are having SOME kind of show out
in st. Louis, it Seems, DIR. Bartholdt is
very much in demand there. They say that
people land at St'Loufs at O'Clock in the
morning, and upon emerging from their
sleeping car exclaim. Who list der Doctor
Bartholdt! expecting, of course. to see
him standing around the village "deepo"
busy going to openings of state buildings
welcoming German societies and otherwise
engaging in affairs that would tax the di-
gestlon OF an ostrich So the doctor fed
east Tor brief respite and struck a real
hot day in Washington
Dr. Bartholdt. belonging to a rather prac-
teal school of politics takes little stock
in this scheme of the republicans to indorse
Folk on the state ticket, with the expecta-
tlon or getting democratic support for the
national ticket.
He is in favor of putting up strong re-
publican state ticket and fighting the dem
ocrats to finish He doesn't think oil and
water Will mix N Missouri, but wants to
go in and have a first-class, rousing fight
with the democrats.
What's the US, of declaring political
Dankruptcy he asks. "by indorsing Folk?
Himmel Knows. we have good republicans;
let s put them up and have fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-06
Liberty Bell in Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, June Gall the schools in
st. Paul had a half holiday today in honor
of the Liberty Bell, which has arrived here
on it's special car, and today thousands
thronged the union station to view this
relic of revolutionary days. A feature of
the day was the distribution to each pupil
Of the public and Roman Catholic schools
of free street car tickets good for a ride
to and from the place of exhibition, by the
Twin City Rapid Transit Company.
The official visit of the bell began when
a salute of twenty-one guns was fired by a
battery from the National Guard. This
was accompanied by the blowing of fac
tory and locomotive whistles and the ring
ing of bells.
The bell, this afternoon, went to Minne-
apolis.